¹Nekuti Merikizedheki uyu, mambo weSaremi, mupristi waMwari Wekumusoro-soro, wakasangana naAbhurahamu achidzoka kubva kunoponda madzimambo, akamuropafadza,

¹For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,

²Abhurahamu wakapawo kwaari chegumi chezvose; iye pakutanga ari nekududzirwa mambo wekururama, uye shure kweizvozvo mambo weSaremi, ndokuti mambo werugare;

²to whom also Abraham divided a tenth part of all (being first, by interpretation, king of righteousness, and then also king of Salem, which is king of peace;

³asina baba, asina mai, asina dzinza, asina mavambo amazuva, kana kuguma kweupenyu, asi wakafananidzwa neMwanakomana waMwari, unogara ari mupristi nekusingaperi.

³without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God), remains a priest continually.

⁴Zvino rangarirai kuti kukura kwakadini kweuyu, wakapiwa nateteguru Abhurahamu chegumi chezvaakapamba.

⁴Now consider how great this man was, to whom even Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth out of the best spoils.

⁵Zvino zvirokwazvo avo vari vanakomana vaRevhi, vakagamuchira basa reupristi, vane murairo wekutora chegumi kuvanhu, zvichienderana nemurairo, ndiko kuti kuhama dzavo, kunyange vakabva muchiuno chaAbhurahamu;

⁵They indeed of the sons of Levi who receive the priest’s office have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brothers, though these have come out of the body of Abraham,

⁶asi iye dzinza rake risina kuverengerwa kwavari wakagamuchira chegumi kubva kuna Abhurahamu akamuropafadza iye wakange ane zvivimbiso.

⁶but he whose genealogy is not counted from them has accepted tithes from Abraham, and has blessed him who has the promises.

⁷Zvino pasina kupikisa kose, muduku unoropafadzwa nemukuru.

⁷But without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater.

⁸Uye pano vanhu vanofa vanogamuchira zvegumi; asi apo agamuchira uyo unopupurirwa kuti mupenyu.

⁸Here people who die receive tithes, but there one receives tithes of whom it is testified that he lives.

⁹Zvino kunganzi, Revhiwo unogamuchira zvegumi iyewo wakapa zvegumi muna Abhurahamu;

⁹We can say that through Abraham even Levi, who receives tithes, has paid tithes,

¹⁰Nekuti wakange achiri muchiuno chababa vake, apo Merikizedheki akamuchingamidza.

¹⁰for he was yet in the body of his father when Melchizedek met him.

¹¹Naizvozvo, kana kupedzeredzwa kwaivapo neupristi hweRevhi (nokuti pasi pahwo vanhu vakapiwa murairo), ko umwe mupristi waifanira kuzomukirei wenhevedzo yerudzi rwaMerikizedheki, asingaidzwi wenhevedzo yerudzi rwaAroni?

¹¹Now if there were perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people have received the law), what further need was there for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

¹²Nekuti kana upristi hwuchishandurwa, zvinofanirawo kuti kuve neshanduko yemurairo.

¹²For the priesthood being changed, there is of necessity a change made also in the law.

¹³Nekuti iye unorehwa zvinhu izvi pamusoro pake wakange ari werumwe rudzi, rwakanga rusino munhu wakambobata basa paaritari.

¹³For he of whom these things are said belongs to another tribe, from which no one has officiated at the altar.

¹⁴Nekuti zvinoonekwa pachena kuti Ishe wedu wakabva kuna Judha; irwo rudzi Mozisi rwaasina kumbotaura chinhu pamusoro parwo maererano neupristi.

¹⁴For it is evident that our Lord has sprung out of Judah, about which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.

¹⁵Izvi zvinoratidzwawo pachena kwazvo, kana kuchimuka mumwe mupristi wakafanana naMerikizedheki,

¹⁵This is yet more abundantly evident, if after the likeness of Melchizedek there arises another priest,

¹⁶wakaitwa, kwete nenzira yemurairo wekuraira kwenyama, asi nesimba reupenyu hwusingaperi.

¹⁶who has been made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but after the power of an endless life:

¹⁷Nekuti iye unopupura achiti: Iwe uri mupristi nekusingaperi wenhevedzo yeimba yaMerikizedheki.

¹⁷for it is testified, “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.” Psalm 110:4

¹⁸Nekuti kuparadzwa kwemurairo wekutanga kwakaitwa nekuda kweutera hwawo, uye nekuti hauna maturo;

¹⁸For there is an annulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and uselessness

¹⁹Nekuti murairo hauna kuperedzera chinhu, asi kuuyisa tariro inopfuura pakunaka, yatinoswedera nayo kuna Mwari.

¹⁹(for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.

²⁰uye, zvaasina kuitwa pasina mhiko;

²⁰Inasmuch as he was not made priest without the taking of an oath

²¹(nekuti ivo vakaitwa vapristi pasina mhiko, asi uyu nemhiko, naiye wakati kwaari: Ishe wakapika, uye haangazvidembi achiti: Iwe uri mupristi nekusingaperi wenhevedzo yeimba yaMerikizedheki);

²¹(for they indeed have been made priests without an oath), but he with an oath by him that says of him, “The Lord swore and will not change his mind, ‘You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.’” Psalm 110:4

²²Saizvozvo Jesu wakaitwa rubatso rwesungano inopfuura pakunaka.

²²By so much, Jesus has become the collateral of a better covenant.

²³Ivo zvirokwazvo vaiva vapristi vazhinji, nekuti havana kutenderwa kugara nekusingaperi nechikonzero cherufu.

²³Many, indeed, have been made priests, because they are hindered from continuing by death.

²⁴Asi uyu nekuti unogara nekusingaperi une upristi hwusingapfuuriri.

²⁴But he, because he lives forever, has his priesthood unchangeable.

²⁵Naizvozvo une simbawo rekuponesa kwakaperedzerwa avo vanouya kuna Mwari naye, zvaanongoraramira kuvareverera nekusingaperi.

²⁵Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.

²⁶Nekuti mupristi mukuru wakadaro ndiye wakatifanira, mutsvene, usina chakaipa, usina kusvibiswa, wakaparadzaniswa nevatadzi, wakakwidzwa kupfuura matenga;

²⁶For such a high priest was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

²⁷usingatsvaki zuva nezuva, sevaya vapristi vakuru kubayira pakutanga pamusoro pezvivi zvake, pashure zvevanhu; nekuti wakaita izvozvi kamwe, zvikapera, paakazvibayira iye.

²⁷who doesn’t need, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices daily, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. For he did this once for all, when he offered up himself.

²⁸Nekuti murairo unogadza vanhu kuva vapristi vakuru vane utera; asi shoko remhiko, rakatevera murairo, rinogadza Mwanakomana, wakapedzeredzwa nekusingaperi.

²⁸For the law appoints men as high priests who have weakness, but the word of the oath which came after the law appoints a Son forever who has been perfected.