¹Kila kuhani mkuu huchaguliwa kutoka miongoni mwa watu kwa ajili ya kumtumikia Mungu kwa niaba yao, kutolea zawadi na tambiko kwa ajili ya dhambi zao.

¹For every high priest, being taken from among men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:

²Maadamu yeye mwenyewe yu dhaifu anaweza kuwaonea huruma wale wasiojua kitu na wanaofanya makosa.

²who can bear gently with the ignorant and erring, for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity;

³Na kwa vile yeye mwenyewe ni dhaifu, anapaswa kutolea dhabihu si tu kwa ajili ya watu, bali pia kwa ajili ya dhambi zake.

³and by reason thereof is bound, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.

⁴Hakuna mtu awezaye kujitwalia mwenyewe heshima ya kuwa kuhani mkuu. Kila mmoja huteuliwa na Mungu kuwa kuhani mkuu kama alivyokuwa Aroni.

⁴And no man taketh the honor unto himself, but when he is called of God, even as was Aaron.

⁵Hali kadhalika naye Kristo hakujitwalia mwenyewe heshima ya kuwa kuhani mkuu, bali Mungu alimwambia: "Wewe ni Mwanangu; mimi leo nimekuwa baba yako."

⁵So Christ also glorified not himself to be made a high priest, but he that spake unto him, Thou art my Son, This day have I begotten thee:

⁶Alisema pia mahali pengine: "Wewe ni kuhani milele, kufuatana na utaratibu wa ukuhani wa Melkisedeki."

⁶as he saith also in another [place,] Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek.

⁷Yesu alipokuwa anaishi hapa duniani, kwa kilio kikuu na machozi, alisali na kumwomba Mungu ambaye alikuwa na uwezo wa kumwokoa kutoka kifo; naye alisikilizwa kwa sababu ya kumcha Mungu.

⁷Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,

⁸Lakini, ingawa alikuwa Mwana wa Mungu, alijifunza kutii kwa njia ya mateso.

⁸though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered;

⁹Na alipofanywa mkamilifu, akawa chanzo cha wokovu wa milele kwa wale wote wanaomtii,

⁹and having been made perfect, he became unto all them that obey him the author of eternal salvation;

¹⁰naye Mungu akamteua kuwa kuhani mkuu kufuatana na utaratibu wa ukuhani wa Melkisedeki.

¹⁰named of God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.

¹¹Tunayo Mengi ya kusema juu ya jambo hili, lakini ni vigumu kuwaelezeni, kwa sababu ninyi si wepesi wa kuelewa.

¹¹Of whom we have many things to say, and hard of interpretation, seeing ye are become dull of hearing.

¹²Sasa mngalipaswa kuwa tayari walimu, lakini mnahitaji bado mtu wa kuwafundisheni mafundisho ya mwanzo ya ujumbe wa Mungu. Badala ya kula chakula kigumu, mnapaswa bado kunywa maziwa.

¹²For when by reason of the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need again that some one teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food.

¹³Kila anayepaswa kunywa maziwa huyo ni mtoto bado, hajui uadilifu ni nini.

¹³For every one that partaketh of milk is without experience of the word of righteousness; for he is a babe.

¹⁴Lakini chakula kigumu ni kwa ajili ya watu waliokomaa, ambao wanaweza kubainisha mema na mabaya.

¹⁴But solid food is for fullgrown men, [even] those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.