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

¹የሳሌም ንጉሥና የልዑል እግዚአብሔር ካህን የሆነ ይህ መልከ ጼዴቅ አብርሃም ነገሥታትን ገድሎ ሲመለስ ከእርሱ ጋር ተገናኝቶ ባረከው፤

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;

²ለእርሱም ደግሞ አብርሃም ከሁሉ አስራትን አካፈለው። የስሙም ትርጓሜ በመጀመሪያ የጽድቅ ንጉሥ ነው፥ ኋላም ደግሞ የሳሌም ንጉሥ ማለት የሰላም ንጉሥ ነው።

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.

³አባትና እናት የትውልድም ቍጥር የሉትም፥ ለዘመኑም ጥንት ለህይወቱም ፍጻሜ የለውም፥ ዳሩ ግን በእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ተመስሎ ለዘላለም ካህን ሆኖ ይኖራል።

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

⁴የአባቶች አለቃ አብርሃም ከዘረፋው የሚሻለውን አስራት የሰጠው ይህ ሰው እንዴት ትልቅ እንደ ነበረ እስኪ ተመልከቱ።

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,

⁵ከሌዊ ልጆችም ክህነትን የሚቀበሉት ከህዝቡ ማለት ከወንድሞቻቸው፥ እነርሱ ምንም ከአብርሃም ወገብ ቢወጡ፥ ከእነርሱ አሥራትን በሕግ እንዲያስወጡ ትእዛዝ አላቸው፤

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

⁶ትውልዱ ከእነርሱ የማይቈጠረው ግን ከአብርሃም አሥራትን አውጥቶአል፥ የተስፋ ቃል የነበረውንም ባርኮአል።

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

⁷ትንሹም በታላቁ እንዲባረክ ክርክር የሌለበት ነገር ነው።

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

⁸በዚህስ የሚሞቱ ሰዎች አሥራትን ያስወጣሉ፥ በዚያ ግን የሚያስወጣ በሕይወት እንዲኖር የተመሰከረለት እርሱ ነው።

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

⁹ይህንም ለማለት ሲፈቀድ፥ አሥራትን የሚያስወጣ ሌዊ እንኳ በአብርሃም እጅ አሥራትን ሰጥቶአል፤

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

¹⁰መልከ ጼዴቅ በተገናኘው ጊዜ ገና በአባቱ ወገብ ነበረና።

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?

¹¹እንግዲህ ህዝቡ በሌዊ ክህነት የተመሠረተን ሕግ ተቀብለዋልና በዚያ ክህነት ፍጹምነት የተገኘ ቢሆን፥ እንደ አሮን ሹመት የማይቈጠር፥ እንደ መልከ ጼዴቅ ሹመት ግን የሆነ ሌላ ካህን ሊነሳ ወደፊት ስለ ምን ያስፈልጋል?

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

¹²ክህነቱ ሲለወጥ፥ ሕጉ ደግሞ ሊለወጥ የግድ ነውና።

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

¹³ይህ ነገር የተነገረለት እርሱ በሌላ ወገን ተካፍሎአልና፥ ከዚያም መሠዊያውን ያገለገለ ማንም የለም፤

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

¹⁴ጌታችን ከይሁዳ ነገድ እንደወጣ የተገለጠ ነውና፥ ስለዚህም ነገድ ሙሴ ምንም እንኳ ስለ ክህነት አልተናገረም።

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

¹⁵በማያልፍም ሕይወት ኃይል እንጂ በሥጋ ትእዛዝ ሕግ ሳይሆን ሌላ ካህን በመልከ ጼዴቅ ምሳሌ ቢነሳ፥ ይህ እጅግ አብልጦ የሚገለጥ ነው።

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

¹⁷አንተ እንደ መልከ ጼዴቅ ሹመት ለዘላለም ካህን ነህ ብሎ ይመሰክራልና።

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

¹⁸ሕጉ ምንም ፍጹም አላደረገምና፥ ስለዚህም የምትደክም የማትጠቅምም ስለሆነች የቀደመች ትእዛዝ ተሽራለች፥ ወደ እግዚአብሔርም የምንቀርብበት የሚሻል ተስፋ ገብቶአል።

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

²⁰እነርሱም ያለ መሐላ ካህናት ሆነዋልና፤ እርሱ ግን። ጌታ። አንተ እንደ መልከ ጼዴቅ ሹመት ለዘላለም ካህን ነህ ብሎ ማለ አይጸጸትም ብሎ በተናገረለት ከመሐላ ጋር ካህን ሆኖአልና ያለ መሐላ ካህን እንዳልሆነ መጠን፥

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

²²እንዲሁ ኢየሱስ ለሚሻል ኪዳን ዋስ ሆኖአል።

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

²³እነርሱም እንዳይኖሩ ሞት ስለ ከለከላቸው ካህናት የሆኑት ብዙ ናቸው፤

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

²⁴እርሱ ግን ለዘላለም የሚኖር ስለሆነ የማይለወጥ ክህነት አለው፤

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

²⁵ስለ እነርሱም ሊያማልድ ዘወትር በሕይወት ይኖራልና ስለዚህ ደግሞ በእርሱ ወደ እግዚአብሔር የሚመጡትን ፈጽሞ ሊያድናቸው ይችላል።

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

²⁶ቅዱስና ያለ ተንኮል ነውርም የሌለበት ከኃጢአተኞችም የተለየ ከሰማያትም ከፍ ከፍ ያለ፥ እንደዚህ ያለ ሊቀ ካህናት ይገባልና፤

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

²⁷እርሱም እንደነዚያ ሊቃነ ካህናት አስቀድሞ ስለ ራሱ ኃጢአት በኋላም ስለ ሕዝቡ ኃጢአት ዕለት ዕለት መሥዋዕትን ሊያቀርብ አያስፈልገውም፤ ራሱን ባቀረበ ጊዜ ይህን አንድ ጊዜ ፈጽሞ አድርጎአልና።

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.

²⁸ሕጉ ድካም ያላቸውን ሰዎች ሊቀ ካህናት አድርጎ ይሾማልና፤ ከሕግ በኋላ የመጣ የመሐላው ቃል ግን ለዘላለም ፍጹም የሆነውን ልጅ ይሾማል።

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

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.

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.