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

¹Huai Melkisedek, Salemkumpipa Tungnungpen Siampu, Abraham kumpipate that hongpai na dawn a vualzawlpa,

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;

²Abraham in bangkim ah sawmakhat a pia. Amin khiakna genchian in amasa pen in Diktatna Kumpipa, azom nawn in Salem Kumpipa ahinawna; huaituh Lemna Kumpipa chihna ahi.

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.

³Amahtuh pa neilou in, nu neilou in, khangthu bei, ompatni neilou hintawpni leng neisamlou in. Pathian tapa bang a siam tangtawn a siampu hi gige ahi zaw hi.

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

⁴Huchi in, chikhah Abraham in a galllak hoihpeuhmah laka sawmakhat apiakna pa, huaimipa thupi dan ngaihtuah dih ua.

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,

⁵Levi suante laka siampuna tang peuhmah in dan thu bangin mite lak ah sawmakhat lak ding thu amu ngei uhi, huaituh a unaute uh lak ah ahi, huaite tuh Abraham khal a pawt hisam mahle u leng.

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

⁶Himahleh, alak ua a suante suikhawmsak sam louh pan Abraham lak ah sawmakhat ala a, thuchiamte kempa tuh vual ana zawlta hi.

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

⁷Himahleh, sel vuallouhin a neujaw tuh thupi zaw vualzawl sak in a om hi.

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

⁸Huan, hiai ah mihing si zel ten sawmakhat a mu ua, huai ah bel, ahing nilouh, chi a, a thu a theisak un a mu ahi.

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

⁹Huan, Levi, sawmakhat lazelpa nangawn in, Abraham khut ah sawmakhatte a peta, chih theih ahi;

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

¹⁰Melkisedek in a na dawn lai in apakhal ah a om lai- ngal a.

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?

¹¹Huchiin, Levi ten siampu hihna ziaka bukimna muhtheih na hi leh (huainuai ah miten tuh dan thu ana mu ngal ua), Aaron omdan bang a bawl louh Melkisedek omdan bang a siampu dang hong om bang kiphamawh ding ahia?

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

¹²Siampu hihna tuh ahong lamdan tak ziakin dan thu tuh hihlamdan sam a hong kiphamawh himhim ahi.

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

¹³Hiai a thu agenpa namtuam mi ahi ngal a, huai nam laka a mi tuh kuamah maitam ah a gamtang ngeikei uhi.

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

¹⁴I Toupa lah Juda nam lak a hong suak ahi chih a kichian ngal a: Huai nam thu ah tuh Mosi in siampu te lam thu bangmah a gen kei hi.

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

¹⁵Huan, Melkisedek bang a siampu dang hong suah tuh nakpi takin I thugen pen a kichian nawn diak hi;

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

¹⁶Amahtuh sa thupiak dan thu bang a siam bang hilou, hin tawpneilou thil hihtheihna bang zaw a, siam ahi.

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

¹⁷Nang zaw, Melkisedek omdan bang a khantawn a siampu na hi chih theihsak ahi ngala.

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

¹⁸Ahatlouh leh a phattuamlouhna ziakin thupiak awm masa tuh paihkhiak ahi.

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

¹⁹(Dan thu in bangmah a hihkim ngal kei a). Lametna hoih zaw, Pathian I naihna zel tuh, pilutin a om zawta hi.

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

²⁰Huan, kichiamna tellou lou-in amah tuh Siampu a bawl ahita hi:

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

²¹Amau zaw kichiamlou a siampu a siam ahi ngal ua; amah bel, nang zaw khantawna Siampu na hi, chi in, Toupa a kichiam a, ka khelkik kei ding, chi a a kiang a genpa khut ah kichiam in:

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

²²Huchitaka thupi in Jesu tuh thukhun hoih zaw hihkip pa a hong hita hi.

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

²³Huan, amau zaw sih ziaka omden theilou ahih ziakun, siampu a siam a tam ngei ua;

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

²⁴Amahbel khantawna a om gige ziakin, a Siampu hihna tuh khen theih vuallouh in a nei zaw hi.

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.

²⁵Huchiin, amaha Pathian kianga hongpaite tuh a tawp dong in a hondam thei ahi, amau thumsak in khantawna a hin gige ziak in.

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

²⁶Huchibang Siampu Lianpen, misiangthou, zulhzau lou, ninbanglou, khialte laka omtuam, vante sang a tungnung zaw a, siam, tuh eia ding in a kilawm him hi.

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.

²⁷Aman tuh huai siampu lianpente lat bang in, niteng in amah khelh ziak a kithoihna lan masa phawt a, huainung a mite khelhna ziaka lat a kiphamoh kei; Amah a kilat laitak in setden ding in khat vei in ana hihkhinta ngal a,Dan thu in, mihing hatlouhna neite tuh, siampu lianpen ding in a sep zel a; ki chiam thu, dan thu nung a a hong om in bel, Tapa, khantawna ding a hihkim khitsa tuh, asep zouta ahi.

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.

²⁸Dan thu in, mihing hatlouhna neite tuh, siampu lianpen ding in a sep zel a; ki chiam thu, dan thu nung a a hong om in bel, Tapa, khantawna ding a hihkim khitsa tuh, asep zouta ahi.