1 Melkisedeg moomu doon buuru Salem, moo nekkoon saraxalekat ca Yàlla Aji Kawe ji. Gannaaw ba Ibraayma dàqee buur ya, ba dellusi, Melkisedeg gatandu woon na ko, di ko barkeel.
1For this Melchisedec, King of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from smiting the kings, and blessed him;
2 Noonu Ibraayma fab fukkeelu cér bi, maanaam asaka, ci li mu jële woon ci xare ba lépp, jox ko. Ci lu jëkk turu Melkisedeg mi ngi tekki «buur bu jub bi.» Gannaaw loolu mooy buuru Salem, tur woowu mooy tekki «buuru jàmm.»
2to whom Abraham gave also the tenth portion of all; first being interpreted King of righteousness, and then also King of Salem, which is King of peace;
3 Melkisedeg nag xamaluñu ko baay, xamaluñu ko yaay walla menn maam. Amul fenn fu ñu wax ag juddoom walla ag deeyam. Moo tax nu di ko mengale ak Doomu Yàlla ji, ndaxte saraxalekat la bu kenn dul wuutu.
3without father, without mother, without genealogy; having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but assimilated to the Son of God, abides a priest continually.
4 Seetleen ni mu màgge, moom Melkisedeg! Ibraayma sax, maamu cosaan mi, fab na li mu jële woon lépp ca xare ba, jox Melkisedeg asaka ja.
4Now consider how great this [personage] was, to whom [even] the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth out of the spoils.
5 Yoonu Musaa digle na ne, ñi bokk ci giiru Lewi te di ay saraxalekat, nañu jot asaka ci alalu bànni Israyil, doonte sax ñuy seeni bokk te soqikoo ci Ibraayma.
5And they indeed from among the sons of Levi, who receive the priesthood, have commandment to take tithes from the people according to the law, that is from their brethren, though these are come out of the loins of Abraham:
6 Waaye Melkisedeg mi bokkul woon ci giiru Lewi, jotoon na asaka ci alali Ibraayma. Te rax-ca-dolli barkeel na ko, moom mi Yàlla sédde woon dige yi.
6but he who has no genealogy from them has tithed Abraham, and blessed him who had the promises.
7 Kiy barkeel a gën a màgg ki ñuy barkeel, loolu amu ci benn werante.
7But beyond all gainsaying, the inferior is blessed by the better.
8 Saraxalekat yi soqikoo ci Lewi, ñu ngi jot asaka, ni ko Melkisedeg jote woon. Waaye ñoom ñu nar a dee lañu. Melkisedeg nag moom, Mbind mi wóoral na ne, dafay dund.
8And here dying men receive tithes; but there [one] of whom the witness is that he lives;
9 Léegi nag ci ni ñu ko man a waxe, Lewi miy jot asaka ci bànni Israyil, moom ci boppam jox na ko Melkisedeg, jaare ko ci Ibraayma.
9and, so to speak, through Abraham, Levi also, who received tithes, has been made to pay tithes.
10 Ndaxte mi ngi nekkoon ci geñog maamam Ibraayma, bi ko Melkisedeg gatandoo.
10For he was yet in the loins of his father when Melchisedec met him.
11 Jox nañu bànni Israyil yoon wu sukkandiku ci liggéeyu saraxalekat yi soqikoo ci Lewi. Su fekkoonte ne nag liggéeyu saraxalekat yooyu manoon na yeggale nit cig mat, kon du soxlaati ab saraxalekat ni ko Melkisedeg nekke, ci fànn gu wuute ak gu Aaroona.
11If indeed then perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, for the people had their law given to them in connexion with *it*, what need [was there] still that a different priest should arise according to the order of Melchisedec, and not be named after the order of Aaron?
12 Te bu ñu fi jëlee saraxalekat yi ak seen liggéey, dañoo war a toxal itam yoon, wi ñu fi tëraloon.
12For, the priesthood being changed, there takes place of necessity a change of law also.
13 Noonu Yeesu mi nuy wax, mi ngi soqikoo ci geneen giir gu bokkul ak giiru Lewi. Giir googu nag, amu ci kenn ku ci mas a def liggéeyu saraxale ca saraxalukaay ba.
13For he, of whom these things are said, belongs to a different tribe, of which no one has [ever] been attached to the service of the altar.
14 Li wóor moo di, sunu Boroom mi ngi soqikoo ci giiru Yuda. Te bi Musaa bindee ci mbirum saraxalekat yi, limaalewul woon giir googu.
14For it is clear that our Lord has sprung out of Juda, as to which tribe Moses spake nothing as to priests.
15 Li waral mbir mi gën a leer moo di ne, beneen saraxalekat bu mel ni Melkisedeg dafa ñëw.
15And it is yet more abundantly evident, since a different priest arises according to the similitude of Melchisedec,
16 Te defuñu ko saraxalekat jaarale ko ci yoonu ndono, waaye fal nañu ko ci dooley dund gu amul àpp.
16who has been constituted not according to law of fleshly commandment, but according to power of indissoluble life.
17 Ndaxte seedeel nañu Yeesu lii:«Doon nga saraxalekat ba fàwwmel ni Melkisedeg.»
17For it is borne witness, *Thou* art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedec.
18 Noonu tebbi nañu yoon wu jëkk, wa néewoon doole te meññul dara
18For there is a setting aside of the commandment going before for its weakness and unprofitableness,
19 --ndax yoonu Musaa yeggalewul dara cig mat — waaye dugalal nañu nu fii yaakaar ju gën ju nu man a jaare ngir jege Yàlla.
19(for the law perfected nothing,) and the introduction of a better hope by which we draw nigh to God.
20 Te rax-ca-dolli ngiñ ànd na ci. Ndaxte ñi soqikoo ci Lewi doon nañu ay saraxalekat te kenn giñul.
20And by how much [it was] not without the swearing of an oath;
21 Waaye nag Yeesu moom doon na saraxalekat, bi Yàlla giñee ne ko:«Boroom bi giñ nate du dellu gannaaw mukk:“Doon nga saraxalekat ba fàww.”»
21(for they are become priests without the swearing of an oath, but he with the swearing of an oath, by him who said, as to him, The Lord has sworn, and will not repent [of it], *Thou* [art] priest for ever [according to the order of Melchisedec];)
22 Ngiñ loolu moo tax Yeesu nekk tayle, giy wóoral kóllëre gi gën.
22by so much Jesus became surety of a better covenant.
23 Te it yeneen saraxalekat yi dañoo bare woon, ndaxte dee moo daan tax duñu man a sax ci seen liggéey.
23And they have been many priests, on account of being hindered from continuing by death;
24 Waaye Yeesu miy dund ba fàww, sasoo na liggéeyu saraxale bu sax fàww.
24but he, because of his continuing for ever, has the priesthood unchangeable.
25 Loolu moo tax it mu man a musal tey yeggale cig mat ñiy jaar ci moom te bëgg jege Yàlla, ndaxte mi ngi dund ba fàww ngir di leen rammu.
25Whence also he is able to save completely those who approach by him to God, always living to intercede for them.
26 Kon nag Yeesu mooy saraxalekat bu mag, bi nu soxla; dafa sell, du def lu bon, du taq bàkkaar, bokkul dara ak bàkkaarkat yi, te yéege nañu ko fa Yàlla.
26For such a high priest became us, holy, harmless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and become higher than the heavens:
27 Niroowul ak yeneen saraxalekat yu mag yi; soxlawul di def bés bu set ay saraxi mala ngir bàkkaari boppam jëkk, teg ca yoy mbooloo mi. Yeesu def na sarax benn yoon ba fàww ngir dindi bàkkaar yi, bi muy joxe bakkanam.
27who has not day by day need, as the high priests, first to offer up sacrifices for his own sins, then [for] those of the people; for this he did once for all [in] having offered up himself.
28 Naka yoonu Musaa, aji néew doole yi lay fal saraxalekat yu mag. Waaye ngiñu Yàlla gi ñëw gannaaw yoon wi, Doom ji la fal saraxalekat bu mag bu mat ba fàww.
28For the law constitutes men high priests, having infirmity; but the word of the swearing of the oath which [is] after the law, a Son perfected for ever.