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Greek: New Testament (NAS)
English: John Barach
Chapter 5
Qualifications for High Priesthood
1 Πᾶς γὰρ ἀρχιερεὺς ἐξ ἀνθρώπων λαμβανόμενος ὑπὲρ ἀνθρώπων καθίσταται τὰ πρὸς τὸν θεόν, ἵνα προσφέρῃ δῶρά τε καὶ θυσίας ὑπὲρ ἁμαρτιῶν, 2 μετριοπαθεῖν δυνάμενος τοῖς ἀγνοοῦσιν καὶ πλανωμένοις, ἐπεὶ καὶ αὐτὸς περίκειται ἀσθένειαν 3 καὶ δι' αὐτὴν ὀφείλει, καθὼς περὶ τοῦ λαοῦ, οὕτως καὶ περὶ αὐτοῦ προσφέρειν περὶ ἁμαρτιῶν. 4 καὶ οὐχ ἑαυτῷ τις λαμβάνει τὴν τιμὴν ἀλλὰ καλούμενος ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ καθώσπερ καὶ Ἀαρών.
1For every high priest taken from among men is appointed on behalf of men in things pertaining to God, so that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. 2He is able to deal gently with the ignorant and the wayward, since he himself is also clothed in weakness; 3and because of this, he is obligated to offer sacrifices for sins for himself, just as he does for the people. 4And no one takes this honor for himself, but only when called by God, just as Aaron was.
Christ’s Appointment and Agony
5 Οὕτως καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς οὐχ ἑαυτὸν ἐδόξασεν γενηθῆναι ἀρχιερέα ἀλλ' ὁ λαλήσας πρὸς αὐτόν,
  Υἱός μου εἶ σύ,
ἐγὼ σήμερον γεγέννηκά σε· {Psalm 2:7}
6 καθὼς καὶ ἐν ἑτέρῳ λέγει,
  Σὺ ἱερεὺς εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα
κατὰ τὴν τάξιν Μελχισέδεκ, {Psalm 110:4}
5So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become a high priest, but was appointed by the One who said to Him:
  “You are My Son,
today I have begotten You”; {Psalm 2:7}
6just as He says in another place:
  “You are a priest forever
according to the order of Melchizedek.” {Psalm 110:4}
7 ὃς ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις τῆς σαρκὸς αὐτοῦ δεήσεις τε καὶ ἱκετηρίας πρὸς τὸν δυνάμενον σῴζειν αὐτὸν ἐκ θανάτου μετὰ κραυγῆς ἰσχυρᾶς καὶ δακρύων προσενέγκας καὶ εἰσακουσθεὶς ἀπὸ τῆς εὐλαβείας, 8 καίπερ ὢν υἱός, ἔμαθεν ἀφ' ὧν ἔπαθεν τὴν ὑπακοήν, 9 καὶ τελειωθεὶς ἐγένετο πᾶσιν τοῖς ὑπακούουσιν αὐτῷ αἴτιος σωτηρίας αἰωνίου, 10 προσαγορευθεὶς ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ ἀρχιερεὺς κατὰ τὴν τάξιν Μελχισέδεκ.
7In the days of His flesh, He offered up both petitions and entreaties with loud crying and tears to the One who was able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverent submission. 8Although He was a Son, He learned obedience through what He suffered; 9and having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him, 10having been designated by God as high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.
Spiritual Immaturity
11 Περὶ οὗ πολὺς ἡμῖν ὁ λόγος καὶ δυσερμήνευτος λέγειν, ἐπεὶ νωθροὶ γεγόνατε ταῖς ἀκοαῖς. 12 καὶ γὰρ ὀφείλοντες εἶναι διδάσκαλοι διὰ τὸν χρόνον, πάλιν χρείαν ἔχετε τοῦ διδάσκειν ὑμᾶς τινὰ τὰ στοιχεῖα τῆς ἀρχῆς τῶν λογίων τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ γεγόνατε χρείαν ἔχοντες γάλακτος [καὶ] οὐ στερεᾶς τροφῆς. 13 πᾶς γὰρ ὁ μετέχων γάλακτος ἄπειρος λόγου δικαιοσύνης, νήπιος γάρ ἐστιν· 14 τελείων δέ ἐστιν ἡ στερεὰ τροφή, τῶν διὰ τὴν ἕξιν τὰ αἰσθητήρια γεγυμνασμένα ἐχόντων πρὸς διάκρισιν καλοῦ τε καὶ κακοῦ.
11Concerning this we have much to say, and it is difficult to explain since you have become dull in your hearing. 12For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you again have need for someone to teach you the basic elements of the beginning of the oracles of God, and you have come to have need of milk and not solid food. 13For everyone who lives on milk is unacquainted with the word of righteousness, for he is an infant. 14But solid food is for the mature, for those who through practice have their senses trained to distinguish between good and evil.