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1 فكُلّ رَئيسِ كَهنَةٍ يُؤخَذُ مِنْ بَينِ النّاسِ ويُقامُ مِنْ أجلِ النّاسِ في خِدمَةِ اللهِ، لِـيُقدّمَ القَرابـينَ والذّبائحَ تكفيرًا عَنِ الخَطايا. 2 وهوَ قادِرٌ أنْ يتَرَفّقَ بالجُهّالِ والضّالينَ لأنّهُ هُوَ نفسُهُ مُتَلبّسٌ بالضّعفِ، 3 فكانَ علَيهِ أنْ يُقدّمَ كفّارَةً لِخَطاياهُ كما يُقَدّمُ كفّارَةً لِخطايا الشّعبِ. 4 وما مِنْ أحدٍ يتَوَلّى بِنَفسِهِ مَقامَ رَئيسِ كَهنَةٍ، إلاّ إذا دَعاهُ اللهُ كما دعا هارونَ.
5 وكذلِكَ المَسيحُ ما رفَعَ نَفسَهُ إلى هذا المَقامِ، بَلِ اللهُ الذي قالَ لَه: «أنتَ اَبني وأنا اليومَ ولَدتُكَ». 6 وقالَ لَه في مكانٍ آخَرَ: «أنتَ كاهِنٌ إلى الأبَدِ على رُتبَةِ مَلكيصادَقَ». 7 وهوَ الذي في أيّامِ حياتِهِ البَشَرِيّةِ رفَعَ الصّلَواتِ والتّضَرّعاتِ بِصُراخٍ شَديدٍ ودُموعٍ إلى اللهِ القادِرِ أنْ يُخلّصَهُ مِنَ المَوتِ، فاَستَجابَ لَه لِتَقواهُ. 8 وتعَلّمَ الطّاعَةَ، وهوَ الابنُ، بِما عاناهُ مِنَ الألَمِ. 9 ولمّا بلَغَ الكمالَ صارَ مَصدَرَ خَلاصٍ أبَدِيّ لِجَميعِ الذينَ يُطيعونَهُ، 10 لأنّ اللهَ دَعاهُ رَئيسَ كَهنَةٍ على رُتبَةِ ملكيصادَقَ.
11 ولنا في هذا المَوضوعِ كلامٌ كثيرٌ، ولكنّهُ صَعبُ التّفسيرِ لأنّكُم بَطيئو الفَهمِ، 12 وكانَ لكُمُ الوَقتُ الكافي لِتَصيروا مُعَلّمينَ، إلاّ أنّكُم لا تَزالونَ بِحاجَةٍ إلى مَنْ يُعَلّمُكُمُ المَبادِئَ الأوّلِـيّةَ لأقوالِ اللهِ. فأنتُم بِحاجَةٍ إلى لَبَنٍ، لا إلى طَعامٍ قَوِيّ. 13 وكُلّ مَنْ كانَ طَعامُهُ اللّبَنَ يكونُ طِفلاً لا خِبرَةَ لَه في كلامِ البِرّ. 14 أمّا الطّعامُ القَوِيّ، فهوَ لِلكامِلينَ الذينَ تَدَرّبَتْ حَواسّهُم بالمُمارسَةِ على التّميـيزِ بَينَ الخَيرِ والشّرّ.
1 For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins: 2 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity. 3 And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins. 4 And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron. 5 So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee. 6 As he saith also in another place , Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. 7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; 8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; 9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; 10 Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing. 12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. 13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. 14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.