1ΟὗτοςγὰρὁMelchizedek,βασιλεὺςof Salem,priestτοῦΘεοῦτοῦMost High,ὁhaving metἈβραὰμreturningἀπὸτῆςslaughterτῶνβασιλέωνκαὶhaving blessedαὐτόν,2ᾧκαὶa tenthἀπὸπάντωνapportionedἈβραάμ,πρῶτονμὲνbeing translated,ΒασιλεὺςδικαιοσύνηςthenδὲκαὶΒασιλεὺςof Salem,ὅἐστινΒασιλεὺςεἰρήνης,3Without father,without mother,without genealogy,neitherἀρχὴνἡμερῶνnorζωῆςendἔχων,having been made likeδὲτῷΥἱῷτοῦΘεοῦ,μένειa priestεἰςτὸall time.4Θεωρεῖτεδὲhow greatοὗτος,ᾧκαὶa tenthἈβραὰμἔδωκενἐκτῶνbest spoils,ὁpatriarch.5καὶοἱμὲνἐκτῶνυἱῶνof Levi,τὴνpriestly officeλαμβάνοντεςἐντολὴνἔχουσινto take a tenthτὸνλαὸνκατὰτὸννόμον,τοῦτ᾽ἔστιντοὺςἀδελφοὺςαὐτῶν,thoughἐξεληλυθόταςἐκτῆςloinἈβραάμ·6ὁδὲμὴtracing his ancestryἐξαὐτῶνhas collected a tenthἈβραάμκαὶτὸνἔχοντατὰςἐπαγγελίαςhas blessed.7Apart fromδὲπάσηςdispute,τὸinferiorὑπὸτοῦsuperioris blessed.8Καὶὧδεμὲνtithes,ἀποθνῄσκοντεςἄνθρωποιλαμβάνουσιν,ἐκεῖδὲμαρτυρούμενοςὅτιζῇ.9καὶὡςa wordεἰπεῖν,δι᾽ἈβραὰμκαὶLevi,ὁtithesλαμβάνωνpaid the tithe.10ἔτιγὰρἐντῇloinτοῦπατρὸςἦνὅτεmetαὐτῷMelchizedek.11ΕἰμὲνοὖνperfectionδιὰτῆςLeviticalpriesthoodἦν,ὁλαὸςγὰρἐπ᾽αὐτῆςhad received the Law —,τίςἔτιneed was there,κατὰτὴνorderof Melchizedek,ἕτερονἀνίστασθαιpriestκαὶοὐκατὰτὴνorderof Aaronλέγεσθαι;12Being changedγὰρτῆςpriesthood,ἐξnecessityκαὶνόμουa changeγίνεται.13Ἐφ᾽ὃνγὰρλέγεταιταῦτα,a tribeἑτέραςbelonged to,ἀφ᾽ἧςοὐδεὶςhas servedτῷaltar.14It is evidentγὰρὅτιἐξJudahhas sprungὁΚύριοςἡμῶν,εἰςἣνa tribe,περὶpriests,οὐδὲνΜωϋσῆςἐλάλησεν.15Καὶmore abundantlyἔτιevidentἐστιν,εἰκατὰτὴνlikenessof Melchizedekἀνίσταταιa priestἕτερος,16ὃςοὐκατὰνόμονἐντολῆςfleshlyγέγονενἀλλὰκατὰδύναμινζωῆςindestructible.17μαρτυρεῖταιγὰρὅτι¬Σὺa priestεἰςτὸναἰῶνακατὰτὴνorderof Melchizedek.”18A putting awayμὲνγὰργίνεταιof the precedingἐντολῆςδιὰτὸαὐτῆςweaknessκαὶuselessness ——19οὐδὲνγὰρperfectedὁνόμος—the introductionδὲof a betterἐλπίδοςδι᾽ἧςwe draw nearτῷΘεῷ.20Καὶκαθ᾽ὅσονοὐapart froman oath,οἱμὲνγὰρwithoutan oathεἰσὶνpriestsγεγονότες,21ὁδὲμετὰan oath,διὰτοῦλέγοντοςπρὸςαὐτόν·Has swornΚύριοςκαὶοὐwill change His mind,¬Σὺa priestεἰςτὸναἰῶνα.22Κατὰso muchκαὶof a bettercovenantγέγονενthe guaranteeἸησοῦς.23Καὶοἱμὲνmanyεἰσινγεγονότεςpriests,διὰτὸθανάτῳbeing prevented fromcontinuing.24ὁδὲδιὰτὸμένειναὐτὸνεἰςτὸναἰῶναa permanentἔχειτὴνpriesthood,25whereforeκαὶσῴζεινεἰςτὸuttermostδύναταιτοὺςπροσερχομένουςδι᾽αὐτοῦτῷΘεῷ,alwaysζῶνεἰςτὸto intercedeὑπὲραὐτῶν.26Τοιοῦτοςγὰρἡμῖνκαὶwas fittingἀρχιερεύς,holy,innocent,undefiled,having been separatedἀπὸτῶνsinners,καὶhigherτῶνοὐρανῶνγενόμενος,27ὃςοὐκἔχεικαθ᾽ἡμέρανneed,asοἱἀρχιερεῖς,firstὑπὲρτῶνἰδίωνἁμαρτιῶνsacrificesto offer up,thenτῶντοῦλαοῦ·τοῦτογὰρἐποίησενonce for all,ἑαυτὸνhaving offered up.28ὁνόμοςγὰρἀνθρώπουςappointsἀρχιερεῖςἔχονταςweakness;ὁλόγοςδὲτῆςoath,τῆςμετὰτὸννόμονΥἱόνεἰςτὸναἰῶναhaving been perfected.Tap a word to flip it. Press and hold on mobile, or right-click on desktop, for word settings.
