Hebreeën 7
1 Want deze Melchizedek was koning van Salem, een priester des Allerhoogsten Gods, die Abraham tegemoet ging, als hij wederkeerde van het slaan der koningen, en hem zegende;
[Now I will say more about] this [man] Melchizedek. He was the king of Salem [city and was] a priest of God, the one who is greater [than anyone else]. He met Abraham who was returning [home] after [he and his men] had defeated the [armies of four] kings [SYN]. Melchizedek [asked God to] bless Abraham.
2 Aan welken ook Abraham van alles de tienden deelde; die vooreerst overgezet wordt, koning der gerechtigheid, en daarna ook was een koning van Salem, hetwelk is een koning des vredes;
Then Abraham gave to him one tenth of all [the spoils he] took after winning [the battle. Melchizedek’s name] means firstly ‘king [who rules] righteously’, and since Salem means ‘peace’, he was the ‘king [who rules] peacefully’.
3 Zonder vader, zonder moeder, zonder geslachtsrekening, noch beginsel der dagen, noch einde des levens hebbende; maar den Zoon van God gelijk geworden zijnde, blijft hij een priester in eeuwigheid.
[In the Scriptures there is] no [record of who his] father [was], nor [is there any record of who his] mother [was], nor [is there any record of who his] ancestors [were]. There is no [record of when he was] born, nor [is there any record of when he] died. [For these reasons], [it is as though] he continues to be a priest forever, and for this reason he is like God’s Son.
4 Aanmerkt nu, hoe groot deze geweest zij, aan denwelken ook Abraham, de patriarch, tienden gegeven heeft uit den buit.
You can realize how great this [man Melchizedek was] from the fact that Abraham, [our famous] ancestor, gave him (a tithe/one tenth) of the spoils [from the battle].
5 En die uit de kinderen van Levi het priesterdom ontvangen, hebben wel bevel om tienden te nemen van het volk, naar de wet, dat is, van hun broederen, hoewel die uit de lenden van Abraham voortgekomen zijn.
According to the laws [God gave Moses], the descendants of [Abraham’s great-grandson] Levi, who were priests, should take tithes from [God’s] people who were their relatives, even though those people also were Abraham’s descendants.
6 Maar hij, die zijn geslachtsrekening uit hen niet heeft, die heeft van Abraham tienden genomen, en hem, die de beloftenissen had, heeft hij gezegend.
But this man [Melchizedek], who was not among the descendants [of Levi], took tithes from Abraham. He also [asked God to] bless Abraham, the man to whom [God] promised [many descendants].
7 Nu, zonder enig tegenspreken, hetgeen minder is, wordt gezegend van hetgeen meerder is.
We know for certain that it is the more [important people] who [ask God to] bless the less important people. [And Melchizedek blessed Abraham. So we conclude that Melchizedek was greater than Abraham].
8 En hier nemen wel tienden de mensen, die sterven, maar aldaar neemt ze die, van welken getuigd wordt, dat hij leeft.
In the case of [the priests who are descendants of Levi], men who some day will die receive tithes. But in the case of [Melchizedek it is as if God] testifies that he was still living, [since there is no record in Scriptures about his death].
9 En, om zo te spreken, ook Levi, die tienden neemt, heeft door Abraham tienden gegeven;
And it was as though Levi himself, and [all the priests descended from him]—who received tithes [from the people]—paid tithes [to Melchizedek]. And when Abraham paid tithes, it [was as though Levi and all the priests descended from him acknowledged that the work Melchizedek did as a priest was greater than the work Levi did],
10 Want hij was nog in de lenden des vaders, als hem Melchizedek tegemoet ging.
since [the sperm from which all those priests were eventually born] was still in Abraham’s body [EUP] when Melchizedek met Abraham.
11 Indien dan nu de volkomenheid door het Levietische priesterschap ware (want onder hetzelve heeft het volk de wet ontvangen), wat nood was het nog, dat een ander priester naar de ordening van Melchizedek zou opstaan, en die niet zou gezegd worden te zijn naar de ordening van Aaron?
[God] gave his laws to his people at the same time he gave regulations about the priests. So, if what the priests who were descended from Levi did could have provided a way for God to completely [forgive] people [for disobeying those laws], certainly no other priest like Melchizedek would have been necessary. [RHQ] Instead, priests who were descended from Aaron, [Levi’s descendant, would have been adequate].
12 Want het priesterschap veranderd zijnde, zo geschiedt er ook noodzakelijk verandering der wet.
[But we know they were not adequate, because a new type of priest like Melchizedek has come]. And since [God] has appointed a new type of priest, he also had to change the regulations [concerning how priests were appointed] {[he appointed priests]}.
13 Want Hij, op Wien deze dingen gezegd worden, behoort tot een anderen stam, van welken niemand zich tot het altaar begeven heeft.
[Jesus], the one about whom I am saying these things, is a descendant of someone else, [not a descendant of Levi]. None of the men from whom Jesus descended ever served as priests [MTY].
14 Want het is openbaar, dat onze Heere uit Juda gesproten is; op welken stam Mozes niets gesproken heeft van het priesterschap.
[We know that] since it is obvious that it is from [the tribe of] Judah that our Lord was descended. Moses never said that any of Judah’s descendants would [become] priests.
15 En dit is nog veel meer openbaar, zo er naar de gelijkenis van Melchizedek een ander priester opstaat:
Furthermore, [we know that the priests who were descended from Levi were inadequate, since] it is even more obvious that another priest has appeared who is like Melchizedek.
16 Die dit niet naar de wet des vleselijken gebods is geworden, maar naar de kracht des onvergankelijken levens.
Jesus became a priest, but not because [he fulfilled] what [God’s] law required [about being a descendant of Levi]. Instead, he has the kind of power that [came from a] life that nothing can destroy (OR, [enabled him to] live [again after he was] killed).
17 Want Hij getuigt: Gij zijt Priester in der eeuwigheid naar de ordening van Melchizedek. (aiōn g165)
[We know this] since [God] confirmed it in [the Scripture passage in which he said to his Son], You [(sg)] are a priest eternally just like Melchizedek was a priest. (aiōn g165)
18 Want de vernietiging van het voorgaande gebod geschiedt om deszelfs zwakheids en onprofijtelijkheids wil;
On the one hand, God canceled what he commanded previously [concerning the priests] because it failed in every way to enable anyone [to become all that God intended].
19 Want de wet heeft geen ding volmaakt, maar de aanleiding van een betere hoop, door welke wij tot God genaken.
Remember that no one was able to become all that God intended [by obeying] the laws [that God gave Moses]. On the other hand, [God caused that we could] confidently expect better things [than we could expect by obeying God’s laws]. [He did that by his establishing Christ as priest]. Now by means of [Christ sacrificing himself for us] we can come near to God.
20 En voor zoveel het niet zonder eedzwering is geschied,
Furthermore, [when God appointed Christ, it was when God] solemnly declared [that Christ would be a priest] [LIT]. When [God appointed former] priests, it was not by his solemnly declaring [that they would be priests].
21 (want genen zijn wel zonder eedzwering priesters geworden; Maar Deze met eedzwering, door Dien, Die tot Hem gezegd heeft: De Heere heeft gezworen, en het zal Hem niet berouwen: Gij zijt Priester in der eeuwigheid naar de ordening van Melchizedek). (aiōn g165)
However, when he [appointed Christ to be a priest], it was by these words that [the Psalmist wrote in Scripture]: The Lord has solemnly declared [to the Messiah], —and he will not change his mind— “You will be a priest forever!” (aiōn g165)
22 Van een zoveel beter verbond is Jezus Borg geworden.
Because of that, Jesus guarantees that [the new] covenant will be better [than the old one].
23 En genen zijn wel vele priesters geworden, omdat zij door den dood verhinderd werden altijd te blijven;
And formerly, the priests could not keep serving [as priests], because they all died [PRS]. So there were many priests [to take the place of the ones who died].
24 Maar Deze, omdat Hij in der eeuwigheid blijft, heeft een onvergankelijk Priesterschap. (aiōn g165)
But because [Jesus] lives eternally, he will continue to be a Supreme Priest forever. (aiōn g165)
25 Waarom Hij ook volkomenlijk kan zalig maken degenen, die door Hem tot God gaan, alzo Hij altijd leeft om voor hen te bidden.
So, he can completely and eternally save those who come to God by [trusting in what Jesus has done for them], since he lives forever to plead [with God] to help them.
26 Want zodanig een Hogepriester betaamde ons, heilig, onnozel, onbesmet, afgescheiden van de zondaren, en hoger dan de hemelen geworden;
Jesus is the kind of Supreme Priest that we need. He was holy; he did no wrong; he was completely innocent. [God] has now taken him up to the highest heaven separated from [living among] sinners.
27 Dien het niet allen dag nodig was, gelijk den hogepriesters, eerst voor zijn eigen zonden slachtofferen op te offeren, daarna, voor de zonden des volks; want dat heeft Hij eenmaal gedaan, als Hij Zichzelven opgeofferd heeft.
[The other] Supreme Priests need to sacrifice [animals] day by day [as well as year by year]. They do this, firstly, [to atone] for their own sins, and then [to atone for other] people [who have sinned]. [But because Jesus never sinned], he does not need to atone for his own sin. The only thing [he needed to do to save people] was to sacrifice himself once!
28 Want de wet stelt tot hogepriesters mensen, die zwakheid hebben; maar het woord der eedzwering, die na de wet is gevolgd, stelt den Zoon, Die in der eeuwigheid geheiligd is. (aiōn g165)
[We need a Supreme Priest like] him, because in the laws [that God gave Moses] [PRS] the ones who would be appointed to be priests would be men who tended [to sin easily]. But [God] solemnly [declared] [PRS] after [he had given] his laws [to Moses] that [he would appoint] (his Son/the man who is also God) [to be a Supreme Priest. Now] ([his Son/the man who is also God]) has forever become all that God intends him to be. (aiōn g165)
