Hebrews 5

1 For every chief priest taken out of men is set in things [pertaining] to God in behalf of men, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins,

For every high priest, being taken from among men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.

2 being able to be gentle to those being ignorant and going astray, since he is also surrounded with weakness;

The high priest can deal gently with those who are ignorant and going astray, because he himself is also surrounded with weakness.

3 and because of this [weakness] he ought, just as for the people, so also for himself, to bring forward [sacrifices] for sins;

Because of this, he must offer sacrifices for sins for the people, as well as for himself.

4 and no one takes the honor to himself, but he who is called by God, as also Aaron.

Nobody takes this honor on himself, but he is called by God, just like Aaron was.

5 So also the Christ did not glorify Himself to become Chief Priest, but He who spoke to Him: “You are My Son, today I have begotten You”;

So also Christ didn’t glorify himself to be made a high priest, but it was he who said to him, “You are my Son. Today I have become your father.”

6 just as He also says in another [place], “You [are] a priest throughout the age, according to the order of Melchizedek”; (aiōn g165)

As he says also in another place, “You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.” (aiōn g165)

7 who in the days of His flesh having offered up both prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and having been heard in respect to that which He feared,

He, in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,

8 though being a Son, [He] learned obedience by the things which He suffered,

though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered.

9 and having been made perfect, He became the cause of continuous salvation to all those obeying Him, (aiōnios g166)

Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation, (aiōnios g166)

10 having been called by God a Chief Priest according to the order of Melchizedek,

named by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.

11 concerning the Word, of whom we have much [to speak], and of hard explanation to say, since you have become dull of hearing,

About him we have many words to say, and hard to interpret, seeing you have become dull of hearing.

12 for even owing to be teachers, because of the time, again you have need that one teach you what [are] the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God, and you have become having need of milk, and not of strong food,

For although by this time you should be teachers, you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the revelations of God. You have come to need milk, and not solid food.

13 for everyone who is partaking of milk [is] unskilled in the word of righteousness—for he is an infant,

For everyone who lives on milk is not experienced in the word of righteousness, for he is a baby.

14 and the strong food is of perfect men, who because of the use are having the senses exercised, to both the discernment of good and of evil.

But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.