Hebrews 7
1 [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.
iwayi hi malkisadak ichu salem irji ukon gye iwandi astra ni ibrahim arji ni bubu taku baba ichu bari nikima ati lulu yoniwu
2 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’.
ibrahim a nuh toh nitu vukpintrame a fea indema hi malkisadak itutre kima andi ichu dindi tokima ichu salem tutre ki ahi ichu kau u chuwo
3 [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.
ana he ni itina ana heni yina anaheni gyirzina anaheni mumla zrena a heni kle nrli na wawu ahi chu ukase kase wwu he to vrerji
4 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].
ziza a tob minko iwandi idji yi aheni wua iti utiti mbu ibrahim anu ri nimyi iwlou ni kpi iwandi aka fe umegye uma ni bubu taku uma
5 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.
ngarli igirji iawi iwandi ba kpa ndu biti ndu trairji bahe nitre iwandi arji ni bubuu blatrerija andi dubakpa iri ni myi iwloa niwondji wato niwo imrli vayimba isra lawa koda ike bahem gyizji Ibrahim me
6 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].
wawu malkisadak ana he ni gyrji lawi na akpa iri ni myi iwolu niwo Ibrahim nati lulu yoniwu wawu iwandi aheni youyua
7 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].
ana gbra sromana tsitsa mba ni kpa lulu niwo iwandi ahinikon ni wa
8 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].
iwayi hi trendji biwandi bakpa iri nimyi wlon niviri uloba kwu ama ni kauli ri indji iwandi akpa iri ni myi wlon mbubu ibrahim andi ba vrinka har ye luwa
9 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],
ngarli nitu tre lawi indji iwandi ani kpari ni myi wloa ndu wawu me nu ibrahim zaka
10 since [the sperm from which all those priests were eventually born] was still in Abraham’s body [EUP] when Melchizedek met Abraham.
lawi ahe myi biwandi tsatson ibrahim ninton iwandi malkisadak aye kbu tu ni ibrahim
11 [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].
zizaa ani bi mudu kiwa kle ni myi firistanci bi iwaiyawa to ina bi iwandi firist aye nitu kpe uti otli biwu malkisadak bana tre nitu kpi uti Haruna na?
12 [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]}.
kongya ninton iwandi ba vuba ba sru ni kanka tokima me ibla tre ni he ni kanka
13 [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].
indji iwandi batretre biyi nituma a hidji uwgburunka iwandi idiori na taba kukurlini koshshi trarji
14 [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.
iwayi heni kirji ji itumbu irji ni myi igrji yaluza nigrji iwandi musa na taba yoba nitu tre firistoci bana
15 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.
ikpewandi kizitrea aheni kirji ndi idan frist ri aba shishi malkisadak
16 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).
iwandi hi frist sisama anahi frist iwandi a wlude nitu andi ka ida ugrji mirli adamu a na aheni myi frist biwandi bana shabrjiana
17 [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)
don ban nygan ni myi mbe rji nituma iwu uhi priest ukase kase nitu iti malkisadak (aiōn g165)
18 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].
doka ufari ba kauzi ni kosari don ahi sanko iwandi ana bina
19 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.
domi tro na kamaita kperina ama kpen yosron dindi mko shishi iwandi nituma ki fenkon uhu trairji
20 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].
iwayi iyosron ndidima anadi se shirjina don firisloci bimu bana shirjina
21 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)
ama irji a shirji ni yesu ndi bachi a shirji ana kadona uhi ninko kase kase (aiōn g165)
22 Because of that, Jesus guarantees that [the new] covenant will be better [than the old one].
nibubu kima yesu anu kpan yeme na la sekpah
23 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].
ngarli ikwu azu firistociba nitin har kase kase iwayimba sa fristochi gbugbwu iri ni kogwori
24 But because [Jesus] lives eternally, he will continue to be a Supreme Priest forever. (aiōn g165)
ahelokima yesu heni sisre kase kase indu ma utreji bana srahuna sam (aiōn g165)
25 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.
nitu tukima aheni ngblegle u gbujbu iwandi ahe hwuye hwuye nirji ni u me ngarli don ahe ni sisre asi briirji nitu mba
26 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.
nitu iri bikima nikhon ni myi bi tindu ni korji wawuyi bini ta ana he ni latrena uka ti meme tsatrama iwandi aheni hrah uimyi bii latre ahe ni shushuluwa wuu
27 [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!
ana hem gbujbuna na binkohn nindu rji ba iwandi ba sruyi nivi nivi ni mumla ma ahi mtu latre utu mba kimba ngarli nitutatre ndji wawuu ama vrerji ati tombaimkpu ri megye ana youygah niko nygah ni yanda kpe wandi akba tuma nya
28 [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)
nitu blatre iwandi indji biwandi ba gazawa nikohn firistoci ama itre shirji iwandi ayeni kokwon blatre anu iwandi wawuyi nison kase kase (aiōn g165)
