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.
Banghangziam cile hi Melchizedek sia, Salem kumpi, a sangbel Pathian i thiampi hi a, ama in kumpi te a thalup na pan in hong cia kik Abraham taw ki mu a, thupha pia hi;
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’.
Ama tung ah Abraham in se sawm sua se khat zong pia hi; a masabel in a min khiatna sia thutang suana Kumpi kici a, tua zawkciang in Salem Kumpi, a khiakna sia thinnopna Kumpi a hihi;
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.
Ama sia pa nei ngawl, nu nei ngawl, pu le pa khang nei ngawl, kipat na ni le nuntakna a tawpna zong nei ngawl hi; ahihang Pathian Tapa bang in a ki vawt hi a; tawntung thiampi in om nginge hi.
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].
Tu in hisia pa sia bangza in thupi, ci sia ngaisun vun, minam kipatna i pu Abraham na ngawn ngal te van a laksak te sung pan in se sawm sua se khat pia hi.
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.
Thiampi hi na a nga Levi tapa te in mipi te tung pan in se sawm sua se khat nga thei natu in thupiak nei takpi hi, amate i suapui te sia Abraham sung pan a suak te a hihi:
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].
Ahihang Levi minam sung a kisimngawl Melchizedek in Abraham tung pan in se sawm sua se khat sang a, kamciam te a nei Abraham thupha pia hi.
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].
A nozaw sia a lianzaw in thupha a piak sia langpan tu bangma om ngawl hi.
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].
Taciang hi mun ah a thi thei mihing te in se sawm sua se khat sang hi; ahihang tua mun ah a nungta hi, ci in tettipan na pa in se sawm sua se khat sang hi.
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],
Taciang se sawm sua se khat a sang Levi zong Abraham sung pan in se sawm sua se khat pia hi, i ci thei hi.
10 since [the sperm from which all those priests were eventually born] was still in Abraham’s body [EUP] when Melchizedek met Abraham.
Banghangziam cile Melchizedek in Abraham a mu lai in Levi sia a pa sung ah omlai hi.
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].
Tua ahikom Levi thiampi hina taw a kisai mihing te in thukham sang uh ahikom, tua minam tungtawn in picinna ah theng thei hile, Aaron bang thiampi dang sam ngawl in Melchizedek bang a dang thiampi banghang kul tu ziam?
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]}.
Banghangziam cile thiampi hi na lai zo ahikom in, thukham zong lai kul hamtang hi.
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].
Banghangziam cile hi a son uh sia phungdang pan hi a, tua phung sung ah kuama in biaktau ah naseam ngei ngawl hi.
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.
Banghangziam cile i Topa sia Judah sung pan in hong piang hi, ci kilang hi; tua phung sia Moses in thiampi a hina taw kizui in bangma son ngawl hi.
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.
Banghangziam cile Melchizedek bang a dang thiampi hong piang ahikom thiampi minam kilai zo hi, ci hong kilang seseam hi,
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).
Tua thiampi sia cilesa thupiakna bang in a kivawt hi ngawl a, a mong nei ngawl nuntak na i vangletna bang in a kivawt a hihi.
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)
Banghangziam cile, nangma sia Melchizedekk bang in tawntung thiampi na hihi, ci in ama in tettipang hi. (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].
Banghangziam cile nidang lai a ki pia thupiak sia thaneam le phatuam ngawl ahikom, kivawk takpi hi.
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.
Banghangziam cile thukham in bangma kicingsak ngawl hi, ahihang a phazaw lametna hong paipui a; tua lametna taw Pathian kung ah i neak thei hi.
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].
Taciang ama sia thukham om ngawl in thiampi a ki suaksak hi ngawl hi:
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)
Banghangziam cile tua thiampi te sia thukham om ngawl in thiampi a ki suaksak te a hihi; ahihang Jesus sia thukham taw ahikom in, Topa in kiciam a, ki sikkik ngawl tu hi, nangma sia Melchizedek bang in tawntung thiampi na hihi, ci hi: (aiōn g165)
22 Because of that, Jesus guarantees that [the new] covenant will be better [than the old one].
Tabang in Jesus sia a phazaw kamciam kipsak pa hong suak hi.
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].
Taciang amate thiampi tampi om takpi hi, banghangziam cile thina hang in thiampi seam suak thei ngawl hi:
24 But because [Jesus] lives eternally, he will continue to be a Supreme Priest forever. (aiōn g165)
Ahihang Jesus sia nungta paisuak ahikom a ki lai thei ngawl thiampi hina nei hi. (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.
Tua ahikom Ama tungtawn in Pathian kung a pai te sia a tawpdong in ngum thei a, amate atu thungetsak tu in a tawntung in nungta hi.
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.
Banghangziam cile, tabang in a thiangtho, mawna nei ngawl, a niin ngawl, mawnei te taw omkhawm ngawl le van sang a sang zaw in a vawt thiampi sang sia eite atu hong suak hi;
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!
Ama sia, tua thiampi sang te in, amate mawna atu biakpiakna pia masa a, tua zawkciang in mipi atu a pia te bang in nisim piak kul ngawl hi: banghangziam cile Ama le Ama biakpiakna a kipiak ciang in khatvei taw man hi.
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)
Banghangziam cile thukham in thaneamna a nei mihing te thiampi sang in vawt hi; ahihang thukham pan kipan in a kiciamna thu in tawntung kicinna Tapa sia thiampi sang in vawt hi. (aiōn g165)
