Hebreo 7
1 Isu daytoy Melkisedec nga ari ti Salem, a padi ti Dios a Kangatoan, a nangsabat kenni Abraham idi agsubsubli manipud iti panangpapatay kadagiti ar-ari ket binendisonanna isuna.
It was this Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and gave him his blessing;
2 Inted ni Abraham kenkuana ti apagkapullo kadagiti amin a banbanag a nasamsamna. Ti kaipapanan ti naganna a “Melkisedek” ket “ari ti kinalinteg,” ken kasta met nga “ari ti Salem,” dayta ket, “ari ti kapia.”
and it was to him that Abraham allotted a tithe of all the spoil. The meaning of his name is ‘king of righteousness,’ and besides that, he was also king of Salem, which means ‘king of peace.’
3 Awan amana, awan inana, awan kapuonanna, awan iti aniaman a pangrugian dagiti al-aldawna wenno pagpatinggaan iti biagna. Ngem ketdi, agtalinaed isuna a padi iti agnanayon, kas iti Anak ti Dios.
There is no record of his father, or mother, or lineage, nor again of any beginning of his days, or end of his life. In this he resembles the Son of God, and stands before us as a priest whose priesthood is continuous.
4 Ammirisenyo ngarud ita ti kinaindaklan daytoy a tao. Inted ni Abraham a kapuonantayo ti apagkapullo kadagiti kasasayaatan a banbanag a nasamsamna iti gubat.
Consider, then the importance of this Melchizedek, to whom even the patriarch Abraham himself gave a tithe of the choicest spoils.
5 Ken ti kinapudnona, addaan ti bilin dagiti kaputotan ni Levi a nangawat iti kinapadi manipud iti linteg a mangurnong kadagiti apagkapullo manipud kadagiti tattao, dayta ket, aggapu kadagiti padada nga Israelita, uray no kaputotan met laeng ida ni Abraham.
Those descendants of Levi, who are from time to time appointed to the priesthood, are directed to collect tithes from the people in accordance with the Law – that is from their own kindred, although they also are descended from Abraham.
6 Ngem immawat iti apagkapullo ni Melkisedec a saan a kaputotan ni Levi manipud kenni Abraham, ken binendisionanna isuna, ti addaan kadagiti karkari.
But Melchizedek, although not of this lineage, received tithes from Abraham, and gave his blessing to the man who had God’s promises.
7 Saan a mailibak a benindisionan ti nangatngato a tao ti nababbaba a tao.
Now no one can dispute that it is the superior who blesses the inferior.
8 Iti daytoy a pasamak, matayto iti maysa nga aldaw dagiti tattao nga umaw-awat kadagiti apagkapullo ngem iti sabali met a pasamak, nailadawan a kas agbibbiag nga agtultulnog ti immawat iti apagkapullo ni Abraham.
In the one case the tithes are received by people who are mortal; in the other case by one about whom there is the statement that his life still continues.
9 Ken iti gagangay a panagsasao, uray ni Levi nga immawat kadagiti apagkapullo ket nagited met babaen kenni Abraham,
Moreover, in a sense, even Levi, who is the receiver of the tithes, has, through Abraham, paid tithes;
10 gapu ta adda idi ni Levi iti lumo ni Abraham a kapuonanna idi nagkita ni Abraham ken Melkisedec.
for Levi was still in the body of his ancestor when Melchizedek met Abraham.
11 Ita, no magun-od ti kinaan-anay babaen iti kinapadi dagiti kaputotan ni Levi, (ta inawat dagiti tattao ti linteg babaen iti daytoy) ania pay laeng ti kasapulan ti sabali pay a padi a tumaud manipud iti kinapadi ni Melkisedec a saan ketdi a mainaganan manipud iti kinapadi ni Aaron?
If, then, perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood – and it was under this priesthood that the people received the Law – why was it still necessary that a priest of a different order should appear, a priest of the order of Melchizedek and not of the order of Aaron?
12 Ta no agbaliw ti kinapadi, masapul a mabaliwan met ti linteg.
With the change of the priesthood a change of the Law became a necessity.
13 Ta maibilang iti sabali a tribu ti nakaibagaanna dagitoy a banbanag, manipud iti daytoy ket awan pay ti uray maysa a tao a nagserbi iti altar.
And he of whom all this is said belonged to quite a different tribe, no member of which has ever served at the altar.
14 Nalawag ita a nagtaud ti Apotayo manipud iti Juda, ti tribu a saan a pulos a dinakamat ni Moises maipapan kadagiti papadi.
For it is plain that our Lord had sprung from the tribe of Judah, though of that tribe Moses said nothing about their being priests.
15 Ken nalawlawag pay ti ibagbagami no tumaud ti sabali a padi a kaas-asping ni Melkisedec.
All this becomes even yet plainer when we remember that a new priest has appeared, resembling Melchizedek,
16 Saan a nagbalin a padi daytoy a barbaro a padi a maibatay iti linteg maipapan iti nagtaudan ti tao, ngem ketdi, maibatay iti pannakabalin ti biag a saan a madadael.
and that he was appointed, not under a Law regulating only earthly matters, but by virtue of a life beyond the reach of death;
17 Ta saksaksian iti Nasantoan a Surat ti maipapan kenkuana: “Padika nga agnanayon a nagtaud manipud iti kinapadi ni Melkisedec.” (aiōn g165)
for that is the meaning of the declaration – ‘You are for all time a priest of the order of Melchizedek.’ (aiōn g165)
18 Ta nailasin ti imun-una a bilin gapu ta nakapuy ken awan ti pakausaranna.
On the one hand, we have the abolition of a previous regulation as being both inefficient and useless
19 Ta awan ti naaramid ti linteg a nagbalin a naan-anay. No pay kasta, adda ti nasaysayaat a kinatalged iti masakbayan a mangiyasideg kadatayo iti Dios.
(for the Law never brought anything to perfection); and, on the other hand, we have the introduction of a better hope, which enables us to draw near to God.
20 Ken saan a napasamak daytoy a nasaysayaat a kinatalged no awan ti panagsapata, ta saan a nagsapata dagitoy a dadduma a papadi.
Then again, the appointment of this new priest was ratified by an oath, which is not so with the Levitical priests,
21 Ngem nagsapata ti Dios idi nagsao iti maipapan kenni Jesus, “Nagkari ti Apo ken saanna a baliwan ti panunotna: 'Padika nga agnanayon.”' (aiōn g165)
but his appointment was ratified by an oath, when God said to him – ‘The Lord has sworn, and will not change, “You are a priest for all time.”’ (aiōn g165)
22 Nagbalin a talged ti nasaysayaat a tulag ni Jesus babaen met iti daytoy.
And the oath shows the corresponding superiority of the covenant of which Jesus is appointed the surety.
23 Kinapudnona, lappedan ti patay ti agnanayon a panagserbi dagiti papadi. Isu iti gapuna nga adu dagiti papadi iti agsisinnaruno.
Again, new Levitical priests are continually being appointed, because death prevents their remaining in office;
but Jesus remains for all time, and therefore the priesthood that he holds will never pass to another. (aiōn g165)
25 Ngarud babaen kenkuana, kabaelanna met nga isalakan a naan-anay dagiti umas-asideg iti Dios, gapu ta kankanayon nga agbibiag isuna a mangibabaet kadakauada.
And that is why he is able to save perfectly those who come to God through him, living for ever, as he does, to intercede of their behalf.
26 Ta rumbeng laeng kadatayo ti kasta a kangatoan a padi. Awan ti basolna, awan ti pakapilawanna, nadalus, naisina kadagiti managbasol, ken nagbalin a nangatngato ngem kadagiti langlangit.
This was the high priest that we needed – holy, innocent, spotless, withdrawn from sinners, exalted above the highest heaven,
27 Saanna a kasapulan ti inaldaw nga agidaton, saan a kasla kadagiti nangangato a papadi, umuna ket maipaay kadagiti basbasolna, ken kalpasanna, maipaay kadagiti basbasol dagiti tattao. Inaramidna daytoy iti naminpinsan laeng idi indatonna ti bukodna a bagi.
one who has no need to offer sacrifices daily as those high priests have, first for their own sins, and then for those of the people. For this he did once and for all, when he offered himself as the sacrifice.
28 Ta dutdutokan ti linteg dagiti tattao nga addaan kadagiti kinakapuy a kas nangangato a papadi, ngem ti sao iti sapata a naaramid kalpasan ti linteg ket dinutokanna ti Anak a nagbalin a naan-anay iti agnanayon. (aiōn g165)
The Law appoints as high priests men who are weak, but the words of God’s oath, which was later than the Law, name the Son as, for all time, the perfect priest. (aiōn g165)
