Hebrajczyków 7
1 Albowiem ten Melchisedek był król Salem, kapłan Boga najwyższego, który zaszedł drogę Abrahamowi, gdy się wracał od porażki królów i błogosławił mu.
[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 Któremu i dziesięciny ze wszystkiego udzielił Abraham; który najprzód wykłada się król sprawiedliwości, potem też król Salem, co jest król pokoju.
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 Bez ojca, bez matki, bez rodu, ani początku dni, ani końca żywota nie mając, ale przypodobany będąc Synowi Bożemu, zostaje kapłanem na wieki.
[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 Obaczcież tedy, jako wielki ten był, któremu też dziesięcinę z łupów dał Abraham patryjarcha.
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 A ci, którzy są z synów Lewiego, urząd kapłański przyjmujący, rozkazanie mają, aby brali dziesięcinę od ludu według zakonu, to jest od braci swoich, choć wyszli z biódr Abrahamowych.
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 Ale ten, którego ród nie jest poczytany między nimi, dziesięcinę wziął od Abrahama i temu, który miał obietnicę, błogosławił.
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 A bez wszelkiego sporu mniejszy od większego błogosławieństwo bierze.
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 A tuć dziesięciny biorą ludzie, którzy umierają; tam zasię on, o którym świadczono, iż żyje.
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 A iż tak rzekę i sam Lewi, który dziesięciny bierze, dał w Abrahamie dziesięcinę.
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 Albowiem jeszcze był w biodrach ojcowskich, gdy wyszedł przeciwko niemu Melchisedek.
since [the sperm from which all those priests were eventually born] was still in Abraham’s body [EUP] when Melchizedek met Abraham.
11 A przetoż byłali doskonałość przez kapłaństwo lewickie, (gdyż za niego wydany jest zakon ludowi), jakaż tego jeszcze była potrzeba, aby inszy kapłan według porządku Melchisedekowego powstał, a nie był według porządku Aaronowego mianowany?
[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 A ponieważ kapłaństwo jest przeniesione, musi też i zakon przeniesiony być.
[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 Bo ten, o którym się to mówi, inszego jest pokolenia, z którego żaden nie służył ołtarzowi.
[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 Albowiem jawna jest, iż z pokolenia Judowego poszedł Pan nasz, o którem pokoleniu nic z strony kapłaństwa nie mówi Mojżesz.
[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 Owszem obficie to jeszcze i z tego jawna jest, iż powstał inszy kapłan według porządku Melchisedekowego,
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 Który się stał nie według zakonu przykazania cielesnego, ale według mocy żywota nieskazitelnego.
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).
[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 Bo się stało zniesienie onego przyszłego przykazania dla słabości jego i niepożytku.
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 Bo niczego do doskonałości nie przywiódł zakon; ale na miejsce jego wprowadzona jest lepsza nadzieja, przez którą się przybliżamy do Boga.
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 A to i względem tego, że nie bez przysięgi jest wprowadzona.
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 Boć się oni bez przysięgi kapłanami stawali, a ten z przysięgą przez tego, który rzekł do niego: Przysiągł Pan, a nie będzie tego żałował: Tyś jest kapłanem na wieki według porządku Melchisedekowego, (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 Tak dalece lepszego przymierza rękojmią stał się Jezus.
Because of that, Jesus guarantees that [the new] covenant will be better [than the old one].
23 Więc też onych wiele bywało kapłanów dlatego, iż im śmierć nie dopuściła zawsze trwać.
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].
But because [Jesus] lives eternally, he will continue to be a Supreme Priest forever. (aiōn g165)
25 Przetoż i doskonale zbawić może tych, którzy przez niego przystępują do Boga, zawsze żyjąc, aby orędował za nimi.
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 Takiegoć zaiste przystało nam mieć najwyższego kapłana, świętego, niewinnego, niepokalanego, odłączonego od grzeszników i który by się stał wyższy nad niebiosa:
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 Który by nie potrzebował na każdy dzień, jako oni najwyżsi kapłani, pierwej za swoje grzechy własne ofiar sprawować, a potem za ludzkie; bo to uczynił raz samego siebie ofiarowawszy.
[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 Albowiem zakon ludzi podległych krewkości stanowił za najwyższych kapłanów: ale słowo przysięgi, które się stało po zakonie, postanowiło Syna Bożego doskonałego na wieki. (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)
