ibriṇaḥ 7
1 śālamasya rājā sarvvoparisthasyeśvarasya yājakaśca san yo nṛpatīnāṁ māraṇāt pratyāgatam ibrāhīmaṁ sākṣātkṛtyāśiṣaṁ gaditavān,
For this Melchisedec, King of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from smiting the kings, and blessed him;
2 yasmai cebrāhīm sarvvadravyāṇāṁ daśamāṁśaṁ dattavān sa malkīṣedak svanāmno'rthena prathamato dharmmarājaḥ paścāt śālamasya rājārthataḥ śāntirājo bhavati|
to whom Abraham gave also the tenth portion of all; first being interpreted King of righteousness, and then also King of Salem, which is King of peace;
3 aparaṁ tasya pitā mātā vaṁśasya nirṇaya āyuṣa ārambho jīvanasya śeṣaścaiteṣām abhāvo bhavati, itthaṁ sa īśvaraputrasya sadṛśīkṛtaḥ, sa tvanantakālaṁ yāvad yājakastiṣṭhati|
without father, without mother, without genealogy; having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but assimilated to the Son of God, abides a priest continually.
4 ataevāsmākaṁ pūrvvapuruṣa ibrāhīm yasmai luṭhitadravyāṇāṁ daśamāṁśaṁ dattavān sa kīdṛk mahān tad ālocayata|
Now consider how great this [personage] was, to whom [even] the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth out of the spoils.
5 yājakatvaprāptā leveḥ santānā vyavasthānusāreṇa lokebhyo'rthata ibrāhīmo jātebhyaḥ svīyabhrātṛbhyo daśamāṁśagrahaṇasyādeśaṁ labdhavantaḥ|
And they indeed from among the sons of Levi, who receive the priesthood, have commandment to take tithes from the people according to the law, that is from their brethren, though these are come out of the loins of Abraham:
6 kintvasau yadyapi teṣāṁ vaṁśāt notpannastathāpībrāhīmo daśamāṁśaṁ gṛhītavān pratijñānām adhikāriṇam āśiṣaṁ gaditavāṁśca|
but he who has no genealogy from them has tithed Abraham, and blessed him who had the promises.
7 aparaṁ yaḥ śreyān sa kṣudratarāyāśiṣaṁ dadātītyatra ko'pi sandeho nāsti|
But beyond all gainsaying, the inferior is blessed by the better.
8 aparam idānīṁ ye daśamāṁśaṁ gṛhlanti te mṛtyoradhīnā mānavāḥ kintu tadānīṁ yo gṛhītavān sa jīvatītipramāṇaprāptaḥ|
And here dying men receive tithes; but there [one] of whom the witness is that he lives;
9 aparaṁ daśamāṁśagrāhī levirapībrāhīmdvārā daśamāṁśaṁ dattavān etadapi kathayituṁ śakyate|
and, so to speak, through Abraham, Levi also, who received tithes, has been made to pay tithes.
10 yato yadā malkīṣedak tasya pitaraṁ sākṣāt kṛtavān tadānīṁ sa leviḥ pitururasyāsīt|
For he was yet in the loins of his father when Melchisedec met him.
11 aparaṁ yasya sambandhe lokā vyavasthāṁ labdhavantastena levīyayājakavargeṇa yadi siddhiḥ samabhaviṣyat tarhi hāroṇasya śreṇyā madhyād yājakaṁ na nirūpyeśvareṇa malkīṣedakaḥ śreṇyā madhyād aparasyaikasya yājakasyotthāpanaṁ kuta āvaśyakam abhaviṣyat?
If indeed then perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, for the people had their law given to them in connexion with it, what need [was there] still that a different priest should arise according to the order of Melchisedec, and not be named after the order of Aaron?
12 yato yājakavargasya vinimayena sutarāṁ vyavasthāyā api vinimayo jāyate|
For, the priesthood being changed, there takes place of necessity a change of law also.
13 aparañca tad vākyaṁ yasyoddeśyaṁ so'pareṇa vaṁśena saṁyuktā'sti tasya vaṁśasya ca ko'pi kadāpi vedyāḥ karmma na kṛtavān|
For he, of whom these things are said, belongs to a different tribe, of which no one has [ever] been attached to the service of the altar.
14 vastutastu yaṁ vaṁśamadhi mūsā yājakatvasyaikāṁ kathāmapi na kathitavān tasmin yihūdāvaṁśe'smākaṁ prabhu rjanma gṛhītavān iti suspaṣṭaṁ|
For it is clear that our Lord has sprung out of Juda, as to which tribe Moses spake nothing as to priests.
15 tasya spaṣṭataram aparaṁ pramāṇamidaṁ yat malkīṣedakaḥ sādṛśyavatāpareṇa tādṛśena yājakenodetavyaṁ,
And it is yet more abundantly evident, since a different priest arises according to the similitude of Melchisedec,
16 yasya nirūpaṇaṁ śarīrasambandhīyavidhiyuktayā vyavasthāyā na bhavati kintvakṣayajīvanayuktayā śaktyā bhavati|
who has been constituted not according to law of fleshly commandment, but according to power of indissoluble life.
17 yata īśvara idaṁ sākṣyaṁ dattavān, yathā, "tvaṁ maklīṣedakaḥ śreṇyāṁ yājako'si sadātanaḥ|" (aiōn g165)
For it is borne witness, Thou art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedec. (aiōn g165)
18 anenāgravarttino vidhe durbbalatāyā niṣphalatāyāśca hetorarthato vyavasthayā kimapi siddhaṁ na jātamitihetostasya lopo bhavati|
For there is a setting aside of the commandment going before for its weakness and unprofitableness,
19 yayā ca vayam īśvarasya nikaṭavarttino bhavāma etādṛśī śreṣṭhapratyāśā saṁsthāpyate|
(for the law perfected nothing, ) and the introduction of a better hope by which we draw nigh to God.
20 aparaṁ yīśuḥ śapathaṁ vinā na niyuktastasmādapi sa śreṣṭhaniyamasya madhyastho jātaḥ|
And by how much [it was] not without the swearing of an oath;
21 yataste śapathaṁ vinā yājakā jātāḥ kintvasau śapathena jātaḥ yataḥ sa idamuktaḥ, yathā,
(for they are become priests without the swearing of an oath, but he with the swearing of an oath, by him who said, as to him, The Lord has sworn, and will not repent [of it], Thou [art] priest for ever [according to the order of Melchisedec]; ) (aiōn g165)
22 "parameśa idaṁ śepe na ca tasmānnivartsyate| tvaṁ malkīṣedakaḥ śreṇyāṁ yājako'si sadātanaḥ|" (aiōn g165)
by so much Jesus became surety of a better covenant.
23 te ca bahavo yājakā abhavan yataste mṛtyunā nityasthāyitvāt nivāritāḥ,
And they have been many priests, on account of being hindered from continuing by death;
but he, because of his continuing for ever, has the priesthood unchangeable. (aiōn g165)
25 tato heto rye mānavāsteneśvarasya sannidhiṁ gacchanti tān sa śeṣaṁ yāvat paritrātuṁ śaknoti yatasteṣāṁ kṛte prārthanāṁ karttuṁ sa satataṁ jīvati|
Whence also he is able to save completely those who approach by him to God, always living to intercede for them.
26 aparam asmākaṁ tādṛśamahāyājakasya prayojanamāsīd yaḥ pavitro 'hiṁsako niṣkalaṅkaḥ pāpibhyo bhinnaḥ svargādapyuccīkṛtaśca syāt|
For such a high priest became us, holy, harmless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and become higher than the heavens:
27 aparaṁ mahāyājakānāṁ yathā tathā tasya pratidinaṁ prathamaṁ svapāpānāṁ kṛte tataḥ paraṁ lokānāṁ pāpānāṁ kṛte balidānasya prayojanaṁ nāsti yata ātmabalidānaṁ kṛtvā tad ekakṛtvastena sampāditaṁ|
who has not day by day need, as the high priests, first to offer up sacrifices for his own sins, then [for] those of the people; for this he did once for all [in] having offered up himself.
28 yato vyavasthayā ye mahāyājakā nirūpyante te daurbbalyayuktā mānavāḥ kintu vyavasthātaḥ paraṁ śapathayuktena vākyena yo mahāyājako nirūpitaḥ so 'nantakālārthaṁ siddhaḥ putra eva| (aiōn g165)
For the law constitutes men high priests, having infirmity; but the word of the swearing of the oath which [is] after the law, a Son perfected for ever. (aiōn g165)
