1 P orque este Melquisedeque, rei de Salém, sacerdote do Deus Altíssimo, que saiu ao encontro de Abraão quando este regressava da matança dos reis, e o abençoou,

For this Melchizedek, king of Salem priest of the Most High God, met Abraham as he returned from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,

2 a quem também Abraão separou o dízimo de tudo (sendo primeiramente, por interpretação do seu nome, rei de justiça, e depois também rei de Salém, que é rei de paz;

And Abraham gave to him a tenth portion of all. He is primarily, as his name when translated indicates, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, which means king of peace.

3 s em pai, sem mãe, sem genealogia, não tendo princípio de dias nem fim de vida, mas feito semelhante ao Filho de Deus), permanece sacerdote para sempre.

Without father or mother or ancestral line, neither with beginning of days nor ending of life, but, resembling the Son of God, he continues to be a priest without interruption and without successor.

4 C onsiderai, pois, quão grande era este, a quem até o patriarca Abraão deu o dízimo dentre os melhores despojos.

Now observe and consider how great this was to whom even Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth of the spoils.

5 E os que dentre os filhos de Levi recebem o sacerdócio têm ordem, segundo a lei, de tomar os dízimos do povo, isto é, de seus irmãos, ainda que estes também tenham saído dos lombos de Abraão;

And it is true that those descendants of Levi who are charged with the priestly office are commanded in the Law to take tithes from the people—which means, from their brethren—though these have descended from Abraham.

6 m as aquele cuja genealogia não é contada entre eles, tomou dízimos de Abraão, e abençoou ao que tinha as promessas.

But this person who has not their Levitical ancestry received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who possessed the promises.

7 O ra, sem contradição alguma, o menor é abençoado pelo maior.

Yet it is beyond all contradiction that it is the lesser person who is blessed by the greater one.

8 E aqui certamente recebem dízimos homens que morrem; ali, porém, os recebe aquele de quem se testifica que vive.

Furthermore, here tithes are received by men who are subject to death; while there, they are received by one of whom it is testified that he lives.

9 E , por assim dizer, por meio de Abraão, até Levi, que recebe dízimos, pagou dízimos,

A person might even say that Levi himself, who received tithes (the tenth), paid tithes through Abraham,

10 p orquanto ele estava ainda nos lombos de seu pai quando Melquisedeque saiu ao encontro deste.

For he was still in the loins of his forefather when Melchizedek met him.

11 D e sorte que, se a perfeição fosse pelo sacerdócio levítico (pois sob este o povo recebeu a lei), que necessidade havia ainda de que outro sacerdote se levantasse, segundo a ordem de Melquisedeque, e que não fosse contado segundo a ordem de Arão?

Now if perfection (a perfect fellowship between God and the worshiper) had been attainable by the Levitical priesthood—for under it the people were given the Law—why was it further necessary that there should arise another and different kind of Priest, one after the order of Melchizedek, rather than one appointed after the order and rank of Aaron?

12 P ois, mudando-se o sacerdócio, necessariamente se faz também mudança da lei.

For when there is a change in the priesthood, there is of necessity an alteration of the law as well.

13 P orque aquele, de quem estas coisas se dizem, pertence a outra tribo, da qual ninguém ainda serviu ao altar,

For the One of Whom these things are said belonged to another tribe, no member of which has officiated at the altar.

14 v isto ser manifesto que nosso Senhor procedeu de Judá, tribo da qual Moisés nada falou acerca de sacerdotes.

For it is obvious that our Lord sprang from the tribe of Judah, and Moses mentioned nothing about priests in connection with that tribe.

15 E ainda muito mais manifesto é isto, se ã semelhança de Melquisedeque se levanta outro sacerdote,

And this becomes more plainly evident when another Priest arises Who bears the likeness of Melchizedek,

16 q ue não foi feito conforme a lei de um mandamento carnal, mas segundo o poder duma vida indissolúvel.

Who has been constituted a Priest, not on the basis of a bodily legal requirement, but on the basis of the power of an endless and indestructible Life.

17 P orque dele assim se testifica: Tu és sacerdote para sempre, segundo a ordem de Melquisedeque.

For it is witnessed of Him, You are a Priest forever after the order (with the rank) of Melchizedek.

18 P ois, com efeito, o mandamento anterior é ab-rogado por causa da sua fraqueza e inutilidade

So a previous physical regulation and command is cancelled because of its weakness and ineffectiveness and uselessness—

19 ( pois a lei nenhuma coisa aperfeiçoou), e desta sorte é introduzida uma melhor esperança, pela qual nos aproximamos de Deus.

For the Law never made anything perfect—but instead a better hope is introduced through which we come close to God.

20 E visto como não foi sem prestar juramento (porque, na verdade, aqueles, sem juramento, foram feitos sacerdotes,

And it was not without the taking of an oath,

21 m as este com juramento daquele que lhe disse: Jurou o Senhor, e não se arrependerá: Tu és sacerdote para sempre),

For those who formerly became priests received their office without its being confirmed by the taking of an oath by God, but this One was designated and addressed and saluted with an oath, The Lord has sworn and will not regret it or change His mind, You are a Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

22 d e tanto melhor pacto Jesus foi feito fiador.

In keeping with, Jesus has become the Guarantee of a better (stronger) agreement.

23 E , na verdade, aqueles foram feitos sacerdotes em grande número, porque pela morte foram impedidos de permanecer,

was made up of many, because they were each prevented by death from continuing;

24 m as este, porque permanece para sempre, tem o seu sacerdócio perpétuo.

But He holds His priesthood unchangeably, because He lives on forever.

25 P ortanto, pode também salvar perfeitamente os que por ele se chegam a Deus, porquanto vive sempre para interceder por eles.

Therefore He is able also to save to the uttermost (completely, perfectly, finally, and for all time and eternity) those who come to God through Him, since He is always living to make petition to God and intercede with Him and intervene for them.

26 P orque nos convinha tal sumo sacerdote, santo, inocente, imaculado, separado dos pecadores, e feito mais sublime que os céus;

the High Priest to our needs, as was fitting—holy, blameless, unstained by sin, separated from sinners, and exalted higher than the heavens.

27 q ue não necessita, como os sumos sacerdotes, de oferecer cada dia sacrifícios, primeiramente por seus próprios pecados, e depois pelos do povo; porque isto fez ele, uma vez por todas, quando se ofereceu a si mesmo.

He has no day by day necessity, as high priests, to offer sacrifice first of all for his own sins and then for those of the people, because He once for all when He brought Himself which He offered up.

28 P orque a lei constitui sumos sacerdotes a homens que têm fraquezas, mas a palavra do juramento, que veio depois da lei, constitui ao Filho, para sempre aperfeiçoado.

For the Law sets up men in their weakness as high priests, but the word of oath, which after the institution of the Law,, a Son Who has been made perfect forever.