1 ف َكُلُّ رَئِيسِ كَهَنَةٍ يَتِمُّ اختِيارُهُ مِنَ بَينِ النّاسِ، يُعَيَّنُ لِكَي يُعِينَ النّاسَ فِي أُمُورِ اللهِ. فَهُوَ يُقَدِّمُ للهِ تَقدِماتٍ وَذَبائِحَ عَنِ الخَطايا.

Every Jewish religious leader is chosen from among men. He is a helper standing between God and men. He gives gifts on the altar in worship to God from the people. He gives blood from animals for the sins of the people.

2 و َهُوَ قادِرٌ أنْ يَتَرَفَّقَ بِالجُهّالِ وَالضّالِّيْنَ لِأنَّهُ هُوَ نَفسُهُ مُحاطٌ بِالضَّعْفِ أيضاً.

A Jewish religious leader is weak in many ways because he is just a man himself. He knows how to be gentle with those who know little. He knows how to help those who are doing wrong.

3 و َبِسَبَبِ ضَعفِهِ هَذا كانَ عَلَيهِ أنْ يُقَدِّمَ ذَبِيحَةً عَنْ خَطايا الشَّعبِ وَعَنْ خَطاياهُ هُوَ نَفسُهُ أيضاً.

Because he is weak himself, he must give gifts to God for his own sins as well as for the sins of the people.

4 و َما مِنْ أحَدٍ يُنَصِّبُ نَفسَهُ فِي هَذِهِ الوَظِيفَةِ الشَّرِيفَةِ، بَلْ يَنْبَغيْ أنْ يَكُونَ مَدعُوّاً مِنَ اللهِ، كَما كانَ هارُونُ.

A Jewish religious leader does not choose this honor for himself. God chooses a man for this work. Aaron was chosen this way. Christ Is Our Religious Leader Who Has Made the Way for Man to Go to God

5 و َكَذَلِكَ لَمْ يَرفَعِ المَسِيحُ نَفسَهُ إلَى مَرْكِزِ رَئِيسِ كَهَنَةٍ، لَكِنَّ اللهَ هُوَ الَّذِي قالَ لَهُ: «أنتَ ابنِي، وَأنا اليَومَ وَلَدْتُكَ.»

It is the same way with Christ. He did not choose the honor of being a Religious Leader Who has made the way for man to go to God. Instead, God said to Christ, “You are My Son. Today I have become Your Father.”

6 ك َما يَقُولُ لَهُ فِي مَكانٍ آخَرَ مِنَ الكِتابِ: «أنتَ كاهِنٌ إلَى الأبَدِ عَلَىْ رُتْبَةِ مَلْكِيصادَقَ.»

God says in another part of His Word, “You will be a Religious Leader forever. You will be like Melchizedek.”

7 و َأثناءَ حَياةِ يَسُوعَ عَلَى الأرْضِ، قَدَّمَ تَضَرُّعاتٍ بِصُراخٍ شَدِيدٍ وَدُمُوعٍ للهِ القادِرِ أنْ يُنقِذَهُ مِنَ المَوتِ، وَسُمِعَتْ صَلاتُهُ بِسَبَبِ تَقواهُ.

During the time Jesus lived on earth, He prayed and asked God with loud cries and tears. Jesus’ prayer was to God Who was able to save Him from death. God heard Christ because Christ honored God.

8 و َرُغمَ أنَّهُ كانَ ابناً، فَقَدْ تَعَلَّمَ الطّاعَةَ مِنْ خِلالِ الآلامِ الَّتِي عاناها.

Even being God’s Son, He learned to obey by the things He suffered.

9 و َبَعدَ أنْ كُمِّلَ بِالآلامِ، صارَ مَصدَرَ خَلاصٍ أبَدِيٍّ لِكُلِّ الَّذِينَ يُطِيعُونَهُ.

And having been made perfect, He planned and made it possible for all those who obey Him to be saved from the punishment of sin.

10 و َقَدْ أعلَنَهُ اللهُ رَئِيسَ كَهَنَةٍ عَلَىْ رُتْبَةِ مَلْكِيصادَقَ. تَحذِيْرٌ مِنَ السُّقُوط

In God’s plan He was to be a Religious Leader Who made the way for man to go to God. He was like Melchizedek. Do Not Fall Back Into Sin

11 ل َدَيْنا الكَثِيرُ لِنَقُولَهُ لَكُمْ حَولَ هَذا المَوضُوعِ. لَكِنْ يَصعُبُ عَلَينا إفْهامُكُمْ، لِأنَّكُمْ صِرْتُمْ بَطِيئِي الفَهْمِ.

There is much we could say about this, but it is hard to make you understand. It is because you do not want to hear well.

12 ف َمَعَ أنَّهُ يُفتَرَضُ أنْ تَكُونُوا قَدْ أصبَحتُمُ الآنَ مُعَلِّمِيْنَ، فَما زِلْتُمْ تَحتاجُونَ مَنْ يُعَلِّمُكُمْ مِنْ جَديدٍ أساسِيّاتِ تَعالِيْمِ اللهِ. أنتُمْ كَالأطفالِ تَحتاجُونَ إلَى الحَلِيبِ، لا إلَى طَعامٍ حَقِيْقِيٍّ صَلْبٍ!

By now you should be teachers. Instead, you need someone to teach you again the first things you need to know from God’s Word. You still need milk instead of solid food.

13 ف َالمُبتَدِئُونَ غَيْرُ المُتَمَرِّسِيْنَ فِي التَّعلِيْمِ الصَّحِيْحِ هُمْ كَالأطفالِ الَّذِيْنَ يَحتاجُونَ إلَى الحَلِيْبِ.

Anyone who lives on milk cannot understand the teaching about being right with God. He is a baby.

14 أ مّا الطَّعامُ الحَقِيْقِيُّ فَلِلنّاضِجِيْنَ الَّذِيْنَ تَدَرَّبَتْ قُدُراتُهُمْ بِالخِبرَةِ عَلَى التَّمِيِيزِ بَيْنَ الخَيْرِ وَالشَّرِّ.

Solid food is for full-grown men. They have learned to use their minds to tell the difference between good and bad.