1 F or every high priest taken from among men is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.

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

2 H e can have compassion on those who are ignorant and going astray, since he himself is also subject to weakness.

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

3 B ecause of this he is required as for the people, so also for himself, to offer sacrifices for sins.

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

4 A nd no man takes this honor to himself, but he who is called by God, just as Aaron was. A Priest Forever

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

5 S o also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him: “You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.”

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

6 A s He also says in another place: “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek”;

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

7 w ho, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear,

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

8 t hough He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered.

وَرُغمَ أنَّهُ كانَ ابناً، فَقَدْ تَعَلَّمَ الطّاعَةَ مِنْ خِلالِ الآلامِ الَّتِي عاناها.

9 A nd having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him,

وَبَعدَ أنْ كُمِّلَ بِالآلامِ، صارَ مَصدَرَ خَلاصٍ أبَدِيٍّ لِكُلِّ الَّذِينَ يُطِيعُونَهُ.

10 c alled by God as High Priest “according to the order of Melchizedek,”

وَقَدْ أعلَنَهُ اللهُ رَئِيسَ كَهَنَةٍ عَلَىْ رُتْبَةِ مَلْكِيصادَقَ. تَحذِيْرٌ مِنَ السُّقُوط

11 o f whom we have much to say, and hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. Spiritual Immaturity

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

12 F or though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food.

فَمَعَ 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!

13 F or everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe.

فَالمُبتَدِئُونَ غَيْرُ المُتَمَرِّسِيْنَ فِي التَّعلِيْمِ الصَّحِيْحِ هُمْ كَالأطفالِ الَّذِيْنَ يَحتاجُونَ إلَى الحَلِيْبِ.

14 B ut solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

أمّا الطَّعامُ الحَقِيْقِيُّ فَلِلنّاضِجِيْنَ الَّذِيْنَ تَدَرَّبَتْ قُدُراتُهُمْ بِالخِبرَةِ عَلَى التَّمِيِيزِ بَيْنَ الخَيْرِ وَالشَّرِّ.