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.

For every chief priest -- out of men taken -- in behalf of men is set in things to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins,

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

able to be gentle to those ignorant and going astray, since himself also is compassed with infirmity;

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

and because of this infirmity he ought, as for the people, so also for himself to offer for sins;

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

and no one to himself doth take the honour, but he who is called by God, as also Aaron:

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.”

so also the Christ did not glorify himself to become chief priest, but He who spake unto him: `My Son thou art, I to-day have begotten thee;'

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

as also in another He saith, `Thou a priest -- to the age, according to the order of Melchisedek;'

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,

who in the days of his flesh both prayers and supplications unto Him who was able to save him from death -- with strong crying and tears -- having offered up, and having been heard in respect to that which he feared,

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

through being a Son, did learn by the things which he suffered -- the obedience,

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

and having been made perfect, he did become to all those obeying him a cause of salvation age-during,

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

having been addressed by God a chief priest, according to the order of Melchisedek,

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

concerning whom we have much discourse and of hard explanation to say, since ye have become dull of hearing,

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.

for even owing to be teachers, because of the time, again ye have need that one teach you what the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God, and ye have become having need of milk, and not of strong food,

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

for every one who is partaking of milk unskilled in the word of righteousness -- for he is an infant,

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.

and of perfect men is the strong food, who because of the use are having the senses exercised, unto the discernment both of good and of evil.