1 For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
Maana kila kuhani mkuu aliyetwaliwa katika wanadamu amewekwa kwa ajili ya wanadamu katika mambo yamhusuyo Mungu, ili atoe matoleo na dhabihu kwa ajili ya dhambi;
2 who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
awezaye kuwachukulia kwa upole wao wasiojua na wenye kupotea, kwa kuwa yeye mwenyewe yu katika hali ya udhaifu;
3 And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
na kwa sababu hiyo imempasa, kama kwa ajili ya watu, vivyo hivyo kwa ajili ya nafsi yake mwenyewe, kutoa dhabihu kwa ajili ya dhambi.
4 And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.
Na hapana mtu ajitwaliaye mwenyewe heshima hii, ila yeye aitwaye na Mungu, kama vile Haruni.
5 So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him,
Thou art my Son,
To day have I begotten thee.
Vivyo hivyo Kristo naye hakujitukuza nafsi yake kufanywa kuhani mkuu, lakini yeye aliyemwambia, Ndiwe mwanangu, Mimi leo nimekuzaa.
6 As he saith also in another place ,
Thou art a priest for ever
After the order of Melchisedec.
kama asemavyo mahali pengine, Ndiwe kuhani wa milele Kwa mfano wa Melkizedeki.
7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
Yeye, siku hizo za mwili wake, alimtolea yule, awezaye kumwokoa na kumtoa katika mauti, maombi na dua pamoja na kulia sana na machozi, akasikilizwa kwa jinsi alivyokuwa mcha Mungu;
8 though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
na, ingawa ni Mwana, alijifunza kutii kwa mateso hayo yaliyompata;
9 and being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
naye alipokwisha kukamilishwa, akawa sababu ya wokovu wa milele kwa watu wote wanaomtii;
10 called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
kisha ametajwa na Mungu kuwa kuhani mkuu kwa mfano wa Melkizedeki.
11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
Ambaye tuna maneno mengi ya kunena katika habari zake; na ni shida kuyaeleza kwa kuwa mmekuwa wavivu wa kusikia.
12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
Kwa maana, iwapasapo kuwa waalimu, (maana wakati mwingi umepita), mnahitaji kufundishwa na mtu mafundisho ya kwanza ya maneno ya Mungu; nanyi mmekuwa mnahitaji maziwa wala si chakula kigumu.
13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
Kwa maana kila mtu atumiaye maziwa hajui sana neno la haki, kwa kuwa ni mtoto mchanga.
14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Lakini chakula kigumu ni cha watu wazima, ambao akili zao, kwa kutumiwa, zimezoezwa kupambanua mema na mabaya.
