Ibrani 5:1-10
Konteks5:1 For every high priest is taken from among the people 1 and appointed 2 to represent them before God, 3 to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. 5:2 He is able to deal compassionately with those who are ignorant and erring, since he also is subject to weakness, 5:3 and for this reason he is obligated to make sin offerings for himself as well as for the people. 5:4 And no one assumes this honor 4 on his own initiative, 5 but only when called to it by God, 6 as in fact Aaron was. 5:5 So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming high priest, but the one who glorified him was God, 7 who said to him, “You are my Son! Today I have fathered you,” 8 5:6 as also in another place God 9 says, “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.” 10 5:7 During his earthly life 11 Christ 12 offered 13 both requests and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his devotion. 5:8 Although he was a son, he learned obedience through the things he suffered. 14 5:9 And by being perfected in this way, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him, 5:10 and he was designated 15 by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek. 16
Ibrani 7:1-25
Konteks7:1 Now this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, met Abraham as he was returning from defeating the kings and blessed him. 17 7:2 To him 18 also Abraham apportioned a tithe 19 of everything. 20 His name first means 21 king of righteousness, then king of Salem, that is, king of peace. 7:3 Without father, without mother, without genealogy, he has neither beginning of days nor end of life but is like the son of God, and he remains a priest for all time. 7:4 But see how great he must be, if 22 Abraham the patriarch gave him a tithe 23 of his plunder. 7:5 And those of the sons of Levi who receive the priestly office 24 have authorization according to the law to collect a tithe from the people, that is, from their fellow countrymen, 25 although they too are descendants of Abraham. 26 7:6 But Melchizedek 27 who does not share their ancestry 28 collected a tithe 29 from Abraham and blessed 30 the one who possessed the promise. 7:7 Now without dispute the inferior is blessed by the superior, 7:8 and in one case tithes are received by mortal men, while in the other by him who is affirmed to be alive. 7:9 And it could be said that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid a tithe through Abraham. 7:10 For he was still in his ancestor Abraham’s loins 31 when Melchizedek met him.
7:11 So if perfection had in fact been possible through the Levitical priesthood – for on that basis 32 the people received the law – what further need would there have been for another priest to arise, said to be in the order of Melchizedek and not in Aaron’s order? 7:12 For when the priesthood changes, a change in the law must come 33 as well. 7:13 Yet the one these things are spoken about belongs to 34 a different tribe, and no one from that tribe 35 has ever officiated at the altar. 7:14 For it is clear that our Lord is descended from Judah, yet Moses said nothing about priests in connection with that tribe. 7:15 And this is even clearer if another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek, 7:16 who has become a priest not by a legal regulation about physical descent 36 but by the power of an indestructible life. 7:17 For here is the testimony about him: 37 “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.” 38 7:18 On the one hand a former command is set aside 39 because it is weak and useless, 40 7:19 for the law made nothing perfect. On the other hand a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God. 7:20 And since 41 this was not done without a sworn affirmation – for the others have become priests without a sworn affirmation, 7:21 but Jesus 42 did so 43 with a sworn affirmation by the one who said to him, “The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, ‘You are a priest forever’” 44 – 7:22 accordingly Jesus has become the guarantee 45 of a better covenant. 7:23 And the others 46 who became priests were numerous, because death prevented them 47 from continuing in office, 48 7:24 but he holds his priesthood permanently since he lives forever. 7:25 So he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
[5:1] 1 tn Grk “from among men,” but since the point in context is shared humanity (rather than shared maleness), the plural Greek term ἀνθρώπων (anqrwpwn) has been translated “people.”
[5:1] 2 tn Grk “who is taken from among people is appointed.”
[5:1] 3 tn Grk “appointed on behalf of people in reference to things relating to God.”
[5:4] 4 sn Honor refers here to the honor of the high priesthood.
[5:4] 5 tn Grk “by himself, on his own.”
[5:4] 6 tn Grk “being called by God.”
[5:5] 7 tn Grk “the one”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[5:5] 8 tn Grk “I have begotten you”; see Heb 1:5.
[5:5] sn A quotation from Ps 2:7.
[5:6] 9 tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[5:6] 10 sn A quotation from Ps 110:4.
[5:7] 11 tn Grk “in the days of his flesh.”
[5:7] 12 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Christ) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[5:7] 13 tn Grk “who…having offered,” continuing the description of Christ from Heb 5:5-6.
[5:8] 14 sn There is a wordplay in the Greek text between the verbs “learned” (ἔμαθεν, emaqen) and “suffered” (ἔπαθεν, epaqen).
[5:10] 15 tn Grk “having been designated,” continuing the thought of Heb 5:9.
[5:10] 16 sn The phrase in the order of Melchizedek picks up the quotation from Ps 110:4 in Heb 5:6.
[7:1] 17 sn A series of quotations from Gen 14:17-19.
[7:2] 18 tn Grk “to whom,” continuing the description of Melchizedek. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
[7:2] 19 tn Or “a tenth part.”
[7:2] 20 sn A quotation from Gen 14:20.
[7:2] 21 tn Grk “first being interpreted,” describing Melchizedek.
[7:4] 23 tn Or “a tenth part.”
[7:5] 24 tn Or “the priesthood.”
[7:5] 25 tn Grk “from their brothers.” See BDAG 18-19 s.v. ἀδελφός 2.b.
[7:5] 26 tn Grk “have come from the loins of Abraham.”
[7:6] 27 tn Grk “the one”; in the translation the referent (Melchizedek) has been specified for clarity.
[7:6] 28 tn Grk “is not descended from them.”
[7:6] 29 tn Or “a tenth part.”
[7:6] 30 sn The verbs “collected…and blessed” emphasize the continuing effect of the past actions, i.e., Melchizedek’s importance.
[7:10] 31 tn Grk “in the loins of his father” (a reference to Abraham). The name “Abraham” has been repeated in the translation at this point (cf. v. 9) in order to clarify the referent (i.e., what ancestor was in view).
[7:10] sn The point of the phrase still in his ancestor’s loins is that Levi was as yet unborn, still in his ancestor Abraham’s body. Thus Levi participated in Abraham’s action when Abraham paid tithes to Melchizedek.
[7:11] 32 tn Grk “based on it.”
[7:12] 33 tn Grk “of necessity a change in the law comes to pass.”
[7:13] 35 tn Grk “from which no one.”
[7:16] 36 tn Grk “a law of a fleshly command.”
[7:17] 37 tn Grk “for he/it is witnessed that.”
[7:17] 38 sn A quotation from Ps 110:4 (see Heb 5:6 and 6:20).
[7:18] 39 tn Grk “the setting aside of a former command comes to pass.”
[7:18] 40 tn Grk “because of its weakness and uselessness.”
[7:20] 41 sn The Greek text contains an elaborate comparison between v. 20a and v. 22, with a parenthesis (vv. 20b-21) in between; the comparison is literally, “by as much as…by so much” or “to the degree that…to that same degree.”
[7:21] 42 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[7:21] 43 tn The words “did so” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.
[7:21] 44 sn A quotation from Ps 110:4 (see Heb 5:6, 6:20, and 7:17).
[7:23] 46 tn Grk “they on the one hand” in contrast with “he on the other hand” in v. 24.
[7:23] 47 tn Grk “they were prevented by death.”
[7:23] 48 tn Grk “from continuing” (the words “in office” are supplied for clarity).
