Hebrews 5

1 For every high priest, being 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 high priest taken from men is appointed for men in things toward God, so that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.

2 The high priest can deal gently with those who are ignorant and going astray, because he himself is also surrounded with weakness.

Who can be gentle to those who are ignorant and led astray, since he himself is also encompassed with weakness.

3 Because of this, he must offer sacrifices for sins for the people, as well as for himself.

And because of this he is obligated, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.

4 Nobody takes this honor on himself, but he is called by God, just like Aaron was.

And not any man takes the honor to himself, but being called by God, just as also Aaron.

5 So also Christ did not glorify himself to be made a high priest, but it was he who said to him, “You are my Son. Today I have become your father.”

So also Christ did not glorify himself to become a high priest, but it was he who said to him, Thou are my Son, today I have begotten thee.

6 As he says also in another place, "You are a priest for the age (aiōn g165), after the order of Melchizedek."

(And just as he says in another, Thou are a priest into the age according to the order of Melchizedek.) (aiōn g165)

7 He, in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,

Who, in the days of his flesh, having offered up both prayers and supplications with strong shouting and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and who was heard because of his reverence,

8 though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered.

although being a Son, he learned obedience from the things that he suffered.

9 Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of consummate (aiōnios g166) salvation,

And having been fully perfected, he became the source of eternal salvation to all those who obey him, (aiōnios g166)

10 named by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.

having been designated by God a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.

11 About him we have many words to say, and hard to interpret, seeing you have become dull of hearing.

About whom, much subject matter from us is also difficult to explain, since ye have become sluggish in hearing.

12 For although by this time you should be teachers, you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the revelations of God. You have come to need milk, and not solid food.

For also men who ought to be teachers because of the time, ye have need again for some man to teach you the rudiments of the beginning of the oracles of God, and have become men who have need of milk, and not of solid food.

13 For everyone who lives on milk is not experienced in the word of righteousness, for he is a baby.

For every man partaking of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is childlike.

14 But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.

But solid food is for mature men, those having their sensibilities trained through practice for the discernment of both good and evil.