Hebrews 7
1 [Now I will say more about] this [man] Melchizedek. He was the king of Salem [city and was] a priest of God, the one who is greater [than anyone else]. He met Abraham who was returning [home] after [he and his men] had defeated the [armies of four] kings [SYN]. Melchizedek [asked God to] bless Abraham.
śālamasya rājā sarvvoparisthasyeśvarasya yājakaśca san yo nṛpatīnāṁ māraṇāt pratyāgatam ibrāhīmaṁ sākṣātkṛtyāśiṣaṁ gaditavān,
2 Then Abraham gave to him one tenth of all [the spoils he] took after winning [the battle. Melchizedek’s name] means firstly ‘king [who rules] righteously’, and since Salem means ‘peace’, he was the ‘king [who rules] peacefully’.
yasmai cebrāhīm sarvvadravyāṇāṁ daśamāṁśaṁ dattavān sa malkīṣedak svanāmno'rthena prathamato dharmmarājaḥ paścāt śālamasya rājārthataḥ śāntirājo bhavati|
3 [In the Scriptures there is] no [record of who his] father [was], nor [is there any record of who his] mother [was], nor [is there any record of who his] ancestors [were]. There is no [record of when he was] born, nor [is there any record of when he] died. [For these reasons], [it is as though] he continues to be a priest forever, and for this reason he is like God’s Son.
aparaṁ tasya pitā mātā vaṁśasya nirṇaya āyuṣa ārambho jīvanasya śeṣaścaiteṣām abhāvo bhavati, itthaṁ sa īśvaraputrasya sadṛśīkṛtaḥ, sa tvanantakālaṁ yāvad yājakastiṣṭhati|
4 You can realize how great this [man Melchizedek was] from the fact that Abraham, [our famous] ancestor, gave him (a tithe/one tenth) of the spoils [from the battle].
ataevāsmākaṁ pūrvvapuruṣa ibrāhīm yasmai luṭhitadravyāṇāṁ daśamāṁśaṁ dattavān sa kīdṛk mahān tad ālocayata|
5 According to the laws [God gave Moses], the descendants of [Abraham’s great-grandson] Levi, who were priests, should take tithes from [God’s] people who were their relatives, even though those people also were Abraham’s descendants.
yājakatvaprāptā leveḥ santānā vyavasthānusāreṇa lokebhyo'rthata ibrāhīmo jātebhyaḥ svīyabhrātṛbhyo daśamāṁśagrahaṇasyādeśaṁ labdhavantaḥ|
6 But this man [Melchizedek], who was not among the descendants [of Levi], took tithes from Abraham. He also [asked God to] bless Abraham, the man to whom [God] promised [many descendants].
kintvasau yadyapi teṣāṁ vaṁśāt notpannastathāpībrāhīmo daśamāṁśaṁ gṛhītavān pratijñānām adhikāriṇam āśiṣaṁ gaditavāṁśca|
7 We know for certain that it is the more [important people] who [ask God to] bless the less important people. [And Melchizedek blessed Abraham. So we conclude that Melchizedek was greater than Abraham].
aparaṁ yaḥ śreyān sa kṣudratarāyāśiṣaṁ dadātītyatra ko'pi sandeho nāsti|
8 In the case of [the priests who are descendants of Levi], men who some day will die receive tithes. But in the case of [Melchizedek it is as if God] testifies that he was still living, [since there is no record in Scriptures about his death].
aparam idānīṁ ye daśamāṁśaṁ gṛhlanti te mṛtyoradhīnā mānavāḥ kintu tadānīṁ yo gṛhītavān sa jīvatītipramāṇaprāptaḥ|
9 And it was as though Levi himself, and [all the priests descended from him]—who received tithes [from the people]—paid tithes [to Melchizedek]. And when Abraham paid tithes, it [was as though Levi and all the priests descended from him acknowledged that the work Melchizedek did as a priest was greater than the work Levi did],
aparaṁ daśamāṁśagrāhī levirapībrāhīmdvārā daśamāṁśaṁ dattavān etadapi kathayituṁ śakyate|
10 since [the sperm from which all those priests were eventually born] was still in Abraham’s body [EUP] when Melchizedek met Abraham.
yato yadā malkīṣedak tasya pitaraṁ sākṣāt kṛtavān tadānīṁ sa leviḥ pitururasyāsīt|
11 [God] gave his laws to his people at the same time he gave regulations about the priests. So, if what the priests who were descended from Levi did could have provided a way for God to completely [forgive] people [for disobeying those laws], certainly no other priest like Melchizedek would have been necessary. [RHQ] Instead, priests who were descended from Aaron, [Levi’s descendant, would have been adequate].
aparaṁ yasya sambandhe lokā vyavasthāṁ labdhavantastena levīyayājakavargeṇa yadi siddhiḥ samabhaviṣyat tarhi hāroṇasya śreṇyā madhyād yājakaṁ na nirūpyeśvareṇa malkīṣedakaḥ śreṇyā madhyād aparasyaikasya yājakasyotthāpanaṁ kuta āvaśyakam abhaviṣyat?
12 [But we know they were not adequate, because a new type of priest like Melchizedek has come]. And since [God] has appointed a new type of priest, he also had to change the regulations [concerning how priests were appointed] {[he appointed priests]}.
yato yājakavargasya vinimayena sutarāṁ vyavasthāyā api vinimayo jāyate|
13 [Jesus], the one about whom I am saying these things, is a descendant of someone else, [not a descendant of Levi]. None of the men from whom Jesus descended ever served as priests [MTY].
aparañca tad vākyaṁ yasyoddeśyaṁ so'pareṇa vaṁśena saṁyuktā'sti tasya vaṁśasya ca ko'pi kadāpi vedyāḥ karmma na kṛtavān|
14 [We know that] since it is obvious that it is from [the tribe of] Judah that our Lord was descended. Moses never said that any of Judah’s descendants would [become] priests.
vastutastu yaṁ vaṁśamadhi mūsā yājakatvasyaikāṁ kathāmapi na kathitavān tasmin yihūdāvaṁśe'smākaṁ prabhu rjanma gṛhītavān iti suspaṣṭaṁ|
15 Furthermore, [we know that the priests who were descended from Levi were inadequate, since] it is even more obvious that another priest has appeared who is like Melchizedek.
tasya spaṣṭataram aparaṁ pramāṇamidaṁ yat malkīṣedakaḥ sādṛśyavatāpareṇa tādṛśena yājakenodetavyaṁ,
16 Jesus became a priest, but not because [he fulfilled] what [God’s] law required [about being a descendant of Levi]. Instead, he has the kind of power that [came from a] life that nothing can destroy (OR, [enabled him to] live [again after he was] killed).
yasya nirūpaṇaṁ śarīrasambandhīyavidhiyuktayā vyavasthāyā na bhavati kintvakṣayajīvanayuktayā śaktyā bhavati|
17 [We know this] since [God] confirmed it in [the Scripture passage in which he said to his Son], You [(sg)] are a priest eternally just like Melchizedek was a priest. (aiōn g165)
yata īśvara idaṁ sākṣyaṁ dattavān, yathā, "tvaṁ maklīṣedakaḥ śreṇyāṁ yājako'si sadātanaḥ|" (aiōn g165)
18 On the one hand, God canceled what he commanded previously [concerning the priests] because it failed in every way to enable anyone [to become all that God intended].
anenāgravarttino vidhe durbbalatāyā niṣphalatāyāśca hetorarthato vyavasthayā kimapi siddhaṁ na jātamitihetostasya lopo bhavati|
19 Remember that no one was able to become all that God intended [by obeying] the laws [that God gave Moses]. On the other hand, [God caused that we could] confidently expect better things [than we could expect by obeying God’s laws]. [He did that by his establishing Christ as priest]. Now by means of [Christ sacrificing himself for us] we can come near to God.
yayā ca vayam īśvarasya nikaṭavarttino bhavāma etādṛśī śreṣṭhapratyāśā saṁsthāpyate|
20 Furthermore, [when God appointed Christ, it was when God] solemnly declared [that Christ would be a priest] [LIT]. When [God appointed former] priests, it was not by his solemnly declaring [that they would be priests].
aparaṁ yīśuḥ śapathaṁ vinā na niyuktastasmādapi sa śreṣṭhaniyamasya madhyastho jātaḥ|
21 However, when he [appointed Christ to be a priest], it was by these words that [the Psalmist wrote in Scripture]: The Lord has solemnly declared [to the Messiah], —and he will not change his mind— “You will be a priest forever!” (aiōn g165)
yataste śapathaṁ vinā yājakā jātāḥ kintvasau śapathena jātaḥ yataḥ sa idamuktaḥ, yathā,
22 Because of that, Jesus guarantees that [the new] covenant will be better [than the old one].
"parameśa idaṁ śepe na ca tasmānnivartsyate| tvaṁ malkīṣedakaḥ śreṇyāṁ yājako'si sadātanaḥ|" (aiōn g165)
23 And formerly, the priests could not keep serving [as priests], because they all died [PRS]. So there were many priests [to take the place of the ones who died].
te ca bahavo yājakā abhavan yataste mṛtyunā nityasthāyitvāt nivāritāḥ,
24 But because [Jesus] lives eternally, he will continue to be a Supreme Priest forever. (aiōn g165)
kintvasāvanantakālaṁ yāvat tiṣṭhati tasmāt tasya yājakatvaṁ na parivarttanīyaṁ| (aiōn g165)
25 So, he can completely and eternally save those who come to God by [trusting in what Jesus has done for them], since he lives forever to plead [with God] to help them.
tato heto rye mānavāsteneśvarasya sannidhiṁ gacchanti tān sa śeṣaṁ yāvat paritrātuṁ śaknoti yatasteṣāṁ kṛte prārthanāṁ karttuṁ sa satataṁ jīvati|
26 Jesus is the kind of Supreme Priest that we need. He was holy; he did no wrong; he was completely innocent. [God] has now taken him up to the highest heaven separated from [living among] sinners.
aparam asmākaṁ tādṛśamahāyājakasya prayojanamāsīd yaḥ pavitro 'hiṁsako niṣkalaṅkaḥ pāpibhyo bhinnaḥ svargādapyuccīkṛtaśca syāt|
27 [The other] Supreme Priests need to sacrifice [animals] day by day [as well as year by year]. They do this, firstly, [to atone] for their own sins, and then [to atone for other] people [who have sinned]. [But because Jesus never sinned], he does not need to atone for his own sin. The only thing [he needed to do to save people] was to sacrifice himself once!
aparaṁ mahāyājakānāṁ yathā tathā tasya pratidinaṁ prathamaṁ svapāpānāṁ kṛte tataḥ paraṁ lokānāṁ pāpānāṁ kṛte balidānasya prayojanaṁ nāsti yata ātmabalidānaṁ kṛtvā tad ekakṛtvastena sampāditaṁ|
28 [We need a Supreme Priest like] him, because in the laws [that God gave Moses] [PRS] the ones who would be appointed to be priests would be men who tended [to sin easily]. But [God] solemnly [declared] [PRS] after [he had given] his laws [to Moses] that [he would appoint] (his Son/the man who is also God) [to be a Supreme Priest. Now] ([his Son/the man who is also God]) has forever become all that God intends him to be. (aiōn g165)
yato vyavasthayā ye mahāyājakā nirūpyante te daurbbalyayuktā mānavāḥ kintu vyavasthātaḥ paraṁ śapathayuktena vākyena yo mahāyājako nirūpitaḥ so 'nantakālārthaṁ siddhaḥ putra eva| (aiōn g165)
