Hebrews 7
1 This Melchisedech kynge of Salem (which beinge prest of ye most hye god met Abraham as he returned agayne from the slaughter of the kynges and blessed him:
Hic enim Melchisedech, rex Salem, sacerdos Dei summi, qui obviavit Abrahæ regresso a cæde regum, et benedixit ei:
2 to whom also Abraham gave tythes of all thynges) fyrst is by interpretacion kynge of rightewesnes: after yt he is kynge of Sale yt is to saye kynge of peace
cui et decimas omnium divisit Abraham: primum quidem qui interpretatur rex iustitiæ: deinde autem et rex Salem, quod est, rex pacis,
3 with out father wt out mother with out kynne and hath nether begynnynge of his tyme nether yet ende of his lyfe: but is lykened vnto the sonne of god and cotinueth a preste for ever.
sine patre, sine matre, sine genealogia, neque initium dierum, neque finem vitæ habens, assimilatus autem Filio Dei, manet sacerdos in perpetuum.
4 Consyder what a man this was vnto who the patriarke Abraham gave tythes of the spoyles.
Intuemini autem quantus sit hic, cui et decimas dedit de præcipuis Abraham patriarcha.
5 And verely those children of levy which receave the office of the prestes have a commaundement to take a cordyng to the lawe tythes of the people that is to saye of their brethren yee though they spronge out of the loynes of Abraham.
Et quidem de filiis Levi sacerdotium accipientes, mandatum habent decimas sumere a populo secundum legem, id est, a fratribus suis: quamquam et ipsi exierint de lumbis Abrahæ.
6 But he whose kynred is not counted amonge them receaved tythes of Abraham and blessed him that had the promyses.
Cuius autem generatio non annumeratur in eis, decimas sumpsit ab Abraham, et hunc, qui habebat repromissiones, benedixit.
7 And no man denyeth but that which is lesse receaveth blessinge of yt which is greater.
Sine ulla autem contradictione, quod minus est, a meliore benedicitur.
8 And here men that dye receave tythes. But there he receaveth tythes of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
Et hic quidem, decimas morientes homines accipiunt: ibi autem contestatur, quia vivit.
9 And to saye the trueth Levy him silfe also which receaveth tythes payed tythes in Abraham.
Et (ut ita dictum sit) per Abraham, et Levi, qui decimas accepit, decimatus est:
10 For he was yet in the loynes of his father Abraham when Melchisech met him.
adhuc enim in lumbis patris erat, quando obviavit ei Melchisedech.
11 Yf now therfore perfeccion came by the presthod of the levites (for vnder that presthod the people recaved the lawe) what neded it furthermore that an other prest shuld ryse after the order of Melchisedech and not after the order of Aaron?
Si ergo consummatio per sacerdotium Leviticum erat (populus enim sub ipso legem accepit) quid adhuc necessarium fuit secundum ordinem Melchisedech, alium surgere sacerdotem, et non secundum ordinem Aaron dici?
12 Now no dout yf the presthod be translated then of necessitie must the lawe be translated also.
Translato enim sacerdotio, necesse erat ut et legis translatio fiat.
13 For he of whom these thynges are spoken pertayneth vnto another trybe of which never man served at the aultre.
In quo enim hæc dicuntur, de alia tribu est, de qua nullus altari præsto fuit.
14 For it is evidet that oure lorde spronge of the trybe of Iuda of which trybe spake Moses nothynge concernynge presthod.
Manifestum est enim quod ex Iuda ortus sit Dominus noster: in qua tribu nihil de sacerdotibus Moyses locutus est.
15 And it is yet a more evydent thinge yf after the similitude of Melchisedech ther aryse a nother prest
Et amplius adhuc manifestum est: si secundum similitudinem Melchisedech exurgat alius sacerdos,
16 which is not made after the lawe of the carnall commaundmet: but after the power of the endlesse lyfe
qui non secundum legem mandati carnalis factus est, sed secundum virtutem vitæ insolubilis.
Contestatur enim: Quoniam tu es sacerdos in æternum, secundum ordinem Melchisedech. (aiōn g165)
18 Then the commaundmet that went a fore is disanulled because of hir weaknes and vnproffitablenes.
Reprobatio quidem fit præcedentis mandati, propter infirmitatem eius, et inutilitatem:
19 For the lawe made nothynge parfecte: but was an introduccion of a better hope by which hope we drawe nye vnto god.
nihil enim ad perfectum adduxit lex: introductio vero melioris spei, per quam proximamus ad Deum.
20 And for this cause it is a better hope that it was not promysed with out an othe.
Et quantum est non sine iureiurando (alii quidem sine iureiurando sacerdotes facti sunt,
21 Those prestes were made wt out an oth: but this prest with an oth by him that saide vnto him The lorde sware and will not repent: Thou arte a prest for ever after the order of Melchisedech. (aiōn g165)
hic autem cum iureiurando per eum, qui dixit ad illum: Iuravit Dominus, et non pœnitebit eum: tu es sacerdos in æternum): (aiōn g165)
22 And for that cause was Iesus a stablyssher of a better testament.
in tantum melioris testamenti sponsor factus est Iesus.
23 And amonge them many were made prestes because they were not suffred to endure by the reason of deeth.
Et alii quidem plures facti sunt sacerdotes, idcirco quod morte prohiberentur permanere:
hic autem eo quod maneat in æternum, sempiternum habet sacerdotium. (aiōn g165)
25 Wherfore he is able also ever to save them that come vnto god by him seynge he ever lyveth to make intercession for vs.
Unde et salvare in perpetuum potest accedentes per semetipsum ad Deum: semper vivens ad interpellandum pro nobis.
26 Soche an hye prest it became vs to have which is wholy harmlesse vndefyled separat from synners and made hyar then heven.
Talis enim decebat ut nobis esset pontifex, sanctus, innocens, impollutus, segregatus a peccatoribus, et excelsior cælis factus:
27 Which nedeth not dayly (as yonder hie prestes) to offer vp sacrifice fyrst for his awne synnes and then for the peoples synnes. For that did he at once for all when he offered vp him silfe.
qui non habet necessitatem quotidie, quemadmodum sacerdotes, prius pro suis delictis hostias offerre, deinde pro populi: hoc enim fecit semel, seipsum offerendo.
28 For the lawe maketh men prestes which have infirmitie: but the worde of the othe that came fence ye lawe maketh the sonne prest which is parfecte for ever more. (aiōn g165)
Lex enim homines constituit sacerdotes infirmitatem habentes: sermo autem iurisiurandi, qui post legem est, Filium in æternum perfectum. (aiōn g165)
