ヘブル人への手紙 7
1 蓋此メルキセデクはサレムの王、最上の神の司祭にして、アブラハムが王等に打勝ちて歸れるを迎へ、之に祝福せしかば、
For this Melchisedec, King of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from smiting the kings, and blessed him;
2 アブラハム彼に分捕物の十分の一を分與へたり。メルキセデクの名を釈けば、先義の王にして、次にサレムの王、即ち平和の王なり。
to whom Abraham gave also the tenth portion of all; first being interpreted King of righteousness, and then also King of Salem, which is King of peace;
3 彼は父なく母なく系圖なく、其日の始もなく齢の終もなく、神の御子に肖かりて永久の司祭として存す。
without father, without mother, without genealogy; having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but assimilated to the Son of God, abides a priest continually.
4 汝等斯く祖先アブラハムが、主なる分捕物の十分の一をも與へし人の、如何に大いなるかを鑑みよ。
Now consider how great this [personage] was, to whom [even] the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth out of the spoils.
5 抑レヴィの子孫の中、司祭職を受くる人々は、民より、即ち同じくアブラハムの腰より出でたる者なるも、己が兄弟等より十分の一を取る事を、律法によりて命ぜられたるなり。
And they indeed from among the sons of Levi, who receive the priesthood, have commandment to take tithes from the people according to the law, that is from their brethren, though these are come out of the loins of Abraham:
6 然るに彼司祭等の血脉に非ざる者は、アブラハムより十分の一を取りて、約束を蒙りし其人を祝福せり。
but he who has no genealogy from them has tithed Abraham, and blessed him who had the promises.
7 然て劣れる者の優れる者に祝福せらるるは勿論なり、
But beyond all gainsaying, the inferior is blessed by the better.
8 今十分の一を受くる人々は、死する者なれど、彼時に受けしは、活ける者として證せられし者なり。
And here dying men receive tithes; but there [one] of whom the witness is that he lives;
9 斯て十分の一を受くる所のレヴィも、アブラハムに於て十分の一を納めたりと謂はるべきなり、
and, so to speak, through Abraham, Levi also, who received tithes, has been made to pay tithes.
10 其はメルキセデク之に會ひし時、レヴィ尚其父の腰に在りたればなり。
For he was yet in the loins of his father when Melchisedec met him.
11 民はレヴィ族の司祭職の下に在りて律法を受けたれば、若人を完全ならしむる事レヴィの司祭職によりしならば、アアロンの如きと謂はれずして、他にメルキセデクの如き司祭の起る必要は何處にか在りし。
If indeed then perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, for the people had their law given to them in connexion with it, what need [was there] still that a different priest should arise according to the order of Melchisedec, and not be named after the order of Aaron?
12 即ち司祭職移りたらんには、律法も亦當に移るべきなり。
For, the priesthood being changed, there takes place of necessity a change of law also.
13 是等の事を言はれたる人は、曾て祭壇に事へし者なき他の族に出でたり。
For he, of whom these things are said, belongs to a different tribe, of which no one has [ever] been attached to the service of the altar.
14 蓋我等の主がユダ族より出で給ひし事は明にして、モイゼは此族に就きて、一も司祭に関する事を言はざりき。
For it is clear that our Lord has sprung out of Juda, as to which tribe Moses spake nothing as to priests.
15 斯てメルキセデクに似たる他の司祭、
And it is yet more abundantly evident, since a different priest arises according to the similitude of Melchisedec,
16 即ち肉的なる掟の律法によらず、不朽なる生命の能力によりて立てられたる司祭の起る事あらば、律法の移転は尚更明なり。
who has been constituted not according to law of fleshly commandment, but according to power of indissoluble life.
For it is borne witness, Thou art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedec. (aiōn g165)
18 抑前の掟の廃せらるるは、其弱くして益なきによりてなり。
For there is a setting aside of the commandment going before for its weakness and unprofitableness,
19 蓋律法は何事をも完全に至らしめず、唯我等が以て神に近づき奉るべき、尚善き希望に入らしめしのみ。
(for the law perfected nothing, ) and the introduction of a better hope by which we draw nigh to God.
20 而も是誓なくして為られしに非ず、即ち他の司祭は誓なくして立てられたれど、
And by how much [it was] not without the swearing of an oath;
(for they are become priests without the swearing of an oath, but he with the swearing of an oath, by him who said, as to him, The Lord has sworn, and will not repent [of it], Thou [art] priest for ever [according to the order of Melchisedec]; ) (aiōn g165)
22 是によりてイエズスは、優れる契約の保證者と為られ給へり。
by so much Jesus became surety of a better covenant.
23 又他の司祭は死を以て妨げられて、絶えず司祭たる能はざるが故に、立てられし者の數多し、
And they have been many priests, on account of being hindered from continuing by death;
but he, because of his continuing for ever, has the priesthood unchangeable. (aiōn g165)
25 故に人の為に執成を為さんとて常に活き給ひ、己によりて神に近づき奉る人々を全く救ふことを得給ふ。
Whence also he is able to save completely those who approach by him to God, always living to intercede for them.
26 蓋我等が斯る大司祭を有する事は至當なりき、即ち聖にして、罪なく、穢れなく、罪人に遠ざかりて、天よりも高くせられ、
For such a high priest became us, holy, harmless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and become higher than the heavens:
27 他の大司祭の如く、日々先己が罪の為、次に民の罪の為に犠牲を献ぐるを要せざる者たるべし。蓋己を献げて之を為し給ひし事一度のみ、
who has not day by day need, as the high priests, first to offer up sacrifices for his own sins, then [for] those of the people; for this he did once for all [in] having offered up himself.
