Hebrews 5

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Every high priest is taken from among men and made their representative before God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.	1 For every high priest, having been taken from among men, is appointed on behalf of men toward the things which pertain to God, so that he may offer gifts and sacrifices on behalf of sins;
2 He is able to deal patiently with the ignorant and erring, for he himself is beset by weakness	2 he is able to commiserate with those who are ignorant and who wander astray, because he himself is also encompassed by infirmity.
3 and so, for this reason, must make sin offerings for himself as well as for the people.	3 And because of this, he also must make such offerings for sins even for himself, in the same manner as for the people.
4 No one takes this honor upon himself but only when called by God, just as Aaron was.	4 Neither does anyone take up this honor himself, but rather he who is called by God, just as Aaron was.
5 In the same way, it was not Christ who glorified himself in becoming high priest, but rather the one who said to him: "You are my son; this day I have begotten you";	5 Thus, even Christ did not glorify himself, so as to become High Priest, but instead, it was God who said to him: “You are my Son. Today I have begotten you.”
6 just as he says in another place: "You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek."	6 And similarly, he says in another place: “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.”
7 In the days when he was in the flesh, he offered prayers 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 reverence.	7 It is Christ who, in the days of his flesh, with a strong cry and tears, offered prayers and supplications to the One who was able to save him from death, and who was heard because of his reverence.
8 Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered;	8 And although, certainly, he is the Son of God, he learned obedience by the things that he suffered.
9 and when he was made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him,	9 And having reached his consummation, he was made, for all who are obedient to him, the cause of eternal salvation,
10 declared by God high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.	10 having been called by God to be the High Priest, according to the order of Melchizedek.
11 About this we have much to say, and it is difficult to explain, for you have become sluggish in hearing.	11 Our message about him is great, and difficult to explain when speaking, because you have been made feeble when listening.
12 Although you should be teachers by this time, you need to have someone teach you again the basic elements of the utterances of God. You need milk, (and) not solid food.	12 For even though it is the time when you ought to be teachers, you are still lacking, so that you must be taught the things that are the basic elements of the Word of God, and so you have been made like those who are in need of milk, and not of solid food.
13 Everyone who lives on milk lacks experience of the word of righteousness, for he is a child.	13 For anyone who is still feeding on milk is still unskillful in the Word of Justice; for he is like an infant.
14 But solid food is for the mature, for those whose faculties are trained by practice to discern good and evil.	14 But solid food is for those who are mature, for those who, by practice, have sharpened their mind, so as to discern good from evil.