Lettera agli Ebrei 5

NOVA VULGATA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Omnis namque pontifex ex hominibus assumptus pro homi nibus constituitur in his, quae sunt ad Deum, ut offerat dona et sacrificia pro peccatis;	1 For every high priest taken from among men, is ordained for men in the things that appertain to God, that he may offer up gifts and sacrifices for sins:
2 qui aeque condolere possit his, qui ignorant et errant, quoniam et ipse circumdatus est infirmitate	2 Who can have compassion on them that are ignorant and that err: because he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
3 et propter eam debet, quemadmodum et pro populo, ita etiam pro semetipso offerre pro peccatis.	3 And therefore he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
4 Nec quisquam sumit sibi illum honorem, sed qui vocatur a Deo tamquam et Aaron.	4 Neither doth any man take the honour to himself, but he that is called by God, as Aaron was.
5 Sic et Christus non semetipsum glorificavit, ut pontifex fieret, sed qui locutus est ad eum: “ Filius meus es tu; ego hodie genui te ”;	5 So Christ also did not glorify himself, that he might be made a high priest: but he that said unto him: Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
6 quemadmodum et in alio dicit: “ Tu es sacerdos in aeternum secundum ordinem Melchisedech ”.	6 As he saith also in another place: Thou art a priest for ever, according to the order of Melchisedech.
7 Qui in diebus carnis suae, preces supplicationesque ad eum, qui possit salvum illum a morte facere, cum clamore valido et lacrimis offerens et exauditus pro sua reverentia,	7 Who in the days of his flesh, with a strong cry and tears, offering up prayers and supplications to him that was able to save him from death, was heard for his reverence.
8 et quidem cum esset Filius, didicit ex his, quae passus est, oboedientiam;	8 And whereas indeed he was the Son of God, he learned obedience by the things which he suffered:
9 et, consummatus, factus est omnibus oboedientibus sibi auctor salutis aeternae,	9 And being consummated, he became, to all that obey him, the cause of eternal salvation.
10 appellatus a Deo pontifex iuxta ordinem Melchisedech.	10 Called by God a high priest according to the order of Melchisedech.
11 De quo grandis nobis sermo et ininterpretabilis ad dicendum, quoniam segnes facti estis ad audiendum.	11 Of whom we have much to say, and hard to be intelligibly uttered: because you are become weak to hear.
12 Etenim cum deberetis magistri esse propter tempus, rursum indigetis, ut vos doceat aliquis elementa exordii sermonum Dei, et facti estis, quibus lacte opus sit, non solido cibo.	12 For whereas for the time you ought to be masters, you have need to be taught again what are the first elements of the words of God: and you are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
13 Omnis enim, qui lactis est particeps, expers est sermonis iustitiae, parvulus enim est;	13 For every one that is a partaker of milk, is unskillful in the word of justice: for he is a little child.
14 perfectorum autem est solidus cibus, eorum, qui pro consuetudine exercitatos habent sensus ad discretionem boni ac mali.	14 But strong meat is for the perfect; for them who by custom have their senses exercised to the discerning of good and evil.