Lettera agli Ebrei (عبرانيين) 7

SMITH VAN DYKE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 لان ملكي صادق هذا ملك ساليم كاهن الله العلي الذي استقبل ابراهيم راجعا من كسرة الملوك وباركه	1 Melchizedek, king of Salem, a priest of God Most High, came to meet Abraham when he returned fromdefeating the kings, and blessed him;
2 الذي قسم له ابراهيم عشرا من كل شيء. المترجم اولا ملك البر ثم ايضا ملك ساليم اي ملك السلام	2 and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything. By the interpretation of his name, he is, first, 'king ofsaving justice' and also king of Salem, that is, 'king of peace';
3 بلا اب بلا ام بلا نسب. لا بداءة ايام له ولا نهاية حياة بل هو مشبه بابن الله هذا يبقى كاهنا الى الابد.	3 he has no father, mother or ancestry, and his life has no beginning or ending; he is like the Son of God.He remains a priest for ever.
4 ثم انظروا ما اعظم هذا الذي اعطاه ابراهيم رئيس الآباء عشرا ايضا من راس الغنائم.	4 Now think how great this man must have been, if the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the finestplunder.
5 واما الذين هم من بني لاوي الذين يأخذون الكهنوت فلهم وصية ان يعشروا الشعب بمقتضى الناموس اي اخوتهم مع انهم قد خرجوا من صلب ابراهيم.	5 We know that any of the descendants of Levi who are admitted to the priesthood are obliged by theLaw to take tithes from the people, that is, from their own brothers although they too are descended fromAbraham.
6 ولكن الذي ليس له نسب منهم قد عشّر ابراهيم وبارك الذي له المواعيد	6 But this man, who was not of the same descent, took his tithe from Abraham, and he gave his blessingto the holder of the promises.
7 وبدون كل مشاجرة الاصغر يبارك من الاكبر.	7 Now it is indisputable that a blessing is given by a superior to an inferior.
8 وهنا اناس مائتون يأخذون عشرا واما هناك فالمشهود له بانه حيّ.	8 Further, in the normal case it is ordinary mortal men who receive the tithes, whereas in that case it wasone who is attested as being alive.
9 حتى اقول كلمة ان لاوي ايضا الآخذ الاعشار قد عشّر بابراهيم.	9 It could be said that Levi himself, who receives tithes, actual y paid tithes, in the person of Abraham,
10 لانه كان بعد في صلب ابيه حين استقبله ملكي صادق	10 because he was stil in the loins of his ancestor when Melchizedek came to meet him.
11 فلو كان بالكهنوت اللاوي كمال. اذ الشعب اخذ الناموس عليه. ماذا كانت الحاجة بعد الى ان يقوم كاهن آخر على رتبة ملكي صادق ولا يقال على رتبة هرون.	11 Now if perfection had been reached through the levitical priesthood -- and this was the basis of theLaw given to the people -- why was it necessary for a different kind of priest to arise, spoken of as being of theorder of Melchizedek rather than of the order of Aaron?
12 لانه ان تغيّر الكهنوت فبالضرورة يصير تغيّر للناموس ايضا.	12 Any change in the priesthood must mean a change in the Law as wel .
13 لان الذي يقال عنه هذا كان شريكا في سبط آخر لم يلازم احد منه المذبح.	13 So our Lord, of whom these things were said, belonged to a different tribe, the members of whichhave never done service at the altar;
14 فانه واضح ان ربنا قد طلع من سبط يهوذا الذي لم يتكلم عنه موسى شيئا من جهة الكهنوت.	14 everyone knows he came from Judah, a tribe which Moses did not mention at al when dealing withpriests.
15 وذلك اكثر وضوحا ايضا ان كان على شبه ملكي صادق يقوم كاهن آخر	15 This becomes even more clearly evident if another priest, of the type of Melchizedek, arises who is apriest
16 قد صار ليس بحسب ناموس وصية جسدية بل بحسب قوة حياة لا تزول.	16 not in virtue of a law of physical descent, but in virtue of the power of an indestructible life.
17 لانه يشهد انك كاهن الى الابد على رتبة ملكي صادق	17 For he is attested by the prophecy: You are a priest for ever of the order of Melchizedek.
18 فانه يصير ابطال الوصية السابقة من اجل ضعفها وعدم نفعها.	18 The earlier commandment is thus abolished, because of its weakness and ineffectiveness
19 اذ الناموس لم يكمل شيئا. ولكن يصير ادخال رجاء افضل به نقترب الى الله.	19 since the Law could not make anything perfect; but now this commandment is replaced by somethingbetter-the hope that brings us close to God.
20 وعلى قدر ما انه ليس بدون قسم.	20 Now the former priests became priests without any oath being sworn,
21 لان اولئك بدون قسم قد صاروا كهنة واما هذا فبقسم من القائل له اقسم الرب ولن يندم انت كاهن الى الابد على رتبة ملكي صادق.	21 but this one with the swearing of an oath by him who said to him, The Lord has sworn an oath he wilnever retract: you are a priest for ever;
22 على قدر ذلك قد صار يسوع ضامنا لعهد افضل.	22 the very fact that it occurred with the swearing of an oath makes the covenant of which Jesus is theguarantee al the greater.
23 واولئك قد صاروا كهنة كثيرين من اجل منعهم بالموت عن البقاء.	23 Further, the former priests were many in number, because death put an end to each one of them;
24 واما هذا فمن اجل انه يبقى الى الابد له كهنوت لا يزول.	24 but this one, because he remains for ever, has a perpetual priesthood.
25 فمن ثم يقدر ان يخلّص ايضا الى التمام الذين يتقدمون به الى الله اذ هو حيّ في كل حين ليشفع فيهم.	25 It fol ows, then, that his power to save those who come to God through him is absolute, since he livesfor ever to intercede for them.
26 لانه كان يليق بنا رئيس كهنة مثل هذا قدوس بلا شر ولا دنس قد انفصل عن الخطاة وصار اعلى من السموات	26 Such is the high priest that met our need, holy, innocent and uncontaminated, set apart from sinners, and raised up above the heavens;
27 الذي ليس له اضطرار كل يوم مثل رؤساء الكهنة ان يقدم ذبائح اولا عن خطايا نفسه ثم عن خطايا الشعب لانه فعل هذا مرة واحدة اذ قدم نفسه.	27 he has no need to offer sacrifices every day, as the high priests do, first for their own sins and onlythen for those of the people; this he did once and for al by offering himself.
28 فان الناموس يقيم اناسا بهم ضعف رؤساء كهنة واما كلمة القسم التي بعد الناموس فتقيم ابنا مكملا الى الابد	28 The Law appoints high priests who are men subject to weakness; but the promise on oath, whichcame after the Law, appointed the Son who is made perfect for ever.