Hebraeos 5

VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Omnis namque pontifex ex hominibus assumptus, pro hominibus constituitur in iis quæ sunt ad Deum, ut offerat dona, et sacrificia pro peccatis :	1 Every high priest is taken from among human beings and is appointed to act on their behalf inrelationships with God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins;
2 qui condolere possit iis qui ignorant et errant : quoniam et ipse circumdatus est infirmitate :	2 he can sympathise with those who are ignorant or who have gone astray, because he too is subject tothe limitations of weakness.
3 et propterea debet, quemadmodum pro populo, ita etiam et pro semetipso offerre pro peccatis.	3 That is why he has to make sin offerings for himself as wel as for the people.
4 Nec quisquam sumit sibi honorem, sed qui vocatur a Deo, tamquam Aaron.	4 No one takes this honour on himself; it needs a cal from God, as in Aaron's case.
5 Sic et Christus non semetipsum clarificavit ut pontifex fieret : sed qui locutus est ad eum : Filius meus es tu, ego hodie genui te.	5 And so it was not Christ who gave himself the glory of becoming high priest, but the one who said tohim: You are my Son, today I have fathered you,
6 Quemadmodum et in alio loco dicit : Tu es sacerdos in æternum, secundum ordinem Melchisedech.	6 and in another text: You are a priest for ever, of the order of Melchizedek.
7 Qui in diebus carnis suæ preces, supplicationesque ad eum qui possit illum salvum facere a morte cum clamore valido, et lacrimis offerens, exauditus est pro sua reverentia.	7 During his life on earth, he offered up prayer and entreaty, with loud cries and with tears, to the onewho had the power to save him from death, and, winning a hearing by his reverence,
8 Et quidem cum esset Filius Dei, didicit ex iis, quæ passus est, obedientiam :	8 he learnt obedience, Son though he was, through his sufferings;
9 et consummatus, factus est omnibus obtemperantibus sibi, causa salutis æternæ,	9 when he had been perfected, he became for al who obey him the source of eternal salvation
10 appellatus a Deo pontifex juxta ordinem Melchisedech.	10 and was acclaimed by God with the title of high priest of the order of Melchizedek.
11 De quo nobis grandis sermo, et ininterpretabilis ad dicendum : quoniam imbecilles facti estis ad audiendum.	11 On this subject we have many things to say, and they are difficult to explain because you have grownso slow at understanding.
12 Etenim cum deberetis magistri esse propter tempus, rursum indigetis ut vos doceamini quæ sint elementa exordii sermonum Dei : et facti estis quibus lacte opus sit, non solido cibo.	12 Indeed, when you should by this time have become masters, you need someone to teach you al overagain the elements of the principles of God's sayings; you have gone back to needing milk, and not solid food.
13 Omnis enim, qui lactis est particeps, expers est sermonis justitiæ : parvulus enim est.	13 Truly, no one who is stil living on milk can digest the doctrine of saving justice, being stil a baby.
14 Perfectorum autem est solidus cibus : eorum, qui pro consuetudine exercitatos habent sensus ad discretionem boni ac mali.	14 Solid food is for adults with minds trained by practice to distinguish between good and bad.