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Ebrei 7
La Nuova Diodati
Ebrei 7
La Nuova Diodati
7 Infatti questo Melchisedek, re di Salem e sacerdote del Dio Altissimo andò incontro ad Abrahamo, mentre ritornava dalla sconfitta dei re e lo benedisse;
2 a lui Abrahamo diede anche la decima di ogni cosa. Il suo nome significa innanzitutto "re di giustizia" e poi anche "re di Salem" cioè "re di pace".
3 Senza padre, senza madre, senza genealogia, senza principio di giorni né fine di vita, ma fatto simile al Figlio di Dio egli rimane sacerdote in eterno.
4 Considerate pertanto quanto fosse grande costui, al quale il patriarca Abrahamo diede la decima del bottino.
5 Ora quelli dei figli di Levi, che conseguono il sacerdozio, hanno per legge il mandato di riscuotere la decima dal popolo cioè dai loro fratelli, benché essi pure siano usciti dai lombi di Abrahamo;
6 costui invece, Melchisedek, pur non derivando la sua discendenza da loro, ricevette la decima da Abrahamo e benedisse colui che aveva le promesse.
7 Ora, senza alcuna contraddizione l'inferiore è benedetto dal superiore.
8 Inoltre quelli che qui ricevono le decime sono uomini mortali, là invece le riceve colui di cui è testimoniato che vive.
9 E per cosí dire, lo stesso Levi, che riceve le decime, fu sottoposto alla decima in Abrahamo;
10 egli infatti si trovava ancora nei lombi del padre, quando Melchisedek gli andò incontro.
11 Se dunque ci fosse stata la perfezione mediante il sacerdozio levitico (perché sotto quello fu data la legge al popolo), che bisogno c'era che sorgesse un altro sacerdote secondo l'ordine di Melchisedek, e non designato invece secondo l'ordine di Aaronne?
12 Infatti, se viene cambiato il sacerdozio, avviene necessariamente anche un cambiamento di legge.
13 Ora colui del quale si dicono queste cose appartiene ad un'altra tribú, di cui nessuno ha mai servito all'altare;
14 è noto infatti che il nostro Signore è uscito da Giuda, in riferimento a cui Mosé non disse nulla riguardo al sacerdozio.
15 E la cosa è ancora piú evidente, se sorge un altro sacerdote a somiglianza di Melchisedek
16 che non è diventato tale per una legge di prescrizioni carnali, ma per la potenza di una vita indissolubile.
17 Infatti la Scrittura afferma: «Tu sei sacerdote in eterno, secondo l'ordine di Melchisedek».
18 Si ha cosí l'annullamento del comandamento precedente, a motivo della sua debolezza e inutilità,
19 la legge infatti non ha portato nulla a compimento, è l'introduzione di una migliore speranza, mediante la quale ci accostiamo a Dio.
20 Inoltre ciò non è avvenuto senza giuramento. Quelli infatti diventavano sacerdoti senza giuramento,
21 (ma costui con giuramento da parte di colui che gli ha detto: «Il Signore ha giurato e non si pentirà: Tu sei sacerdote in eterno, secondo l'ordine di Melchisedek»).
22 Per questo Gesú è diventato garante di un patto molto migliore.
23 Inoltre quelli erano fatti sacerdoti in gran numero, perché la morte impediva loro di durare,
24 ma costui, perché dimora in eterno, ha un sacerdozio che non passa ad alcun altro,
25 per cui egli può anche salvare appieno coloro che per mezzo suo si accostano a Dio, vivendo egli sempre per intercedere per loro.
26 A noi infatti occorreva un tale sommo sacerdote, che fosse santo, innocente, immacolato, separato dai peccatori ed elevato al di sopra dei cieli,
27 che non ha bisogno ogni giorno, come quei sommi sacerdoti, di offrire sacrifici prima per i propri peccati e poi per quelli del popolo, poiché egli ha fatto questo una volta per tutte, quando offerse se stesso.
28 La legge infatti costituisce come sommi sacerdoti uomini soggetti a debolezza, ma la parola del giuramento, che viene dopo la legge, costituisce il Figlio reso perfetto in eterno.
Ebrei 7
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
Ebrei 7
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
1. LA SUPERIORITA' DEL CRISTO SUI SACERDOTI LEVITICI
Melchisedek
7 Questo Melchìsedek infatti, re di Salem, sacerdote del Dio Altissimo, andò incontro ad Abramo mentre ritornava dalla sconfitta dei re e lo benedisse; 2 a lui Abramo diede la decima di ogni cosa; anzitutto il suo nome tradotto significa re di giustizia; è inoltre anche re di Salem, cioè re di pace. 3 Egli è senza padre, senza madre, senza genealogia, senza principio di giorni né fine di vita, fatto simile al Figlio di Dio e rimane sacerdote in eterno.
Melchisedek ha ricevuto la decima da Abramo
4 Considerate pertanto quanto sia grande costui, al quale Abramo, il patriarca, diede la decima del suo bottino. 5 In verità anche quelli dei figli di Levi, che assumono il sacerdozio, hanno il mandato di riscuotere, secondo la legge, la decima dal popolo, cioè dai loro fratelli, essi pure discendenti da Abramo. 6 Egli invece, che non era della loro stirpe, prese la decima da Abramo e benedisse colui che era depositario della promessa. 7 Ora, senza dubbio, è l'inferiore che è benedetto dal superiore. 8 Inoltre, qui riscuotono le decime uomini mortali; là invece le riscuote uno di cui si attesta che vive. 9 Anzi si può dire che lo stesso Levi, che pur riceve le decime, ha versato la sua decima in Abramo: 10 egli si trovava infatti ancora nei lombi del suo antenato quando gli venne incontro Melchìsedek.
Dal sacerdozio levitico al sacerdozio secondo l'ordine di Melchisedek
11 Or dunque, se la perfezione fosse stata possibile per mezzo del sacerdozio levitico - sotto di esso il popolo ha ricevuto la legge - che bisogno c'era che sorgesse un altro sacerdote alla maniera di Melchìsedek, e non invece alla maniera di Aronne? 12 Infatti, mutato il sacerdozio, avviene necessariamente anche un mutamento della legge. 13 Questo si dice di chi è appartenuto a un'altra tribù, della quale nessuno mai fu addetto all'altare. 14 E' noto infatti che il Signore nostro è germogliato da Giuda e di questa tribù Mosè non disse nulla riguardo al sacerdozio.
L'abrogazione della legge antica
15 Ciò risulta ancor più evidente dal momento che, a somiglianza di Melchìsedek, sorge un altro sacerdote, 16 che non è diventato tale per ragione di una prescrizione carnale, ma per la potenza di una vita indefettibile. 17 Gli è resa infatti questa testimonianza:
Tu sei sacerdote in eterno alla maniera di Melchìsedek.
18 Si ha così l'abrogazione di un ordinamento precedente a causa della sua debolezza e inutilità - 19 la legge infatti non ha portato nulla alla perfezione - e si ha invece l'introduzione di una speranza migliore, grazie alla quale ci avviciniamo a Dio.
Immutabilità del sacerdozio del Cristo
20 Inoltre ciò non avvenne senza giuramento. Quelli infatti diventavano sacerdoti senza giuramento; 21 costui al contrario con un giuramento di colui che gli ha detto:
Il Signore ha giurato e non si pentirà:
tu sei sacerdote per sempre.
22 Per questo, Gesù è diventato garante di un'alleanza migliore.
23 Inoltre, quelli sono diventati sacerdoti in gran numero, perché la morte impediva loro di durare a lungo; 24 egli invece, poiché resta per sempre, possiede un sacerdozio che non tramonta. 25 Perciò può salvare perfettamente quelli che per mezzo di lui si accostano a Dio, essendo egli sempre vivo per intercedere a loro favore.
Perfezione del sommo sacerdote celeste
26 Tale era infatti il sommo sacerdote che ci occorreva: santo, innocente, senza macchia, separato dai peccatori ed elevato sopra i cieli; 27 egli non ha bisogno ogni giorno, come gli altri sommi sacerdoti, di offrire sacrifici prima per i propri peccati e poi per quelli del popolo, poiché egli ha fatto questo una volta per tutte, offrendo se stesso. 28 La legge infatti costituisce sommi sacerdoti uomini soggetti all'umana debolezza, ma la parola del giuramento, posteriore alla legge, costituisce il Figlio che è stato reso perfetto in eterno.
Hebrews 7
New International Version
Hebrews 7
New International Version
Melchizedek the Priest
7 This Melchizedek was king of Salem(A) and priest of God Most High.(B) He met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him,(C) 2 and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything. First, the name Melchizedek means “king of righteousness”; then also, “king of Salem” means “king of peace.” 3 Without father or mother, without genealogy,(D) without beginning of days or end of life, resembling the Son of God,(E) he remains a priest forever.
4 Just think how great he was: Even the patriarch(F) Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder!(G) 5 Now the law requires the descendants of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people(H)—that is, from their fellow Israelites—even though they also are descended from Abraham. 6 This man, however, did not trace his descent from Levi, yet he collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed(I) him who had the promises.(J) 7 And without doubt the lesser is blessed by the greater. 8 In the one case, the tenth is collected by people who die; but in the other case, by him who is declared to be living.(K) 9 One might even say that Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham, 10 because when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the body of his ancestor.
Jesus Like Melchizedek
11 If perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood—and indeed the law given to the people(L) established that priesthood—why was there still need for another priest to come,(M) one in the order of Melchizedek,(N) not in the order of Aaron? 12 For when the priesthood is changed, the law must be changed also. 13 He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe,(O) and no one from that tribe has ever served at the altar.(P) 14 For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah,(Q) and in regard to that tribe Moses said nothing about priests. 15 And what we have said is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears, 16 one who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to his ancestry but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life. 17 For it is declared:
18 The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless(S) 19 (for the law made nothing perfect),(T) and a better hope(U) is introduced, by which we draw near to God.(V)
20 And it was not without an oath! Others became priests without any oath, 21 but he became a priest with an oath when God said to him:
22 Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantor of a better covenant.(Y)
23 Now there have been many of those priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office; 24 but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood.(Z) 25 Therefore he is able to save(AA) completely[c] those who come to God(AB) through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.(AC)
26 Such a high priest(AD) truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners,(AE) exalted above the heavens.(AF) 27 Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices(AG) day after day, first for his own sins,(AH) and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all(AI) when he offered himself.(AJ) 28 For the law appoints as high priests men in all their weakness;(AK) but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son,(AL) who has been made perfect(AM) forever.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 7:17 Psalm 110:4
- Hebrews 7:21 Psalm 110:4
- Hebrews 7:25 Or forever
Hebrews 7
1599 Geneva Bible
Hebrews 7
1599 Geneva Bible
7 1 He hath hitherto stirred them up, to mark diligently what things are to be considered in Melchizedek, 15 wherein he is like unto Christ. 20 Wherefore the Law should give place to the Gospel.
1 For this [a]Melchizedek (A)was King of Salem, the Priest of the most high God, who met Abraham, as he returned from the slaughter of the Kings, and [b]blessed him:
2 To whom also Abraham gave the tithe of all things: who first is by interpretation King of righteousness: after that, he is also King of Salem, that is, King of peace,
3 [c]Without father, without mother, without kindred, and hath neither beginning of his days, neither end of life: but is likened unto the Son of God, and continueth a Priest forever.
4 [d]Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the Patriarch Abraham gave the tithe of the spoils.
5 For verily they which are the children of Levi, which receive the office of the Priesthood, have a (B)commandment to take, according to the Law, tithes of the people (that is, of their brethren) though they [e]came out of the loins of Abraham.
6 But he whose kindred is not counted among them, received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.
7 And [f]without all contradiction the less is blessed of the greater.
8 And here men that die, receive tithes: but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed, that he liveth.
9 [g]And to say as the thing is, Levi also which receiveth tithes, payeth tithes in Abraham.
10 For he was yet in the loins of his father Abraham, when Melchizedek met him.
11 [h]If therefore [i]perfection had been by the Priesthood of the Levites (for under it the Law was established to the people) what needed it furthermore, that another Priest should rise after the order of Melchizedek, and not to be called after the order of Aaron?
12 [j]For if the Priesthood be changed, then of necessity must there be a change of the [k]Law.
13 For he of whom these things are spoken, pertaineth unto another tribe, whereof no man [l]served at the altar.
14 For it is evident, that our Lord sprung out of Judah, concerning the which tribe Moses spake nothing, touching the Priesthood.
15 [m]And it is yet a more evident thing, because that after the similitude of Melchizedek, there is risen up another Priest,
16 [n]Which is not made Priest after the [o]Law of the carnal commandment, but after the power of the endless life.
17 For he testifieth thus, (C)Thou art a Priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.
18 [p]For the [q]commandment that went afore, is disannulled, because of the weakness thereof, and unprofitableness.
19 For the Law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope made perfect, whereby we draw near unto God.
20 [r]And forasmuch as it is not without an oath (for these are made Priests without an oath:
21 But this is made with an oath by him that said unto him, (D)The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a Priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.)
22 By so much is Jesus made a surety of a better Testament.
23 [s]And among them many were made Priests, because they were not suffered to endure, by the reason of death.
24 But this man, because he endureth ever, hath a Priesthood, which [t]cannot pass from one to another.
25 Wherefore, he is [u]able also perfectly to save them that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth, to make intercession for them.
26 [v]For such an high Priest it became us to have, which is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens:
27 Which needeth not daily as those high Priests to offer up sacrifice, (E)first for his own sins, and then for the peoples: [w]for [x]that did he [y]once, when he offered up himself.
28 For the Law maketh men high Priests, which have infirmity: but the [z]word of the oath [aa]that [ab]was since the Law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 7:1 Declaring those words, According to the order of Melchizedek, whereupon that comparison standeth of the Priesthood of Christ with the Levitical: first Melchizedek himself is considered as the figure of Christ, and these are the hands of that comparison, Melchizedek was a King and a Priest: and such an one indeed is Christ alone. He was a King of peace and righteousness: such an one indeed is Christ alone.
- Hebrews 7:1 With a solemn and Priestly blessing.
- Hebrews 7:3 Another figure: Melchizedek set before us to be considered as one without beginning and without ending, for neither his father, nor his mother, nor his ancestors, nor his death are written of: and such an one indeed is the Son of God, to wit, an everlasting Priest: as he is God, without mother wonderfully begotten: as he is man, without father wonderfully conceived.
- Hebrews 7:4 Another figure: Melchizedek in consideration of his Priesthood was above Abraham, for he took tenths of him, and blessed him as a Priest: Such an one indeed is Christ, upon whom dependeth even Abraham’s sanctification, and all the believers, and whom all men ought to worship and reverence as the author of all.
- Hebrews 7:5 Were begotten by Abraham.
- Hebrews 7:7 He speaketh of the public blessing which the Priests used.
- Hebrews 7:9 A double amplification: The first, that Melchizedek took the tenths, as one immortal (to wit, in respect, that he is the figure of Christ, for his death is in no place made mention of, and David setteth him forth as an everlasting Priest) but the Levitical Priests, as mortal men, for they succeed one another: the second, that Levi himself was tithed in Abraham by Melchizedek. Therefore the Priesthood of Melchizedek (that is, Christ’s who is pronounced to be an everlasting Priest according to his order) is more excellent than the Levitical.
- Hebrews 7:11 The third treatise of this Epistle, wherein after he hath proved Christ to be a King, a Prophet, and a Priest, he now handleth distinctly the condition and excellency of all these offices, showing that all these were but shadows in all other, but in Christ they are true and perfect. And he beginneth with the Priesthood, wherewith also the former treatise ended, that by this means all the parts and members of this disputation, may better hang together. And first of all he proveth that the Levitical Priesthood was imperfect because another Priest is promised a long time after according to another order, that is to say, of another manner of rule and fashion.
- Hebrews 7:11 If the priesthood of Levi could have made any man perfect.
- Hebrews 7:12 He showeth how that by the institution of the new Priesthood, not only the imperfection of the Priesthood of Levi was declared, but also that it was changed for this: for these two cannot stand together, because that first appointment of the tribe of Levi, did shut forth the tribe of Judah, and made it also inferior to Levi: and this latter doth place the Priesthood in the tribe of Judah.
- Hebrews 7:12 Of the institution of Aaron.
- Hebrews 7:13 Had anything to do about the altar.
- Hebrews 7:15 Lest any man might object, that the Priesthood indeed was translated from Levi to Judah, but yet notwithstanding the same remaineth still, he both weigheth and expoundeth these words of David, forever, according to the order of Melchizedek, whereby also a divers institution of priesthood is well perceived.
- Hebrews 7:16 He proveth the diversity and excellency of the institution of Melchizedek’s Priesthood, by this, that the priesthood of the Law did stand upon an outward and bodily anointing: but the sacrifice of Melchizedek is set out to be everlasting and more spiritual.
- Hebrews 7:16 Not after the ordination, which commandeth frail and transitory things, as was done in Aaron’s consecration, and all that whole Priesthood.
- Hebrews 7:18 Again, that no man might object that the last Priesthood was added to make a perfect one, by the coupling of them both together, he proveth that the first was abrogated by the latter as unprofitable, and that by the nature of them both. For how could those corporal and transitory things sanctify us, either of themselves, or being joined with another?
- Hebrews 7:18 The ceremonial law.
- Hebrews 7:20 Another argument whereby he proveth that the Priesthood of Christ is better than the Priesthood of Levi, because his was established with an oath, but theirs was not so.
- Hebrews 7:23 Another argument tending to the same purpose. The Levitical Priests (as mortal men) could not be everlasting, but Christ as he is everlasting, so hath he also an everlasting Priesthood making most effectual intercession for them which by him come unto God.
- Hebrews 7:24 Which cannot pass away.
- Hebrews 7:25 He is fit and meet.
- Hebrews 7:26 Another argument: There are required in an high Priest innocency, and perfect pureness, which may separate him from sinners, for whom he offereth. But the Levitical high Priests shall not be found to be such, for they offer first for their own sins: But Christ only is such a one; and therefore the true and only high Priest.
- Hebrews 7:27 Another argument which notwithstanding he handleth afterward: The Levitical Priests offered sacrifice after sacrifice, first for themselves, and then for the people. But Christ offered not for himself, but for others, not sacrifices, but himself, not oftentimes, but once. And this ought not to seem strange; saith he, forsomuch as they are weak, but this man is consecrated an everlasting Priest, and that by an oath.
- Hebrews 7:27 That sacrifice which he offered.
- Hebrews 7:27 It was so done, that it needeth not be repeated or offered again anymore.
- Hebrews 7:28 The commandment of God which was bound with an oath.
- Hebrews 7:28 Another argument taken of the time: former things are taken away by the latter.
- Hebrews 7:28 Exhibited.
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