Mga Hebreo 7
Ang Bagong Tipan: Filipino Standard Version
Ang Pagkapari ni Melquizedek
7 Ang (A) Melquizedek na ito, hari ng Salem at pari ng Kataas-taasang Diyos, ay sumalubong kay Abraham sa pagbabalik niya galing sa paglipol sa mga hari, at siya’y binasbasan nito. 2 Sa kanya ibinigay ni Abraham ang ikasampung bahagi ng lahat. Una sa lahat, si Melquizedek ay hari ng katuwiran; ito ang kahulugan ng kanyang pangalan. At dahil hari siya ng Salem, siya ay hari din ng kapayapaan. 3 Walang binanggit na ama o ina o talaan ng kanyang angkan o maging tungkol sa kanyang kapanganakan o kamatayan. Tulad ng Anak ng Diyos, siya ay nanatiling pari magpakailanman.
4 Masdan ninyo kung gaano kadakila ang taong ito! Maging si Abraham na patriyarka ay nagkaloob sa kanya ng ikasampung bahagi ng kanyang mga nasamsam mula sa labanan. 5 Ang (B) mga pari mula sa angkan ni Levi ay itinatakda ng Kautusan na tumanggap ang ikasampung bahagi mula sa taong-bayan, na kanilang mga kapatid, kahit ang mga ito ay mula rin kay Abraham. 6 Ngunit si Melquizedek, bagamat hindi mula sa lahi ni Levi, ay tumanggap ng ikasampung bahagi mula kay Abraham. At binasbasan ni Melquizedek si Abraham na siyang pinangakuan ng Diyos. 7 Walang alinlangan na ang mas mababa ay tumatanggap ng basbas mula sa mas nakakataas. 8 Sa isang banda, ang mga pari na tumatanggap ng ikasampung bahagi ay namamatay; sa kabila naman, ang tumanggap ay pinatutunayang nanatiling buháy. 9 Maaari pang sabihin na maging si Levi na tumatanggap ng mga ikasampung bahagi ay nagbayad ng ikasampung bahagi sa pamamagitan ni Abraham, 10 sapagkat nang siya’y salubungin ni Melquizedek, si Levi ay nasa katawan pa ng kanyang ninunong Abraham.
11 Ngayon, kung ang pagiging sakdal ay makakamit sa pamamagitan ng pagkapari ng mga Levita, yamang tinanggap ng bayan ang Kautusan sa pamamagitan ng mga paring Levita—bakit kinailangan pa na may lumitaw na isang pari ayon sa pagkapari ni Melquizedek at hindi ayon sa pagkapari ni Aaron? 12 Sapagkat kapag may pagbabago sa pagkapari, kailangan ding may pagbabago sa Kautusan. 13 Sapagkat ang tinutukoy ng mga bagay na ito ay kabilang sa ibang angkan, at mula sa angkang iyon ay wala pang sinuman na naglingkod sa dambana. 14 Maliwanag na ang ating Panginoon ay nagmula sa Juda, at walang sinabing anuman si Moises tungkol sa mga pari kaugnay ng liping iyon. 15 Lalo pa itong naging maliwanag nang lumitaw ang isang pari na kagaya ni Melquizedek, 16 siya ay naging pari, hindi dahil sa itinatakda ng batas ukol sa lahing pinagmulan, kundi ayon sa kapangyarihan ng isang buhay na hindi mapupuksa. 17 Sapagkat (C) pinapatotohanan,
“Ikaw ay pari magpakailanman,
ayon sa pagkapari ni Melquizedek.”
18 Sa isang dako'y pinawalang bisa ang naunang alituntunin sapagkat ito ay mahina at walang pakinabang, 19 yamang hindi nagawa ng Kautusan na maging sakdal ang sinuman. Sa kabilang dako nama'y ipinakilala ang higit na mabuting pag-asa, at sa pamamagitan nito ay lumalapit tayo sa Diyos.
20 At ang pagiging pari ni Jesus ay may kasamang panunumpa, hindi kagaya ng mga nauna na naging pari na walang kasamang panunumpa. 21 Subalit (D) siya ay naging pari na mayroong panunumpa nang sabihin ng Diyos sa kanya,
“Nanumpa ang Panginoon
at hindi siya magbabago ng kanyang isip,
‘Ikaw ay pari magpakailanman.’ ”
22 Dahil dito, si Jesus ang naging katiyakan ng mas mabuting tipan. 23 Bukod dito, kailangan noon ang maraming pari sapagkat hinahadlangan ng kamatayan ang pagpapatuloy nila sa tungkulin. 24 Subalit dahil nananatili si Jesus magpakailanman, ang kanyang pagkapari ay walang katapusan. 25 Dahil dito, sa lahat ng panahon ay kaya niyang iligtas ang lahat[a] ng lumalapit sa Diyos sa pamamagitan niya, yamang lagi siyang nabubuhay upang mamagitan para sa kanila.
26 Nararapat lang, kung gayon, na magkaroon tayo ng ganoong Kataas-taasang Pari na banal, walang sala, walang dungis, inihiwalay sa mga makasalanan, at naging mas mataas kaysa mga langit. 27 Hindi (E) katulad ng ibang mga Kataas-taasang Pari, hindi niya kailangang maghandog ng alay araw-araw, una'y para sa kanyang sariling mga kasalanan, at para na rin sa mga kasalanan ng bayan. Nang ihandog niya ang kanyang sarili, ang kanyang handog ay minsan lamang, at ang bisa'y magpakailanman. 28 Sapagkat ang hinihirang ng Kautusan bilang mga Kataas-taasang Pari ay mga taong may kahinaan; ngunit ang salita ng panunumpa sa pagkapari na dumating pagkatapos ng Kautusan ay humirang sa Anak, na ginawang sakdal magpakailanman.
Footnotes
- Mga Hebreo 7:25 o kaya'y kaya niyang iligtas nang lubusan ang lahat.
Hebrews 7
New King James Version
The King of Righteousness(A)
7 For this (B)Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, 2 to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all, first being translated “king of righteousness,” and then also king of Salem, meaning “king of peace,” 3 without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, remains a priest continually.
4 Now consider how great this man was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth of the [a]spoils. 5 And indeed (C)those who are of the sons of Levi, who receive the priesthood, have a commandment to receive tithes from the people according to the law, that is, from their brethren, though they have come from the loins of Abraham; 6 but he whose genealogy is not derived from them received tithes from Abraham (D)and blessed (E)him who had the promises. 7 Now beyond all contradiction the lesser is blessed by the better. 8 Here mortal men receive tithes, but there he receives them, (F)of whom it is witnessed that he lives. 9 Even Levi, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham, so to speak, 10 for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him.
Need for a New Priesthood(G)
11 (H)Therefore, if perfection were through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest should rise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be called according to the order of Aaron? 12 For the priesthood being changed, of necessity there is also a change of the law. 13 For He of whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe, from which no man has [b]officiated at the altar.
14 For it is evident that (I)our Lord arose from (J)Judah, of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning [c]priesthood. 15 And it is yet far more evident if, in the likeness of Melchizedek, there arises another priest 16 who has come, not according to the law of a fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an endless life. 17 For [d]He testifies:
(K)“You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.”
18 For on the one hand there is an annulling of the former commandment because of (L)its weakness and unprofitableness, 19 for (M)the law made nothing [e]perfect; on the other hand, there is the bringing in of (N)a better hope, through which (O)we draw near to God.
Greatness of the New Priest
20 And inasmuch as He was not made priest without an oath 21 (for they have become priests without an oath, but He with an oath by Him who said to Him:
(P)“The Lord has sworn
And will not relent,
‘You are a priest [f]forever
According to the order of Melchizedek’ ”),
22 by so much more Jesus has become a [g]surety of a (Q)better covenant.
23 Also there were many priests, because they were prevented by death from continuing. 24 But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood. 25 Therefore He is also (R)able to save [h]to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives (S)to make intercession for them.
26 For such a High Priest was fitting for us, (T)who is holy, [i]harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, (U)and has become higher than the heavens; 27 who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His (V)own sins and then for the people’s, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself. 28 For the law appoints as high priests men who have weakness, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son who has been perfected forever.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 7:4 plunder
- Hebrews 7:13 served
- Hebrews 7:14 NU priests
- Hebrews 7:17 NU it is testified
- Hebrews 7:19 complete
- Hebrews 7:21 NU ends the quotation after forever.
- Hebrews 7:22 guarantee
- Hebrews 7:25 completely or forever
- Hebrews 7:26 innocent
Hebrews 7
English Standard Version
The Priestly Order of Melchizedek
7 For this (A)Melchizedek, king of (B)Salem, priest of (C)the Most High God, met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, 2 and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything. He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace. 3 He is without father or mother (D)or genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God he continues a priest forever.
4 See how great this man was to whom Abraham (E)the patriarch gave a tenth of the spoils! 5 And (F)those descendants of Levi who receive the priestly office have a commandment in the law to take tithes from the people, that is, from their brothers,[a] though these also are descended from Abraham. 6 But this man (G)who does not have his descent from them received tithes from Abraham and blessed (H)him who had the promises. 7 It is beyond dispute that the inferior is blessed by the superior. 8 In the one case tithes are received by mortal men, but in the other case, by one (I)of whom it is testified that (J)he lives. 9 One might even say that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham, 10 for he was still in the loins of his ancestor when Melchizedek met him.
Jesus Compared to Melchizedek
11 (K)Now if perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need would there have been for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, rather than one named after the order of Aaron? 12 For when there is a change in the priesthood, there is necessarily a change in the law as well. 13 For the one of whom these things are spoken belonged to another tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar. 14 For it is evident that our Lord was descended (L)from Judah, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.
15 This becomes even more evident when another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek, 16 who has become a priest, not on the basis of a legal requirement concerning bodily descent, but by the power of an indestructible life. 17 For it is witnessed of him,
(M)“You are a priest forever,
after the order of Melchizedek.”
18 For on the one hand, a former commandment is set aside (N)because of its weakness and uselessness 19 (for (O)the law made nothing perfect); but on the other hand, (P)a better hope is introduced, through which (Q)we draw near to God.
20 And it was not without an oath. For those who formerly became priests were made such without an oath, 21 but this one was made a priest with an oath by the one who said to him:
(R)“The Lord has sworn
and will not change his mind,
‘You are a priest forever.’”
22 This makes Jesus the guarantor of (S)a better covenant.
23 The former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office, 24 but he holds his priesthood permanently, because he continues (T)forever. 25 Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost[b] (U)those who draw near to God (V)through him, since he always lives (W)to make intercession for them.
26 For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, (X)holy, innocent, unstained, (Y)separated from sinners, and (Z)exalted above the heavens. 27 He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, (AA)first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this (AB)once for all when he offered up himself. 28 For the law appoints men (AC)in their weakness as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made (AD)perfect forever.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 7:5 Or brothers and sisters
- Hebrews 7:25 That is, completely; or at all times
Ang Bagong Tipan: Filipino Standard Version, Copyright © Philippine Bible Society 2009.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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