Mga Hebreo 7
Magandang Balita Biblia
Ang Paring si Melquisedec
7 Ang(A) Melquisedec na ito ay hari ng Salem at pari ng Kataas-taasang Diyos. Nang pabalik na si Abraham mula sa pagpuksa sa mga hari, sinalubong siya ni Melquisedec at siya ay binasbasan nito. 2 Ibinigay ni Abraham kay Melquisedec ang ikasampung bahagi ng lahat ng nasamsam niya mula sa labanan. Ang unang kahulugan ng pangalang Melquisedec ay “Hari ng Katuwiran”. At dahil siya'y hari din ng Salem, ibig sabihin, siya ay “Hari ng Kapayapaan”. 3 Walang nababanggit tungkol sa kanyang ama at ina, o sa angkang pinagmulan niya. Hindi rin natala ang kanyang kapanganakan o kamatayan. Tulad ng Anak ng Diyos, siya'y pari magpakailanman.
4 Tingnan ninyo kung gaano kadakila si Melquisedec! Ipinagkaloob sa kanya ni Abraham na ating ninuno ang ikasampung bahagi ng nasamsam niya mula sa labanan. 5 Ayon(B) sa Kautusan, ang mga pari mula sa angkan ni Levi ay inutusang kumuha ng mga ikapu mula sa mga Israelita, na kanilang mga kapatid, kahit ang mga ito ay mula rin kay Abraham. 6 Si Melquisedec ay hindi kabilang sa lipi ni Levi, ngunit tumanggap siya ng ikasampung bahagi mula kay Abraham at pinagpala niya ang taong ito na pinangakuan ng Diyos. 7 Hindi maipagkakaila na ang nagbibigay ng basbas ay mas dakila kaysa kanyang binabasbasan. 8 Ang mga Levita, na tumatanggap ng ikasampung bahagi ay may kamatayan, ngunit buháy si Melquisedec ayon sa kasulatan. 9 Kaya't masasabi na rin na maging si Levi na tumatanggap ng ikasampung bahagi, ay nagbigay rin ng ikasampung bahagi sa pamamagitan ni Abraham. 10 Sapagkat masasabing si Levi ay nasa katawan pa ng kanyang ninunong si Abraham nang ito'y salubungin ni Melquisedec.
11 Batay sa pagkapari ng mga Levita ang Kautusan ay ibinigay sa mga Israelita. Kung ang pagkapari ng mga Levita ay walang kapintasan, hindi na sana kinailangan pa ang ibang pagkapari na ayon sa pagkapari ni Melquisedec, at hindi ayon sa pagkapari ni Aaron. 12 Nang baguhin ang pagkapari, kinailangan ding baguhin ang kautusan. 13 Ang ating Panginoon ang paring tinutukoy dito ay kabilang sa ibang lipi, kung saan ay wala ni isa man na naglingkod bilang pari. 14 Alam ng lahat na ang ating Panginoon ay mula sa lipi ni Juda, at tungkol sa liping ito ay walang sinabi si Moises tungkol sa mga pari.
Ibang Pari, Tulad ni Melquisedec
15 Ang bagay na ito ay lalo pang naging maliwanag nang magkaroon ng ibang pari ayon sa pagkapari ni Melquisedec. 16 Naging pari siya dahil sa kapangyarihan ng buhay na kailanma'y hindi matatapos, at hindi dahil sa lahing pinagmulan na itinatakda ng Kautusan. 17 Sapagkat(C) ito ang sinasabi ng kasulatan tungkol sa kanya, “Ikaw ay pari magpakailanman, ayon sa pagkapari ni Melquisedec.” 18 Kaya nga, inalis ang naunang alituntunin dahil sa ito'y mahina at walang bisa. 19 Sapagkat walang sinumang nagiging ganap sa pamamagitan ng Kautusan ni Moises. Higit na mabuti ang bagong pag-asang tinanggap natin ngayon, sapagkat sa pamamagitan nito'y nakakalapit na tayo sa Diyos.
20 Ang Diyos ay hindi nanumpa nang gawin niyang pari ang iba, 21 ngunit(D) nanumpa siya nang gawin niyang pari si Jesus, ayon sa sinabi niya,
“Ang Panginoon ay sumumpa,
at hindi siya magbabago ng isip,
‘Ikaw ay pari magpakailanman!’”
22 Dahil sa pagkakaibang ito, si Jesus ang siyang katiyakan ng mas mabuting tipan.
23 Bukod dito, kailangan noon ang maraming pari dahil namamatay sila at hindi nakakapagpatuloy sa panunungkulan. 24 Ngunit si Jesus ay buháy magpakailanman, kaya't walang katapusan ang kanyang pagkapari. 25 Dahil dito, lubusan niyang maililigtas ang lahat ng lumalapit sa Diyos sa pamamagitan niya, sapagkat siya'y nabubuhay magpakailanman upang mamagitan para sa kanila.
26 Samakatuwid, si Jesus ang Pinakapunong Pari na kinakailangan natin. Siya'y banal, walang kasalanan ni kapintasan man, inihiwalay sa mga makasalanan at itinaas sa kalangitan. 27 Hindi(E) siya katulad ng ibang mga pinakapunong pari na kailangan pang mag-alay ng mga handog araw-araw, una'y para sa sarili nilang kasalanan, at pagkatapos, para sa kasalanan ng mga tao. Minsan lamang naghandog si Jesus, at ito'y pangmagpakailanman, nang ihandog niya ang kanyang sarili. 28 Ang Kautusan ay nagtalaga ng mga punong pari na may mga kahinaan, ngunit ang pangako ng Diyos na may panunumpa, na dumating pagkatapos ng Kautusan, ay humirang sa Anak na walang kapintasan magpakailanman.
Hebrews 7
Worldwide English (New Testament)
7 Melchizedek was king of the city of Salem. He was a priest of God who is the greatest of all. Melchizedek met Abraham when Abraham came back from killing some bad kings. And Melchizedek blessed him.
2 Abraham divided all that he took away from the kings into ten parts. He gave Melchizedek one part. First, the name Melchizedek means the king who is true and right with God. Then he was king of Salem. That means king of peace.
3 He has no father or mother. The names of the family from which he comes are not written down. It is not written down that he was born or that he died. But, like the Son of God, he stays on being a priest for ever.
4 Just think how great he was! Even Abraham, the father of our people, gave him a tenth, one part out of ten, of all he brought back.
5 The sons of Levi, who are priests, have the right by law to take a tenth of what the people have. These people are their own brothers. They also are Abraham's children.
6 But Melchizedek was not from Levi's family. Yet he took a tenth of what Abraham had. And he blessed Abraham, to whom God made the promise.
7 Everyone knows this is true. The person who is blessed is not so great as the person who blesses him.
8 Here, priests take their tenth, but they are people who will die one day. But Melchizedek, who took his tenth, never dies. The holy writings say it is so.
9 And we say that Levi, the priest who takes the tenth from the people, gave his tenth through Abraham.
10 He was not yet born when Melchizedek met Abraham.
11 It was while the sons of Levi were priests that the law was made for the people. If those priests were good enough, why would another priest need to come who was like Melchizedek? Why would he not be like Aaron?
12 If the kind of priest is changed, then the law must be changed also.
13 The one we are talking about belonged to another tribe. No man from his tribe ever made sacrifices in God's house.
14 Everyone knows that our Lord Jesus came from the tribe of Judah. And Moses never said anything about priests coming from that tribe.
15 You can understand it even better when another priest comes who is like Melchizedek.
16 He was not made a priest by law. The law said that the priest must come from a certain tribe. But he was made a priest because he has power to live for ever.
17 This is what the holy writings say about him, `You are a priest for ever, like Melchizedek.'
18 The old law given to Moses by God was put away. It was weak and no good.
19 The law did not make anything right. But something better has been brought to us. It is God's promise. And by that promise we come near to God.
20 Also Christ was not made a priest without God's strong promise. The others were made priests without God's strong promise.
21 But this man was made priest by God's strong promise. God said to him, `The Lord has made a strong promise, and he will not change it. "You are a priest for ever." '
22 Also because of this, Jesus makes a better agreement with God for people.
23 The other priests were many, because they died and could not go on with their work.
24 But because Jesus lives forever, he is a priest for ever and no one takes his place.
25 Because of that, he is able to save people for ever, if they come to God by him. He lives for ever to talk to God for them.
26 We needed such a high priest as he is. He is holy. He is good. He has never done any wrong. He has been taken away from among bad people, and taken up higher than the sky.
27 He does not need to make sacrifices every day. The other high priests make sacrifices every day, first for the wrong things they have done, and then for the people. He did it once when he offered himself as the sacrifice.
28 The law makes men high priests, and they are weak. But the word of God's promise came after the law. It makes his Son high priest for ever, and he is all right.
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