VaHebheru 7

¹Nokuti Mekizedheki uyo, mambo weSaremi, muPirisita waMwari Wokumusoro-soro, wakasongana naAbhurahamu pakudzoka kwake andovuraya madzimambo, akamuropafadza;For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;

²Abhurahamu akamupa vo chegumi chezvose; iye pakutanga ari mambo wokururama, kana zvichishandurwa, vuye zve, mambo weSaremi, ndokuti, mambo werugare;To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;

³asinababa, asinamai, asinamadzisekuru, asina kutanga kwamazuva, kana kuguma kwovupenyu, asi wakafananidzwa noMwanakomana waMwari, unogara ari muPirisita nokusingaperi.Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.

⁴Zvino fungai kukura kwomunhu uyu, wakapiwa nateteguru Abhurahamu chegumi chezvaakapamba.Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.

⁵Zvino avo, vari vanakomana vaRevhi, vanopiwa basa rovuPirisita, vakarairwa nomurairo kuti vatore chegumi kuvanhu, iko kuhama dzavo, kunyange vakabva muchivuno chaAbhurahamu,And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:

⁶asi uyu, asina kuravirwa rudzi rwake kwavari, wakapiwa zvegumi naAbhurahamu akamuropafadza iye wakanga anezvipikirwa.But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.

⁷Zvino hatingarambi kuti muduku ndiye unoropafadzwa nounopfuvura nokunaka.And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.

⁸Vuye pano, vanhu, vanofa, vanopiwa zvegumi; asi apo uyo unopiwa, unopupurirwa zvichinzi mupenyu.And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.

⁹Zvino tingati naRevhi, unopiwa zvegumi, iye vo wakapa zvegumi munaAbhurahamu;And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.

¹⁰nokuti wakanga achiri muchivuno chababa vake, pakusongana kwaMekizedheki naye.For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.

¹¹Naizvozvo, kana kukwaniswa kwaivapo nenzira yovuPirisita bwaRevhi (nokuti vanhu vakapiwa murairo nokuda kwabwo), ko mumwe muPirisita waifanira kuzomuka seiko unorudzi naMekizedheki, asinganzi unorudzi naAroni?If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

¹²Nokuti kana vuPirisita bwuchishandurwa, nomurairo unofanira kuti ushandurwe vo.For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.

¹³Nokuti uyo unorebwa zvinhu izvi pamusoro pake, wakanga ari worumwe rudzi, rwakanga rusino munhu wakambobate-basa paaritari.For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.

¹⁴Nokuti zvinovonekwa pachena, kuti Ishe wedu wakabva kunaJudha; pamusoro porudzi urwu Mosesi haana kureva zvavaPirisita.For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.

¹⁵Izvi zvinoratidzwavo kwazvo, kana kuchimuka mumwe muPirisita wakafanana naMekizedheki,And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,

¹⁶usina kuitwa muPirisita nomurairo wokuraira kwenyama, asi nesimba rovupenyu bwusingapedzwi.Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.

¹⁷Nokuti iye unopupurirwa, zvichinzi: Iwe uri muPirisita nokusingaperi, Unorudzi naMekizedheki.For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

¹⁸Nokuti murau wokutanga unokoneswa nokuda kwovutera bwawo, vuye nokuti haunamaturo,For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.

¹⁹(nokuti murairo hauna kukwanisa chinhu), zvino tariro, inopfuvura nokunaka, ikaiswapo, yatinoswedera nayo kuna Mwari.For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.

²⁰Vuye zve, zvaasina kuitwa muPirisita kusinemhiko;And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:

²¹(nokuti ivo vakaitwa vaPirisita kusinemhiko, asi iye nokupika kwaiye, wakati kwaari: Ishe wakapika, haangazvidyi moyo Zve, achiti: Iwe uri muPirisita nokusingaperi wegwara reimba yaMekizedheki);(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)

²²Saizvozvo Jesu wakaitwa rubatso rwesungano inopfuvura nokunaka.By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.

²³Ivo vaiva vaPirisita vazhinji, nokuti vakadziviswa norufu kugara nokusingaperi,And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:

²⁴Asi iye zvaanogara nokusingaperi unovuPirisita bwusingapfuvudzwi.But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.

²⁵Naizvozvo unesimba rokuponesa kwazvo-kwazvo avo vanovuya kunaMwari naye, zvaanorarama nokusingaperi kuti avareverere.Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

²⁶Nokuti muPirisita mukuru wakadai ndiye wataifanira kuva naye mutsvene, usinechakaipa, usina kusvibiswa, wakaparadzaniswa navatadzi, wakakwidzwa kumusoro kwedenga;For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

²⁷usingafaniri, savaya vaPirisita vakuru, kubayira zuva rimwe nerimwe, pakutanga pamusoro pezvivi zvake, pashure pamusoro pezvivi zvavanhu; nokuti wakaita izvozvi kamwe chete, zvikapera, pakuzviita kwake chibayiro.Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people’s: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.

²⁸Nokuti murairo unogadza vanhu vanovutera, kuti vave vaPirisita vakuru; asi shoko rokupika, rakatevera murairo, rinogadza Mwanakomana, wakakwaniswa nokusingaperi.For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.