Hebrews 5

1For every high priest taken from amongst men is established for men in things relating toGod, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins;

1Every high priest who is taken from among men is given his position to take care of the interests of men in those things which have to do with God, so that he may make offerings for sins.

2being able to exercise forbearance towards the ignorant and erring, since he himself also is clothed with infirmity;

2He is able to have feeling for those who have no knowledge and for those who are wandering from the true way, because he himself is feeble;

3and, on account of this [infirmity], he ought, even as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.

3And being feeble, he has to make sin-offerings for himself as well as for the people.

4And no one takes the honour to himself but [as] called byGod, even as Aaron also.

4And no man who is not given authority by God, as Aaron was, takes this honour for himself.

5Thus the Christ also has not glorified himself to be made a high priest; but he who had said to him, Thou art my Son, I have to-day begotten thee.

5In the same way Christ did not take for himself the glory of being made a high priest, but was given it by him who said, You are my Son, this day I have given you being:

6Even as also in another [place] he says, Thou [art] a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedec.

6As he says in another place, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

7Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up both supplications and entreaties to him who was able to save him out of death, with strong crying and tears; (and having been heard because of his piety;)

7Who in the days of his flesh, having sent up prayers and requests with strong crying and weeping to him who was able to give him salvation from death, had his prayer answered because of his fear of God.

8though he were Son, he learned obedience from the things which he suffered;

8And though he was a Son, through the pain which he underwent, the knowledge came to him of what it was to be under God's orders;

9and having been perfected, became to all them that obey him, author of eternal salvation;

9And when he had been made complete, he became the giver of eternal salvation to all those who are under his orders;

10addressed byGod [as] high priest according to the order of Melchisedec.

10Being named by God a high priest of the order of Melchizedek.

11Concerning whom we have much to say, and hard to be interpreted in speaking [of it], since ye are become dull in hearing.

11Of whom we have much to say which it is hard to make clear, because you are slow of hearing.

12For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have again need that [one] should teach you what [are] the elements of the beginning of the oracles ofGod, and are become such as have need of milk, [and] not of solid food.

12And though by this time it would be right for you to be teachers, you still have need of someone to give you teaching about the first simple rules of God's revelation; you have become like babies who have need of milk, and not of solid food.

13For every one that partakes of milk [is] unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe;

13For everyone who takes milk is without experience of the word of righteousness: he is a child.

14but solid food belongs to full-grown men, who, on account of habit, have their senses exercised for distinguishing both good and evil.

14But solid food is for men of full growth, even for those whose senses are trained by use to see what is good and what is evil.