Η ΠΡΟΣ ΕΒΡΑΙΟΥΣ ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΠΑΥΛΟΥ

Epistle to the Hebrews

CHAPTER 7

| 1 | ουτος |  | γαρ |  | ο |  | μελχισεδεκ |  | βασιλευς |  | σαλημ |  | ιερευς |  | του |  | θεου |  | του |  | υψιστου |
|  | For this |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | Melchisedec, |  | king |  | of Salem, |  | priest |  | ♦ |  | of God |  | the |  | most high, |

ο |  | συναντησας |  | αβρααμ |  | υποστρεφοντι |  | απο |  | της |  | κοπης |  | των |  | βασιλεων |  | και
who |  | met |  | Abraham |  | returning |  | from |  | the |  | smiting |  | of the |  | kings, |  | and

| ευλογησας |  | αυτον |  |
| having blessed |  | him; |  |

| 2 | ω |  | και |  | δεκατην |  | απο |  | παντων |  | εμερισεν |  | αβρααμ |  | πρωτον |  | μεν |
|  | to whom |  | also |  | a 3 tenth 4 |  | of 5 |  | all 6 |  | divided 2 |  | Abraham: 1 |  | first |  | ♦ |

ερμηνευομενος |  | βασιλευς |  | δικαιοσυνης |  | επειτα |  | δε |  | και |  | βασιλευς |  | σαλημ |
being interpreted |  | king |  | of righteousness, |  | and then |  | ♦ |  | also |  | king |  | of Salem, |

ο |  | εστιν |  | βασιλευς |  | ειρηνης |  |
which |  | is |  | king |  | of peace; |  |

| 3 | απατωρ |  | αμητωρ |  | αγενεαλογητος |  | μητε |  | αρχην |  | ημερων |  | μητε |
|  | without father, |  | without mother, |  | without genealogy; |  | neither |  | beginning |  | of days |  | nor |

ζωης |  | τελος |  | εχων |  | αφωμοιωμενος |  | δε |  | τω |  | υιω |  | του |  | θεου |  | μενει |  | ιερευς |
of 2 life 3 |  | end 1 |  | having, |  | but assimilated |  | ♦ |  | to the |  | Son |  | ♦ |  | of God, |  | abides |  | a priest |

εις |  | το |  | διηνεκες |  |
in perpetuity. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 4 | θεωρειτε |  | δε |  | πηλικος |  | ουτος |  | ω |  | και |  | δεκατην |  | αβρααμ |  | εδωκεν |
|  | Now consider |  | ♦ |  | how great |  | this [one was], |  | to whom |  | even 5 |  | a 6 tenth 7 |  | Abraham 1 |  | gave 4 |

εκ |  | των |  | ακροθινιων |  | ο |  | πατριαρχης |  |
out 8 of 9 |  | the 10 |  | spoils 11 |  | the 2 |  | patriarch. 3 |  |

| 5 | και |  | οι |  | μεν |  | εκ |  | των |  | υιων |  | λευι |  | την |  | ιερατειαν |  | λαμβανοντες |
|  | And |  | they |  | indeed |  | from among |  | the |  | sons |  | of Levi, |  | the 3 |  | priesthood 4 |  | [who] 1 receive, 2 |

εντολην |  | εχουσιν |  | αποδεκατουν |  | τον |  | λαον |  | κατα |  | τον |  | νομον |
commandment |  | have |  | to take tithes from |  | the |  | people |  | according to |  | the |  | law, |

τουτ |  | εστιν |  | τους |  | αδελφους |  | αυτων |  | καιπερ |  | εξεληλυθοτας |  | εκ |
that is [from] |  | their brethren |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | though |  | having come |  | out of |  | the |

της |  | οσφυος |  |
loins |  | of Abraham; |  |

| 6 | ο |  | δε |  | μη |  | γενεαλογουμενος |  | εξ |  | αυτων |
|  | but he [who] |  | ♦ |  | reckons no genealogy |  | ♦ |  | from |  | them |

δεδεκατωκεν |  | τον |  | αβρααμ |  | και |  | τον |  | εχοντα |  | τας |  | επαγγελιας |
has tithed |  | ♦ |  | Abraham, |  | and |  | him 3 who 4 |  | had 5 |  | the 6 |  | promises, 7 |

ευλογηκεν |  |
has 1 blessed. 2 |  |

| 7 | χωρις |  | δε |  | πασης |  | αντιλογιας |  | το |  | ελαττον |  | υπο |  | του |  | κρειττονος |
|  | But apart from |  | ♦ |  | all |  | gainsaying |  | the |  | inferior |  | by |  | the |  | superior |

ευλογειται |  |
is blessed. |  |

| 8 | και |  | ωδε |  | μεν |  | δεκατας |  | αποθνησκοντες |  | ανθρωποι |  | λαμβανουσιν |  | εκει |
|  | And |  | here |  | ♦ |  | tithes 5 |  | [that] 2 die 3 |  | men 1 |  | receive; 4 |  | but there |

δε |  | μαρτυρουμενος |  | οτι |  | ζη |  |
♦ |  | [one] witnessed of |  | that |  | he lives; |  |

| 9 | και |  | ως |  | επος |  | ειπειν |  | δια |  | αβρααμ |  | και |  | λευι |  | ο |  | δεκατας |  | λαμβανων
|  | and, |  | so to speak, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | through |  | Abraham, |  | also |  | Levi, |  | who |  | tithes 2 |  | receives, 1

| δεδεκατωται |  |
| has been tithed. |  |

| 10 | ετι |  | γαρ |  | εν |  | τη |  | οσφυι |  | του |  | πατρος |  | ην |  | οτε |  | συνηντησεν |  | αυτω |
|  | For yet |  | ♦ |  | in |  | the |  | loins |  | of [his] father |  | ♦ |  | he was |  | when |  | met 2 |  | him 3 |

ο |  | μελχισεδεκ |  |
♦ |  | Melchisedec. 1 |  |

| 11 | ει |  | μεν |  | ουν |  | τελειωσις |  | δια |  | της |  | λευιτικης |  | ιερωσυνης |  | ην |
|  | If |  | indeed |  | then |  | perfection |  | by |  | the |  | Levitical |  | priesthood |  | were, |

ο |  | λαος |  | γαρ |  | επ |  | αυτη |  | νενομοθετητο |  | τις |  | ετι |
for the people [based] 5 |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | upon 6 |  | it 7 |  | had 1 received 2 [the] 3 law, 4 |  | what |  | still |

χρεια |  | κατα |  | την |  | ταξιν |  | μελχισεδεκ |  | ετερον |  | ανιστασθαι |  | ιερεα |
need [was there] |  | according to |  | the |  | order |  | of Melchisedec |  | [for] another |  | to 2 arise 3 |  | priest; 1 |

και |  | ου |  | κατα |  | την |  | ταξιν |  | ααρων |  | λεγεσθαι |  |
and |  | not |  | according to |  | the |  | order |  | of Aaron |  | to be named? |  |

| 12 | μετατιθεμενης |  | γαρ |  | της |  | ιερωσυνης |  | εξ |  | αναγκης |  | και |  | νομου |  | μεταθεσις |
|  | For being 3 changed 4 |  | ♦ |  | the 1 |  | priesthood, 2 |  | from |  | necessity |  | also |  | of law |  | a change |

γινεται |  |
takes place. |  |

| 13 | εφ |  | ον |  | γαρ |  | λεγεται |  | ταυτα |  | φυλης |  | ετερας |  | μετεσχηκεν |  | αφ |  | ης |
|  | For he of |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | are said |  | these things, |  | a tribe 2 |  | different 1 |  | has part in, |  | of which |  | ♦ |

ουδεις |  | προσεσχηκεν |  | τω |  | θυσιαστηριω |  |
no one |  | has given attendance |  | at the |  | altar. |  |

| 14 | προδηλον |  | γαρ |  | οτι |  | εξ |  | ιουδα |  | ανατεταλκεν |  | ο |  | κυριος |  | ημων |
|  | For [it is] manifest |  | ♦ |  | that |  | out of |  | Juda |  | has sprung |  | our Lord, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |

εις |  | ην |  | φυλην |  | ουδεν |  | περι |  | ιερωσυνης |  | μωσης |  | ελαλησεν |  |
as to |  | which |  | tribe |  | nothing 3 |  | concerning 4 |  | priesthood 5 |  | Moses 1 |  | spoke. 2 |  |

| 15 | και |  | περισσοτερον |  | ετι |  | καταδηλον |  | εστιν |  | ει |  | κατα |  | την |  | ομοιοτητα |
|  | And |  | more abundantly |  | yet |  | quite manifest |  | it is, |  | since |  | according to |  | the |  | similitude |

μελχισεδεκ |  | ανισταται |  | ιερευς |  | ετερος |  |
of Melchisedec |  | arises |  | a priest 2 |  | different, 1 |  |

| 16 | ος |  | ου |  | κατα |  | νομον |  | εντολης |  | σαρκικης |  | γεγονεν |  | αλλα |
|  | who |  | not |  | according to |  | law |  | of commandment 2 |  | fleshly 1 |  | has been constituted, |  | but |

κατα |  | δυναμιν |  | ζωης |  | ακαταλυτου |  |
according to |  | power |  | of life 2 |  | indissoluble. 1 |  |

| 17 | μαρτυρει |  | γαρ |  | οτι |  | συ |  | ιερευς |  | εις |  | τον |  | αιωνα |  | κατα |  | την |  | ταξιν |
|  | For he testifies, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | Thou [art] |  | a priest |  | for |  | ♦ |  | ever |  | after |  | the |  | order |

μελχισεδεκ |  |
of Melchisedec. |  |

| 18 | αθετησις |  | μεν |  | γαρ |  | γινεται |  | προαγουσης |  | εντολης |  | δια |
|  | A 2 putting 3 away 4 |  | ♦ |  | for 1 |  | there is |  | of the going 2 before 3 |  | commandment, 1 |  | because of |

το |  | αυτης |  | ασθενες |  | και |  | ανωφελες |  |
its weakness |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | and |  | unprofitableness, |  |

| 19 | ουδεν |  | γαρ |  | ετελειωσεν |  | ο |  | νομος |  | επεισαγωγη |  | δε |  | κρειττονος |
|  | (for nothing 4 |  | ♦ |  | perfected 3 |  | the 1 |  | law,) 2 |  | [the] 6 introduction 7 |  | and 5 |  | of a better |

ελπιδος |  | δι |  | ης |  | εγγιζομεν |  | τω |  | θεω |  |
hope |  | by |  | which |  | we draw near |  | ♦ |  | to God. |  |

| 20 | και |  | καθ |  | οσον |  | ου |  | χωρις |  | ορκωμοσιας |  |
|  | And |  | by how much [it was] |  | ♦ |  | not |  | apart from |  | [the] swearing of an oath, |  |

| 21 | οι |  | μεν |  | γαρ |  | χωρις |  | ορκωμοσιας |  | εισιν |  | ιερεις |  | γεγονοτες |  | ο |  | δε |
|  | (they 2 |  | ♦ |  | for 1 |  | without |  | [the] swearing of an oath |  | are |  | priests 2 |  | become, 1 |  | but he |  | ♦ |

μετα |  | ορκωμοσιας |  | δια |  | του |  | λεγοντος |  | προς |  | αυτον |  | ωμοσεν |
with |  | [the] swearing of an oath, |  | by |  | him who |  | says, |  | as to |  | him, |  | swore 3 |

κυριος |  | και |  | ου |  | μεταμεληθησεται |  | συ |  | ιερευς |  | εις |  | τον |  | αιωνα |
[the] 1 Lord, 2 |  | and |  | will not reprnt, |  | ♦ |  | Thou [art] |  | a priest |  | for |  | ♦ |  | ever |

κατα |  | την |  | ταξιν |  | μελχισεδεκ |  |
according to |  | the |  | order |  | of Melchisedec,) |  |

| 22 | κατα |  | τοσουτον |  | κρειττονος |  | διαθηκης |  | γεγονεν |  | εγγυος |  | ιησους |  |
|  | by so much |  | ♦ |  | of a better |  | covenant |  | has 2 become 3 |  | surety 4 |  | Jesus. 1 |  |

| 23 | και |  | οι |  | μεν |  | πλειονες |  | εισιν |  | γεγονοτες |  | ιερεις |  | δια |  | το |  | θανατω |
|  | And |  | they |  | ♦ |  | many 2 |  | are 1 |  | ♦ |  | priests |  | on account of |  | ♦ |  | by death |

κωλυεσθαι |  | παραμενειν |  |
being hindered from |  | continuing; |  |

| 24 | ο |  | δε |  | δια |  | το |  | μενειν |  | αυτον |  | εις |  | τον |  | αιωνα |  | απαραβατον |
|  | but he, |  | ♦ |  | because of |  | his abiding |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | for |  | ♦ |  | ever, |  | intransmissible 4 |

εχει |  | την |  | ιερωσυνην |  |
has 1 |  | the 2 |  | priesthood. 3 |  |

| 25 | οθεν |  | και |  | σωζειν |  | εις |  | το |  | παντελες |  | δυναται |  | τους |
|  | Whence |  | also |  | to save |  | completely |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | he is able |  | those who |

προσερχομενους |  | δι |  | αυτου |  | τω |  | θεω |  | παντοτε |  | ζων |  | εις |  | το |
approach |  | by |  | him |  | ♦ |  | to God, |  | always |  | living |  | to intercede |  | ♦ |

εντυγχανειν |  | υπερ |  | αυτων |  |
♦ |  | for |  | them. |  |

| 26 | τοιουτος |  | γαρ |  | ημιν |  | επρεπεν |  | αρχιερευς |  | οσιος |  | ακακος |  | αμιαντος |
|  | For such |  | ♦ |  | us |  | became 4 |  | a 1 high 2 priest, 3 |  | holy, |  | harmless, |  | undefiled, |

κεχωρισμενος |  | απο |  | των |  | αμαρτωλων |  | και |  | υψηλοτερος |  | των |  | ουρανων
separated |  | from |  | sinners, |  | ♦ |  | and |  | higher 2 |  | than 3 the 4 |  | heavens 5

| γενομενος |  |
| become: 1 |  |

| 27 | ος |  | ουκ |  | εχει |  | καθ |  | ημεραν |  | αναγκην |  | ωσπερ |  | οι |  | αρχιερεις |  | προτερον
|  | who |  | has not |  | ♦ |  | day by day |  | ♦ |  | necessity, |  | as |  | the |  | high priests, |  | first

| υπερ |  | των |  | ιδιων |  | αμαρτιων |  | θυσιας |  | αναφερειν |  | επειτα |  | των |  | του |
| for |  | his own |  | ♦ |  | sins |  | sacrifices 4 |  | to 1 offer 2 up, 3 |  | then |  | for those |  | of the |

λαου |  | τουτο |  | γαρ |  | εποιησεν |  | εφαπαξ |  | εαυτον |  | ανενεγκας |  |
people; |  | for this |  | ♦ |  | he did |  | once for all, |  | himself 4 |  | having 1 offered 2 up. 3 |  |

| 28 | ο |  | νομος |  | γαρ |  | ανθρωπους |  | καθιστησιν |  | αρχιερεις |  | εχοντας |
|  | For the law |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | men 2 |  | constitutes 1 |  | high priests, |  | [who] have |

ασθενειαν |  | ο |  | λογος |  | δε |  | της |  | ορκωμοσιας |  | της |  | μετα |  | τον |
infirmity; |  | but the word |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | of the |  | swearing of the oath, |  | which [is] |  | after |  | the |

νομον |  | υιον |  | εις |  | τον |  | αιωνα |  | τετελειωμενον |  |
law, |  | a Son |  | for |  | ♦ |  | ever |  | has perfected. |  |