Merikizedheki Muprista
1 Merikizedheki uyu aiva mambo weSaremu, uye aiva muprista waMwari Wokumusoro-soro. Akasangana naAbhurahama pakudzoka kwake achibva kundokunda madzimambo uye akamuropafadza,
2 uye Abhurahama akamupa chegumi chezvinhu zvose. Kutanga zita rake rinoreva kuti, “mambo wokururama”; uyezve, “mambo weSaremu” zvinoreva kuti, “Mambo worugare.”
3 Asina baba kana mai, asina madzitateguru, asina mavambo amazuva kana magumo oupenyu, soMwanakomana waMwari anoramba ari muprista nokusingaperi.
4 Chingofungai kuti akanga ari mukuru sei. Kunyange natateguru Abhurahama akamupa chegumi chezvaakanga apamba!
5 Zvino murayiro unoti avo vari zvizvarwa zvaRevhi vakava vaprista kuti vatore chegumi kuvanhu, idzo hama dzavo, kunyange zvazvo hama dzavo dziri zvizvarwa zvaAbhurahama.
6 Murume uyu, kunyange zvakadaro, akanga asina rudzi runobva pazvizvarwa zvaRevhi, asi akatora chegumi kubva kuna Abhurahama uye akaropafadza iye akanga ane zvipikirwa.
7 Uye hapana kukahadzika kuti muduku anoropafadzwa noakamupfuura paukuru.
8 Panyaya iyi yokutanga, chegumi chinotorwa navanhu vanofa; asi pane imwe nyaya iyi chinotorwa naiye anonzi mupenyu.
9 Mumwe angati Revhi, anotora chegumi, akapawo chegumi kubudikidza naAbhurahama,
10 nokuti Merikizedheki paakasangana naAbhurahama, Revhi akanga achiri muchiuno chatateguru vake.
Jesu saMerikizedheki
11 Kana kukwaniswa kwaigona kuvapo nenzira youprista hwaRevhi (nokuti vanhu vakapiwa murayiro nokuda kwahwo), ko, mumwe muprista aifanira kuzomuka sei, iye worudzi rwaMerikizedheki, asiri worudzi rwaAroni?
12 Nokuti kana uprista huchishandurwa, kunofanirawo kushandurwa murayiro.
13 Iye anorehwa zvinhu izvi pamusoro pake ndoworumwe rudzi, uye hakuna mumwe worudzi urwu akamboshumira paaritari.
14 Nokuti zviri pachena kuti Ishe wedu akabva kurudzi rwaJudha uye pamusoro porudzi rwaMozisi haana kureva zvavaprista.
15 Uye zvatataura zvinotova pachena kunyanya kana mumwe muprista akaita saMerikizedheki achionekwa,
16 uyo ava muprista kwete nokuda kwomurayiro wenhoroondo yamadzitateguru ake asi nokuda kwesimba roupenyu husingaparadziki.
17 Nokuti zvakataurwa zvichinzi:
“Iwe uri muprista nokusingaperi,
worudzi rwaMerikizedheki.”
18 Murau wokutanga wakaiswa padivi nokuti wakanga une utera uye usina maturo
19 (nokuti murayiro hauna chinhu chawakaita kuti chive chakakwana), uye tariro iri nani inoziviswa, yatinoswededzwa nayo pedyo naMwari.
20 Uye hazvina kuitwa pasina mhiko! Vamwe vakava vaprista pasina kana mhiko zvayo,
21 asi iye akava muprista ane mhiko, Mwari paakati kwaari:
“Ishe akapika
uye haangashanduri murangariro wake:
‘Iwe uri muprista nokusingaperi.’ ”
22 Nokuda kwemhiko yake, Jesu akava rubatso rwesungano inopfuura nokunaka.
23 Zvino kwakava navazhinji vavaprista avo, nokuti rufu rwakavatadzisa kupfuurira mberi paushumiri;
24 asi Jesu, nokuti anogara nokusingaperi, ano uprista huchavapo nokusingaperi.
25 Naizvozvo anogona kuponesa zvizere vaya vanouya kuna Mwari kubudikidza naye, nokuti anorarama nokusingaperi achivanyengeterera.
26 Muprista mukuru akadai anotipa zvatinoshayiwa, iye mutsvene, asina chaangapomerwa, asina kusvibiswa, akatsaurwa kubva kuvatadzi, akasimudzirwa pamusoro pamatenga.
27 Asingafanani navaya vaprista, haafaniri kubayira zvipiriso zuva rimwe nerimwe, kutanga pamusoro pezvivi zvake, pashure pamusoro pezvivi zvavanhu. Iye akabayira zvivi zvavo kamwe chete zvikapera paakazvipa iye.
28 Nokuti murayiro unogadza vanhu vano utera savaprista vakuru; asi mhiko yakauya shure kwomurayiro, yakagadza mwanakomana, uyo akakwaniswa nokusingaperi.