[1] Melikizedeki ameneyu anali mfumu ya ku Salemu, ndiponso wansembe wa Mulungu Wammwambamwamba. Anakumana ndi Abrahamu pamene ankabwerera kuchokera ku nkhondo atagonjetsa mafumu aja, Melikizedeki anakumana naye namudalitsa.
[2] Ndipo Abrahamu anamupatsa chakhumi cha zonse anafunkha. Choyamba dzina la Melikizedeki likutanthauza, “Mfumu ya chilungamo,” kenakanso, “Mfumu ya Salemu,” kutanthauza, “Mfumu ya mtendere.”
[3] Alibe abambo kapena mayi, alibe chiyambi kapena chitsiriziro cha moyo wake. Iye ali ngati Mwana wa Mulungu ndipo akupitirira kukhala wansembe wamuyaya.
[4] Mukuona tsono kuti munthuyo anali wamkulu ndithu, pakuti Abrahamu kholo lathu anamupatsa chakhumi cha zimene anafunkha.
[5] Tsono lamulo likuti, ana a Levi amene amakhala ansembe azilandira chakhumi kuchokera kwa Aisraeli, abale awo ngakhale kuti abale awowo ndi ochokera kwa Abrahamu.
[6] Melikizedeki sanali wochokera kwa Levi, komabe analandira chakhumi kuchokera kwa Abrahamu nadalitsa Abrahamuyo amene analandira malonjezo a Mulungu.
[7] Mosakayika konse, munthu amene amadalitsa ndi wamkulu kuposa amene akudalitsidwayo.
[8] Ansembe amene amalandira chakhumi amafa, choncho Melikizedeki ndi wamkulu kuwaposa iwo chifukwa Malemba amamuchitira umboni kuti ndi wamoyo.
[9] Wina angathe kunena kuti Levi, amene amalandira chakhumi, anapereka chakhumicho kudzera mwa Abrahamu,
[10] chifukwa pamene Melikizedeki anakumana ndi Abrahamu nʼkuti Levi ali mʼthupi la kholo lake.
[11] Kukanatheka kukhala wangwiro mwa unsembe wa Levi, pakuti Malamulo anapatsidwa kwa anthu mwa unsembe wa Levi, nʼchifukwa chiyani panafunikanso wansembe wina kuti abwere, wofanana ndi Melikizedeki, osati Aaroni?
[12] Pakuti pamene unsembe usintha, malamulonso amayenera kusintha.
[13] Ambuye athu Yesu, amene mawuwa akunena za Iye, anali wa fuko lina, ndipo palibe aliyense wochokera fuko lakelo amene anatumikira pa guwa lansembe.
[14] Pakuti nʼzodziwika bwino kuti Ambuye athu anachokera fuko la Yuda. Kunena za fuko limeneli, Mose sananenepo kanthu za ansembe.
[15] Ndipo zimene tanenazi zimamveka bwino ngati tiona kuti pafika wansembe wina wofanana ndi Melikizedeki.
[16] Yesu sanakhale wansembe chifukwa cha malamulo monga mwa mabadwidwe ake koma mwamphamvu ya moyo wosatha.
[17] Pakuti Mulungu anamuchitira umboni kuti, “Iwe ndi wansembe wamuyaya, monga mwa dongosolo la unsembe wa Melikizedeki.”
[18] Choncho lamulo loyamba lachotsedwa chifukwa linali lofowoka ndi lopanda phindu.
[19] Tsono Malamulo sangathe kusandutsa chilichonse kukhala changwiro, koma mʼmalo mwake mwalowa chiyembekezo chabwino, chimenechi timayandikira nacho kwa Mulungu.
[20] Izi sizinachitiketu wopanda lumbiro. Ena ankakhala ansembe popanda lumbiro.
[21] Koma Yesu ankakhala wansembe ndi lumbiro pamene Mulungu anati, “Ambuye analumbira ndipo sangasinthe maganizo ake, ‘Iwe ndi wansembe wamuyaya.’ ”
[22] Chifukwa cha lumbiroli, Yesu wakhala Nkhoswe ya Pangano lopambana.
[23] Tsono ansembe akale aja analipo ambiri, popeza imfa imawalepheretsa kupitiriza ntchitoyi.
[24] Koma Yesu popeza ndi wamuyaya, unsembe wake ndi wosatha.
[25] Chifukwa chake Iye amapulumutsa kwathunthu amene amabwera kwa Mulungu kudzera mwa Iyeyo. Iye ali ndi moyo nthawi zonse kuti adziwapempherera iwo.
[26] Uyu ndi Mkulu wa ansembe amene tikumufuna chifukwa ndi woyera, wopanda choyipa kapena chodetsa chilichonse, wosiyana ndi anthu ochimwa, ndiponso wokwezedwa kuposa zonse zakumwambaku.
[27] Kusiyana ndi akulu a ansembe ena aja, Yesu sanafunike kupereka nsembe tsiku ndi tsiku poyamba chifukwa cha machimo ake, ndipo kenaka chifukwa cha machimo a anthu ena. Iye anadzipereka nsembe chifukwa cha machimo awo kamodzi kokha pamene anadzipereka yekha.
[28] Pakuti lamulo limasankha anthu amene ndi ofowoka kukhala akulu a ansembe; koma lumbiro, lomwe linabwera pambuyo pa lamulo, linasankha Mwana, amene anapangidwa kukhala wangwiro kwamuyaya.