BIB(i)
1 Οὗτος (This) γὰρ (for) ὁ (-) Μελχισέδεκ (Melchizedek), βασιλεὺς (King) Σαλήμ (of Salem), ἱερεὺς (priest) τοῦ (-) Θεοῦ (of God) τοῦ (-) Ὑψίστου (Most High), ὁ (-) συναντήσας (having met) Ἀβραὰμ (Abraham) ὑποστρέφοντι (returning) ἀπὸ (from) τῆς (the) κοπῆς (slaughter) τῶν (of the) βασιλέων (kings) καὶ (and) εὐλογήσας (having blessed) αὐτόν (him),
2 ᾧ (is he to whom) καὶ (also) δεκάτην (a tenth) ἀπὸ (of) πάντων (all) ἐμέρισεν (apportioned) Ἀβραάμ (Abraham), πρῶτον (first) μὲν (indeed) ἑρμηνευόμενος (being translated), “Βασιλεὺς (king) δικαιοσύνης (of righteousness);” ἔπειτα (then) δὲ (and) καὶ (also), “Βασιλεὺς (king) Σαλήμ (of Salem),” ὅ (which) ἐστιν (is), “Βασιλεὺς (king) εἰρήνης (of peace).”
3 ἀπάτωρ (Without father), ἀμήτωρ (without mother), ἀγενεαλόγητος (without genealogy), μήτε (neither) ἀρχὴν (beginning) ἡμερῶν (of days) μήτε (nor) ζωῆς (of life) τέλος (end) ἔχων (having), ἀφωμοιωμένος (having been made like) δὲ (however) τῷ (the) Υἱῷ (Son) τοῦ (-) Θεοῦ (of God), μένει (he remains) ἱερεὺς (a priest) εἰς (unto) τὸ (-) διηνεκές (all time).
4 Θεωρεῖτε (Consider) δὲ (now) πηλίκος (how great) οὗτος (this one was), ᾧ (to whom) [καὶ] (even) δεκάτην (a tenth) Ἀβραὰμ (Abraham) ἔδωκεν (gave) ἐκ (out of) τῶν (the) ἀκροθινίων (best spoils), ὁ (the) πατριάρχης (patriarch).
5 καὶ (And) οἱ (those) μὲν (indeed), ἐκ (out from) τῶν (the) υἱῶν (sons) Λευὶ (of Levi), τὴν (the) ἱερατείαν (priestly office) λαμβάνοντες (receiving), ἐντολὴν (a commandment) ἔχουσιν (have) ἀποδεκατοῦν (to take a tenth) τὸν (from the) λαὸν (people) κατὰ (according to) τὸν (the) νόμον (law), τοῦτ’ (that) ἔστιν (is), τοὺς (from the) ἀδελφοὺς (brothers) αὐτῶν (of them), καίπερ (though) ἐξεληλυθότας (having come) ἐκ (out of) τῆς (the) ὀσφύος (loin) Ἀβραάμ (of Abraham).
6 ὁ (The one) δὲ (however) μὴ (not) γενεαλογούμενος (tracing his ancestry) ἐξ (from) αὐτῶν (them) δεδεκάτωκεν (has collected a tenth) Ἀβραάμ (from Abraham), καὶ (and) τὸν (the one) ἔχοντα (having) τὰς (the) ἐπαγγελίας (promises) εὐλόγηκεν (has blessed).
7 χωρὶς (Apart from) δὲ (now) πάσης (all) ἀντιλογίας (dispute), τὸ (the) ἔλαττον (inferior) ὑπὸ (by) τοῦ (the) κρείττονος (superior) εὐλογεῖται (is blessed).
8 Καὶ (And) ὧδε (here) μὲν (indeed) δεκάτας (tithes), ἀποθνῄσκοντες (dying) ἄνθρωποι (men) λαμβάνουσιν (receive); ἐκεῖ (in that place) δὲ (however), μαρτυρούμενος (it is testified) ὅτι (that) ζῇ (he lives on).
9 καὶ (And) ὡς (so), ἔπος (a word) εἰπεῖν (to speak), δι’ (through) Ἀβραὰμ (Abraham) καὶ (also), Λευὶ (Levi), ὁ (the one) δεκάτας (tithes) λαμβάνων (receiving), δεδεκάτωται (paid the tithe).
10 ἔτι (Still) γὰρ (for) ἐν (in) τῇ (the) ὀσφύϊ (loin) τοῦ (of his) πατρὸς (father) ἦν (he was), ὅτε (when) συνήντησεν (met) αὐτῷ (him) Μελχισέδεκ (Melchizedek).