Hebrews 7:11-19

BIB(i) 11 Εἰ (If) μὲν (indeed) οὖν (then) τελείωσις (perfection) διὰ (by) τῆς (the) Λευιτικῆς (Levitical) ἱερωσύνης (priesthood) ἦν (were)— ὁ (the) λαὸς (people) γὰρ (for) ἐπ’ (upon) αὐτῆς (it) νενομοθέτηται (had received the Law)— τίς (what) ἔτι (still) χρεία (need was there), κατὰ (according to) τὴν (the) τάξιν (order) Μελχισέδεκ (of Melchizedek), ἕτερον (for another) ἀνίστασθαι (to arise) ἱερέα (priest) καὶ (and) οὐ (not) κατὰ (according to) τὴν (the) τάξιν (order) Ἀαρὼν (of Aaron) λέγεσθαι (to be named)? 12 μετατιθεμένης (Being changed) γὰρ (for) τῆς (of the) ἱερωσύνης (priesthood), ἐξ (from) ἀνάγκης (necessity) καὶ (also), νόμου (of law) μετάθεσις (a change) γίνεται (takes place). 13 Ἐφ’ (He concerning) ὃν (whom) γὰρ (for) λέγεται (are said) ταῦτα (these things) φυλῆς (a tribe) ἑτέρας (another) μετέσχηκεν (belonged to), ἀφ’ (from) ἧς (which) οὐδεὶς (no one) προσέσχηκεν (has served) τῷ (at the) θυσιαστηρίῳ (altar). 14 πρόδηλον (It is evident) γὰρ (for) ὅτι (that) ἐξ (out of) Ἰούδα (Judah) ἀνατέταλκεν (has sprung) ὁ (the) Κύριος (Lord) ἡμῶν (of us), εἰς (as to) ἣν (which) φυλὴν (a tribe), περὶ (concerning) ἱερέων (priests), οὐδὲν (nothing) Μωϋσῆς (Moses) ἐλάλησεν (spoke). 15 Καὶ (And) περισσότερον (more abundantly) ἔτι (yet) κατάδηλόν (evident) ἐστιν (it is), εἰ (if) κατὰ (according to) τὴν (the) ὁμοιότητα (likeness) Μελχισέδεκ (of Melchizedek) ἀνίσταται (arises) ἱερεὺς (a priest) ἕτερος (another), 16 ὃς (who) οὐ (not) κατὰ (according to) νόμον (a law) ἐντολῆς (of a commandment) σαρκίνης (fleshly) γέγονεν (has been constituted), ἀλλὰ (but) κατὰ (according to) δύναμιν (the power) ζωῆς (of a life) ἀκαταλύτου (indestructible). 17 μαρτυρεῖται (It is testified) γὰρ (for) ὅτι (-): “Σὺ (You are) ἱερεὺς (a priest) εἰς (to) τὸν (the) αἰῶνα (age), κατὰ (according to) τὴν (the) τάξιν (order) Μελχισέδεκ (of Melchizedek).” 18 Ἀθέτησις (A putting away) μὲν (indeed) γὰρ (for) γίνεται (there is) προαγούσης (of the preceding) ἐντολῆς (commandment), διὰ (because of) τὸ (-) αὐτῆς (its) ἀσθενὲς (weakness) καὶ (and) ἀνωφελές (uselessness)— 19 οὐδὲν (nothing) γὰρ (for) ἐτελείωσεν (perfected) ὁ (the) νόμος (law)— ἐπεισαγωγὴ (the introduction) δὲ (then) κρείττονος (of a better) ἐλπίδος (hope), δι’ (by) ἧς (which) ἐγγίζομεν (we draw near) τῷ (-) Θεῷ (to God).