希伯来书 5

1 凡从人间挑选的大祭司都是奉派替人办理属上帝的事，要为罪献上礼物和祭物t。 2 他能体谅无知和迷失的人，因为他自己也是被软弱所困， 3 因此他理当为百姓和自己的罪献祭。 4 没有人可擅自取得大祭司的尊荣，惟有蒙上帝所选召的才可以，像亚伦一样。

5 同样，基督也没有自取作大祭司的荣耀，而是在乎向他说话的那一位，他说： “你是我的儿子， 我今日生了你。”

6 就如又有一处说： “你是照着麦基洗德的体系 永远为祭司。”

7 基督在他肉身的日子，曾大声哀哭，流泪祷告，恳求那能救他免死的上帝，就因他的虔诚蒙了应允。 8 他虽然为儿子，还是因所受的苦难学了顺从。 9 既然他得以完全，就为凡顺从他的人成了永远得救的根源， 10 并蒙上帝照着麦基洗德的体系宣称他为大祭司。

警戒叛道的人

11 论到这事，我们有好些话要说，可是很难解释，因为你们听不进去。 12 按时间说，你们早该作教师了，谁知还需要有人再将上帝圣言基础的要道教导你们；你们成了那需要吃奶、不能吃干粮的人。 13 凡只能吃奶的，就不熟练仁义的道理，因为他是婴孩。 14 惟独长大成人的才能吃干粮，他们的心窍因练习而灵活，能分辨善恶了。

HEBREWS 5

1 Every high priest is appointed to help others by offering gifts and sacrifices to God because of their sins. 2 A high priest has weaknesses of his own, and he feels sorry for foolish and sinful people. 3 t This is why he must offer sacrifices for his own sins and for the sins of others.

4 t But no one can have the honor of being a high priest simply by wanting to be one. Only God can choose a priest, and God is the one who chose Aaron.

5  t This is how it was with Christ. He became a high priest, but not just because he wanted the honor of being one. It was God who told him,
“You are my Son, because today
I have become your Father!”

6  t In another place, God says,
“You are a priest forever
just like Melchizedek.”t
7  t God had the power to save Jesus from death. And while Jesus was on earth, he begged God with loud crying and tears to save him. He truly worshiped God, and God listened to his prayers. 8 Jesus is God's own Son, but still he had to suffer before he could learn what it really means to obey God. 9 Suffering made Jesus perfect, and now he can save forever all who obey him.

10 This is because God chose him to be a high priest like Melchizedek.

Warning against Turning Away

11 Much more could be said about this subject. But it is hard to explain, and all of you are slow to understand. 12 t By now you should have been teachers, but once again you need to be taught the simplest things about what God has said. You need milk instead of solid food. 13 People who live on milk are like babies who don't really know what is right. 14 Solid food is for mature people who have been trained to know right from wrong.