Hebrews 5

5 ¹Every high priest wey dem take from among men, na for men dem take am set am up, for di tins wey concern our Papa, so dat he go fit offer gifts and sacrifice for sin dem. ²He fit handle dem wey no sabi and dem wey don comot for road softly-softly, because he too get im own weakness. ³Na because of dis weakness make he must offer sacrifice for sin dem—for di people, and for himself too. ⁴Nobody dey take dis honour for himself, na only when our Papa call am, just as e be for Aaron.

⁵Na so Christ too no glorify himself sote he go become high priest, but na di One wey tell am say: “You be my Pikin; today I don father you.”

⁶Just as he still talk for another place say, “You be priest forever, for di order of Melchizedek.” ^a a v6 Melchizedek, di priest-king wey bless Abraham (Gen 14:18–20); wey no get any beginning or end wey dem write down, na picture of Christ im priesthood wey no dey end.

⁷For di time wey Jesus dey live for dis earth, he offer prayers and beg-beg—with loud cry and tears—to di One wey fit save am from death, and dem hear am because of di way he dey fear God with reverence. ⁸Even though he be Pikin, he learn obedience from di tins wey he suffer. ⁹And after dem don make am perfect, he become di source of salvation wey no dey end for everybody wey dey obey am, ¹⁰as our Papa don appoint am to be high priest for di order of Melchizedek.

Milk abi Solid Food

¹¹We get plenty tin to talk about dis matter, e hard to explain, because una don dey slow to hear. ¹²Because even though by now una suppose don be teachers, una still need pesin wey go teach una di ABC of our Papa im word again. Una don reach di point wey una need milk, no be solid food. ¹³Everybody wey still dey live on milk no sabi di word of correct-and-holy way well, because he still be small pikin. ¹⁴But solid food na for dem wey don grow, wey dem don train dia sense through practice to fit separate good tin from bad tin.