Melchizedek Meet Abraham
Melchizedek show for Genesis, priest of our Papa Most High, e bless Abraham and collect one tenth, and the writer build on top that one: priesthood wey old pass Levi own and wey no dey inside am. Since the priesthood don change, the law change join am. This priest dey live forever to beg for our case.
7 1Dis Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of di Most High, our Papa, meet Abraham as e dey come back from beating di kings, and e bless am. 2Abraham give am one-tenth of everytin. Im name mean, first, king of di correct-and-holy way, then also king of Salem—wey mean king of peace. 3E no get papa, e no get mama, e no get family-line, e no get beginning of days or end of life, but like the Pikin of our Papa, e remain priest forever.
4See how great dis man be: Abraham di grand-papa give am one-tenth of di tins wey dem capture for war. 5Dem descendants of Levi wey become priests, di law command dem to collect di one-tenth from di people—dia own brothers—even though dem too come from Abraham. 6But dis man, even though e no come from dem, e collect one-tenth from Abraham and e bless di one wey hold di promises. 7Nobody fit argue am at all: na di greater one dey bless di smaller one. 8For one side, na men wey go die dey collect di tithes; but for di oda side, na person wey dem talk say e dey alive. 9Person fit even talk say Levi, wey dey collect di one-tenth, na through Abraham e take pay am, 10because e still dey inside im ancestor body wen Melchizedek meet Abraham.
11If di Levi priesthood for don bring perfect tin—na under am di people receive di law—why dem still need anoda priest, one for Melchizedek order, wey no be for Aaron order? 12Because wen di priesthood change, di law too must change. 13Because di one wey dem dey talk dis tins about na from anoda tribe, and nobody from dat tribe don ever serve for di altar. 14E clear well-well say our Oga come from Judah; Moses no talk anytin about priests from dat tribe. 15And dis tin come clear pass wen anoda priest rise wey be like Melchizedek, 16wey become priest, no be by law of family-blood but by di power of life wey nobody fit destroy.
17Because dem talk about am say, “You be priest forever, for di order of Melchizedek.”
18For one side, dem push di old commandment for corner because e weak and e no get use. 19Di law no make anytin perfect; but dem bring beta hope, wey through am we dey come near to our Papa. 20Dis tin no happen without oath, because di oda ones become priests without oath,
21but e become priest with oath, through di one wey talk to am say: “our Papa don swear and e no go change im mind, ‘You be priest forever.’” a a v21 Di ‘one wey talk’ di oath na our Papa, wey establish Jesus im priesthood wey no dey end. Psalm 110 na di psalm wey dem quote pass for di New Testament — every quote dey point to Jesus.
22Na for dat same way, Jesus don become di guarantor of beta Covenant.
23Di old priests plenty, because death no gree make dem continue for di work, 24but e hold im priesthood permanent, because e dey continue forever. 25So e fit save well-well dem wey dey come to our Papa through am, because e dey always live to beg dia case.
26Na dis kind high priest fit us: holy, e no get blame, e no get stain, e separate from sinners, dem lift am pass di heavens. 27E no be like dem oda high priests, e no need to dey offer sacrifice every day—first for im own sins, then for di people own—because e do dis tin once for all, wen e offer imsef. 28Di law dey appoint weak men as high priests, but di word of di oath, wey come after di law, appoint the Pikin, wey dem don make perfect forever.
