7:1 outos gar o melcisedek basileus salhm iereus tou qeou tou uyistou o sunanthsas abraam upostrefonti apo ths kophs twn basilewn kai euloghsas auton

7:2 w kai dekathn apo pantwn emerisen abraam prwton men ermhneuomenos basileus dikaiosunhs epeita de kai basileus salhm o estin basileus eirhnhs

7:3 apatwr amhtwr agenealoghtos mhte archn hmerwn mhte zwhs telos ecwn afwmoiwmenos de tw uiw tou qeou menei iereus eis to dihnekes

7:4 qewreite de phlikos outos w [kai] kai dekathn Abraam edwken ek twn akroqiniwn o patriarchs

7:5 kai oi men ek twn uiwn leui thn ierateian lambanontes entolhn ecousin apodekatoun ton laon kata ton nomon toutestin tous adelfous autwn kaiper exelhluqotas ek ths osfuos Abraam

7:6 o de mh genealogoumenos ex autwn dedekatwken ton Abraam kai ton econta tas epaggelias euloghken

7:7 cwris de pashs antilogias to elatton upo tou kreittonos eulogeitai

7:8 kai wde men dekatas apoqnhskontes anqrwpoi lambanousin ekei de marturoumenos oti zh

7:9 kai ws epos eipein dia abraam kai leui o dekatas lambanwn dedekatwtai

7:10 eti gar en th osfui tou patros hn ote sunhnthsen autw o Melcisedek

7:11 ei men oun teleiwsis dia ths leuitikhs ierwsunhs hn o laos gar ep auth nenomoqethto tis eti creia kata thn taxin melcisedek eteron anistasqai ierea kai ou kata thn taxin aarwn legesqai

7:12 metatiqemenhs gar ths ierwsunhs ex anagkhs kai nomou metaqesis ginetai

7:13 ef on gar legetai tauta fulhs eteras meteschken af hs oudeis proseschken tw qusiasthriw

7:14 prodhlon gar oti ex iouda anatetalken o kurios hmwn eis hn fulhn ouden peri ierwsunhs mwshs elalhsen

7:15 kai perissoteron eti katadhlon estin ei kata thn omoiothta melcisedek anistatai iereus eteros

7:16 os ou kata nomon entolhs sarkikhs gegonen alla kata dunamin zwhs akatalutou

7:17 marturei gar oti su iereus eis ton aiwna kata thn taxin Melcisedek

7:18 aqethsis men gar ginetai proagoushs entolhs dia to auths asqenes kai anwfeles

7:19 ouden gar eteleiwsen o nomos epeisagwgh de kreittonos elpidos di hs eggizomen tw qew

7:20 kai kaq oson ou cwris orkwmosias oi men gar cwris orkwmosias eisin iereis gegonotes

7:21 o de meta orkwmosias dia tou legontos pros auton wmosen kurios kai ou metamelhqhsetai su iereus eis ton aiwna kata thn taxin Melcisedek

7:22 kata [kai] tosouton kreittonos diaqhkhs gegonen egguos ihsous

7:23 kai oi men pleiones eisin gegonotes iereis dia to qanatw kwluesqai paramenein

7:24 o de dia to menein auton eis ton aiwna aparabaton ecei thn ierwsunhn

7:25 oqen kai swzein eis to panteles dunatai tous prosercomenous di autou tw qew pantote zwn eis to entugcanein uper autwn

7:26 toioutos gar hmin eprepen arciereus osios akakos amiantos kecwrismenos apo twn amartwlwn kai uyhloteros twn ouranwn genomenos

7:27 os ouk ecei kaq hmeran anagkhn wsper oi arciereis proteron uper twn idiwn amartiwn qusias anaferein epeita twn tou laou touto gar epoihsen efapax eauton anenegkas