Hebrews 4:14ff 14 Habentes ergo pontificem magnum qui penetravit cælos, Jesum Filium Dei, teneamus confessionem. 14 Having therefore a great high priest that hath passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God: let us hold fast our confession. 15 Non enim habemus pontificem qui non possit compati infirmitatibus nostris: tentatum autem per omnia pro similitudine absque peccato. 15 It is not as if our high priest was incapable of feeling for us in our humiliations; he has been through every trial, fashioned as we are, only sinless. 16 Adeamus ergo cum fiducia ad thronum gratiæ: ut misericordiam consequamur, et gratiam inveniamus in auxilio opportuno. 16 Let us come boldly, then, before the throne of grace, to meet with mercy, and win that grace which will help us in our needs. Ch 5 1 Omnis namque pontifex ex hominibus assumptus, pro hominibus constituitur in iis quæ sunt ad Deum, ut offerat dona, et sacrificia pro peccatis: 1 The purpose for which any high priest is chosen from among his fellow men, and made a representative of men in their dealings with God, is to offer gifts and sacrifices in expiation of their sins. 2 qui condolere possit iis qui ignorant et errant: quoniam et ipse circumdatus est infirmitate: 2 He is qualified for this by being able to feel for them when they are ignorant and make mistakes, since he, too, is all beset with humiliations, 3 et propterea debet, quemadmodum pro populo, ita etiam et pro semetipso offerre pro peccatis. 3 and, for that reason, must needs present sin-offerings for himself, just as he does for the people. 4 Nec quisquam sumit sibi honorem, sed qui vocatur a Deo, tamquam Aaron. 4 His vocation comes from God, as Aaron’s did; nobody can take on himself such a privilege as this. 5 Sic et Christus non semetipsum clarificavit ut pontifex fieret: sed qui locutus est ad eum: Filius meus es tu, ego hodie genui te. 5 So it is with Christ. He did not raise himself to the dignity of the high priesthood; it was God that raised him to it, when he said, Thou art my Son, I have begotten thee this day, 6 Quemadmodum et in alio loco dicit: Tu es sacerdos in æternum, secundum ordinem Melchisedech. 6 and so, elsewhere, Thou art a priest for ever, in the line of Melchisedech. 7 Qui in diebus carnis suæ preces, supplicationesque ad eum qui possit illum salvum facere a morte cum clamore valido, et lacrimis offerens, exauditus est pro sua reverentia. 7 Christ, during his earthly life, offered prayer and entreaty to the God who could save him from death, not without a piercing cry, not without tears; yet with such piety as won him a hearing. 8 Et quidem cum esset Filius Dei, didicit ex iis, quæ passus est, obedientiam: 8 Son of God though he was, he learned obedience in the school of suffering, 9 et consummatus, factus est omnibus obtemperantibus sibi, causa salutis æternæ, 9 and now, his full achievement reached, he wins eternal salvation for all those who render obedience to him. 10 appellatus a Deo pontifex juxta ordinem Melchisedech. 10 A high priest in the line of Melchisedech, so God has called him. 11 De quo nobis grandis sermo, et ininterpretabilis ad dicendum: quoniam imbecilles facti estis ad audiendum. 11 Of Christ as priest we have much to say, and it is hard to make ourselves understood in the saying of it, now that you have grown so dull of hearing.