KumaHebheru 6:1-20
6 Yikho-ke njengoba sesidlulile emfundisweni yokuqala+ emayelana loKhristu, asikusebenzeleni nzima ukuba lokholo oluqinileyo,*+ singaphindi sibeke isisekelo, okutsho ukuphenduka emisebenzini engancediyo* lokuba lokholo kuNkulunkulu,
2 lezimfundiso zemihlobo etshiyeneyo yobhabhathizo, lokubekwa izandla,+ lokuvuswa kwabafileyo+ kanye lokwahlulelwa kwaphakade.
3 Lokho sizakwenza nxa uNkulunkulu evuma.
4 Bakhona abake bakhanyiselwa+ futhi banambitha isipho samahala sasezulwini, bemukela lomoya ongcwele,
5 banambitha lelizwi likaNkulunkulu elihle kanye lamandla omumo wezinto* ozayo,
6 kodwa sebawa.+ Labobantu ngeke baphinde bancediswe ukuthi baphenduke ngoba bayibethela kutsha iNdodana kaNkulunkulu esigodweni njalo bayenza ihlazo phambi kwabantu.+
7 Umhlabathi uthola isibusiso esivela kuNkulunkulu nxa umunya amanzi ezulu elihlala lisina phezu kwawo njalo uveza izilimo ezinceda abawulimayo.
8 Kodwa nxa ungamila ameva lokhula uyatshiywa futhi uyabe usuzaqalekiswa, ekucineni ubusutshiswa.
9 Kodwa lanxa sikhuluma kanje bathandekayo, siyaqiniseka ukuthi lina lisesimeni esingcono, lenza izinto ezizakwenza lisindiswe.
10 UNkulunkulu kayisuye ongalunganga ukuthi usengaze awukhohlwe umsebenzi wenu lothando elalutshengisa ebizweni lakhe+ ngokusiza abangcwele langokuqhubeka libasiza.
11 Loba kunjalo, sifisa ukuthi ngamunye wenu akhuthale njengasekuqaleni ukuze angalithandabuzi lakancane ithemba lakhe+ kuze kube sekucineni.+
12 Lokhu kuzalinceda ukuthi lingabi ngamavila,+ kodwa lilingisele labo abathola ilifa lezithembiso ngokuba lokholo langokubekezela.
13 UNkulunkulu wathi ethembisa u-Abrahama, kakho omkhulu ayengafunga ngaye, yikho wafunga ngaye yena ngokwakhe+
14 wathi: “Ngizakubusisa sibili njalo ngizakwandisa loba sekutheni.”+
15 Ngakho u-Abrahama wathi esebekezele, wasithola isithembiso leso.
16 Abantu bafunga ngomuntu omkhulu kulabo futhi isifungo sabo siqeda konke ukuphikisana njengoba siyisiqinisekiso esisemthethweni kubo.+
17 LoNkulunkulu wenza njalo. Wathi ekhetha ukucacisela izindlalifa zesithembiso+ ukuthi inhloso yakhe ayitshintshi,* wakuqinisa lokho ngesifungo
18 ukuze ngezinto ezimbili ezingeke zitshintshwe, lezo uNkulunkulu angeke aqambe amanga ngazo,+ thina esesibalekele endaweni yokuphephela sikhuthazwe kakhulu ukuthi silibambe siligagadlele ithemba eliphambi kwethu.
19 Ithemba leli+ liyisikhonkwane semiphefumulo* yethu, lisinceda ukuthi singathandabuzi lokuthi siqine njalo lingena liye ngale kwekhetheni+
20 lapho uJesu, lowo owahamba phambi kwethu, asengene khona+ esenzela thina futhi usebe ngumphristi omkhulu ngendlela kaMelikhizedekhi kuze kube nini lanini.+
Amabala angaphansi
^ Kumbe, “ngabavuthiweyo.”
^ NgesiGrikhi, “efileyo.”
^ Khangela iNgcazelo Yamabala.
^ Kumbe, “isinqumo sakhe asitshintshi.”
^ Kumbe, “sempilo.”
