KumaHebheru 7:1-28
7 UMelikhizedekhi lo owayeyinkosi yeSalema futhi engumphristi kaNkulunkulu oPhezukonke, wahlangabeza u-Abrahama owayevela nqoba amakhosi, wasembusisa.+
2 U-Abrahama wamnika* okwetshumi kwakho konke ayekuthumbile. Okokuqala, ibizo lakhe litsho ukuthi “iNkosi yokulunga,” njalo uyinkosi yeSalema, okutsho ukuthi, “iNkosi yokuthula.”
3 Wayengelababa, engelamama njalo usendo lwakhe kalwaziwa kanye lelanga azalwa ngalo lalelo afa ngalo. Kodwa wenziwa waba njengeNdodana kaNkulunkulu, yikho engumphristi kuze kube nini lanini.+
4 Liyabona-ke ukuthi wayemkhulu kangakanani umuntu lo, owaphiwa yinhloko yemuli u-Abrahama okwetshumi okwakuvela ezintweni ezinhle kakhulu ayezithole empini.+
5 UMthetho uyatsho sibili ukuthi abangamadodana kaLevi,+ abaphiwa umsebenzi wokuba ngabaphristi balaywa ukuthi baqoqe okwetshumi ebantwini,+ kulabo abangabafowabo, lanxa beyizizukulwane zika-Abrahama.*
6 Kodwa umuntu lo owayengasiwosendo lwabo wathatha okwetshumi ku-Abrahama njalo wabusisa lowo owayelezithembiso.+
7 Akula ongaphika ukuthi omncane ubusiswa ngomkhulu.
8 Kwelinye icele, okwetshumi kwamukelwa ngabantu abangafa kodwa kwelinye kwamukelwa ngulowo okufakazwa ngaye ukuthi uyaphila.+
9 Kungatshiwo lokuthi loLevi okwamukelayo okwetshumi wabhadala okwetshumi ngo-Abrahama
10 ngoba ngesikhathi u-Abrahama ehlangabezwa nguMelikhizedekhi,+ uLevi wayeseseyisizukulwane sakhe esingakazalwa.
11 Manje nxa kuyikuthi ubuphristi bamaLevi, njengoba babukhona eMthethweni owanikwa abantu, babungenza umuntu abe ngopheleleyo,+ kwakungadingakala yini ukuthi kube lomunye umphristi, ongumphristi ngendlela kaMelikhizedekhi+ hatshi eka-Aroni?
12 Phela njengoba ubuphristi sebutshintshwa, loMthetho lawo kufanele utshintshwe+
13 ngoba umuntu okukhulunywa ngaye izinto lezi wayevela kwesinye isizwana futhi kulesosizwana akula owake wasebenza e-alithareni.+
14 Kuyacaca ukuthi iNkosi yethu ivela koJuda+ kodwa uMosi kazange ake akhulume ngokuthi kwakuzaba labaphristi abavela kulesosizwana.
15 Lokhu kucaca kakhulu nxa sekusiba lomunye umphristi+ onjengoMelikhizedekhi,+
16 oba ngumphristi ngenxa yamandla okuphila okungatshabalaliyo+ hatshi ngenxa yalokho okufunwa ngumthetho okusekelwe kusendo lwabantu.
17 Phela kwafakazwa ngaye kwathiwa: “Wena ungumphristi kuze kube nini lanini ngendlela kaMelikhizedekhi.”+
18 Ngakho umlayo wakuqala ubekwa eceleni ngoba ubuthakathaka futhi awuncedi.+
19 UMthetho awuzange wenze ukuthi kube lolutho olupheleleyo+ kodwa ithemba elingcono esiliphiwa nguNkulunkulu+ lakwenza lokho. Ithemba lelo yilo esisondela ngalo kuNkulunkulu.+
20 Lokho akuzange kwenziwe kungelasifungo,
21 (ngoba phela kulabantu ababa ngabaphristi kungenziwanga isifungo, kodwa lo yena usebe ngumphristi ngesifungo esiphathelane laye esenziwa ngulowo owathi: “UJehova* ufungile, kasoze atshintshe ingqondo,* ‘Wena ungumphristi kuze kube nini lanini’”).+
22 Yikho uJesu esebe yisiqinisekiso sesivumelwano esingcono.+
23 Phezu kwalokho, abanengi kwakumele babe ngabaphristi belandelana+ ngoba ukufa kwakubavimbela ukuthi baqhubeke bengabaphristi.
24 Kodwa obakhe ubuphristi abutshiyelwana ngenxa yokuthi uzaqhubeka ephila kuze kube phakade.+
25 Yikho uyenelisa ukubasindisa ngokupheleleyo labo abasondela kuNkulunkulu ngaye ngoba uzahlala ekhona ebancengela kuye.+
26 Kufanele sibili ukuthi sibe lomphristi omkhulu onjalo, oqotho, ongelacala, ongangcoliswanga,+ owehlukaniswe lezoni futhi ophakanyiselwe phezu kwamazulu.+
27 Yena utshiyene labanye abaphristi abakhulu ngoba akudingakali ukuthi anikele imihlatshelo nsuku zonke,+ eqalisa ngowezono zakhe besekulandela owezono zabantu,+ ngenxa yokuthi lokho wakwenza kwaba kanye kuphela lapho enikela ngempilo yakhe.+
28 Phela uMthetho ubeka abantu abalesono+ ukuthi babe ngabaphristi abakhulu kodwa ilizwi lesifungo+ esenziwa ngemva koMthetho lona libeka iNdodana eyenziwe yaba ngepheleleyo+ kuze kube nini lanini.
Amabala angaphansi
^ NgesiGrikhi, “wamabela.”
^ NgesiGrikhi, “bevela ekhalweni luka-Abrahama.”
^ Khangela iSengezo ku-A5.
^ Kumbe, “azisole.”
