KumaHeberu

Isahluko 5

Ngokuba yilowo nalowo mpristi omkhulu okhethwa kubantu umiselwa abantu kokukaNkulunkulu, ukuze anikele izipho nemihlatshelo ngenxa yezono;
2 angabekezelela abangazi lutho nabadukayo, lokhu naye uzungeziwe ngubuthakathaka;
3 ngenxa yabo kufanele ukuba, njengalokhu enikela ngezono zabantu, anikele kanjalo nangezakhe.
4 Akukho muntu ozithathela leso sikhundla, kuphela obizelwa kuso nguNkulunkulu njengo-Aroni.
5 Kanjalo noKristu akazidumisanga yena aze abe ngumpristi omkhulu, kepha wadunyiswa nguye owakhuluma kuye, wathi: “UyiNdodana yami wena, namuhla ngikuzele,”
6 njengokuba esho nakwenye indawo ngokuthi: “Wena ungumpristi kuze kube phakade ngokokuma kukaMelkisedeki,”
7 owathi esenikele emihleni yenyama yakhe ngemikhuleko, nokunxusa, nokudazuluka okukhulu, nezinyembezi kuyena onamandla okumsindisa ekufeni, wezwiwa ngenxa yokumesaba uNkulunkulu.
8 Noma eyiNdodana, wafunda ukulalela ngalokho ahlupheka ngakho;
9 esephelelisiwe waba yisisusa sokusindiswa okuphakade kubo bonke abamlalelayo,
10 ebizwa nguNkulunkulu ukuthi umpristi omkhulu ngokokuma kukaMelkisedeki.
11 Sinokuningi esingakusho ngalokho, okulukhuni ukuchasisela, lokhu senaba buthuntu ekuzweni.
12 Ngokuba noma benifanele ukuba nibe ngabafundisi, uma kuya ngesikhathi, nisadinga futhi ukuba kube khona onifundisa iziqalo zezifundiso zamazwi kaNkulunkulu; senaba ngabadinga ubisi, kungesikho ukudla okuqinileyo.
13 Ngokuba lowo odla ubisi akakaqondi lutho lwezwi lokulunga, ngokuba uyingane.
14 Kepha ukudla okuqinileyo kungokwabakhulileyo, abathi ngokujwayela ukuwusebenzisa umqondo, sebenawo osulungele ukwahlukanisa okuhle nokubi.