1Ngako-ke asitishiye timfundziso tekucatfuta evini laKhristu, sendlulele kuletingembili talasebavutsiwe eNkhosini. Asikuyekele kuphindza sibeke sisekelo ngekushumayela kuphendvuka emisebentini lefile, kanye nesekukholwa kuNkulunkulu. 2Asikuyekele futsi kuphindza sinifundzise ngemibhabhatiso letinhlobonhlobo, nangekubekwa tandla, nangekuvuswa kwalabafile, nangekwehlulelwa kwaphakadze. 3Loku siyawukwenta, nakuvuma Nkulunkulu.
4Kukhona labake bakhanyiselwa, banambitsa sipho sasezulwini, badzimate baba nesabelo saMoya Longcwele. 5Labo-ke labanambitse kulunga kwelivi laNkulunkulu baweva nemandla ekuphila lokutako, 6nase bahlubuka, kusho kutsi bona matfupha sebaphindze batibetselela iNdvodzana yaNkulunkulu esiphambanweni, bayitsela ngelihlazo ebaleni; labo kungeke kwenteke kutsi baphindze baphendvuke.
7Umhlabatsi lonatsa emanti emvula nayina njalo nje, bese umilisa tilimo letiba lusito kulabo labawulimako, ubusiswa nguNkulunkulu. 8Kodvwa nangabe umhlaba umilisa emanyeva netinchachabutane, awunamsebenti walutfo, futsi usengotini yekucalekiswa nguNkulunkulu; nesiphetfo sawo kushiswa ngemlilo.
9Kodvwa, bazalwane bami, nome sikhuluma kanjena nje, asesabi lutfo ngani, ngobe siyanati kutsi ninako lokuncono lokumacondzana nensindziso yenu. 10Ngobe phela Nkulunkulu akakhetsi, futsi angeke ayikhohlwe imisebenti yenu nelutsandvo lenilukhombise ekusiteni labangcwele, njengobe nenta namanje. 11Sifisa shangatsi ngulowo nalowo kini angakhombisa loko kushisekela, nekuciniseka etsembeni lenu, kuze kube ngusekugcineni. 12Sifisa kutsi ningavilaphi, kodvwa nibe njengabo labo labadla lifa letetsembiso ngekukholwa nangekubeketela.
Setsembiso saNkulunkulu lesicinisekile
13Ngesikhatsi Nkulunkulu etsembisa Abrahama, bekute labemkhulu kunaye labengamfunga, ngako-ke watifunga yena matfupha. 14Watsi: “Ngiyawukubusisa nekukubusisa, ngikwandzise nekukwandzisa.” 15Abrahama wabeketela, ngako wemukela setsembiso. 16Nangabe umuntfu afunga, usebentisa libito lalomunye lomkhulu kunaye. Sifungo siyacinisa, sicedze kuphikisana kwebantfu. 17Kulabo labebafanele kwemukela loko kwakutsenjisiwe, Nkulunkulu watimisela kukukhanyisa kahle kutsi yena ngeke ayigucule injongo yakhe, ngiko nje acinisa tetsembiso takhe ngekufunga. 18Ngako-ke Nkulunkulu wasebentisa tintfo letimbili langeke agucuke kuto: setsembiso nesifungo. Tsine-ke lesesitfole kuphepha kuye kufanele sibe nekukhutsatela lokukhulu, siphutfume lelitsemba leselibekwe embikwetfu. 19Ngulelo litsemba letfu lemiphefumulo yetfu. Linjengesisimiso semkhumbi, lisiphephelo lesicinile, lingenisana ngekhatsi kwesihenco, endzaweni lengcwelengcwele, 20lapho Jesu angena khona njengemvuli wendlela lomele tsine, waba ngumPhristi Lomkhulu loyawuhlala akhona phakadze naphakadze, ngekuma kwaMelkhisedeki.
