Umphristi onjengoMalkitsedekhi
1UMalkitsedekhi lo bekuyikosi yeSalema, amphristi wakaZimu ongoPhezulu. Nguye owahlangabeza u-Abrahamu lokha nakabuya ukuyokubulala amakhosi, bewambusisa; 2nje-ke u-Abrahamu wamabela kwetjhumi kwakho koke. Kokuthoma, ibizo lakhe litjho, “ikosi yokulunga”; nokuthi ikosi yeSalema okutjho, “ikosi yokuthula”. 3Ubenganayise, angananina, anganamndeni, ngitjho namalanga wokuthoma namkha wokuphela kwepilo. UnjengeNdodana kaZimu, uhlala amphristi ngokungapheliko.
4Akhese nibone-ke bonyana bekamkhulu kangangani: U-Abrahamu ukhokho wethu, wamabela okwetjhumi kwalokho akuthumbe epini. 5Ngitjho nalabo abaziinzukulwana zakaLevi abamukela ubuphristi, banomyalo emthethweni wokuthatha kwetjhumi ebantwini, okutjho ebantwini bekhabo, iye, sengitjho nanyana abantu bekhababo baziinzukulwana zaka-Abrahamu. 6Kodwana lo obengabalwa esizukulwaneni sabo, wathatha kwetjhumi ku-Abrahamu bewambusisa loyo owamukela iinthembiso. 7Angekhe kwaphikwa bona omncani ubusiswa ngomkhulu. 8Lapha-ke abamukela kwetjhumi kubabantu abafako, kodwana lapho wamukelwa ngiloyo ofakazelwa bonyana uyaphila. 9Kuhlekuhle kungathiwa noLevi owamukela kwetjhumi, wakhokha kwetjhumi ngenca ka-Abrahamu 10ngombana gade asese sedinini lakakhokho wakhe lokha nakahlangatjezwa nguMalkitsedekhi.
11Nangabe ukupheleliswa kwafunyaneka ngobuphristi bakaLevi njengombana isizwe samukela umthetho ngaphasi kobuphristobu; bekusadingeke ngani-ke ukukhuluma ngobuphristi obunye obuvuka ngokwendlela kaMalkitsedekhi, kunalobo bendlela ka-Aroni na? 12Ngombana nangabe kukhona ukuphendulwa kobuphristi, khona-ke kuyafuneka bona kuphendulwe nomthetho. 13Kodwana loyo okukhulunywa izintwezi ngaye, ungowesinye isizwe ekungazange khekube khona noyedwa kiso owakhe walotjha e-aldarini 14ngombana kuyaziwa bona iKosethu isizukulwana sakaJuda, begodu mayelana nesizweso uMosi akazange atjho ilitho ngobuphristi.
15Nje-ke kusemtarini lokha nakuvuka omunye umphristi onjengoMalkitsedekhi, 16iye, loyo obe mphristi ingasi ngokomyalo weenzukulwana zenyama kodwana ngamandla wepilo engabhubhiko. 17Ngombana kufakazwa ngaye kuthiwa:
“Wena umphristi ngokungapheliko
ngokwendlela kaMalkitsedekhi.”
18Umthetho omdala wenziwa ilize ngombana gade ubuthakathaka begodu ungasizi. 19Njengombana umthetho ungazange uphelelise ilitho, ngakwelinye ihlangothi kunesingeniso sethemba elingcono ekungalo singatjhidela kuZimu. 20Nokho ithembelo azange libe ngaphandle kwesifungo ngombana abanye ababekwa emsebenzini wobuphristi bangena kiwo ngaphandle kwesifungo, 21kodwana lo waba mphristi ngaphandle kwesifungo ngebanga laloyo owathi kuye:
“USomnini ufungile
begodu angeze azisole, wathi,
‘Wena umphristi ngokungapheliko.’ ”
22Ngebanga lalokho uJesu waba siqiniseko sesivumelwano esingcono.
23Nje-ke abaphristabo baba banengi ngesibalo ngebanga lokobana bebaliywa kukufa bona baragele phambili ngomsebenzabo; 24kodwana uJesu unobuphristi obungapheliko ngombana uphila isiphelani. 25Ngalokho unamandla wokusindisa ngesikhathi soke labo abeza kuZimu ngaye ngombana uhlala njalo abancengela.
26Nje-ke mbala kwasifanela thina bona sibe nomphristi omkhulu onje, ocwengileko, ongasolekiko, onganamphambo, owahlukaniswe kwabazizoni bewaphakanyiswa ngaphezu kwamazulu. 27Ngokuhlukileko kunabanye abaphristi abakhulu, akadingi ukwenza imihlabelo ilanga nelanga, kokuthoma ngebanga lezono zakhe bese kube ngezono zabantu; yena wakwenza lokho kwaba kanye kibo boke mhlana anikela ukuphila kwakhe. 28Umthetho ubeka abantu ababuthakathaka bona ibe baphristi abakhulu, kodwana ilizwi lesifungo eleza ngemva komthetho, lijamisa iNdodana eyenziwa opheleleko ngokungapheliko.
