KUMAHEBHERE 5

₁Kaloku wonke umbingeleli omkhulu ukhethwa ebantwini, amiselwe ukuzakuza phakathi kwabantu noThixo. Unikela izipho namadini okungxengxezela izono. ₂Uyakwazi ukubanyamezela abo bazizityhifili nabo baphazamayo, kuba kaloku naye ngokwakhe unobuthathaka. ₃Ngenxa yaloo nto ke umelwe kukunikela amadini okungxengxezela izono zakhe kwakunye nezabantu. ₄Akukho mntu uzithathelayo eli wonga; elowo ubizwa nguThixo njengoAron.

₅Kunjalo ke nakuKrestu: naye akazange azithathele iwonga lokuba ngumbingeleli omkhulu. Walinikwa nguThixo, lo wathi kuye:

₇Esadla ubomi apha emhlabeni, wayedla ngokwenza imithandazo nezicelo, ekhala iinyembezi, ebhekisa kuThixo onamandla okumhlangula ekufeni. Wawuva uThixo umthandazo wakhe, ngenxa yokuzimisela kwakhe ukuthobela. ₈Ngoku kanye anguNyana kaThixo, intlupheko yamnika amava okuthobela. ₉Uthe ke akusulungeka wenziwa umthombo wosindiso olungapheliyo lwabo bamthobelayo, ₁₀emiselwe nguThixo waba ngumbingeleli omkhulu wodidi lukaMelkizedeki.

₁₁Zininzi iindawo ebesinokunichazela ngazo ngoMelkizedeki. Kodwa ke kusuke kwanzima nokunithela gqabagqaba oku, kuba kaloku nisuke naneentloko ezilukhuni. ₁₂Benifanelwe kukuba nifundisa ngokwenu ngoku. Kodwa kusuke kwafuneka ibe nini abafundiswayo, niqaliswe emva kwizifundo zokuqala ezingeendaba zikaThixo. Kusuke kwafuneka nisezwe ubisi endaweni yokuba ninikwe ukutya okuqinileyo. ₁₃Wonke umntu osezwa ubisi lusana; akakwazi okuhle nokubi. ₁₄Ngabantu abadala abatya ukutya okuqinileyo; bona sebenamava, bayawazi umahluko phakathi kokuhle nokubi.