KumaHeberu 5
Umpristi omkhulu ufanele abe ngumuntu obiziwe nguNkulunkulu
1Ngokuba yilowo nalowo mpristi omkhulu okhethwa kubantu umiselwa abantu kokukaNkulunkulu, ukuze anikele izipho nemihlatshelo ngenxa yezono; 2angabekezelela abangazi lutho nabadukayo, lokhu naye uzungeziwe ngubuthakathaka; 3ngenxa yabo kufanele ukuba, njengalokhu enikela ngezono zabantu, anikele kanjalo nangezakhe. 4Akukho muntu ozithathela leso sikhundla, kuphela obizelwa kuso nguNkulunkulu njengo-Aroni.
UKristu ungumpristi obiziweyo
5Kanjalo noKristu akazidumisanga yena aze abe ngumpristi omkhulu, kepha wadunyiswa nguye owakhuluma kuye, wathi:
“UyiNdodana yami wena,
namuhla ngikuzele,”
6njengokuba esho nakwenye indawo ngokuthi:
“Wena ungumpristi kuze kube phakade
ngokokuma kukaMelkisedeki,”
7owathi esenikele emihleni yenyama yakhe ngemikhuleko, nokunxusa, nokudazuluka okukhulu, nezinyembezi kuyena onamandla okumsindisa ekufeni, wezwiwa ngenxa yokumesaba uNkulunkulu. 8Noma eyiNdodana, wafunda ukulalela ngalokho ahlupheka ngakho; 9esephelelisiwe waba yisisusa sokusindiswa okuphakade kubo bonke abamlalelayo, 10ebizwa nguNkulunkulu ukuthi umpristi omkhulu ngokokuma kukaMelkisedeki.
Basengabantwana ekukholweni
11Sinokuningi esingakusho ngalokho, okulukhuni ukuchasisela, lokhu senaba buthuntu ekuzweni. 12Ngokuba noma benifanele ukuba nibe ngabafundisi, uma kuya ngesikhathi, nisadinga futhi ukuba kube khona onifundisa iziqalo zezifundiso zamazwi kaNkulunkulu; senaba ngabadinga ubisi, kungesikho ukudla okuqinileyo. 13Ngokuba lowo odla ubisi akakaqondi lutho lwezwi lokulunga, ngokuba uyingane. 14Kepha ukudla okuqinileyo kungokwabakhulileyo, abathi ngokujwayela ukuwusebenzisa umqondo, sebenawo osulungele ukwahlukanisa okuhle nokubi.
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