Leya KumaHebheru 7:1-28
7 LoMelkhisedeki, loyinkhosi yaseSalema futsi longumphristi waNkulunkulu Losetikwako Konkhe, wahlangana na-Abrahama abuya kuyoncoba emakhosi futsi wambusisa.+
2 Abrahama wase umnika* incenye yinye kuletilishumi kuto tonkhe tintfo. Libito laMelkhisedeki lisho kutsi “INkhosi Yekulunga,” uphindze abe yinkhosi yaseSalema, lokusho kutsi “INkhosi Yekuthula.”
3 Akwatiwa kutsi ngubani babe wakhe namake wakhe, kute umlandvo wekutalwa kwakhe, akwatiwa kutsi watalwa nini nekutsi wafa nini, kodvwa njengobe entiwe wafana neNdvodzana yaNkulunkulu, uhlala angumphristi kuze kube phakadze.+
4 Kuyabonakala kutsi beyibaluleke kakhulu lendvodza, leyo khokho wetfu Abrahama layinika incenye yinye kuletilishumi etintfweni letincono kakhulu lebekatitfumbile.+
5 Kuliciniso kutsi ngekusho kweMtsetfo, emadvodzana aLevi+ lasebenta njengebaphristi anikwe umyalo wekutsi atsatse kwelishumi kubantfu,+ lokubomnakabo, nanobe nabo bayintalelwane* ya-Abrahama.
6 Kodvwa lendvodza lebeyingesiyo intalelwane yemaLevi* yatsatsa kwelishumi ku-Abrahama futsi yambusisa loyo lobekanetetsembiso.+
7 Ngako-ke ngeke sikuphike kutsi lophansi ubusiswa ngulomkhulu.
8 EmaLevi bekanikwa kwelishumi kantsi abantfu labafako, kodvwa lona lomunye lowanikwa kwelishumi, imiBhalo ifakazela kutsi uyaphila.+
9 Kungaphindze kushiwo nekutsi Levi lonikwa kwelishumi, ukhiphe kwelishumi nga-Abrahama,
10 ngobe bekasengakatalwa* ngesikhatsi Melkhisedeki ahlangana na-Abrahama.+
11 Nangabe-ke buphristi bemaLevi bebutawenta bantfu babe bete sono+ (ngobe bebuyincenye yeMtsetfo lobewunikwe bantfu), besitawuba kuphi sidzingo sekutsi kuvele lomunye umphristi lokutsiwa unjengaMelkhisedeki+ kodvwa longasinjenga-Aroni?
12 Njengobe buphristi sebushintjwa, kunesidzingo sekutsi uMtsetfo nawo ushintjwe.+
13 Ngobe lendvodza letishiwo mayelana nayo letintfo yavela kulesinye sive, lokute muntfu kuso lowake wasebenta e-al’thare.+
14 Kuyakhanya kutsi iNkhosi yetfu yavela kaJuda,+ kodvwa Mosi akazange asho lutfo ngaleso sive mayelana nebuphristi.
15 Loku kucaca kakhulu njengobe kuvela lomunye umphristi+ lonjengaMelkhisedeki,+
16 lobe ngumphristi ngenca yemandla ekuphila lokungapheli, hhayi ngenca yesive lebekavela kuso njengobe uMtsetfo bewufuna kutsi kube kanjalo.+
17 Ngobe umbhalo utsi ngaye: “Wena ungumphristi kuze kube phakadze njengaMelkhisedeki.”+
18 Ngako umyalo wasekucaleni ubekelwe eceleni ngesizatfu sekutsi ubutsakatsaka futsi awusebenti.+
19 Ngobe kute intfo uMtsetfo loyente yaphelela,+ kodvwa litsemba lelincono+ Nkulunkulu lasinike lona ngilo lelente loko. Ngalo siyakhona kusondzela edvute naNkulunkulu.+
20 Njengobe Nkulunkulu afunga ngesikhatsi abeka Jesu kutsi abe ngumphristi,
21 (ngobe ecinisweni kunemadvodza labe baphristi ngaphandle kwekwentiwa kwesifungo, kodvwa lona ube ngumphristi ngesifungo lesentiwa ngaye, sentiwa nguLoyo lowatsi: “Jehova* ufungile futsi angeke ashintje,* watsi: ‘Wena ungumphristi kuze kube phakadze’”),+
22 Jesu sewube sicinisekiso* sesivumelwane lesincono.+
23 Ngetulu kwaloko, labanyenti babe baphristi ngekulandzelana+ ngobe kufa bekubavimba kutsi bachubeke babaphristi,
24 kodvwa ngenca yekutsi yena uchubeka aphila kuze kube phakadze,+ kute lotawungena esikhundleni sakhe.
25 Ngako uyakwati nekubasindzisa ngalokuphelele labo labaya kuNkulunkulu ngaye, ngobe uhlale aphila kuze abancusele.+
26 Kuyadzingeka kutsi sibe nemphristi lophakeme lowetsembekile, longasoleki, lohlantekile,+ longafani netoni, nalophakanyiswe waba ngetulu kwemazulu.+
27 Yena akafani nalabo baphristi labaphakeme, ngobe akadzingi kwenta iminikelo malanga onkhe,+ entela tono takhe netalabanye,+ ngenca yekutsi loku wakwenta kanye kuphela ngesikhatsi atinikela yena lucobo.+
28 UMtsetfo ubeka emadvodza lanebutsakatsaka kutsi abe baphristi labaphakeme,+ kodvwa livi lesifungo+ lesentiwa ngemuva kweMtsetfo, libeka indvodzana leyentiwe yaphelela+ kuze kube phakadze.
Imibhalo lengentansi
^ NgesiGriki kutsi, “umehlukanisela.”
^ NgesiGriki kutsi, “baphuma elukhalo.”
^ Nobe “yelusendvo lwawo.”
^ NgesiGriki kutsi, “bekaselukhalo.”
^ Fundza Sandzisanchazo A5.
^ Nobe “atisole.”
^ Nobe “sibambiso.”
