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7 UMelikhizedekhi lo owayeyinkosi yeSalema futhi engumphristi kaNkulunkulu oPhezukonke, wahlangabeza u-Abrahama owayevela nqoba amakhosi, wasembusisa.+ 2 U-Abrahama wamnika* okwetshumi kwakho konke ayekuthumbile. Okokuqala, ibizo lakhe litsho ukuthi “iNkosi yokulunga,” njalo uyinkosi yeSalema, okutsho ukuthi, “iNkosi yokuthula.” 3 Wayengelababa, engelamama njalo usendo lwakhe kalwaziwa kanye lelanga azalwa ngalo lalelo afa ngalo. Kodwa wenziwa waba njengeNdodana kaNkulunkulu, yikho engumphristi kuze kube nini lanini.+
4 Liyabona-ke ukuthi wayemkhulu kangakanani umuntu lo, owaphiwa yinhloko yemuli u-Abrahama okwetshumi okwakuvela ezintweni ezinhle kakhulu ayezithole empini.+ 5 UMthetho uyatsho sibili ukuthi abangamadodana kaLevi,+ abaphiwa umsebenzi wokuba ngabaphristi balaywa ukuthi baqoqe okwetshumi ebantwini,+ kulabo abangabafowabo, lanxa beyizizukulwane zika-Abrahama.* 6 Kodwa umuntu lo owayengasiwosendo lwabo wathatha okwetshumi ku-Abrahama njalo wabusisa lowo owayelezithembiso.+ 7 Akula ongaphika ukuthi omncane ubusiswa ngomkhulu. 8 Kwelinye icele, okwetshumi kwamukelwa ngabantu abangafa kodwa kwelinye kwamukelwa ngulowo okufakazwa ngaye ukuthi uyaphila.+ 9 Kungatshiwo lokuthi loLevi okwamukelayo okwetshumi wabhadala okwetshumi ngo-Abrahama 10 ngoba ngesikhathi u-Abrahama ehlangabezwa nguMelikhizedekhi,+ uLevi wayeseseyisizukulwane sakhe esingakazalwa.
11 Manje nxa kuyikuthi ubuphristi bamaLevi, njengoba babukhona eMthethweni owanikwa abantu, babungenza umuntu abe ngopheleleyo,+ kwakungadingakala yini ukuthi kube lomunye umphristi, ongumphristi ngendlela kaMelikhizedekhi+ hatshi eka-Aroni? 12 Phela njengoba ubuphristi sebutshintshwa, loMthetho lawo kufanele utshintshwe+ 13 ngoba umuntu okukhulunywa ngaye izinto lezi wayevela kwesinye isizwana futhi kulesosizwana akula owake wasebenza e-alithareni.+ 14 Kuyacaca ukuthi iNkosi yethu ivela koJuda+ kodwa uMosi kazange ake akhulume ngokuthi kwakuzaba labaphristi abavela kulesosizwana.
15 Lokhu kucaca kakhulu nxa sekusiba lomunye umphristi+ onjengoMelikhizedekhi,+ 16 oba ngumphristi ngenxa yamandla okuphila okungatshabalaliyo+ hatshi ngenxa yalokho okufunwa ngumthetho okusekelwe kusendo lwabantu. 17 Phela kwafakazwa ngaye kwathiwa: “Wena ungumphristi kuze kube nini lanini ngendlela kaMelikhizedekhi.”+
18 Ngakho umlayo wakuqala ubekwa eceleni ngoba ubuthakathaka futhi awuncedi.+ 19 UMthetho awuzange wenze ukuthi kube lolutho olupheleleyo+ kodwa ithemba elingcono esiliphiwa nguNkulunkulu+ lakwenza lokho. Ithemba lelo yilo esisondela ngalo kuNkulunkulu.+ 20 Lokho akuzange kwenziwe kungelasifungo, 21 (ngoba phela kulabantu ababa ngabaphristi kungenziwanga isifungo, kodwa lo yena usebe ngumphristi ngesifungo esiphathelane laye esenziwa ngulowo owathi: “UJehova* ufungile, kasoze atshintshe ingqondo,* ‘Wena ungumphristi kuze kube nini lanini’”).+ 22 Yikho uJesu esebe yisiqinisekiso sesivumelwano esingcono.+ 23 Phezu kwalokho, abanengi kwakumele babe ngabaphristi belandelana+ ngoba ukufa kwakubavimbela ukuthi baqhubeke bengabaphristi. 24 Kodwa obakhe ubuphristi abutshiyelwana ngenxa yokuthi uzaqhubeka ephila kuze kube phakade.+ 25 Yikho uyenelisa ukubasindisa ngokupheleleyo labo abasondela kuNkulunkulu ngaye ngoba uzahlala ekhona ebancengela kuye.+
26 Kufanele sibili ukuthi sibe lomphristi omkhulu onjalo, oqotho, ongelacala, ongangcoliswanga,+ owehlukaniswe lezoni futhi ophakanyiselwe phezu kwamazulu.+ 27 Yena utshiyene labanye abaphristi abakhulu ngoba akudingakali ukuthi anikele imihlatshelo nsuku zonke,+ eqalisa ngowezono zakhe besekulandela owezono zabantu,+ ngenxa yokuthi lokho wakwenza kwaba kanye kuphela lapho enikela ngempilo yakhe.+ 28 Phela uMthetho ubeka abantu abalesono+ ukuthi babe ngabaphristi abakhulu kodwa ilizwi lesifungo+ esenziwa ngemva koMthetho lona libeka iNdodana eyenziwe yaba ngepheleleyo+ kuze kube nini lanini.