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5 Loba nguphi umphristi omkhulu othethwe ebantwini ubekwa ukuthi ancede abantu ezintweni eziphathelane loNkulunkulu+ ukuze anikele izipho lemihlatshelo yezono.+ 2 Uyenelisa ukubaphatha ngozwelo* abangelalwazi labonayo* ngoba laye ulobuthakathaka bakhe. 3 Ngenxa yalokho, laye kumele enze iminikelo yezono zakhe njengoba nje enikela eyezono zabantu.+
4 Umuntu kazifaki ngokuthanda kwakhe emsebenzini lo ohloniphekayo kodwa uwuthola kuphela nxa ebizwe nguNkulunkulu, njengoba kwaba njalo ngo-Aroni.+ 5 Ngakho loKhristu kazange azikhazimulise+ ngokuba ngumphristi omkhulu kodwa wakhazinyuliswa ngulowo owathi kuye: “Wena uyindodana yami, lamuhla sengibe nguyihlo.”+ 6 Uyatsho futhi kwenye indawo ukuthi: “Wena ungumphristi kuze kube nini lanini ngendlela kaMelikhizedekhi.”+
7 Ngesikhathi uKhristu esaphila emhlabeni wathandaza kanengi ecela futhi encenga ngokukhala kakhulu langezinyembezi,+ ethandaza kulowo owayesenelisa ukumsindisa ekufeni, njalo imithandazo yakhe yezwakala yemukelwa ngoba wayemesaba uNkulunkulu. 8 Lanxa wayeyindodana wafunda ukulalela ngokudlula phakathi kwenhlupho.+ 9 Wathi esephelelisiwe,+ waba yindlela yokuthi bonke abantu abamlalelayo bathole insindiso engapheliyo+ 10 ngoba ubekwe nguNkulunkulu ukuthi abe ngumphristi omkhulu ngendlela kaMelikhizedekhi.+
11 Kunengi esingakukhuluma ngaye njalo kunzima ukukuchasisa ngoba selibe buthundu ekuzweni kwenu. 12 Lanxa bekumele ukuthi ngabe selifundisa, sekufunakala ukuthi omunye aqale phansi ukulifundisa+ izinto eziphathelane lamazwi kaNkulunkulu angcwele elazifunda ekuqaleni. Sekumele liphiwe uchago futhi, hatshi ukudla okuqinileyo. 13 Phela wonke umuntu oqhubeka ephila ngochago kalijayelanga ilizwi lokulunga ngoba ungumntwana omncane.+ 14 Kodwa ukudla okuqinileyo ngokwabantu abalokholo oluqinileyo,* asebazifundisa* ukwehlukanisa okuhle lokubi besebenzisa amandla abo okuqedisisa.*