Hebhere
7:1 Kuba lo Melkitsedeke, ukumkani waseSalem, umbingeleli kaThixo Osenyangweni, owathi
wahlangabeza uAbraham ebuya ekubulaleni ookumkani, wamsikelela;
7:2 awathi uAbraham wamnika nesishumi seento zonke; kuqala ngokuba ngu
Ukutyhilwa koKumkani wobulungisa, kwaza emva koko kwanokumkani waseSalem.
oko kukuthi, uKumkani woxolo;
7:3 engenayise, engenanina, engenamlibo, engenambewu;
isiqalo semihla, nesiphelo sobomi; kodwa enziwe wafana noNyana kaThixo;
uhlala engumbingeleli ngamaxesha onke.
7:4 Khangelani ke, ukuba wayemkhulu kangakanani na lo, wayekwangubawomkhulu kuye
UAbraham wanikela isishumi samaxhoba.
7:5 Kwaye okunene abakoonyana bakaLevi, abamkela isikhundla
nobubingeleli, banomthetho wokubanga isishumi ebantwini
ngokomthetho oko kukuthi, wabazalwana babo, nokuba bathe baphuma phandle
esinqeni sika-Abraham.
7:6 Kodwa lowo ungabalelwanga kumlibo wabo, ubange isishumi kubo
uAbraham, wamsikelela lowo unamadinga.
7:7 Ke ngokungenakuphikwa, omncinane usikelelwa yeyona inkulu.
7:8 Kananjalo apha okunene ngabantu abanokufa, abathabatha isishumi; kodwa khona apho ubamkela khona, ze
ekungqinelweyo ukuba uhleli.
7:9 Ukutsho ke ndithi, kubangwe noLevi, lo wamkelayo izishumi;
UAbraham.
7:10 Kuba wayesesinqeni sikayise, oko uMelkitsedeki wamhlangabezayo.
7:11 Ke ukuba okunene inzaliseko ibingabakho ngobubingeleli bakwaLevi, (kuba ibiphantsi kwabo).
abantu bawufumana umthetho, bekusafuneka ngantoni na ke?
kufuneka asuke umbingeleli ngokohlobo lukaMelkitsedeke, angabizwa
ngokomyalelo ka-Aron?
7:12 Kuba, ububingeleli baguqulwa nje, kufuneka ukuba kuguqulwe ububi
nakowomthetho.
7:13 Kuba lowo, zithethwa ngaye ezi zinto, engowasizwe simbi
ebekungekho mntu usinyamekelayo esibingelelweni.
7:14 Kuba kusekuhleni kanye, ukuba iNkosi yethu iphume kwaYuda; esizweni apho uMoses
akathethanga nto ngobubingeleli.
7:15 Ngoku ke lo ucaca ngakumbi, ukuba ungokomzekeliso
kuvele omnye umbingeleli uMelkitsedeki;
7:16 ongathanga amiswe ngokomthetho womthetho ongowenyama;
amandla obomi obungenasiphelo.
7:17 Kuba ungqina ngokuthi, Wena ungumbingeleli ngonaphakade, Ngokohlobo lwo;
uMelkisedeki.
7:18 Kuba okunene kutshitshiswa umthetho owandulelayo
ubuthathaka nokungancedi lutho kwayo.
7:19 kuba umthetho lowo awuzalisanga nto; ke kungeniswe phezu kwawo elona themba lilungileyo
wenze; esisondela ngayo kuye uThixo.
7:20 Yaye ekubeni engazange abe ngumbingeleli ngaphandle kwesifungo;
7:21 (Kuba abo babingeleli bebengenakufungiswa, kodwa bona kwenziwe ngesifungo
Lowo wathi kuye, Yafunga iNkosi, ayiyi kuzohlwaya, yathi, Ungumprofeti wena
ngumbingeleli ngonaphakade ngokohlobo lukaMelkitsedeke;
7:22 ngangoko ke uYesu waba ngummeli wowona ulungileyo umnqophiso.
7:23 Bathe bona ababingeleli baba baninzi, ngenxa yokuba babengavumi
qhubeka ngenxa yokufa.
7:24 ke yena, ngenxa yokuba ehleli ngonaphakade, unokungabi nakuguqulwa
ububingeleli.
7:25 Ngoko unako nokubasindisa encotsheni abo bezayo
uThixo ngaye, ehlala ehleli nje ukuba abathethelele.
7:26 Kuba ubesifanele umbingeleli omkhulu onjalo, ongcwele, ongenabubi, ongenabala;
Ahlukane naboni, aphakame ngaphezu kwezulu;
7:27 ekungafunekiyo ukuba anyuse imihla ngemihla, njengababingeleli abakhulu abaya kunyusa amadini;
kuqala ngenxa yezono ezizezakhe, nasemva kwezabantu; kuba oko wakwenza kwaba kanye;
xa wazinikelayo.
7:28 Kuba umthetho umisa abantu benobulwelwe, babe ngababingeleli abakhulu; kodwa ilizwi
nesifungo, esingasemva komthetho, simise uNyana, ongcwalisiweyo
ngonaphakade.