amaHebheru
4:1 Ngakho-ke masesabe, funa sishiywe isithembiso sokungena
ukuphumula kwakhe, noma yimuphi kini kufanele abonakale entula kukho.
4:2 Ngoba ivangeli lashunyayelwa nakithi, njengabo, kodwa izwi
ukutshunyayelwa kwabo kakubasizanga, kungaxutshaniswa lokholo kubo
wezwa.
4:3 Ngoba thina esikholwayo siyangena ekuphumuleni, njengokutsho kwakhe ukuthi: Njengami
ngifungile ngolaka lwami ukuthi, uma bengena ekuphumuleni kwami;
zaqedwa kusukela ekusekelweni komhlaba.
4:4 Ngoba wakhuluma endaweni ethile ngosuku lwesikhombisa kanje, futhi uNkulunkulu
waphumula ngosuku lwesikhombisa emisebenzini yakhe yonke.
4:5 Futhi kule ndawo futhi: Uma bezongena ekuphumuleni kwami.
4:6 Ngakho-ke kusasele ukuthi abanye bangene kulo, bangene
lowo okwashunyayelwa ngawo kuqala kangenanga ngenxa yokungakholwa;
4:7 Futhi, unquma usuku oluthile, ethi ngoDavide, Namuhla, emva kwesikhathi esingaka
isikhathi; njengokutshiwo ukuthi: Lamuhla uba lizwa ilizwi lakhe, lingaqini lukhuni benu
izinhliziyo.
4:8 Ngoba uma uJesu wayebanike ukuphumula, wayengeke kamuva
kukhulunywe ngolunye usuku.
4:9 Ngakho abantu bakaNkulunkulu basalelwe ukuphumula.
4:10 Ngoba lowo ongene ekuphumuleni kwakhe, naye uphumula kokwakhe
imisebenzi, njengoba uNkulunkulu enza kweyakhe.
4:11 Ngakho-ke masikhuthalele ukungena kulokho kuphumula, funa kube khona owela emva kwalokho
isibonelo esifanayo sokungakholwa.
4:12 Ngoba izwi likaNkulunkulu liyaphila, futhi linamandla, futhi libukhali kunanoma yimuphi
inkemba esika nhlangothi zombili, ihlaba kuze kuhlukane umphefumulo
umoya, namalunga nomnkantsha, lahlulela imicabango
nezinjongo zenhliziyo.
4:13 Futhi akukho sidalwa esingabonakali emehlweni akhe, kodwa zonke
izinto zíze futhi zivuliwe emehlweni alowo esinakho kuye
yenza.
4:14 Ngakho lokhu silomphristi omkhulu ongene ethempelini
mazulu, Jesu iNdodana kaNkulunkulu, masibambe isivumo sethu.
4:15 Ngoba asinaye umpristi ophakeme ongenakuthintwa umuzwa
ngobuthakathaka bethu; kodwa walingwa kukho konke njengathi, nokho
abangenasono.
4:16 Ngakho-ke, masisondele ngesibindi esihlalweni somusa, ukuze sikwazi
zuza umusa, uthole umusa wokusiza ngesikhathi esifaneleyo.