amaHebheru
7:1 Ngoba lokhu uMelkisedeki, inkosi yaseSalema, umpristi kaNkulunkulu oPhezukonke, ngubani
wahlangana no-Abrahama ebuya ekubulaleni amakhosi, wambusisa;
7:2 U-Abrahama wamnika okweshumi kwakho konke; kuqala ngokuba ngu
ukuhunyushwa iNkosi yokulunga, futhi emva kwalokho futhi inkosi yaseSalema.
okungukuthi, iNkosi yokuthula;
7:3 Ngaphandle uyise, ngaphandle unina, ngaphandle uzalo, engenawo
ukuqala kwezinsuku, noma ukuphela kokuphila; kodwa enziwe wafana neNdodana kaNkulunkulu;
uhlala engumphristi njalonjalo.
7:4 Manje cabanga ukuthi wayemkhulu kangakanani lo muntu, kuye ngisho ukhokho
U-Abrahama wanikela okweshumi kwempango.
7:5 Futhi ngempela labo abavela emadodaneni kaLevi, abamukela isikhundla
ubupristi, ube nomyalo wokukhipha okweshumi kubantu
ngokomthetho, okungukuthi, wabafowabo, nakuba bephuma
okhalweni luka-Abrahama:
7:6 Kodwa lowo ozalo olungabalwanga kubo wathola okweshumi
uAbrahama, wambusisa owayenezithembiso.
7:7 Futhi ngaphandle kokuphikiswa konke, omncinyane ubusiswa ngomkhulu.
7:8 Futhi lapha abantu abafayo bamukela okweshumi; kodwa lapho uyawemukela, we
ofakazelwa ukuthi uyaphila.
7:9 Futhi njengoba ngingase ngisho, noLevi, owamukela okweshumi, wakhipha okweshumi
u-Abrahama.
7:10 Ngoba wayesesokhalweni lukayise, lapho uMelkisedeki emhlangabeza.
7:11 Ngakho uma ukuphelela kwakukhona ngobupristi bukaLevi, ngoba ngaphansi kwabo
abantu bawemukela umthetho,) kwakusenesidingo sini leso esinye
umpristi kufanele asukume ngokohlelo lukaMelkisedeki, futhi angabizwa
ngomyalo ka-Aroni?
7:12 Ukuze ubupristi iguqulwe, kunesidingo ukuthi kube noshintsho
nawomthetho.
7:13 Ngoba lowo okukhulunywa ngaye lezi zinto ungowesinye isizwe, of
okwakungelamuntu okhonza elathini.
7:14 Ngoba kusobala ukuthi iNkosi yethu yavela kwaJuda; okulesisizwe uMozisi
kakhulumanga lutho mayelana lobupristi.
7:15 Futhi kusabonakala nakakhulu, ngoba ngomfanekiso
kwasekuvela omunye umphristi uMelkisedeki.
7:16 Owenziwe, hhayi ngokomthetho womyalo wenyama, kodwa ngemva kwe
amandla okuphila okungapheli.
7:17 Ngoba uyafakaza ukuthi: Wena ungumpristi kuze kube phakade ngokohlelo
uMelkisedeki.
7:18 Ngoba kukhona ngempela disannulling of the umyalo owandulelayo
ubuthakathaka nokungasizi kwakho.
7:19 Ngoba umthetho kawuphelelisanga lutho, kodwa ukungeniswa kwethemba elingcono
wenza; esisondela ngayo kuNkulunkulu.
7:20 Futhi kangangokuthi wenziwa umpristi ngaphandle kwesifungo.
7:21 (Ngokuba labo abapristi benziwa ngaphandle kwesifungo, kodwa lokhu ngesifungo
lowo owathi kuye: INkosi yafunga, kayiyikuzisola, yathi: Wena ungumbulali
umpristi kuze kube phakade ngokokuma kukaMelkisedeki;)
7:22 Ngokungakho uJesu waba yisiboniso sesivumelwano esingcono.
7:23 Futhi ngempela babengabapristi abaningi, ngoba babengavunyelwe
qhubeka ngenxa yokufa:
7:24 Kodwa lo muntu, ngoba ehlala phakade, has ongaguquleki
ubupristi.
7:25 Ngakho unamandla futhi ukusindisa ngokuphelele labo abeza
uNkulunkulu ngaye, ephila kuze kube phakade ukuba abakhulekele.
7:26 Ngokuba umpristi omkhulu onjalo usifanele, ongcwele, ongenacala, ongenabala;
ahlukaniswe nezoni, aphakanyiswe ngaphezu kwamazulu;
7:27 ongadingi imihla ngemihla njengabapristi abakhulu ukunikela imihlatshelo.
kuqala ngezakhe izono, andukuba kube ngezabantu; ngokuba lokho wakwenza kanye;
lapho ezinikela.
7:28 Ngokuba umthetho umisa abantu abanobuthakathaka babe ngabapristi abakhulu; kodwa izwi
ngesifungo esenziwe emva komthetho, umisa iNdodana engcwelisiwe
kuze kube phakade.