amaHebheru 11:1 Manje ukukholwa kungukuqiniseka ngezinto ezithenjwayo, ubufakazi bezinto akabonwa. 11:2 Ngoba ngalo abadala bazuza ubufakazi obuhle. 11:3 Ngokukholwa siyaqonda ukuthi izwe lakhiwe ngezwi lika uNkulunkulu, ukuze okubonwayo akwenziwanga ngezinto ezizenzayo avele. 11:4 Ngokholo u-Abela wanikela kuNkulunkulu umhlatshelo omuhle kakhulu kunoKayini, by athola ubufakazi bokuthi ulungile, uNkulunkulu efakaza ngaye ngezipho: futhi ngakho usakhuluma, nakuba efile. 11:5 Ngokukholwa u-Enoke wasuswa ukuze angaboni ukufa; futhi wayengekho watholwa, ngokuba uNkulunkulu wayemthathile; lobufakazi bokuthi wayemthokozisile uNkulunkulu. 11:6 Kodwa ngaphandle kokholo akwenzeki ukumthokozisa, ngoba lowo ozayo UNkulunkulu kufanele akholwe ukuthi ukhona, nokuthi ungumvuzi wabo lokho nimfune ngenkuthalo. 11:7 Ngokukholwa uNowa, exwayisiwe nguNkulunkulu ngezinto ezingakabonwa, washukunyiswa ukwesaba, walungisa umkhumbi wokusindisa indlu yakhe; ngalokho yena walahla izwe, waba yindlalifa yokulunga okuvela ngakho ukholo. 11:8 Ngokukholwa, u-Abrahama, lapho ebizwa ukuba aphume aye endaweni ayekuyo ngemva kokuthola ifa, walalela; waphuma, hhayi esazi lapho eya khona. 11:9 Ngokukholwa wagogobala ezweni lesithembiso njengasezweni lezihambi. ehlala emadokodweni kanye no-Isaka noJakobe, izindlalifa kanye naye enkosini isithembiso esifanayo: 11:10 Ngoba wayelindele umuzi onezisekelo, omakhi nomenzi wawo unguNkulunkulu. 11:11 Ngokukholwa naye uSara uqobo wathola amandla okukhulelwa, futhi wabeletha esedlulelwe yisikhathi, ngokuba wamahlulela othembekile owayethembisile. NgokukaLuka 11:12 Ngakho kwavela ngoyedwa lowo, enjengofileyo, abaningi njengabo izinkanyezi zezulu ngobuningi, nanjengesihlabathi solwandle ugu olungenakubalwa. 11:13 Bonke laba bafa ekukholweni, bengazamukelanga izithembiso, kodwa benakho wababona bekude, wancengwa yibo, wabagona, futhi bavuma ukuthi bangabafokazi nezihambi emhlabeni. 11:14 Ngoba abasho izinto ezinjalo bafakaza obala ukuthi bafuna izwe. 11:15 Futhi ngempela, uma bebelokhu bekhumbula lelo zwe abavela kulo baphuma, ngabe babenethuba lokubuya. 11:16 Kodwa manje bafuna elinye elingcono, okungukuthi, ezulwini UNkulunkulu akanamahloni ukubizwa ngokuthi unguNkulunkulu wabo, ngokuba ubalungisele idolobha. 11:17 Ngokukholwa u-Abrahama, lapho evivinywa, wanikela ngo-Isaka, futhi lowo owayenakho wamukela izithembiso wanikela ngendodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa. 11:18 okwathi ngaye: "Inzalo yakho iyakubizwa ngo-Isaka." 11:19 ethi uNkulunkulu unamandla okumvusa nakwabafileyo; kusuka lapho futhi wamemukela ngomfanekiso. 11:20 Ngokukholwa u-Isaka wabusisa oJakobe no-Esawu mayelana nezinto ezizayo. 11:21 Ngokukholwa uJakobe, lapho esezokufa, wabusisa amadodana kaJosefa womabili; wakhuleka encika esihlokweni sodondolo lwakhe. 11:22 Ngokukholwa uJosefa, lapho efa, wakhuluma ngokuphuma kwebandla abantwana bakwa-Israyeli; walaya ngamathambo akhe. 11:23 Ngokukholwa uMose, esezelwe, wafihlwa izinyanga ezintathu kubazali bakhe. ngoba bebona ukuthi ungumntwana ofanele; futhi kabazesabanga iNKOSI umyalo wenkosi. 11:24 Ngokholo uMose, lapho esekhulile, wala ukubizwa ngokuthi indodana endodakazini kaFaro; 11:25 ekhetha ukuhlupheka kanye nabantu bakaNkulunkulu, kunokuba ujabulele ubumnandi besono isikhashana; 11:26 Ethi ukuthukwa kukaKristu kuyingcebo enkulu kunengcebo ekuyo iGibithe, ngokuba wayebheke umvuzo. 11:27 Ngokukholwa washiya iGibhithe, engesabi ulaka lwenkosi waqinisela sengathi uyambona ongabonwayo. 11:28 Ngokholo wagcina iphasika nokufafaza ngegazi, ukuze angalimazi owabhubhisa amazibulo kufanele awathinte. 11:29 Ngokukholwa badabula uLwandle Olubomvu kungathi kusemhlabathini owomileyo AbaseGibhithe ababezama ukwenza kanjalo baminza. 11:30 Ngokukholwa izingange zaseJeriko zawa, ngemva kokuba zizungezwe izinsuku eziyisikhombisa. 11:31 Ngokholo uRahabi isifebe akabhubhanga kanye nalabo abangakholwa, lapho wayezamukele izinhloli ngokuthula. 11:32 Futhi yini ngisazokusho? ngoba ngizaphela isikhathi sokuthi ngikhulume ngoGidiyoni. noBaraki, noSamsoni, noJefta; noDavide, noSamuweli, labaprofethi. 11:33 owathi ngokholo wanqoba imibuso, wenza ukulunga, wazuza izithembiso, zavala imilomo yamabhubesi, 11:34 bacima ubudlova bomlilo, baphunyuka obukhali benkemba, kusukela ubuthakathaka baqiniswa, baba ngamaqhawe ekulweni, baphenduka babaleka amabutho abafokazi. 11:35 Abesifazane bamukela abafileyo babo bevusiwe, futhi abanye bahlukunyezwe, bengakwamukeli ukukhululwa; ukuze bathole elingcono uvuko: 11:36 Abanye balingwa ngokuklolodelwa ngonya nangokubhaxabulwa, yebo, ngaphezu kwalokho amabhondi kanye nokuboshwa: 11:37 Bakhandwa ngamatshe, banqunywa phakathi, balingwa, babulawa inkemba: bazulazula bembethe izikhumba zezimvu nezikhumba zezimbuzi; ukuba abasweleyo, abahluphekayo, abahlutshwayo; 11:38 (izwe lalingabafanele) bazulazula ezingwadule nasezweni. izintaba, nasemihumeni nasemihumeni yomhlaba. 11:39 Futhi laba bonke, ngemva kokuthola umbiko omuhle ngokholo, abazange bathole isithembiso: 11:40 UNkulunkulu esesilungiselele okuthile okungcono, ukuthi ngaphandle kwethu akufanele enziwe aphelele.