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7 Ngombana uMelkizedeki ikosi yeSalema, umphristi kaZimu oPhezukoke, wahlangana no-Abrahama abuya ukuyokubulala amakhosi, wambusisa,+ 2 u-Abrahama wamnikela koke kwetjhumi. Kokuthoma, igama lakhe litjhugululwe ngokuthi “iKosi yokuLunga” begodu uyikosi yeSalema, okutjho, “iKosi yokuThula.” 3 Njengombana anganababa, anganamma, anganarhelo lokulandelana kwabokhokho, anganamlando wokubelethwa nokuhlongakala kwakhe kodwana enziwe waba njengeNdodana kaZimu, uhlala amphristi ngokungapheliko.+
4 Qalani-ke bona bekamkhulu kangangani umuntu lo, loyo u-Abrahama, ukhokhwethu, amnikela kwetjhumi okungcono khulu epahlenakhe ayifumene epini.+ 5 Ngokuvumelana nomThetho, labo abavela emadodaneni kaLevi+ ababaphristi banomyalo wokubuthelela kwetjhumi okuvela ebantwini,+ okutjho kubafowabo, ngitjho nanyana abantwabo baziinzukulwana zaka-Abrahama. 6 Kodwana umuntu lo obekangaveli emndenini kaLevi wamukela kwetjhumi okuvela ku-Abrahama begodu wabusisa loyo obekaneenthembiso.+ 7 Nje-ke angekhe kwaphikwa ukuthi omncani ubusiswa ngomkhulu. 8 Ngakwelinye ihlangothi babantu abafako abamukela kwetjhumi kodwana ngakwelinye, ngothileko okufakazwa ngaye bona uyaphila.+ 9 Kungatjhiwo nokobana ngitjho noLevi, owamukela kwetjhumi, ubhadele kwetjhumi ngo-Abrahama, 10 ngombana bekasesesizukulwana esizako sakakhokhwakhe lokha uMelkizedeki ahlangana naye.+
11 Yeke nangabe ukuphelela bekufumaneka ngobuphristi bobuLevi+ (ngombana bebuyingcenye yomThetho owanikelwa abantu), alo-ke bekusatlhogekelani bona kuvele omunye umphristi okuthiwa ungokwendlela kaMelkizedeki+ ingasi ngendlela ka-Aroni? 12 Njengombana ubuphristi butjhugululwa, kuyatlhogeka bona nomThetho utjhugululwe.+ 13 Ngombana umuntu okutjhiwo izintwezi ngaye bekavela kwenye ikoro, okungekho namunye wayo owakhe wasebenza e-aldareni.+ 14 Kusemtarini bona iKosethu ivela kwaJuda+ kodwana uMosi akhenge atjho litho ngokuthi abaphristi bavela ekorweni leyo.
15 Lokhu kwaba semtarini khulu lokha nakuvela omunye umphristi+ onjengoMelkizedeki,+ 16 obe mphristi, ingasi ngefuneko engokomthetho esekelwe ekorweni yenyama kodwana ngamandla wokuphila okungatjhabalalisekiko.+ 17 Ngombana kufakazwa ngaye kuthiwa: “Wena umphristi ngokungapheliko ngokwendlela kaMelkizedeki.”+
18 Nje-ke, umyalo wangaphambilini ubekelwe ngeqadi ngombana uyabogaboga begodu uyabhalelwa.+ 19 Ngombana umThetho awukenzi litho laphelela+ kodwana ukwethulwa kwethemba elingcono+ kwenze izinto zaphelela, ngalo sitjhidela kuZimu.+ 20 Godu njengombana lokhu kungakhenge kwenziwe ngaphandle kokuthi kwenziwe isifungo 21 (kwamambala kunabantu ababe baphristi ngaphandle kwesifungo kodwana lo ube mphristi ngesifungo esenziwe malungana naye ngiloyo owathi: “UJehova* ufungile begodu angekhe atjhugulule umkhumbulwakhe, ‘Wena umphristi ngokungapheliko’”),+ 22 uJesu ube siqinisekiso sesivumelwano esingcono.+ 23 Ngaphezu kwalokho, abanengi kwatlhogeka ukuthi babe baphristi ngokulandelana+ ngombana ukufa kwabavimbela bona baragele phambili babaphristi 24 ngebanga lokuthi uragela phambili aphila ngokungapheliko,+ ubuphristi angekhe budluliselwe kwabanye. 25 Yeke ukghona nokubasindisa ngokupheleleko labo abatjhidela kuZimu ngaye ngombana uhlala aphila bona abancengele.+
26 Kuyafaneleka ngathi bona sibe nomphristi ophakemeko onjalo, othembekileko, onganamlandu, ongakasilaphazwa,+ ohlukaniswe nezoni begodu ophakeme ukudlula izulu.+ 27 Ngokungafani nabaphristi abaphakemekwabo, yena akutlhogeki enze imihlatjelo qobe langa,+ kokuthoma ngebanga lezono zakhe bese kuba ngebanga lezono zabantu,+ ngombana wakwenza lokhu kwaba kanye kwaphela lokha nakazinikela bona abe mhlatjelo.+ 28 Ngombana umThetho ubeka amadoda anokubogaboga+ bona abe baphristi abaphakemeko, kodwana ilizwi lesifungo+ esifungwe ngemva komThetho libeka indodana, eyenziwe yaphelela+ ngokungapheliko.