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7 Pakuti Melikizedeki umweyu, mambo* wa ku Salemu, omwe ni mkulu wa antsembe wa Mulungu Mkululetu, adayenda kukagumana na Abalahamu pomwe Abalahamuyo akhacokera ku nkhondo kukakunda amambo, ndipo Melikizedekiyo adamusimba. 2 Ndipo Abalahamu adamupasa cakhumi ca bzinthu bzentse. Cakuyamba, dzina lace limbathandauza “Mambo Wacirungamo” ndipo kuthumizira bzimwebzi, iye ni mambo wa ku Salemu, bzomwe bzikuthandauza “Mambo wa Mtendere.” 3 Pai wace alibe kudziwika, ne mai wace ne dzinza lace ndipo alibe kudziwikambo ciyambi cace ne cimaliziro ca moyo wace, tsono adakhala wakundendemerana na Mwana wa Mulungu ndipo iye akupitiriza ninga wantsembe mpaka kale-kale.
4 Onani kuti munthu umweyu akhali wakufunika kwene-kwene, ndipopa kholo lathu lakale Abalahamu adapereka cakhumi pa bzinthu bzomwe iye adapamba ku nkhondo. 5 Kulewa cadidi, mwakubverana na lamulo, wana wa Levi omwe akhadasankhulidwa kuti atumikire ninga antsembe ndiwo omwe akhana ugo bwakutambira cakhumi kwa wanthu. Bzimwebzi bzikuthandauza kuti iwo ambatambira cakhumico kucokera kwa abale wawo, napo kuti abale wawowo ni wana wa Abalahamu. 6 Tsono munthu umweyu omwe akhali lini wa m’dzinza la Levi, adatambira cakhumi kucokera kwa Abalahamu ndipo adasimba ule omwe akhadauzidwa bzinthu bzakutsogolo. 7 Palibe omwe angalambe kuti ule omwe ambasimba ni mkulu, kuposa ule omwe ambasimbidwa. 8 Alevi akhatambira cakhumi napo kuti akhali wanthu omwe angadafa, tsono munthu munango omwe adatambira cakhumi, bzinembo bzimbamucitira umboni bwakuti ana moyo. 9 Ndipo bzingalewedwe kuti kucokera mwa Abalahamu, napo Alevi omwe akhatambira cakhumi, iwo adapagali cakhumi, 10 thangwe pomwe Melikizedeki adakagumana na Abalahamu, Levi akhanati kubadwa kucokera kwa kholo lace lakale.
11 Makonzedwe ya untsembe bwakucokera ku dzinza la Levi, yakhacita mbali ku Lamulo la Mozeji lomwe lidaperekedwa kwa Ajirayeri. Penu wantsembe wakucokera ku dzinza la Levi angadathandiza wanthu kukhala wakulungama, kodi tingadafunikira wantsembe ninga Melikizedeki? Kodi mpsakukwanira lini kukhala na wantsembe ninga Aroni? 12 Pakuti untsembe bukacinjidwa, Lamulo lin’funikambo kucinjidwa. 13 Thangwe munthu omwe akufotokozedwa mu bzinthu bzomwe bzalewedwabzi, adacokera ku dzinza linango, ndipo palibe ne munthu m’bodzi wa dzinza limwero, omwe adatumikira pa guwa la ntsembe. 14 Pakuti tentsenefe tikudziwa kuti Mbuya wathu adacokera m’dzinza la Djuda, tsono Mozeji alibe kulewa cinthu ciri-centse pakulewa bzakuti antsembe angadacokera mu dzinza limwero.
15 Ndipo bzimwebzi bzikuwonekeratu padeca pomwe wantsembe munango adawonekera ninga Melikizedeki. 16 Iye akutumikira ninga wantsembe, sikuti thangwe ra kucokera m’dzinza la Levi ninga momwe lamulo likhadalewera, tsono thangwe iye adapasidwa mphanvu yomwe imbamupasa moyo wakusaya kupfudzika. 17 Pakuti bzinembo bzimbamucitira umboni kuti: “Iwepo ndiwe wantsembe ninga Melikizedeki, ndipo un’dzakhala wantsembe mpaka kale-kale.”
18 Tenepo, lamulo lakale-kale limbacosedwa thangwe ndakumala mphanvu, ndipo lin’kwanisa lini kuthandiza wanthu kuti afike pakukhala wakulungama. 19 Lamulolo liribe kukwanisa kucitisa cinthu ciri-centse kukhala cakulungama, tsono Mulungu adatipasa cidikhiro cabwino ndipo mwakuphatisa basa cidikhiroco tingakwanise kumufenderera. 20 Ndipo bzinthu bzimwebzi bziribe kucitika mwakusaya kucita lumbiro, 21 (pakuti kulewa cadidi, alipo wanthu omwe adakhala antsembe ndipo Mulungu alibe kuwacitira lumbiro, tsono, alipo munthu m’bodzi, omwe Mulungu adamucitira lumbiro, ndipo pakulewa bza iye, adati: “Yahova walumbira, ndipo iye an’dzacinja lini makumbukidwe yace. ‘Iwepo ndiwe wantsembe mpaka kale-kale’”). 22 Na tenepo, Jezu adakhala citsimikizo ca mpangano wabwino. 23 Kuthumizira bzimwebzi, antsembe angadapitiriza lini na basa lawo thangwe ra infa, ndipopa wanthu winango akhambapita m’mbuto mwawo kuti apitirize na basalo. 24 Tsono pakuti iye akupiritiza kukhala na moyo mpaka kale-kale, untsembe bwace bun’funika lini kupitidwa m’mbuto. 25 Tenepo, iye angakwanise kupulumusa wale omwe ambafenderera Mulungu mwakuphatisa basa iye, pakuti iye nthawe zentse ana moyo kuti ambawadandaulire kwa Mulungu.
26 Mpsakuthemera kwa ife kukhala na mkulu wa antsembe ninga umweyu thangwe iye ngwakukhulupirika, wakusaya mulandu, wakucena, wakusiyana na wanthu wapikado ndipo adakwizidwa padzulu kwene-kwene. 27 Mwakusiyana na akulu wa antsembe winango wale, iye an’funika lini kupereka ntsembe ntsiku zentse thangwe ra pikado zace ayai thangwe ra pikado za wanthu, thangwe iye adacita bzimwebzi kabodzi kokha mpaka kale-kale pomwe adabzipereka iye yekha. 28 Wale omwe adasankhulidwa kuti akhale akulu wa antsembe mwakubverana na lamulo, mbapikado, tsono pambuyo pa Mulungu kutipasa lamulo, iye adalumbira kuti angadasankhula Mwana wace kukhala mkulu wa antsembe, omwe adakhala wakulungama mpaka kale-kale.