Umbingeleli Ophatha Ngobubele
Ababingeleli bamiselwa nguBawo wethu endaweni yokuzinyula ngokwabo, kwaye banokuba nobubele ngenxa yokuba babelana ngobuthathaka. UKrestu wamiselwa ngendlela efanayo, waza wafunda intobelo kwizinto awazibandezelayo. Kuze isahluko siqhawuke ngokukhathazeka: ngoku bekufanele ukuba seningabafundisi, kodwa endaweni yoko nidinga ubisi.
5 1Wonke umbingeleli omkhulu othatyathwe phakathi kwabantu umiselwe abantu ezintweni ezingakuBawo wethu, ukuze asondeze izipho nemibingelelo ngenxa yezono. 2Angaphatha ngobubele abo bangenalwazi nabalahlekayo, ekubeni naye ngokwakhe engqubwe bubuthathaka. 3Ngenxa yobu buthathaka, umelwe kukusondeza imibingelelo ngenxa yezono, ezabantu kwakunye nezakhe. 4Akukho mntu uzithabathelayo olu wonga, kodwa kuphela xa ebizwe nguBawo wethu, njengoko kwaba njalo nakuAron.
5Ngokunjalo noKrestu akazizukisanga ukuze abe ngumbingeleli omkhulu, kodwa lowo wathi kuye: “Wena unguNyana wam; namhla ndikuzele.”
6Njengokuba atshoyo nakwenye indawo: “Wena ungumbingeleli ngonaphakade, ngohlobo lukaMelkitsedeke.” a a v6 UMelkitsedeke, umbingeleli-ukumkani owasikelela uAbraham (Gen 14:18–20); engenasiqalo nasiphelo sibhaliweyo, umfanekiso wobubingeleli obungenasiphelo bukaKrestu.
7Ngexesha lobomi bakhe emhlabeni, uYesu wasondeza imithandazo nezikhungo—ngezikhalo ezikhulu nangeenyembezi—kulowo wayenako ukusindisa ekufeni, waza waviwa ngenxa yokuhlonela kwakhe uThixo. 8Nangona wayenguNyana, wafunda intobelo kwizinto awazibandezelayo. 9Esele efeziwe, waba ngumthombo wosindiso olungenasiphelo kubo bonke abamthobelayo, 10emiselwe nguBawo wethu ukuba abe ngumbingeleli omkhulu ngohlobo lukaMelkitsedeke.
Amasi Okanye Ukudla Okuqinileyo
11Sinento eninzi esingayithethayo ngale nto, enzima ukuyicacisa, ngenxa yokuba ukuva kwenu sekudikidiki. 12Kuba nakuba beninifanele ukuba ngabafundisi ngoku, nisasweli ukuba kubekho umntu oniphinda anifundise iziseko zelizwi likaBawo wethu. Nisuke naswela amasi, kungekhona ukudla okuqinileyo. 13Wonke umntu ophila ngamasi akanabungcibi elizwini lobulungisa, kuba useyintsana. 14Ke kona ukudla okuqinileyo kokwabakhulileyo, abazingqondo zabo ziqeqeshwe kukuqhelisela ukwahlula okulungileyo kokubi.