Masiqhubele Phambili Ekukhuleni
Isicatshulwa esinzima esingokuwa emva kokuba umntu eyingcamle into yenene, kodwa sithanjiswa kwaoko, kuba umbhali useyisekile ngezinto ezilungileyo ngakumbi kubo, esithi uBawo wethu akayi kuwulibala umsebenzi wabo. Ngenxa yokuba wayengenakufunga ngomnye omkhulu kunaye, wazifungela ngokwakhe. Eso sifungo yiankile.
6 1Ngoko ke masiyiyeke imfundiso esisiseko engoKrestu, siye phambili ekukhuleni, singabeki kwakhona isiseko senguquko evela emisebenzini efileyo, nolukholo olubhekiselwe kuBawo wethu, 2neengcaciso ngeembhaptizo, nokubekwa kwezandla, noluvuko lwabafileyo, nomgwebo ongunaphakade. 3Yaye oku siya kukwenza, ukuba uBawo wethu uyavuma. 4Kuba akunakwenzeka ukuba abo bakha bakhanyiselwa, abeva isipho sasezulwini, baba namadlelane noMoya oyiNgcwele, 5beva nokulunga kwelizwi likaBawo wethu namandla ephakade elizayo, 6baza bawa, ukuba babuye behlaziyelwe kwakhona enguqukweni, ekubeni bembethelela kwakhona uNyana kaBawo wethu bezenzakalisa, bemenza intlekisa. a a v6 "UNyana kaBawo wethu" lisuka kwinto ezinye iinguqulelo ezithi "uNyana kaThixo" — xa iziBhalo zisahlula uThixo kuKrestu, loo "Thixo" ekuthethwa ngaye nguBawo. 7Umhlaba osela imvula ehla phezu kwawo kaninzi, uze uvelise ungeniselo oluluncedo kubalimi bawo, wamkela intsikelelo evela kuBawo wethu. 8Kodwa ukuba uvelisa imithana enameva neenkunzane, awunamsebenzi, ukufuphi nesiqalekiso, ekugqibeleni uya kutshiswa.
9Kodwa ngani, zintanda, seyisekile ngezinto ezilungileyo ngakumbi—izinto ezinxulumene nosindiso—nangona sithetha ngolu hlobo. 10Kuba uBawo wethu akangomntu ongenabulungisa—akayi kuwulibala umsebenzi wenu nothando enilubonakalalisileyo ngenxa yegama lakhe, nilungiselela abantu bakaBawo wethu, njengoko nisaqhubeka nokwenjenjalo. 11Sinqwenela ukuba ngamnye kuni abonise kwa-oko kukhuthala, ukuze nibe nokukholosa okupheleleyo kwethemba kude kuse ekupheleni, 12ukuze ningahilizi, nibe ngabaxelisa abo badla ilifa lamadinga ngokholo nangomonde.
Idinga likaBawo wethu kuAbraham
13Kuba xa uBawo wethu wayenza idinga kuAbraham, ekubeni wayengenamntu mkhulu kunaye anokufunga ngaye, wafunga ngaye ngokwakhe,
14esithi: “Inene ndiya kukusikelela, ndikwandise ngokwenene.”
15Ngoko ke uAbraham, emva kokulinda ngomonde, wazuza idinga. 16Abantu bafunga ngomntu omkhulu kunabo, yaye isifungo siyayiqeda yonke imbambano. 17Efuna ukubonisa ngokucace ngakumbi kwiindlalifa zedinga ukuba ingqibo yakhe ayiguquki, uBawo wethu waqinisekisa oko ngesifungo, 18ukuze, ngezinto ezimbini ezingenakuguquka apho uBawo wethu angenakho ukuxoka kuzo, sibe nenkuthazo eyomeleleyo thina basabeleyo ekubhacweni, sibambelele ethembeni elibekwe phambi kwethu. 19Eli themba liyiankile yomphefumlo, ekhuselekileyo neqinileyo, elingena kwindawo yangaphakathi engasemva komkhusane, b b v19 "Umkhusane" sisigubungelo esasisahlula iintendelezo zangaphandle kuyeyona Ngcwele kangcwele emnqubeni — elona gumbi langaphakathi lobukho bukaThixo. 20apho uYesu wangena khona njengomhlahlindlela ngenxa yethu, waba ngumbingeleli omkhulu ngonaphakade ngohlobo lukaMelkizedeke. c c v20 UMelkizedeke wayengukumkani nombingeleli oyimfihlakalo kwiGenesis 14; umbhali uwuchaza ngokupheleleyo lo mfaniso kwisahluko sesixhenxe.
