KumaHebhere 7 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

7 ¹Lo Melkitsedeke, ukumkani waseSalem, umbingeleli kaBawo wethu Osenyangweni, wamhlangabeza uAbraham ebuya ekubabulaleni ookumkani, waza wamsikelela. ²UAbraham wamnika isishumi sezinto zonke. Igama lakhe lithetha, kuqala, ukumkani wobulungisa, aze, kananjalo, abe ngukumkani waseSalem—oko kukuthi ukumkani woxolo. ³Engenayise, engenanina, engenamlibo wokuzalwa, engenaqalo lwemihla nasiphelo sobomi, kodwa efana noNyana kaBawo wethu, uhlala engumbingeleli ngonaphakade.

⁴Qwalaselani ukuba ube mkhulu kangakanani na lo mntu: uAbraham usolusapho wamnika isishumi samaxhoba. ⁵Abo bazukulwana bakaLevi ababa ngababingeleli bayalelwa ngumthetho ukuba bathabathe isishumi ebantwini—kubazalwana babo—nangona nabo bephuma kuAbraham. ⁶Kodwa yena, nangona engaphumi kubo, wathabatha isishumi kuAbraham, waza wamsikelela lowo wayephethe amadinga. ⁷Akuthandabuzeki konke ukuba omncinane usikelelwa ngomkhulu. ⁸Kule ndawo, izishumi zamkelwa ngabantu abanokufa; kuleya, ngulowo ekungqinwa ukuba uyaphila. ⁹Umntu angade athi uLevi, othabatha isishumi, wasihlawula ngoAbraham, ¹⁰kuba ebesesesinqeni soyisemkhulu xa uMelkitsedeke wamhlangabeza uAbraham.

¹¹Ukuba ububingeleli bobuLevi bazisa ukugqibelela—kaloku abantu bamkela umthetho phantsi kwabo—kwakutheni na kufuneke omnye umbingeleli, lowo ongowohlobo lukaMelkitsedeke, engabizwanga ngohlobo luka-Aron? ¹²Kuba xa buthe baguqulwa ububingeleli, nomthetho umelwe kukuguqulwa. ¹³Kuba lowo kuthethwa ngaye ezi zinto wayengowesinye isizwe, ekungazanga kubekho bani walungiselela esibingelelweni kuso. ¹⁴Kucacile ukuba iNkosi yethu yaphuma kwaYuda; uMoses akathethanga nto ngababingeleli abaphuma kweso sizwe. ¹⁵Yaye le nto ibonakala nangakumbi xa kuvela omnye umbingeleli ngokufana noMelkitsedeke, ¹⁶othe waba ngumbingeleli kungengamthetho wokuzalwa ngokwenyama, kodwa ngamandla obomi obungenakonakaliswa.

¹⁷Kuba kungqinelwa ngaye kusithiwa: “Ungumbingeleli ngonaphakade, ngohlobo lukaMelkitsedeke.”

¹⁸Ngakolunye icala, umthetho wangaphambili uyasuswa ngenxa yobuthathaka nokungabi nasizo kwawo. ¹⁹Kuba umthetho awagqibelelisanga nto; kodwa kuziswa ithemba elingcono, sisondela ngalo kuBawo wethu. ²⁰Oku akwenziwanga ngaphandle kwesifungo, kuba abanye baba ngababingeleli ngaphandle kwesifungo,

²¹kodwa yena waba ngumbingeleli ngesifungo, ngulowo wathi kuye: “UBawo wethu ufungile, akayi kuzohlwaya, ‘Ungumbingeleli ngonaphakade.’” ^a a v21 Lowo ‘wasithethayo’ isifungo nguBawo wethu, owamisela ububingeleli obungunaphakade bukaYesu. INdumiso 110 yeyona ndumiso icatshulwe kakhulu eTestamenteni eNtsha—yonke into ecatshuliweyo ibhekisa kuYesu.

²²Ngokunjalo kanye, uYesu uthe waba sibambiso somnqophiso ongcono.

²³Ababingeleli bangaphambili babebaninzi, kuba ukufa kwabathintela ukuba bahlale emsebenzini, ²⁴kodwa yena ugcina ububingeleli bakhe ngonaphakade, kuba uhleli ngonaphakade. ²⁵Ngoko unako ukusindisa ngokupheleleyo abo beza kuBawo wethu ngaye, kuba uhleli ngamaxesha onke ukuze abathethelele.

²⁶Umbingeleli omkhulu onjalo wayesifanele: ongcwele, ongenabala, ongadyobhekanga, owahlulwe kwaboni, ophakanyiselwe ngaphezu kwamazulu. ²⁷Akanjengabo babingeleli bakhulu, akafuneki ukuba abingelele imibingelelo imihla ngemihla—kuqala ngenxa yezono zakhe, aze ngenxa yezabantu—kuba oku wakwenza kwaba kanye kuphele, ezinikela yena. ²⁸Umthetho umise abantu abathathakileyo ukuba babe ngababingeleli abakhulu, kodwa ilizwi lesifungo, elizayo emva komthetho, limisela uNyana, owenziweyo wagqibelela ngonaphakade.