Ingcwele Yomnqophiso Wokuqala
Ukujikeleza kwintente endala, amagumbi ayo nokungena kwayo kanye ngomnyaka ngegazi, kumisa umahluko: ezo zipho zazingenakusihlambulula isazela. UKrestu wangena kube kanye negazi lakhe. Njengoko abantu besifa kube kanye baze bajamelane nomgwebo emva koko, naye wanikelwa kube kanye ngenxa yabaninzi.
9 1Ke kaloku nawo umnqophiso wokuqala wawunamasiko okunqula, nengcwele yasemhlabeni. 2Kwamiswa intente—leyo yokuqala—inesiphatho sezibane, netafile, nezonka zokubonisa; ibizwa ngokuba yiNgcwele. 3Emva komkhusane wesibini kwakukho intente ebizwa ngokuba yiNgcwele-ngcwele. 4Yayinesibingelelo segolide sokuqhumisela, netyeya yomnqophiso eyalekwe yonke ngegolide, inesitya segolide esinemana, nentonga ka-Aron eyahlumayo, namacwecwe omnqophiso. 5Phezu kwayo, iikerubhi zozuko zazisisithelisa isihlalo sokucamagusha—izinto esingenako ukuzithetha ngokweenkcukacha ngoku.
6Zakuba zilungiswe ngolu hlobo ezi zinto, ababingeleli bangena ententeni yokuqala amaxesha onke, besenza imisebenzi yabo engcwele. 7Kungena umbingeleli omkhulu yedwa ententeni yesibini, kanye ngomnyaka, ngamaxesha onke enegazi, alisondeza ngenxa yakhe nangenxa yezono zokulahleka kwabantu. a a v7 Umbingeleli omkhulu wayengena kwelona cala lingaphakathi mhla mnye kuphela ngomnyaka—ngoMhla Wokucamagusha—ukuze alungise izinto phakathi kwabantu noThixo. 8Ngale nto uMoya oyiNgcwele wayebonisa ukuba indlela yokungena ezindaweni ezingcwele yayingekatyhilwa ngexa intente yokuqala isamile. 9Lo ngumfuziselo wexesha langoku. Ngokwale nkqubo, kunikelwa izipho nemibingelelo engenakusenza isazela somnquli sigqibelele, 10kodwa ebhekisele kuphela ekudleni, nasekuseleni, nasezihlambeni ngezihlambo ezahlukeneyo—amasiko enyama awiselwe abantu kwada kwaxesha lenguqulelo.
UKrestu, uMbingeleli Omkhulu Ogqithiseleyo
11Kodwa uKrestu wafika engumbingeleli omkhulu wezinto ezilungileyo ezifikileyo, engena ngentente enkulu negqibeleleyo ngakumbi engenziwanga ngazandla, oko kukuthi, engeyiyo eyale ndalo. 12Wangena engcweleni kwaba kanye kuphela, engenanegazi leebhokhwe namathole, kodwa enelakhe igazi, wazuza intlawulelo engunaphakade. 13Kuba ukuba igazi leebhokhwe neenkunzi zeenkomo, nothuthu lwethokazi olutshizwe kwiinqambi, lwenza kungcwele ukuze kuhlanjululwe inyama, 14loba ngakumbi igazi likaKrestu, yena owazisondezayo ngoMoya ongunaphakade, engenasiphako, kuBawo wethu, lisihlambulule isazela sethu emisebenzini efileyo ukuze sikhonze uBawo ophilayo? b b v14 Intlawulelo kaKrestu ingumsebenzi waBantu bobathathu—uYesu uzisondeza, uBawo wethu amkele umsondezo, uMoya ongunaphakade wenze umsondezo usebenze. Umnqamlezo asikuko uBawo echasene noNyana, kodwa nguBawo wethu, noNyana, noMoya oyiNgcwele besebenza kunye ngenxa yosindiso lwethu. 15Ngenxa yoku ulamla umnqophiso omtsha: ukufa kwakhulula abantu kubugwenxa ababenzileyo phantsi komnqophiso wokuqala, ukuze ababiziweyo balamkele ilifa elingunaphakade elithenjisiweyo. 16Kuba apho kukho umyolelo, ukufa kwalowo wawenzayo makuqinisekiswe. c c v16 Elinye igama lisetyenziselwa 'umnqophiso' kwakunye 'nomyolelo/isimnini'; kwiindinyana 16–17 umbhali usebenzisa intsingiselo yomyolelo—umyolelo usebenza kuphela xa lo mntu efile. 17Kuba umyolelo usebenza kuphela phezu kwabafileyo, kuba awunamandla ngexa umniniwo ehleli ephila. 18Ngenxa yoko nawo umnqophiso wokuqala awuzange usekwe ngaphandle kwegazi. 19Akuba uMoses ewathethile onke amazwi omthetho kubo bonke abantu, wathabatha igazi lamathole neebhokhwe, kunye namanzi, noboya obubomvu, nehisope, walitshiza yona kwancwadi ngokwayo nabantu bonke, 20esithi: “Nali igazi lomnqophiso awuwisela umthetho uBawo wethu kuni.”
21Ngokunjalo walitshiza ngegazi intente nempahla yonke yokunqula. 22Enyanisweni, umthetho uhlambulula phantse yonke into ngegazi; yaye ngaphandle kokuphalazwa kwegazi akukho luxolelo.
23Ngoko imifuziselo yezinto zasemazulwini yayimelwe kukuhlanjululwa ngala masiko, kodwa zona izinto zasemazulwini ngemibingelelo elungileyo ngaphezu kwale. 24Kuba uKrestu akazange angene ezindaweni ezingcwele ezenziwe ngazandla, imifuziselo yezo ziyinyaniso, kodwa wangena kwilizulu ngokwalo, ukuze abonakale ngoku phambi koBawo wethu ngenxa yethu. 25Kungekhona ukuba azisondeze ngokuphindaphindiweyo, njengombingeleli omkhulu ongena ezindaweni ezingcwele iminyaka ngeminyaka enegazi elingelilo elakhe. 26Kungenjalo nge uKrestu wamelwe kukuva ubunzima izihlandlo ezininzi kususela ekusekweni kwehlabathi. Endaweni yaloo nto wabonakala kwaba kanye, ekufikeleleni kwamaphakade, ukuze atshabalalise isono ngokuzisondeza. 27Kanye njengoko kumiselwe abantu ukuba bafe kube kanye, emva koko kulandele umgwebo, 28ngokunjalo uKrestu, esondezwe kwaba kanye ukuba athwale izono zabaninzi, uya kubonakala okwesibini—kungekhona ngenxa yesono, kodwa ukuze azise usindiso kwabo bamlindele ngolangazelelo.
