Isithunzi Nje Salokho Okuzayo
Imihlatshelo yaminyaka yonke yayiyisikhumbuzo saminyaka yonke sezono, ingakaze izisuse. Umnikelo owodwa wakuqeda lokho, futhi iveli manje seliyindlela yokungena. Ngakho isicelo: sondelani, bambelelani, qhubekani nihlangana ndawonye, ningakulahli ukwethemba. Kuxwayiswa kanzima ngesono esenziwa ngamabomu.
10 1Umthetho uyisithunzi nje sezinto ezinhle ezizayo, hhayi isimo sangempela salezo zinto; ngakho-ke, ngemihlatshelo efanayo enikelwa unyaka nonyaka ngaphandle kokuphela, awusoze wabaphelelisa labo abasondelayo. 2Uma kungenjalo, ngabe kayiyekanga yini ukunikelwa, njengoba abakhonzayo, sebehlanjululwe kanye, babengasayikuzizwa benecala lezono? 3Kodwa kule mihlatshelo kukhona isikhumbuzo sezono sanyaka nonyaka. 4Ngokuba akwenzeki ukuba igazi lezinkunzi nelezimbuzi lisuse izono.
5Ngakho-ke, uKhristu esefikile ezweni, wathi: “Umhlatshelo nomnikelo awukufisanga, kodwa wangilungisela umzimba; a a v5 La mazwi avela kuyiHubo 40 abekwa ezindebeni zikaJesu ngesikhathi efika ezweni — iNdodana ingena emzimbeni olungisiwe ukuze yenze intando kaBaba wethu.
6“eminikelweni yokushiswa naseminikelweni yesono awuthokozanga. 7Ngase ngithi, ‘Bheka, sengifikile—emqulwini wencwadi kulotshiwe ngami—ukuze ngenze intando yakho, Baba.’” b b v7 Lapho uJesu ecaphuna iHubo 40 echaza ukufika kwakhe ezweni, ukhuluma noBaba — la ngamazwi eNdodana ngokwayo kulowo oyithumileyo.
8Ngenhla wathi, “Imihlatshelo, iminikelo, iminikelo yokushiswa, neminikelo yesono awukufisanga noma awuthokozanga ngakho”—nakuba umthetho ukufuna, 9wabe esethi, “Bheka, sengifikile ukuze ngenze intando yakho.” Ususa okokuqala ukuze amise okwesibili.
10Ngale ntando, senziwe saba ngcwele ngomnikelo womzimba kaJesu Khristu, kwaba kanye kuphela.
11Wonke umpristi ume nsuku zonke, ekhonza enikela njalo imihlatshelo efanayo engenakususa izono. 12Kodwa yena wanikela umhlatshelo owodwa wezono kuze kube phakade, wabe esehlala ngakwesokunene sikaBaba wethu, 13elindile kusukela kuleso sikhathi kuze kube yilapho izitha zakhe zenziwa isenabelo sezinyawo zakhe. 14Ngokuba ngomnikelo owodwa ubaphelelisile kuze kube phakade labo abenziwa baba ngcwele. 15NoMoya oNgcwele uyafakaza kithi; ngokuba emva kokuba ethe,
16“Yilesi isivumelwano engiyokwenza nabo emva kwalezo zinsuku, kusho uBaba wethu: Ngiyokubeka imithetho yami ezinhliziyweni zabo, ngiyilobe ezingqondweni zabo.”
17Ube eseyenezela, “Nezono zabo nezenzo zabo zokweqa umthetho angisayikuzikhumbula.”
18Manje lapho lezi zithethelelwe khona, awusekho umnikelo wesono.
Isibindi Sokubuyela Ekhaya
19Ngakho-ke, bazalwane, njengoba sinesibindi sokungena ezindaweni ezingcwele ngegazi likaJesu, 20ngendlela entsha ephilayo asivulela yona ngesihenqo—inyama yakhe, c c v20 Isihenqo sasivimbela ikamelo elingcwelengcwele leThempeli; inyama kaJesu iyisihenqo esisha, esidatshuliwe ukuze singene ngqo. 21futhi njengoba sinompristi omkhulu phezu kwendlu kaBaba wethu, 22masisondele ngenhliziyo eqotho, siqiniseke ngokugcwele ngokholo, izinhliziyo zifafazwe zahlanzeka kunembeza onecala, nemizimba igeziwe ngamanzi ahlanzekile. 23Masibambelele siqine ethembeni esilivumayo, singanyakaziswa, ngokuba lowo owathembisa uthembekile. 24Futhi masicabange ngendlela yokukhuthazana othandweni nasemisebenzini emihle, 25singakuyeki ukuhlangana ndawonye, njengoba abanye benza umkhuba, kodwa sikhuthazane—ikakhulukazi njengoba nibona uSuku lusondela.
26Ngokuba uma siqhubeka sona ngamabomu emva kokwamukela ukwazi iqiniso, awusekho umhlatshelo wezono, 27kodwa kusele kuphela ukulindela okwesabekayo kokwahlulelwa nomlilo ovuthayo oyoqeda izitha. 28Noma ngubani owala umthetho kaMose ufa ngaphandle komusa ngobufakazi bofakazi ababili noma abathathu. 29Kakhulu kangakanani isijeziso esibi, nicabanga kanjani, esifanele lowo owanyathela iNdodana kaBaba wethu phansi, waphatha njengokungcolileyo igazi lesivumelwano elamenza waba ngcwele, wathuka uMoya womusa?
30Ngokuba siyamazi lowo owathi, “Ukwahlulela kungokwami; mina ngiyophindisela,” futhi, “UBaba wethu uyokwahlulela abantu bakhe.”
31Kuyinto eyesabekayo ukuwela ezandleni zikaBaba ophilayo. d d v31 UBaba wethu unguNkulunkulu ophilayo, ozandla zakhe ziphethe kokubili uthando olunamandla nokwahlulela okungenakubalekelwa — kuyesabeka ngempela ukuwela kuzo emva kokwala iNdodana yakhe nokuthuka uMoya wakhe.
32Khumbulani izinsuku zakuqala, lapho emva kokukhanyiselwa nakhuthazelela umshikashika onzima wokuhlupheka, 33kwesinye isikhathi nihlazwa obala ngokuthukwa nangokuhlushwa, kwesinye isikhathi nimi nalabo abaphathwa kanjalo. 34Ngokuba nahlupheka kanye neziboshwa, namukela ngenjabulo ukuphangwa kwempahla yenu, nazi ukuthi nina ngokwenu ninempahla engcono, ehlalayo. 35Ngakho-ke ningasilahli isibindi senu; siphethe umvuzo omkhulu. 36Nidinga ukubekezela, ukuze lapho senenze intando kaBaba wethu, namukele isithembiso.
37Ngokuba kusasele “isikhashana nje esincane, lowo ozayo uyofika angalibali; 38kodwa olungileyo wami uyophila ngokholo, uma ehlehlela emuva, umphefumulo wami awuthokozi ngaye.”
39Kodwa thina kasibona abalabo abahlehlela emuva ekubhujisweni, kodwa sabalabo abanokholo balondoloze imiphefumulo yabo.
