KumaHebheru 11

11 ¹Manje ukholo luyisiqiniseko sezinto esinethemba ngazo, nokuqiniseka ngezinto esingaziboni. ²Ngokuba ngalo abantu basendulo banconywa. ³Ngokholo siyaqonda ukuthi izwi likaBaba wethu labumba izwe lonke, ngakho okubonakalayo akuvelanga kokubonakalayo.

⁴Ngokholo u-Abela wanikela kuBaba wethu umnikelo ongcono kunowakaKhayini, okwathi ngawo wafakazelwa ukuthi ulungile, uBaba wethu wamncoma ngokwamukela izipho zakhe. Nakuba efa, ngokholo lwakhe usakhuluma.

⁵Ngokholo u-Enoke wasuswa engakuboni ukufa, akabe esatholakala, ngokuba uBaba wethu wayemsusile. Ngaphambi kokususwa kwakhe wafakazelwa ukuthi uyamthokozisa uBaba wethu. ⁶Ngaphandle kokholo akunakwenzeka ukumthokozisa; ngokuba lowo oza kuBaba wethu kumele akholwe ukuthi ukhona nokuthi uyabavuza labo abamfuna ngobuqotho.

⁷Ngokholo uNowa, exwayiswe ngezinto okwakungakabonakali, wakha umkhumbi ngenhlonipho ukuze asindise abendlu yakhe. Ngalokho walahla izwe, waba yindlalifa yokulunga okuvela ngokholo.

⁸Ngokholo u-Abhrahama wathi ebizwa walalela, waya endaweni ayezoyamukela ibe yifa; waphuma engazi lapho aya khona. ⁹Ngokholo wahlala ezweni lesithembiso njengasezweni lemzini, ehlala ematendeni kanye no-Isaka noJakobe, ababeyizindlalifa kanye naye zalesosithembiso. ¹⁰Ngokuba wayebheke umuzi onezisekelo, omklami nomakhi wawo nguBaba wethu.

¹¹Ngokholo uSara ngokwakhe wazuza amandla okukhulelwa, nakuba eseluphele, ngokuba wathemba ukuthi lowo owayethembisile uthembekile. ¹²Ngakho emuntwini oyedwa, osengathi ufile, kwazalwa inzalo eminingi njengezinkanyezi zezulu, engenakubalwa njengesihlabathi esisogwini lolwandle.

¹³Bonke laba bafa besekholweni, bengakakwamukeli okwakuthenjisiwe, kodwa bekubona kude bekwamukela, bevuma ukuthi babeyizihambi nabafokazi emhlabeni. ¹⁴Ngokuba labo abasho kanjalo bakhombisa ukuthi bafuna izwe lakubo. ¹⁵Uma babekhumbule izwe ababephume kulo, babeyoba nethuba lokubuyela kulo. ¹⁶Kodwa manje bafisa elingcono izwe, elisezulwini. Ngakho uBaba wethu akanamahloni okubizwa ngokuthi unguBaba wabo; ngokuba ubalungiselele umuzi. ^a a v16 Incwadi yamaHeberu iphinda indlela yesivumelwano yeTestamente Elidala — 'Ngiyakuba nguNkulunkulu wabo, bona babe ngabantu bami' — okwakuhlale kuqondwe nguBaba wethu ngendlela yomndeni: 'Ngiyakuba nguBaba wabo, bona babe ngabantwana bami.' Akanamahloni ngegama lomndeni.

¹⁷Ngokholo u-Abhrahama, lapho elingwa, wanikela ngo-Isaka; yena owayezamukele izithembiso wayenikela ngendodana yakhe eyodwa,

¹⁸okwathiwa ngaye: “Inzalo yakho iyakubizwa ngo-Isaka.”

¹⁹Wacabanga ukuthi uBaba wethu unamandla okumvusa ngisho nakwabafileyo; ngokomfanekiso wambuyisa kuye evela lapho.

²⁰Ngokholo u-Isaka wabusisa uJakobe no-Esawu ngezinto ezizayo.

²¹Ngokholo uJakobe, esezofa, wabusisa indodana nganye kaJosefa, wakhuleka eyeme esihlokweni sodondolo lwakhe.

²²Ngokholo uJosefa, esezofa, wakhuluma ngokuphuma kwabantwana baka-Israyeli, wayala ngamathambo akhe.

²³Ngokholo abazali bakaMose bamfihla izinyanga ezintathu esezelwe, bebona ukuthi uyingane enhle, bengasesabi isimemezelo senkosi.

²⁴Ngokholo uMose, esekhulile, wenqaba ukubizwa ngokuthi uyindodana yendodakazi kaFaro, ²⁵ekhetha ukuhlushwa kanye nabantu bakaBaba wethu kunenjabulo yesono edlulayo. ²⁶Wathi ihlazo likaKhristu liyingcebo enkulu kunengcebo yaseGibhithe, ngokuba wayebheke umvuzo. ²⁷Ngokholo waphuma eGibhithe, engasabi ulaka lwenkosi, wabekezela njengobona uBaba wethu ongabonakaliyo. ²⁸Ngokholo wagcina iPhasika nokufafazwa kwegazi, ukuze umbhubhisi wamazibulo angabathinti.

²⁹Ngokholo bawela uLwandle Olubomvu njengasemhlabathini owomileyo; kepha amaGibhithe, ezama ukwenza okufanayo, agwinywa.

³⁰Ngokholo izindonga zaseJeriko zawa emva kokuba sezizungelezwe izinsuku eziyisikhombisa.

³¹Ngokholo uRahabi isifebe akabhubhanga kanye nalabo abangalalelanga, ngokuba wamukela izinhloli ngokuthula.

³²Ngithini-ke futhi? Isikhathi siyangiphelela ukulandisa ngoGideyoni, noBaraki, noSamsoni, noJefta, noDavide noSamuweli nabaprofethi, ³³abathi ngokholo banqoba imibuso, benza ubulungiswa, bazuza izithembiso, bavala imilomo yezingonyama, ³⁴bacima amandla omlilo, baphunyuka osikweni lwenkemba, benziwa baba namandla bevela ebuthakathakeni, baba ngamaqhawe empini, bahlehlisa amabutho ezizwe. ³⁵Abesifazane bamukela abafileyo babo ngokuvuka kwabafileyo; abanye bahlushwa, benqaba ukukhululwa, ukuze bazuze ukuvuka okungcono. ³⁶Abanye futhi babhekana nokuklolodelwa nokubhaxabulwa, yebo, namaketanga nokuboshwa. ³⁷Bakhandwa ngamatshe, basahwa phakathi, babulawa ngenkemba. Bazulazula bembethe izikhumba zezimvu nezezimbuzi, beswele, behlushwa, bephathwa kabi. ³⁸Izwe lalingabafanele; bazulazula ezinkangala, nasezintabeni, nasemihumeni, nasemigodini yomhlaba.

³⁹Bonke-ke laba, nakuba bafakazelwa ngokholo lwabo, abakwamukelanga okwakuthenjisiwe, ⁴⁰ngokuba uBaba wethu wayesibonelele ngokuthile okungcono, ukuze bangapheleliswa ngaphandle kwethu.