KumaHebheru 12

12 ¹Ngakho-ke, njengoba sizungezwe yifu elikhulu kangaka lofakazi, masilahle wonke umthwalo nesono esinamathela kangaka, sigijime ngokubekezela umjaho obekwe phambi kwethu. ²Sibheke kuJesu, umsunguli nomphelelisi wokholo lwethu, yena owathi ngenxa yenjabulo eyayibekwe phambi kwakhe wakubekezelela isiphambano, edelela ihlazo laso, njengamanje uhlezi ngakwesokudla sesihlalo sobukhosi sikaBaba wethu. ³Cabangani ukuthi wakubekezelela kanjani ukuzondwa okungaka yizoni ezimelene naye, ukuze ningakhathali futhi ningadangali enhliziyweni.

⁴Ekulweni kwenu nesono anikaze nimelane naso kwaze kwaba sekuchitheni igazi lenu. ⁵Senikhohliwe yini inkuthazo ekhuluma nani njengamadodana? “Ndodana yami, ungakudeleli ukuqondisa kukaBaba wethu, futhi ungadangali lapho ekusola. ^a a v5 AmaHeberu acaphuna izAga ukuze abonise ukuthi ukuqondisa kukaBaba wethu kuwuphawu olungangabazeki lothando lwakhe — uqeqesha amadodana namadodakazi akhe njengoBaba, hhayi njengomahluleli okude. ⁶Ngokuba uBaba wethu uyamqondisa lowo amthandayo, ajezise yonke indodana ayamukelayo.”

⁷Nibekezelela ukuqondiswa. UBaba wethu uniphatha njengamadodana; ngokuba yiyiphi indodana uyise angayiqondisiyo? ⁸Uma ningenakho ukuqondiswa okwabelwana ngakho yibo bonke abantwana, ningabantwana abangekho emthethweni, hhayi amadodana. ⁹Ngaphezu kwalokho, sase sinobaba benyama ababesiqondisa, sabahlonipha. Akufanele yini kakhulu ukuba sizithobe kuBaba wemimoya, siphile? ¹⁰Bona basiqondisa isikhashana njengokubona kwabo; yena usiqondisela okuhle kwethu, ukuze sihlanganyele ebungcweleni bakhe. ¹¹Okwamanje konke ukuqondiswa kubonakala kubuhlungu kunokuba kujabulise, kodwa kamuva kuthela isithelo esinokuthula sokulunga kulabo abaqeqeshwe ngakho. ¹²Ngakho-ke phakamisani izandla zenu ezilengayo niqinise namadolo enu abuthakathaka, ¹³nenze izindlela eziqondile zezinyawo zenu, ukuze isitho esilunyonga singenyeli kodwa kunalokho siphulukiswe.

Phishekela Ukuthula Nobungcwele

¹⁴Phishekelani ukuthula nabo bonke abantu, nobungcwele okungathi ngaphandle kwabo kungekho muntu oyakubona uBaba wethu. ¹⁵Qaphelani ukuba kungabikho muntu osilela emuseni kaBaba wethu, nokuba kungabikho mpande yobumuncu ekhulayo ebanga inkathazo nokungcolisa abaningi, ¹⁶nokuba kungabikho ohlobongayo noma ongangcwele njengo-Esawu, owathengisa ubuzibulo bakhe ngokudla kwakanye. ¹⁷Niyazi ukuthi kamuva, efuna ukudla ifa lesibusiso, walahlwa, ngokuba akalitholanga ithuba lokuguqula isinqumo, nakuba walifuna isibusiso ngezinyembezi. ^b b v17 U-Esawu washintshanisa ubuzibulo bakhe ngokudla kwakanye kuphela (uGenesise 25), kwathi kamuva akakwazanga ukubuyisa isibusiso sikayise, nakuba wasikhalela ngezinyembezi (uGenesise 27:34–38).

¹⁸Ngokuba anizanga kulokho okungathintwa, nasemlilweni ovuthayo, nasebumnyameni, nasesigayegayeni, nasesiphephweni, ¹⁹nasekukhaleni kwecilongo, nasezwini lamazwi, okwathi abalizwayo bancenga ukuba kungasaphindwa kukhulunywe lutho kubo. ²⁰Ngokuba babengakwazi ukumela lokho okwakuyalwe: “Noma yisilwane esithinta intaba, siyakukhandwa ngamatshe.” ²¹Ngempela, kwakusabeka kangaka lokho okwabonakalayo, waze uMose wathi: “Ngiyathuthumela ngokwesaba.”

²²Kodwa nina nize entabeni iSiyoni, emzini kaBaba ophilayo, iJerusalema lasezulwini, nasezingelosini ezingenakubalwa esibuthanweni esinenjabulo, ²³nasebandleni lamazibulo abhaliswe ezulwini, nakuBaba wethu, umahluleli wabo bonke, nakuyo imimoya yabalungileyo abapheleliswe, ²⁴nakuJesu, umlamuleli wesivumelwano esisha, nasegazini elifafaziweyo elikhuluma izwi elingcono kunegazi lika-Abela.

²⁵Qaphelani ukuba ningamenqabi lowo okhulumayo. Ngokuba uma labo ababenqaba lowo owabaxwayisa emhlabeni bengaphunyukanga, kakhulu kangakanani thina, uma sifulathela lowo oxwayisa esezulwini.

²⁶Ngaleso sikhathi izwi lakhe lanyakazisa umhlaba; kodwa manje usethembisile: “Kuseyinye futhi lapho ngiyakunyakazisa kungabi umhlaba kuphela kodwa namazulu.” ^c c v26 Kucashunwe kuHagayi 2:6 — isithembiso sikaBaba wethu sokunyakaziswa kokugcina nokukhulu kwendalo yonke.

²⁷Amazwi athi “Kuseyinye futhi” abonisa ukususwa kwezinto ezinyakaziswayo—okungukuthi izinto ezadalwayo—ukuze ezingenyakaziswa zihlale. ²⁸Ngakho-ke, njengoba samukela umbuso ongenakunyakaziswa, masibambelele ekubongeni, sinikele kuBaba wethu ukukhonza okwamukelekayo, ngenhlonipho nangokwesaba, ²⁹ngokuba uBaba wethu ungumlilo oqothulayo.