UMpristi Ophatha Ngobumnene
Abapristi bamiswa nguBaba wethu kunokuba bazikhethe, futhi bangaba nobumnene ngoba bahlanganyela ubuthakathaka. UKristu wamiswa ngendlela efanayo, futhi wafunda ukulalela ngalokho akuhlupheka ngakho. Bese isahluko sima ngokukhathazeka: kufanele ngabe senifundisa manje, kepha esikhundleni salokho nidinga ubisi.
5 1Wonke umpristi omkhulu othathwe phakathi kwabantu umiselwa abantu ezintweni eziphathelene noBaba wethu, ukuba anikele ngezipho nangemihlatshelo yezono. 2Angaphatha ngobumnene labo abangenalwazi nabadukayo, lokhu naye ngokwakhe enobuthakathaka. 3Ngenxa yalobu buthakathaka, kumele anikele ngemihlatshelo yezono—ezabantu njengoba enikela nangezakhe. 4Akekho ozithathela lolu dumo yena ngokwakhe, kodwa kuphela lapho ebizwe nguBaba wethu, njengoba kwaba njalo ku-Aroni.
5Ngokunjalo noKhristu akazikhazimulisanga yena ngokwakhe ukuba abe ngumpristi omkhulu, kodwa nguye owathi kuye: “Wena uyiNdodana yami; namuhla ngikuzele.”
6Njengoba esho nakwenye indawo ukuthi: “Wena ungumpristi kuze kube phakade, ngokohlobo lukaMelikhizedeki.” a a v6 UMelikhizedeki, umpristi-nkosi owabusisa u-Abhrahama (Gen 14:18–20); engenaso isiqalo nesiphetho esilotshiwe, umfanekiso wobupristi obuphakade bukaKhristu.
7Ngesikhathi sokuphila kwakhe emhlabeni, uJesu wanikela ngemithandazo nangokunxusa—ngokukhala okukhulu nangezinyembezi—kulowo onamandla okumsindisa ekufeni, futhi wezwiwa ngenxa yokwesaba kwakhe okungcwele. 8Nakuba wayeyiNdodana, wafunda ukulalela ngalokho akuhluphekayo. 9Esephelelisiwe, waba ngumthombo wensindiso yaphakade kubo bonke abamlalelayo, 10emiselwe nguBaba wethu ukuba abe ngumpristi omkhulu ngokohlobo lukaMelikhizedeki.
Ubisi Noma Ukudla Okuqinile
11Sinokuningi okumele sikusho ngalokhu, okulukhuni ukukuchaza, njengoba ukuzwa kwenu sekuthundubele. 12Ngokuba nakuba kwakufanele ukuba senibe ngabafundisi manje, nisadinga othile oyonifundisa izimfundiso zokuqala zezwi likaBaba wethu futhi. Sekufike lapho nidinga khona ubisi, hhayi ukudla okuqinile. 13Wonke umuntu ophila ngobisi akanalo ikhono ezwini lokulunga, ngoba useyingane. 14Kodwa ukudla okuqinile ngokwabantu abakhulileyo, abathe ngokwejwayela izinzwa zabo zaqeqeshelwa ukwahlukanisa okuhle nokubi.
