Indlu Engcwele Yesivumelwano Sokuqala
Ukuvakashela itende elidala, amakamelo alo nokungena kwalo kanye ngonyaka negazi, kulungiselela umehluko: leyo minikelo yayingenakuhlanza unembeza. UKristu wangena kanye ngegazi lakhe uqobo. Njengoba abantu befa kanye bese bebhekana nokwahlulelwa, naye wanikelwa kanye ngenxa yabaningi.
9 1Nokho nesivumelwano sokuqala sasinemithetho yokukhonza nendlu engcwele yasemhlabeni. 2Kwamiswa itende—elokuqala—elaliqukethe uthi lwesibani, netafula, nezinkwa zokubekwa phambi kukaNkulunkulu; libizwa ngokuthi iNdawo eNgcwele. 3Ngemuva kwekhethini lesibili kwakukhona itende elalibizwa ngokuthi iNgcwelengcwele. 4Lalinelathi legolide lempepho nomphongolo wesivumelwano owawusindwe ngegolide nxazonke, oqukethe imbiza yegolide yemana, nenduku ka-Aroni eyahluma, nezibhebhe zesivumelwano. 5Ngaphezu kwawo, amakherubi enkazimulo ayesibekele isihlalo somusa—izinto esingenakuzichaza kabanzi manje.
6Njengoba izinto zazihlelwe kanjalo, abapristi bangena njalo etendeni lokuqala, benza imisebenzi yabo engcwele. 7Umpristi omkhulu kuphela ongena etendeni lesibili, kanye ngonyaka, njalo enegazi, alinikelayo ngenxa yakhe nangenxa yezono zabantu abazenze bengazi. a a v7 Umpristi omkhulu wayengena ekamelweni elingaphakathi kakhulu ngosuku olulodwa kuphela unyaka ngamunye — uSuku Lokubuyisana — ukuze alungise izinto phakathi kwabantu noNkulunkulu. 8Ngalokhu uMoya oNgcwele wayebonisa ukuthi indlela yokungena ezindaweni ezingcwele yayingakambulwa ngesikhathi itende lokuqala lisamile. 9Lokhu kungumfanekiso wesikhathi samanje. Ngokwalolu hlelo, kunikelwa izipho nemihlatshelo engenakwenza unembeza wokhonzayo uphelele, 10kodwa kuphathelene nje nokudla, nokuphuza, nokugeza okuhlukahlukene—imithetho yenyama ebekwe kwaze kwaba yisikhathi sokulungiswa.
UKhristu, uMpristi Omkhulu Ophakeme
11Kodwa uKhristu weza njengompristi omkhulu wezinto ezinhle esezifikile, ngetende elikhulu neliphelele kakhulu elingenziwanga ngezandla, okungukuthi, elingesilo lwaleli dalo. 12Wangena endaweni engcwele kanye kuphela kwaba ngunaphakade, hhayi ngegazi lezimbuzi namankonyane kodwa ngegazi lakhe siqu, ezuza ukuhlengwa okungunaphakade. 13Ngokuba uma igazi lezimbuzi nelezinkunzi, nomlotha wesithole osaswe kwabangcolileyo, kungcwelisa kube ukuhlanzwa kwenyama, 14kakhulu kangakanani igazi likaKhristu, yena owazinikela ngoMoya ophakade, engenasici, kuBaba wethu, liyakuhlanza unembeza wethu emisebenzini efileyo ukuze sikhonze uBaba ophilayo? b b v14 Inhlawulo kaKhristu ingumsebenzi waBantu bobathathu — uJesu uzinikela yena, uBaba wethu wamukela umnikelo, noMoya ophakade owenza umnikelo usebenze. Isiphambano asikhona uBaba emelene neNdodana kodwa uBaba wethu, neNdodana, noMoya oNgcwele besebenza ndawonye ukuze basisindise. 15Ngenxa yalokho ungumlamuleli wesivumelwano esisha: ukufa kwahlenga abantu ezonweni ezazenziwe ngaphansi kwesivumelwano sokuqala, ukuze ababiziweyo bamukele ifa laphakade elathenjiswa. 16Ngokuba lapho kukhona incwadi yefa, kumelwe kuqinisekiswe ukufa kwalowo oyenzileyo. c c v16 Igama elifanayo lihlanganisa kokubili ‘isivumelwano’ ‘nencwadi yefa’; emavesini 16–17 umbhali usebenzisa incazelo yencwadi yefa — incwadi yefa iqala ukusebenza kuphela lapho umuntu efa. 17Ngokuba incwadi yefa isebenza kuphela phezu kwabafileyo, njengoba ingenamandla ngesikhathi umenzi wayo esaphila. 18Ngakho-ke nesivumelwano sokuqala asimiswanga ngaphandle kwegazi. 19Emva kokuba uMose enikele wonke umyalo womthetho kubo bonke abantu, wathatha igazi lamankonyane nelezimbuzi, namanzi, noboya obubomvu, nehisopi, wafafaza kokubili incwadi uqobo nabo bonke abantu, 20wathi: “Leli yigazi lesivumelwano uBaba wethu animisele lona.”
21Ngokunjalo wafafaza itende nazo zonke izitsha zokukhonza ngegazi. 22Empeleni, umthetho uhlanza cishe konke ngegazi; futhi ngaphandle kokuchitheka kwegazi akukho ukuthethelelwa.
23Ngakho izifaniso zezinto zasezulwini kwakumelwe zihlanzwe ngale mikhuba, kodwa izinto zasezulwini uqobo zihlanzwe ngemihlatshelo engcono kunale. 24Ngokuba uKhristu akangenanga ezindaweni ezingcwele ezenziwe ngezandla, izifaniso zezona zangempela, kodwa wangena ezulwini uqobo, ukuze abonakale manje phambi kukaBaba wethu ngenxa yethu. 25Hhayi ukuze azinikele kaningi, njengompristi omkhulu ongena ezindaweni ezingcwele unyaka ngamunye ngegazi elingesilo elakhe. 26Uma kungenjalo uKhristu wayezomelwa ukuhlupheka izikhathi eziningi kusukela ekusekelweni komhlaba. Kodwa usebonakele kanye, ekupheleni kwezikhathi, ukuze aqede isono ngokuzinikela yena. 27Futhi njengoba kumiselwe abantu ukuba bafe kanye, emva kwalokho kufike ukwahlulelwa, 28kanjalo uKhristu, owanikelwa kanye ukuze athwale izono zabaningi, uyakubonakala okwesibili—hhayi ngenxa yesono, kodwa ukuze alethe insindiso kulabo abamlindele ngokulangazela.
