KumaHebheru 3:1-19

  • UJesu mkhulu kuloMosi (1-6)

    • Umakhi wezinto zonke nguNkulunkulu  (4)

  • Isixwayiso ngokungabi lokholo (7-19)

    • “Kwangathi lingalalela ilizwi lakhe lamuhla” (7,15)

3  Yikho-ke bafowethu abangcwele ababizelwe* ukuyaphila ezulwini,+ cabangisisani ngomphostoli langomphristi omkhulu esimvumayo, uJesu.+ 2  Wayethembekile kulowo owambekayo,+ njengoba nje loMosi wayethembekile lapho esebenza kuyo yonke indlu kaNkulunkulu.+ 3  Yena* kuthiwa ufanelwe yinkazimulo enkulu+ kulekaMosi, njengoba umakhi wendlu edunyiswa ukwedlula indlu ayakhileyo. 4  Phela indlu ngayinye ilomakhi wayo kodwa umakhi wezinto zonke nguNkulunkulu. 5  UMosi wayethembekile ngesikhathi eyinceku kuyo yonke indlu kaNkulunkulu futhi inkonzo yakhe yayifakazela izinto ezazizakhulunywa ngesikhathi esizayo, 6  kodwa uKhristu yena wayethembekile ngesikhathi eyindodana+ ephethe indlu kaNkulunkulu. Thina siyindlu kaNkulunkulu+ nxa siyibambe sayigagadlela inkululeko yethu yokukhuluma lethemba esizazigqaja ngalo kuze kube sekucineni. 7  Ngakho njengoba nje umoya ongcwele usithi,+ “Kwangathi lingalalela ilizwi lakhe lamuhla, 8  lingazenzi zibe lukhuni inhliziyo zenu njengalapho okhokho benu bengithukuthelisa kakhulu mhla bengilinga enkangala,+ 9  lapho abangilinga khona lanxa babeyibonile imisebenzi yami okweminyaka engu-40.+ 10  Ngenxa yalokho, ngasenyanya isizukulwane leso ngathi: ‘Inhliziyo zabo zihlala ziphambuka njalo abakazazi izindlela zami.’ 11  Ngakho ngafunga ngithukuthele ngathi: ‘Abasoze bangene ekuphumuleni kwami.’”+ 12  Nanzelelani bafowethu ukuze angabi khona phakathi kwenu ocina esiba lenhliziyo embi engelakholo ngenxa yokuphambuka kuNkulunkulu ophilayo.+ 13  Kodwa qhubekani likhuthazana nsuku zonke nxa nje kusathiwa “Lamuhla,”+ ukuze angabi khona kini oba lukhuni ngenxa yamandla esono ayengayo. 14  Sizakuthola sibili lokho uKhristu asekutholile, nxa nje singaligagadlela kuze kube sekucineni ithemba esasilalo ekuqaleni.+ 15  Kunjengoba nje kuthiwa: “Kwangathi lingalalela ilizwi lakhe lamuhla, lingazenzi zibe lukhuni inhliziyo zenu njengalapho bengithukuthelisa kakhulu.”+ 16  Kanti ngobani abamthukuthelisa kakhulu? Ayisibo bonke yini abaphuma eGibhithe bekhokhelwa nguMosi?+ 17  Kanti njalo ngobani uNkulunkulu ayebenyanya okweminyaka engu-40?+ Ayisibo yini ababesona, labo abafela enkangala?+ 18  Ngobani afunga kubo esithi kabasoze bangene ekuphumuleni kwakhe? Ayisibo yini labo ababengalaleli? 19  Siyabona-ke ukuthi behluleka ukungena ngenxa yokungabi lokholo.+

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Kumbe, “abanxuselwe.”
Lapha kutshiwo uJesu.