KumaHebheru 5:1-14
5 Loba nguphi umphristi omkhulu othethwe ebantwini ubekwa ukuthi ancede abantu ezintweni eziphathelane loNkulunkulu+ ukuze anikele izipho lemihlatshelo yezono.+
2 Uyenelisa ukubaphatha ngozwelo* abangelalwazi labonayo* ngoba laye ulobuthakathaka bakhe.
3 Ngenxa yalokho, laye kumele enze iminikelo yezono zakhe njengoba nje enikela eyezono zabantu.+
4 Umuntu kazifaki ngokuthanda kwakhe emsebenzini lo ohloniphekayo kodwa uwuthola kuphela nxa ebizwe nguNkulunkulu, njengoba kwaba njalo ngo-Aroni.+
5 Ngakho loKhristu kazange azikhazimulise+ ngokuba ngumphristi omkhulu kodwa wakhazinyuliswa ngulowo owathi kuye: “Wena uyindodana yami, lamuhla sengibe nguyihlo.”+
6 Uyatsho futhi kwenye indawo ukuthi: “Wena ungumphristi kuze kube nini lanini ngendlela kaMelikhizedekhi.”+
7 Ngesikhathi uKhristu esaphila emhlabeni wathandaza kanengi ecela futhi encenga ngokukhala kakhulu langezinyembezi,+ ethandaza kulowo owayesenelisa ukumsindisa ekufeni, njalo imithandazo yakhe yezwakala yemukelwa ngoba wayemesaba uNkulunkulu.
8 Lanxa wayeyindodana wafunda ukulalela ngokudlula phakathi kwenhlupho.+
9 Wathi esephelelisiwe,+ waba yindlela yokuthi bonke abantu abamlalelayo bathole insindiso engapheliyo+
10 ngoba ubekwe nguNkulunkulu ukuthi abe ngumphristi omkhulu ngendlela kaMelikhizedekhi.+
11 Kunengi esingakukhuluma ngaye njalo kunzima ukukuchasisa ngoba selibe buthundu ekuzweni kwenu.
12 Lanxa bekumele ukuthi ngabe selifundisa, sekufunakala ukuthi omunye aqale phansi ukulifundisa+ izinto eziphathelane lamazwi kaNkulunkulu angcwele elazifunda ekuqaleni. Sekumele liphiwe uchago futhi, hatshi ukudla okuqinileyo.
13 Phela wonke umuntu oqhubeka ephila ngochago kalijayelanga ilizwi lokulunga ngoba ungumntwana omncane.+
14 Kodwa ukudla okuqinileyo ngokwabantu abalokholo oluqinileyo,* asebazifundisa* ukwehlukanisa okuhle lokubi besebenzisa amandla abo okuqedisisa.*
