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| 1. | Ngoba uMelkizedeki lo, inkosi yeSalema, umpristi kaNkulunkulu oPhezukonke, owahlangabeza uAbrahama mhla ebuya ekubulaleni amakhosi, wasembusisa, |
| 2. | uAbrahama laye wamabela ingxenye yetshumi yakho konke; kuqala uphendulelwa ngokuthi inkosi yokulunga, emva kwalokhu beseku thiwa futhi inkosi yeSalema, okuyikuthi inkosi yokuthula; |
| 3. | kalayise, kalanina, kalasendo, kalakuqala kwensuku kumbe ukuphela kwempilo, kodwa esenziwe wafanana leNdodana kaNkulunkulu, uhlala engumpristi laphakade. |
| 4. | Bonani-ke ukuthi mkhulu kangakanani lo, ngitsho uAbrahama ukhokho amnika ingxenye yetshumi yezimpango. |
| 5. | Lalabo abavela emadodaneni kaLevi abemukela ubupristi balomlayo wokwemukela ingxenye yetshumi ebantwini ngokomthetho, okuyikuthi kubafowabo, lanxa bevela ekhalweni lukaAbrahama; |
| 6. | kodwa yena ongabalelwa osendweni lwabo, wemukela ingxenye yetshumi kuAbrahama, wasembusisa lowo owayelezithembiso. |
| 7. | Njalo kungelakuphikwa ngitsho ukuthi: Omncinyane ubusiswa ngomkhulu. |
| 8. | Lapha-ke abantu abafayo bemukela ingxenye yetshumi; kodwa lapho esemukela lowo okufakazwa ngaye ukuthi uyaphila. |
| 9. | Kungatshiwo-ke, uLevi laye owemukela ingxenye yetshumi wanikela ingxenye yetshumi ngoAbrahama; |
| 10. | ngoba wayesesekhalweni lukayise, mhla uMelkizedeki emhlangabeza. |
| 11. | Ngakho-ke uba kwakukhona ukuphelela ngobupristi bukaLevi (ngoba isizwe sanikwa umlayo ngaphansi kwabo), kwakusaswelekelani ukuthi kuvele omunye umpristi ngokohlobo kaMelkizedeki, lokungatshiwo ngokwendlela kaAroni? |
| 12. | Ngoba uba ubupristi buphendulwa, kuyadingeka ukuthi kube khona lokuphendulwa komlayo. |
| 13. | Ngoba lowo okukhulunywa ngaye lezizinto ungowesinye isizwe, okungabanga khona kuso owanakekela ilathi. |
| 14. | Ngoba kusobala ukuthi iNkosi yethu yavela koJuda, isizwe uMozisi angakhulumanga lutho ngaso mayelana lobupristi. |
| 15. | Njalo kusesobala ngokwengezelelwe kakhulu, uba sekusima omunye umpristi njengokofuzo lukaMelkizedeki, |
| 16. | ongenziwanga ngokomthetho wesimiso senyama, kodwa ngokwamandla empilo engelakuphela; |
| 17. | ngoba ufakaza esithi: Wena ungumpristi kuze kube nininini ngokohlobo kaMelkizedeki. |
| 18. | Ngoba ukuchithwa komthetho wokuqala kwenziwa ngenxa yobuthakathaka lokungasizi lutho kwawo; |
| 19. | ngoba umlayo kawuzanga wenze ulutho luphelele, kodwa uyisingeniso sethemba elingcono, esisondela ngalo kuNkulunkulu. |
| 20. | Njalo okungangokuthi k enziwa nga ngaphandle kwesifungo, |
| 21. | (ngoba bona baba ngabapristi ngaphandle kwesifungo, kodwa yena ngesifungo ngalowo owathi kuye: INkosi yafunga njalo kayiyikuzisola yathi: Wena ungumpristi kuze kube nininini ngokohlobo kaMelkizedeki) |
| 22. | uJesu waba yisibambiso sesivumelwano esingcono kakhulu. |
| 23. | Lalabo babebanengi ababa ngabapristi, ngoba bavinjelwa yikufa ukuthi bahlale njalo; |
| 24. | kodwa lo, ngenxa yokuthi uhlala kuze kube phakade, ulobupristi obungadluliyo. |
| 25. | Ngenxa yalokho laye ulamandla okusindisa ngokupheleleyo abeza kuNkulunkulu ngaye, lokhu ephilela njalo ukubanxusela. |
| 26. | Ngoba umpristi omkhulu onjalo usifanele, ongcwele, ongelacala, ongelasici, owehlukanisiweyo kuzoni, lowenziwa waphakama kulamazulu; |
| 27. | ongadingi insuku ngensuku, njengabapristi abakhulu, ukunikela imihlatshelo esenz ela ezakhe izono kuqala, emva kwalokho ezabantu; ngoba lokho wakwenza kanye mhla ezinikela yena. |
| 28. | Ngoba umlayo uyamisa abantu babe ngabapristi abakhulu, abalobuthakathaka; kodwa ilizwi lesifungo elalandela umlayo lamisa iNdodana ephelelisiweyo kuze kube nininini. |
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