KumaHeberu 4:1-11

Ngakho-ke masesabe ukuba, kuthi kusekhona isithembiso sokungena ekuphumuleni kwakhe, kungabikho noyedwa kini obonakala esele emuva. Ngokuba phela nathi sashunyayezwa ivangeli njengabo; kepha izwi abalizwayo alibasizanga bona, lokhu lingahlangananga nabezwayo ngokukholwa. Ngokuba siyangena ekuphumuleni thina esikholwayo njengokusho kwakhe ukuthi: “Kanjalo ngafunga ekuthukutheleni kwami, ngathi: ‘Abayikungena ekuphumuleni kwami,’ ” nakuba imisebenzi yayenziwa kwasekusekelweni kwezwe. Ngokuba ushilo endaweni ethile ngosuku lwesikhombisa ukuthi: “UNkulunkulu waphumula ngosuku lwesikhombisa emisebenzini yakhe yonke,” nakule ndawo uthi futhi: “Abayikungena ekuphumuleni kwami.” Ngakho-ke lokhu kusasele ukuba abanye bangene kukho, nalabo abashunyayezwa kuqala ivangeli bengangenanga ngokungalaleli, uyanquma futhi usuku oluthile oluthiwa Namuhla, esho ngoDavide emva kwesikhathi esingaka njengokushiwo kuqala ukuthi: “Namuhla, uma nilizwa izwi lakhe, ningazenzi lukhuni izinhliziyo zenu.” Ngokuba uma uJoshuwa wayebaphumuzile, wayengayikukhuluma emva kwalokhu ngolunye usuku. Ngakho-ke kubasalele abantu bakaNkulunkulu ukuphumula kwesabatha. Ngokuba ongenile ekuphumuleni kwakhe yena uphumula emisebenzini yakhe njengoNkulunkulu kweyakhe. Ngakho-ke masikhuthalele ukungena kulokho kuphumula, ukuze kungawi muntu ngaleso siboniso sokungalaleli.