KumaHebheru 11:1-16

Kepha ukukholwa kungukuqiniseka ngezinto ezithenjwayo, kuyiqiniso ngezinto ezingabonwayo. Ngokuba okhokho bafakazelwa ngakho. Ngokukholwa, siqonda ukuthi umhlaba wadalwa ngezwi likaNkulunkulu, kwaze kwathi kulokho okungabonakaliyo kwavela okubonakalayo. Ngokukholwa, u-Abela wanikela kuNkulunkulu ngomnikelo owamukelekayo kunokaKhayini. Ngalokhu wathola ukunconywa ngokuthi ulungile, uNkulunkulu efakazela izipho zakhe. Nakuba esafa, usakhuluma nokho ngawo. Ngokukholwa, u-Enokhi wathathwa ukuze angaboni ukufa, akazange esafunyanwa, ngokuba uNkulunkulu wayemthabathile. Ngokuba engakathathwa wafakazelwa ukuthi wayemthokozisa uNkulunkulu, kodwa-ke ngaphandle kokukholwa, kulukhuni ukumthokozisa, ngokuba lowo ozayo kuNkulunkulu umelwe ukukholwa ukuthi ukhona nokuthi uyabavuza labo abamfunayo. Ngokukholwa, uNowa exwayisiwe ngezinto ebezingakabonwa, ehlonipha uNkulunkulu, wakha umkhumbi wokusindisa indlu yakhe, ngokwenza kanjalo wawehlulela umhlaba, waba yindlalifa yokulunga okuvela ngokukholwa. Ngokukholwa, u-Abhrahama walalela ebizwa ukuba aphume aye endaweni abezakuyamukeliswa, ibe yifa lakhe; waphuma engazi lapho eya khona. Ngokukholwa, waba ngumfokazi ezweni lesithembiso, izwe angalazi, ehlala emathendeni beno-Isaka noJakobe, ababeyizindlalifa kanye naye zaleso sithembiso, ngokuba wayebheke umuzi onezisekelo, omdwebimumo nomakhi wawo kunguNkulunkulu. Ngokukholwa, naye uSara uqobo wathola amandla okukhulelwa esedlulelwe yisikhathi, ngokuba wathi ukholekile owethembisayo. Ngakho-ke koyedwa, owayesefana nonjengosewafa, kwavela abangangezinkanyezi zezulu ngobuningi, bengangesihlabathi esisogwini lolwandle esingenakubalwa. Bonke laba bafa bekholiwe, bengazamukeliswanga izithembiso, kodwa bezibonile, bazithakasela zikude, bevumile ukuthi bangabafokazi nezihambi emhlabeni. Ngokuba abasho kanjalo, babonakalisa ngokusobala ukuthi bafuna izwe lakubo. Uma kambe bebecabanga ngalelo ababephuma kulo, bebeyakuba nethuba lokubuyela kulo. Kepha manje balangazelela lelo elihle kunalelo, okungukuthi elasezulwini. Ngakho uNkulunkulu akanamahloni ngabo ukuba abizwe ngoNkulunkulu wabo, ngokuba ubalungisele umuzi.