KumaHebheru 7:1-10

UMelkhizedeki lo, yinkosi yaseSalema, umphristi kaNkulunkulu oPhezukonke, owahlangabeza u-Abhrahama mhla ebuya ekubulaleni amakhosi, wambusisa; u-Abhrahama wamabela okweshumi kukho konke, yena ogama lakhe okokuqala uma lihunyushwa lisho ukuthi inkosi yokulunga, bese kuba yinkosi yaseSalema, okuchaza ukuthi inkosi yokuthula. Kanayise, kananina, kanaluzalo, kanasiqalo sezinsuku nakuphela kokuphila, kodwa enziwe wafana neNdodana kaNkulunkulu, uyohlala engumphristi kuze kube phakade. Bonani-ke ukuthi mkhulu kangakanani lo owanikwa okweshumi kwempango ngu-Abhrahama ukhokho. Nalabo bamadodana kaLevi abamukeliswa ubuphristi, bayaliwe ukuba bathathe okweshumi kubantu ngokomthetho, okusho ukuthi kubafowabo, nakuba nabo bengabokhalo luka-Abhrahama. Kepha yena ongaveli olibeni lwabo, wemukela okweshumi ku-Abhrahama, wambusisa lowo onezithembiso. Kepha akunakuphikwa ukuthi omncinyane ubusiswa ngomkhulu. Lapha-ke abantu abafayo bemukeliswa okweshumi, kodwa lapho ngofakazelwa ukuthi uyaphila. Kungashiwo ukuthi uLevi uqobo wemukela okweshumi, wakhokha okweshumi ngaye u-Abhrahama, ngokuba wayesesokhalo lukayise mzukwana uMelkhizedeki emhlangabeza.