KumaHebheru 7:11-28

Uma-ke ukuphelela kutholakala ngobuphristi bukaLevi ngokuba isizwe samiselwa bona ngomthetho, pho kusadingeke ngani ukuba kuvele omunye umphristi ngokokuma kukaMelkhizedeki, kungabi ngokohlelo luka-Aroni na? Ngokuba lapho kunoguquko ebuphristini, kuba nesidingo sokuba kuguqulwe nomthetho. Ngoba lowo okushiwo ngaye lokho, ungowesinye isizwe okungakaze kube khona muntu kuso owake wakhonza e-althare. Kusobala ukuthi iNkosi yethu ivele kuJuda, isizwe uMose angakhulumanga lutho ngaso mayelana nobuphristi. Kusobala kakhulu lokho, uma kumiswa omunye umphristi ofana noMelkhizedeki, ongamiswanga ngokomthetho womyalo wabantu, kodwa ngamandla okuphila okungabhubhiyo. Ngokuba kufakazwa ngaye ukuthi: “Wena ungumphristi kuze kube phakade, ngokokuma kukaMelkhizedeki.” Kukhona ngakolunye uhlangothi ukwesulwa komthetho wokuqala ngenxa yokuba ubuthakathaka, futhi ungasizi ngalutho, lokhu akukho okupheleliswe ngomthetho, yingakho-ke sesinikwe ithemba elingcono, okungalo sisondela kuNkulunkulu. Lokho akubanga ngenxa yokufunga, ngokuba laba babekwa baba ngabaphristi ngaphandle kokufunga, kepha yena wabekwa ngokufunga nguye owakhuluma kuye, ethi: “INkosi yafunga, ayiyukuzisola, yathi: ‘Wena ungumphristi kuze kube phakade.’ ” Kungenxa yalokho-ke uJesu waba yisiqinisekiso sesivumelwano esingcono. Kepha abaphristi bokuqala babebaningi, ngokuba bathiywa ngukufa ukuba baqhubeke njalo, kodwa uJesu Yena, ngenxa yokuthi uphila ingunaphakade, unobuphristi obungenakuguquka. Ngakho-ke unamandla okusindisa ngokupheleleyo laba abeza kuNkulunkulu ngaye, lokhu ephila ukuba abamele njalo. Ngokuba umphristi omkhulu onjengaye usifanele thina; ongcwele, ongenacala, ongenasici, owehlukanisiwe kwabayizoni, owenziwe waphakama phezu kwamazulu. Akadingi, njengabanye abaphristi abakhulu, ukuba imihla ngemihla anikele ngemihlatshelo ngenxa yezono zakhe kuqala, bese kuba ngenxa yezabantu, ngokuba wakwenza lokho kwaba kanye mhla ezinikela Yena. Ngokuba umthetho ubeka abantu abanobuthakathaka ngokwemvelo ukuba babe ngabaphristi abakhulu, kodwa izwi lesifungo elalandela umthetho libeka iNdodana ephelelisiwe, kuze kube phakade.