KumaHeberu 4:1-11

Ngakho-ke masesabe, funa sisekhona isithembiso sokungena ekuphumuleni kwakhe, kube khona noyedwa kini obonakala esilela kuso. Ngokuba ivangeli lashunyayelwa nakithi njengabo; Ngokuba thina esikholwayo siyangena ekuphumuleni njengokusho kwakhe ukuthi: “Ngalokho ngafunga ekuthukutheleni kwami ngathi: ‘Abayikungena ekuphumuleni kwami,’ nakuba imisebenzi yayenziwa kusukela ekusekelweni komhlaba. Ngokuba wakhuluma ngosuku lwesikhombisa kanje, wathi: “UNkulunkulu waphumula ngosuku lwesikhombisa emisebenzini yakhe yonke; Lakulokhu futhi: Uba bezakungena ekuphumuleni kwami. Ngakho lokhu kusasele ukuthi abanye bangene kulo, lalabo okwatshunyayelwa kubo kuqala kabangenanga ngenxa yokungakholwa; Ubuye amise usuku oluthile, ethi ngoDavide: Namuhla, emva kwesikhathi esingaka; njengoba kuthiwa: Lamuhla uba lizwa ilizwi lakhe, lingazenzi lukhuni izinhliziyo zenu. Ngoba uba uJesu wayebaphumuzile, ubengasoze akhulume ngolunye usuku. Ngakho-ke abantu bakaNkulunkulu basalelwe ukuphumula; Ngoba lowo ongene ekuphumuleni kwakhe, laye uphumula emisebenzini yakhe, njengoNkulunkulu kweyakhe. Ngakho-ke masikhuthalele ukungena kulokho kuphumula, funa kube khona owela esibonelweni esifanayo sokungakholwa.