Ngokuba uMelkisedeki lo, inkosi yaseSalema, umpristi kaNkulunkulu oPhezukonke, owahlangabeza u-Abrahama ebuya ekubulaleni amakhosi, wambusisa;
U-Abrahama wamnika okweshumi kwakho konke; okokuqala ngokuthi ngokuhunyushwa iNkosi yokulunga, futhi emva kwalokho futhi inkosi yaseSalema, okungukuthi, iNkosi yokuthula;
Engenayise, engenanina, engenanzalo, engenakuqala kwezinsuku, nakuphela kokuphila; kodwa enziwe wafana neNdodana kaNkulunkulu; uhlala engumphristi njalonjalo.
Bhekani-ke ukuthi wayemkhulu kangakanani lowo, u-Abrahama ukhokho amnika okweshumi kwempango.
Kepha labo abangamadodana kaLevi abemukeliswa ubupristi banomyalo wokuba bathathe okweshumi kubantu ngokomthetho, okungukuthi kubafowabo, noma bephuma okhalweni luka-Abrahama;
Kodwa yena ongabalelwa ozalweni lwabo uthathile okwetshumi kuAbrahama, wambusisa lowo owayelezithembiso.
Njalo kakuphikiswa ukuthi omncinyane ubusiswa ngomkhulu.
Futhi lapha abantu abafayo bamukela okweshumi; kodwa lapho uyawemukela, ofakazelwa ngaye ukuthi uyaphila.
Futhi kungathiwa noLevi owamukela okweshumi wakhipha okweshumi ngo-Abrahama;
Ngoba wayesesokhalweni lukayise, mhla uMelkisedeki emhlangabeza.
Ngakho-ke uma ukuphelela kwakukhona ngobupristi bukaLevi, ngokuba abantu bawemukela umthetho ngaphansi kwabo, kwakusaswelekelani ukuba kuvele omunye umpristi ngokokuma kukaMelkisedeki, angabizwa ngokokuma ka-Aroni na?
Ngokuba uma ubupristi buguqulwa, kufanele ukuba nomthetho uguqulwe.
Ngokuba lowo okukhulunywa ngaye lokho ungowesinye isizwe, okungekho muntu kuso owake wakhonza e-altare.
Ngokuba kusobala ukuthi iNkosi yethu yavela kwaJuda; isizwe uMose angakhulumanga lutho ngaso ngobupristi.
Kusesobala kakhulu ukuthi kuvele omunye umpristi ofana noMelkisedeki.
Ongenziwanga ngokomthetho womyalo wenyama, kodwa ngokwamandla okuphila okungenasiphelo.
Ngokuba uyafakaza ngokuthi: “Wena ungumpristi kuze kube phakade ngokokuma kukaMelkisedeki.
Ngokuba umthetho owandulelayo uyachithwa ngenxa yobuthakathaka nokungasizi kwawo.
Ngokuba umthetho awuphelelisanga lutho, kepha kwangeniswa ithemba elingcono; esisondela ngayo kuNkulunkulu.
Ngalokho-ke wenziwa umpristi ngaphandle kwesifungo;
(Ngokuba labo abapristi benziwa ngaphandle kwesifungo, kodwa lokhu ngesifungo ngaye owathi kuye: INkosi yafunga, kayiyikuzisola: Wena ungumpristi kuze kube nininini ngokwendlela kaMelkisedeki;)
Ngakho uJesu waba yisibambiso sesivumelwano esingcono.
Futhi ngempela babebaningi abapristi, ngoba ukufa kwakunqatshelwe ukuqhubeka.
Kepha yena, ngokuba ehlala phakade unobupristi obungenakuguquleka.
Ngakho unamandla okusindisa ngokupheleleyo abeza kuNkulunkulu ngaye, lokhu ephilela njalo ukubakhulekela.
Ngokuba umpristi omkhulu onjalo usifanele, ongcwele, ongenacala, ongenabala, owahlukanisiwe nezoni, ophakanyiswe ngaphezu kwamazulu;
ongadingi insuku ngensuku njengabapristi abakhulu ukuthi anikele imihlatshelo kuqala ngezakhe izono, andukuba ezezabantu;
Ngokuba umthetho umisa abantu abanobuthakathaka babe ngabapristi abakhulu; kepha izwi lesifungo, elalandela umthetho, limisa iNdodana engcwele kuze kube phakade.
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