KumaHebheru 9:1-28
9 Isivumelwano sakuqala sona sasilemithetho yenkonzo engcwele kanye lendawo yaso engcwele+ esemhlabeni.
2 Etendeni kwakhiwa indawo yokuqala lapho okwakuloluthi lwesibane+ letafula kanye lezinkwa zokubukiswa.+ Indawo le ibizwa ngokuthi yiNdawo Engcwele.+
3 Kodwa ngemva kwekhetheni lesibili+ kulelotende kwakulendawo eyayibizwa ngokuthi yiNgcwelengcwele.+
4 Endaweni le kwakulesitsha segolide sokutshisela impepha,+ lebhokisi lesivumelwano+ elalihuqwe lonke ngegolide+ njalo phakathi kwalo kwakulembiza yegolide eyayilemana+ lentonga ka-Aroni eyayihlumile+ kanye lezibhebhedu+ zesivumelwano.
5 Phezu kwalo kwakulamakherubhi akhazimulayo ayevale isivalo sebhokisi*+ ngesithunzi sawo. Kodwa khathesi ayisiso isikhathi sokukhuluma konke okumayelana lezinto lezi.
6 Izinto lezi zathi sezenziwe ngendlela le, abaphristi babengena zikhathi zonke endaweni yokuqala yetende besenza imisebenzi yenkonzo engcwele.+
7 Kodwa kanye ngomnyaka umphristi omkhulu wayengena yedwa endaweni yesibili yetende,+ njalo kwakumele abe ephethe igazi+ ayezanikela ngalo ngenxa yakhe+ langenxa yezono abantu+ abayabe bezenze bengazi.
8 Yikho umoya ongcwele uyakucacisa ukuthi indlela eya endaweni engcwele yayingakavezwa ngesikhathi itende lokuqala lisesekhona.+
9 Itende leli liyisifanekiso sezinto zakhathesi+ futhi izipho lemihlatshelo kuyanikelwa ngokuvumelana lohlelo lolu.+ Loba kunjalo, lokhu akwenelisi ukuwenza uphelele umzwangedwa womuntu owenza inkonzo engcwele.+
10 Izipho lezi leminikelo le kuphathelane lokudla lokunathwayo kanye lokuhlanjululwa+ kulandelwa uMthetho kaMosi.* Konke lokhu kwakuyimithetho yezinto zasemhlabeni*+ eyafakwa ukuthi ibe khona kuze kube yisikhathi esibekiweyo sokuqondisa izinto.
11 Kodwa uKhristu wathi efika engumphristi omkhulu wezinto ezinhle esezenzakele, wadabula phakathi kwetende elingcono lelipheleleyo kulelakuqala njalo elingenziwanga ngezandla, elingayisilo ngxenye yezinto lezi ezidaliweyo.
12 Wangena endaweni engcwele kwaba kanye kuphela elegazi lakhe+ hatshi igazi lembuzi lelamajongosi, wenza ukuthi sikhululwe* kuze kube nini lanini.+
13 Nxa igazi lembuzi lelezinkunzi+ kanye lomlotha wethokazi ofafazwa phezu kwalabo abangcolisiweyo kusenza umzimba uhlambuluke ube ngcwele,+
14 ngeke yini igazi likaKhristu+ owazinikela kuNkulunkulu ngomoya waphakade engelasici, liyihlambulule kakhulu imizwangedwa yethu emisebenzini engancediyo*+ ukuze senzele uNkulunkulu ophilayo inkonzo engcwele?+
15 Yikho yena engumlamuli esivumelwaneni esitsha+ ukuze ababiziweyo bathole isithembiso selifa elingapheliyo+ ngoba wafela ukuthi bakhululwe ngenhlawulo+ eziphambekweni ezenziwa ngaphansi kwesivumelwano sakuqala.
16 Phela nxa umuntu esenza isivumelwano loNkulunkulu, lowomuntu kumele afe
17 ngoba isivumelwano sisebenza nxa kungafa umuntu, asisebenzi nxa owenza isivumelwano leso esaphila.
18 Yikho lesivumelwano sakuqala singazange siqalise ukusebenza* kungelagazi
19 ngoba uMosi wathi esetshele bonke abantu yonke imilayo eseMthethweni, wathatha igazi lamajongosi lelembuzi, lamanzi, lewulu ebomvu gebhu, lehisophi,* wachela ibhuku* kanye labantu bonke
20 esithi: “Leli ligazi lesivumelwano uNkulunkulu athe lisigcine.”+
21 Waphinda wachela itende kanye lezitsha zonke zenkonzo engcwele* ngegazi lelo.+
22 Phose zonke izinto eMthethweni zihlanjululwa ngegazi+ njalo ngaphandle kokuthi kuthululwe igazi ngeke kube lokuthethelelwa.+
23 Ngakho kwakuqakathekile ukuthi lokho okuyimifanekiso+ yezinto ezisezulwini kuhlanjululwe ngaleyondlela,+ kodwa izinto zasezulwini zona zifuna imihlatshelo engcono kakhulu.
24 Phela uKhristu kangenanga endaweni engcwele eyenziwe ngezandla,+ engumfanekiso wendawo yoqobo,+ kodwa khathesi ungene ezulwini ngokwalo+ ukuze abonakale phambi kukaNkulunkulu* emele thina.+
25 Lokhu kakwenzelanga ukuthi azinikele kanengi njengalapho umphristi omkhulu engena endaweni engcwele umnyaka ngomnyaka+ elegazi elingayisilo lakhe.
26 Aluba bekunjalo, bekuzamele ahlupheke kanengi kusukela ekusungulweni komhlaba. Kodwa khathesi usezibonakalise kwaba kanye kuphela esiphethweni somumo lo wezinto* ukuze asuse isono ngomhlatshelo wakhe.+
27 Njengoba nje kulindelwe ukuthi abantu bafe kube kanye kuphela kodwa ngemva kwalokho kube lokwahlulelwa,
28 uKhristu laye wanikelwa kwaba kanye kuphela ukuze athwale izono zabanengi.+ Lapho esebonakala okwesibili, uyabe engalandanga ukuzosusa isono njalo uzabonwa yilabo abamdinga ngenhliziyo yonke ukuze basindiswe.+
Amabala angaphansi
^ Kumbe, “indawo yokuhlawulelwa.”
^ NgesiGrikhi, “kanye lokubhabhathizwa okutshiyeneyo.”
^ Kumbe, “ephathelane lomzimba.”
^ NgesiGrikhi, “sihlawulelwe; sihlengwe.”
^ NgesiGrikhi, “efileyo.”
^ NgesiGrikhi, “sisungulwe.”
^ Khangela iNgcazelo Yamabala.
^ Kumbe, “incwadimgoqwa.”
^ Kumbe, “zenkonzo yomphakathi.”
^ NgesiGrikhi, “phambi kobuso bukaNkulunkulu.”
^ Khangela iNgcazelo Yamabala.
