Hebrews 5
1 Ngokuba wonke umpristi omkhulu othathwa kubantu umiselwa abantu kokukaNkulunkulu, ukuze anikele izipho nemihlatshelo ngenxa yezono;
2 Ongaba nesihawu kwabangazi nakwabadukayo; ngokuba naye uqobo uzungezwe ubuthakathaka.
3 Ngakho ngenxa yalokhu ufanele ukuthi, njengalokhu enikela ngezono zabantu, ngokunjalo laye ngokwakhe.
4 Akakho ozithathela lolu dumo, kuphela obizwe nguNkulunkulu njengo-Aroni.
5 Kanjalo noKristu akazikhazimulisanga yena ukuba abe ngumpristi omkhulu; kodwa owathi kuye: Wena uyiNdodana yami, lamuhla ngikuzele.
6 njengoba esho nakwenye indawo ukuthi: Wena ungumpristi kuze kube phakade ngokokuma kukaMelkisedeki.
7 Owathi emihleni yenyama yakhe, lapho enikele imikhuleko nokunxusa ngokukhala okunamandla nezinyembezi kuye onamandla okumsindisa ekufeni, wezwiwa ngokwesaba kwakhe;
8 Noma ebeyiNdodana, wafunda ukulalela ngalokho ahlupheka ngakho;
9 futhi esephelelisiwe, waba yinhloko yensindiso ephakade kubo bonke abamlalelayo;
10 ebizwa ngokuthi nguNkulunkulu umpristi omkhulu ngokokuma kukaMelkisedeki.
11 Sinokuningi esingakusho ngaye, okunzima ukukukhulumela, lokhu nina niba buthuntu ekuzweni.
12 Ngokuba nakuba benifanele ukuba ngabafundisi, kuze kube manje, nisadinga futhi ukuba kube khona onifundisa iziqalo zamazwi kaNkulunkulu; seniba njengabadinga ubisi, hhayi okokudla okuqinileyo.
13 Ngokuba yilowo nalowo odla ubisi akahlakaniphile izwi lokulunga, ngokuba uyingane.
14 Kodwa ukudla okuqinileyo kungokwabakhulileyo, labo abathi ngokujwayela ukuzwisisa, sebekufundise ukuhlukanisa okuhle lokubi.