KumaHebheru 5
1 Ngoba wonke umpristi omkhulu, okhethwa ebantwini, umiselwa abantu ezintweni ezimayelana loNkulunkulu, ukuze anikele izipho lemihlatshelo ngenxa yezono;
For every high priest taken from men is appointed for men in things toward God, so that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.
2 ongababekezelela abangaziyo labaduhayo, lokhu laye egonjolozelwe yibuthakathaka;
Who can be gentle to those who are ignorant and led astray, since he himself is also encompassed with weakness.
3 njalo ngenxa yalokhu kufanele ukuthi anikelele izono, njengokwabantu, kunjalo langokwakhe.
And because of this he is obligated, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
4 Futhi kakulamuntu ozithathela le inhlonipho, kodwa obizwa nguNkulunkulu, lanjengoAroni.
And not any man takes the honor to himself, but being called by God, just as also Aaron.
5 Ngokunjalo loKristu kazidumisanga yena ukuba ngumpristi omkhulu, kodwa lowo owathi kuye: Wena uyiNdodana yami, lamuhla mina ngikuzele.
So also Christ did not glorify himself to become a high priest, but it was he who said to him, Thou are my Son, today I have begotten thee.
6 Njengoba esitsho futhi kwenye indawo ukuthi: Wena ungumpristi kuze kube phakade ngokohlobo lukaMelkizedeki. (aiōn g165)
(And just as he says in another, Thou are a priest into the age according to the order of Melchizedek.) (aiōn g165)
7 Owathi ensukwini zenyama yakhe, esenikele imikhuleko kanye lokunxusa elokukhala okukhulu langezinyembezi kuye olamandla okumsindisa ekufeni, futhi wezwiwa ngenxa yokwesaba kwakhe uNkulunkulu,
Who, in the days of his flesh, having offered up both prayers and supplications with strong shouting and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and who was heard because of his reverence,
8 loba eyiNdodana, wafunda ukulalela ezintweni ahlupheka ngazo,
although being a Son, he learned obedience from the things that he suffered.
And having been fully perfected, he became the source of eternal salvation to all those who obey him, (aiōnios g166)
10 ebizwa nguNkulunkulu ngokuthi ungumpristi omkhulu ngokohlobo lukaMelkizedeki.
having been designated by God a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.
11 Esilokunengi esingakutsho ngaye futhi okulukhuni ukulichasisela, lokhu selaba buthundu ekuzweni.
About whom, much subject matter from us is also difficult to explain, since ye have become sluggish in hearing.
12 Ngoba lapho ebelifanele ukuba ngabafundisi, ngenxa yesikhathi, liswela futhi ukuthi kube khona olifundisayo, ukuthi ziyini izimiso zakuqala zamazwi kaNkulunkulu; selingabafanele uchago, kungeyisikho-ke ukudla okuqinileyo.
For also men who ought to be teachers because of the time, ye have need again for some man to teach you the rudiments of the beginning of the oracles of God, and have become men who have need of milk, and not of solid food.
13 Ngoba wonke odla uchago kalalwazi olupheleleyo elizwini lokulunga; ngoba uyingane.
For every man partaking of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is childlike.
14 Kodwa ukudla okuqinileyo kungokwabakhulileyo, asebesebenzise izingqondo ngokwejwayela ekwehlukaniseni konke okuhle lokubi.
But solid food is for mature men, those having their sensibilities trained through practice for the discernment of both good and evil.
