¹ Ngokuba uMelkisedeki lo , inkosi yaseSalema , umpristi kaNkulunkulu oPhezukonke, owahlangabeza u -Abrahama mhla ebuya ekubulaleni amakhosi, wambusisa; ² u-Abrahama wamabela okweshumi kukho konke yena ogama lakhe lithi kuqala ukuhunyushwa kwalo inkosi yokulunga , bese kuba yinkosi yaseSalema, okungukuthi inkosi yokuthula, ³ engenayise, engenanina, engenaluzalo, engenakuqala kwezinsuku nakuphela kokuphila, kepha efaniswe neNdodana kaNkulunkulu , uhlala engumpristi njalonjalo. ⁴ Qondani-ke ukuthi ungakanani yena owanikwa okweshumi kwempango ngu- Abrahama ukhokho. ⁵ Nalabo bamadodana kaLevi abamukeliswa ubupristi banomyalo wokuthatha okweshumi kubantu ngokomthetho , okungukuthi kubafowabo , ingani baphume okhalweni luka-Abrahama; ⁶ kepha yena ongabalwa ozalweni lwabo uthathile okweshumi ku -Abrahama, wambusisa lowo onezithembiso. ⁷ Kepha akunakuphikwa ukuthi omncinyane ubusiswa ngomkhulu. ⁸ Lapha-ke abantu abafayo bamukeliswa okweshumi , kepha lapho ngofakazelwa ukuthi uyaphila. ⁹ Futhi kungathiwa noLevi owamukela okweshumi watheliswa okweshumi ngaye u-Abrahama, ¹⁰ ngokuba wayesesokhalweni lukayise mzukwana uMelkisedeki emhlangabeza. ¹¹ Uma-ke kwakukhona ukuphelela ngobupristi bukaLevi ngokuba isizwe samiselwa bona ngomthetho -- kwakusaswelekelani ukuba kuvele omunye umpristi ngokukaMelkisedeki engabizwa ngokokuma kuka-Aroni na? ¹² Ngokuba uma ubupristi buguquliwe , kuyadingeka ukuba kuguqulwe nomthetho. ¹³ Kepha lowo okushiwo lokho ngaye ungowesinye isizwe okungabanga bikho kuso umuntu owake wakhonza e-altare. ¹⁴ Ngokuba kusobala ukuthi iNkosi yethu ivele kuJuda , isizwe uMose angakhulumanga lutho ngaso ngobupristi. ¹⁵ Ikakhulu kusobala lokho , uma kumiswa omunye umpristi ofana noMelkisedeki, ¹⁶ ongamiswanga ngomthetho womyalo wenyama kodwa ngamandla okuphila okungabhubhiyo. ¹⁷ Ngokuba kufakazwa ngaye ukuthi : Wena ungumpristi kuze ku be phakade ngokokuma kukaMelkisedeki. ¹⁸ Ngokuba umthetho wokuqala uyachithwa ngenxa yobuthakathaka bawo nokungasizi kwawo, ¹⁹ lokhu umthetho awuphelelisanga lutho , kepha sekungeniswa ithemba elingcono, esisondela ngalo kuNkulunkulu. ²⁰ Futhi ngalokho ukuth i akubanga ngaphandle kokufunga -- ngokuba labo kambe babekwa babe ngabapristi ngaphandle kokufunga, ²¹ kepha yena wabekwa ngokufunga nguye owasho kuye ukuthi : INkosi yafunga, ayiyikuzisola, yathi: Wena ungumpristi kuze kube phakade. ²² Ngokungakho-ke uJesu waba yisiboniso sesivumelwano esingcono. ²³ Kulabo-ke baba baningi ababekwa babe ngabapristi , ngokuba bathiyeka ngenxa yokufa ukuba baqhube njalo; ²⁴ kepha yena , ngenxa yokuba ehlala phakade , unobupristi obungenakuguquka; ²⁵ ngakho-ke unamandla okusindisa ngokupheleleyo abeza kuNkulunkulu ngaye, lokhu ephilela njalo ukubamela. ²⁶ Ngokuba umpristi omkhulu onjalo usifanele thina , ongcwele, ongenacala, ongenabala, owahlukanisiwe nezoni, owenziwa aphakame phezu kwamazulu, ²⁷ ongadingi imihla ngemihla njengalab o bapristi abakhulu ukunikela ngemihlatshelo ngenxa yezakhe izono kuqala nangasemuva ngenxa yezabantu; ngokuba wenza lokho kanye mhla ezinikela yena. ²⁸ Ngokuba umthetho umisa abantu babe ngabapristi abakhulu abanobuthakathaka, kepha izwi lesifungo elaland ela umthetho limisa iNdodana epheleliswe kuze kube phakade.