1Mkulu wa ansembe aliyense amasankhidwa kuchokera pakati pa anthu ndipo amayikidwa kuti aziwayimirira pamaso pa Mulungu, kuti azipereka mphatso ndi nsembe chifukwa cha machimo. 2Popeza kuti iye mwini ali ndi zofowoka zake, amatha kuwalezera mtima amene ali osadziwa ndi osochera. 3Chifukwa cha ichi, iye amadziperekera nsembe chifukwa cha machimo ake omwe ndiponso chifukwa cha machimo a anthu ena.
4Palibe amene amadzipatsa yekha ulemu wotere, koma amachita kuyitanidwa ndi Mulungu monga momwe anayitanidwira Aaroni. 5Nʼchifukwa chake Khristu sanadzipatse yekha ulemu wokhala Mkulu wa ansembe. Koma Mulungu anamuwuza kuti,
“Iwe ndiwe Mwana wanga;
Ine lero ndakhala Atate ako.”
6Ndipo penanso anati,
“Iwe ndiwe wansembe mpaka muyaya,
monga mwa unsembe wa Melikizedeki.”
7Yesu, pa nthawi imene anali munthu pa dziko lapansi pano, anapereka mapemphero ake ndi zopempha mofuwula ndi misozi kwa Iye amene akanamupulumutsa ku imfa, ndipo anamumvera chifukwa anagonjera modzipereka. 8Ngakhale Iye anali Mwana wa Mulungu anaphunzira kumvera pomva zowawa. 9Atasanduka wangwiro kotheratu, anakhala gwero la chipulumutso chosatha kwa onse omvera Iye. 10Ndipo Mulungu anamuyika kukhala Mkulu wa ansembe, monga mwa dongosolo la unsembe wa Melikizedeki.
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11Tili ndi zambiri zoti tinganene pa zimenezi, koma ndi zovuta kukufotokozerani chifukwa ndinu ochedwa kuphunzira. 12Ngakhale kuti pa nthawi ino munayenera kukhala aphunzitsi, pakufunikabe munthu wina kuti abwerezenso kudzakuphunzitsani maphunziro oyambira a choonadi cha Mulungu. Ndinu ofunika mkaka osati chakudya cholimba! 13Aliyense amene amangodya mkaka okha, akanali mwana wakhanda, sakudziwa bwino chiphunzitso cha chilungamo. 14Koma chakudya cholimba ndi cha anthu okhwima msinkhu, amene pogwiritsa ntchito nzeru zawo, aphunzira kusiyanitsa chabwino ndi choyipa.
