9 Kungashiwo nekutsi naLevi matfupha, lowemukela kwelishumi, abekukhipha nga-Abrahama,
Akabongwe Nkulunkulu Losetikwako Konkhe lonikete letitsa takho entsendzeni yesandla sakho.” Abrama wanika Melkhisedeki kwelishumi kwako konkhe.
Ngobe wonkhe locelako uyakuphiwa, nalofunako uyatfola, nalonconcotsako uyavulelwa.
Sono sangena ngemuntfu munye emhlabeni, sangena nekufa, kufa kwase kwendlulela kubo bonkhe bantfu, njengobe bonkhe bonile.
“Niyawutsi nase nicedzile kwehlukanisa kwelishumi kwato tonkhe tivuno temhlaba wenu ngemnyaka wesitsatfu, lekunguwona mnyaka wekwelishumi, niyawukunika emaLevi, tindzindzi, netintsandzane, nebafelokati, kuze badle besutse emadolobheni enu.
ngobe phela Levi abeselukhalweni lwakhokho wakhe Abrahama ngesikhatsi ahlangana naMelkhisedeki.
Ase nibuke nje kutsi abemkhulu kanganani! Abrahama, khokho wetfu, wamnika kwelishumi kwako konkhe labekutfumbile.
Kwelishumi kwemukelwa baphristi lababuye bafe; kodvwa ngaMelkhisedeki kwelishumi kwemukelwa ngulophilako, njengobe umBhalo usho.