Vhiki yaJanuary 13, 2019
Bhuku raIsaya 40,1-5.9-11.
“Nyaradza, nyaradza vanhu vangu, anodaro Mwari wako.
Taura nemoyo weJerusarema uye mudanidzire kwaari achiti, 'Uranda hwacho hwapera, mhosva yake yatorwa, nekuti agamuchira kurangwa kwakapetwa kanomwe kubva mumaoko aIshe pamusoro pezvitadzo zvake'.
Inzwi rinoshevedzera richiti: “Gadzirira nzira yaIshe mugwenga, ruramisa mugwagwa waMwari wedu munzira.
Mupata wose uchafusirwa, makomo ose nezvikomo zvinodzikiswa. iyo yakaoma nzvimbo inotenderera ichitaurika uye iyo nzvimbo ine nzvimbo.
Ipapo kubwinya kwaIshe kucharatidzwa uye munhu wese achazviona, sezvo muromo waIshe wakataura.
Kwira gomo refu, iwe unouya neshoko rakanaka kuZiyoni; simbisai izwi renyu nesimba, imi munouya namashoko akanaka paJerusarema. Simudza izwi rako, usatya; anozivisa maguta aJudha, achiti: Tarira Mwari wako!
Tarira, Ishe Mwari anouya nesimba, ruoko rwake rwakabata simba. Pano, iye ane mubairo naye uye wake matombo anozvitangira.
Semafudzi anofudza boka uye anounganidza neruoko rwake; anotakura makwayana pazamu rake uye zvishoma nezvishoma anotungamira amai vamai ”.
Salmi 104(103),1b-2.3-4.24-25.27-28.29-30.
Ishe, Mwari wangu, akakura sei!
akaputirwa pachiedza sejasi. Munotatamura kudenga-denga senge keteni,
uvake pekugara pamvura, ita ngoro yako yemakore, ufambe pamapapiro emhepo;
ita nhume dzako dzemhepo, ivo vashumiri vemirazvo yemoto vachipfachukira.
Hukuru, Ishe, basa renyu! Wakaita zvese nekuchenjera, pasi rizere nezvisikwa zvako.
Heino gungwa rakakura uye rakakura: pane zvidiki uye zvakakura mhuka zvinofamba zvisina nhamba.
Imi mose makamirira kuti muvape chikafu nenguva yakafanira.
Iwe unozvipa, ivo vanounganidza, iwe unovhura ruoko rwako, vanogutiswa nezvinhu.
Ukavanza chiso chako, zvikatadza, bvisa mweya wazvo, kufa uye nekudzokera kuguruva ravo.
Tumira mweya wako, izvo zvakasikwa,
uye mutsva pamberi penyika.
Tsamba yaMutsvene Pauro muApostora kunaTito 2,11-14.3,4-7.
Zvinodikanwa, nyasha dzaMwari dzakaratidzwa, dzichiunza ruponeso kuvanhu vese,
rinotidzidzisa kuramba humwari uye zvishuviro zvepanyika uye nekurarama zvine hunyoro, kururamisira uye netsitsi munyika ino,
kumirira tariro yakaropafadzwa uye kuratidzwa kwekubwinya kwaMwari wedu mukuru uye muponesi Jesu Kristu;
wakazvipa nekuda kwedu, kuti atidzikunure pakuipa kose, kuti tigadzire vanhu vake, vanoshingairira mabasa akanaka.
Zvisinei, apo kunaka kwaMwari, muponesi wedu, uye kuda kwake vanhu kwakaratidzwa,
haana kutiponesa kwete nekuda kwemabasa eruramisiro atakaita, asi nengoni dzake kubudikidza nekushamba kwekuvandudzwa uye nekuvandudzwa kweMweya Mutsvene,
akadururwa naye zvizere pamusoro pedu kubudikidza naJesu Kristu, muponesi wedu,
justified because because because his his his because his because because because because because because because because because because because because because because because because because because because
Kubva muEvangeri raJesu Kristu maererano naRuka 3,15-16.21-22.
Sezvo vanhu vakanga vakamirira uye munhu wese akashamisika mumoyo mavo, pamusoro paJohwani, kana asiri iye Kristu.
Johane akapindura kune vese achiti: «Ini ndinokubhabhatidzai nemvura; asi une simba kupfuura ini unouya, wandisina kukodzera kusunungura rukanda rweshangu dzangu, iye uchakubhabhatidzai neMweya Mutsvene nemoto.
Vanhu vese pavakabhabhatidzirwa uye Jesu, achigamuchirawo rubhabhatidzo, pamunamato, denga rakazaruka
uye Mweya Mutsvene akaburukira paari achitaridzika senge senjiva, uye inzwi rakabva kudenga richiti: "Ndiwe Mwanakomana wangu anodikamwa, mandiri ndinofarira".