IVangeli yangomhla we-17 kuCanzibe wama-2018

Incwadi yesithathu kaYohane oNgcwele uMpostile 1,5-8.
Ntanda, hlalani nithembekile kuko konke enikwenzayo ngenxa yabazalwana benu, nakuba basemzini.
balungqinele uthando lwakho phambi kwebandla; ube uya kuba wenza kakuhle ukuba ubabonelela ekuhambeni kwabo, ngokumfaneleyo uThixo;
ngenxa yokuba bemka ngenxa yegama likaKristu, bengathabathanga nto kuzo iintlanga.
Ngoko simele sibamkele abantu abanjalo ukuze basebenzisane ekusasazeni inyaniso.

Salmi 112(111),1-2.3-4.5-6.
Unoyolo umntu owoyik 'uNdikhoyo
Uyayivuyisa imiyalelo yakhe.
Umnombo wakhe uza kuba namandla emhlabeni,
Inzala yamalungisa iyasikelelwa.

Uzuko nobutyebi endlwini yakhe;
Ubulungisa bakhe buhlala bumi.
Qhekeza ebumnyameni njengokukhanya kwamalungisa,
ulungile, unenceba kwaye ulungile.

Unoyolo umntu obabalayo,
uhambisa iimpahla zakhe ngobulungisa.
Akayi kuhexa ngonaphakade:
amalungisa aya kuhlala ekhunjulwa.

Ukusuka kwiVangeli kaYesu Krestu ngokukaLuka 18,1-8.
Ngelo xesha, uYesu waxelela abafundi bakhe umzekeliso malunga nemfuneko yokuthandaza rhoqo, ngaphandle kokudinwa:
“Kwakukho umgwebi emzini ongamoyikiyo uThixo, ongahloneli namnye.
Bekukho ke umhlolokazi othile kuloo mzi, obemana ukuya kuye, wathi kuye, Ndigwebe kummangaleli wam;
Kangangexesha elithile engafuni; kodwa wathi ngaphakathi kwakhe, Nakuba ndingamoyiki uThixo, ndingahloneli namnye umntu;
ekubeni lo mhlolokazi ebandezelekile nje, ndomgwebela ubulungisa, ukuze angabi njalo ukuza kundikhathaza.
INkosi yongezelela yathi: “Niyivile into ayithethayo umgwebi ongathembekanga.
Ke yena uThixo akayi kubenzela ubulungisa na abanyulwa bakhe, abadanduluka kuye imini nobusuku, ukuba balinde ixesha elide?
Ndithi kuni, uya kubagweba kwaoko. Kodwa ke akufika uNyana woMntu, wolufumana na ke ukholo emhlabeni?”