IVangeli kaJanuwari 2, 2019

Ileta yokuqala kaJohane oYinyaniso umpostile 2,22-28.
Zintanda, ngubani na ixoki, ingenguye okhanyelayo ukuba uYesu unguye uKristu? Umchasi-Kristu ngulowo ukhanyela uYise noNyana.
Lowo umkhanyelayo uNyana, akamti uYise; lowo ukholwayo kuNyana, ukwanguye uYise.
Wena ke, yonke into oyivayo kwasekuqalekeni ihleli kuwe. Ukuba ke le nto uyivayo kwasekuqalekeni ihleli ngaphakathi kini, nani niyakuhlala nikuye uNyana, kuYise.
Kwaye esi sisithembiso awasenza kuthi: ubomi obungunaphakade.
Ndinibhalele ezi zinto malunga nabo bazama ukulahlekisa.
Nina ke, intambiso enayamkelayo kuye ihleli kuni, akukho sidingo sokuba nifundiswe mntu; Kodwa njengokuba intambiso yakhe ikufundisa yonke into, iyinyani kwaye ayixoki, yima uqinile kuye, njengoko ikufundisa.
Kwaye ngoku, bantwana, hlalani kuye, kuba sinokumthemba xa athe wabonakala kwaye asinazintloni ngaye ekufikeni kwakhe.

Salmi 98(97),1.2-3ab.3cd-4.
Mvumeleni ingoma entsha uYehova,
ngokuba enze imimangaliso.
Isandla sakhe sasekunene samnika uloyiso
nengalo yakhe engcwele.

INkosi ibonakalisile usindiso lwayo,
Utyhilile emehlweni abantu.
Walukhumbula uthando lwakhe,
ngokunyaniseka kwakhe kwindlu kaSirayeli.

Zonke iziphelo zehlabathi zibonile
Usindiso loThixo wethu.
Bulelani emhlabeni, ninikele kuNdikhoyo,
Duma, vuya ngengoma zovuyo.

Ukusuka kwiVangeli kaYesu Krestu ngokukaYohane 1,19-28.
Obu bungqina abunikwa nguYohane xa amaJuda athumela ababingeleli nabaLevi abavela eJerusalem ukuba baye kumbuza: "Ungubani?"
Wavuma akakhanyela, wavuma esithi: "Andinguye mna uKrestu?"
Bambuza, besithi, Untoni na ke? UnguEliya? » Uphendule wathi, Andinguye. Unguye na umprofeti lowo? Uphendule wathi, Hayi.
Bathi kuye, Ungubani na? Kuba sinokunika impendulo kwabo basithumileyo. Uthini ngawe?
Uphendule ke wathi, "Ndiyililizwi lodandulukayo entlango. Lungisa indlela yeNkosi, njengoko watshoyo u-Isaya."
Babethunywe * ngabaFarasi.
Bambuza bathi kuye, Ubhaptizelani na phofu, ukuba wena akunguye uKristu, noEliya, nomprofeti?
Waphendula uYohane wathi kubo, Ndibhaptiza ngamanzi, kodwa phakathi kwenu akukho mntu ungamaziyo.
Uza emva kwam, endingafanelekileyo ukuba ndikhulule imbambano yimbadada.
Oku kwenzeka eBetània, ngaphesheya kweYordan, apho wayebhaptiza uGiovanni.