IVangeli yangomhla we-20 kuCanzibe wama-2018
IsiTyhilelo 3,1-6.14-22.
Mna, Yohane, ndeva iNkosi isithi kum:
Kwingelosi yeCawe yaseSardi ubhala uthi:
Utsho Lowo uphethe oomoya abasixhenxe bakaThixo, nazo iinkwenkwezi ezisixhenxe, ukuthi: Ndiyayazi imisebenzi yakho; uyakholelwa uyaphila kwaye endaweni yoko ufile.
Vuka wenze amandla okusalayo kwaye uza kufa, kuba andiyifumananga imisebenzi yakho egqibeleleyo phambi koThixo wam.
Khumbula, ke ngoko, indlela olamkele ngayo ilizwi, ligcine, kwaye uguquke, kuba ukuba awuphaphami, ndiza kuza njengesela ngaphandle kwakho ungazi ukuba ndiya kuza nini na kuwe.
Nangona kunjalo, eSardesi kukho abathile abangazidyobanga iingubo zabo; baya kundikhapha benxibe iingubo ezinde ezimhlophe, ngokuba befanelekile
Ophumeleleyo ke ngoko uya kunxitywa iimpahla ezimhlophe, andizukucima igama lakhe encwadini yobomi, kodwa ndiya kumqonda phambi koBawo naphambi kweengelosi zakhe.
Lowo unendlebe, makayive into ayithethayo uMoya kuwo amabandla.
Bhalela ingelosi yeCawa yaseLaodicèa: Utsho njalo u-Amen, iNgqina elithembekileyo nelinyanisekileyo, umgaqo wendalo kaThixo:
Ndiyayazi imisebenzi yakho; akubandi, akushushu; Ndinqwenela ukuba ububanda okanye ushushu!
Kodwa kuba ushushu, oko kukuthi, awubandi kwaye awushushu, ndiza kukuhlanza uphume emlonyeni wam.
Uthi: “Ndisisityebi, ndisisityebi; Andifuni kwanto ”, kodwa awazi ukuba awonwabanga, ulusizana, ulihlwempu, uyimfama kwaye uhamba ze.
Ndikucebisa ukuba uthenge kum igolide ehlanjululwe ngomlilo ukuze ube sisityebi, imiwunduzo emhlophe yokukugubungela kwaye ufihle ubuze bakho obulihlazo kunye namaconsi wamehlo ukuthambisa amehlo akho kwaye uphinde ubone.
Mna bonke abo ndibathandayo ndiyangcikiva kwaye ndiyabohlwaya. Zondelela ngoko uguquke.
Ndimi emnyango ndinkqonkqoza. Ukuba kukho umntu olivayo ilizwi lam aze andivulele ucango, ndiza kuza kuye, ndiye kudla naye, naye adle nam.
Ndiza kumenza ophumeleleyo ahlale nam etroneni yam, kanye njengoko nam ndoyisileyo ndaza ndahlala phantsi noBawo etroneni yakhe.
Nabani na oneendlebe, mamelani ukuba uthini na uMoya kuwo amabandla ».
Salmi 15(14),2.3ab.3c-4ab.5.
Nkosi yam, ngubani na ohleli ententeni yakho?
Ngubani na oya kuhlala entabeni yakho engcwele?
Ohamba engenatyala,
wenza ubulungisa, athethe inyaniso.
Lowo ungathethi kakubi ngolwimi lwakhe.
Ayinabungozi kummelwane wakho
engamdeleli ummelwane wakhe.
Emehlo akhe, akukhohlakali emehlweni akhe,
babeke abo bamoyikayo uNdikhoyo.
Oboleka imali ngaphandle kwenzala,
kwaye ayamkeli izipho nxamnye nabamsulwa.
Owenza ngale ndlela
Iya kuma ngonaphakade.
Ukusuka kwiVangeli kaYesu Krestu ngokukaLuka 19,1-10.
Ngeli xesha, uYesu wangena eYeriko, wawela isixeko.
Nanko indoda egama linguZakeyu, umqokeleli werhafu, osisityebi,
Wazama ukumbona ukuba ngubani na uYesu, kodwa yena ebengenako ngenxa yendimbane, ngokuba ebemfutshane.
Wabaleka waya ngaphambili, ukuze ambone, wakhwela emthini wesikamore, kuba kwakufuneka edlulile apho.
Ukufika kwakhe kule ndawo, uYesu wakhangela phezulu, wathi kuye: "Zakeyu, yihle kwangoko, kuba namhlanje kufuneka ndiye endlwini yakho".
Wakhawuleza ke wehla, wamamkela ngobubele, evuya.
Ukubona oku, wonke umntu wakrokra: «Uye kulala nomoni!».
Kodwa uZakeyu waphakama, wathi kuyo iNkosi: “Uyabona, Nkosi, inxenye yokupha kwam ndiyinika amahlwempu; Ukuba ndikrexeze umntu, ndomhlawula amatyeli amane.
UYesu wamphendula wathi: «Namhlanje kungene usindiso kule ndlu, ngokuba naye engunyana ka-Abraham;
uNyana woMntu weza kufuna nokusindisa oko kulahlekileyo ”.