IVangeli kaDisemba 9 2018

Incwadi kaBharuki 5,1: 9-XNUMX.
Beka, Yerusalem, ingubo yokulila nembandezelo, bambathe ubuqaqawuli obuza kuwe buvela kuThixo ngonaphakade.
Zisongele ngengubo yobulungisa bukaThixo, thwala entloko isithsaba sobuqaqawuli bukaPhakade.
kuba uThixo uya kubonakalisa ubuhle bakho kwindalo yonke ephantsi kwesibhakabhaka.
Uya kubizwa nguThixo ngonaphakade: Uxolo lwamalungisa nozuko lobuThixo.
Vuka, Yerusalem, ume endaweni ephakamileyo, ukhangele ngasempumalanga; bona abantwana bakho behlanganisene ukusuka entshona kuye empuma, ngelizwi leNgcwele, bonwabile kukukhumbula uThixo.
Bemke kuwe, bamsukela; Ngoku ke uThixo ubabuyisela kuwe benoloyiso, kwibhotwe lobukumkani.
Kuba uThixo ugqibe kwelokuba azombele zonke iintaba eziphakamileyo, namaxhego amadala, ukuba azalise imifula, avingce umhlaba, ukuba uqhubele phantsi kozuko lukaThixo.
Nditsho namahlathi kunye nayo yonke imithi enevumba elimnandi.
Kuba uThixo uya kuzisa u-Israyeli ngovuyo ekukhanyisweni kobuqaqawuli bakhe, ngenceba nangobulungisa obuvela kuye.

Salmi 126(125),1-2ab.2cd-3.4-5.6.
Xa iNkosi yayibuyisa amabanjwa eZiyon,
bekubonakala ngathi siyaphupha.
Wawuvula ke umlomo wethu,
ulwimi lwethu lunyibilike kwiingoma zovuyo.

Ke kwathiwa phakathi kwabantu:
"INkosi ibenzele izinto ezinkulu."
INkosi yasenzela izinto ezinkulu,
usizalisile ngovuyo.

Nkosi, buyisa amabanjwa ethu,
njengemisinga yaseNegebhi.
Ngubani ohlwayela iinyembezi
uya kuvuna ngokugcoba.

Njengoko ehamba, uyahamba aze akhale,
Ukuzisa imbewu ukuba iphoswe
kodwa xa ebuyayo, uyavuya,
ephethe izithungu zakhe.

Ileta ka-Saint Paul umPostile eya kwabaseFilipi 1,4-6.8-11.
ndihlala ndithandaza kuwe ngovuyo emithandazweni yam yonke,
ngenxa yentsebenziswano yenu ekusasazeni ivangeli kususela kwimini yokuqala, kude kube ngoku,
kwaye ndikholosekile kukuba lowo wawuqalayo lo msebenzi ulungileyo kuni, wowufeza, ide ibe yiloo mini kaYesu Kristu;
Ngapha koko, uThixo ulingqina lam lokuba ndinithanda nonke nina ngokumthanda kukaKristu Yesu.
Ke ngoko ndithandazela ukuba uthando lwenu lube nentabalala ngakumbi kulwazi nakuzo zonke iintlobo zokuqonda,
ukuze nihlale nikwazi ukwahlula-hlula kwezona zinto zilungileyo, kwaye zichanekile kwaye zingenakuchazeleka kwimini kaKristu,
Gcwalisa ngeziqhamo zobulungisa ezifumaneka ngoYesu Krestu, ukuze kudunyiswe kwaye kudunyiswe uThixo.

Ukusuka kwiVangeli kaYesu Krestu ngokukaLuka 3,1-6.
Ngomnyaka weshumi elinesihlanu wobukumkani bukaTibheriyo Kesare, ngelixa uPontiyo Pilato wayeyirhuluneli yelakwaYuda, uHerode umlawuli waseGalili, noFilipu, umntakwabo, umlawuli we-Itureya kunye neTraconìtide, kunye neLysània umlawuli we-Abilène,
phantsi kwababingeleli abakhulu ooAna noKayafa, ilizwi likaThixo lehla kuYohane, unyana kaZekariya, entlango.
Wahamba wonke loo mmandla weYordan, eshumayela ubhaptizo lwenguquko, ukuze kuxolelwe izono.
njengoko kubhaliweyo encwadini yamazwi kaIsaya umprofeti, esithi, Izwi lodandulukayo entlango, lisithi, Yilungiseni indlela yeNkosi, Wutyenenezeni umendo wayo.
Zonke iintlambo ziyagcwala, zonke iintaba neenduli zonke ziya kuthotywa; amanyathelo okubhuqa aya ngqo; iindawo ezingenakunyibilika zityhiliwe.
Wonke umntu uyakubona usindiso lukaThixo!