IVangeli langoDisemba 13 2018
Incwadi ka-Isaya 41,13: 20-XNUMX.
NgiyiNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ekubambe ngakwesokunene futhi ngithi kuwe: "Ungesabi, ngizokusiza".
Ungesabi, isibungu esincane sikaJakobe, izibungu zakwa-Israyeli; Ngiza ukukusiza - ingosi yeNkosi - uMhlengi wakho ungoNgcwele ka-Israyeli.
Bheka, ngikwenza ngibe ngumbhuli obukhali, omusha, onamaphuzu amaningi; uyobhula izintaba uzichoboze, unciphise izintamo zibe ngamakhoba.
Uzozihlola bese umoya uvunguze, isivunguvungu sibahlakaze. Esikhundleni salokho, uzothokoza eNkosini, uzoziqhayisa ngoyiNgcwele ka-Israyeli.
Abampofu nabampofu bafuna amanzi kepha abekho, ulimi lwabo loma ngomile; Mina, iNkosi, ngiyabalalela; Mina, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, ngeke ngibashiye.
Ngiyakukhipha imifula emagqumeni ayinyumba, nemithombo phakathi kwezigodi; Ngiyoshintsha ugwadule lube yichibi lamanzi, umhlaba owomileyo ube yimithombo.
Ngiyotshala imisedari ogwadule, nomuhlwa, emimirheni neminqumo; Ngizobeka ama-cypress, ama-elms kanye nezihlahla zomsipha e-steppe;
ukuze babone futhi bazi, babheke futhi baqonde ngasikhathi sinye ukuthi lokhu kwenziwe ngesandla seNkosi, oNgcwele ka-Israyeli ukudalile.
Salmi 145(144),1.9.10-11.12-13ab.
O Nkulunkulu, nkosi yami, ngifuna ukukuphakamisa
ubusise igama lakho kuze kube phakade naphakade.
INkosi ilungile kubo bonke,
ububele bakhe buyanda kuzo zonke izidalwa.
Nkosi, yonke imisebenzi yakho iyakudumisa
futhi othembekile wakho akubusise.
Isho inkazimulo yombuso wakho
futhi ukhulume ngamandla akho.
Izimangaliso zakho maziboniswe emadodeni
nenkazimulo enhle yombuso wakho.
Umbuso wakho ungumbuso wayo yonke iminyaka,
isizinda sakho sifinyelela kuzo zonke izizukulwane.
Okuvela kwiVangeli likaJesu Kristu ngokukaMathewu 11,11-15.
Ngaleso sikhathi uJesu wathi esixukwini: «Ngiqinisile ngithi kuwe: Phakathi kwezelwe yowesifazane kwakungekho omkhulu kunoJohane uMbhapathizi; kepha omncane embusweni wezulu mkhulu kunaye.
Ukusukela ezinsukwini zikaJohane uMbhabhathizi kuze kube manje, umbuso wezulu uhlushwa ubudlova futhi nababudlova babubamba.
Eqinisweni, umthetho nabo bonke abaProfethi babeprofeta kuze kufike uJohane.
Futhi uma ufuna ukukwemukela, ngu-Elija lowo ozayo.
Labo abanezindlebe mabaqonde. "