IVangeli langoJanuwari 10, 2019

Incwadi yokuqala kaSanta Johane umphostoli 4,19-21.5,1-4.
Bathandekayo, siyathanda, ngoba yena wasithanda kuqala.
Uma umuntu ethi, "Ngiyamthanda uNkulunkulu," futhi ezonda umfowabo, ungumqambimanga. Ngoba noma ngubani ongamthandi umfowabo obonayo ngeke athande uNkulunkulu ongaboni.
Nanku umyalo esinawo uvela kuye: yilowo nalowo othanda uNkulunkulu, athande nomzakwabo.
Noma ngubani okholelwa ukuthi uJesu unguKristu uzelwe nguNkulunkulu; futhi noma ngubani othanda lowo owakhiqayo, naye uthanda lowo ozelwe ngaye.
Kulokhu siyazi ukuthi siyabathanda abantwana bakaNkulunkulu: uma sithanda uNkulunkulu futhi sigcina imiyalo yakhe,
ngoba kulokhu kuqukethe uthando lukaNkulunkulu, ekugcineni imiyalo yakhe; futhi imiyalo yakhe ayiwona umthwalo.
Konke okuzelwe nguNkulunkulu kuwina umhlaba; nakhu ukunqoba okunqobele umhlaba: ukukholwa kwethu.

Salmi 72(71),1-2.14.15bc.17.
Nkulunkulu, nika inkosi isahlulelo sakho,
ukulunga kwakho kundodana yenkosi;
babuse abantu bakho ngokwahlulela
nabampofu bakho ngokulunga.

Uzobakhulula ebudloveni nasekuhlukumezeni,
igazi labo liyakuba yigugu emehlweni akhe.
Sizomkhuleka nsuku zonke,
uyakubusiswa kuze kube phakade.

Igama lakhe limi kuze kube phakade,
lingakashoni ilanga igama lakhe liphikelela.
Kuzo zonke izinhlu zomhlaba kuzobusiswa
bonke abantu bazothi kubusisiwe.

Kusuka eVangelini likaJesu Krestu ngokusho kuLuka 4,14-22a.
Ngaleso sikhathi, uJesu wabuyela eGalile ngamandla kaMoya Oyingcwele nodumo lwakhe lwasakazekela esifundeni sonke leso.
Wayefundisa emasinagogeni abo futhi wonke umuntu ebancoma.
Waya eNazaretha, lapho ayekhulele khona; futhi njengenjwayelo, wangena esinagogeni ngoMgqibelo futhi wasukuma wayofunda.
Wanikezwa umqulu womprofethi u-Isaya; i-apertolo yathola indawo lapho kwakulotshwe khona:
UMoya weNkosi uphezu kwami; Ngalesi sizathu wangingcwelisa ngokugcotshwa, futhi wangithumela ukumemezela umyalezo ojabulayo kwabampofu, ukumemezela ukukhululeka eziboshweni nokubona izimpumputhe; ukukhulula abacindezelwe,
futhi ashumayele unyaka womusa ovela eNkosini.
Wabe esegoqa ivolumu, wayinika isikhonzi, wahlala phansi. Amehlo awo wonke umuntu esinagogeni lalikhangele kuye.
Wabe eseqala ukuthi: "Namuhla lo mbhalo owuzwile ngezindlebe zakho ugcwalisiwe."
Wonke umuntu wayefakaza futhi emangele ngamazwi omusa ayephuma emlonyeni wakhe.