IVangeli langoDisemba 18 2018
Incwadi kaJeremiya 23,5-8.
“Bheka, izinsuku ziyeza,” usho uJehova, “lapho ngiyovusa khona ihlumela elilungile kuDavide, oyobusa njengenkosi yeqiniso, ahlakaniphe, enze ngobulungisa nangobulungisa emhlabeni.
Ngezinsuku zakhe uJuda uzosindiswa no-Israyeli uzobe ephephile endlini yakhe; Lokhu kuzoba igama abazombiza ngalo: Lord-wethu-ubulungisa.
Ngalokho bheka, izinsuku ziyeza, isho iNkosi, lapho engasayikusho ngayo, ngokuphila kukaJehova owakhipha abantwana bakwa-Israyeli ezweni laseGibithe.
kodwa kunalokho: Impilo yeNkosi eyakhiqayo futhi eyabuyisa inzalo yendlu yakwa-Israyeli ezweni lasenyakatho nakuzo zonke izifunda lapho abahlakazekele khona; bayohlala ezweni labo ”.
Salmi 72(71),2.12-13.18-19.
UNkulunkulu unike inkosi isahlulelo sakho,
ukulunga kwakho kundodana yenkosi;
Thola abantu bakho nangobulungiswa
nabampofu bakho ngokulunga.
Uyokhulula umuntu ompofu omemezayo
nodabuki ongatholi sizo,
uyohawukela ababuthakathaka nabampofu
futhi uzosindisa impilo yomuntu odabukile.
Makabongwe uJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli,
yena yedwa owenza izimangaliso.
Alibonge igama lakhe elikhazimulayo kuze kube phakade,
umhlaba wonke ugcwele inkazimulo yakhe.
Okuvela kwiVangeli likaJesu Kristu ngokukaMathewu 1,18-24.
Lokhu kwenzeka kanjani ukuzalwa kukaJesu Kristu: Unina uMariya, athenjiswa umakoti kaJoseph, ngaphambi kokuba bayohlala bahlala ndawonye, wazithola ekhulelwe umsebenzi kaMoya oNgcwele.
UJoseph umyeni wakhe, owayelungile futhi engafuni ukumphika, wanquma ukumshisa ngasese.
Kepha esacabanga ngalezi zinto, ingelosi yeNkosi yabonakala kuye ngephupho, yathi kuye: Ngcwele.
Uzozala indodana futhi uzombiza ngokuthi nguJesu: empeleni uzosindisa abantu bakhe ezonweni zabo ».
Konke lokhu kwenzeka ngoba lokho iNkosi eyayikushilo ngomprofethi kwagcwaliseka:
"Lapha, intombi iyokhulelwa izale indodana ezobizwa ngokuthi u-Emmanuel", okusho ukuthi uNkulunkulu-nathi.
Wavuka ebuthongweni, uJosefu wenza njengoba ingelosi yeNkosi yayiyalile, wathatha umakoti wayo,