IVangeli lango-22 Juni 2018
Incwadi yesibili yamaKhosi 11,1-4.9-18.20.
Ngalezo zinsuku, unina ka-Ahaziya, u-Atalia, esebonile ukuthi indodana yakhe ifile, wazimisela ukubhubhisa lonke uhlanga lwasebukhosini.
Kepha uJoseba, indodakazi yenkosi uJoramu, nodadewabo ka-Ahaziya, wamthatha uJowashi indodana ka-Ahaziya, wamkhipha eqenjini lamadodana enkosi abezokufa, wamyisa ekamelweni lokulala nomhlengikazi; ngakho wamfihla ku-Atalia futhi akazange abulawe.
Wahlala ecashe naye ethempelini iminyaka eyisithupha; Phakathi naleso sikhathi u-Atalia wayebusa izwe.
Ngonyaka wesikhombisa uJehoyada wabiza abaholi bamakhulu eKarii nonogada wabaletha ethempelini. Wenza isivumelwano nabo, wabafungisa ethempelini; wabe esebakhombisa indodana yenkosi.
Abaholi bamakhulu benza njengokulaya kompristi uJehoyada. Yilowo nalowo wathatha amadoda akhe, labo abangena enkonzweni nalabo ababehla ngeSabatha, baya kumpristi uJehoyada.
Umpristi wanikela izinduna amakhulu emikhonto nezihlangu zeNkosi uDavide, ezazisendlini yokugcina ethempelini.
Onogada, ngamunye ephethe izikhali zakhe, basuka ekhoneni eliseningizimu yethempeli baya ekhoneni lasenyakatho, phambi kwe-altare nethempeli nxazonke zenkosi.
UJehoyada wayesekhipha indodana yenkosi, wayibeka phezu kwakhe umqhele nophawu; wambiza njengenkosi futhi wamgcoba. Abeme eceleni bashaye izandla bababaza bathi: "Mana njalo nkosi!"
U-Athaliya, ezwa umsindo wabalindi nabantu, waya esixukwini ethempelini.
Wabheka: bheka, inkosi yayimi ngasensikeni ngokwesiko; abaholi namacilongo babezungeze inkosi, kuyilapho bonke abantu bezwe bejabula futhi bekhalisa amacilongo. U-Atalia waklebhula izingubo zakhe futhi wamemeza: "Ukukhaphela, ukukhaphela!"
Umpristi u-Ioiada wayala izinduna zamabutho: "Mkhipheni emkhakheni futhi noma ngubani omlandelayo makabulawe ngenkemba." Eqinisweni, umpristi wayethole ukuthi akabulawanga ethempelini leNkosi.
Bambeka izandla futhi wafika esigodlweni ngokungena kwamaHhashi lapho wabulawa khona.
U-Ioada wenza isivumelwano phakathi kweNkosi, nenkosi nabantu, labo abenza isivumelwano sokuba ngabantu bakaJehova; kwakukhona nokusebenzisana phakathi kwenkosi nabantu.
Bonke abantu bezwe bangena ethempelini likaBali, badiliza, bachitha ama-altare nezithombe, babulala uMathani yena, umpristi kaBali, phambi kwama-altare.
Bonke abantu bezwe babebungaza; umuzi wathula.
Salmi 132(131),11.12.13-14.17-18.
INkosi ifungile kuDavide
futhi ngeke ahoxise izwi lakhe:
“Izithelo zamathumbu akho
Ngizobeka esihlalweni sakho sobukhosi!
Uma izingane zakho zizogcina isivumelwano sami
ngizabafundisa izimiso,
ngisho nezingane zabo kuze kube phakade
bazohlala esihlalweni sakho sobukhosi ”.
INkosi ikhethile iSiyoni,
wayeyifuna njengekhaya lakhe:
“Lokhu kungukuphumula kwami kuze kube phakade;
Ngizohlala lapha, ngoba ngikufisile.
ESiyoni ngiyokhipha amandla kaDavide,
Ngizolungiselela isibani somuntu wami ongcwele.
Ngiyakujabha izitha zakhe,
kodwa umqhele uzokhanya kuye ”.
Okuvela kwiVangeli likaJesu Kristu ngokukaMathewu 6,19-23.
Ngaleso sikhathi, uJesu wathi kubafundi bakhe: “Ningazibekeli ingcebo emhlabeni, lapho inundu nokugqwala kudla khona, nalapho amasela egqekeza khona ebe;
esikhundleni salokho buthelela ingcebo ezulwini, lapho kungoni inundu nokugqwala, nalapho amasela engagqekezi khona ebe.
Ngoba lapho kukhona umcebo wakho, nenhliziyo yakho iyoba lapho.
Isibani somzimba yiso; ngakho-ke uma iso lakho lilihle, umzimba wakho wonke uzakukhanya;
kepha uma iso lakho ligula, umzimba wakho wonke uzakuba mnyama. Ngakho-ke uma ukukhanya okukuwe kungubumnyama, bukhulu kangakanani ubumnyama! "