IVangeli langoDisemba 24 2018

Incwadi ka-Isaya 9,1: 6-XNUMX.
Abantu ababehamba ebumnyameni babona ukukhanya okukhulu; ukukhanya kwakhanya kulabo ababehlala ezweni elimnyama.
Ukhuphule injabulo, wandisa injabulo. Ziyajabula phambi kwakho njengoba ujabula lapho uvuna nokuthi ujabule kanjani lapho uhlanganyela ekulweni.
Ngejoka elalim umthwalo phezu kwakhe nemigoqo emahlombe akhe, intonga yomhlukumezi wakhe uyaphulile njengasesikhathini sakwaMidiyani.
Njengoba zonke isicathulo samasosha esisefweni nazo zonke izembatho ezimboze ngegazi zizoshiswa, kuzophuma umlilo.
Ngoba sizalelwe umntwana, sanikezwa indodana. Emahlombe akhe kukhona uphawu lobukhosi futhi ubizwa ngokuthi: UMeluleki Othandekayo, uNkulunkulu onamandla, uYise kuze kube phakade, iSikhulu Sokuthula;
umbuso wakhe uyoba mkhulu futhi ukuthula kungabi nasiphelo esihlalweni sobukhosi sikaDavide naphezu kombuso, awufikayo ukuhlanganisa nokuqinisa ngomthetho nangobulungiswa, manje naphakade; lokhu kuzokwenza intshiseko yeNkosi.

Salmi 96(95),1-2a.2b-3.11-12.13.
Cantate al Signore un canto nuovo,
Hlabelelelani iNkosi emhlabeni wonke.
Hlabelelelani iNkosi, libusise igama lakhe.

Memezela insindiso yakhe usuku nosuku;
Phakathi kwezizwe zisho inkazimulo yakho,
ezizweni zonke zitshele izimangaliso zakho.

I-Gioiscano i cieli, esulti la terra,
ulwandle nalokho okukuhlanganisayo kuyathuthumela;
jabulisa amasimu nokuqukethwe,
izihlahla zehlathi mazithokoze.

Jabulani phambi kweNkosi ezayo.
ngoba uza ukuzokwahlulela umhlaba.
Uyakwahlulela umhlaba ngobulungiswa
futhi ngokweqiniso bonke abantu.

Incwadi ka-Saint Paul umPhostoli eya kuThithu 2,11-14.
Okusondele kakhulu, kubonakala ngomusa kaNkulunkulu, uletha insindiso kubo bonke abantu,
osifundisa ukwenqaba ukungamhloniphi kanye nezifiso zezwe futhi siphile ngokunensa, ubulungiswa nesihawu kulo mhlaba,
silinde ithemba elibusisiweyo nokubonakaliswa kwenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu wethu omkhulu nomsindisi uJesu Kristu;
owazinikelayo ngenxa yethu, ukuze asihlenge kubo bonke ububi futhi sakhe abantu abahlanzekile abangabakhe, abashisekela imisebenzi emihle.

Kusuka kwiVangeli likaJesu Kristu ngokukaLuka 2,1-14.
Ngalezo zinsuku kwakhishwa isimemezelo sikaKhesari Awugustu sokuthi kubalwe umhlaba wonke.
Lokhu kubalwa kokuqala kwenziwa ngenkathi u-Quirinius engumbusi weSyria.
Bonke baya kubhaliswa, yilowo nalowo emzini wakhe.
UJosefa, owayevela endlini nomndeni kaDavida, naye wasuka edolobheni laseNazaretha naseGalile waya emzini kaDavide, othiwa yiBetlehema, eJudiya,
ukubhalisa nonkosikazi wakhe uMaria, owayekhulelwe.
Manje, lapho besendaweni leyo, zaphelela izinsuku zokubeletha kwakhe.
Wazala indodana yakhe eyizibulo, wayisongela ngezingubo zokumbesa wayibeka emkhombeni, ngoba yayingekho indawo yabo ehhotela.
Kwakukhona abanye abelusi kuleso sifunda ababebuka ebusuku beqapha umhlambi wabo.
Ingelosi yeNkosi yabonakala phambi kwabo nenkazimulo yeNkosi yabembesa ukukhanya. Babanjwa ukwesaba okukhulu,
kodwa ingelosi yathi kubo: "Ningesabi, bhekani, ngiyanimemezela intokozo enkulu, ezoba kubo bonke abantu:
namuhla kuzelwe emzini kaDavide umsindisi, onguKristu iNkosi.
Nasi isibonakaliso sakho: uzothola umntwana osongelwe ngezingubo zokulala futhi elele emkhombeni ».
Masinyane kwavela isixuku sebutho lasezulwini kanye nengelozi bedumisa uNkulunkulu, bethi:
"Makadunyiswe uNkulunkulu ezulwini eliphezulu kakhulu nokuthula emhlabeni kumadoda awathandayo."