IVangeli lango-26 Mashi 2020 ngombono

Okuvela kwiVangeli likaJesu Kristu ngokukaJohane 5,31-47.
Ngaleso sikhathi, uJesu wathi kumaJuda: “Ukube bengizifakazela mina, ubufakazi bami bungeke babe iqiniso;
kodwa kukhona omunye ongifakazelayo, futhi ngiyazi ukuthi ubufakazi angifakazela bona buqinisile.
Uthumele izithunywa ezivela kuJohane, wafakazela iqiniso.
Angemukeli ubufakazi kumuntu; kodwa ngikutshela lezi zinto ukuze uzisindise.
Wayeyisibani esivuthayo nesikhanyayo, futhi ubufuna okomzuzwana nje uthokoze ukukhanya kwakhe.
Kodwa-ke, nginobufakazi obedlula obukaJohane: imisebenzi uBaba anginike yona ukuba ngiyenze, yona le misebenzi engiyenzayo, iyangifakazela ukuthi uBaba ungithumile.
Futhi uBaba ongithumileyo, ufakaze ngami. Kepha awuzange uzwe izwi lakhe, futhi awubonanga ubuso bakhe,
futhi awunalo izwi lakhe elihlala kuwe, ngoba awukholwa yilowo amthumileyo.
Ucubungula imibhalo ukholelwa ukuthi unokuphila okuphakade kuyo; kunjalo, yibona abangifakazelayo.
Kepha awufuni ukuza kimi ukuze ube nokuphila.
Angitholi udumo kubantu.
Kepha ngiyakwazi wena futhi ngiyazi ukuthi awunalo uthando lukaNkulunkulu kuwe.
Ngize ngegama likaBaba futhi aningamukeli; uma omunye eza ngegama labo, ubuyokwamukela.
Futhi ungakholelwa kanjani, wena othatha inkazimulo komunye nomunye, kepha ungafuni inkazimulo evela kuNkulunkulu kuphela?
Ungakholelwa ukuthi yimina engimangalela phambi kukaYise; kukhona vele labo abakumangalelayo, uMose, obeke ithemba lakho kuye.
Ngoba uma benikholwe nguMose, beniyongikholwa nami; ngoba wabhala ngami.
Kepha uma ungakholelwa imibhalo yakhe, ungawakholelwa kanjani amazwi ami? ».

ISt. John Chrysostom (ca 345-407)
umpristi e-Antiyokiya wabe engumbhishobhi waseConstantinople, udokotela weSonto

Izinkulumo ngoGenesise, 2
«Ukube ubukholwa kuMose, ubuyongikholwa nami; ngoba wabhala ngami "
Ezikhathini zasendulo, iNkosi edala umuntu yakhuluma kuqala kumuntu, ngendlela yokuthi yayimuzwa. Ngakho-ke waxoxa no-Adamu (...), lapho exoxa noNowa no-Abrahama. Futhi ngenkathi isintu sebengene kwalasha lwesono, uNkulunkulu akazange aphule bonke ubuhlobo, noma ngabe babengajwayelene kangako, ngoba amadoda ayezenze angafanele. Ngakho-ke wavumela ukuthi bakhe kabusha ubudlelwano obuhle nabo, yize benonobumba, sengathi ukuzijabulisa nomngani ongekho; Ngale ndlela wayenokuthi, ngobuhle bakhe, abophe futhi sonke isintu kuye; UMose ungumphathi walezi zincwadi uNkulunkulu asithumela zona.

Masivule lezi zincwadi; ayini amagama okuqala? "Ekuqaleni uNkulunkulu wadala amazulu nomhlaba." Kuhle! (...) UMose owazalwa emakhulwini amaningi eminyaka kamuva, waphefumulelwa ngokwaphezulu ukuba asitshele ngezimangaliso uNkulunkulu azenzile ekudalweni komhlaba. (...) Kubonakala sengathi akasho ngokucacile ukuthi: "Ngabe abantu yibona abangifundise lokhu engifuna ukukuembulela khona? Akunjalo, kodwa nguMdali kuphela, owenze lezi zimangaliso. Uqondisa ulimi lwami ukuze ngikufundise. Kusukela lapho, ngicela uthulise zonke izikhalazo zokucabanga kwabantu. Ungayilaleli le ndaba kube sengathi yizwi likaMose kuphela; UZimu ngokwakhe ukhuluma nawe; UMose ukutolika kwakhe kuphela ». (...)

Ngakho-ke, bazalwane, masemukele iZwi likaNkulunkulu ngenhliziyo ebongayo nethobekile. (...) Eqinisweni uNkulunkulu wadala konke, futhi ulungiselela zonke izinto futhi uzihlela ngokuhlakanipha. (...) Uhola umuntu ngokubonakalayo, ukumenza afinyelele olwazini loMdali wendawo yonke. (...) Ufundisa umuntu ukucabanga ngoMakhi ophakeme ngemisebenzi yakhe, ukuze azi ukuthi kufanele akhonze kanjani uMdali wakhe.