IVangeli lwanamuhla ngoMashi 29 2020 elinamazwana

Okuvela kwiVangeli likaJesu Kristu ngokukaJohane 11,1-45.

Ngaleso sikhathi, uLazaru othile waseBetània, idolobhana likaMariya noMartha udadewabo, wayegula.
UMariya wayenguye owayefafaze iNkosi ngamafutha anamakha futhi womisa izinyawo zakhe ngezinwele zakhe; umnewabo uLazaru wayegula.
Odadewabo base bemthumela ukuthi, "Nkosi, bheka, umngane wakho uyagula."
Lapho ezwa lokhu, uJesu wathi: "Lesi sifo asikho esokufa, kodwa singesenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu, ukuze iNdodana kaNkulunkulu ikhazinyuliselwe yona."
Jesu bekamtsandza kakhulu Mata, dzadze wakhe kanye naLazaro.
Kuthe lapho ezwa ukuthi uyagula, wahlala izinsuku ezimbili endaweni lapho ayekhona.
Wayesethi kubafundi bakhe, "Masibuye siye eJudiya."
Abafundi bathi kuye: "Rabi, kusele kancane amaJuda azama ukukukhanda ngamatshe. Ngabe usaya futhi?"
UJesu waphendula wathi: «Awekho yini amahora ayishumi nambili osuku? Uma umuntu ehamba ngosuku, akakhubeki, ngoba ubona ukukhanya kwalomhlaba;
kepha uma kunalokho umuntu uhamba ebusuku, uyakhubeka, ngokuba akanakho ukukhanya.
Ngakho-ke wakhuluma wabe esengeza kubo: «Umngane wethu uLazaru ulele; kodwa ngizomvusa. "
Ngakho-ke abafundi bathi kuye: "Nkosi, uma elele, uzolulama."
UJesu wakhuluma ngokufa kwakhe, esikhundleni salokho babecabanga ukuthi wayekhuluma ngokuphumula kokulala.
Ngakho-ke uJesu wathi kubo obala: «ULazaru ufile
futhi ngiyathaba ngawe ukuthi angikaze ngiye khona, ukuze ukholwe. Wozani, masiye kuye! "
UTomase, obizwa ngokuthi uDídimo, wathi kubafundi ababekanye naye: «Masiye nathi sizokufa naye!».
Ngakho-ke uJesu weza wamthola uLazaru owayesethuneni izinsuku ezine.
IBetània yayingaphansi kwamakhilomitha amabili ukusuka eJerusalema
futhi amaJuda amaningi abeze kuMarta noMariya ukuzoduduza ngomnewabo.
UMarta, njengoba ayazi ukuthi uJesu uyeza, wamhlangabeza; UMaria wayehleli endlini.
UMatha wathi kuJesu: “Nkosi, ukube ubulapha, umfowethu ngabe akafanga!
Kepha manje ngiyazi ukuthi noma yini oyicelayo uNkulunkulu uyokupha yona.
UJesu wathi kuye: "Umnewakho uzovuka futhi."
UMartha waphendula wathi, "Ngiyazi ukuthi uzabuya avuke ngosuku lokugcina."
UJesu wathi kuye: “Mina ngingukuvuka nokuphila; okholwa kimi, noma efa, uyakuphila;
noma ubani ophila futhi akholwe kimi, ngeke afe naphakade. Uyakukholwa lokhu? »
Waphendula wathi: "Yebo, Nkosi, ngikholwa ukuthi unguye uKristu, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu okumele ize ezweni."
Ngemuva kwalawa mazwi wahamba wabiza udadewabo uMaria ngasese, ethi: "INkosi ilapha futhi iyakubiza."
Ukuzwa lokho wasukuma masinyane waya kuye.
UJesu wayengangenanga emzaneni, kodwa wayesekhona lapho uMartha ayekade eya kuye ukumhlangabeza.
Ngakho-ke amaJuda ayesekhaya naye ukumduduza, lapho ebona uMariya esukuma masinyane futhi ephuma, amlandela ecabanga ukuthi: "Yiya ethuneni uyokhala lapho."
Ngakho-ke, lapho uMariya efika lapho uJesu ayekhona, embona waziphonsa ezinyaweni zakhe wathi: «Nkosi, ukube ubukhona, umfowethu ngabe akafanga!».
Lapho uJesu embona ekhala futhi amaJuda ayeze naye ekhala, wathinteka kakhulu enhliziyweni, wathi:
"Ubekephi?" Basebesithi kuye: Nkosi, woza ubone.
UJesu wakhala izinyembezi.
Base bethi abaJuda, "Bheka, ukuthi ubemthanda kanjani."
Kepha abanye kubo bathi, "Lo muntu ovule amehlo empumputhe ubengavimbi yini ukuthi impumputhe ife?"
Ngaleso sikhathi uJesu, esathinteke kakhulu, waya ethuneni; kwakungumhume futhi kubekwe itshe kuwo.
UJesu wathi: "Susa itshe!". UMartha, udadewabo kamufi, uphendule wathi, "Mnumzane, sekunuka kabi impela, ngoba unezinsuku ezine ubudala.
UJesu wathi kuye: "Angishongo yini kuwe ukuthi uma ukholwa uzobona inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu?"
Balisusa-ke itshe. UJesu wabe esebheka phezulu wathi: «Baba, ngiyabonga ukuthi ungilalele.
Bengazi ukuthi uhlala ungilalela, kepha bengikusho kubantu abangizungezile, ukuze bakholelwe ukuthi ungithumile ”.
Eseshilo lokho wamemeza ngezwi elikhulu wathi: "Lazaru, phuma!"
Kuphume umufi, izinyawo nezandla zakhe zigoqwe ngamabhandeshi, ubuso bakhe bumboziwe ngesigaxa. UJesu wathi kubo: "Mthukululeni nimyeke ahambe."
AmaJuda amaningi ayeze kuMariya, ekubonile lokho akwenzileyo, akholwa kuye.

ISan Gregorio Nazianzeno (330-390)
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«Lazaru, phuma! »
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