maja 18, 2014

Prvo čitanje

Djela apostolska 6: 1-7

6:1	Tih dana, kako se broj učenika povećavao, došlo je do žamora Grka protiv Jevreja, jer su njihove udovice bile tretirane s prezirom u svakodnevnoj službi.
6:2	I tako dvanaest, okupljajući mnoštvo učenika, rekao je: “Nije pošteno da ostavimo Riječ Božju da služimo i za stolovima.
6:3	Stoga, braćo, tražite među sobom sedam ljudi dobrog svjedočanstva, ispunjen Duhom Svetim i mudrošću, koga možemo imenovati za ovaj posao.
6:4	Ali zaista, mi ćemo neprestano biti u molitvi i u službi Riječi.”
6:5	I plan se svidio cijelom mnoštvu. I izabrali su Stephena, čovjek ispunjen vjerom i Duhom Svetim, i Filip i Prohor i Nikanor i Timon i Parmena i Nikola, novi dolazak iz Antiohije.
6:6	Njih su stavili pred vid apostola, i dok se moli, nametnuli su im ruke.
6:7	I Reč Gospodnja se povećavala, i broj učenika u Jerusalimu se silno umnožio. Čak je i velika grupa svećenika bila poslušna vjeri.

Drugo čitanje

Peter 2: 4-9

2:4 I prilazi mu kao da je živi kamen, odbačena od strane muškaraca, svakako, ali izabrani i poštovani od Boga,

2:5 budite i sami kao živo kamenje, izgrađen na njemu, duhovna kuća, sveto sveštenstvo, tako da prinese duhovne žrtve, prihvatljivo Bogu kroz Isusa Hrista.

2:6 Zbog ovoga, Sveto pismo tvrdi: “Evo, Postavljam u Sionu glavni kamen temeljac, elect, precious. I ko bude vjerovao u njega, neće se posramiti.”

2:7 Stoga, vama koji vjerujete, on je čast. Ali onima koji ne vjeruju, kamen koji su graditelji odbacili, isto je napravljeno u glavi ugla,

2:8 i kamen uvrede, i kamen skandala, onima koji su uvrijeđeni Riječju; ni oni ne veruju, iako su i oni izgrađeni na njemu.

2:9 Ali vi ste izabrana generacija, kraljevsko sveštenstvo, sveta nacija, stečeni narod, da biste mogli objaviti vrline onoga koji vas je pozvao iz tame u svoju čudesnu svjetlost.

Jevanđelje

John 14: 1-12

14:1 I to se desilo, when Jesus entered the house of a certain leader of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, they were observing him.

14:2 I gle, a certain man before him was afflicted with edema.

14:3 I odgovara, Jesus spoke to the experts in the law and to the Pharisees, govoreći, “Is it lawful to cure on the Sabbath?”

14:4 But they kept silent. Ali zaista, taking hold of him, he healed him and sent him away.

14:5 I odgovarati na njih, on je rekao, “Which of you will have a donkey or an ox fall into a pit, and will not promptly pull him out, na dan subote?”

14:6 And they were unable to respond to him about these things.

14:7 Then he also told a parable, to those who were invited, noticing how they chose the first seats at the table, govoreći im:

14:8 “When you are invited to a wedding, do not sit down in the first place, lest perhaps someone more honored than yourself may have been invited by him.

14:9 And then he who called both you and him, approaching, may say to you, ‘Give this place to him.’ And then you would begin, with shame, to take the last place.

14:10 But when you are invited, idi, sit down in the lowest place, tako da, when he who invited you arrives, he may say to you, 'Prijatelju, go up higher.’ Then you will have glory in the sight of those who sit at table together with you.

14:11 For everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled, and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.”

14:12 Then he also said to the one who had invited him: “When you prepare a lunch or dinner, do not choose to call your friends, or your brothers, or your relatives, or your wealthy neighbors, lest perhaps they might then invite you in return and repayment would made to you.