October 12, 2014

Membaca

Yesaya 25: 6-10

25:6	Dan Tuhan semesta alam akan membuat semua bangsa di atas gunung ini berpesta dengan lemak, untuk berpesta dengan wain, kegemukan yang penuh dengan sumsum, wain yang disucikan.
25:7	Dan dia akan menjatuhkan dengan ganas, di atas gunung ini, muka rantai, yang dengannya semua bangsa telah terikat, dan jaring, yang dengannya semua bangsa telah dilindungi.
25:8	Dia akan menjatuhkan kematian dengan ganas selama-lamanya. Dan Tuhan Allah akan menghapuskan air mata dari setiap muka, dan Dia akan menghapuskan aib umat-Nya dari seluruh bumi. Kerana Tuhan telah berfirman.
25:9	Dan mereka akan berkata pada hari itu: “Lihatlah, ini adalah Tuhan kita! Kami telah menunggunya, dan dia akan menyelamatkan kita. Ini adalah Tuhan! Kami telah bertahan untuknya. Kami akan bersorak-sorak dan bersukacita atas penyelamatan-Nya.”
25:10	Kerana tangan Tuhan akan turun di atas gunung ini. Dan Moab akan diinjak-injak di bawahnya, just as stubble is worn away by a wagon.

Bacaan Kedua

Philippians 4: 12-14, 19-20

4:12 I know how to be humbled, and I know how to abound. I am prepared for anything, anywhere: either to be full or to be hungry, either to have abundance or to endure scarcity.

4:13 Everything is possible in him who has strengthened me.

4:14 Namun sebenarnya, you have done well by sharing in my tribulation.

4:19 And may my God fulfill all your desires, according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

4:20 And to God our Father be glory forever and ever. Amin.

Injil

The Holy Gospel According to Matthew 22: 1-14

22:1	Dan bertindak balas, Jesus again spoke to them in parables, berkata:
22:2	“The kingdom of heaven is like a man who was king, who celebrated a wedding for his son.
22:3	And he sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding. But they were not willing to come.
22:4	sekali lagi, he sent other servants, berkata, ‘Tell the invited: Lihatlah, I have prepared my meal. My bulls and fatlings have been killed, and all is ready. Come to the wedding.’
22:5	But they ignored this and they went away: one to his country estate, and another to his business.
22:6	Namun sebenarnya, the rest took hold of his servants and, having treated them with contempt, killed them.
22:7	But when the king heard this, he was angry. And sending out his armies, he destroyed those murderers, and he burned their city.
22:8	Then he said to his servants: ‘The wedding, sesungguhnya, has been prepared. But those who were invited were not worthy.
22:9	Oleh itu, go out to the ways, and call whomever you will find to the wedding.’
22:10	And his servants, departing into the ways, gathered all those whom they found, bad and good, and the wedding was filled with guests.
22:11	Then the king entered to see the guests. And he saw a man there who was not clothed in a wedding garment.
22:12	Dan dia berkata kepadanya, ‘Kawan, how is it that you have entered here without having a wedding garment?’ But he was dumbstruck.
22:13	Then the king said to the ministers: ‘Bind his hands and feet, and cast him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
22:14	For many are called, but few are chosen.’ ”