August 8, 2014

Qari

Nahum 2: 1, 3: 1-3, 6-7

2:1 He ascends, who would scatter before your eyes, who would maintain the blockade. Contemplate the way, fortify your back, reinforce virtue greatly.

3:1 Woe to the city of blood, filled with all manner of lies and violence. Crime shall not depart from you:

3:2 the voice of the whip, and the voice of the turning wheels, and of the neighing horse, and the burning chariot, and the horsemen who ride,

3:3 and of the flashing sword and the shining spear, and of a multitude executed and a grievous ruination. Neither is there an end to the dead bodies, and they will fall down upon their dead bodies.

3:6 And I will cast abominations over you, and I will afflict you with abuse, and I will make an example of you.

3:7 U dan għandu jkun: everyone who sees you, will recoil from you, and he will say: “Nineveh has been devastated.” Who will shake his head over you? Where might I seek consolation for you?

Evanġelju

Mattew 16: 24-28

16:24 Imbagħad Ġesù qal lid-dixxipli tiegħu: “Jekk xi ħadd ikun lest li jiġi warajja, ħallih jiċħad lilu nnifsu, u ħu s-salib tiegħu, u warajja.

16:25 Għal min isalva ħajtu, se jitlifha. Imma min ikun tilef ħajtu minħabba fija, għandha ssibha.

16:26 Għal kif jibbenefika raġel, jekk jikseb id-dinja kollha, iżda tassew ibati ħsara lir-ruħ tiegħu? Jew x'għandu jagħti bniedem bi skambju għal ruħu?

16:27 Għax Bin il-bniedem se jasal fil-glorja ta’ Missieru, mal-Anġli tiegħu. U mbagħad iħallas lura lil kull wieħed skond l-għemejjel tiegħu.

16:28 Amen ngħidilkom, hemm xi wħud fost dawk li qegħdin hawn, min m’għandux iduq il-mewt, sakemm jaraw lil Bin il-bniedem jasal fis-saltna tiegħu.”