Novembru 16, 2014

Qari

Xogħol 31: 10-13, 19-20, 30-31

31:10 then let my wife be the harlot of another, and let other men lean over her. 31:11 For this is a crime and a very great injustice. 31:12 It is a fire devouring all the way to perdition, and it roots out all that springs forth. 31:13 If I have despised being subject to judgment with my servant or my maid, when they had any complaint against me, 31:19 if I have looked down on him who was perishing because he had no clothing and the poor without any covering, 31:20 if his sides have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; 31:30 for I have not been given my throat to sin by asking for a curse on his soul; 31:31 if the men around my tabernacle have not said: “He might give us some of his food, so that we will be filled,”

It-Tieni Qari

Thessalonians 5: 1-6

5:1 But concerning dates and times, aħwa, you do not need us to write to you. 5:2 For you yourselves thoroughly understand that the day of the Lord shall arrive much like a thief in the night. 5:3 For when they will say, “Peace and security!” then destruction will suddenly overwhelm them, like the labor pains of a woman with child, and they will not escape. 5:4 But you, aħwa, are not in darkness, so that you would be overtaken by that day as by a thief. 5:5 For all of you are sons of light and sons of daytime; we are not of nighttime, nor of darkness. 5:6 Għalhekk, let us not sleep, as the rest do. Minflok, we should be vigilant and sober.

Evanġelju

Mattew 25: 14-30

25:14 For it is like a man setting out on a long journey, who called his servants and delivered to them his goods. 25:15 And to one he gave five talents, and to another two, yet to another he gave one, to each according to his own ability. And promptly, he set out. 25:16 Then he who had received five talents went out, and he made use of these, and he gained another five. 25:17 U bl-istess mod, he who had received two gained another two. 25:18 But he who had received one, ħiereġ, dug into the earth, and he hid the money of his lord. 25:19 Iżda tassew, after a long time, the lord of those servants returned and he settled accounts with them. 25:20 And when he who had received five talents approached, he brought another five talents, qal: ‘Mulej, you delivered five talents to me. Ara, I have increased it by another five.’ 25:21 His lord said to him: ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. Since you have been faithful over a few things, I will appoint you over many things. Enter into the gladness of your lord.’ 25:22 Then he who had received two talents also approached, u qal: ‘Mulej, you delivered two talents to me. Ara, I have gained another two.’ 25:23 His lord said to him: ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. Since you have been faithful over a few things, I will appoint you over many things. Enter into the gladness of your lord.’ 25:24 Then he who had received one talent, toqrob, qal: ‘Mulej, I know that you are a hard man. You reap where you have not sown, and gather where you have not scattered. 25:25 U għalhekk, qed jibżgħu, I went out and hid your talent in the earth. Ara, you have what is yours.’ 25:26 But his lord said to him in response: ‘You evil and lazy servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered. 25:27 Għalhekk, you should have deposited my money with the bankers, imbagħad, at my arrival, at least I would have received what is mine with interest. 25:28 U għalhekk, take the talent away from him and give it the one who has ten talents. 25:29 For to everyone who has, more shall be given, u għandu jkollu fl-abbundanza. But from him who has not, even what he seems to have, shall be taken away. 25:30 And cast that useless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’