December 13, 2014

Reading

The Book of Sirach 48: 1-4, 9-11

48:1	And the prophet Elijah arose like a fire, and his word burned like a torch.
48:2	He brought a famine upon them, and those who provoked him in their envy became few. For they could not bear the precepts of the Lord.
48:3	By the word of the Lord, he closed the heavens, and he brought down fire from heaven three times.
48:4	هن طريقي سان, Elijah was magnified in his wondrous works. So who can say that he is similar to you in glory?
48:9	He was received into a whirlwind of fire, into a swift chariot with fiery horses.
48:10	He is written in the judgments of the times, so as to lessen the wrath of the Lord, to reconcile the heart of the father to the son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob.
48:11	Blessed are those who saw you, and who were adorned with your friendship.

Gospel

The Holy Gospel According to Matthew 17: 9-13

17:9	۽ جيئن اھي جبل تان ھيٺ لھي رھيا ھئا, يسوع انهن کي هدايت ڪئي, چوڻ, ”ڪنهن کي خواب جي باري ۾ نه ٻڌايو, جيستائين ابنِ آدم مئلن مان جيئرو ٿي نه اٿيو.
17:10	۽ سندس شاگردن کانئس پڇيو, چوڻ, ”پوءِ ڇو شريعت وارا چون ٿا ته ايلياه جو پهريون اچڻ ضروري آهي?”
17:11	پر جواب ۾, هن انهن کي چيو: ”ايليا, واقعي, اچي ويندو ۽ سڀ شيون بحال ڪندو.
17:12	پر مان توکي چوان ٿو, ته ايليا اڳ ۾ ئي اچي چڪو آهي, ۽ انھن کيس نه سڃاتو, پر انھن جيڪي ڪجھہ کيس گھريو سو ڪيو. اھڙيءَ طرح ابن⁠آدم بہ انھن مان ڏک سھندو.
17:13	پوءِ شاگردن سمجھيو تہ ھن انھن سان يوحنا بپتسما ڏيڻ واري بابت ڳالھايو آھي.