July 8, 2014

The Book of the Prophet Hosea 8: 4-7, 11-13

8:4They have reigned, but not by me. Leaders have emerged, and I did not recognize them. Their silver and their gold, they have made into idols for themselves, so that they might cross over.
8:5Your calf, Samaria, has been rejected. My fury has been enraged against them. How long will they be incapable of being cleansed?
8:6For it is itself also from Israel: a workman made it, and it is not God. For the calf of Samaria will be used for the webs of spiders.
8:7For they will sow wind and reap a whirlwind. It does not have a firm stalk; the bud will yield no grain. But if it does yield, strangers will eat it.
8:11For Ephraim multiplied altars to sin, and sanctuaries have become an offense for him.
8:12I will write to him my intricate laws, which have been treated like strangers.
8:13They will offer victims, they will immolate flesh and will eat, and the Lord will not accept them. For now he will remember their iniquity, and he will repay their sins: they will be turned back to Egypt.

The Holy Gospel According to Matthew 9: 32-38

9:32۽ اھي ڪفرناحوم ڏانھن ويا. ۽ جڏهن اهي گهر ۾ هئا, هن انهن کان سوال ڪيو, ”توهان رستي ۾ ڪهڙي ڳالهه ڪئي?”
9:33پر اهي خاموش رهيا. واقعي لاءِ, رستي ۾, اهي پاڻ ۾ تڪرار ڪندا هئا ته انهن مان ڪير وڏو آهي.
9:34۽ ويٺو, هن ٻارهن کي سڏيو, ۽ ھن انھن کي چيو, ”جيڪڏهن ڪو پهريون ٿيڻ چاهي, هو سڀني کان آخري ۽ سڀني جو وزير هوندو.
9:35۽ ٻار کڻي, هن کيس انهن جي وچ ۾ مقرر ڪيو. ۽ جڏھن کيس گلا ڪيائين, هن انهن کي چيو:
9:36”جيڪو به اهڙو ٻار منهنجي نالي تي وصول ڪري, مون کي قبول ڪري ٿو. ۽ جيڪو مون کي قبول ڪري ٿو, مون کي قبول نه ڪندو, پر اھو جنھن مون کي موڪليو آھي.
9:37جان کيس جواب ڏيندي چيو, ”استاد, اسان ڏٺو آهي ڪنهن کي تنهنجي نالي تي ڀوت ڪڍندي; هو اسان جي پيروي نٿو ڪري, ۽ ان ڪري اسان کيس منع ڪيو.
9:38پر يسوع چيو: ”هن کي منع نه ڪر. ڇالاءِ⁠جو ڪوبہ ڪونھي جيڪو منھنجي نالي ۾ نيڪيءَ سان ڪم ڪري ۽ جلد ئي منھنجي باري ۾ بڇڙائي ڳالھائي.