Solemnity of Saint Joseph
Second Samuel 7: 4- 5, 12- 14, 16
| 7:4 | But it happened in that night, tarirai, the word of the Lord came to Nathan, achiti: |
| 7:5 | “Enda, and say to my servant David: ‘Thus says the Lord: Should you build a house for me as a dwelling place? |
| 7:12 | And when your days will have been fulfilled, and you will sleep with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who will go forth from your loins, and I will make firm his kingdom. |
| 7:13 | He himself shall build a house to my name. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom, kunyange nokusingaperi. |
| 7:14 | I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me. And if he will commit any iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and with the wounds of the sons of men. |
| 7:16 | And your house shall be faithful, and your kingdom shall be before your face, nokusingaperi, and your throne shall be secure continuously.’ ” |
vaRoma 4: 13, 16- 18, 22
| 4:13 | Nokuda kweChipikirwa kuna Abrahama, uye kuvazukuru vake, kuti achagara nhaka yenyika, hazvina kubudikidza nomurayiro, asi kubudikidza nokururamisira kwokutenda. |
| 4:16 | Nokuda kwaizvozvi, zvinobva pakutenda maererano nenyasha kuti Chipikirwa chinosimbiswa kune vose vanozotevera, kwete kuavo vari vomurayiro chete, asi nokuna avo vari vokutenda kwaAbhurahama, anova baba vedu tose pamberi paMwari, |
| 4:17 | waaitenda maari, anomutsa vakafa uye anodana izvo zvisipo kuti zvivepo. Nokuti kwakanyorwa: “Ndakakugadza kuti uve baba vemarudzi mazhinji. |
| 4:18 | Uye akatenda, netariro inopfuura tariro, kuti ave baba vemarudzi mazhinji, maererano nezvakataurwa kwaari: “Ndizvo zvichaita vana vako.” |
| 4:22 | Uye nokuda kwechikonzero ichi, zvakanzi kwaari ndiko kururama. |
Mateu 1: 16, 18- 21, 24
| 1:16 | Jakobho akabereka Josefa, murume waMaria, kwavari kwakaberekwa Jesu, uyo anonzi Kristu. |
| 1:18 | Zvino kubereka kwaKristu kwakaitika nenzira iyi. Mushure mokunge mai vake Maria vanyengwa naJosefa, vasati vagara pamwe chete, akaonekwa kuti ava nemimba noMweya Mutsvene. |
| 1:19 | Ipapo Josefa, murume wake, sezvo akanga akarurama uye akanga asingadi kumuisa mumaoko ake, akada kumudzinga chinyararire. |
| 1:20 | Asi pakufunga pamusoro pezvinhu izvi, tarirai, mutumwa waShe akazviratidza kwaari pahope dzake, achiti: “Joseph, mwanakomana waDhavhidhi, usatya kugamuchira Maria semukadzi wako. Nokuti chakaitwa maari ndecheMweya Mutsvene. |
| 1:21 | Uye achabereka mwanakomana. uye uchatumidza zita rake JESU. Nokuti achaita ruponeso rwavanhu vake pazvivi zvavo. |
| 1:24 | Ipapo Josefa, arising from sleep, did just as the Angel of the Lord had instructed him, and he accepted her as his wife. |