Juni 20, 2015

Kusoma

Barua ya Pili kwa Wakorintho 12: 1- 10

12:1 If it is necessary (though certainly not expedient) to glory, then I will next tell of visions and revelations from the Lord.

12:2 I know a man in Christ, WHO, more than fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I do not know, or out of the body, I do not know: God knows), was enraptured to the third heaven.

12:3 And I know a certain man (whether in the body, or out of the body, I do not know: God knows),

12:4 who was enraptured into Paradise. And he heard words of mystery, which it is not permitted for man to speak.

12:5 On behalf of someone like this, I will glory. But on behalf of myself, I will not glory about anything, except my infirmities.

12:6 For even though I am willing to glory, I will not be foolish. But I will speak the truth. Yet I will do so sparingly, lest anyone may consider me to be anything more than what he sees in me, or anything more than what he hears from me.

12:7 Na usije ukanitukuza ukubwa wa Aya, nilipewa kichocheo katika mwili wangu: malaika wa Shetani, ambaye alinipiga mara kwa mara.

12:8 Kwa sababu hii, mara tatu nilimwomba Bwana aniondolee.

12:9 Naye akaniambia: “Neema yangu yakutosha. Kwa maana wema hukamilishwa katika udhaifu.” Na hivyo, kwa hiari nitajisifu katika udhaifu wangu, ili wema wa Kristo upate kuishi ndani yangu.

12:10 Kwa sababu hii, Nimependezwa na udhaifu wangu: katika lawama, katika matatizo, katika mateso, katika dhiki, kwa ajili ya Kristo. Maana ninapokuwa dhaifu, basi nina nguvu.

Injili

Injili Takatifu Kulingana na Mathayo 6: 24-34

6:24	Hakuna awezaye kutumikia mabwana wawili. Maana ama atakuwa na chuki kwa yule, na kumpenda mwingine, au atadumu na huyo, na kumdharau mwingine. Huwezi kumtumikia Mungu na mali.
6:25	Na hivyo nawaambia, msiwe na wasiwasi juu ya maisha yenu, kuhusu mtakula nini, wala kuhusu mwili wako, kuhusu utavaa nini. Maisha sio zaidi ya chakula, na mwili zaidi ya mavazi?
6:26	Fikiria ndege wa angani, jinsi ambavyo hawapandi, wala kuvuna, wala kukusanya ghalani, na bado Baba yenu wa mbinguni huwalisha hao. Je, wewe si wa thamani kubwa kuliko wao?
6:27	Na ni nani kati yenu, kwa kufikiri, anaweza kuongeza kimo chake mkono mmoja?
6:28	Na kuhusu mavazi, mbona unahangaika? Fikirini maua ya shambani, jinsi wanavyokua; hawafanyi kazi wala kusuka.
6:29	Lakini mimi nawaambia, kwamba hata Sulemani, katika utukufu wake wote, alikuwa amepambwa kama moja ya haya.
6:30	Basi ikiwa Mungu huyavika hivyo majani ya kondeni, ambayo iko hapa leo, na kutupwa katika tanuri kesho, atakujali zaidi kiasi gani, Ewe mdogo katika imani?
6:31	Kwa hiyo, usichague kuwa na wasiwasi, akisema: ‘Tutakula nini, na tunywe nini, na tutavaa nini?'
6:32	Kwa maana hayo yote Mataifa huyatafuta. Lakini Baba yenu anajua kwamba mnahitaji hayo yote.
6:33	Kwa hiyo, utafuteni kwanza ufalme wa Mungu na haki yake, na hayo yote mtazidishiwa.
6:34	Kwa hiyo, msiwe na wasiwasi juu ya kesho; kwa maana siku yajayo itajisumbua yenyewe. Yatosha kwa siku maovu yake."