UTshazimpuzi 16, 2024

Ukufunda

IZenzo zabaPostile 7: 51-8:1

7:51	Abantamo-lukhuni kwaye abangalukanga ngentliziyo neendlebe, uhlala umchasile uMoya oyiNgcwele. njengokuba benzayo ooyihlo, wenza njalo nawe.
7:52	Kubo abaprofeti nguwuphi na ongatshutshiswanga ngooyihlo?? Kwaye bababulala abo bakuxela kwangaphambili ukuza kwaLowo uliLungisa. Ke nina ngoku naba ngabamngcatshi nababulali bakhe.
7:53	Umthetho nawufumana ngezenzo zezithunywa zezulu, ukanti aniyigcinanga.
7:54	Emva koko, bakuva ezi zinto, babenzakele ngokunzulu ezintliziyweni zabo, bamtshixizela amazinyo.
7:55	Kodwa yena, ezaliswe nguMoya oyiNgcwele, yaye wondele ezulwini, wabubona ubuqaqawuli bukaThixo, noYesu emi ngasekunene kukaThixo. Uye wathi, “Khangela!, Ndibona amazulu evulekile, noNyana woMntu emi ngasekunene kukaThixo.”
7:56	Emva koko bona, edanduluka ngelizwi elikhulu, wavala iindlebe zabo kwaye, ngamxhelo mnye, bagxalathelana kuye ngogonyamelo.
7:57	Waza wamkhupha, ngaphaya kwesixeko, bamxuluba ngamatye. Kwaye amangqina azibeka iingubo zawo ecaleni kweenyawo zomfana, owayebizwa ngokuba nguSawule.
7:58	Kwaye njengoko babemxuluba ngamatye uStefano, wakhwaza wathi, “Nkosi uYesu, wamkele umoya wam.
7:59	Emva koko, eguqe ngamadolo, Wadanduluka ngelizwi elikhulu, esithi, “Nkosi, uze ungasibaleli kubo esi sono. Akuba etshilo, walala ubuthongo eNkosini. Waye ke uSawule ekuthakazela abulawe.

8:1	Ngoku ngaloo mihla, kwabakho intshutshiso enkulu ngokuchasene neBandla eYerusalem. Kwaye bonke baba ziintsali kulo lonke elakwaYuda nelaseSamariya, ngaphandle kwabapostile.

IVangeli

The Holy Gospel According to John 6: 30-35

6:30	And so they said to him: “Then what sign will you do, so that we may see it and believe in you? What will you work?
6:31	Our fathers ate manna in the desert, kanye njengoko kubhaliwe, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”
6:32	Ngoko ke, Wathi kubo uYesu: “Amen, amen, Ndithi kuni, Moses did not give you bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.
6:33	For the bread of God is he who descends from heaven and gives life to the world.”
6:34	And so they said to him, “Nkosi, give us this bread always.”
6:35	Wathi ke uYesu kubo: “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.