December 19, 2014

Ukufunda

Abagwebi 13: 2-7,24-25

13:2 Ke kaloku bekukho ndoda ithile yaseTsora, kunye nenzala yakwaDan, ogama belinguManowa, Ukuba nomfazi oludlolo.

13:3 Kwabonakala kuye isithunywa seNkosi, watsho: “Uludlolo yaye awunabantwana. ke uya kumitha, uzale unyana;.

13:4 Ngoko ke, zigcine, ungaseli wayini nasiselo sinxilisayo. nize ningayidli yonke into eyinqambi;.

13:5 ngokuba uya kumitha, uzale unyana;, ontloko yakhe isitshetshe sokucheba singayichukumisi;. ngokuba uya kuba ngumahlulwa kaThixo, kwasebuntwaneni bakhe nasesizalweni sikanina. Kwaye ke uya kuqala ukuwakhulula amaSirayeli esandleni samaFilisti.

13:6 Kwaye xa wayesiya endodeni yakhe, Wathi kuye: “Kwaza kum indoda yakwaThixo, enobuso beNgelosi, yoyikeka ngokugqithisileyo. Ndaye ndambuza, wayengubani, nalapho ebevela khona, nokuba wayesithini na igama lakhe, ebengafuni ukundixelela.

13:7 Kodwa wasabela: ‘Khangela, uya kumitha, uzale unyana. Zigcine, ungaseli wayini nasiselo sinxilisayo;. Ize ningayidli yonke into eyinqambi. ngokuba le nkwenkwe iya kuba ngumahlulwa kaThixo kwasebuncinaneni bayo, kwasesizalweni sikanina, kwada kwayimini yokufa kwakhe.’”

13:24 Wazala unyana, Wathi igama lakhe nguSamson. Yakhula ke inkwenkwe, uYehova wamsikelela.

13:25 UMoya kaYehova waba naye eminqubeni yakwaDan, phakathi kweTsora ne-Eshtawoli.

IVangeli

ULuka 1: 5-25

1:5 There was, in the days of Herod, king of Judea, a certain priest named Zechariah, of the section of Abijah, and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

1:6 Now they were both just before God, progressing in all of the commandments and the justifications of the Lord without blame.

1:7 And they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both had become advanced in years.

1:8 Emva koko kwenzeka ukuba, when he was exercising the priesthood before God, in the order of his section,

1:9 according to the custom of the priesthood, the lot fell so that he would offer incense, entering into the temple of the Lord.

1:10 And the entire multitude of the people was praying outside, at the hour of incense.

1:11 Then there appeared to him an Angel of the Lord, standing at the right of the altar of incense.

1:12 And upon seeing him, Zechariah was disturbed, and fear fell over him.

1:13 But the Angel said to him: "Sukoyika, uZekariya, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth shall bear a son to you. And you shall call his name John.

1:14 And there will be joy and exultation for you, and many will rejoice in his nativity.

1:15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will not drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.

1:16 And he will convert many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God.

1:17 And he will go before him with the spirit and power of Elijah, so that he may turn the hearts of the fathers to the sons, and the incredulous to the prudence of the just, so as to prepare for the Lord a completed people.”

1:18 And Zechariah said to the Angel: “How may I know this? For I am elderly, and my wife is advanced in years.”

1:19 Kwaye ekuphenduleni, the Angel said to him: “I am Gabriel, who stands before God, and I have been sent to speak to you, and to proclaim these things to you.

1:20 Kwaye khangela, you will be silent and unable to speak, until the day on which these things shall be, because you have not believed my words, which will be fulfilled in their time.”

1:21 And the people were waiting for Zechariah. And they wondered why he was being delayed in the temple.

1:22 Emva koko, xa ephuma, he was unable to speak to them. And they realized that he had seen a vision in the temple. And he was making signs to them, but he remained mute.

1:23 Kwaye kwenzeka ukuba, after the days of his office were completed, he went away to his house.

1:24 Emva koko, emva kwaloo mihla, his wife Elizabeth conceived, and she hid herself for five months, esithi:

1:25 “For the Lord did this for me, at the time when he decided to take away my reproach among men.”