EyoMdumba 7, 2014

Ukufunda

uIsaya 58: 1-9

58:1	Khalela ngaphandle! Musa ukuyeka! Liphakamise ngokwexilongo ilizwi lakho, ubaxelele abantu bam izenzo zabo ezimbi, nakwindlu kaYakobi izono zabo.
58:2	Ngokuba nabo bayandifuna;, imihla ngemihla, kwaye bakulungele ukuzazi iindlela zam, njengohlanga olwenze ngokusesikweni, alwaluyeka umgwebo woThixo walo. Bandibongoza ukuba ndigwebe ngobulungisa. Bakulungele ukusondela kuThixo.
58:3	“Kutheni sizile ukutya nje?, kwaye aniqaphelanga? Kutheni siyithobile imiphefumlo yethu, anivumanga ke?” Khangela, ngomhla wokuzila kwakho ukudla, eyakho intando ifunyenwe, kwaye ucela intlawulo kubo bonke abanamatyala kuwe.
58:4	Khangela, nizila ukudla nibambana ngengxabano, nengxabano, ubetha ngenqindi ngokungendawo. Musani ukuzila ukudla njengoko nikwenzileyo unanamhla. Sivakele ke isikhalo sakho phezulu.
58:5	Ngaba oku kukuzila ukutya endikunyulileyo?: ukuba umntu awuxhwalekise umphefumlo wakhe imini enye, ukujija intloko yakhe kwisangqa, nokokwandlala ezirhwexayo nothuthu? Ngaba le nto niyibiza ngokuba kukuzila nomhla owamkelekileyo kuNdikhoyo?
58:6	Ngaba oku akunjalo, endaweni yoko, uhlobo lokuzila endilunyulileyo? Khulula imiqobo yobungendawo; khulula imithwalo enzima; baxolele ngesisa abo batyumkileyo; niwaphule wonke umthwalo.
58:7	Siqhekeze isonka sakho nolambileyo;, ubangenise endlwini yakho abangenamahlwempu nabangenamakhaya. Xa ubona umntu ehamba ze, mgqubuthele, kwaye ungayideli eyakho inyama.
58:8	Kuya kwandula ke ukukhanya kwakho kuthi qhiphu njengokusa, kwaye impilo yakho iya kuphucula ngokukhawuleza, ubulungisa bakho buya kuhamba phambi kobuso bakho, yaye ubuqaqawuli bukaYehova buya kuniqokelela.
58:9	Emva koko uya kubiza, yaye uYehova uya kuva; uya kukhala, kwaye uya kuthi, "Ndilapha,” ukuba uthe wayisusa imixokelelwane phakathi kwakho, kwaye uyeke ukukhomba umnwe wakho nokuthetha into engancediyo.

IVangeli

The Holy Gospel According to Matthew 9: 14-15

9:14	Then the disciples of John drew near to him, esithi, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast frequently, but your disciples do not fast?”
9:15	Wathi ke uYesu kubo: “How can the sons of the groom mourn, while the groom is still with them? But the days will arrive when the groom will be taken away from them. And then they shall fast.