July 10, 2014

The Book of the Prophet Hosea 11:1-4, 8-9

11:1Just as the morning passes, so has the king of Israel passed by. For Israel was a child and I loved him; and out of Egypt I called my son.
11:2They called them, and so they departed before their face. They offered victims to the Baals, and they sacrificed to graven images.
11:3And I was like a foster father to Ephraim. I carried them in my arms. And they did not know that I healed them.
11:4I will draw them with the cords of Adam, with the bands of love. And I will be to them like one who raises the yoke over their jaws. And I will reach down to him so that he may eat.
11:8How will I provide for you, Efrayim; how will I protect you, Sirayeli ? How will I provide for you as for Adam; will I set you like Zeboiim? My heart has changed within me; together with my regret, it has been stirred up.
11:9I will not act on the fury of my wrath. I will not turn back to utterly destroy Ephraim. Ngokuba ndinguThixo, and not man, the Divine in your midst, and I will not advance upon the city.

The Holy Gospel According to Matthew 10: 7-15

10:7Ngenxa yale nto, indoda yomshiya uyise nonina, inamathele emfazini wayo.
10:8Kwaye abo babini baya kuba nyama-nye. Kwaye, bakhona ngoku, hayi ezimbini, kodwa nyama-nye.
10:9Ngoko ke, oko uThixo akumanyileyo, makungabikho namnye ukwahlulayo.
10:10Kwaye kwakhona, endlini, bambuza kwaloo nto abafundi bakhe.
10:11Wathi kubo: “Nabani na ogxotha umfazi wakhe, aze atshate omnye, uyakrexeza kuye.
10:12Kwaye ukuba umfazi uyayigxotha indoda yakhe, kwaye utshate nomnye, uyakrexeza.
10:13Baza bezisa kuye abantwana, ukuze abachukumise. Baza abafundi babakhuza abo babazisayo.
10:14Kodwa uYesu akukubona oku, wakhubeka, wathi kubo: Bavumeleni abancinane beze kum;, kwaye ningabaleli. Kuba ubukumkani bukaThixo bubobabo banjalo.
10:15Amen ndithi kuni, othe akabamkela ubukumkani bukaThixo njengomntwana, will not enter into it.