July 11, 2015

Ukufunda

IGenesis 49:29-32; 50:15-24

49:29 Wabayala ke, esithi: “Ndihlanganiselwe kwabakowethu. Ndingcwabeni koobawo emqolombeni, esentsimini kaEfron umHeti,

49:30 malunga neMamre, ezweni lakwaKanan, awawuthengayo uAbraham, kunye nentsimi yayo, kuEfron umHeti, njengelifa lokungcwaba.

49:31 bamngcwabela khona, kunye nomfazi wakhe uSara.” Wangcwatyelwa khona uIsake noRebheka umkakhe. Nalapho uLeya uxoka.

49:32 Waza wayigqiba le mithetho wayebayalela ngayo oonyana bakhe, watsala iinyawo zakhe ebhedini, wabhubha. Wahlanganiselwa kwabakowabo.

50:15 Ngoku wayefile, abazalwana bakhe boyika, bathetha omnye komnye: Mhlawumbi ngoku usenokukhumbula ukwenzakala kwakhe aze asiphindezele ngabo bonke ububi esamenza bona.”

50:16 Bathumela ke umyalezo kuye, esithi: “Utatakho wasiyalela phambi kokuba asweleke,

50:17 ukuze siwathethe kuwe la mazwi evela kuye: ‘Ndiyakubongoza ukuba ubulibale ububi babazalwana bakho, nesono nobubi ababenzileyo kuni.’ Kwangokunjalo, siyakucela ukuba ubakhulule abakhonzi boThixo wooyihlo kobo bugwenxa. Ukuva oku, Walila uYosefu.

50:18 Beza kuye abazalwana bakhe. Nokuhlonipha ukuqubuda emhlabeni, bathe, Thina singabakhonzi bakho.

50:19 Wabaphendula ke: "Sukoyika. Ngaba sinako ukumelana nentando kaThixo?

50:20 Nicinga ububi ngam. Kodwa uThixo wayijika yaba yinto elungileyo, ukuze andiphakamise, njengokuba ubona ngoku, nokuze enze usindiso lwezizwe ezininzi.

50:21 Sukoyika. ndonondla nina nentsapho yenu. Wabathuthuzela ke, wathetha kakuhle nangobulali.

50:22 Kwaye wahlala eYiputa kunye nendlu kayise yonke; yaye wasinda iminyaka elikhulu elineshumi. Wababona oonyana bakaEfrayim kwesesithathu isizukulwana. Ngokunjalo, oonyana bakaMakire, unyana kaManase, bazalelwa emadolweni kaYosefu.

50:23 Emva kwezi zinto zenzekile, Wathi kubazalwana bakhe: “UThixo uya kunivelela emva kokufa kwam, aninyuse niphume kweli lizwe, niye ezweni abelifungele uAbraham, uIsake, noYakobi.”

50:24 Waza wabafungisa, wathi, “UThixo uya kunivelela; nithabathe nani amathambo am, niphume kule ndawo,”

IVangeli

The Holy Gospel According to Matthew 10: 24- 33

10:24	Bakhwankqiswa ke abafundi ngamazwi akhe. Kodwa uYesu, ephendula kwakhona, Wathi kubo: “Oonyana abancinci, Hayi indlela ekunzima ngayo ukuba abo bakholose ngemali bangene ebukumkanini bukaThixo!
10:25	Kulula ukuba inkamela iphumele entunjeni yenaliti, kunokuba izityebi zingene ebukumkanini bukaThixo.
10:26	Baye bemangala ngakumbi, bethetha phakathi kwabo, "I-WHO, ngoko, inokugcinwa?”
10:27	Kwaye uYesu, ebajongile, watsho: “Kubantu akunakwenzeka; kodwa kungekhona kuThixo. Kuba zonke izinto zinako ukwenzeka kuye uThixo.”
10:28	Waqala wathi uPetros kuye, “Khangela!, sishiye iinto zonke sakulandela.
10:29	Ukuphendula, Wathi uYesu: “Amen ndithi kuni, Akukho mntu ushiye ngasemva kwendlu, okanye abazalwana, okanye oodade, okanye utata, okanye umama, okanye abantwana, okanye umhlaba, ngenxa yam nangenxa yeVangeli,
10:30	ongayi kufumana ngokuphindwe kalikhulu, ngoku ngeli xesha: izindlu, kunye nabazalwana, kunye noodade, kunye noomama, kunye nabantwana, nomhlaba, ngeentshutshiso, nakwixesha elizayo ubomi obungunaphakade.
10:31	Ke baninzi abokuqala abaya kuba ngabokugqibela, baze abokugqibela babe ngabokuqala.