July 9, 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: 1-7

10:1Kwaye ephakama, wemka khona, waya emideni yelakwaYuda, phesheya kweYordan. Kwaye kwakhona, Zahlanganisana kuye indimbane. Kwaye kanye njengoko wayeqhele ukwenza, wabuya wabafundisa.
10:2Kwaye esondela, bambuza abaFarisi, ukumvavanya: Kuvumelekile na ukuba indoda imale umfazi wayo??”
10:3Kodwa ekuphenduleni, wathi kubo, “Waniwisela ntoni na uMoses??”
10:4Bathi ke bona, “UMoses wavuma ukuba kubhalwe incwadi yoqhawulo-mtshato nokumala.”
10:5Waphendula ke uYesu wathi: “Kungenxa yobulukhuni bentliziyo yakho le nto wayibhalela loo myalelo.
10:6Kodwa kwasekuqalekeni kwendalo, UThixo wabenza indoda nenkazana.
10:7Ngenxa yale nto, indoda yomshiya uyise nonina, inamathele emfazini wayo.