Isilimela 23, 2015

Ukufunda

IGenesis 13: 2, 5- 18

13:2 Ke ube esisityebi ngokuba negolide nesilivere.

13:5 Kodwa uLote naye, owayekunye noAbram, yayinemihlambi yeegusha, kunye neenkomo, kunye neentente.

13:6 Yaye ilizwe alizange libe nako ukubathwala, ukuze bahlale kunye. Kanjalo, ubutyebi babo babubuninzi, kangangokuba ababa nakuhlala kubudlelane.

13:7 Kwaye kwabakho ukulwa phakathi kwabalusi baka-Abram nabalusi bakaLote. Ngelo xesha kwakuhlala amaKanan namaPerizi kwelo zwe.

13:8 Ngoko ke, Wathi uAbram kuLote: "Ndiyakubuza, makungabikho ngxabano phakathi kwam nawe, naphakathi kwabalusi bam nabalusi bakho. Kuba singabazalwana.

13:9 Khangela, ilizwe lonke liphambi kwamehlo akho. Suka kum, Ndiyakucenga. Ukuba uya ekhohlo, Ndiza kuthatha ilungelo. Ukuba ukhetha okulungileyo, ndiya kugqitha ngasekhohlo.

13:10 Kwaye ngoko uLothe, ephakamisa amehlo akhe, wawubona wonke ummandla ojikeleze iYordan, eyayinkcenkceshelwe ngokucokisekileyo, ngaphambi kokuba uYehova wayibhukuqa iSodom neGomora. Yayifana neParadesi yeNkosi, kwaye yayifana neYiputa, esondela ngaseTsohare.

13:11 ULote wawunyula ummandla ojikeleze iYordan, wemka ngendlela yangasempumalanga. Bahlukana ke, omnye umzalwana komnye.

13:12 UAbram wahlala ezweni lakwaKanan. Enyanisweni, Wahlala uLote emizini engaseYordan, wahlala eSodom.

13:13 Ke kaloku amadoda aseSodom ayengamanyala, kwaye babengaboni kakhulu phambi koYehova.

13:14 Wathi uYehova kuAbram, emva kokuba uLote ahlukene kuye: “Phakamisa amehlo akho, kwaye ujonge kule ndawo ukuyo ngoku, ukuya emantla nakwimeridian, empuma nasentshona.

13:15 Wonke umhlaba owubonayo, ndiya kukunika, nakwinzala yakho kude kube ngunaphakade.

13:16 Kwaye ndiya kuyenza inzala yakho ibe njengothuli lomhlaba. Ukuba ubani unako ukulubala uthuli lomhlaba, uya kubala nembewu yakho.

13:17 Suka, ulihambe ilizwe ngobude balo;, kunye nobubanzi. kuba ndiya kukunika yona.

13:18 Ngoko ke, esusa intente yakhe, Wemka uAbram, waya wahlala ngasemfuleni oyingxondorha yakwaMamre, eseHebron. Wakhela apho ke isibingelelo kuYehova.

IVangeli

The Holy Gospel According to Matthew 7: 6, 12-14

7:6	Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not cast your pearls before swine, lest perhaps they may trample them under their feet, and then, ukujika, they may tear you apart.
7:12	Ngoko ke, all things whatsoever that you wish that men would do to you, do so also to them. For this is the law and the prophets.
7:13	Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate, and broad is the way, which leads to perdition, and many there are who enter through it.
7:14	How narrow is the gate, and how straight is the way, which leads to life, and few there are who find it!