Isilimela 26, 2015

Ukufunda

IGenesis 17: 1, 9- 10, 15- 22

17:1 Enyanisweni, emva kokuba eneminyaka engamashumi asithoba anesithoba ubudala, iNkosi yabonakala kuye. Wathi ke yena kuye: “Mna ndinguThixo uSomandla. Hamba phambi kwamehlo am uze ufezeke.

17:9 Kwakhona uThixo wathi kuAbraham: Ke ngoko nize niwugcine umnqophiso wam, nembewu yakho emva kwakho kwizizukulwana zayo.

17:10 Nguwo lo umnqophiso wam, nokugcina oko, phakathi kwam nawe, nenzala yakho emva kwakho: Yaluke yonke into eyindoda kuni;.

17:15 Waphinda wathi uThixo kuAbraham: “Umfazi wakho uSarayi, akuyi kumbiza uSarayi, kodwa uSara.

17:16 Kwaye ndiya kumsikelela, ndikunike unyana ngaye, endiya kumsikelela, kwaye uya kuba phakathi kweentlanga, basuke kuye ookumkani bezizwe.

17:17 UAbraham wawa ngobuso bakhe, wahleka, esithi entliziyweni yakhe: “Ucinga ukuba umntu ominyaka ilikhulu angazalelwa unyana? Kwaye uSara uya kuzala eneminyaka engamashumi alithoba?”

17:18 Wathi ke kuThixo, Akwaba nje uIshmayeli ebengaphila phambi kwakho.

17:19 Wathi uThixo kuAbraham: Umkakho uSara uya kuzala unyana, umbize ngegama lokuba nguIsake, ndiwumise umnqophiso wam naye, ube ngumnqophiso ongunaphakade, kunye nenzala yakhe emva kwakhe.

17:20 Ngokunjalo, malunga noIshmayeli, Ndikuvile. Khangela, ndiya kumsikelela, ndimandisile, kwaye ndiya kumandisa kakhulu. Uya kuvelisa iinkokheli ezilishumi elinambini, ndimenze uhlanga olukhulu.

17:21 Ukanti enyanisweni, ndiwumise umnqophiso wam noIsake;, oya kukuzala ngeli xesha nyakenye uSara.

17:22 Wagqiba ukuthetha naye, Wenyuka uThixo esuka kuAbraham.

IVangeli

UMateyu 8: 1- 4

8:1 And when he had descended from the mountain, great crowds followed him.

8:2 Kwaye khangela, a leper, ukusondela, adored him, esithi, “Nkosi, if you are willing, you are able to cleanse me.”

8:3 Kwaye uYesu, esolula isandla sakhe, touched him, esithi: “I am willing. Be cleansed.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

8:4 Wathi ke uYesu kuye: “See to it that you tell no one. Kodwa hamba, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses instructed, as a testimony for them.”