EyoKwindla 12, 2023

Siyaxolisa ngobunzima bezobugcisa ebesibufumana. Sihambise iiseva, kwaye ikhonkco phakathi komncedisi kunye neqonga lethu lephulo leposi liqhawulwe. Sisebenzela ukuqonda kunye nokulungisa ingxaki. Ufundo lusapapashwa kwindawo yethu.

Ufundo Lokuqala

iEksodus 17:3-7

17:3	Banxanwa ke abantu kuloo ndawo, ngenxa yokunqaba kwamanzi, bamkrokrela uMoses, esithi: Yini na ukuba usikhuphe eYiputa?, ukuze asibulale thina nabantwana bethu, kunye neenkomo zethu, ngonxano?”
17:4	Wakhala uMoses kuYehova, esithi: Ndiya kubathini na aba bantu? Liselilifutshane ixesha, bandixulube ngamatye.
17:5	Wathi uYehova kuMoses: Hamba phambi kwabantu, uthabathe uhambe nawe inxenye yamadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli. Kwaye uthabathe esandleni sakho intonga, owawubetha ngayo umlambo, kunye nokuqhubela phambili.
17:6	Lo, Ndiya kuma kuloo ndawo phambi kwakho, eweni laseHorebhe. uze ulibethe iliwa, kuya kuphuma amanzi kuyo, ukuze basele abantu. Wenjenjalo uMoses emehlweni amadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli.
17:7	Kwaye wathi igama laloo ndawo 'Ukulingwa,’ ngenxa yokuxambulisana koonyana bakaSirayeli, nangokuba bamlingayo uYehova, esithi: “Ngaba uYehova unathi, okanye hayi?”

Ufundo Lwesibini

The Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans 5:1-2, 5-8

5:1	Ngoko ke, egwetyelwe ngokwaselukholweni, masibe noxolo noThixo, ngayo iNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu.
5:2	16 Kuba kungaye, sinokungena ngokholo kolu lubabalo, apho sime siqinile, nakuzuko, ngethemba lozuko lwabantwana bakaThixo.
5:3	Kwaye akuphelelanga apho, kodwa nathi sifumana uzuko embandezelweni, nisazi nje ukuba imbandezelo isebenza umonde,
5:4	kwaye umonde ukhokelela ekucikideni, ukanti ukuzicikida ngokwenene kukhokelela kwithemba,
5:5	ke ithemba asinto yanto, ngokuba uthando lukaThixo luthululelwe ezintliziyweni zethu ngoMoya oyiNgcwele, esimnikiweyo.
5:6	Kodwa kwakutheni ukuze uKristu, ngoxa sasisebuthathaka, ngexesha elifanelekileyo, ukufa ngenxa yabangendawo?
5:7	Ngoku umntu usenokungakulungeli ukufa ngenxa yokusesikweni, umzekelo, mhlawumbi ubani abe nobuganga bokufa ngenxa yendoda elungileyo.
5:8	Kodwa ke uThixo ubonakalisa uthando lwakhe kuthi, ngoxa sasisengaboni, ngexesha elifanelekileyo,

IVangeli

UYohane 4:5-42

4:1	Kwaye, when Jesus realized that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made more disciples and baptized more than John,
4:2	(though Jesus himself was not baptizing, but only his disciples)
4:3	he left behind Judea, and he traveled again to Galilee.
4:4	Now he needed to cross through Samaria.
4:5	Ngoko ke, waya emzini welakwaSamari ekuthiwa yiSikare, kufuphi nendawo awathi uYakobi wayinika uYosefu unyana wakhe.
4:6	Yaye umthombo kaYakobi wawulapho. Kwaye ngoko uYesu, ndidiniwe luhambo, wayehleli ngandlela ithile equleni. Ke kaloku kwakumalunga nelixa lesithandathu.
4:7	Kwafika intokazi yelamaSamariya, isiza kukha amanzi. Wathi uYesu kuye, “Ndiphe ndisele.”
4:8	Kuba abafundi bakhe bebemke baye kuthenga ukudla kuwo umzi.
4:9	Kwaye, yathi loo ntokazi ingumSamariya kuye, “Unjani wena, ukuba ngumJuda, bacela into eselwayo kum, nakuba ndingumSamariyakazi?” Kuba amaYuda akanakunxulumana namaSamariya.
4:10	Waphendula uYesu wathi kuyo: “Ukuba ubusazi isipho sikaThixo, kwaye ngubani lo uthi kuwe, ‘Ndiphe ndisele,’ mhlawumbi ubuya kwenza isicelo kuye, yena ubengakunika amanzi aphilileyo kuwe.
4:11	Yathi inkazana kuye: “Nkosi, awunanto yakukha amanzi, nequla linzulu. Isuka phi, ngoko, unawo amanzi aphilileyo?
4:12	Ngokuqinisekileyo, akunguye mkhulu kunobawo wethu uYakobi, owasinika iqula, wasela kulo;, noonyana bakhe neenkomo zakhe?”
4:13	Waphendula uYesu wathi kuyo: “Bonke abasela kula manzi baya kubuya banxanwe. ke yena othe wasela kuwo amanzi, endiya kumpha wona mna, akasayi kunxanwa naphakade;.
4:14	Kunoko, amanzi endiya kumpha wona aya kuba ngumthombo wamanzi kuye, entlahlela ebomini obungunaphakade.”
4:15	Yathi inkazana kuye, “Nkosi, ndinike la manzi, ukuze ndinganxanwa, ndingezi nokuza kukha amanzi apha.
4:16	Wathi uYesu kuye, “Hamba, fowunela umyeni wakho, kwaye ubuyele apha.
4:17	Yasabela inkosikazi yathi, “Andinandoda.” Wathi uYesu kuye: Uthethe kakuhle;, ekuthetheni, ‘Andinandoda.’
4:18	kuba ubunamadoda amahlanu;, onayo ngoku asindoda yakho. Uyithethe inyaniso le nto.
4:19	Yathi inkazana kuye: “Nkosi, ndiyabona ukuba ungumprofeti wena.
4:20	Oobawo bethu babenqula kule ntaba;, ke nina nithi iYerusalem yindawo apho umntu amelwe kukunqula khona.
4:21	Wathi uYesu kuye: “Mfazi, Ndikholelwe, kuza ilixa eniya kumnqula ngalo uBawo, nokuba kule ntaba, okanye eYerusalem.
4:22	Nina ninqula eningakwaziyo;; thina sinqula esikwaziyo. Kuba usindiso luphuma kumaYuda.
4:23	Kodwa ilixa liyeza, kwaye ngoku, xa abanquli abayinyaniso baya kumnqula uBawo ngoMoya nangenyaniso. kuba uBawo ufuna abanjalo ukumnqula.
4:24	UThixo unguMoya. Kwaye, abo ke bamnqulayo bamelwe kukumnqula ngoMoya nangenyaniso.”
4:25	Yathi inkazana kuye: Ndiyazi ukuba uMesiya uyeza (lowo kuthiwa unguKristu). Ke ngoku, xa sele efikile, wosazisa yonk’ into.
4:26	Wathi uYesu kuye: “Ndinguye, lowo uthetha nawe.”
4:27	Bafika ke abafundi bakhe. Bamangaliswa kukuba athethe nomntu oyinkazana leyo. Ukanti akukho namnye owatshoyo: “Ufuna ntoni??” okanye, “Kutheni uthetha naye?”
4:28	Wawushiya ke umphanda wakhe umfazi lowo, waya esixekweni. Wathi kumadoda akhona:
4:29	Yizani, nibone umntu ondixelele izinto zonke endakha ndazenza;. Akanguye na uKristu?”
4:30	Ngoko ke, baphuma ke ekhaya, beza kuye.
4:31	Okwangoku, abafundi bambongoza, esithi, “Rabhi, yitya.”
4:32	Uthe ke yena kubo, Ndinokutya endikutyayo ongakwaziyo wena.
4:33	Ngoko ke, Bathetha bodwa abafundi, Ngaba umntu ebemphathele into etyiwayo?”
4:34	Wathi kubo uYesu: Okwam ukudla kukuba ndenze ukuthanda kowandithumayo, ukuze ndiwufezekise umsebenzi wakhe.
4:35	Ngaba awutsho, ‘Kusekho iinyanga ezine, kwandule ke kufike ukuvuna?’ Khangela, Ndithi kuni: Phakamisa amehlo akho ukhangele emaphandleni; kuba sele ivuthiwe, ilungele ukuvuna.
4:36	Kuba lowo uvunayo, wamkela umvuzo, abuthele iziqhamo ebomini obungunaphakade, ukuze nalowo uhlwayelayo avuye, kunye nalowo uvunayo.
4:37	Kuba kulo ilizwi liyinyaniso: ukuba lowo uhlwayelayo, kwaye ngomnye ovunayo.
4:38	Mna ndanithuma ukuvuna oko ningabulalekanga kuko nina;. Abanye baye basebenza nzima, kwaye ungenile ekubulalekeni kwabo.
4:39	Ke kaloku, kwakholwa kuye into eninzi yamaSamariya kuloo mzi, ngenxa yelizwi lenkazana leyo eyayingqinayo: “Kuba undixelele zonke izinto endizenzileyo.
4:40	Ngoko ke, akufika kuye amaSamariya, bambongoza ukuba alale khona. Wahlala khona iintsuku zambini.
4:41	Into eninzi yakholwa kuye, ngenxa yelizwi lakhe.
4:42	Bathi kumfazi: “Ngoku siyakholwa, hayi ngenxa yentetho yakho, kungenxa yokuba sizivile thina ngokwethu, sazi kanjalo ukuba ngokwenene unguMsindisi wehlabathi.”