EyoKwindla 26, 2015

Ukufunda

Incwadi yeGenesis 17: 3-9

17:3	UAbram wawa ngobuso bakhe.
17:4	Wathi uThixo kuye: "NDINGU, nomnqophiso wam ukuwe, uya kuba nguyise wezizwe ezininzi.
17:5	Akuyi kuba sathiwa igama lakho nguAbram. ke wena uya kubizwa ngokuba nguAbraham;, ngokuba ndikumise njengoyise wezizwe ezininzi.
17:6	Kwaye ndiya kunandisa kakhulu kakhulu, ndikumise phakathi kweentlanga, nookumkani baya kuphuma kuwe.
17:7	ndiwumise umnqophiso wam phakathi kwam nawe, nenzala yakho emva kwakho kwizizukulwana zayo, ngomnqophiso ongunaphakade: ukuze abe nguThixo kuwe nakwimbewu yakho emva kwakho.
17:8	Kwaye ndiya kukunika wena nenzala yakho, ilizwe lokuphambukela kwakho, lonke ilizwe lakwaKanan, njengelifa elingunaphakade, ndibe nguThixo wabo.
17:9	Kwakhona uThixo wathi kuAbraham: Ke ngoko nize niwugcine umnqophiso wam, nembewu yakho emva kwakho kwizizukulwana zayo.

IVangeli

IVangeli Engcwele ngokukaYohane 8: 51-59

8:51	Amen, amen, Ndithi kuni, ukuba ubani uthe waligcina ilizwi lam, akayi kubona kufa ngonaphakade.”
8:52	Ngoko ke, Athi amaYuda: Kungokunje siyazi ukuba unedemon. UAbraham ufile, nabaProfeti; ukanti utsho, ‘Ukuba nabani na uthe waligcina ilizwi lam, akayi kungcamla kufa ngonaphakade.’
8:53	Ngaba wena umkhulu na kunobawo wethu uAbraham?, ngubani ofileyo? Kwaye abaprofeti bafa. So uzenza bani?”
8:54	UYesu wasabela: Ukuba ndithi ndizizukise, uzuko lwam alulunto. nguBawo ondizukisayo;. Kwaye uthi ngaye nguThixo wakho.
8:55	Kanti animazanga. Kodwa ndiyamazi. Kwaye ukuba ndinokuthi andimazi, nam ndingaba njengawe, ixoki. Kodwa ndiyamazi, kwaye ndiyaligcina ilizwi lakhe.
8:56	UAbraham, uyihlo, Ndavuya kuba wayeyibona imini yam; wayibona, wavuya.
8:57	Atsho ke ngoko amaYuda kuye, “Awukafiki kwiminyaka engamashumi amahlanu, nimbonile ke uAbraham?”
8:58	Wathi kubo uYesu, “Amen, amen, Ndithi kuni, ngaphambi kokuba uAbraham enziwe, Ndingu."
8:59	Ngoko ke, achola amatye ukuba amgibisele. Kodwa uYesu wazifihla, wemka ke etempileni.