Mass at Night, Ufundo Lokuqala

uIsaya 9: 1-6

9:1 Kwixesha elidlulileyo, ilizwe lakwaZebhulon nelizwe lakwaNafetali laphakanyiswa. Kodwa kwixesha elizayo, indlela yaselwandle phesheya kweYordan, kwelaseGalili yeentlanga, yasindwa.

9:2 Abantu abo bahamba ebumnyameni babone ukukhanya okukhulu. Ukukhanya kuphumele abemi bommandla wethunzi lokufa.

9:3 Ulwandisile uhlanga, kodwa anikwandisanga ukuvuya. baya kuvuya phambi kwakho, njengabavuyayo ngexesha lokuvuna, njengoko bevuyayo abaphumeleleyo, emva kokuba bethimbile ixhoba, ekwahluleni kwabo amaxhoba.

9:4 Kuba uwoyisile idyokhwe yomthwalo wabo, naphezu kwentonga yegxalaba labo, naphezu kwentonga yobukhosi yabacinezeli babo, njengakwimini yakwaMidiyan.

9:5 Kuwo onke amaxhoba okugonyamela nokuxowa, nempahla yonke exutywe negazi, iya kutsha ibe kukudla komlilo.

9:6 ngokuba sizalelwe umntwana, sinikwe unyana. Kwaye ubunkokeli bubekwe egxalabeni lakhe. Igama lakhe liya kubizwa: omangalisayo uMcebisi, uThixo onamandla, uyise wexesha elizayo, INkosana yoXolo.