April 16, 2024

Ukufunda

Izenzo Zabaphostoli 7: 51-8:1

7:51Abanentamo elukhuni futhi abangasokile enhliziyweni nasezindlebeni, uhlala umelana noMoya oNgcwele. Njengoba kwenza oyihlo, wenza kanjalo nawe.
7:52Yimuphi kubaProfethi oyihlo abangamzingelanga? Futhi babulala labo ababebikezela ukufika koLungile. Futhi manje seniba abakhapheli nababulali bakhe.
7:53Nawuthola umthetho ngezenzo zeziNgelosi, kanti nokho anikayigcini.”
7:54Khona-ke, ekuzweni lezizinto, babelimele kakhulu ezinhliziyweni zabo, bamgedlele amazinyo.
7:55Kodwa yena, egcwaliswe ngoMoya oNgcwele, futhi egqolozele ezulwini, wabona inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu noJesu emi ngakwesokunene sikaNkulunkulu. Wathi, “Bheka, Ngibona amazulu evulekile, neNdodana yomuntu imi ngakwesokunene sikaNkulunkulu.”
7:56Bese bethi, ememeza ngezwi elikhulu, avale izindlebe zabo futhi, nganhliziyonye, agijimele kuye ngendluzula.
7:57Futhi amxoshe, ngale kwedolobha, bamkhanda ngamatshe. Futhi ofakazi babeka izingubo zabo eceleni kwezinyawo zensizwa, othiwa nguSawuli.
7:58Futhi njengoba bemkhanda ngamatshe uStefanu, wamemeza wathi, “Nkosi Jesu, yemukela umoya wami.”
7:59Khona-ke, eseguqe ngamadolo, wamemeza ngezwi elikhulu, ethi, “Nkosi, ungababaleli lesi sono. Esekushilo lokho, walala eNkosini. Kepha uSawule wayevumelana nokubulawa kwakhe.

8:1Manje ngalezo zinsuku, kwenzeka ukushushiswa okukhulu kweBandla eJerusalema. Bonke bahlakazeka kuzo zonke izifunda zaseJudiya naseSamariya, ngaphandle kwabaphostoli.

Ivangeli

The Holy Gospel According to John 6: 30-35

6:30And so they said to him: “Then what sign will you do, so that we may see it and believe in you? What will you work?
6:31Our fathers ate manna in the desert, njengoba nje kulotshiwe, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”
6:32Ngakho-ke, uJesu wathi kubo: “Amen, amen, ngithi kini, Moses did not give you bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.
6:33For the bread of God is he who descends from heaven and gives life to the world.”
6:34And so they said to him, “Nkosi, give us this bread always.”
6:35Khona uJesu wathi kubo: “Mina ngiyisinkwa sokuphila. Whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.