April 23, 2015

Ukufunda

Izenzo Zabaphostoli 8: 26-40

8:26	Manje ingelosi yeNkosi yakhuluma kuFiliphu, ethi, “Sukuma uye eningizimu, endleleni eyehla isuka eJerusalema iye eGaza, lapho kukhona ugwadule.”
8:27	Futhi esukuma, uhambile. Futhi bheka, umTopiya, umthenwa, enamandla ngaphansi kweCandace, indlovukazi yamaTopiya, owayephezu kwayo yonke ingcebo yalo, wayefike eJerusalema ezokhuleka.
8:28	Futhi ngenkathi ebuya, wayehlezi enqoleni yakhe efunda incwadi yomprofethi u-Isaya.
8:29	Wayesethi uMoya kuFiliphu, “Sondela uzibandakanye kule nqola.”
8:30	Futhi uFiliphu, esheshayo, wamuzwa efunda kumprofethi u-Isaya, wathi, “Ingabe ucabanga ukuthi uyakuqonda okufundayo?”
8:31	Wathi, “Kodwa ngingakwenza kanjani, ngaphandle uma kukhona ozokwembula kimi?” Yacela uFiliphu ukuba akhwele ahlale nayo.
8:32	Manje indawo emBhalweni ayeyifunda kwakulena: Njengemvu wayiswa ekuhlatshweni. Futhi njengewundlu lithule phambi komgundi walo, ngakho kawuvulanga umlomo wakhe.
8:33	Wabekezelela isahlulelo sakhe ngokuthobeka. Ngubani esizukulwaneni sakhe oyakuchaza ukuthi ukuphila kwakhe kwasuswa kanjani emhlabeni?”
8:34	Khona-ke umthenwa waphendula uFiliphu, ethi: "Ngiyancenga, ngobani umprofethi ukutsho lokhu? Mayelana naye, noma ngomunye umuntu?”
8:35	Bese kuba uFiliphu, evula umlomo wakhe eqala kulomBhalo, washumayela uJesu kuye.
8:36	Kwathi besahamba endleleni, bafika emthonjeni othile wamanzi. Wathi umthenwa: “Akhona amanzi. Yini eyayingangivimbela ukuba ngibhapathizwe?”
8:37	Kusho uFiliphu, “Uma ukholwa ngenhliziyo yakho yonke, kuvunyelwe.” Futhi waphendula ngokuthi, “Ngikholwa ukuthi iNdodana kaNkulunkulu inguJesu Kristu.”
8:38	Wayala ukuba inqola ime. UFiliphu kanye nomthenwa behlela emanzini bobabili. Futhi wambhapathiza.
8:39	Sebenyukile emanzini, uMoya weNkosi wamthatha uFiliphu, umthenwa akabe esambona. Wabe esehamba, bejabula.
8:40	UFiliphu wafunyanwa e-Azotu. Futhi ukuqhubeka, washumayela ivangeli yonke imizi, waze wafika eKesariya.

Ivangeli

The Holy Gospel According John 6: 44-51

6:44	No one is able to come to me, unless the Father, who has sent me, has drawn him. And I will raise him up on the last day.
6:45	It has been written in the Prophets: ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has listened and learned from the Father comes to me.
6:46	Not that anyone has seen the Father, except he who is from God; this one has seen the Father.
6:47	Amen, amen, ngithi kini, whoever believes in me has eternal life.
6:48	Mina ngiyisinkwa sokuphila.
6:49	Your fathers ate manna in the desert, bafa.
6:50	This is the bread which descends from heaven, so that if anyone will eat from it, he may not die.
6:51	Mina ngiyisinkwa esiphilayo, owehla ezulwini.