Disemba 24, 2011, Christmas Eve Night Mass, Ivangeli

Luka 2: 1 – 14

2:1 Kwathi ngalezo zinsuku kwaphuma isimemezelo kuKesari Awugustu, ukuze umhlaba wonke ubhalwe.
2:2 Lokhu bekuwukubhalisa kokuqala; yenziwa umbusi waseSiriya, UKirinius.
2:3 Futhi konke kwahamba ukuyomenyezelwa, yilowo nalowo emzini wakubo.
2:4 Khona uJosefa naye wenyuka esuka eGalile, emzini waseNazaretha, eJudiya, emzini kaDavide, othiwa iBetlehema, ngoba wayengowendlu lomndeni kaDavida,
2:5 ukuze amenyezelwe, enoMariya umkakhe ayemgane, owayenengane.
2:6 Kwase kwenzeka lokho, beselapho, zaphela izinsuku, ukuze abelethe.
2:7 Wazala izibulo lakhe. Wamsonga ngezindwangu, wamlalisa emkhombeni, ngoba kwakungelandawo yabo endlini yezihambi.
2:8 Futhi kwakukhona abelusi esifundeni esifanayo, beqaphile futhi belinda umhlambi wabo ebusuku.
2:9 Futhi bheka, iNgelosi yeNkosi yema eduze kwabo, nokukhanya kukaNkulunkulu kwakhanya nxazonke zabo, base beshaywa luvalo olukhulu.
2:10 Yathi kubo iNgelosi: "Ungesabi. Ngoba, bheka, ngimemezela kini intokozo enkulu, okuzakuba ngeyabantu bonke.
2:11 Ngokuba nizalelwe namuhla uMsindisi emzini kaDavide: unguKristu iNkosi.
2:12 Futhi lokhu kuyoba isibonakaliso kuwe: niyakufumana umntwana esongwe ngendwangu, elele emkhombeni.
2:13 Kungazelelwe kwakukhona kanye nengelosi uquqaba lwebutho lasezulwini, bedumisa uNkulunkulu bethi,
2:14 “Udumo kuNkulunkulu kweliphezulu, nokuthula emhlabeni kubantu abathanda okuhle.”