February 19, 2020

Ukufunda

The Letter of Saint James 1: 19-27

1:19Uyazi lokhu, bazalwane bami abathandekayo. Ngakho wonke umuntu makasheshe ukulalela, kodwa wephuza ukukhuluma, wephuza ukuthukuthela.
1:20Ngokuba intukuthelo yomuntu ayifezi ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu.
1:21Ngenxa yalokhu, nilahle konke ukungcola nokuchichima kobubi, lemukele ngobumnene iZwi elisanda kuxhunyelelwa, elilakho ukusindisa imiphefumulo yenu.
1:22Ngakho yibani ngabenzi beZwi, futhi hhayi abalaleli kuphela, nizikhohlisa.
1:23Ngokuba uma ekhona olizwayo iZwi, kodwa hhayi futhi umenzi, ufana nomuntu obuka esibukweni ebusweni azalwa naso;
1:24futhi ngemva kokuzicabangela yena, wahamba wakhohlwa masinyane lokho akubonile.
1:25Kodwa lowo obuka umthetho ophelele wenkululeko, nohlala kukho, akasiye ozwayo okhohlwayo, kodwa esikhundleni salokho umenzi womsebenzi. Uyobusiswa akwenzayo.
1:26Kodwa uma umuntu ezibheka njengenkolo, kodwa akalubambi ulimi lwakhe, kodwa kunalokho uyenga eyakhe inhliziyo: inkolo yomuntu onjalo iyize.
1:27Lena inkolo, ehlanzekile futhi engangcoli phambi kukaNkulunkulu uBaba: ukuhambela izintandane nabafelokazi osizini lwabo, nokuzigcina umsulwa, ngaphandle kwalenkathi.

Ivangeli

IVangeli Elingcwele NgokukaMarku 8: 22-26

8:22And they went to Bethsaida. And they brought a blind man to him. Basebemncenga, so that he would touch him.
8:23And taking the blind man by the hand, he led him beyond the village. And putting spit on his eyes, laying his hands on him, he asked him if he could see anything.
8:24And looking up, uthe, “I see men but they are like walking trees.”
8:25Next he placed his hands again over his eyes, and he began to see. And he was restored, so that he could see everything clearly.
8:26And he sent him to his house, ethi, “Go into your own house, and if you enter into the town, tell no one.”