July 22, 2014

Ukufunda

Isihlabelelo Sezihlabelelo 3: 1-4

3:1 Bride: On my bed, ubusuku bonke, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, and did not find him.

3:2 ngizovuka, and I will circle through the city. Through the side streets and thoroughfares, I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, and did not find him.

3:3 The watchers who guard the city found me: “Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”

3:4 When I had passed by them a little, I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not release him, until I would bring him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her who bore me.

Ukufunda Kwesibili

The Book of the Prophet Micah 7: 14-15, 18-20

7:14	With your rod, pasture your people, the flock of your inheritance, living alone in the narrow forest, in the midst of Carmel. They will graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the ancient days.
7:15	As in the days of your departure from the land of Egypt, I will reveal miracles to him.
7:18	What God is like you, who takes away iniquity and passes over the sin of the remnant of your inheritance? No longer will he send forth his fury, because he is willing to be merciful.
7:19	He will turn back and have mercy on us. He will put away our iniquities, and he will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.
7:20	You will give the truth to Jacob, mercy to Abraham, which you swore to our fathers from the ancient days.

Ivangeli

UJohane 20: 1-2, 11-18

20:1 Kwathi ngeSabatha lokuqala, UMariya Magdalena waya ethuneni ekuseni kakhulu, kusemnyama, wabona ilitshe selisusiwe ethuneni.

20:2 Ngakho-ke, wagijima waya kuSimoni Petru, lakumunye umfundi, uJesu amthandayo, wasesithi kubo, “Bayisusile iNkosi ethuneni, futhi asazi lapho abayibeke khona.

20:11 Kodwa uMariya wayemi ngaphandle kwethuna, ekhala. Khona-ke, esakhala, wakhothama, wagqolozela ethuneni.

20:12 Futhi wabona iziNgelosi ezimbili zembethe okumhlophe, ehlezi lapho isidumbu sikaJesu esasibekwe khona, eyodwa ekhanda, lelinye ngasezinyaweni.

20:13 Athi kuye, “Mfazi, ukhalelani?” Wathi kubo, “Ngoba sebeyithathile iNkosi yami, futhi angazi lapho bembeke khona.

20:14 Esekushilo lokhu, waphenduka wabona uJesu emi, kodwa wayengazi ukuthi nguJesu.

20:15 UJesu wathi kuye: “Mfazi, ukhalelani? Ufuna bani?” Uma ucabangela ukuthi kwakungumsebenzi wasengadini, wathi kuye, “Mnumzane, uma umsusile, ngitshele lapho ombeke khona, futhi ngizomsusa.

20:16 UJesu wathi kuye, “UMariya!” Futhi ephenduka, wathi kuye, “Raboni!” (okuchaza, Mfundisi).

20:17 UJesu wathi kuye: "Ungangithinti. Ngoba angikenyukeli kuBaba. Kodwa hamba uye kubafowethu ubatshele: ‘Ngenyukela kuBaba nakuYihlo, kuNkulunkulu wami nakuNkulunkulu wenu.’”

20:18 UMariya Magdalena wahamba, ememezela kubafundi, “Ngiyibonile iNkosi, futhi lezi yizinto azishilo kimi.