Daily Words

Today is the first Sunday in Advent and the beginning of the Church year. Advent is a period of 4 Sundays leading up to Christmas...Leo ni Jumapili ya kwanza katika Majilio na mwanzo wa Mwaka wa Kanisa. Majilio ni kipindi cha Jumapili 4 kuelekea Kristmasi.

In this message from God through the prophet Isaiah there are words of encouragement. This is a message of hope....Katika somo la leo, Mungu anasema kupitia Nabii Isaya. Mungu anatoa maneno ya faraja...

Everything belongs to God and all people belong to Him. ..Kila kitu ni mali ya Mungu. Kila mtu ni mali ya Mungu.

The Sadducees did not believe in Eternal life. They asked Jesus the question by posing an unlikely example but their aim was to trick Jesus....Masadukayo hawakuamini kuhusu mbinguni na maisha ya milele. Kwa sababu hii walitoa mfano kumjaribu Yesu.

In these words at the end of the Book of Revelation we hear an invitation to come to Christ in faith....Katika maneno haya mwishoni wa kitabu cha Ufunuo wa Yohana tunasikia wito wa kuja kwa Yesu kwa imani.

Jerusalem is where God’s temple was built. It was the center of Jewish worship of Jehovah...Tunasoma mengi katika Biblia kuhusu Yerusalemu. Ni Mji mkuu wa Israeli. Ni Mahali patakatifu.

Today is the last Sunday in the church year. Next Sunday the First Sunday in Advent we begin a New Church year. At the end of the church year we always think about the end of the world and the life to come..Leo ni Jumapili ya mwisho mwa mwaka wa Kanisa. Wiki ijayo tunaanza Majilio na mwaka mpya wa kanisa.Kila mwisho mwa mwaka tunajifunza kuhusu mwisho wa dunia na maisha ya milele.

There is much debate about what exactly is meant by The Great Babylon. Babylon was one of the enemies of Israel. But probably here it is taken to mean all that is immoral and opposed to the one true God...Kuna mawazo mbalimbali kuhusu Babeli mkuu. Je ! Ni mahali halisi? Babeli ilikuwa taifa katika maadui wa taifa la Israeli.

Our passage this morning is very similar to that of yesterday morning. These are parallel passages from different gospels....Somo la leo linafanana sana na lile la jana kutoka Injili ya Marko. Kila injili ina mikazo tofauti kidogo.

Jesus is teaching His disciples about His Second coming and the end of the world.....Yesu anawafundisha mitume wake kuhusu ujio wake wa pili na mwisho wa dunia.