`` Indiza Iya EGibhithe '', UMichael D. O'Brien
UJoseph, uMary, noChrist Child bakanise ehlane ebusuku njengoba bebalekela eGibhithe.
Indawo eshubile iqinisa usizi lwabo,
ubungozi abakubo, ubumnyama bomhlaba.
Njengoba umama encelisa ingane yakhe, ubaba ume abuke futhi adlale kamnandi ngomtshingo,
umculo upholisa ingane ukulala.
Impilo yabo yonke isekelwe ekwethembaneni, uthando, ukuzidela,
nokushiya ekuhlinzekweni kukaNkulunkulu. -Amanothi womculi
WE manje usungayibona iqala ukubonakala: emaphethelweni eSiphepho Esikhulu. Eminyakeni eyisikhombisa eyedlule, isithombe sesiphepho yilokho iNkosi esisebenzisile ukungifundisa ngalokho okuzayo emhlabeni. Ingxenye yokuqala yeSiphepho "yizinhlungu zokubeletha" uJesu akhuluma ngazo kuMathewu nalokho iSt John akuchaza ngokuningiliziwe kusAmbulo 6: 3-17:
Niyakuzwa ngezimpi nemibiko yezimpi; qaphelani ukuthi ningethuki, ngoba lezi zinto zimelwe ukwenzeka, kepha azikabi ukuphela. Isizwe siyovukela isizwe, nombuso uvukele umbuso; kuyakuba khona indlala nokuzamazama komhlaba izindawo ngezindawo. Konke lokhu kungukuqala kwemihelo… (Math 24: 6-8)