{"id":1666,"date":"2026-09-10T19:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T19:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/?p=1666"},"modified":"2026-09-10T19:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T19:27:11","slug":"scripture-reading-7-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/scripture-reading-7-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Scripture Reading 7\/18"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">English<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matthew 5:14-16 (NRSVue)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">14 \u201cYou are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be&nbsp;hid. 15 People do not light a lamp and put it under the bushel basket; rather, they put it on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Deutsch (German) &#8211; honoring our church roots<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matthaeus 5:14-16 (Luther Bibel 1545)&nbsp;<br><sup>14&nbsp;<\/sup>Ihr&nbsp;seid&nbsp;das Licht der Welt.&nbsp;Es&nbsp;kann&nbsp;die&nbsp;Stadt, die&nbsp;auf&nbsp;einem&nbsp;Berge&nbsp;liegt,&nbsp;nicht&nbsp;verborgen&nbsp;sein.&nbsp;<sup>15&nbsp;<\/sup>Man&nbsp;z\u00fcndet&nbsp;auch&nbsp;nicht&nbsp;ein&nbsp;Licht an und&nbsp;setzt&nbsp;es&nbsp;unter&nbsp;einen&nbsp;Scheffel,&nbsp;sondern&nbsp;auf&nbsp;einen&nbsp;Leuchter; so&nbsp;leuchtet&nbsp;es&nbsp;denn&nbsp;allen, die&nbsp;im&nbsp;Hause&nbsp;sind.&nbsp;<sup>16&nbsp;<\/sup>Also&nbsp;la\u00dft&nbsp;euer&nbsp;Licht&nbsp;leuchten&nbsp;vor&nbsp;den&nbsp;Leuten,&nbsp;da\u00df&nbsp;sie&nbsp;eure&nbsp;guten&nbsp;Werke&nbsp;sehen&nbsp;und&nbsp;euren&nbsp;Vater&nbsp;im&nbsp;Himmel&nbsp;preisen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Espa\u00f1ol (Spanish) &#8211;&nbsp;honoring&nbsp;our&nbsp;Hispanic&nbsp;siblings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mateo 5:14-16 (Dios Habla Hoy)&nbsp;<br><sup>14&nbsp;<\/sup>Ustedes son la luz de este mundo. Una ciudad en lo alto de un cerro no puede esconderse.&nbsp;<sup>15&nbsp;<\/sup>Ni&nbsp;se enciende una l\u00e1mpara para ponerla bajo un caj\u00f3n; antes bien, se la pone en alto para que alumbre a todos los que est\u00e1n en la casa.&nbsp;<sup>16&nbsp;<\/sup>Del&nbsp;mismo modo, procuren ustedes que su luz brille delante de la gente, para que, viendo el bien que ustedes hacen, todos alaben a su Padre que est\u00e1 en el cielo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Krey\u00f2l (Haitian Creole) &#8211; honoring our Haitian siblings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matye 5:14-16 (Haitian Creole Version)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>14&nbsp;<\/sup>Se&nbsp;limy\u00e8&nbsp;nou ye&nbsp;pou&nbsp;moun&nbsp;sou&nbsp;lat\u00e8. Moun pa&nbsp;kapab&nbsp;kache&nbsp;yon&nbsp;lavil&nbsp;ki&nbsp;bati&nbsp;sou yon&nbsp;m\u00f2n.&nbsp;<sup>15&nbsp;<\/sup>Ni&nbsp;yo&nbsp;pa limen yon&nbsp;lanp&nbsp;pou&nbsp;mete l&#8217; anba yon&nbsp;mamit. Men,&nbsp;yo&nbsp;mete l&#8217; sou yon&nbsp;etaj\u00e8,&nbsp;pou&nbsp;l&#8217;&nbsp;klere&nbsp;pou&nbsp;tout&nbsp;moun&nbsp;ki nan kay la.&nbsp;<sup>16&nbsp;<\/sup>Konsa&nbsp;tou, se&nbsp;pou&nbsp;limy\u00e8&nbsp;nou&nbsp;klere&nbsp;devan&nbsp;tout&nbsp;moun,&nbsp;pou&nbsp;l\u00e8&nbsp;yo&nbsp;w\u00e8&nbsp;tout&nbsp;byen&nbsp;n&#8217;ap&nbsp;f\u00e8&nbsp;yo,&nbsp;y&#8217;a&nbsp;f\u00e8&nbsp;lwanj&nbsp;Papa nou ki nan&nbsp;sy\u00e8l&nbsp;la.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hausa &#8211; honoring our Nigerian siblings\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matiyu&nbsp;5:14-16 (Hausa)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cKu ne&nbsp;hasken&nbsp;duniya. Ai,&nbsp;birnin&nbsp;da aka gina a&nbsp;kan&nbsp;tudu&nbsp;ba&nbsp;iya&nbsp;\u0253oye&nbsp;shi, a&nbsp;tattaka&nbsp;shi.&nbsp;Ba a&nbsp;kunna&nbsp;fitila&nbsp;a rufe&nbsp;ta&nbsp;da&nbsp;kwano, sai&nbsp;dai&nbsp;a&nbsp;ajiye&nbsp;ta&nbsp;a&nbsp;kan&nbsp;sanda&nbsp;mai&nbsp;ri\u0199e&nbsp;fitilu&nbsp;inda&nbsp;za&nbsp;ta&nbsp;ba&nbsp;da&nbsp;haske&nbsp;ga&nbsp;dukan&nbsp;mutanen&nbsp;gidan.&nbsp;Haka&nbsp;kuma,&nbsp;bari&nbsp;ku&nbsp;zama&nbsp;masu&nbsp;haske&nbsp;ga&nbsp;mutane&nbsp;domin&nbsp;idan&nbsp;suka&nbsp;ga&nbsp;ayyuka&nbsp;masu&nbsp;kyau&nbsp;da&nbsp;kuke&nbsp;yi,&nbsp;za&nbsp;su&nbsp;\u0257aukaka&nbsp;Ubanku&nbsp;wanda&nbsp;yake&nbsp;cikin&nbsp;sama.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">To finish<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matthew 5:14-16 (NRSVue)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">14 \u201cYou are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be&nbsp;hid. 15 People do not light a lamp and put it under the bushel basket; rather, they put it on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>English Matthew 5:14-16 (NRSVue)&nbsp; 14 \u201cYou are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be&nbsp;hid. 15 People do not light a lamp and put it under the bushel basket; rather, they put it on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16 In the same way,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[30,31,26,28,29,32,20,33,27],"class_list":["post-1666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scripture","tag-english","tag-espanol","tag-german","tag-haitian-creole","tag-hausa","tag-kreyol","tag-matthew","tag-matthew-514-16","tag-spanish"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1666"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1669,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1666\/revisions\/1669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/yya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}