Ruka 2:33-38

Baba vake namai vake vakashamiswa nezvakarehwa pamusoro pake. Ipapo Simioni akavaropafadzwa, akati kuna Maria, mai vake, “Tarira, mwana uyu akaisirwa kuwa nokumuka kwavazhinji pakati pavaIsiraeri, chichava chiratidzo chicharambwa; uye munondo uchabaya mweya wakowo; kuti ndangariro dzemwoyo mizhinji dzizikanwe.” Zvino kwakanga kuna Anawo, muporofitakadzi, mukunda waFanueri, worudzi rwaAsheri; iye wakanga achembera kwazvo, akanga anomurume makore manomwe kubvira pahumhandara hwake, akanga ari chirikadzi yaiva namakore makumi masere namana, akanga asingabvi mutemberi, achishumira Mwari nokuzvinyima zvokudya nokukumbira usiku namasikati. Naiye akati achisvika nenguva iyo, akatenda Mwari, akataura pamusoro pake kuna vose vakanga vachitarira kusunungurwa kweJerusaremu.