Ngenyanga yesithupha, ingelosi uGabhriyeli yathunywa nguNkulunkulu emzini eGalile, okuthiwa yiNazaretha, entombini eyayithenjiswe umendo yindoda enguJosefa, wendlu kaDavide; igama lentombi kwakunguMariya. Seyifikile, yasondela ingelosi lapho ayekhona, yathi kuye: “E! Wena ophiwe umusa! INkosi inawe; ubusisiwe esifazaneni.”
Kepha yena wethuka lapho ezwa izwi layo, wazindla ngokuthi kungaba kubingelela kuni lokhu. Ingelosi yathi kuye: “Ungesabi, Mariya, ngokuba ufumene umusa kuNkulunkulu. Uzakukhulelwa, uzale indodana, uyiqambe igama uthi nguJesu. Yena uyakuba mkhulu, abizwe ngokuthi yiNdodana yoPhezukonke. INkosi uNkulunkulu iyakumnika isihlalo sobukhosi, sikayise uDavide; uyakubusa phezu kwendlu kaJakobe kuze kube phakade, nombuso wakhe awuyukuphela.”
UMariya wathi engelosini: “Kuyokwenzeka kanjani lokhu, njengokuba ngingayazi indoda na?”
Ingelosi yaphendula, yathi kuye: “UMoya oNgcwele uzakuza phezu kwakho, amandla oPhezukonke akusibekele; ngakho-ke lo ongcwele, ozakuzalwa, uzakubizwa ngokuthi yiNdodana kaNkulunkulu. Phela u-Elizabethe, isihlobo sakho, obekuthiwa inyumba naye ukhulelwe indodana esemdala; le yinyanga yakhe yesithupha. Ngokuba akukho lutho olungenzeke kuNkulunkulu.”
UMariya wathi: “Ngiyincekukazi yeNkosi; makwenzeke kimi njengezwi lakho.”
Ingelosi yemuka kuye.
Ngalezo zinsuku uMariya wasuka waya ngokushesha kwelezintaba emzini wakwaJuda. Wangena endlini kaZakhariya, wambingelela u-Elizabethe. Kwathi ukuba u-Elizabethe ezwe uMariya ebingelela, umntwana wagxuma esiswini sakhe; u-Elizabethe wagcwala uMoya oNgcwele, wamemeza ngezwi elikhulu, wathi: “Ubusisiwe wena esifazaneni! Sibusisiwe nesithelo sesisu sakho! Kwenzeka kanjani lokhu kimi ukuba ngihanjelwe ngunina weNkosi yami na? Ngokuba kuthe lapho izwi lokubingelela kwakho lifika ezindlebeni zami, umntwana wagxuma ngokujabula esiswini sami. Ubusisiwe lowo owakholwa ukuthi kuzakufezeka lokho okwakhulunywa yiNkosi kuye.”
Wayesethi uMariya:
“Umphefumulo wami uyayitusa iNkosi,
nomoya wami uyathokoza kuNkulunkulu,
uMsindisi wami,
ngokuba ubhekile ubuphansi bencekukazi yakhe.
Kusukela manje izizukulwane zonke ziyakuthi, ngibusisiwe.
Ngokuba uSomandla ungenzele izinto ezinkulu:
igama lakhe lingcwele.
Isihawu sakhe sisezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane
kubo abamesabayo.
Wenzile amandla ngengalo yakhe;
uchithile abazidlayo ekuzidleni kwenhliziyo yabo.
Uwisile amakhosi ezihlalweni,
uphakamisile abantukazana.
Usuthisile abalambileyo ngezinto ezinhle,
abacebileyo wabahambisa bevathazela.
Uyisizile inceku yakhe u-Israyeli,
ukuze akhumbule isihawu,
njengalokhu akhuluma kokhokho bethu
ku-Abhrahama nolibo lwakhe
kuze kube phakade.”
UMariya wahlala naye cishe izinyanga ezintathu, wayesebuyela ekhaya.
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