NgokukaLuka 2:22-35

Kwathi ukuba ziphelele izinsuku zokuhlanjululwa kwabo ngokomthetho kaMose, benyukela naye eJerusalema ukuba bayomethula eNkosini, njengalokhu kulotshiwe emthethweni weNkosi ukuthi: “Konke okwesilisa okuyizibulo kuyakuthiwa okwehlukaniselwe iNkosi, nokuba banikele ngomhlatshelo njengokushiwo emthethweni weNkosi, amahobhe amabili noma amaphuphu amabili amajuba.” Kwakukhona umuntu eJerusalema, ogama lakhe kunguSimeyoni. Lo muntu wayelungile, futhi emesaba uNkulunkulu, elindele induduzo ka-Israyeli, uMoya oNgcwele wayephezu kwakhe. Wembulelwa nguMoya oNgcwele ukuthi akayukufa engakamboni uKhristu, iNkosi. Wafika ngoMoya ethempelini. Kwathi ukuba abazali balethe umntwana uJesu ethempelini ukuba bamenzele lokho okuyisiko lomthetho, wamemukela ngokumgona, wambonga uNkulunkulu, wathi: “Nkosi, sale usumukisa inceku yakho ngokuthula, njengezwi lakho, ngokuba amehlo ami ayibonile insindiso yakho oyilungisele ebusweni babantu bonke; ukukhanya kokwambulela abezizwe nenkazimulo yesizwe sakho u-Israyeli.” Uyise nonina bamangala ngalokho okukhulunywa ngaye. USimeyoni wababusisa, wathi kuMariya, unina: “Lo umiselwe ukuwa nokuvuka kwabaningi ku-Israyeli, nokuba yisibonakaliso esiphikwayo – yebo, inkemba iyakudabula nowakho umphefumulo – ukuba kwambulwe izizindlo zezinhliziyo eziningi.”