Basebehamba bonke ukuyabhaliswa, ngulowo lalowo emzini wakubo.
Laye uJosefa wakhuphuka eGalile emzini waseNazaretha, waya eJudiya, emzini kaDavide othiwa iBetlehema; (ngokuba wayengowendlu nozalo lukaDavide;)
eyakubhaliswa kanye noMariya owayemthembise umshado, esekhulelwe.
Kwathi beselapho, zaphelela izinsuku zokuba abelethe.
Wazala izibulo lakhe, wayisonga ngezindwangu, walilalisa emkhombeni; ngoba kwakungelandawo yabo endlini yezihambi.
Kwakukhona abelusi kulelo zwe ababehlezi endle, belinda umhlambi wabo ebusuku.
Bheka, ingelosi yeNkosi yaba phezu kwabo, nenkazimulo yeNkosi yabakhanyisa nxazonke, besaba kakhulu.
Ingelosi yathi kubo: “Ningesabi;
Ngokuba nizalelwe namuhla uMsindisi onguKristu iNkosi emzini kaDavide.
Lokhu kuyakuba yisibonakaliso kini; Niyakufumana umntwana esongwe ezindwangu, elele emkhombeni.
Njalo kwahle kwaba khona kanye lengilosi ixuku lebutho lasezulwini, lidumisa uNkulunkulu, lisithi:
Udumo kuNkulunkulu kweliphezulu, nokuthula emhlabeni kubantu abathakazelelwayo.
Kwathi izingelosi sezimuka kubo zisiya ezulwini, abelusi bakhuluma omunye komunye, bathi: “Masiye eBetlehema, sibone lokhu okwenzekileyo, uJehova esisazise khona.
Basebesiza ngokuphangisa, bafica uMariya, loJosefa, losane lulele emkhombeni.
Sebekubonile balandisa izwi ababelitshelwe ngalo ngomntwana.
Bonke abezwayo bamangala ngalokho ababekukhulunywe ngabelusi kubo.
Kodwa uMariya wagcina zonke lezizinto, ezindla ngakho enhliziyweni yakhe.
Babuya abelusi, bemdumisa, bembonga uNkulunkulu ngakho konke ababekuzwile nabakubonile, njengalokho kwakukhulunyiwe kubo.
Kwathi seziphelile izinsuku eziyisificaminwembili zokuba umntwana asokwe, igama lakhe lathiwa uJesu, eliqanjwe ingelosi ngaphambi kokuba akhulelwe.
Kwathi seziphelele izinsuku zokuhlanjululwa kwakhe ngokomthetho kaMose, bamyisa eJerusalema ukuba bamethule phambi kweNkosi;
(njengokulotshiweyo emthethweni weNkosi ukuthi: Wonke owesilisa ovula isizalo uyakuthiwa ungcwele eNkosini;)
nokunikela ngomhlatshelo njengokushiwo emthethweni weNkosi ukuthi: Amahobhe amabili noma amaphuphu amabili amajuba.
Bheka, kwakukhona eJerusalema indoda, igama layo linguSimeyoni; futhi lo muntu wayelungile futhi esaba uNkulunkulu, elindele induduzo ka-Israyeli, futhi uMoya oNgcwele wayephezu kwakhe.
Kwambulelwa kuye ngoMoya oNgcwele, ukuthi akayikubona ukufa, engakamboni uKristu weNkosi.
Wasengena ethempelini ngoMoya;
Wasembamba wamgona, wabonga uNkulunkulu, wathi:
Manje, Nkosi, uyayiyeka inceku yakho ihambe ngokuthula njengezwi lakho.
Ngokuba amehlo ami abonile insindiso yakho,
Owulungisileyo phambi kobuso babantu bonke;
ukukhanya kokukhanyisa abezizwe, nenkazimulo yabantu bakho u-Israyeli.
UJosefa nonina bamangala ngalokho okukhulunywa ngaye.
USimeyoni wababusisa, wathi kuMariya unina: “Bheka, lo umiselwe ukuwa nokuvuka kwabaningi kwa-Israyeli; futhi kube yisibonakaliso esiyophikiswa;
(Yebo, nowakho inkemba iyakudabula umphefumulo wakho), ukuze kwambulwe imicabango yezinhliziyo eziningi.
Kwakukhona umprofethikazi uAna, indodakazi kaFanuweli, owesizwe sika-Asheri, esemdala kakhulu, ebehlala nendoda iminyaka eyisikhombisa kusukela ebuntombini bakhe.
Engumfelokazi okungathi iminyaka engamashumi ayisishiyagalombili nane, ongasuki ethempelini, ekhonza uNkulunkulu ngokuzila ukudla nangokukhuleka ubusuku nemini.
Naye weza ngaso leso sikhathi, wayibonga iNkosi, wakhuluma ngayo kubo bonke ababebheke ukukhululwa eJerusalema.
Sebefeze konke ngokomthetho weNkosi, babuyela eGalile emzini wakubo eNazaretha.
Umntwana wakhula, waba namandla, egcwala ukuhlakanipha; nomusa kaNkulunkulu wawuphezu kwakhe.
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