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.
Abazali bakhe baya eJerusalema iminyaka ngeminyaka ngomkhosi wePhasika.
Kwathi eseneminyaka eyishumi nambili, bakhuphukela eJerusalema njengomkhuba womkhosi.
Sebeziqedile izinsuku, ekubuyeni kwabo, umntwana uJesu wasala eJerusalema; uJosefa lonina babengazi.
Kepha bona babethi uphakathi kwesixuku bahamba ibanga losuku; bamdinga phakathi kwezihlobo nezihlobo zabo.
Kuthe bengamtholi, babuyela eJerusalema, bemfuna.
Kwathi emva kwezinsuku ezintathu bamfumana ethempelini, ehlezi phakathi kwabafundisi, ebazwa, ebabuza.
Bonke ababemuzwa bamangala ngokuqonda kwakhe nezimpendulo zakhe.
Sebembonile bamangala; unina wathi kuye: Mntwana, usenzeleni okunje? bheka, uyihlo nami besikufuna silusizi.
Wathi kubo: Beningifunelani na? beningazi yini ukuthi ngifanele ukuba kokukaBaba na?
Kepha bona abakuqondanga lokho abekusho kubo.
Wehla nabo, wafika eNazaretha, wabathobela, kepha unina wawagcina onke lawo mazwi enhliziyweni yakhe.
UJesu waqhubeka ekuhlakanipheni nasekukhuleni nasekuthandeni uNkulunkulu nakubantu.
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