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1. | Kwasekusithi ngalezonsuku, isimiso saphuma kuKesari uAgastasi, sokuthi kubhalwe umhlaba wonke. |
2. | Lokhukubhalwa kwakungokokuqala ukwenziwa lapho uKwiriniya engumbusi weSiriya. |
3. | Bonke basebesiya ukuze ba ye bhalwa, ngulowo lalowo emzini wakibo. |
4. | LoJosefa laye wenyuka esuka eGalili, emzini weNazaretha, waya eJudiya, emzini kaDavida, othiwa yiBhethelehema, ngoba wayengowendlu lowosendo lukaDavida, |
5. | uku ya bhalwa kanye loMariya umkakhe ayemganile, owayezithwele. |
6. | Kwasekusithi belapho, zaseziphelela insuku zokubeletha kwakhe. |
7. | Wasebeletha indodana yakhe eyingqabutho, wayigoqela ngamalembu, wayilalisa emkolweni, ngoba kwakungelandawo yabo endlini yezihambi. |
8. | Njalo kwakukhona kulelolizwe abelusi ababehlala egangeni futhi belinde umhlambi wabo ebusuku. |
9. | Njalo khangela, ingilosi yeNkosi yema eduze kwabo, lenkazimulo yeNkosi yakhanya ibazingelezele; njalo besaba ngokwesaba okukhulu. |
10. | Ingilosi yasisithi kubo: Lingesabi; ngoba khangelani, ngitshumayela indaba ezinhle kini ezentokozo enkulu, ezakuba kubantu bonke; |
11. | ngoba lizalelwe lamuhla uMsindisi, onguKristu iNkosi, emzini kaDavida. |
12. | Njalo lokhu kuzakuba yisibonakaliso kini: Lizathola usane lugoqelwe ngamalembu, lulele emkolweni. |
13. | Njalo kwahle kwaba khona kanye lengilosi ixuku lebutho lasezulwini, lidumisa uNkulunkulu, lisithi: |
14. | Udumo kalube kuNkulunkulu kweliphezulu, lokuthula emhlabeni; isifiso esihle ebantwini. |
15. | Kwasekusithi, ingilosi sezisukile kubo zisiya ezulwini, abantu, abangabelusi, bakhulumisana besithi: Ake siye eBhethelehema, sibone leyonto eyenzakeleyo, iNkosi esazise yona. |
16. | Basebesiza ngokuphangisa, bathola oMariya loJosefa, losane lulele emkolweni. |
17. | Sebebonile basebesazisa indawo ezizingelezeleyo ngelizwi ababelitshelwe mayelana lalo umntwana omncane. |
18. | Labo bonke aba ku zwayo bamangala ngezinto ezazikhulunywe ngabelusi kubo. |
19. | Kodwa uMariya walondoloza wonke la amazwi, enakana ngawo enhliziyweni yakhe. |
20. | Basebebuyela abelusi, bemdumisa bembonga uNkulunkulu ngazo zonke izinto ababezizwile lababezibonile, njengalokho okwakukhulunywe kubo. |
21. | Kwathi seziphelile insuku eziyisificaminwembili zokuthi umntwana omncane asokwe, ibizo lakhe laselithiwa nguJesu, elalibizwe yingilosi engakomulwa esiswini. |
22. | Kwathi seziphelele insuku zokuhlanjululwa kwakhe ngokomlayo kaMozisi, bamletha eJerusalema, ukuze ba m mise phambi kweNkosi |
23. | (njengokulotshiweyo emlayweni weNkosi ukuthi konke okwesilisa okuvula isibeletho kuzathiwa kungcwele eNkosini) |
24. | lokuthi banikele umhlatshelo njengokutshiwo emlayweni weNkosi, amajuba amabili kumbe amaphuphu amabili enkwilimba. |
25. | Njalo khangela, kwakukhona eJerusalema umuntu, obizo lakhe linguSimeyoni, njalo lumuntu wayelungile ekhuthele ekukhonzeni, elindele induduzo kaIsrayeli, loMoya oNgcwele wayephezu kwakhe. |
26. | Futhi kwakubonakalisiwe kuye nguMoya oyiNgcwele, ukuthi kayikubona ukufa engakamboni uKristu weNkosi. |
27. | Wasengena ethempelini ngoMoya; kwathi abazali bemletha umntwana omncane uJesu, ukuze benze ngaye ngokomkhuba womlayo, |
28. | yena wasemthatha wamphatha engalweni zakhe, wabonga uNkulunkulu, wathi: |
29. | Nkosi, khathesi iyekele inceku yakho ihambe ngokuthula, njengokwelizwi lakho; |
30. | ngoba amehlo ami alubonile usindiso lwakho |
31. | olulungisileyo phambi kobuso babantu bonke; |
32. | ukukhanya kokwembulela abezizwe, lenkazimulo yesizwe sakho uIsrayeli. |
33. | UJosefa lonina basebemangala ngezinto ezatshiwo ngaye. |
34. | USimeyoni wasebabusisa, wathi kuMariya unina: Khangela, lo umiselwe ukuwa lokuvuka kwabanengi kuIsrayeli, lokuba yisibonakaliso esizaphikiswa; |
35. | futhi lawe, inkemba izadabula owakho umphefumulo; ukuze imicabango yenhliziyo ezinengi yembulwe. |
36. | Njalo kwakukhona uAna umprofethikazi, indodakazi kaFanuweli, owesizwe sikaAsheri; wayesekhulile kakhulu, ebehlale lendoda iminyaka eyisikhombisa kusukela ebuntombini bakhe, |
37. | njalo wayengumfelokazi owayengaba leminyaka engamatshumi ayisificaminwembili lane, engasuki ethempelini, ekhonza ngokuzila ukudla langemikhuleko ebusuku lemini. |
38. | Laye-ke efika ngalelohola wadumisa uNkulunkulu, wakhuluma ngaye kubo bonke ababelindele inkululeko eJerusalema. |
39. | Kwathi sebeqedile konke okungokomlayo weNkosi, babuyela eGalili, emzini wakibo iNazaretha. |
40. | Lomntwana omncane wakhula, waqina emoyeni, wagcwala inhlakanipho; lomusa kaNkulunkulu wawuphezu kwakhe. |
41. | Njalo abazali bakhe babesiya eJerusalema wonke umnyaka ngomkhosi wephasika. |
42. | Kwathi eseleminyaka elitshumi lambili, sebenyukele eJerusalema njengomkhuba womkhosi, |
43. | njalo seziphelile insuku, ekubuyeleni kwabo, umntwana uJesu wasala eJerusalema; njalo uJosefa lonina bengazi; |
44. | kodwa becabanga ukuthi wayesexukwini endleleni, bahamba uhambo losuku, bamdinga phakathi kwezinini labazana labo; |
45. | kodwa bengamtholi, babuyela eJerusalema, bemdinga. |
46. | Kwasekusithi emva kwensuku ezintathu, bamthola ethempelini, ehlezi phakathi kwabafundisi, njalo ebalalela, futhi ebabuza. |
47. | Njalo bonke ababemuzwa bamangala kakhulu ngolwazi lempendulo zakhe. |
48. | Kwathi bembona bamangala; lonina wathi kuye: Mntana mi, wenzeleni okunje kithi? Khangela, uyihlo lami besikudinga sidubekile. |
49. | Wasesithi kubo: Ku ngani lingidinga? Belingakwazi yini ukuthi kumele ukuthi ngibe sezintweni zikaBaba? |
50. | Kodwa bona kabaliqedisisanga ilizwi alikhuluma kibo. |
51. | Wasesehla labo, weza eNazaretha; wazehlisela ngaphansi kwabo. Unina wasegcina zonke lezizinto enhliziyweni yakhe. |
52. | UJesu waseqhubeka enhlakaniphweni lekukhuleni, lekuthandekeni kuNkulunkulu lebantwini. |
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