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2 Emihleni leyo uKhesari Arhostosi wakhupha umyalo wokobana boke abantu ephasini bayokutloliswa. 2 (Ukutloliswa kokuthomokhu kwenzeka lokha uKureniyosi ambusi weSiriya.) 3 Boke abantu bakhamba bayokutloliswa, ngamunye edorobheni lekhabo, lapha abelethelwe khona. 4 UJosefa+ naye wasuka avela eGalile, edorobheni leNazaretha, waya eJudiya, edorobheni uDavida abelethelwa kilo, elibizwa ngokuthi yiBhetlehema+ ngombana alilunga lomndeni kaDavida. 5 Wakhamba noMariya ebesele atjhade naye+ nobekazokubeletha ingasikade, bayokutloliswa.+ 6 Nabalapho, kwafika isikhathi sokobana abelethe. 7 Wabeletha indodana, izibulo,+ wayiphuthela ngamatjhila wayilalisa ngemkhonjeni+ ngombana bekunganandawo ngekumbeni yeemvakatjhi.
8 Esifundeneso bekunabelusi abahlala ngaphandle bagade imihlambabo ebusuku. 9 Khonokho ingilozi kaJehova* yajama phambi kwabo, iphazimulo kaJehova* yabakhanyisa, bathukwa khulu 10 kodwana ingilozi yathi kibo: “Ningasabi ngombana nginilethele iindaba ezimnandi ezizokwenza bona abantu boke bathabe. 11 Ngebanga lokuthi namhlanjesi edorobheni uDavida abelethelwa kilo,+ nibelethelwe umsindisi,+ onguKrestu iKosi.+ 12 Nakhu enizombona ngakho: Nizokufumana isana liphuthelwe ngamatjhila, lilaliswe ngemkhonjeni.” 13 Khonokho kwabonakala ibutho lezulwini likunye nengilozi leyo,+ lidumisa uZimu lithi: 14 “Idumo kuZimu phezulu nokuthula ephasini ebantwini abamukelwa nguye.”
15 Kuthe iingilozi nazisuka kibo ziya ezulwini, abelusi bathoma ukuthi komunye nomunye: “Asikhambeni siye eBhetlehema siyokubona okwenzekileko, lokho uJehova* asitjele khona.” 16 Bakhamba msinyana, bafumana uMariya, uJosefa nesana lilaliswe ngemkhonjeni. 17 Kuthe nabalibonako, batjho umlayezo abatjelwe wona malungana nomntwana. 18 Boke abantu barareka nabezwa okutjhiwo belusaba 19 kodwana uMariya wakufaka ehliziyweni koke abakutjhoko, wacabangisisa ngakho ngehliziywenakhe.+ 20 Abelusi babuyela emuva, baphazimulisa begodu badumisa uZimu ngalokho abakuzwileko nabakubonileko njengombana ingilozi ibatjelile.
21 Ngemva kwamalanga abunane, nasele kusikhathi sokobana umntwana asokwe,+ wathiywa ngokuthi nguJesu, igama alinikelwa yingilozi ngaphambi kobana uMariya abe sidisi.+
22 Nakufika isikhathi sokuhlanjululwa ngokomThetho kaMosi,+ bamletha eJerusalema bona bayomveza kuJehova* 23 njengombana kutlolwe emThethweni kaJehova:* “Elinye nelinye izibulo eliduna* kufuze kuthiwe licwengile kuJehova.”*+ 24 Benza umhlatjelo ngokwalokho okutjhiwo mThetho kaJehova* othi: “Amajuba amabili wommango namkha amajuba amabili amancani afuywako.”+
25 Bekunendoda ethileko eJerusalema igama layo kunguSimiyoni, beyilungile begodu isaba uZimu, ilindele nesikhathi lapho uZimu azokuqinisa ngaso ama-Israyeli,+ ummoya ocwengileko bewuyinqophisa. 26 Yembulelwa nguZimu ngommoya ocwengileko bona angeze ife ingakaboni uKrestu kaJehova.* 27 Yaya ethempelini inqotjhiswa mummoya, kuthe lokha ababelethi nabaletha isana elinguJesu bona kwenziwe kilo lokho okutjhiwo mThetho,+ 28 uSimiyoni wathatha umntwana wamsingatha, wadumisa uZimu wathi: 29 “Nje-ke, Kosi ePhakemeko, incekwakho seyingafa ngokuthula,+ njengokutjho kwakho 30 ngombana amehlwami abone indlela ozokuletha ngayo isindiso+ 31 oyilungiselele bona ibonwe babantu boke,+ 32 umkhanyo+ wokususa ubumnyama obugubuzese iintjhaba+ nephazimulo yabantu bakho u-Israyeli.” 33 Uyise nonina lomntwana bebasolo bazibuza ngezinto ezikhulunywa ngomntwana lo. 34 USimiyoni wababusisa nabo wathi kuMariya unina lomntwana: “Ngebanga lakhe abanye kwa-Israyeli bazokuwa,+ abanye bazokuvuka+ kodwana abanengi bazokujamelana naye nanyana uZimu azokwenza amatshwayo atjengise abantu ukuthi unaye+ 35 (wena Mariya uzokuba lisizi ngasuthi uhlatjwe ngesabula ede),+ ukwenzela bona imicabango yabanengi yambulwe.”
36 Gade kunomphorofidikazi u-Ana indodakazi kaFanuweli, wekoro ka-Atjheri. Umfazi lo besele aluphele begodu wahlala nendodakhe iminyaka elikhomba kwaphela batjhadile,* 37 besele amhlolokazi oneminyaka ema-84. Bekangatshwili ethempelini, enza umsebenzi ocwengileko ubusuku nemini, azila ukudla begodu abawa uZimu ngehliziywakhe yoke. 38 Ngesikhathi uMariya noJosefa basethempelini watjhidela, wathoma ukuthokoza uZimu nokukhuluma ngomntwana kibo boke ebebalinde bona uZimu atjhaphulule iJerusalema.+
39 Ngemva kobana benze koke ngokuvumelana nomThetho kaJehova,*+ babuyela eGalile edorobheni langekhabo, eNazaretha.+ 40 Umntwana wakhula waqina, wahlakanipha nomusa kaZimu waraga njalo unaye.+
41 Qobe mnyaka ababelethi bakhe bebajayele ukuya eJerusalema emnyanyeni wePhasika.+ 42 Nakaneminyaka eli-12, baya emnyanyeni njengombana bebajayele ukwenza.+ 43 Kuthe nakuphela umnyanya babuyela ekhaya, umsana uJesu wasala emuva eJerusalema kodwana ababelethi bakhe akhenge bakutjheje lokho. 44 Bacabanga ukuthi usesiqhemeni abakhamba naso. Kuthe sebakhambe ilanga loke, bathoma ukumfuna hlangana neenhlobo nabangani. 45 Kodwana akhenge bamfumane, yeke babuyela eJerusalema bayomfunisisa kuhle. 46 Ngemva kwamalanga amathathu bamfumana ethempelini, ahlezi phakathi kwabafundisi, abalalele, ababuza neembuzo. 47 Boke ebebamlalele barareka khulu ngendlela azwisisa naphendula ngayo.+ 48 Ababelethi bakhe nabambonako, barareka, unina wathi kuye: “Mntwanami kubayini usenza into enje? Mina noyihlo besitshwenyekile ngawe sikhamba sifunana nawe.” 49 Kodwana wathi kibo: “Beningifunelani? Anazi ukuthi kufuze ngibe sendlini kaBaba?”+ 50 Nokho, akhenge bakuzwisise lokho abatjela khona.
51 Yeke wakhamba nabo babuyela eNazaretha, waragela phambili azithoba kibo.+ Unina wafaka woke amezwi la ehliziywenakhe.+ 52 UJesu waragela phambili athuthuka ngokuhlakanipha, akhula kuhle begodu athandwa nguZimu nabantu.