23. njengoko kubhaliwe emthethweni weNkosi kwathiwa: “Yonke into eliduna eyeyamazibulo mayinikelwe eNkosini.”
24. Babesiya kwenza nomnikelo, njengoko kusitshiwo emthethweni weNkosi ukuthi: “Makunikelwe ngesibini samahobe, nokuba ngamathole amabini evukuthu.”
25. EJerusalem apho kwakukho umntu ogama linguSimon. Wayelilungisa, emhlonela uThixo, elindele ukuthuthuzelwa kwamaSirayeli, enefuthe likaMoya oyiNgcwele.
26. Wayetyhilelwe nguMoya oyiNgcwele ukuba akayi kufa engekamboni uKrestu weNkosi.
27. Waya endlwini kaThixo, ethunywa nguMoya. Kwathi ke, akungeniswa uYesu ngabazali bakhe, befezekisa umthetho,
28. uSimon wamfunqula, wabonga uThixo, wathi:
29. “Nkosi, ngokwesithembiso sakho,uyasikhulula ngoku isicaka sakho sinoxolo,
30. kuba amehlo am alubonile usindiso lwakho,
31. olulungiselele bonke abantu,
32. ulukhanyiso lokukhanyisela iintlanga,lubalula abantu bakho amaSirayeli.”
33. Abazali bakhe bamangaliswa zezo zinto zithethwayo ngoYesu.
34. USimon wabasikelela, wathi kuMariya unina: “Uyabona, lo Mntwana umiselwe ukuwa nokuvuka kwabaninzi kwaSirayeli, nokuba abe ngumqondiso ochasiweyo,
35. ze ngale nkcaso kutyhileke iingcamango zabaninzi. Kanti ke nowakho umphefumlo uya kubindeka.”
36. Kwalapho kwakukho nentokazi *eyayingumshumayeli, uAna, intombi kaFanuweli wendlu ka-Ashere. Wayeselaluphele kakhulu. Akuba endile, uhleli iminyaka esixhenxe kuphela kunye nendoda yakhe,