16. Beza ngobungxamo, bamfumana uMariya, kwanoYosefu, nalo usana lulele emkhumbini wesitali.
17. Bathi ke, bakubona, balibhengeza ilizwi elabe lithethwe kubo ngaye lo mntwana.
18. Bathi bonke abo bevayo, bamangaliswa zezo zinto zabe zithethwe kubo ngabalusi.
19. Waye ke uMariya ezigcina zonke ezi zinto eziguquguqula entliziyweni yakhe.
20. Babuya abalusi, bemzukisa bemdumisa uThixo, ngenxa yazo zonke izinto ababezivile nababezibonile, njengoko kwabe kuthethiwe kubo.
21. Xeshikweni ke zazizalisekile iintsuku ezisibhozo zokuba umntwana alùswe, wathiywa igama elinguYesu,* elo wabelithiyiwe sisithunywa sezulu, engekamithwa nokumithwa.
22. Xeshikweni ke zazizalisekile iintsuku zokuhlanjululwa kwabo ngokomthetho kaMoses, benyuka naye baya eYerusalem, ukuba bammise phambi kweNkosi,
23. njengoko kubhaliweyo emthethweni weNkosi, kwathiwa, Yonke into eliduna, evula isizalo, ize kuthiwe ingcwele eNkosini (iEks 13:2);
24. nokuba benze idini njengoko kutshiwoyo emthethweni weNkosi ukuthi, Isibini samahobe, nokuba ngamagobo amabini amavukuthu.
25. Kwaye ke kukho umntu eYerusalem, ogama linguSimon; waye loo mntu elilungisa, emoyika uThixo, elinde intuthuzelo kaSirayeli; waye noMoya oyiNgcwele ephezu kwakhe.
26. Wayehlatyelwe nguMoya oyiNgcwele, ukuba akayi kubona kufa, engekamboni uKristu weNkosi.
27. Weza ngaye uMoya etempileni; kwathi, ekumngeniseni kwabo abazali umntwana uYesu, ukuba bamenze ngokwesiko lomthetho,
28. yena wamamkelela ezingalweni zakhe, wabonga uThixo, wathi:
29. Ùyamndulula ngoku umkhonzi wakho enoxolo,Mnini-nto-zonke, ngokwelizwi lakho;
30. Ngokuba amehlo am alubonile usindiso lwakho,