ULuka 2:1 Ke kaloku kwathi ngaloo mihla, kwaphuma ummiselo kuKesare Agasto, ukuze lonke ihlabathi libhaliswe. 2:2 Olo lubhalo lwaba lolokuqala, akubon’ ukuba uKireniyo uyirhuluneli yeSiriya. 2:3 Baphuma ke bonke, besiya kubhalwa, elowo waya kowabo. 2:4 Wenyuka ke noYosefu, evela kwelaseGalili, kumzi oyiNazarete, wangena kwelakwaYuda, emzini kaDavide, ekuthiwa yiBhetelehem; (kuba yena wayengowendlu kaDavide kunye nomnombo wakhe:) 2:5 esiya kubhalwa, enoMariya, umfazi lowo wayemganelwe, selekhulelwe. 2:6 Ke kaloku kwathi, xa babekhona, yazaliseka imihla ukuba azale. 2:7 Wamzala unyana wakhe wamazibulo, wamsongela eziqhiyeni wambamba, wamlalisa emkhumbini wesitali; ngokuba babengenandawo indlu yabahambi. 2:8 Kwaye kukho abalusi kwakwelo lizwe, behlala ezindle. egcina imihlambi yabo ebusuku. 2:9 Naso isithunywa seNkosi sifika phezu kwabo, nobuqaqawuli beNkosi babengezela ngeenxa zonke; besuka boyika ngoloyiko. 2:10 Sathi kubo isithunywa, Musani ukoyika; kuba, yabonani, ndininika okulungileyo iindaba zovuyo olukhulu, oluya kuba kubo bonke abantu. 2:11 ngokuba nizalelwe namhla emzini kaDavide uMsindisi, lowo ukhoyo UKrestu iNkosi. 2:12 Oku kuya kuba ngumqondiso kuni; Nofumana umntwana esongelwe elele emkhumbini. 2:13 Kwaye ngesiquphe, kunye nesithunywa eso, inkitha yomkhosi wezulu bemdumisa uThixo, besithi, 2:14 Uzuko kuThixo enyangweni, Uxolo emhlabeni, Inkolelo ebantwini. 2:15 Ke kaloku kwathi, zakumka kubo izithunywa zezulu, zisiya ezulwini. bathi abalusi omnye komnye, Masiye eBhetelehem; niyibone le nto yenzekayo, uYehova azisileyo kuthi. 2:16 Beza ngobungxamo, bamfumana uMariya, noYosefu, nalo usana lulele emkhumbini. 2:17 Bathi ke, bakubona, balibhengeza ilizwi elabe likho wabaxelela ngalo mntwana. 2:18 Bathi bonke abo bevayo bamangaliswa zezo zinto babezixelelwa ngabalusi. 2:19 Waye ke uMariya ezigcina zonke ezi zinto eziguquguqula entliziyweni yakhe. 2:20 Babuya abalusi, bemzukisa bemdumisa uThixo ngenxa yabo bonke izinto ababezivile nababezibonile, njengoko kwabe kuthethiwe kubo. 2:21 Xeshikweni ke zazizalisekile iintsuku ezisibhozo zokuba umntwana aluswe. Igama lakhe lalinguYESU, elo libizwe ngokwesithunywa sezulu engekabikho wakhawulwa esizalweni. 2:22 Kwaye xa imihla yokuhlanjululwa kwakhe ngokomthetho kaMoses Ke kaloku bamsa eYerusalem, ukuba bammise phambi kweNkosi; 2:23 njengoko kubhaliweyo emyalelweni kaYehova, kwathiwa, Yonke into eyindoda evula umnyango wendlu kaThixo isizalo kuya kuthiwa singcwele kuYehova; 2:24 Nokusondeza idini njengoko kutshiwo emthethweni we iNkosi, isibini samahobe, nokuba ngamavukuthu amabini. 2:25 Kwaye ke kukho umntu eYerusalem, ogama linguSimon; kwaye Loo mntu wayelilungisa, emoyika uThixo, elindele intuthuzelo kaSirayeli. waye noMoya oyiNgcwele ephezu kwakhe. 2:26 Wahlanjululwa ke nguMoya oyiNgcwele, ukuba angaboni ukufa, engekamboni uKristu weNkosi. 2:27 Weza ngaye uMoya etempileni; kumntwana uYesu, ukuba benze kuye ngokwesiko lomthetho; 2:28 Wamwola ngeengalo zakhe, wambonga uThixo, wathi, 2:29 Nkosi yam, uyamndulula ngoku umkhonzi wakho enoxolo, ngokwesiko lakho igama: 2:30 Ngokuba amehlo am alubonile usindiso lwakho; 2:31 oyilungisileyo phambi kobuso babantu bonke; 2:32 Isikhanyiso sokukhanyisela iintlanga, Uzuko lwabantu bakho amaSirayeli. 2:33 Bamangaliswa ooYosefu nonina zezo zinto zithethwayo yena. 2:34 USimon wabasikelela, wathi kuMariya unina, Nanku lo umntwana umiselwe ukuwa nokuvuka kwabaninzi kwaSirayeli; kunye ne-a umqondiso oya kuba nokuphikisana; 2:35 ewe, nowakho umphefumlo ikrele liya kuwutyhutyha; sityhileke ngeentliziyo ezininzi. 2:36 Kwaye kukho noAna umprofetikazi, intombi kaFanuweli, wasebandleni Ke isizwe sakwa-Ashere, eselekhulile kakhulu, waye ehleli nendoda iminyaka esixhenxe ethabathela ebuntombini bakhe; 2:37 Waye yena engumhlolokazi ominyaka ngathi imashumi asibhozo anamine; bengaphuma etempileni, bekhonza uThixo ngokuzila ukudla nangokukhunga ebusuku usuku. 2:38 Wathi yena ngokwakhe, weza kwangelo lixa, wabulela kwangokunjalo eNkosini wayethetha ngaye kubo bonke abo babelinde ukukhululwa ngentlawulelo, eYerusalem. 2:39 Bakuba ke bezigqibile zonke izinto ngokomthetho weNkosi. babuyela kwelaseGalili, emzini wabo iNazarete. 2:40 Ke kaloku wakhula umntwana, waya esomelela emoyeni, ezele bubulumko; ubabalo lukaThixo lwaluphezu kwakhe. 2:41 Abazali bakhe besiya eYerusalem iminyaka ngeminyaka, emthendelekweni weNkosi ipasika. 2:42 Kwathi, xa wayeneminyaka elishumi elinamibini ezelwe, benyuka baya eYerusalem emva komhla wesixhenxe isiko lomthendeleko. 2:43 Bakubon' ukuba bazigqibile ke iintsuku ezo, ekubuyeni kwabo, umntwana uYesu wasalela emva eYerusalem; babengazi ke uYosefu nonina. 2:44 Babeba ke uphakathi kwesihlwele, bahamba imini enye uhambo; Baye ke bemfuna phakathi kwemizalwane nabazana nabo. 2:45 Bathe bakuba bengamfumani, babuyela eYerusalem. bemfuna. 2:46 Kwathi, emveni kweentsuku ezintathu, bamfumana etempileni. ehleli phakathi koogqirha, ebeva, ebabuza imibuzo. 2:47 Basuka bonke ababemphulaphula bathi nqa yingqondo yakhe na ziimpendulo zakhe. 2:48 Bakumbona bakhwankqiswa; wathi unina kuye. Nyana, yini na ukuba usenjenje? yabona, mna noyihlo sikhona bendikuquqela ndinentlungu. 2:49 Wathi kubo, Benindifunela ntoni na? beningazi ukuba ndim Ngaba kungenxa kaBawo? 2:50 Ke bona abayiqondanga into awayeyithetha kubo. 2:51 Wehla nabo, waya kufika eNazarete, wabalulamela Wawagcina ke unina onke la mazwi entliziyweni yakhe. 2:52 Waye UYesu ehambela phambili ebulumkweni nasebukhulwini, nasekuthandweni nguThixo indoda.