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.