Luka
2:1 Kwathi ngalezo zinsuku, kwaphuma isimemezelo
Khesari Awugustu, ukuze wonke umhlaba ubhalelwe.
2:2 (Lokhu kubalwa okokuqala kwenziwa uKhureniyu engumbusi waseSiriya.)
2:3 Bonke bahamba bayobhaliswa, yilowo nalowo emzini wakubo.
2:4 Futhi uJosefa futhi wenyuka esuka eGalile, emzini waseNazaretha, waya
eJudiya emzini kaDavide othiwa iBetlehema; (ngoba yena
wayengowendlu nozalo lukaDavide:)
NgokukaLuka 2:5 ukuba abhalwe kanye noMariya owayemthembise umshado, esekhulelwe.
2:6 Futhi ngakho kwaba, ukuthi, ngenkathi belapho, izinsuku zaphelela
ukuthi azalwe.
2:7 Futhi wazala izibulo lakhe, futhi wayisonga ngendwangu
izingubo, wamlalisa emkhombeni; ngoba yayingekho indawo yabo
indlu yezihambi.
2:8 Kwakukhona abelusi kulelo zwe ababehlezi endle.
beluse umhlambi wabo ebusuku.
2:9 Futhi bheka, ingelosi yeNkosi yehlela phezu kwabo, nenkazimulo yeNkosi
kwakhanya nxazonke zabo, besaba kakhulu.
2:10 Ingelosi yathi kubo: "Ningesabi, ngokuba bhekani, Nginilethela okuhle
izindaba zentokozo enkulu ezakuba kubo bonke abantu.
2:11 Ngoba namuhla nizalelwe namuhla emzini kaDavide uMsindisi, okuyinto
UKristu iNkosi.
2:12 Lokhu kuyakuba yisibonakaliso kuwe; Nizomthola umntwana esongwe
izingubo zokugqoka, elele emkhombeni.
2:13 Futhi kungazelelwe kwakukhona kanye nengelosi uquqaba lwebutho lasezulwini
bedumisa uNkulunkulu, bethi,
2:14 Udumo kuNkulunkulu kweliphezulu, nokuthula emhlabeni, intando enhle kubantu.
2:15 Kwasekusithi izingilosi zisuka kubo ziye ezulwini.
abelusi bathi omunye komunye: âMasiye manje, siye eBetlehema;
bhekani le nto eyenzekileyo uJehova eyazisile
kithi.
2:16 Base befika ngokuphangisa, bamfica uMariya, noJosefa, nomntwana elele
emkhombeni.
2:17 Sebebonile, balilandisa izwi elalikhona
wabatshela ngalomntwana.
2:18 Futhi bonke abezwayo bamangala ngalokho ababekutsheliwe
ngabelusi.
2:19 Kodwa uMariya wagcina zonke lezi zinto, futhi ezindla ngayo enhliziyweni yakhe.
NgokukaLuka 2:20 Babuya abelusi, bemdumisa, bemdumisa uNkulunkulu ngabo bonke
ababekuzwile labakubonileyo, njengokutshelwa kubo.
2:21 Kwathi seziphelile izinsuku eziyisishiyagalombili zokuba umntwana asokwe.
igama lakhe lalithiwa uJESU, elaqanjwa kanjalo yingelosi ngaphambi kwakhe
wakhulelwa esiswini.
2:22 Futhi lapho izinsuku zokuhlanjululwa kwakhe ngokomthetho kaMose
sebeqedile, bamyisa eJerusalema, ukuze bammise phambi kweNkosi;
2:23 Njengokulotshiweyo emthethweni weNkosi ukuthi: Wonke abesilisa ovula umnyango
isizalo siyakubizwa ngokuthi singcwele kuJehova;)
2:24 Futhi ukunikela umhlatshelo ngokuvumelana nalokho okushiwo emthethweni
iNkosi, amahobhe amabili, noma amaphuphu amabili amajuba.
2:25 Futhi, bheka, kwakukhona eJerusalema umuntu, ogama lakhe linguSimeyoni; futhi
yona le ndoda yayilungile futhi izinikele, ilindele induduzo ka-Israyeli.
noMoya oNgcwele wayephezu kwakhe.
2:26 Futhi kwembulwa kuye ngoMoya oNgcwele, ukuze angaboni
ukufa, ngaphambi kokuba abone uKristu weNkosi.
2:27 Futhi wangena ngoMoya ethempelini, futhi lapho abazali beletha
emntwaneni uJesu, ukumenzela ngokwesiko lomthetho,
2:28 Khona wamgona, wabonga uNkulunkulu, wathi:
2:29 Manje, Nkosi, wena uvumele inceku yakho ukuba ihambe ngokuthula, ngokuvumelana nentando yakho
igama:
2:30 Ngokuba amehlo ami abonile insindiso yakho,
2:31 Oye walungisa phambi kobuso babo bonke abantu;
2:32 Isibani ukukhanya abezizwe, futhi inkazimulo yabantu bakho u-Israyeli.
2:33 UJosefa nonina bamangala ngalokho okwakukhulunywa ngakho
yena.
2:34 USimeyoni wababusisa, wathi kuMariya unina: "Bheka, lokhu!"
umntwana umiselwe ukuwa nokuvuka kwabaningi kwa-Israyeli; kanye no-a
isibonakaliso esiyophikiswa;
2:35 (Yebo, inkemba izobhoboza umphefumulo wakho futhi,) ukuthi imicabango
ezinhliziyweni eziningi kungembulwa.
NgokukaLuka 2:36 Kwakukhona umprofethikazi u-Ana, indodakazi kaFanuweli
isizwe sakwa-Ashere; wayesekhulile ngeminyaka, ehleli nendoda
iminyaka eyisikhombisa kusukela ebuntombini bakhe;
2:37 Futhi wayengumfelokazi cishe iminyaka engamashumi ayisishiyagalombili nane, owahamba
engasuki ethempelini, kepha ekhonza uNkulunkulu ngokuzila ukudla nangokukhuleka ebusuku
usuku.
2:38 Futhi yena weza ngaso leso sikhathi wabonga eNkosini, futhi
wakhuluma ngaye kubo bonke ababelindele ukukhululwa eJerusalema.
2:39 Futhi lapho sebefeze zonke izinto ngokomthetho weNkosi.
babuyela eGalile emzini wakubo eNazaretha.
2:40 Futhi umntwana wakhula, futhi waba namandla emoyeni, egcwele ukuhlakanipha
umusa kaNkulunkulu wawuphezu kwakhe.
NgokukaLuka 2:41 Abazali bakhe baya eJerusalema iminyaka ngeminyaka ngomkhosi weNkosi
iphasika.
2:42 Futhi lapho eneminyaka eyishumi nambili ubudala, bakhuphukela eJerusalema ngemva kukaJesu
isiko lomkhosi.
2:43 Futhi lapho sebeqedile izinsuku, njengoba bebuya, umntwana uJesu
basala eJerusalema; uJosefa lonina babengazi.
2:44 Kodwa bona, bethi uphakathi kweqembu, bahamba usuku
uhambo; bamdinga phakathi kwezihlobo nezihlobo zabo.
2:45 Kwathi bengamtholi, babuyela eJerusalema.
emfuna.
2:46 Kwathi emva kwezinsuku ezintathu bamfumana ethempelini.
ehlezi phakathi kwabodokotela, ebazwa, ebabuza
imibuzo.
2:47 Futhi bonke ababemuzwa bamangala ngokuqonda kwakhe kanye nezimpendulo.
2:48 Kwathi bembona bamangala; unina wathi kuye.
Ndodana, usenzeleni kanje na? bheka, mina noyihlo sikhona
ukufunile edabukile.
2:49 Wathi kubo: Beningifunelani na? beningazi ukuthi mina
kufanele kube okukaBaba na?
2:50 Kodwa bona kabaliqondanga ilizwi alikhuluma kubo.
2:51 Wehla nabo, wafika eNazaretha, wazithoba kubo
kepha unina wawagcina onke lawo mazwi enhliziyweni yakhe.
2:52 UJesu waqhubeka ekuhlakanipheni nasekukhuleni nasekuthandeni uNkulunkulu kanye
indoda.