NgokukaLuka 2

2 ¹Ngalezo zinsuku uKhesari Awugustu wakhipha isimemezelo sokuba kubhaliswe umhlaba wonke owakhiwe. ^a a v1 'Umhlaba wonke owakhiwe' ubhekisela emazweni oMbuso waseRoma, hhayi umhlaba wonke jikelele. ²Lokhu kwakuwukubhalisa kokuqala, ngesikhathi uKhiriniyu engumbusi waseSiriya. ³Bonke bahamba ukuyobhaliswa, kwaba yilowo nalowo waya edolobheni lakubo. ⁴NoJosefa wakhuphuka esuka eGalile, edolobheni laseNazaretha, waya eJudiya, emzini kaDavide othiwa iBhetlehema, ngokuba wayengowendlu nowosendo lukaDavide, ⁵ukuba abhaliswe noMariya, ogane kuye, owayekhulelwe.

⁶Kwathi beselapho, kwafika isikhathi sokuba abelethe. ⁷Wabeletha indodana yakhe eyizibulo, wayigoqa ngezindwangu, wayilalisa emkhombeni, ngokuba kwakungekho ndawo yabo endlini yezihambi.

⁸Kwakukhona abelusi kuleso sifunda, behlala emadlelweni, belinda umhlambi wabo ebusuku. ⁹Ingelosi kaBaba wethu yema phambi kwabo; inkazimulo kaBaba wethu yabakhanyisela, base bebanjwa uvalo olukhulu. ¹⁰Ingelosi yathi kubo: “Ningesabi—nginiphathele izindaba ezinhle zentokozo enkulu ezabo bonke abantu: ¹¹Namuhla emzini kaDavide nizalelwe uMsindisi—uKhristu iNkosi. ¹²Lesi yisibonakaliso senu: niyakuthola umntwana egoqwe ngezindwangu, elele emkhombeni.” ¹³Ngokuzumayo kwaba khona nengelosi ibandla elikhulu lamabutho asezulwini, edumisa uBaba wethu, ethi,

¹⁴“Udumo kuBaba wethu kweliphezulu, nasemhlabeni ukuthula kulabo athokozela bona!” ^b b v14 Ihubo lokudumisa lezingelosi libiza uBaba wethu ngokuqondile — udumo lukaKhisimusi lungolwakhe, yena othuma iNdodana yakhe ezweni.

¹⁵Kwathi izingelosi sezibashiyile zaya ezulwini, abelusi bakhulumisana, bathi: “Masiye ngqo eBhetlehema siyobona lokhu okwenzekile, uBaba wethu asazisile ngakho.” ¹⁶Basheshisa bahamba, bafica uMariya noJosefa, nomntwana elele emkhombeni. ¹⁷Bathi sebembonile, bakwazisa lokho okwakushiwo kubo ngalo mntwana. ¹⁸Bonke abezwa bamangala ngalokho abakutshelwa ngabelusi. ¹⁹Kodwa uMariya wazigcina zonke lezi zinto, ezizindla enhliziyweni yakhe. ²⁰Abelusi babuyela emuva, bekhazimulisa bedumisa uBaba wethu ngakho konke abakuzwa nabakubona, njengoba babetshelwe.

Wethulwa kuBaba

²¹Kwathi sezigcwalisekile izinsuku eziyisishiyagalombili zokusokwa kwakhe, waqanjwa igama elithi uJesu, igama ingelosi eyayilibekile engakamithwa esiswini.

²²Kwathi seziphelile izinsuku zokuhlanjululwa kwabo ngokoMthetho kaMose, bamkhuphulela eJerusalema ukuze bamethule kuBaba wethu,

²³(njengoba kulotshiwe eMthethweni kaBaba wethu ukuthi: “Wonke owesilisa oyizibulo uyakubizwa ngokuthi ungcwele kuBaba wethu”), ²⁴nokunikela ngomhlatshelo njengoba uMthetho kaBaba wethu usho: amahobhe amabili noma amaphuphu amabili amajuba.

²⁵EJerusalema kwakukhona umuntu ogama lakhe linguSimeyoni, olungileyo noqotho, elindele induduzo ka-Israyeli, uMoya oNgcwele uphezu kwakhe. ²⁶UMoya oNgcwele wayembonisile ukuthi ngeke afe engakamboni uKhristu kaBaba wethu. ²⁷Eqhutshwa uMoya, wangena ethempelini. Kwathi abazali bengenisa umntwana uJesu ukuze benzele yena lokho okwakufunwa uMthetho, ²⁸uSimeyoni wamthatha ngezingalo zakhe, wambonga uBaba wethu, wathi, ²⁹“Baba oyiNkosi, manje usuyayivumela inceku yakho ukuba imuke ngokuthula, njengokwezwi lakho. ³⁰Ngokuba amehlo ami asebonile insindiso yakho, ³¹oyilungisile phambi kwabo bonke abantu: ³²ukukhanya kokwambulela abezizwe, nenkazimulo yabantu bakho u-Israyeli.”

³³Uyise nonina bamangala ngalokho okwakushiwo ngaye. ³⁴USimeyoni wababusisa, wathi kuMariya, unina: “Lo mntwana umiselwe ukuwa nokuvuka kwabaningi kwa-Israyeli, nokuba abe yisibonakaliso esiphikiswayo, ³⁵nenkemba iyakugwaza umphefumulo wakho nawe— ukuze kwambuleke imicabango yezinhliziyo eziningi.”

³⁶Kwakukhona futhi u-Ana, umprofethikazi, indodakazi kaFanuweli wesizwe sika-Asheri, osekhulile kakhulu, owayehlale nendoda yakhe iminyaka eyisikhombisa kusukela ebuntombini bakhe, ³⁷wabe esaba umfelokazi kwaze kwaba yiminyaka engamashumi ayisishiyagalombili nane, engasuki ethempelini, ekhonza ngokuzila nangomkhuleko ubusuku nemini. ³⁸Efika ngalowo mzuzu, wabonga uBaba wethu, wakhuluma ngomntwana kubo bonke ababelindele ukuhlengwa kweJerusalema.

³⁹Kwathi sebeqedile konke okwakufunwa uMthetho kaBaba wethu, babuyela eGalile, edolobheni lakubo laseNazaretha. ⁴⁰Umntwana wakhula, waqina, wagcwala ukuhlakanipha, nomusa kaBaba wethu wawuphezu kwakhe.

Umfana uJesu Endlini kaYise

⁴¹Abazali bakhe babeya eJerusalema iminyaka yonke ngoMkhosi wePhasika. ⁴²Kwathi eseneminyaka eyishumi nambili, bakhuphuka njengokwesiko lomkhosi. ⁴³Kwathi seliphelile idili sebebuyela ekhaya, umfana uJesu wasala eJerusalema, abazali bakhe bengazi. ⁴⁴Becabanga ukuthi useqenjini, bahamba uhambo losuku olulodwa, base bemfuna phakathi kwezihlobo nabazana nabo. ⁴⁵Bathi bengamtholi, babuyela eJerusalema, bemfuna. ⁴⁶Emva kwezinsuku ezintathu bamfica ethempelini, ehlezi phakathi kwabafundisi, ebalalele, ebabuza imibuzo. ⁴⁷Bonke abamuzwayo bamangala ngokuqonda kwakhe nangezimpendulo zakhe. ⁴⁸Kwathi abazali bakhe bembona, bamangala kakhulu. Unina wathi kuye: “Ndodana, usenzeleni kanje na? Bheka, uyihlo nami besidabukile, sikufuna.”

⁴⁹Wathi kubo: “Beningifunelani na? Beningazi yini ukuthi ngimelwe ukuba sendlini kaBaba na?” ^c c v49 UJesu uthi “uBaba” — ubuhlobo bakhe obuyingqayizivele nobuphakade. Lapho yonke iminye imiBhalo isimema ukuba singene kuBaba “wethu,” uJesu yedwa umbiza ngokuthi “uBaba” ngale ndlela ekhethekileyo: yena uyiNdodana ngemvelo; thina singabantwana ngokwamukelwa nguye.

⁵⁰Kodwa abazange baliqonde izwi awalikhuluma kubo. ⁵¹Wayesehla nabo, wafika eNazaretha, ehlala ebalalela. Unina wazigcina zonke lezi zinto enhliziyweni yakhe. ⁵²UJesu wanda ngokuhlakanipha nangesithomo nangomusa kuBaba wethu nasebantwini.