Ruka 2

Jesu anoKumikidziwa muImba yaMwari

22 Padokwana nguwa yokuzvinatsa kwavo maererano nomutemo waMozisi, vadouya naye kuJerusarema kuti vamupereke kuna Ishe 23 Zvakarezvi zvidoitika kuti mutemo waIshe uzazisiwe unoti, "Murume wese anozurura chibereko achanzi mutsvene kuna Ishe." 24 Vadodzoenda kopira chipiriso zvichienderana nozvinotauhwa nomutemo waIshe, zvinoti, "tuvana tuiri tonjiva, kana marunga mairi yohangaiva."

25 Zvino muJerusarema maiva nomunhu waiitiwa Simiyoni, murume wakareyu wanga adorurama futi adozvipira, waitarisira kunyaradziwa kwovaIzirairi, Mweya Mutsvene wanga ari paari. 26 Wanga adoisihwa pachenu naMweya Mutsvene kuti waidzoonaba ipfa asati waona Khirisitu waIshe. 27 Paadofemehwa naMweya adouya muimba yaMwari, zvino vabereki pavadouya nomwana Jesu, kudzomuitira zviri maererano notsika yomutemo, 28 Simiyoni adotora mwana mumaoko mache achibva warumbidza Mwari achiti,

29 "Ishe, zvino chiregai zvenyu muranda wenyu aende norugare,

maererano noshoko renyu,

30 ndava meso yangu yaona ruponiso renyu

31 ramudogadzirira pamberi povanhu vese,

32 chiedza chokuzarurihwa kumarudzi yasiri maJudha,

nokubhwinya kuvanhu venyu vaIzirairi."

33 Baba vache namai vache vadoshamisiwa nozvidonyaihwa pamusoro pache. 34 Zvino Simiyoni adovaropafadza achibva wati kuna Mariya amai vache, "Ona, Mwana wakareyu adomisihwa kuwa nokusumuka kwovazinji muIzirairi, nochiratidzo chinonyaihwa zvokupikisa 35 futi bakatwa richakubaya nokutobirikira pamweya pako, kuti pfungwa dzomuhana dzovazinji dziisiwe pachenu."

36 Paiva nomuporofitikadzi, Ana, mwanasikana waFanueri, wodzinza raAsha, wanga atochemberetsa, wanga wandogara nomurume wache makore manomwe kubva paumhandara hwache, 37 wanga ari mujiche kusvikira wava nomakore makumi masere nomanai. Waibirikaba muimba yaMwari, wainamata nokutsanya achinyengetera usiku nomasikati. 38 Paadouya nguwa yakareyo, adopasa kutenda kuna Mwari, achibva wanyaira pamusoro pache kuno vese vanga vadotarisira kudzikinuhwa kwoJerusarema.