25 Kwakukhona eJerusalema indoda eyayithiwa nguSimiyoni, yayilungile njalo ikholwa. Yayilindele ukududuzwa kuka-Israyeli, njalo uMoya oNgcwele wawuphezu kwayo. 26 Kwakwambuliwe kuye nguMoya oNgcwele ukuthi wayengayikufa engakaboni uKhristu weNkosi. 27 Waholwa nguMoya wangena emagumeni ethempeli. Kwathi abazali sebemlethile umntwana uJesu ukumenzela lokho okwakufunwa ngumkhuba woMthetho, 28 uSimiyoni wamgona ngezingalo zakhe wadumisa uNkulunkulu esithi:
29 "Thixo, Nkosi, njengoba wavele wathembisa,
manje-ke iyekele ihambe ngokuthula inceku yakho.
30 Ngoba amehlo ami aseyibonile insindiso yakho,
31 oyilungisileyo phambi kwezizwe zonke,
32 ukukhanya kokwambulela abeZizwe
lokwenkazimulo yabantu bakho bako-Israyeli."
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