LUKA 2:19-29

¹⁹Tsono Maliya adanyamala nabzo bzentsenebzo, acimbabzikumbukira mumtima mwace.

²⁰Ndipo amakabusa wale adabwerera, acimbakuza na kupasa mbiri Mulungu pabzentse bzomwe adabva na kubziwona ninga momwe akhadauzidwira.

²¹Pomwe mwanayo adapfitsa ntsiku zisere, adacita msinda wakucosa mcikuta, acimupasa dzina kuti ni Jezu lomwe anjo akhadam'pasa kale pomwe mamace akhanati kutenga mimba.

²²Panthawe ya msinda wawo wakutsukidwe ninga momwe ukhalewera mtemo wa Mozeji, azibaba wa Jezu adayenda naye kuJeruzalema kuti akamupereke kuna Mbuya,

²³(ninga momwe udanembedwa mtemo wa Mbuya kuti: “mwana wakuyamba kubadwa wacimuna bzin'funika kuti adzaperekedwe kuna Mbuya.)

²⁴acipereka pomwe ntsembe ninga momwe ukhalewera mtemo wa Mbuya kuti: “njiwa ziwiri ayai nkhangaiwa ziwiri.”

²⁵Akhalipo munthu m'bodzi kuJeruzalema, dzina lace Simiyau omwe akhali wakulungama na wakulemekeza kuna Mulungu. Iye akhadikhira Mulungu adzapepese Ijirayeri. Ndipo Mzimu Wakucena ukhana iye.

²⁶Mzimu Wakucenayo ukhamudziwisa kuti an'dzafa lini acisaya kudzawona Krixtu wa Mbuya.

²⁷Mzimu udamuyendesa kunyumba ya Mulungu. Pomwe adabwera azibaba wa Jezu kudzacita msindayo

²⁸ndipo Simiyauyo adamutesa mmanja acitenda Mulungu aciti:

²⁹“Mbuya, tsapano mulekeni nyabasa wanu ayende na ufulu ninga momwe limbalewera fala lanu!