Luka 2:20-46

²⁰Awala iwadimi woya kunyika, wamtunya Imulungu na kumwimbila kwa ghose ghawahulike na ghawonile, ghose ghalawila ka malaika pfawalongele.

²¹Mne litsuwa lya nane, litsuwa lya kumwingitsa ngoma imwana halipfikile, kakemighwa taghwa lyake Yesu. Taghwa alyo tsakeng'ighwa na malaika ahala mai wake ng'ana ame inda.

²²Ghamatsuwa tsaghapfika gha Yosefu na Mariya kutenda ichihendo cha kudeghetetsighwa ka Ghamalaghitso gha Musa pfagholaghitsa. Apfo wamsola imwana, waghenda naye kune ghumji ghwa Yerusalemu kumwika hambele he Imtwatsa,

²³ka pfayandikighwe mne Ghamalaghitso ghe Imtwatsa Imulungu; “Chila imwana immale chaudele alapfighwe kwe Imtwatsa.”

²⁴Kuya tsawaghenda ili watambike, walapfe njiwa weli au makinda meli ka Ghamalaghitso ghe Imtwatsa pfagholaghitsa.

²⁵Ako Yerusalemu tsakukala na imunu yumwe taghwa lyake Simoni. Imunu ayo tsakakala kanogha na kompfuka Imulungu. Ayo yang'ali yobetetsa ukutsa kwa ukombotsi wa Isiraeli, naye tsakakala na Ghumuhe ghwe Imulungu.

²⁶Ghumuhe ghwe Imulungu kamlongela ng'atsakufa bae mbaka amwone Kiristu yasaghulighwe ne Imtwatsa.

²⁷Kuya Ghumuhe ghwe Imulungu kamlongotsa Simoni kaghenda kune Ing'anda ye Imulungu. Kuya aba na mai wake Yesu wamghala imwana wawo mne Ing'anda ye Imulungu wamtendele ka pfaibamighwe mne ichihendo cha Ghamalaghitso gha Musa.

²⁸Simoni kamsola imwana Yesu mna ghamoko ghake, kuya kamtunya Imulungu, kalonga,

²⁹“Sambi Imtwatsa, mlekelele imtumwa wako, yoke tseghamba, ka pfulongile.

³⁰Kwa tsinenge tsangu niwona ukombotsi wako,

³¹uutendile woneke kuna iwanu wose,

³²Ghumwanga ighutsowamwemwesela iwanu wose iwali si Wayahudi bae, na litsoghala utunitso kwe iwanu wako wa Isiraeli.”

³³Aba wake na mai wake Yesu wang'ali wokangawala na mbuli tse imwana tsayalongile Simoni.

³⁴Simoni kawabaliki, kamlongela Mariya, mai wake Yesu, “Imwana yuno kasaghulighwa ne Imulungu kwa ukwagha na ukukombolighwa kwe iwanu wengi mne isi ya Isiraeli. Kuya katsakuwa chitango kulawa kwe Imulungu, ichitsolemighwa ne iwanu wengi.

³⁵Kuya ukwalangula mne imimoyo ye iwanu wengi kutsoghubulighwa mwatsi. Naghwe imwenyegho, usungu ka lipanga ilitema utsouhoma ghumoyo ghwako.”

³⁶Tsakukala na nabii yumwe pinga, kakala mnzehe ghendo, tagwa lyake Ana, neghe Fanuweli, wa lukolo lwa Aseri. Ipinga ayo tsakakala na immale wake kwa miyaka saba kulawa kukwelighwa kwake.

³⁷Kuya tsakakala chitsuka mbaka matsuwa ghala ghawile mnzehe wa miyaka semanini na mine. Na matsuwa agho ghose kakala mne ing'anda ye Imulungu, ang'ali yofunga ukuja na ukulomba chilo na misi.

³⁸Saa iila ipinga ayo kalawila, kamlongela Imulungu mighede, kawalongela imbuli ye imwana yula kwe iwanu wose yawang'ali woubetela ukombotsi wa Yerusalemu.

³⁹Yosefu na Mariya hawaghamalitse ghose ighobamighwa na Ghamalaghitso ghe Imtwatsa Imulungu, tsawoya ukaye yawo Natsareti, mne ghumji ghwa Galilaya.

⁴⁰Imwana kakula, kongetseka ngupfu, kamema ihekima, na uluso we Imulungu ukala hamwe naye.

⁴¹Chila mwaka mne chihungo cha pasaka, welesi wake wang'ali woghendagha Yerusalemu.

⁴²Yesu hapfikile miyaka kumi na mili, tsawaghenda naye kune ichihungo ka pfawatendagha.

⁴³Hawamalitse ichihungo, na hawang'ali wakuya ukaye yawo, Yesu tsakakala kuchugho Yerusalemu, aku welesi wake ng'awamanyile bae.

⁴⁴Tsawepfikitsa ka tsawawose mne ghumwanza, waghenda ghumwanza ghwa tsuwa limwe. Kuya wandusa kumbama mna iwandughu tsawo na sale tsawo.

⁴⁵Ng'awamwonile bae, apfo woya Yerusalemu kumbama.

⁴⁶Mna litsuwa lya kadatu, wampfika mne Ing'anda ye Imulungu mghati mwe iwalangulitsi wa Chiyahudi, ang'ali yowategheletsa na ukuwaghutsa.