Luka 2:21-29

²¹Mna isiku ya nane, siku ya kwingizigwa imwana kumbi, wamgwaa twaga da Yesu. Twaga ijo kagweleligwa na msenga wa kuulanga mamake hanagoga inda.

²²Vikivikile kipindi cha kuisunha kamba Musa viyalagize mna Gamalagizo gake, Yusufu na Malia wamsola imwana na wachola nayo Yelusalemu muladi wamwike mgameso ga Mndewa,

²³kamba viyandikigwe mna Gamalagizo ga Mndewa, “Kila mwana wa chaudele wa kimbigalo yonda yavumbuke yagaligwe mgameso ga Mndewa.”

²⁴Vivija wachola kulava nhosa kamba malagizo ga Mndewa vigalondile, “Huwa wabili hebu makinda mabili ga njiwa.”

²⁵Kipindi acho kukala na munhu yokala Yelusalemu, twaga jake Simeoni. Munhu ayo kakala yotenda goyolonda Mulungu na komdumba Mulungu. Vivija kakala yobetela ukombozi wa Izilaeli, na Loho Yang'alile kakala hamoja nayo.

²⁶Nayo Loho Yang'alile kamulongela honda yafe mbaka yamone Kilisito Mkombola.

²⁷Loho kamulongoza Simeoni yachole kuna Ing'anda ya Mulungu. Abaho Yusufu na Malia wamgala imwana Yesu kuna Ing'anda ya Mulungu wamtendele kamba Malagizo ga Musa vigalondile.

²⁸Simeoni kamsola imwana mmakono gake, kamtogola Mulungu, kalonga,

²⁹“Mndewa, sambi kusang'hana kamba viulongile, muleke msang'hanaji wako yachole moyo uholile.