And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. LUKE 1:26-33

1. IVangeli Lokuzalwa
KukaMariya
ISAHLUKO 1
1 Intombi enguMariya ebongekayo nekhazimulayo njalo,
eyaphuma ohlwini lobukhosi nomndeni kaDavide,
yazalelwa emzini waseNazaretha, yafundiswa eJerusalema,
ethempelini leNkosi.
2 Igama likayise lalinguJoyakimi, no-Ana kanina.
Umndeni kayise wawuseGalile nomuzi waseNazaretha.
Umndeni kanina wawuseBhetlehema.
3 Impilo yabo yayisobala futhi ilungile emehlweni eNkosi,
bengcwele, bengelasici phambi kwabantu. Ngokuba
bahlukanisa yonke impahla yabo izingxenye ezintathu:
4 Enye yazo banikela ngayo ethempelini nasezikhulwini
zethempeli; enye bayabela phakathi kwezihambi, nabantu
abampofu; kanti eyesithathu bazibekela yona kanye nezinto
ezisetshenziswa umndeni wabo.
5 Ngalendlela baphila cishe iminyaka engamashumi
amabili ngokumsulwa, emseni kaNkulunkulu, nodumo
lwabantu, bengenabo abantwana.
6 Kodwa benza isithembiso sokuthi, uma uNkulunkulu
ebathanda kunoma yikuphi ukuphuma, bayokunikela
enkonzweni yeNkosi; ngenxa yalokho babengena
ethempelini likaJehova ngemikhosi yonke yomnyaka.
7 Kwathi lapho ususondele umkhosi wokunikezela,
uJehoyakimi nabanye besizwe sakubo bakhuphukela
eJerusalema; ngaleso sikhathi u-Isakare wayengumpristi
omkhulu;
8 Lapho ebona uJehoyakimi nabanye abakhelwane bakhe
beletha umnikelo wakhe, wameyisa yena neminikelo yakhe,
bambuza,
9 Kungani yena, owayengenabantwana, ayezobonakala
phakathi kwalabo ababenabo? Ukwengeza, ukuthi
iminikelo yakhe yayingeke yamukeleke kuNkulunkulu,
owahlulelwa nguye njengongafanele ukuba nabantwana;
umbhalo uthi: Uqalekisiwe wonke ongazali owesilisa
kwaIsrayeli.
10 Wabuye wathi, kufanele aqale akhululwe kuleso
siqalekiso ngokuzala imbewu, andukuba eze neminikelo
yakhe phambi kukaNkulunkulu.
11 Kepha uJehoyakimi ejabhile kakhulu ngehlazo lehlazo
elinjalo, wehlela kubelusi ababenezinkomo emadlelweni
abo;
12 Ngokuba wayengathandi ukubuyela ekhaya, funa
omakhelwane bakhe ababekhona futhi bezwe konke lokhu
kumpristi omkhulu, bamthuke kanjalo obala.
ISAHLUKO 2
1 Kwathi ehlezi khona isikhathi esithile, ngolunye usuku
eyedwa, ingelosi yeNkosi yema ngakuye inokukhanya
okukhulu.
2 Ingilosi eyayibonakele kuye izama ukumqamba yathi:
3 Ungesabi, Jehoyakhimi, ungabi naluvalo ngokungibona,
ngokuba mina ngiyingelosi yeNkosi, ethunywe ngayo
kuwe, ukuze ngikwazise, ukuthi imikhuleko yakho
iyezwakala, nokupha kwakho izipho kukhuphukele phambi
kukaNkulunkulu. .
4 Ngokuba ulibonile nokulibona ihlazo lenu, wezwa
nithukwa ngokungenabo abantwana;
5 Njalo nxa evala isizalo salowomuntu, ukwenza ngenxa
yalokhu, ukuze aphinde asivule ngendlela emangalisayo
kakhulu, lokuthi lokho okuzelweyo kubonakale
kungeyisikho inkanuko, kodwa kuyisipho sikaNkulunkulu. .
6 Ngokuba unina wokuqala wesizwe sakini uSara
wayengayinyumba kwaze kwaba neminyaka engamashumi
ayisishiyagalombili;
7 Naye uRaheli, ethandeka kakhulu kuNkulunkulu,
ethandwa kakhulu nguJakobe ongcwele, wahlala isikhathi
eside eyinyumba, nokho kamuva kwaba unina kaJosefa,
owayengesiye umbusi waseGibithe kuphela, kodwa
wakhulula izizwe eziningi ekubhujisweni. indlala.
8 Ubani phakathi kwabahluleli owayenamandla
kunoSamsoni, noma ongcwele ukwedlula uSamuweli?
Nokho bobabili onina babeyinyumba.
9 Kodwa uma isizathu singanikholisi ngeqiniso lamazwi
ami, ukuthi kukhona ukukhulelwa njalo eminyakeni edlule,
nokuthi labo ababeyinyumba baveze ukumangala kwabo
okukhulu; ngalokho u-Ana umkakho uyakukulethela
indodakazi, uyiqambe igama lokuthi uMariya;
10 Njengokwesithembiso sakho, uyakwahlukaniselwa
uJehova kwasebuntwaneni bakhe, agcwaliswe ngoMoya
oNgcwele kwasesizalweni sikanina;
11 Kayikudla, angaphuzi lutho olungcolileyo, lohambo
lwakhe lungabi phakathi kwabantukazana, kodwa
ethempelini leNkosi; ukuze angaweli ngaphansi kwanoma
yikuphi ukunyundela noma ukusolwa ngokubi.
12 Ngakho ekuhambeni kweminyaka yakhe, njengalokhu
ezelwe ngokuyisimangaliso yinyumba eyinyumba, kanjalo,
eseyintombi, ngendlela engenakuqhathaniswa, aveze
iNdodana kaNkulunkulu oPhezukonke, eyakuzala. , abizwe
ngokuthi uJesu, futhi, ngokuvumelana negama lakhe, abe
nguMsindisi wazo zonke izizwe.
13 Lokhu kuyakuba yisibonakaliso kuwe sezinto
engizishoyo, lapho usufika esangweni legolide
laseJerusalema, uyakuhlangana khona nomkakho u-Ana,
ekhathazeke kakhulu ngokuthi ungabuyi, ajabule.
ukukubona.
14 Kwathi ingilosi isitshilo lezizinto yasuka kuye.
ISAHLUKO 3
1 Emva kwalokho ingelosi yabonakala ku-Ana umkakhe,
yathi: “Ungesabi, ungacabangi ukuthi okubonayo
kungumoya.
2 Ngokuba mina ngiyileyo ngelosi eyanikela imikhuleko
yakho nezipho zakho phambi kukaNkulunkulu, futhi manje
ngithunyelwe kuwe, ukuze ngikwazise ukuthi uzozalelwa
indodakazi, eyakuthiwa uMariya, futhi ibusiswe phezulu.
bonke abesifazane.
3 Uzabe egcwele umusa weNkosi, masinyane ekuzalweni
kwakhe, ahlale iminyaka emithathu ukulunyulwa kwakhe
endlini kayise, kuthi ngasemuva enikelwe enkonzweni
yeNkosi, angasuki endlini kayise. ethempelini, aze afike
eminyakeni yokuhlakanipha.
4 Ngezwi, uyakuyikhonza iNkosi khona ubusuku nemini
ngokuzila ukudla nangokukhuleka, adede kukho konke
okungcolileyo, angazi muntu;
5 Kodwa, njengesenzakalo esingenakuqhathaniswa
esingenakho noma yikuphi ukungcola noma ukungcola,
futhi intombi engazani nandoda, iyozala indodana, futhi

2. incekukazi iyozala iNkosi, leyo kokubili ngomusa wayo
nangegama nangemisebenzi yayo, iyoba nguMsindisi.
zomhlaba.
6 Ngakho sukuma, ukhuphukele eJerusalema; kuzakuthi
lapho usufikile endaweni ebizwa ngokuthi yisango legolide,
ngoba ligundiswe ngegolide, njengophawu lwalokho
engikutshelile, uzahlangana lendoda yakho, osuyivikele
yona. baye bakhathazeka kakhulu.
7 Ngakho-ke nxa nifumana lezizinto sezifezekile, kholwani
ukuthi konke okunye enginitshele khona, kuyakufezeka
nokufezeka.
8 Ngakho ngokomyalo wengelosi, bobabili basuka
ezindaweni ababekuyo, futhi lapho befika endaweni
eyayishiwo yingelosi, bahlangana.
9 Basebethokoza embonweni omunye lomunye,
besuthiseka ngesithembiso somntwana, babonga iNkosi,
ephakamisa abathobekileyo.
10 Ngemva kokuyidumisa iNkosi, babuyela ekhaya,
bahlala benethemba eliqinisekileyo lesithembiso
sikaNkulunkulu.
11 Ngakho u-Ana wakhulelwa, wazala indodakazi, futhi,
ngokomyalo wengelosi, abazali baqamba igama layo
ngokuthi uMariya.
ISAHLUKO 4
1 Kwathi isiphelile iminyaka emithathu, nesikhathi
sokulunyulwa kwayo sesiphelile, baletha intombi
ethempelini likaJehova neminikelo.
2 Futhi kwakukhona cishe ithempeli, ngokwezihlabelelo
eziyishumi nanhlanu zezinyathelo, izitebhisi eziyishumi
nanhlanu zokunyuka.
3 Ngokuba ithempeli elakhiwa entabeni, i-altare lomnikelo
wokushiswa elalingaphandle lalingenakusondelwa
ngaphandle kwezitebhisi;
4 Abazali beNcasakazi ebusisiweyo nosana uMariya
bamkhwelisa kwesinye salezi zitebhisi;
5 Kwathi bekhumula izingubo zabo ababehambe
bezigqokile, begqokisa ezazicocekile nezihlanzekile
ngokomthetho,
6 Phakathi naleso sikhathi iNcasakazi yeNkosi ngale ndlela
yakhuphuka zonke izitebhisi ngokulandelana, ngaphandle
kosizo lwanoma ubani ukuyihola noma ukuyiphakamisa,
kangangokuthi noma ubani wayeyokwahlulela kusukela
lapho ukuthi wayesekhulile.
7 Kanjalo iNkosi yenza, isewusana lweNcasakazi yayo,
yenza lomsebenzi omangalisayo, nobufakazi ngalesi
simangaliso ukuthi yayimkhulu kangakanani ukuba ibe
njalo emva kwalokhu.
8 Kodwa abazali sebenikele umhlatshelo wabo ngokwesiko
lomthetho, sebesifezile isifungo sabo, bayishiya iNtombi
nezinye izintombi emakamelweni ethempeli,
ababezokhushulelwa khona, babuyela ekhaya.
ISAHLUKO 5
1 Kodwa iNtombi yeNkosi, iqhubeka ekwesabeni, yakhula
nasekupheleleni, nanjengokusho komhubi, uyise nonina
bayishiya, kepha uJehova wayinakekela.
2 Ngokuba wayenengxoxo yezingelosi imihla ngemihla,
futhi imihla ngemihla wamukela izivakashi ezivela
kuNkulunkulu, ezimvikela kuzo zonke izinhlobo zobubi,
futhi wamenza ukuba avame ngakho konke okuhle;
3 Kwaze kwathi lapho ekugcineni efika onyakeni wakhe
weshumi nane, njengoba ababi babengenakumbeka icala
elifanele ukusolwa, ngakho bonke abantu abalungile,
ababejwayelene naye, bajabulela ukuphila kwakhe
nenkulumo yakhe.
4 Ngalesosikhathi umphristi omkhulu wenza isiyalelo
emphakathini. Ukuze zonke izintombi ezazinezindawo
zomphakathi ethempelini, ezafika kulesi sikhathi, zibuyele
ekhaya, futhi, njengoba manje zase zikhule ngokwanele,
kufanele, ngokwesiko lezwe lakubo, zizame ukuganwa.
5 Yilowo myalo, nakuba zonke ezinye izintombi
zawulalela ngokushesha, uMariya iNcasakazi yeNkosi
yedwa owaphendula, ukuthi wayengenakuwuthobela.
6 Ebeka lezi zizathu ukuthi yena nabazali bakhe
babemnikele enkonzweni yeNkosi; futhi ngaphandle
kwalokho, wathembisa ubuntombi eNKOSIni, isithembiso
ayezimisele ngaso ukuthi angeke asephule ngokulala
lendoda.
7 Kwathi umpristi omkhulu esebunzimeni.
8 Ebona ukuthi kazange abe lesibindi sokuchitha isifungo,
engalaleli umbhalo othi: Yenza isithembiso, ugcwalise;
9 futhi futhi ungethusi isiko, abayalwa ngalo abantu
abangabaziyo,
10 ukuze ngomkhosi osondelayo bonke abakhokheli
baseJerusalema lezindawo ezingomakhelwane babuthane
ndawonye, ukuze bathole iseluleko sabo, ukuthi
wayengaqhuba njani kuhle endabeni enzima kangaka.
11 Sebehlangene ngakho, bavumelana ngazwi linye
ukuyofuna uJehova, babuze kuye ngale ndaba.
12 Kwathi sebekhulekile bonke, umpristi omkhulu
wahamba njengejwayelo ukubuza kuNkulunkulu.
13 Futhi masinyane kwaba khona izwi eliphuma
emkhunjini, kanye nesihlalo somusa, bonke ababekhona
abalizwayo, ukuthi kufanele kubuzwe noma kufunwe
ngesiphrofetho sika-Isaya iNcasakazi eyayizonikwa futhi
igane;
14 Ngoba uIsaya uthi: Kuzaphuma induku esiqwini
sikaJese, lembali iphume empandeni yayo.
15 UMoya weNkosi uyakuba phezu kwakhe, uMoya
wokuhlakanipha nokuqonda, uMoya wezeluleko
nowamandla, uMoya wokwazi nowokuhlonipha
uNkulunkulu, nomoya wokumesaba uJehova
uyomgcwalisa.
16 Khona-ke, ngokwalesi siprofetho, wamisa ukuba wonke
amadoda endlu nomndeni kaDavide, abangashadile,
abangashadile, balethe izinduku zabo e-altare,
17 Kunoma yimuphi udondolo lomuntu emva kokulethwa
kwayo, kuyohluma imbali, futhi phezu kwayo kufanele
kuhlale uMoya weNkosi enjengejuba, kube yindoda
eyophiwa iNtombi. futhi uqonywe.

3. ISAHLUKO 6
1 Kwabakhona kwakukhona indoda ethile, igama layo
linguJosefa, wendlu nosendo lukaDavide, umuntu
owayeseneminyaka eminingi kakhulu, owakhumula induku
yakhe, kwaba yilowo nalowo eletha owakhe.
2 Ngakho kwathi kungabonakala lutho oluvumelana lelizwi
lezulwini, umpristi omkhulu wabona kufanele ukuthi
aphinde abuze kuNkulunkulu;
3 Owaphendula ngokuthi lowo Intombi eyayizoganelwa
nguye yedwa kwababuthiweyo, ongayilethanga induku
yakhe.
4 Ngakho uJosefa wanikelwa.
5 Ngokuba lapho eselethile induku yakhe, nejuba livela
ezulwini ligxumeka esihlokweni salo, babona bonke
ngokusobala ukuthi intombi imiselwe ukumgane;
6 Ngakho, isiphelile imikhosi yokuganana, wabuyela
emzini wakubo eBhetlehema, ukuze alungise indlu yakhe,
futhi enze odingwayo ngomshado.
7 Kodwa iNcasakazi yeNkosi, uMariya, kanye nezinye
izintombi eziyisikhombisa zentanga efanayo,
ezazilunyuliwe ngesikhathi esifanayo, futhi ezazibekwe
umpristi ukuba zimkhonze, wabuyela endlini yabazali
bakhe eGalile.
ISAHLUKO 7
1 Ngalesi sikhathi sokufika kwakhe kokuqala eGalile,
ingelosi uGabriyeli yathunyelwa kuye ivela kuNkulunkulu
ukuba imbikele ngokukhawulwa koMsindisi wethu,
nendlela yakhe yokumthwala kwakhe.
2 Ngakho wangena kuye, wagcwalisa ikamelo ayekulo
ngokukhanya okukhulu, wambingelela ngobubele, wathi:
3 Sawubona, Mariya! Intombi yeNkosi iyamukeleka
kakhulu! O Virgin egcwele Umusa! INkosi inawe,
ubusisiwe ngaphezu kwabo bonke abesifazane, ubusisiwe
ngaphezu kwabo bonke abesilisa, lokho. sebezelwe kuze
kube manje.
4 Kodwa iNtombi eNcasakazi, eyayijwayelene
ngaphambili nobuso bezingelosi, okwakungeyona into
engavamile kuyo ukukhanya okunjalo okuvela ezulwini,
5 Akesatshiswanga ngombono wengelosi, noma
amangazwa ubukhulu bokukhanya, kodwa wakhathazeka
ngamazwi engelosi.
6 Base beqala ukuqaphela ukuthi ukubingelela okungaka
kungasho ukuthini, ukuthi kuyini, noma ukuthi kungaba
luhlobo luni lwesiphetho.
7 Ingelosi iyaphendula, iphefumulelwe ngokwaphezulu;
8 Ungesabi, Mariya, njengokungathi ngiqonde utho
oluphambene nobumsulwa bakho kulokhu kubingelela;
9 Ngoba uthole umusa eNkosini, ngoba ukhethe ubuntombi
bakho.
10 Ngakho-ke useyintombi, uyakukhulelwa ngaphandle
kwesono, futhi uzale indodana.
11 Uyakuba mkhulu, ngokuba uyakubusa kusukela
elwandle kuze kube-selwandle, kusukela emifuleni kuze
kube semikhawulweni yomhlaba.
12 Futhi iyobizwa ngokuthi iNdodana yoPhezukonke;
ngoba ozelwe ephansi emhlabeni uyabusa kophakemeyo
ezulwini.
13 INkosi iyakumnika isihlalo sobukhosi sikayise uDavide,
abuse phezu kwendlu kaJakobe kuze kube phakade,
nombuso wakhe awuyikuba nakuphela.
14 Ngokuba uyiNkosi yaMakhosi, neNkosi yababusi,
nesihlalo sakhe sobukhosi simi kuze kube phakade
naphakade.
15 Kulokhu inkulumo yengelosi iNtombi ayiphendulanga
ngokungathi ayikholwa, kodwa ithanda ukwazi indlela
yako.
16 Wathi: “Kungenzeka kanjani lokho na? Ngoba ngibona
ngokwesifungo sami angikaze ngimazi umuntu wesilisa,
ngingazala kanjani umntwana ngaphandle kokwengezwa
kwembewu yomuntu?
17 Ingilosi yaphendula yathi: Ungacabangi, Mariya, ukuthi
uzakhulelwa ngendlela ejwayelekile.
18 Ngokuba, ngaphandle kokulala nendoda, ngenkathi
uyiNtombi, uyokhulelwa; kuyilapho niyiNtombi, niyozala;
kanti intombi izancela.
19 Ngokuba uMoya oNgcwele uzakuza phezu kwakho,
namandla oPhezukonke akusibekele, ngaphandle
kokushiswa yizinkanuko.
20 Ngakho lokho okuzelwe nguwe kuyakuba ngcwele
kuphela; ngoba kumane kuthathwe ngaphandle kwesono,
futhi lapho ezalwa, kuyothiwa iNdodana kaNkulunkulu.
21 UMariya waseselula izandla, waphakamisela amehlo
akhe ezulwini, wathi: Khangela ngiyincekukazi yeNkosi.
makube kimi njengezwi lakho.
ISAHLUKO 8
1 UJosefa wasesuka eJudiya waya eGalili, ehlose
ukuganwa yintombi eyayimgane;
2 Ngoba kwasekuselezinyanga ezintathu esethembisene
umshado wakhe.
3 Ekugcineni kwaba sobala ukuthi wayekhulelwe, futhi
kwakungenakufihleka kuJosefa.
4 Ngoba ukuya entombini ngesihle, esemiselwe umshado,
ekhuluma kuhle layo, wayibona isikhulelwe.
5 Futhi phezu kwalokho waqala ukuxakeka nokungabaza,
engazi ukuthi iyiphi inkambo okwakungaba ngcono
ukuyithatha;
6 Ngokuba engumuntu olungileyo, akathandanga
ukumveza, noma ukumhlambalaza, emsola ngokuthi
uyisifebe, ngokuba eyindoda eqotho;
7 Ngakho wazimisela ukuqeda isivumelwano sabo ngasese,
lokumala ngasese.
8 Esazindla ngalezi zinto, bheka, ingelosi yeNkosi
yabonakala kuye ebuthongweni, yathi uJosefa, indodana
kaDavide, ungesabi;
9 Ningathandi ukuba nezinsolo zokuthi iNtombi inecala
lokuphinga, noma ukucabanga utho olubi ngayo, futhi
ningesabi ukuyithatha ibe ngumfazi;
10 Ngokuba lokho okuzelwe kuye futhi manje okukhathaza
ingqondo yenu, akuwona umsebenzi womuntu, kodwa
uMoya oNgcwele.
11 Ngokuba kuyona yodwa iNcasakazi eyakuzala
iNdodana kaNkulunkulu kubo bonke abesifazane,
uyiqambe igama lokuthi uJesu, okungukuthi, uMsindisi,
ngokuba nguye oyakusindisa abantu bakhe ezonweni zabo.
12 Ngakho uJosefa, ngokomyalo wengelosi, washada
neNtombi, futhi akayazi, kodwa wayigcina ebumsulwa.
13 Manje yasondela inyanga yesishiyagalolunye kusukela
ekukhulelweni kwakhe, lapho uJosefa ethatha umkakhe
kanye nanoma yiziphi ezinye izinto ezazidingeka
eBhetlehema, umuzi ayevela kuwo.
14 Kwathi beselapho, zaphelela izinsuku zokuba abelethe.

4. 15 Futhi wazala izibulo lakhe, njengoba abaVangeli
abangcwele befundisa, ngisho neNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu,
lowo kanye noYise, iNdodana, noMoya oNgcwele, ophila
futhi obusa kuze kube phakade.