Okuvalwa kwaJesus
(Mat. 1:18-25)1 Pomasiku ngeyaka omupangeli Omuroma Augustus okwa gandja oshipango kutya aantu ayehe ye li mepangelo lye, oye na okwiinyolitha, opo ya gandje oompale. 2 Einyolitho ndika olyo lyotango nolya ningwa, Kirenius sho a li omuleli gwaSiria. 3 Aantu ayehe oya yi, ye ki inyolithe, kehe gumwe omoshilando shaandjawo.
4 Josef wo okwa thikama muNasaret shomuGalilea nokwa yi kuJudea koshilando shaDavid, shi ithanwa Betlehem, oshoka oye okwa li omunezimo lyaDavid. 5 Oye okwa yi, e ki inyolithe pamwe nomuyalekwa gwe Maria, ngoka a li omusimba.
6 Ano manga ya li muBetlehem, ethimbo lyaMaria lyokuvala olya thiki. 7 Oye okwa yelipa osheeli she shokamati nokwe ka dhingile momalapi e te ka langeke metemba lyokulila iimuna, oshoka mongulu yaayenda kamwa li mu na eha.
Aayengeli naasita
8 Komukunda ngoka okwa li ku na aasita ye li kelundu ya langela iimuna yawo uusiku. 9 Omuyengeli gwOmuwa okwe ya holokele, neadhimo lyOmuwa olye ya adhimine. Aasita oya haluka noonkondo. 10 Omuyengeli okwa ti kuyo: “Inamu tila! Oshoka ngame otandi mu uvithile elaka lyenyanyu enene tali ningi lyaantu ayehe. 11 Nena tuu ndjika mwa valelwa Omukulili moshilando shaDavid. Oye Kristus, Omuwa. 12 Endhindhiliko lyoku mu dhimbulula olyo ndika: Otamu ka mona okahanona ka dhingilwa nomalapi noka langekwa metemba lyokulila iimuna.”
13 Ombaadhilila pomuyengeli nguka opwa li pu na ongundu onene yaayengeli yomegulu, ya hambelele Kalunga ya ti:
14 “Esimano olyaKalunga gwokombandambanda!
Nombili kombanda yevi maantu e ya hokwa!”
15 Aayengeli sho ya zi po puyo, ya shuna megulu, aasita oya lombwelathana ya ti: “Tu yeni ano kuBetlehem, tu ka tale shoka sha ningwa ko, Omuwa e shi tu hololele.”
16 Oyo oya yi nokweendelela noya mono Maria naJosef nokahanona ka langekwa metemba lyokulila iimuna. 17 Aasita sho ya mono okahanona, oya hokololele aantu shoka omuyengeli a tile okanona haka. 18 Ayehe mboka ye shi uvu, oya kuminwa oohapu ndhoka ye dhi hokololelwa kaasita. 19 Ihe Maria okwa kala ta dhiladhila oohapu ndhoka adhihe nokwe dhi pungula momwenyo gwe. 20 Aasita oya shuna nokusimaneka nokuhambelela Kalunga, oshoka ayihe oye yi uvu noye yi mono, ngaashi omuyengeli e ya lombwele.
Jesus ta falwa motempeli
21 Sho pwa piti omasiku gahetatu, okanona oka fukalekwa noka lukwa Jesus, edhina tuu ndyoka ke li lukwa komuyengeli, manga ka li mela lyayina.
22 Omasiku geiyopaleko pampango yaMoses sho ga pu ko, oya fala okanona kuJerusalem e taye ke eta koshipala shOmuwa. 23 Shika osha nyolwa mompango yOmuwa kutya: Okanona okasheeli kehe taka valwa kuyina, oke na okuyoololelwa Omuwa, 24 nonaku gandjwe omayambo: omatendenguti gaali nenge uungutyona uyali.
25 Ano muJerusalem omwa li mu na omulumentu, edhina lye Simeon. Oye okwa li omuyuuki, ha tila Kalunga nokwa kala a tegelela ehupitho lyaIsrael. Ombepo Ondjapuki oya li muye. 26 Oye okwa li a tseyithilwa kOmbepo Ondjapuki kutya ita si, manga inaa mona Omugwayekwa gwOmuwa. 27 Ombepo Ondjapuki noya fala Simeon motempeli. Nena aakuluntu yaJesus oye mu eta kotempeli noye mu ningile, ngaashi ompango tayi shi ti. 28 Simeon oku ukata okanona momaako ge nokwa hambelele Kalunga a ti:
29 “Ngashingeyi Omuwa, sho wa gwanitha omauvaneko goye,
laleka ndje ihe, omuntu gwoye, ndi ye nombili.
30 Oshoka onda mono nomeho gandje ehupitho ndyoka
31 we li longekidha montaneho yaantu ayehe:
32 Uuyelele wokuminikila aapagani, nesimano lyaantu yoye Aaisraeli.”
33 He nayina oya kuminwa oohapu ndhoka Simeon e dhi popi. 34 Simeon okwe ya yambeke e ta ti kuMaria, yina yokanona: “Omunona nguka okwa tulwa po kuKalunga okupundukitha nokuyambukitha oyendji yomAaisraeli. Oye endhindhiliko lya zi kuKalunga, ihe oyendji itaye ke mu taamba. 35 Osho ngeyi omadhiladhilo gawo omawinayi ngoka ga holama otage ya puuyelele. Ihe uudhigu ongegongamwele lya tsa otau ka ulula omutima gwoye.”
36 Okwa li ku na omuhunganeki omukiintu, edhina lye Anna, omuna gwaFanuel, gwomezimo lyaAser. Oye okwa li a koka. Manga a li omukadhona, okwa hokanwa e ta kala nomulumentu gwe oomvula heyali; 37 Okwa adhika ihe omuselekadhi gwoomvula omilongo hetatu nane. Ethimbo alihe okwa kala motempeli koshipala shaKalunga uusiku nomutenya ti idhilike iikulya nokugalikana. 38 Ethimbo olyo tuu ndyoka okwe ya po nokwa hambelele Kalunga e ta hokolola okanona kwaayehe mboka ya li ya tegelela ethimbo lyekulilo lyaJerusalem.
Okuputuka kwaJesus
39 Sho ya tsakanitha ayihe pampango yOmuwa, oya shuna kuGalilea koshilando shaandjawo kuNasaret. 40 Omunona okwa koko nokwa kolo u udha oondunge nokwa hokiwa kuKalunga.
Omunona Jesus motempeli
41 Aakuluntu yaJesus oya li haa yi omumvo kehe kuJerusalem koshituthi shOpaasa. 42 Jesus sho a gwanitha oomvula omulongo nambali, oya yi naye koshituthi, ngaashi hashi ningwa aluhe.
43 Omasiku goshituthi sho ga piti, oya shuna kegumbo, ihe Jesus okwa thigala muJerusalem. Aakuluntu oya li inaaye shi tseya kutya oku li peni. 44 Oya tengeneke owala kutya oku li mongundu yaayendi, sigo ye ende esiku alihe. Opo ihe oya tameke oku mu konga maanezimo nomaashiwikile. 45 Sho inaaye mu mona, oya shuna kuJerusalem, ye ke mu konge. 46 Konima yomasiku gatatu oye mu mono ihe motempeli, a kuutumba mokati kaalongi Aajuda, te ya pulakene ye te ya pula. 47 Ayehe mboka ye mu pulakene, oya kuminwa oondunge dhe nomayamukulo ge. 48 Aakuluntu ye sho ye mu mono, oya kumwa. Yina nokwa ti kuye: “Mumwandje, omolwashike we tu ningile ngeyi? Ngame naho otwe ku kongo nokunika uuthigwa.”
49 Jesus okwe ya yamukula a ti: “Omwa kongele ndje shike? Kamu shi shi nani kutya ngame ondi na okukala mumbika yaTate?” 50 Ihe kaya li yu uvite ko kutya okwa hala oku ya lombwela shike.
51 Jesus okwa zi mo pamwe nayo e taa shuna kuNasaret nokwa kala ha vulika kuyo. Yina okwa pungula oohapu ndhoka adhihe momwenyo gwe. 52 Jesus okwa koko palutu nomoondunge, a hokiwa kuKalunga nokaantu.
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