28 uSimon wamfunqula, wabonga uThixo, wathi:
29 “Nkosi, ngokwesithembiso sakho,uyasikhulula ngoku isicaka sakho sinoxolo,
30 kuba amehlo am alubonile usindiso lwakho,
31 olulungiselele bonke abantu,
32 ulukhanyiso lokukhanyisela iintlanga,lubalula abantu bakho amaSirayeli.”
33 Abazali bakhe bamangaliswa zezo zinto zithethwayo ngoYesu.
34 USimon wabasikelela, wathi kuMariya unina: “Uyabona, lo Mntwana umiselwe ukuwa nokuvuka kwabaninzi kwaSirayeli, nokuba abe ngumqondiso ochasiweyo,