Wabuye wakhulelwa, wazala indodana, wathi: Lokhu uJehova ezwe ukuthi ngiyazondwa, ungiphile nalena futhi , waqamba igama layo ngokuthi uSimeyoni.

USimeyoni wababusisa, wathi kuMariya unina : Bheka, lo umiselwe ukuwa nokuvuka kwabaningi ku-Israyeli, nesibonakaliso esiphikwayo --

Wabafulathela, wakhala; wabuye waphendukela kubo , wakhuluma nabo ; wayesemsusa uSimeyoni phakathi kwabo, wambopha phambi kwamehlo abo.

Yayisithi kubo : Ukuthula makube kinina ; ningesabi; uNkulunkulu wenu noNkulunkulu kayihlo uniphe igugu emasakeni enu ; imali yenu ngayithola . Yaphumisa uSimeyoni, yamletha kubo.

Inkatho yesibili yadla uSimeyoni , isizwe sabantwana bakwaSimeyoni ngemindeni yabo; ifa labo laliphakathi kwefa labantwana bakwaJuda.

UJuda wayesethi kuSimeyoni umfowabo : Khuphuka nami, siye esabelweni sami, silwe namaKhanani , nami ngiye esabelweni sakho . USimeyoni wayesehamba naye.

Ngasemkhawulweni wakwaBenjamini, kusukela ohlangothini lwasempumalanga kuze kube sohlangothini lwasentshonalanga , uSimeyoni uyakuba nesabelo.

USimeyoni uselandile ngokuhlela kukaNkulunkulu ekuqaleni ukuba athathele igama lakhe isizwe kubo abezizwe.

USimeyoni Petru , inceku nomphostoli kaJesu Kristu , kubo abazuzile ukukholwa okuyigugu ngokufana nokwethu ngokulunga kukaNkulunkulu wethu noMsindisi uJesu Kristu: