22 When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every firstborn male shall be designated as holy to the Lord"), 24 and they offered a sacrifice according to what is stated in the law of the Lord, "a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.
22  Kwatsi nakufika lilanga lekutsi bahlanjululwe ngekuvumelana neMtsetfo waMosi, bahamba naye baya eJerusalema bamletsa kuJehova, 23  njengobe nje kubhaliwe eMtsetfweni waJehova kutsi: "Onkhe ematibulo labafana ayawuba ngcwele kuJehova." 24  Banikela umhlatjelo njengobe uMtsetfo waJehova wawutsi: "Ematuba lamabili nobe emavukutfu lamabili lasesemancane." 25  Ngaleso sikhatsi, kwakukhona indvodza eJerusalema lebeyilungile futsi yesaba Nkulunkulu, libito layo kunguSimeyoni.