Kudlula isikhathi esingaphezu kwenyanga, uJesu sekanamalanga ama-40. Bamsaphi-ke nje ababelethi bakhe? Bamusa ethempelini eJerusalema, okulibanga elifitjhani ukusuka lapha bahlala khona. UmThetho uthi ngemva kwamalanga ama-40 abelethe umsana, umma kufuze alethe umnikelo wokuhlanjululwa ethempelini.—Levitikusi 12:4-8.

UMariya wenza njalo. Bona anikele, uletha iinyoni ezimbili ezincani. Lokhu kusitjela okuthileko ngobujamo bomnotho bakaJosefa noMariya. Ngokutjho komThetho, kufanele kunikelwe ngemvana eduna nenyoni. Kodwana, nangabe umma akanayo imvana eduna, amajuba amabili wommango namkha amajuba amabili amancani wekhaya alingene. Bujamo bakaMariya-ke lobo, yeke unikela ngalokho anakho.