Bahlangene phambi kwabantu naphambi kukaNkulunkulu: USint Anne noSaint Joachim, abaNgcwele u-Elizabeth noZakariya.

Siqhubeka nekhasi elinikezelwe ngababili abangcwele shada ngokukutshela ngendaba kaSaint Anne noSaint Joachim kanye nabaNgcwele u-Elizabeth noZakariya.

Indaba ka-Sant'Anna no-San Gioacchino

I-Saint Anne kanye ne-Saint Joachim babengabangcwele abambalwa abashadile, abazala Intombi enguMariya. Ngokwesiko lobuKristu, u-Ana wayenjalo oyinyumba futhi wayekhulekele indodana kuNkulunkulu. Ngolunye usuku, phakathi nomthandazo, ingelosi yabonakala ku-Ana futhi yamtshela ukuthi wayezoba nendodana.

U-St. Joachim, umyeni wakhe, wayenombono ofanayo, futhi ndawonye banquma ukuzinikela emthandazweni nasekulindeleni ingane yabo yesikhathi esizayo. Ngemva kwezinyanga eziyisishiyagalolunye, u-Anna wabeletha Intombi enguMariya.

Umndeni kaSant'Anna noSan Gioacchino wabe usuhlala ukuzwana nokuthula, futhi uthando nokuzinikela kwabo kuNkulunkulu kwaphefumulela indodakazi yabo ukuba ibe umholi Umama kaJesu, indodana kaNkulunkulu.

Abangcwele u-Elizabeth noZakariya

UZakariya oNgcwele bekuyi umpristi wethempeli eJerusalema, ngenkathi St. Elizabeth wayengowesifazane ozinikele kakhulu futhi olungile. Laba bashadikazi bashada besebancane futhi bahlala ndawonye ukuphila kwabo konke, bezinikela emthandazweni nasenkonzweni kwabanye.

Ngolunye usuku, uSan Zaccaria wabizwa ukuba enze a isevisi ekhethekile endlini engcwele yethempeli, lapho ahlangana khona a angelo owamemezela ukuzalwa kwendodana. Engakholwa ekuqaleni, umpristi wamqinisekisa ukuthi wayezozama ukwenza intando kaNkulunkulu.

I-St. Elizabeth, ngakolunye uhlangothi, incinta, yayifihlwe umphakathi ngenxa yokwesaba ukwahlulelwa. Lapho laba bantu bomshado behlangana, naphezu kwakhe futhi i-avanza, u-St. Elizabeth wakwazi ukukhulelwa umntwana, uJohane uMbhapathizi, umanduleli kaJesu.

U-Elizabeth noSt. Zacharia bamelela abantu ababili abangcwele abazinikele kubo inkonzo yokukholwa, ekuphileni komshado nasebuhlotsheni babo noNkulunkulu.