¹ UJesu esezelwe eBetlehema laseJudiya emihleni kaHerode inkosi , bheka, kwafika izazi eJerusalema, zivela empumalanga, zithi: ² Uphi lowo ozelwe eyinkosi yabaJuda na? Ngokuba sibonile inkanyezi yakhe kwelasempumalanga, size ukukhuleka kuye. ³ UHerode inkosi esekuzwile lokho wakhathazeka neJerusalema lonke kanye naye. ⁴ Wabutha bonke abapristi abakhulu nababh ali besizwe, wabuza kubo ukuthi uKristu uzakuzalelwaphi. ⁵ Bathi kuye : EBetlehema laseJudiya , ngokuba kulotshiwe kanjalo ngomprofethi ukuthi: ⁶ Nawe Betlehema, lizwe lakwaJuda, kawusiye omncane nakanye kubabusi bakwaJuda, ngokuba kuyakuvela kuwe umbus i oyakwalusa isizwe sami u - Israyeli. ⁷ Khona uHerode, ezibizile izazi ngasese, wabuzisisa kuzo isikhathi inkanyezi ebonakele ngaso, ⁸ wazithuma eBetlehema, wathi: Hambani nibuzisise ngomntwana; kuyakuthi nxa nimfumene, ningitshele ukuba nami ngiye ngikhuleke kuye. ⁹ Seziyizwile inkosi , zamuka; bheka, inkanyezi ezayibona kwelasempumalanga yahamba phambi kwazo , yaze yafika yema phezu kwalapho umntwana ekhona. ¹⁰ Zathi ukuyibona inkanyezi, zathokoza ngokuthokoza okukhulu kakhulu. ¹¹ Zase zingena endlini , zabona umntwa na noMariya unina , zawa phansi , zakhuleka kuye, zavula amagugu azo, zamkhunga ngezipho: igolide namakha nenhlaka. ¹² Kwathi ziyaliwe nguNkulunkulu ngephupho ukuba zingabuyeli kuHerode , zabuyela ezweni lakubo ngenye indlela. ¹³ Sezimukile, bheka, ingelosi yeNkosi yabonakala kuJosefa ngephupho , ithi: Vuka uthabathe umntwana nonina , ubalekele eGibithe, uhlale khona, ngize ngikutshele; ngokuba uHerode uzakumfuna umntwana ukuba ambhubhise. ¹⁴ Wavuka-ke, wathabatha umntwana nonina ebusuku , wamuka waya eGibithe, ¹⁵ wahlala khona, waze wafa uHerode , ukuze kugcwaliseke okwakhulunywa yiNkosi ngomprofethi ukuthi: Ngayibiza indodana yami iphume eGibithe. Ukubulawa kwabantwana baseBetlehema ¹⁶ Khona uHerode , esebonile ukuthi izazi zimphambile , wathukuthela kakhulu, wathumela wabulala bonke abantwana besilisa baseBetlehema nasendaweni yonke yangakhona , abaminyaka mibili nangaphansi njengesikhathi abesibuzisisile kuzo izazi. ¹⁷ Khona kwagcwaliseka okwakhulunywa ngoJeremiya umprofethi ukuthi: ¹⁸ Kwezwakala izwi eRama , ukukhala nokulila okukhulu, uRakheli ekhalela abantwana bakhe, engavumi ukududuzwa, ngokuba abasekho. Ukubuya kukaJosefa eGibithe nokuhlala kwakhe eNazaretha ¹⁹ Kepha uHerode esefile , bheka, ingelosi yeNkosi yabonakala ngephupho kuJosefa eGibithe, yathi: ²⁰ Vuka uthab athe umntwana nonina , uye ezweni lakwa -Israyeli; ngokuba sebefile ababezingela ukuphila komntwana. ²¹ Wasuka-ke, wathabatha umntwana nonina, wafika ezweni lakwa-Israyeli. ²² Kepha ezwa ukuthi sekubusa u -Arkelawu eJudiya esikhundleni sikaHerode uyise, wesaba ukuya khona; eseyaliwe nguNkulunkulu ngephupho wamuka waya kwelaseGalile; ²³ wafika wakha emzini othiwa iNazaretha ukuba kugcwaliseke okwakhulunywa ngabaprofethi ukuthi: Uyakubizwa ngokuthi umNazaretha.