Matayo
2: 1 Noneho igihe Yesu yavukiye i Betelehemu ya Yudaya mu gihe cya Herode Uhoraho
mwami, dore haza abanyabwenge baturutse iburasirazuba bajya i Yeruzalemu,
2: 2 Bati, Uwavukiye ari Umwami w'Abayahudi ari he? kuko twabonye ibye
inyenyeri mu burasirazuba, baza kuza kumusenga.
3 Herode umwami yumvise ibyo, arahagarika umutima, byose
Yerusalemu hamwe na we.
4: 4 Amaze gukoranya abatambyi bakuru bose n'abanditsi b'abantu
hamwe, yabasabye aho Kristo agomba kuvukira.
5: 5 Baramubwira bati: "I Betelehemu y'u Buyuda, kuko byanditswe."
n'umuhanuzi,
2: 6 Kandi uri Betelehemu, mu gihugu cya Yuda, nturi muto muri Uwiteka
ibikomangoma bya Yuda: kuko muri wewe hazasohoka Guverineri, uzategeka
ubwoko bwanjye bwa Isiraheli.
Herode amaze guhamagara abanyabwenge rwihishwa, arababaza
umwete igihe inyenyeri yagaragaye.
2: 8 Abohereza i Betelehemu, arababaza ati “Genda ushakishe umwete
umwana muto; Numara kumubona, uzanzanire ijambo, ko njye
arashobora kuza kumusenga.
9 Bumvise umwami baragenda. na, dore inyenyeri, iyo
babonye iburasirazuba, bajya imbere yabo, kugeza igihe baza guhagarara
aho umwana muto yari.
2:10 Babonye inyenyeri, barishima cyane.
Binjiye mu nzu, babona umwana muto bari kumwe
Nyina Mariya, yikubita hasi, aramuramya
bafungura ubutunzi bwabo, bamuha impano; zahabu, na
ububani n'imibavu.
2:12 Kandi aburirwa Imana mu nzozi ko badasubira i Herode,
bahaguruka mu gihugu cyabo ubundi buryo.
2:13 Bamaze kugenda, dore marayika w'Uwiteka arigaragariza
Yosefu mu nzozi, ati: “Haguruka, fata umwana muto n'uwawe
mama, uhungire mu Misiri, kandi uzabe uhari kugeza nkuzaniye ijambo:
kuko Herode azashaka umwana muto ngo amurimbure.
2:14 Arahaguruka, afata umwana muto na nyina nijoro, kandi
yagiye mu Misiri:
2:15 Kandi yari ahari kugeza igihe Herode yapfiriye, kugira ngo bishoboke
yavuzwe n'Uwiteka n'umuhanuzi, agira ati: "Mvuye muri Egiputa
yahamagaye umuhungu wanjye.
2:16 Herode abonye ko asebya abanyabwenge, ni
arakaye cyane, yohereza, yica abana bose bari barimo
Betelehemu, no ku nkombe zayo zose, kuva ku myaka ibiri no munsi yayo,
ukurikije igihe yari yarabajije abigiranye umwete abanyabwenge.
2:17 Hasohozwa ibyavuzwe n'umuhanuzi Yeremiya, agira ati:
2:18 I Rama hari ijwi ryumvikanye, gutaka, kurira, kandi bikomeye
icyunamo, Rasheli arira abana be, kandi ntiyari guhumurizwa,
kuko atari bo.
2:19 Ariko Herode amaze gupfa, dore umumarayika wa Nyagasani aboneka muri a
kurota Yozefu mu Misiri,
2:20 Vuga, Haguruka, ujyane umwana muto na nyina, ujye muri
igihugu cya Isiraheli: kuko bapfuye bashakaga ubuzima bw'umwana muto.
2:21 Arahaguruka, afata umwana muto na nyina, yinjira mu Uwiteka
igihugu cya Isiraheli.
2:22 Ariko yumvise ko Arikeliyo yategetse i Yudaya mu cyumba cye
se Herode, yatinyaga kujyayo: nubwo yaburiwe
y'Imana mu nzozi, ahindukirira mu bice bya Galilaya:
2:23 Araza, atura mu mujyi witwa Nazareti, kugira ngo bibe
byujujwe ibyavuzwe n'abahanuzi, Azitwa a
Nazareti.