UMateyu 2:1 Ke kaloku, akubon' ukuba uYesu uzelwe eBhetelehem yelakwaYuda, ngemihla kaHerode, nanzo, zifika eYerusalem izilumko zivela empumalanga; 2:2 Uphi na lo uzelweyo, ukumkani wamaYuda? kuba sibonile owakhe inkwenkwezi empumalanga, yaye beze kumnqula. 2:3 Ezivile ke ezo zinto uHerode ukumkani, wakhathazeka nabo bonke iYerusalem naye. 2:4 Wahlanganisa ke bonke ababingeleli abakhulu nababhali babantu kunye, wababuza ukuba ubeya kuzalelwa phi na uKristu. 2:5 Bathe ke kuye, EBhetelehem yelakwaYuda; ngomprofeti, 2:6 Nawe Bhetelehem, mhlaba wakwaYuda, Akunguye nakanye omncinanana phakathi kwenu Kuba kuya kuphuma kuwe irhuluneli eya kulawula abantu bam amaSirayeli. 2:7 Ke kaloku, uHerode, ezibize ngasese izazi ezo, wabuza kuzo; ngenyameko, ngexesha lokubonakala kwenkwenkwezi. 2:8 Wabathuma eBhetelehem, wathi, Hambani niye nicokise ukubuzisa umntwana omncinci; xa nithe namfumana, ze nindibikele, nithi, Ndim beze bamnqule nabo. 2:9 Zimvile ke zona ukumkani, zahamba; nantso inkwenkwezi leyo babona empumalanga, bahamba phambi kwabo, lada laya kuma phezu kwalo apho wayekhona umntwana. 2:10 Zathi ke, zakuyibona inkwenkwezi, zavuya ngovuyo olukhulu. 2:11 Zingenile ke endlwini, zambona umntwana ehleli; UMariya unina, wawa phantsi, waqubuda kuye; bavula ubuncwane babo, banikela izipho kuye; igolide, kwaye intlaka yokuqhumisa, nemore. 2:12 bathi, behlatyelwe nguThixo ephupheni, ukuba bangabuyi baye kuHerode; bemka ngayimbi indlela ukuya ezweni labo. 2:13 Zakuba zimkile ke, naso isithunywa seNkosi sibonakala emehlweni abo UYosefu ephupheni, esithi, Vuka, umthabathe umntwana nowakhe wena, usabele eYiputa, ube khona ndide ndikuxelele; kuba uHerode uya kumfuna umntwana lowo ukuze amtshabalalise. 2:14 Evukile ke yena, wamthabatha umntwana nonina ebusuku, wathi wemka waya eYiputa. 2:15 Waba khona apho wada wabhubha uHerode; Kwathethwa yiNkosi ngomprofeti isithi, Ndiphume eYiputa wafowunela unyana wam. 2:16 Ke kaloku uHerode, akubona ukuba izazi zidlale ngaye, waba enomsindo omkhulu, wathumela, wababulala bonke abantwana ababekhona eBhetelehem nakwimida yayo yonke, abaminyaka mibini bezelwe, nangaphantsi; njengokuba wayebuze ngenkuthalo kwizilumko. 2:17 Kwaza kwazaliseka okwathethwayo ngoYeremiya umprofeti, esithi, 2:18 Kwavakala eRama ilizwi, isijwili, nokulila, nesikhulu esenza isijwili, uRakeli elilela abantwana bakhe, engavumi kuthuthuzeleka; ngokuba abanjalo. 2:19 Ke kaloku, akuba efile uHerode, naso isithunywa seNkosi sibonakala eludinini iphupha kuYosefu eYiputa; 2:20 Vuka, umthabathe umntwana nonina, uye kungena endlwini ngokuba bafile abo babezonda ubomi bomntwana. 2:21 Wavuka ke, wamthabatha umntwana nonina, wangena egumbini ilizwe lakwaSirayeli. 2:22 Uthe ke akuva ukuba uArkelawo ungukumkani kwelakwaYuda esikhundleni sakhe uyise uHerode, wayesoyika ukuya khona; kaThixo ephupheni, wemka waya kwimimandla yelaseGalili. 2:23 Ufike wahlala emzini ekuthiwa yiNazarete; ukuze kube njalo kuzaliseke okwathethwayo ngabaprofeti, kwathiwa, Uya kubizwa ngokuba nguA Nazarene.