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.