Mathewu
2:1 Kwathi uJesu esezelwe eBetlehema laseJudiya emihleni kaHerode umbusi
inkosi, bheka, kwafika izazi eJerusalema zivela empumalanga;
2:2 esithi: Uphi lowo ozelwe eyinkosi yabaJuda? ngoba sibonile owakhe
inkanyezi empumalanga, futhi beze ukuzokhuleka kuye.
2:3 Kwathi uHerode inkosi esekuzwile lokho wakhathazeka nabo bonke
eJerusalema naye.
2:4 Wabutha bonke abapristi abakhulu nababhali babantu
kanyekanye, wababuza ukuthi uKristu wayezazalelwaphi.
2:5 Base bethi kuye, EBetlehema laseJudiya, ngokuba kulotshiwe kanje
ngomprofethi,
2:6 Futhi wena Betlehema, ezweni lakwaJuda, awuyena omncane phakathi kwabo
izikhulu zakwaJuda, ngokuba kuyakuvela kuwe uMbusi oyakubusa
abantu bami u-Israyeli.
2:7 Khona uHerode, ezibizile izazi ngasese, wabuza kuzo
ngenkuthalo ukuthi inkanyezi yabonakala ngasiphi isikhathi.
2:8 Wazithuma eBetlehema, wathi, Hambani nifunisise
ingane encane; njalo nxa senimtholile, ningitshele ukuthi nginguye
beze bakhuleke kuye futhi.
2:9 Lapho sebezwile inkosi, bahamba; bheka, inkanyezi
babona empumalanga, bahamba phambi kwabo, yaze yafika yema phezu kwayo
lapho umntwana omncane ekhona.
2:10 Lapho bebona inkanyezi, bathokoza ngentokozo enkulu kakhulu.
2:11 Futhi lapho bengena endlini, babona umntwana omncane kanye
uMariya unina, wawa phansi, wakhuleka kuye;
bavula ingcebo yabo, banikela kuye izipho; igolide, futhi
inhlaka, nomure.
2:12 Kwathi sebexwayisiwe nguNkulunkulu ephutsheni ukuthi bangabuyeli kuHerodi.
basuka baya ezweni lakubo ngenye indlela.
2:13 Futhi lapho sebehambile, bheka, ingelosi yeNkosi yabonakala
uJosefa ephusheni, ethi: Vuka, uthabathe umntwana nowakhe
mama, ubalekele eGibithe, uhlale khona, ngize ngikutshele;
ngoba uHerodi uzadinga umntwana ukuze ambhubhise.
2:14 Esevukile wathatha umntwana nonina ebusuku, futhi
wasuka waya eGibhithe;
2:15 Wahlala khona kwaze kwaba sekufeni kukaHerode, ukuze kugcwaliseke lokho
okwakhulunywa yiNkosi ngomprofethi ukuthi, Ngiphume eGibhithe
wabiza indodana yami.
2:16 Khona-ke uHerode, lapho ebona ukuthi usulu izazi, waba
ngolaka olukhulu, wathuma, wabulala bonke abantwana ababephakathi
iBetlehema nakuyo yonke imikhawulo yalo, kusukela kwabaneminyaka emibili kuya phansi,
ngokwesikhathi ayebuzisise ngaso kwabahlakaniphileyo.
2:17 Khona kwagcwaliseka okwakhulunywa nguJeremiya umprofethi ukuthi:
2:18 ERama kwezwakala izwi, isililo, nokukhala, futhi elikhulu
ekhala, uRaheli ekhalela abantwana bakhe, engavumi ukududuzwa;
ngoba bengekho.
2:19 Kodwa kwathi uHerodi esefile, khangela, ingilosi yeNkosi yabonakala phakathi
iphupho kuJosefa eGibithe,
2:20 Ethi: Vuka, uthathe umntwana nonina, ungene endlini
ezweni lakwa-Israyeli, ngokuba bafile ababefuna ukuphila komntwana.
2:21 Wavuka, wathatha umntwana nonina, wangena endlini
ezweni lakwa-Israyeli.
2:22 Kodwa lapho ezwa ukuthi u-Arkelawu wayebusa eJudiya esikhundleni sakhe
uyise uHerode, wayesaba ukuya khona, nakuba exwayisiwe
kaNkulunkulu ngephupho, wamuka waya ezindaweni zaseGalile.
2:23 Wafika wahlala emzini othiwa iNazaretha, ukuze kube njalo
kugcwaliseke okwakhulunywa ngabaprofethi ukuthi: Uyakuthiwa a
Nazaretha.