¹ Bwo u Yesu apapiwa mu Betelehemu mu Yudeya mumashiku gha Herodi u malafyale, abamanyi abakufumila ku bufumilo bwa isuba bwa bafika mu Yerusalemu bakayugha ukuti, ² ''Alikoki umalafyale waba Yuda yo bakuti apapiwa? Tukatesha ulutondwa lwake ulya kufuma kubufumilo bwalisuba potwisa pakumwiputa.'' ³ Bwo u Herodi u malafyale apulika ichi akatamiwa mundumbula, naku Yelusalemu koshi. ⁴ U Herodi akisa pamupene nabaputi abosongo bosi nabasimbi babandu, sona akubusha, ''alikoki u Kilisitu yo apapiwa?'' ⁵ Bakati kukwake, '' ku Betelehemu wa Yudeya, pakuti icho chochisimbiwe naba kunguluka, ⁶ 'Lole uwe, Betelehemu, muchisu cha Yuda, mwetamwe banandi mukati mubalongoshi ba Yuda, papo ukufuma ku umwe kukwisa yoti ise alamulilaghe, yoti ise abalishaghe abandu bangu ba Isilayeli.'' ⁷ Po u Herodi kubushifu akabitisha abandu bamahala nukubabushikisha nganingani akabalilo ko ulutondwa lukaboneka. ⁸ Akabatuma ku Betelehemu ukuti, '' buka muye mulonde umwana umukeke umwakuketelesha. pala mwamwagha, mundumile indumi ukuti nune nise sona imwipute.'' ⁹ Bwo bamupulika umalafyale, bakendelela nubulendo bwabo, nu lutondwa lwo bakalutesha kubufumilo bwa lisuba lukabalongosha pandashi mupa po lwaya lwafika nukwimilila papo u mwana u mukeke akaba. ¹⁰ Bwo batesha ulutondwa bakasekelela kuhoboka ukukulu. ¹¹ Bakingila munyumba nukutesha u mwana u mukeke yula akaba nu Maliya ungína wake. Bakafughamila nukumwiputa. Bakighila u chuma chabo nukumupa ifyabupi fya Golide, amafuta aghakunungila, numule. ¹² U Chala akabasokesha muchilota ukuti koma ukunyokela sona kwa Herodi, po bakanyokela kukaya kabo pakwenda isila iyingi. ¹³ Bwo banyamuka indumi ya malafyale ikamubonekela u Yosefe mu chilota nukuti, '' nyamuka, egha u mwana uyo nungína wake nukukindilila ku Igiputi. Mube kukuko mupaka ponisa nababula, papo u Herodi akulonda ukumukomania u mwana umukeke.'' ¹⁴ Ubushi bulabula u Yosefe akanyatuka nukumwegha u mwana nungína wake po nukunyamuka kuya mu Igiputi. ¹⁵ Bakikala kuko mupaka ubufwe bwa Herodi. Ichi chikakwanishiwa cho umalafyale akyugha ukwendela mumukunguluka, '' ukufuma mu Igiputi nitisha mwamwana wangu.'' ¹⁶ Po u Herodi, bwo bamusekela abandu abamanyi akaba mukali naloli. akatuma nukughgha utwana utulisha twoshi twotukaba mu Betelehemu na chghaba chokukaba abana bafwinja fibili napase, ukufwana nakabalilo kokakabikiwa nabandu bamahala bala. ¹⁷ Po kukakwanilishiwa chochikayughiwa mumukunguluka u Yelemuya, ¹⁸ Amashu ghskupulikikwa mu Rama ukulila nukulila ukukulu, u Lakelo akulilila abana bake, nukukana ukusumba, chifukwa batakuboneka sona.'' ¹⁹ Bwo u Herodi afwa, twesha, uwandumi wa malafyale akamubonekela u Yosefe chilota ku Igiputi nukuti, ²⁰ ''Nyamuka egha u mwana nungína wake nukubuka ku chisu cha Izililayeli, pakuti boshi bobakalonda ubwumi bwa mwana bafwile.'' ²¹ Yosefe nyamuka, egha u mwana nungína wake, buka ku chisu cha [zilayeli ²² Lole bwo apulika ukuti u Akilasi yo akalingosha mu Yudeya mumalo mwawise wake u Herodi, akoghopa u kuyako. Bwo u Chala amusokesha mu filota, akanyamuka ukuya kuchighaba cha Galileya. ²³ Nukuya pakwikala mukaya kokakwitishiwa Nazaleti. Ishi shikakwanilishiwa shoshikayughiwa naba kuguluka, ukuti tise itishiwe waku Nazaleti