Mateu 2:1-23
2 Yesu wasemukilile mu Betelehema ya mu Judeya ha simbu yakele na kuyula mwene Heloda.* Co baka-kutahesa bingongonosi* batundile ku butuhukilo bwa litangwa, bezile ku Jelusalema.
2 Bendekele ngwabo: “Owo mwene wa Bajuda nasemuka ali kuli? Mwafwa tunamwene ngongonosi yendi mutunakele ku butuhukilo bwa litangwa, co tunaija na kumutsikamena.”
3 Mwene Heloda mwazibile ngoco, walubalele manene, co na banu boshe ba mu Jelusalema balubalele manene.
4 Wakungulwile tupilistu bakama boshe na baka-kusoneka boshe, co wabehwile mangana bamuleke kuje kubendekele ngwabo kukekwo kwakasemukila Kristu.*
5 Bendekele ngwabo: “Mu Betelehema ya mu Judeya, mwafwa mukemwo mubasonekelele kwitila muli kapolofweto ngwabo:
6 ‘Yobe Betelehema wa mu lifuti lya Juda, keti uwamundondo hakati ka binganda bije bibali na kuyula bangubulu ba mu lifuti lya Juda, mwafwa kuli yobe kukatunda ngubulu uje akanyunga banu bange Baisalele.’”
7 Heloda wasanenene baje baka-kutahesa bingongonosi ku bushweke, co wabehwile simbu iyasholokele ije ngongonosi.
8 Mwabatumine ku Betelehema, wabalekele ngwendi: “Yeni mukatondesese mwamubwa kwali owo mwanike, nga mukamuwana, mwakunjileke mangana nange njikamutsikamene.”
9 Mubazibile byendekele mwene bakatukile na kuya, co ngongonosi ibamwene ku butuhukilo bwa litangwa yabatwamenenene, co yakemanene helu ya njibo ije yakele mwanike.
10 Mubamwene ije ngongonosi, babwahelelele manene.
11 Mubakobelele mu njibo, bamwene mwanike na ina, Maliya. Co bawililile hasi na kumutsikamena. Kutundaho, bafukwile muje mubambatelele bufuko bwabo, co bamwanene bwana bwa goldi na isense ya kutoka na mira.*
12 Oloni Njambi wabalekele mu cilota ngwendi keti beluke kuli Heloda, ngeci betile ngila yeka mubelukile ku lifuti lyabo.
13 Mubatundileko, kangelo ka Yehova washolokele kuli Jozefu mu cilota, wamulekele ngwendi: “Katuka, ambata mwanike na ina mangana utewele ku Ijipiti. Co ukakale kuje kweta noho hanjikakulekela ngwange wiluke, mwafwa Heloda ololo atonda-tonda mwanike mangana amutsiye.”
14 Jozefu wendukile, co buje bene butsiki wambatele mwanike na ina, co waile ku Ijipiti.
15 Wakakele kuje kweta noho hatsililile Heloda. Oku kwashulisilile bupolofweto bwendekele Yehova kwitila muli kapolofweto kendi, uje wendekele ngwendi: “Njasanene munange kutunda mu Ijipiti.”
16 Heloda mwamwene ngwendi baje baka-kutahesa bingongonosi banamukwisa, walubalele manene. Ngeci, wanene lishiko ngwendi batsiye banike ba banalume boshe ba mu Betelehema na ba mu binganda byoshe bije byakele hayehi nayo, co watsiile banike boshe baje bakele na myaka ibali na kwiluka mwisi kwesekesa na simbu ibamulekele baje baka-kutahesa bingongonosi.
17 Co majwi endekele kapolofweto Jelemiya alishulisilile. Wendekele ngwendi:
18 “Ku Lama kwazibikile lijwi lya kulila na kumbolozoka. Recho ikeye wakele na kulila bana bendi, co wakele na kubyana kumuzembeleka mwafwa bana bendi bahyoni.”
19 Heloda mwatsile, kangelo ka Yehova washolokele kuli Jozefu mu cilota ku Ijipiti,
20 wamulekele ngwendi: “Katuka, ambata mwanike na ina, uye ku lifuti lya Isalele, mwafwa baje bakele na kutonda mwonyo wa mwanike banatsi oni.”
21 Co Jozefu wendukile, wambatele mwanike na ina, co waile ku lifuti lya Isalele.
22 Oloni mwazibile ngwabo Akelausi naswana ishe Heloda, co lalo ali na kuyula mu Judeya, wazibile lyoba kuyako. Co lalo Njambi wamunangwile mu cilota, ngeci waile ku mutambela wa Galileya.
23 Co wakatungile mu nganda ibatumbula ngwabo Nazaleta mangana majwi abendekele tupolofweto alishulisilile. Bendekele ngwabo: “Bakamutumbula ngwabo muka-Nazaleta.”*
Majwi a kwinikila
^ Taleni Majwi Abanalumbununa.
^ Nambe “baka-manseno.”
^ Nambe “Mesiya; Wakubwabesa.”
^ Taleni Majwi Abanalumbununa.
^ Hamo litunda ha lijwi lya Cihebelu lya “kujobelela.”
