isravēlukku kilakkē oru dhēsam irundhadhu. angē vaalndha makkal natchatthirangal thangalukku valikaattum endru nambinaargal. orunaal raatthiri, andha dhēsatthai sērndha sila aatkal vaanatthil pragaasamaana ondru nagarndhupōvadhai paartthaargal. adhu paarppadharku natchatthiratthai pōl irundhadhu. adhu pōgira valiyil avargalum pōnaargal. andha natchatthiram avargalai erusalēmukku kūttikkondu pōnadhu. andha aatkal angirundha makkalidam, ‘yūdhargalukku raajaavaaga pōgira kulandhai engē? avarai paartthu thalaivananga vandhirukkirōm’ endru sonnaargal.

pudhiya raajaavai patri kēlvippattadhum erusalēmin raajaa ērōdhu bayandhupōnaan. avan mudhanmai gurumaargalidam, ‘andha raajaa engē pirappaar?’ endru kēttaan. adharku avargal, ‘avar bethlagēmil pirappaar endru thīrkkadharisigal solliyirukkiraargal’ endru sonnaargal. adhanaal, ērōdhu kilakkilirundhu vandha aatkalai kūppittu, ‘bethlagēmukku pōi andha pillaiyai kandupidiyungal. thirumbi vandhu andha pillai irukkira idatthai enakku sollungal. naanum pōi thalaivananga vēndum’ endru sonnaan. aanaal, adhu suttha poi.

marubadiyum andha natchatthiram nagara aarambitthadhu. andha aatkalum adhu pōgira valiyilēyē pōnaargal. kadaisiyil, andha natchatthiram bethlagēmil oru vīttin mēl nindradhu. andha vīttukkul avargal pōnapōdhu, yēsu thannudaiya ammaa mariyaaludan iruppadhai paartthaargal. avar munnaal avargal mandipōttu thalaivananginaargal. thangam, saambiraani, vellaippōlam pōndra parisugalaiyum kodutthaargal. yēsuvai kandupidikka yegōvaadhaan avargalai anuppinaaraa? illai.

yegōvaa andru raatthiri yōsēppin kanavil pēsinaar. ‘ērōdhu yēsuvai kolla paarkkiraan. unnudaiya manaiviyaiyum maganaiyum kūttikkondu egipthukku ōdividu. naan thirumbivara sollumvarai angēyē thangiyiru’ endru sonnaar. udanē, yōsēppu than manaivi maganōdu egipthukku pōnaar.

ērōdhuvai paarkka thirumbi pōga kūdaadhu endru kilakkilirundhu vandha aatkalidam yegōvaa solliyirundhaar. avargal thirumbi varamaattaargal endru therindhadhum ērōdhuvukku bayangara kōbam vandhadhu. yēsuvai avanaal kandupidikka mudiyaadhadhaal, bethlagēmil yēsuvin vayadhil  irundha ellaa aan pillaigalaiyum kollumpadi kattalai pōttaan. aanaal yēsu, romba dhūratthil irundha egipthil batthiramaaga irundhaar.

konja kaalatthil, ērōdhu irandhupōnaan. yegōvaa yōsēppidam, ‘ippōdhu nī thirumbi pōgalaam’ endru sonnaar. yōsēppum mariyaalum yēsuvum isravēlukku thirumbi pōi naasarēth endra nagaratthil vaalndhaargal.