¹ Yezu abusirwe ebetelehemu ya yudeya omukasangi kw'omwami Herode, Alga abanabweng banayishi mulola e Yerusalemu baderha: ² Ngahi alya omwami w'abayahudi obusirwe? Bulya rhwabwine enyenyezi yage nirhu rhuli cikumba ye.

³ Mwami Herodi erhi ayumva intyo agaya, nayerusalemu yoshi haguma naye. ⁴ Akumanya abagula bakulu, n'abandishi n'olubaga n'abandishi ababwira ogo mwanzi n'okubadosa ngahi badesire Yezu aburhwa? ⁵ Nabo bamushuza ebetelehemu ya yudeya bulya kuba bya yandisirwe n'omulebi: ⁶ Nanawe bethelehemu omu cihugo ca Yuda orhali wa bushabusha, omubiru bya Yuda omukaba mulimwe mw'omwayishirhenga omucunguzi w'izraeli bantu bani.

⁷ Okwihwe Herode ahamagala abanyabwenge abadosa hakola kasanzi kanganaci enyenyezi yage emolesire. ⁸ Buzinda abrhuma e betelehemu aderha: genda mulongereze emyanzi y'okuli yoymwana murho. Hano muyishi manya mumanyise nani niene njeyo mmufukamire.

⁹ Ahanyuma lyoku yumvirhiza mwami bana gende, banabona enyenyezi bakijibona yagende obushoshokere bw'izuba yagenda kuhika akasanzi bahisire aho omwana murho agwishizibwe yana yimanga. ¹⁰ Akasanzi babwine enyenyezi bana gwarha n'obushagaluke bunji. ¹¹ Bana yinjira omunyumpa, banabona omwana na nina Maria banamufukamira, n'okumw'ikumba banashanula entulo zabo n'okurhula e'ntulo barhula magera, masholo, nabukulu. ¹² Aho Nyamuzinda abalahizize omundorho, barha galukaga emwa Herodi, banagalukira ecihugo cabo, omu yindi njira.

¹³ Akasanzi bagalusire, dalaga malahika wa namahanga amuyishira omundorho n'okumubwira Yusufu yimuka rhol'omwana na nina mu libirhir'emisiri muna bereyo kuhika olusiku nababwira kuba herodiali alonza omwana amuherereze. ¹⁴ Yusufu ayimuka arhola omwana na nina omu budufu baja emisiri. ¹⁵ Anabera yokuhika omukufa kwa Herodi buzinda kuhikiriza ebyo Nnahamwirhu aderhaga kugerera abalebi mpamagire mugala wani kurhengera eburhambi bw'emisiri w'olubaga lwa misiri. ¹⁶ Honaho Herodi abona amasharwa n'abana bwenge, agwarhwa burhe bunji arhuma uku bayirhe abana; kurhangira oku myaka ibirhi n'oku manuka abali ebethelehemu n'ebihugo byali hofi n'eyo munda, kurhengera ensiku amanyaga bwinja eyo myanzi kugerera abanya bwenge. ¹⁷ Ahalira ahikiriza omwanzi gwa desirwe n'obulebi Yeremiya. ¹⁹ Akasanzi Herodi afaga, dala malahika wa Nnamahanga amubonekere Yusufu emisiri omundorho anaderha: ²⁰ nantyo anamubwira yimuka, rhola omwana na nina ogende omu cihugo ce Israheli. Kuba abakagi lonza k'omwa afire. ²¹ Yusufu ayimuka arhola omwana na nina bagenda omu cihugo c'Israheli.

²² Erhi ayumva Arkelao arhegesire eyudeya oku burhegesi bw'ishe herodi anayoboha okujaho, Nyamuzinda ali amubwizire omu bilorho. Ana rhenga omu cihugo ce Galilaya. ²³ N'okuyishi lama omucihugo ch'enazareti hanyuma lyoku manya ebyali desirwe n'omulebi anaishi hamagalwa munazareti.