1 En in daardie dae het daar 'n bevel uitgegaan van keiser Augustus dat die hele wêreld ingeskryf moes word.

2 Hierdie eerste inskrywing het plaasgevind toe Cir,nius goewerneur van S¡rië was.

3 En almal het gegaan om ingeskryf te word, elkeen na sy eie stad.

4 En Josef het ook opgegaan van Galil,a, uit die stad N saret, na Jud,a, na die stad van Dawid, wat Betlehem genoem word, omdat hy uit die huis en geslag van Dawid was,

5 om hom te laat inskrywe saam met Maria, die vrou aan wie hy hom verloof het, wat swanger was.

1 Now it came to pass in those days, there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be enrolled. 2 This was the first enrolment made when Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And all went to enrol themselves, every one to his own city. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judæa, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David; 5 to enrol himself with Mary, who was betrothed to him, being great with child.