3 Paakawha yezwi she Helodi zwakonyaja naibo bose muJelusalema. 4 Wakashoba bose batebuji bakulwana nabakwali bomulawo babanhu, akababhuza kuti, "Kristo unozwalilwa kupi?"
5 Bakati kuna iye, "MuBhetelehema imomuJudiya, somwazwilokwalwa nompolofeti kuwhi:
6 "Iwi Bhetelehema, munyika yaJuda,
Autoba untukutuku kasa kubatongi baJuda,
nokuti munawi munoobhuda untongi
uchootungamilila banhu bangu Izilayeli sondyisi."
7 Ndipo Helodi wakabashobela musiswa bachenjevu, akababhuzisisa nezwonshaji wakatanga kuboneka inyenyeji. 8 Wakabatuma kuBhetelehema, akati kwabali, "Indani munobhuzisisa zwomwana yoyo, kana mungongwana, muzhe mondizibisabo, kuti namibo ndinde kunoonamata."