Mateus 2

3 Kwathi inkosi uHerodi isikuzwile lokhu yakhathazeka, kanye leJerusalema lonke. 4 Kwathi esebizele ndawonye abaphristi abakhulu bonke labafundisi bomthetho, wababuza ukuthi uKhristu wayezazalelwa ngaphi. 5 Baphendula bathi, "EBhethilehema laseJudiya, ngoba lokhu yikho okwalotshwa ngumphrofethi ukuthi:

6 ‘Kodwa wena Bhethilehema, elizweni lakoJuda,

kawumncinyane kulabo bonke ababusi bakoJuda;

ngoba kuzavela umbusi kuwe,

ozakuba ngumelusi wabantu bami bako-Israyeli.’*2.6 UMikha 5.2"

7 UHerodi wasezibiza iZazi ngasese wadingisisa kuzo isikhathi inkanyezi eyaphuma ngaso ngqe. 8 Wabathuma eBhethilehema wathi, "Hambani liyemdinga umntwana. Lingamfumana lingazise masinyane ukuze lami ngihambe ngiyemkhonza."