3 Sane nɛ ɔ hao Matsɛ Herode saminya, nɛ munyu ɔ gbɛ kɛ fia Yerusalem he tsuaa he.
4 Enɛ ɔ he je ɔ, Matsɛ Herode tsɛ Yudea osɔfo nikɔtɔma amɛ kpe nɛ e bi mɛ he nɛ gbali ɔmɛ tsɔɔ kaa a ma fɔ Yiwamihelɔ ɔ ngɛ ɔ.
5 A ha lɛ heto ke, "Ngɛ Betlehem, ejakaa bɔ nɛ Gbalɔ Mika ngma ji,
6 ‘Mo Betlehem,
mo ji kɔpe nɛ klee we pe kulaa ngɛ Yudea zugba a nɔ,
se o mi nɛ matsɛ
nɛ ma kpaka ye ma Israel ɔ maa je.’ "
7 Kɛkɛ nɛ Herode tsɔ ya tsɛ ni leli ɔmɛ zaa ke a ba na lɛ. Benɛ e kɛ mɛ kpe ɔ, e bi mɛ he tutuutu nɛ a na dodoe ɔ ngɛ. Jehanɛ ɔ, e de mɛ ke,
8 "Nyɛ ya hla bimwɔyo ɔ ngɛ Betlehem, nɛ ke nyɛ na lɛ ɔ, nyɛ ba de mi konɛ ami hu ma ya ja lɛ."