Erɨbʉthwa lya Yesʉ Kirisito
18 Erɨbʉthwa lya Yesʉ Kirisito lithya ko lyabyaga. Marɨa nyinya ʉwe agenda athahibwa na Yosefʉ, hewethuwe embere bikale hagʉma, mwayeya nɨ mʉkʉle ko kagala k’oMʉthɨma Mwerʉ. 19 Yosefʉ yo wagendaga athahya Marɨa abyaga mʉndʉ mʉthʉnganene. Mwathashondya imwitha shoni embere s’abandʉ, mwahamʉla imulika mʉ bubisho-bisho. 20 Abere anemʉganɨtsya kw’ebyo, malaɨka wa Nyinya-kowethʉ mwamʉhʉlʉkɨra mo bɨlotho n’ɨmʉbwɨra athɨ: «Yosefʉ mʉgala wa Tawiti, ʉthʉbahaga ihikya mʉkatsɨ awe Marɨa, kʉshangwa obʉkʉle bʉwe nɨ bwa maka w’oMʉthɨma Mwerʉ. 21 Naye andabʉtha mwana wa bʉtsana, nawe wandamʉlʉkamo Yesʉ, kʉshangwa nɨ ɨye yo andashabʉla abandʉ bʉwe ɨthoka mo bɨtsɨbʉ byabo.» 22 Ebyoshi ebyo mobyahʉlʉka bʉshana kɨbererere ekɨnwa Nyinya-kowethʉ anegenaga mw’ɨtsʉkɨra omʉmɨnyeretsɨ athɨ:
23 «Mwonvwe, omʉnyere andaheka bʉkʉle, andabʉtha mwana wa bʉtsana,
yo wandalʉkwamo Manʉere.»
Manʉere n’ɨnegena mbʉ: «Gongo alɨ hagʉma nethwe.»
24 Na Yosefʉ abere abʉka, mwakola nga ko malaɨka wa Nyinya-kowethʉ amʉhamʉlaga, na mwahikya Marɨa. 25 Hewethuwe mwathaonzera naye ihika ko kɨro abʉthaga omwana ʉwe w’obʉtsana, yo Yosefʉ alʉkagamo Yesʉ.