Mateus 2

Abengenge abayashʉnga Yesʉ

1 Yesʉ mwabʉthɨrwa ɨBetelehemʉ, mo kɨhʉgo ky’iYuteya mo mʉgʉlʉ Herote abyaga mwamɨ. Honyuma w’erɨbʉthwa lɨwe abengenge*2:1 Abengenge bo abahʉlwa hano, nɨ bandʉ bo ban’ɨga byo birebitsye esongununu. mobathoka ebʉbʉkɨra ɨtsʉba, mobahika ɨYerʉsalemʉ. 2 Mobabʉtsya bathɨ: «Alɨ hayi omwamɨ w’aBayuta yo wamabʉthwa? Kʉshangwa mothʉshʉnga engununu yɨwe y’ebʉbʉkɨra ɨtsʉba. Bʉshana n’ekyo, nethwe thwamahika imuramya.» 3 Omwamɨ Herote abere onvwa omwatsɨ oyo, mwathabagana, n’abandʉ boshi b’ɨYerʉsalemʉ nabo kuthyo mobathabagana. 4 Aho mwabɨrɨkɨra abakʉlʉ boshi b’abaheri n’abakangɨrɨtsya b’oMʉgomba, n’ɨbʉtsyabo nga Kirisito angabuthirwe hayi. 5 Nabo mobamʉshʉbɨtsya bathɨ: «ɨBetelehemʉ y’omo kɨhʉgo ky’iYuteya. Kʉshangwa kuthyo ko byashakawa n' omʉmɨnyeretsɨ kʉthɨ:

6 "Ɨwe Betelehemʉ, mo kɨhʉgo ky’iYuteya,

ʉthalɨ wo mʉke mo miyi mɨkʉlʉ y’omo kɨhʉgo ky’iYuteya,

kʉshangwa nɨ mw’ɨwe mo mwandathoka omuthegeki

yo wandashondola abandʉ baye, Baisiraeli."»

7 Aho ye Herote mwabɨrɨkɨra abengenge mʉ bubisho-bisho n’ɨbʉlɨrɨtsyabo ng’engununu yahʉlʉkaga kʉ mʉgʉlʉ ohɨ. 8 Honyuma kw’aho mwathʉmabo ɨBetelehemʉ n’ɨbwɨrabo athɨ: «Mʉyabʉlɨrɨtsye kʉbʉya emyatsɨ y’omwana, na mwabya mwamʉshʉnga, nɨmwanyɨbwɨra bʉshana nangye nyiyamuramye.»

9 Abengenge babere bamamala ɨonvwa ebɨnwa by’omwamɨ Herote, mobagenda. Aho mobashʉba shʉnga engununu yo bashʉngaga ebʉbʉkɨra ɨtsʉba, moyashondolerabo, moyimana mo kyanya, elʉgʉlʉ y’aho omwana abyaga. 10 Babere bashʉnga engununu eyo mobamoga kʉtsɨbʉ. 11 Mobɨngɨra mo nyʉmba, mobashʉnga omwana hagʉma na Marɨa nyinya ʉwe. Mobafʉkama bʉshana n’imuramya. Honyuma kw’aho, mobakanʉla emɨtsɨgo yabo na mobamʉha bɨhembo bya horo, na bya bubani, na bya marasi. 12 Honyuma kw’aho Gongo mwabwɨrabo mo bɨlotho ko bathashʉbaga ew’omwamɨ Herote. Aho mobashʉba mo kɨhʉgo kyabo mw’ɨtsʉkɨra mʉ ɨndɨ nzɨra.