Mateus 2

3 Ɔhene Herode tee saa asɛm yi no, ɛhaa nʼadwene yie. Saa ara nso na ɛhaa Yerusalemfoɔ nyinaa adwene. 4 Ɔhene Herode frɛɛ ɔman no mu asɔfoɔ mpanin ne Atwerɛsɛm no akyerɛkyerɛfoɔ bɛhyiaeɛ. Ɔbisaa wɔn sɛ, "Ɛhefa na wɔbɛwo Kristo no?" 5 Wɔbuaa no sɛ, "Betlehem a ɛwɔ Yudea. Na yei ne deɛ odiyifoɔ no kaeɛ:

6 " ‘Ao kuro Betlehem, wo a

wonyɛ akumaa wɔ Yuda asafohene mu,

wo mu na mɛyi deɛ ɔbɛdi

me ɔman Israel anim afiri.’ "

7 Ɔhene Herode frɛɛ anyansafoɔ no kɔkoam bisaa wɔn ɛberɛ pɔtee a wɔhunuu nsoromma no. Ɔtoaa so ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, 8 "Monkɔ Betlehem nkɔhwehwɛ abɔfra no. Sɛ mohunu no a, mommɛka nkyerɛ me, na me nso menkɔsom no bi."