1. Kwathi akuba uYesu ezelwe eBhetelehem kwaJuda, ngemihla kakumkani uHerode, kwabonakala kufika iingcali zeenkwenkwezi eJerusalem, zivela empumalanga,
2. zisithi: “Uphi na lo kumkani wamaJuda uzelweyo? Sibone inkwenkwezi yakhe empumalanga; ke size kumnqula.”
3. Akukuva oku ukumkani uHerode, wakhathazeka, nayo yonke iJerusalem.
4. Ebahlanganisile ke bonke ababingeleli abaziintloko nabachazi-mthetho balapho, wabuza kubo ukuba uKrestu ubeya kuzalelwa phi na.
5. Bathi kuye: “EBhetelehem kwaJuda, kuba kubhaliwe *ngumshumayeli kwathiwa:
6. “ ‘Wena Bhetelehem, sithili sakwaJuda,akunguye oyena udelekileyo kubalawuli bakwaJuda,kuba kuwe kuya kuphuma uMlawulioya kuba nguMalusi wabantu bam amaSirayeli.’”