3. UHerode inkosi esekuzwile lokho wakhathazeka neJerusalema lonke kanye naye.
4. Wabutha bonke abapristi abakhulu nababhali besizwe, wabuza kubo ukuthi uKristu uzakuzalelwaphi.
5. Bathi kuye: “EBetlehema laseJudiya, ngokuba kulotshiwe kanjalo ngomprofethi ukuthi:
6. “ ‘Nawe Betlehema,lizwe lakwaJuda,kawusiye omncane nakanye kubabusi bakwaJuda,ngokuba kuyakuvela kuwe umbusioyakwalusa isizwe sami u-Israyeli.’ ”
7. Khona uHerode, ezibizile izazi ngasese, wabuzisisa kuzo isikhathi inkanyezi ebonakele ngaso,
8. wazithuma eBetlehema, wathi: “Hambani nibuzisise ngomntwana; kuyakuthi nxa nimfumene, ningitshele ukuba nami ngiye ngikhuleke kuye.”
9. Seziyizwile inkosi, zamuka; bheka, inkanyezi ezayibona kwelasempumalanga yahamba phambi kwazo, yaze yafika yema phezu kwalapho umntwana ekhona.