Avamanyanondwe vilʉta kupembetsa kwa Yɨɨsʉ
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1 ɄYɨɨsʉ aaholilwe mu vʉtsenge wa Betelehemu,
mu kɨlʉnga kya Yuuda.
Ʉnsɨkɨ ʉgwa ʉnkʉlʉdeeva ʉHelode vɨ aale ndongotsi va kɨlʉnga.
Wʉ aholilwe ʉYɨɨsʉ,
vaahʉmye mu Yelusalemu avamanyanondwe ʉkʉhʉma Kʉvʉhʉmo wa Litsʉva.
2 Avamanyanondwe avo vakavʉʉtsa vakata,
“Alɨ ndaku ʉNkʉlʉdeeva va Vayahudi ʉvɨ aholilwe lɨno?
Tʉlʉmanyile ʉkʉta aholilwe ʉlwakʉva tʉlʉweene ʉlʉtondwe Kʉvʉhʉmo wa Litsʉva,
ʉluvonia ʉkʉta aholilwe.
Ɨkɨ kyʉ kɨpelile twitse kukʉmpembetsa.”
3 Ʉnkʉlʉdeeva ʉHelode wʉ apʉliike amamenyu ago,
akalemala mu numbula jya mwene paninie na vaanu vooni va mu Yelusalemu.
4 Akavalʉndamania avavaha va vateeketsi na vamanyisi va ndagɨlo,
a akavavʉʉtsa akata,
“ɄKɨlɨsiti jiiholwa ndaku?”
5 Naveene vakamwanda vakata,
“Jiiholwa mu vʉtsenge ʉwa Betelehemu,
mu kɨlʉnga kya Yuuda.
Lola,
ʉnyamalago aavɨgile akata,
6 ‘Nʉʉve vɨ vʉtsenge wa Betelehemu,
vɨ va kɨlʉnga kya Yuuda,
Nʉlɨ va kʉbedwa napadebe
mu vʉlongotsi wa kɨlʉnga kya Yuuda!
Ʉlwakʉva mwave mwalahʉma ʉndongotsi
ʉvɨ alaava nʼdɨɨmi va vaanu vango aVaisilahɨli.’ ”b
7 Pwʉ ʉHelode akavɨɨlangɨla pavʉtiitu avamanyanondwe avo pakʉta valʉvʉle vʉnonu ʉnsɨkɨ ʉgwʉ vakalʉweene ʉlʉtondwe ʉlwa.
8 Kʉ vʉmalɨlo,
akavasuungʼa kʉ Betelehemu,
akata,
“Mubɨhage mukatandɨɨle vʉnonu ikulongwi ʉkʉsikila mukʉlʉmanya ʉpwʉ alɨpwo ʉmwana ʉjwa.
Ɨngave mukʉmbona,
mwitse mumbʉʉle ngʼaningʼaani pakʉta najyʉne ndɨlʉte ndɨkampembetse.”
9 Ʉnsɨkɨ avamanyanondwe avo vapʉliike amamenyu ga Helode,
vakahega.
Vakalʉvona ikange ʉlʉtondwe lʉlya ʉlʉkajaganiike,
lʉlɨkʉgenda kʉvʉlongolo kʉ veene,
lʉkatsikwɨma pakyanya ʉpwʉ aale ʉmwana.
10 Vaahekye siitso wʉ valʉweene ikange ʉlʉtondwe ʉlwa.
11 Vakiingila mu nyumba,
vakambona ʉmwana alɨ paninie nʉ vanyina ʉMaliyamu,
vakasugama paasi,
vakapembetsa kʉ mwene.
Vakavopola isibina sya veene,
vakahʉmya isya kʉvonola kʉ mwana,
vakampa isahabu,
isya kʉtuungʼilitsa na mafuta aginuungʼilila.
12 Kʉ vʉmalɨlo,
ʉNgʉlʉve akavapavɨla mu magonasivi akata valeke ʉkʉgendela ikange kwa Helode.
Pwʉ vakagenda ɨnzɨla ɨjyɨnge,
vakakilivuka kʉ vʉtsenge wa veene.
Ʉkʉkɨmbɨlɨla mu kɨlʉnga kya Misili
13 Avamanyanondwe avo wʉ vahegile,
ʉnsuungʼwa va Ntwa akambonekela ʉYusufu mu magonasivi,
akambʉʉla akata,
“Sisimuka,
ʉntoole ʉmwana nʉ vanyina,
mukɨmbɨlɨle kʉ kɨlʉnga kya Misili.
ɄHelode jiikwitsa kukʉndonda ʉmwana ʉjʉ pakʉta amʼbude.
Pwʉ mukasigale kʉʉkʉ ʉkʉ ʉkʉsikila ʉnsɨkɨ ʉpwʉ ndɨlavavʉʉla.”
14 ɄYusufu akasisimuka wʉ jɨtsiige kɨlo,
akantoola ʉmwana nʉ vanyina,
akalʉta navo kʉ Misili.
15 Akatsitaama ʉkʉ ʉkʉsikila wʉ iiswa ʉHelode.
Ewo mwʉ jyavombekye ʉkʉkongana nɨ limenyu ɨlyʉ ʉNtwa aatsovile kʉ nzɨla jya nyamalago ʉkʉta,
“Ndyamwɨlangile ʉmwana vango ʉkʉhʉma kʉ Misili.”c
Avaana avadɨɨmi va mu Betelehemu vibudwa
16 Ʉnsɨkɨ ʉHelode aweene ʉkʉta avamanyanondwe valya vansyovile,
akaviipa siitso.
Akalagɨla ʉkʉta mu Betelehemu paninie na mu vʉtsenge ʉvʉnge ʉwʉ vʉlɨ mu lʉkanzimbale vabudwe avaana avadɨɨmi vooni ʉkʉtengʉla kʉ vanyehe ʉkʉsikila kʉ vaana va myaka gɨvɨlɨ.
Aavombile ewo ʉkʉkongana na mamenyu ʉgwapʉliike kʉ vamanyanondwe.
17 Ewo mwʉ jyavombekye ʉkʉkongana nɨ limenyu ɨlyʉ lyatsovilwe nʉ nyamalago ʉYelemiya ʉkʉta,
18 “Ʉlwoveelo lwapʉlɨkiike mu vʉtsenge wa Lama.
ɄLahɨli wʉ ilɨla pa kulongwi tsa vaana va mwene,
pange,
anogwagwe ʉkʉtseeswa,
manya avaana va mwene vajagye ngʼaani.”d
Ʉkʉkilivuka ʉkʉhʉma kʉ Misili
19 Aavye asue ʉHelode,
ʉnsuungʼwa va Ntwa ʉNgʉlʉve akambonekela ikange ʉYusufu mu magonasivi ʉkʉ kʉ Misili,
20 akambʉʉla akata,
“Sisimuka,
ʉntoole ʉmwana nʉ vanyina,
ʉkilivuke kʉ kɨlʉnga kya Isilahɨli ʉlwakʉva valya ʉwʉ vakanogilwe ʉkʉmʼbuda ʉmwana ʉjʉ,
vasue.”
21 Pwʉ ʉYusufu akasisimuka,
akantoola ʉmwana nʉ vanyina,
akakilivuka kʉ kɨlʉnga kya Isilahɨli.
22 Napeene,
wʉ apʉliike ʉkʉta ʉAlukelayo vɨ mwene apyanie pa dadaaje ʉHelode ʉvʉlongotsi wa Yuuda,
akadwada ʉkʉbɨha ʉkʉ.
Wʉ amalile ʉkʉpavɨlwa mu magonasivi,
aahegile nʉ kʉbɨha kʉ kɨlʉnga kya Galilaya,
23 aasiike nʉ kʉtaama mu vʉtsenge ʉwa Nazaleti.
Ewo mwʉ jyavombekye ʉkʉkongana nɨ limenyu ɨlyʉ lyatsovilwe kʉ nzɨla jya vanyamalago ʉkʉta,
“Alɨlangwagwa vɨ Nnazaleti.”