Iingcali zeenkwenkwezi ezavela empumalanga
1Kwathi akuba uYesu ezelwe eBhetelehem kwaJuda, ngemihla kakumkani uHerode, kwabonakala kufika iingcali zeenkwenkwezi eJerusalem, zivela empumalanga, 2zisithi: “Uphi na lo kumkani wamaJuda uzelweyo? Sibone inkwenkwezi yakhe empumalanga; ke size kumnqula.”
3Akukuva oku ukumkani uHerode, wakhathazeka, nayo yonke iJerusalem. 4Ebahlanganisile ke bonke ababingeleli abaziintloko nabachazi-mthetho balapho, wabuza kubo ukuba uKrestu ubeya kuzalelwa phi na. 5Bathi kuye: “EBhetelehem kwaJuda, kuba kubhaliwe *ngumshumayeli kwathiwa:
6“ ‘Wena Bhetelehem, sithili sakwaJuda,
akunguye oyena udelekileyo kubalawuli bakwaJuda,
kuba kuwe kuya kuphuma uMlawuli
oya kuba nguMalusi wabantu bam amaSirayeli.’”
7UHerode ke uzibizele ngasese iingcali ezo, waqondisisa kakuhle kuzo ixesha lokubonakala kwenkwenkwezi leyo. 8Wazithumela eBhetelehem, esithi: “Hambani niye kubuzisa kakuhle ngomntwana lowo. Ze nithi ke, nakumfumana, nindixelele, ukuze nam ndiye kumnqula.”
9Zakuba zimvile ukumkani, iingcali zahamba; nantso inkwenkwezi leyo zayibonayo empumalanga, izikhokela, de yaya kuma phezu kwendawo abekuyo umntwana lowo. 10Zathi ke, zakuyibona inkwenkwezi, zavuya gqitha. 11Zingenile endlwini, zambona umntwana enoMariya unina, zaqubuda, zamnqula; zaza zathi, zivule iingxowa zazo, zanikela kuye ngezipho: igolide, intlaka yokuqhumisa, nentlaka yokuqhola.
12Zathi ke, ziyalelwe nguThixo ephupheni ukuba zingabuyi ziye kuHerode, zemka ngandlela yimbi ukuya kwelakowazo.
