Matayi 2
2
Avasimisi vakumusogolelʼuYesu
1IlelʼuYesu lwʼapafilwe mu-Betelehemu ya mu-Yudayi pamwahʼuwa kuva wʼumwenʼuHelodi, pe vahaloleha mu-Yelusalemu avasimisi ve vafumile kuvutukulo vwʼizuva. 2Ve vahavuzilizya vahati: Ali kwi umwene wa vaYuda wʼapafilwe shinishi? She tuwenyʼuluzota lwakwe kuvutukulo vwʼizuva, ilelo pe twinzilʼukumusugamilila. 3UmwenʼuHelodi lwʼayiṿuye zinizi, pʼahaganduha nkani ahatentwa muhati, vope nava mu-Yelusalemu inkaya yonti vahaganduha poka nawo. 4Pʼahavavunganiha vonti navashiputʼavapiti navamanyakalata va vana-Yisilayili ahavavuzilizya ahati: Amwe mwi mwe vatili alipapwʼuChilisiti? 5Avene vahamuvuzya vahati: Mwe mu-Betelehemu ya mu-Yudayi, she lyʼasimṿilʼumukuvwi wʼatili:
6Nawe we Betelehemu iwe, we nsi ya mwa Yuda,
utatinji ne munsʼine kuvalongozi va mwa Yuda.
Shʼalifuma mumwaho wenewe uwenʼuMulongozi
wʼalivadimʼavaYisilayili avantu vane.
7PʼuHelodi ahavita kukwilu avasimisi, ahavavuzilizyʼuvusiku vwe lwalolesilʼuluzota. 8Ilelo ahavasontelezya mu-Betelehemu ahati: Muvale mwanze nkanʼumwanʼuno. Ilelʼinga muvazilʼukumwaga, pe mwinzʼukumbuzyʼine, nanʼukuti imbalʼukumusugamilila. 9Avene lelo lwe viṿuye zizyo zyʼavavuzizyʼumwene, pe vahavala. Vahaganduhʼuluzota lwe valuwenyi nakuvutukulo vwʼizuva luvalongoleye kwilongolela vahaga lukwimilila pamwanya pe palʼumwana. 10Ilelo lwe vawenyʼuluzota pe vahaseshela nkani. 11Pe vahinjila munyumba, mwe vahagʼumwana nuMaliya unyina, vahasugamila pansi, vahamushindiha vahafungululʼiṿwuma ṿwavo, vahamupʼiṿwa sahabu niṿwa kusushizya numulembʼumuhali we vakuti wʼumila. 12Uwe-nʼuMulungu ahavavuzya munjozi ahati: Mutavuyilaje kwa Helodi. Pe vahajendʼidala ilyamwavo ukusogola kuhaya.
Ukushimbilila mw-Egipiti
13Lwe vasogoye lelʼavene, pʼuYosefu ahaganduhʼuhavizya wa Mwene akumwitushizya munjozi akumuvuzya akuti: Vuhaga usendʼumwana nunyina, ushimbilile navo mw-Egipiti, mwʼuhavanje mumwo, uhafishe pisiku lilyo lye ndikuvuzya nene. ShʼuHelodi akwinzʼukwanzʼumwana, ukuti amugoje. 14Pʼuwenʼahavuha, ahasendʼumwana nunyina shavusiku, ahashimbilila navo mw-Egipiti. 15Ahava mumwo ukufiha pala pʼafuyʼuHelodi, ukuti zilunjihaje zizyo zyʼuMwene ayanzile mumukuvwi wʼatili: Imwisite mw-Egipiti umwana wane.
UHelodi akubudʼavana va mu-Betelehemu
16IlelʼuHelodi lwʼayazile vamuhofilʼavasimisi, pʼahaṿitwa nkani. Ahatuma avakuvagoga vontʼavacheche navamuhaya mu-Betelehemu navamunsi yonti mwʼizyunguluye, vahafuma navo pamaha gavili vahinzʼukupelela patuzelu, pamaha gugo ge vamusimishizizyʼuHelodi avasimisi. 17Pala zihalunjiha zizyo zyʼayanzilʼuYelemiya umukuvwi lwʼatili:
18Inkutʼikusitwe mu-Lama,
kwe kukuta kutupu, kwe kulosya kutupu,
uLaheli akukutilʼavana vakwe,
akusita nukupumilizilwa,
she vatezile nzila.
Ukugaluha ukufuma mw-Egipiti
19Ilelo lwʼafuyʼuHelodi pʼuhavizya wa Mwene ahamwitushizya munjozʼuYosefu mw-Egipiti ahamuvuzya ahati: 20Vuhaga numwana nunyina, uvasende uvale navo munsi ya vana-Yisilayili. She vafuye vuvo ve vanzagʼukumugogʼumwana. 21Uwene pʼahavuha ahavasenda numwana nunyina, ahavala navo munsi ya vana-Yisilayili. 22Ilelo lwʼayiṿuyʼukuti uAlikilavusi apwaniye palʼuyise uHelodi ukuva wʼumwene mu-Yudayi, pʼahogopa ukuvala mumwo. Ilelo lwʼayanzile nawʼuMulungu munjozi, pʼahapitilizanya ahafiha munsi ya mu-Galilayi. 23Ilelo lwʼavazilʼukufiha mumwo, pʼahazenga munkaya yimo ye vakuti mwe mu-Nazaleti. Mwe mumwo zihalunjiha zye vayanzilʼavakuvwi ve vatili:
Akutashilwʼukuva we wa mu-Nazaleti.
Nyiha New Testament © British and Foreign Bible Society, 1965.
Matayi 2
2
Avasimisi vakumusogolelʼuYesu
1IlelʼuYesu lwʼapafilwe mu-Betelehemu ya mu-Yudayi pamwahʼuwa kuva wʼumwenʼuHelodi, pe vahaloleha mu-Yelusalemu avasimisi ve vafumile kuvutukulo vwʼizuva. 2Ve vahavuzilizya vahati: Ali kwi umwene wa vaYuda wʼapafilwe shinishi? She tuwenyʼuluzota lwakwe kuvutukulo vwʼizuva, ilelo pe twinzilʼukumusugamilila. 3UmwenʼuHelodi lwʼayiṿuye zinizi, pʼahaganduha nkani ahatentwa muhati, vope nava mu-Yelusalemu inkaya yonti vahaganduha poka nawo. 4Pʼahavavunganiha vonti navashiputʼavapiti navamanyakalata va vana-Yisilayili ahavavuzilizya ahati: Amwe mwi mwe vatili alipapwʼuChilisiti? 5Avene vahamuvuzya vahati: Mwe mu-Betelehemu ya mu-Yudayi, she lyʼasimṿilʼumukuvwi wʼatili:
6Nawe we Betelehemu iwe, we nsi ya mwa Yuda,
utatinji ne munsʼine kuvalongozi va mwa Yuda.
Shʼalifuma mumwaho wenewe uwenʼuMulongozi
wʼalivadimʼavaYisilayili avantu vane.
7PʼuHelodi ahavita kukwilu avasimisi, ahavavuzilizyʼuvusiku vwe lwalolesilʼuluzota. 8Ilelo ahavasontelezya mu-Betelehemu ahati: Muvale mwanze nkanʼumwanʼuno. Ilelʼinga muvazilʼukumwaga, pe mwinzʼukumbuzyʼine, nanʼukuti imbalʼukumusugamilila. 9Avene lelo lwe viṿuye zizyo zyʼavavuzizyʼumwene, pe vahavala. Vahaganduhʼuluzota lwe valuwenyi nakuvutukulo vwʼizuva luvalongoleye kwilongolela vahaga lukwimilila pamwanya pe palʼumwana. 10Ilelo lwe vawenyʼuluzota pe vahaseshela nkani. 11Pe vahinjila munyumba, mwe vahagʼumwana nuMaliya unyina, vahasugamila pansi, vahamushindiha vahafungululʼiṿwuma ṿwavo, vahamupʼiṿwa sahabu niṿwa kusushizya numulembʼumuhali we vakuti wʼumila. 12Uwe-nʼuMulungu ahavavuzya munjozi ahati: Mutavuyilaje kwa Helodi. Pe vahajendʼidala ilyamwavo ukusogola kuhaya.
Ukushimbilila mw-Egipiti
13Lwe vasogoye lelʼavene, pʼuYosefu ahaganduhʼuhavizya wa Mwene akumwitushizya munjozi akumuvuzya akuti: Vuhaga usendʼumwana nunyina, ushimbilile navo mw-Egipiti, mwʼuhavanje mumwo, uhafishe pisiku lilyo lye ndikuvuzya nene. ShʼuHelodi akwinzʼukwanzʼumwana, ukuti amugoje. 14Pʼuwenʼahavuha, ahasendʼumwana nunyina shavusiku, ahashimbilila navo mw-Egipiti. 15Ahava mumwo ukufiha pala pʼafuyʼuHelodi, ukuti zilunjihaje zizyo zyʼuMwene ayanzile mumukuvwi wʼatili: Imwisite mw-Egipiti umwana wane.
UHelodi akubudʼavana va mu-Betelehemu
16IlelʼuHelodi lwʼayazile vamuhofilʼavasimisi, pʼahaṿitwa nkani. Ahatuma avakuvagoga vontʼavacheche navamuhaya mu-Betelehemu navamunsi yonti mwʼizyunguluye, vahafuma navo pamaha gavili vahinzʼukupelela patuzelu, pamaha gugo ge vamusimishizizyʼuHelodi avasimisi. 17Pala zihalunjiha zizyo zyʼayanzilʼuYelemiya umukuvwi lwʼatili:
18Inkutʼikusitwe mu-Lama,
kwe kukuta kutupu, kwe kulosya kutupu,
uLaheli akukutilʼavana vakwe,
akusita nukupumilizilwa,
she vatezile nzila.
Ukugaluha ukufuma mw-Egipiti
19Ilelo lwʼafuyʼuHelodi pʼuhavizya wa Mwene ahamwitushizya munjozʼuYosefu mw-Egipiti ahamuvuzya ahati: 20Vuhaga numwana nunyina, uvasende uvale navo munsi ya vana-Yisilayili. She vafuye vuvo ve vanzagʼukumugogʼumwana. 21Uwene pʼahavuha ahavasenda numwana nunyina, ahavala navo munsi ya vana-Yisilayili. 22Ilelo lwʼayiṿuyʼukuti uAlikilavusi apwaniye palʼuyise uHelodi ukuva wʼumwene mu-Yudayi, pʼahogopa ukuvala mumwo. Ilelo lwʼayanzile nawʼuMulungu munjozi, pʼahapitilizanya ahafiha munsi ya mu-Galilayi. 23Ilelo lwʼavazilʼukufiha mumwo, pʼahazenga munkaya yimo ye vakuti mwe mu-Nazaleti. Mwe mumwo zihalunjiha zye vayanzilʼavakuvwi ve vatili:
Akutashilwʼukuva we wa mu-Nazaleti.
Nyiha New Testament © British and Foreign Bible Society, 1965.