Ch 2 Mathewu – 2izinhlanzi

Mathewu 2

2:1	Manje, lapho uJesu esezelwe eBetlehema Juda, ezinsukwini zenkosi uHerode, bheka, Izazi zasempumalanga zafika eJerusalema,
2:2	ethi: “Uphi lowo ozelwe eyinkosi yabaJuda? Ngoba sibonile inkanyezi yakhe empumalanga, futhi size ukuzomkhonza.”
2:3	Manje inkosi uHerode, ukuzwa lokhu, kwaphazamiseka, neJerusalema lonke kanye naye.
2:4	Futhi babuthela ndawonye bonke abaholi abapristi, lababhali babantu, wabonisana nabo ngokuthi uKristu wayeyozalelwaphi.
2:5	Basebesithi kuye: “EBetlehema laseJudiya. Ngokuba kulotshiwe kanjalo ngomprofethi:
2:6	'Nawe, Betlehema, izwe lakwaJuda, abancane nakancane phakathi kwabaholi bakwaJuda. Ngoba kuwe kuzophuma umbusi oyohola abantu bami u-Israyeli.’”
2:7	Khona-ke uHerode, kuthuleke ebiza uMazi, wafunda kubo isikhathi lapho inkanyezi yabonakala kubo.
2:8	Futhi wabathumela eBhetlehema, uthe: “Hamba uyobuza imibuzo ngenkuthalo ngalo mfana. Futhi lapho usumtholile, bika kimi, ukuze ngi, futhi, bangafika bamkhonze.”
2:9	Kwathi sebezwile inkosi, bahamba. Futhi bheka, inkanyezi ezayibona empumalanga yahamba phambi kwazo, ngisho kuze kube, ifika, wema ngenhla kwendawo lapho umntwana ekhona.
2:10	Khona-ke, ebona inkanyezi, bajatshuliswa intokozo enkulu kakhulu.
2:11	Futhi engena ekhaya, bamfica umfana enonina uMariya. Manje, ewa ngobuso, bamkhonze. Nokuvula amagugu abo, bamnika izipho: igolide, inhlaka, kanye nomure.
2:12	Futhi sebethole impendulo ebuthongweni ukuthi bangabuyeli kuHerode, babuyela endaweni yangakubo ngenye indlela.
2:13	Kwathi sebehambile, bheka, ingelosi yeNkosi yabonakala kuJosefa ebuthongweni, ethi: “Sukuma, athathe umfana nonina, nibalekele eGibithe. hlalani khona ngize ngikutshele. Ngoba uHerodi uzadinga umfana ukuze ambhubhise.
2:14	Futhi esukuma, wathatha umfana nonina ebusuku, wasuka waya eGibithe.
2:15	Wahlala lapho, kwaze kwaba sekufeni kukaHerode, ukuze kugcwaliseke okwakhulunywa yiNkosi ngomprofethi, ethi: “Ephuma eGibhithe, Ngifonele indodana yami.”
2:16	Khona-ke uHerode, ebona ukuthi ukhohliswe uMazi, wathukuthela kakhulu. Futhi ngakho wathumela ukubulala bonke abafana ababeseBhetlehema, nakuyo yonke imikhawulo yalo, kusukela eminyakeni emibili nangaphansi, ngokwesikhathi ayesifundile ngokubuza iZazi.
2:17	Khona-ke kwagcwaliseka okwakhulunywa ngomprofethi uJeremiya, ethi:
2:18	“Kuzwakele izwi eRama, ukukhala okukhulu nokulila: URaheli ekhalela amadodana akhe. Futhi wayengazimisele ukududuzwa, ngoba babengasekho.”
2:19	Khona-ke, esefile uHerodi, bheka, ingelosi yeNkosi yabonakala kuJosefa ebuthongweni eGibithe,
2:20	ethi: “Sukuma, athathe umfana nonina, futhi uye ezweni lakwa-Israyeli. Ngokuba ababefuna ukuphila komfana sebedlulile.”
2:21	Futhi esukuma, wathatha umfana nonina, wasengena elizweni lakoIsrayeli.
2:22	Khona-ke, ezwa ukuthi u-Arkelawu ubusa eJudiya esikhundleni sikaHerode uyise, wesaba ukuya khona. Nokuxwayiswa ebuthongweni, wamuka waya ezindaweni zaseGalile.
2:23	Futhi efika, wayehlala emzini othiwa iNazaretha, ukuze kugcwaliseke okwakhulunywa ngabaprofethi: “Ngokuba uyakubizwa ngokuthi umNazaretha.”