2:1 |
Kwathi ngalezo zinsuku kwaphuma isimemezelo kuKesari Awugustu, ukuze umhlaba wonke ubhalwe. |
2:2 |
Lokhu bekuwukubhalisa kokuqala; yenziwa umbusi waseSiriya, UKirinius. |
2:3 |
Futhi konke kwahamba ukuyomenyezelwa, yilowo nalowo emzini wakubo. |
2:4 |
Khona uJosefa naye wenyuka esuka eGalile, emzini waseNazaretha, eJudiya, emzini kaDavide, othiwa iBetlehema, ngoba wayengowendlu lomndeni kaDavida, |
2:5 |
ukuze amenyezelwe, enoMariya umkakhe ayemgane, owayenengane. |
2:6 |
Kwase kwenzeka lokho, beselapho, zaphela izinsuku, ukuze abelethe. |
2:7 |
Wazala izibulo lakhe. Wamsonga ngezindwangu, wamlalisa emkhombeni, ngoba kwakungelandawo yabo endlini yezihambi. |
2:8 |
Futhi kwakukhona abelusi esifundeni esifanayo, beqaphile futhi belinda umhlambi wabo ebusuku. |
2:9 |
Futhi bheka, iNgelosi yeNkosi yema eduze kwabo, nokukhanya kukaNkulunkulu kwakhanya nxazonke zabo, base beshaywa luvalo olukhulu. |
2:10 |
Yathi kubo iNgelosi: "Ungesabi. Ngoba, bheka, ngimemezela kini intokozo enkulu, okuzakuba ngeyabantu bonke. |
2:11 |
Ngokuba nizalelwe namuhla uMsindisi emzini kaDavide: unguKristu iNkosi. |
2:12 |
Futhi lokhu kuyoba isibonakaliso kuwe: niyakufumana umntwana esongwe ngendwangu, elele emkhombeni. |
2:13 |
Kungazelelwe kwakukhona kanye nengelosi uquqaba lwebutho lasezulwini, bedumisa uNkulunkulu bethi, |
2:14 |
“Udumo kuNkulunkulu kweliphezulu, nokuthula emhlabeni kubantu abathanda okuhle.” |
shiya impendulo
Kufanele ube ungene ngemvume ukuthumela amazwana.