Disemba 28, 2013, Ivangeli

Mathewu 2: 13-18

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.”