¹Zvino Jesu wakati aberekwa muBhetirehemu reJudhiya, pamazuva aHerodhe mambo, tarira, kwakauya vachenjeri vachibva mabvazuva kuJerusarema,

¹Now Jesus having been born in Bethlehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, behold magi from the east arrived at Jerusalem, saying,

²vachiti: Uripi iye wakazvarwa Mambo wevaJudha? Nekuti taona nyeredzi yake kumabvazuva, tauya kuzomunamata.

²Where is the king of the Jews that has been born? for we have seen his star in the east, and have come to do him homage.

³Zvino Herodhe mambo wakati anzwa, akashushikana, neJerusarema rose naye.

³But Herod the king having heard [of it], was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him;

⁴Zvino wakati aunganidza vapristi vakuru vose nevanyori vevanhu, akabvunza kwavari kuti Kristu uchazvarirwa kupi.

⁴and, assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ should be born.

⁵Zvino vakati kwaari: MuBhetirehemu reJudhiya; nekuti zvakanyorwa saizvozvi nemuporofita zvichinzi:

⁵And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judaea; for thus it is written through the prophet:

⁶Newe Bhetirehemu nyika yaJudha, hausi mudukusa kuvatongi vaJudha; nekuti kwauri kuchabuda mutungamiriri, uchafudza vanhu vangu Israeri.

⁶And *thou* Bethlehem, land of Juda, art in no wise the least among the governors of Juda; for out of thee shall go forth a leader who shall shepherd my people Israel.

⁷Zvino Herodhe, wakati adana vachenjeri muchivande, akabvunzisisa kwavari nguva yakaonekwa nyeredzi.

⁷Then Herod, having secretly called the magi, inquired of them accurately the time of the star that was appearing;

⁸Akavatuma kuBhetirehemu, akati: Endai munobvunzisisa zvemucheche; kana mamuwana mundisume, kuti ini ndiuyewo ndimunamate.

⁸and having sent them to Bethlehem, said, Go, search out accurately concerning the child, and when ye shall have found [him] bring me back word, so that *I* also may come and do him homage.

⁹Vakati vanzwa mambo, vakabva; zvino tarira, nyeredzi yavakaona kumabvazuva yakavatungamirira, kusvikira yasvika ikamira pamusoro pepakange pane mucheche.

⁹And they having heard the king went their way; and lo, the star, which they had seen in the east, went before them until it came and stood over the place where the little child was.

¹⁰Vakati vaona nyeredzi vakafara nemufaro mukuru kwazvo.

¹⁰And when they saw the star they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

¹¹Vakati vapinda mumba, vakaona mucheche naMaria mai vake, vakawira pasi vakamunamata; zvino vakati vazarura fuma yavo, vakamupemberera nezvipo, ndarama, nezvipfungaidzo zvinonhuwira, nemura*.

¹¹And having come into the house they saw the little child with Mary his mother, and falling down did him homage. And having opened their treasures, they offered to him gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

¹²Vakati vanyeverwa naMwari muchiroto, kuti varege kudzokera kuna Herodhe, vakabva vakaenda kunyika yavo neimwe nzira.

¹²And being divinely instructed in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

¹³Vakati vaenda, tarira, mutumwa waIshe anoonekwa kuna Josefa muchiroto, achiti: Muka utore mucheche namai vake, utizire kuEgipita, uveko kusvikira ndichikuudza; nekuti Herodhe uchatsvaka mucheche kuti amuparadze.

¹³Now, they having departed, behold, an angel of [the] Lord appears in a dream to Joseph, saying, Arise, take to [thee] the little child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there until I shall tell thee; for Herod will seek the little child to destroy it.

¹⁴Zvino amuka wakatora mucheche namai vake usiku, akabva akaenda kuEgipita,

¹⁴And, having arisen, he took to [him] the little child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt.

¹⁵uye wakavako kusvikira pakufa kwaHerodhe; kuti zvizadziswe zvakarehwa naIshe nemuporofita, achiti: Ndakadana mwanakomana wangu abude Egipita.

¹⁵And he was there until the death of Herod, that that might be fulfilled which was spoken by [the] Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.

¹⁶Zvino Herodhe, wakati aona kuti anyengerwa nevachenjeri, akatsamwa zvikuru, akatuma, akaponda vana vose vaiva muBhetirehemu nemumigumo yayo yose, kubvira pamakore maviri neari pasi, zvichienderana nenguva yaakange abvunzisisa kuvachenjeri.

¹⁶Then Herod, seeing that he had been mocked by the magi, was greatly enraged; and sent and slew all the boys which [were] in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years and under, according to the time which he had accurately inquired from the magi.

¹⁷Zvino zvakazadziswa zvakarehwa naJeremiya muporofita achiti:

¹⁷Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremias the prophet, saying,

¹⁸MuRama rakanzwika inzwi, kuungudza nekuchema nekurira kukuru, Rakeri achichema vana vake asingadi kunyaradzwa, nekuti havachipo.

¹⁸A voice has been heard in Rama, weeping, and great lamentation: Rachel weeping [for] her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

¹⁹Asi Herodhe wakati afa, tarira, mutumwa waIshe wakaonekwa muchiroto kuna Josefa muEgipita,

¹⁹But Herod having died, behold, an angel of [the] Lord appears in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,

²⁰achiti: Muka, utore mucheche namai vake, uende kunyika yaIsraeri; nekuti vakafa avo vaitsvaka mweya wemucheche.

²⁰Arise, take to [thee] the little child and its mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they who sought the life of the little child are dead.

²¹Akasimuka ndokutora mucheche namai vake akasvika kunyika yaIsraeri.

²¹And he arose and took to [him] the little child and its mother, and came into the land of Israel;

²²Asi wakati achinzwa kuti Arikerawo anotonga muJudhiya panzvimbo yababa vake Herodhe, akatya kuendako; asi wakati anyeverwa naMwari muchiroto, akabva akaenda kumativi eGarirea.

²²but having heard that 'Archelaus reigns over Judaea, instead of Herod his father,' he was afraid to go there; and having been divinely instructed in a dream, he went away into the parts of Galilee,

²³Akasvika akagara muguta rinonzi Nazareta; kuti zvizadziswe zvakarehwa nevaporofita, kuti: Achanzi muNazareta.

²³and came and dwelt in a town called Nazareth; so that that should be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets, He shall be called a Nazaraean.