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NgokukaMathewu 2:1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23

NgokukaMathewu 2:1 ZUL59

UJesu esezelwe eBetlehema laseJudiya emihleni kaHerode inkosi, bheka, kwafika izazi eJerusalema, zivela empumalanga, zithi

NgokukaMathewu 2:3 ZUL59

UHerode inkosi esekuzwile lokho wakhathazeka neJerusalema lonke kanye naye.

NgokukaMathewu 2:4 ZUL59

Wabutha bonke abapristi abakhulu nababhali besizwe, wabuza kubo ukuthi uKristu uzakuzalelwaphi.

NgokukaMathewu 2:5 ZUL59

Bathi kuye: “EBetlehema laseJudiya, ngokuba kulotshiwe kanjalo ngomprofethi ukuthi

NgokukaMathewu 2:6 ZUL59

“ ‘Nawe Betlehema, lizwe lakwaJuda, kawusiye omncane nakanye kubabusi bakwaJuda, ngokuba kuyakuvela kuwe umbusi oyakwalusa isizwe sami u-Israyeli.’ ”

NgokukaMathewu 2:7 ZUL59

Khona uHerode, ezibizile izazi ngasese, wabuzisisa kuzo isikhathi inkanyezi ebonakele ngaso

NgokukaMathewu 2:8 ZUL59

wazithuma eBetlehema, wathi: “Hambani nibuzisise ngomntwana; kuyakuthi nxa nimfumene, ningitshele ukuba nami ngiye ngikhuleke kuye.”

NgokukaMathewu 2:9 ZUL59

Seziyizwile inkosi, zamuka; bheka, inkanyezi ezayibona kwelasempumalanga yahamba phambi kwazo, yaze yafika yema phezu kwalapho umntwana ekhona.

NgokukaMathewu 2:10 ZUL59

Zathi ukuyibona inkanyezi, zathokoza ngokuthokoza okukhulu kakhulu.

NgokukaMathewu 2:11 ZUL59

Zase zingena endlini, zabona umntwana noMariya unina, zawa phansi, zakhuleka kuye, zavula amagugu azo, zamkhunga ngezipho: igolide namakha nenhlaka.

NgokukaMathewu 2:12 ZUL59

Kwathi ziyaliwe nguNkulunkulu ngephupho ukuba zingabuyeli kuHerode, zabuyela ezweni lakubo ngenye indlela.

NgokukaMathewu 2:13 ZUL59

Sezimukile, bheka, ingelosi yeNkosi yabonakala kuJosefa ngephupho, ithi: “Vuka uthabathe umntwana nonina, ubalekele eGibithe, uhlale khona, ngize ngikutshele; ngokuba uHerode uzakumfuna umntwana ukuba ambhubhise.”

NgokukaMathewu 2:14 ZUL59

Wavuka-ke, wathabatha umntwana nonina ebusuku, wamuka waya eGibithe

NgokukaMathewu 2:15 ZUL59

wahlala khona, waze wafa uHerode, ukuze kugcwaliseke okwakhulunywa yiNkosi ngomprofethi ukuthi: “Ngayibiza indodana yami iphume eGibithe.”

NgokukaMathewu 2:16 ZUL59

Khona uHerode, esebonile ukuthi izazi zimphambile, wathukuthela kakhulu, wathumela wabulala bonke abantwana besilisa baseBetlehema nasendaweni yonke yangakhona, abaminyaka mibili nangaphansi njengesikhathi abesibuzisisile kuzo izazi.

NgokukaMathewu 2:17 ZUL59

Khona kwagcwaliseka okwakhulunywa ngoJeremiya umprofethi ukuthi

NgokukaMathewu 2:18 ZUL59

“Kwezwakala izwi eRama, ukukhala nokulila okukhulu, uRakheli ekhalela abantwana bakhe, engavumi ukududuzwa, ngokuba abasekho.”

NgokukaMathewu 2:19 ZUL59

Kepha uHerode esefile, bheka, ingelosi yeNkosi yabonakala ngephupho kuJosefa eGibithe, yathi

NgokukaMathewu 2:20 ZUL59

“Vuka uthabathe umntwana nonina, uye ezweni lakwa-Israyeli; ngokuba sebefile ababezingela ukuphila komntwana.”

NgokukaMathewu 2:21 ZUL59

Wasuka-ke, wathabatha umntwana nonina, wafika ezweni lakwa-Israyeli.

NgokukaMathewu 2:22 ZUL59

Kepha ezwa ukuthi sekubusa u-Arkelawu eJudiya esikhundleni sikaHerode uyise, wesaba ukuya khona; eseyaliwe nguNkulunkulu ngephupho wamuka waya kwelaseGalile

NgokukaMathewu 2:23 ZUL59

wafika wakha emzini othiwa iNazaretha ukuba kugcwaliseke okwakhulunywa ngabaprofethi ukuthi: “Uyakubizwa ngokuthi umNazaretha.”