Matthew 2
1 Jesus was born in Bethlehem [town] in Judea [province] during the time [MTY] that King Herod [the Great ruled there. Some time] after Jesus was born, some men who studied the stars and who lived in a [country] east [of Judea] came to Jerusalem.
A Yeshu kubhabhelekwele ku Bheteleemu, nkowa gwa ku Yudea, mobha ga a Elode pubhaliji a mpalume, a Yeshu bhakabhelekweje, bhakwiimanyanga ndondwa gubhaikengenenje ku Yelushalemu kopoka kulikoposhela lyubha,
2 They asked [people], “Where is the one who has been born [in order that he might be] the king of [you] Jews? [We believe that your new king] has been born, because we have seen the star [that we believe indicated that] he has been [born]. [We saw it while we were in our country] east [of here]. So we have come to worship him.”
gubhabhushiyenje, “Kwali kwei mwana abhelekwe, mpalume jwa Bhayaudi? Twashinkulubhona lutondwa lwakwe lulikoposhela, putwaliji kulikoposhela lyubha na uwe tushikwiya kuntindibhalila.”
3 When King Herod heard [what those men were asking], he became worried [that someone else might be proclaimed] {[people might proclaim someone else]} [king of the Jews to replace him]. Many [of the people] of Jerusalem [MTY, HYP] [also] became worried [because they were afraid of what King Herod might do].
A Mpalume Elode bhakapilikaneje genego, gubhatengwishe na bhandu bhowe bha ku Yelushalemu.
4 Then Herod gathered together all the ruling priests and men who taught the people the [Jewish] laws and he asked them where [the prophets had predicted that] the Messiah was to be born.
Bhai, gubhaashemilenje bhakulungwanji bhaabhishila bhowe na bhaajiganya bha Shalia, gubhaabhushiyenje, “Kilishitu shabhelekwe kwei?”
5 They said to him, “[He will be born] in Bethlehem, [here] in Judea [province], because it was written by the prophet [Micah] {the prophet [Micah] wrote} [long ago what God said]:
Gubhaajangwilenje, “Ku Bheteleemu nkowa gwa ku Yudea malinga shiishite jandikwa naka nkulondola jwa a Nnungu kuti,
6 ‘You [who live in] Bethlehem [APO], in Judea [province], your town is certainly very important [LIT], because a man from your [town] will become a ruler. He will guide my people [who live in] Israel.’”
‘Ugwe Bheteleemu uli munkowa gwa ku Yudea, Ugwe nngabha jwanshoko muilambo imanyika ya ku Yudea, Pabha kunngwako apinga koposhela kalongolele, shaabhalongolelanje bhandu bhangu Ishilaeli.’”
7 Then [King] Herod secretly summoned those men who studied the stars. He asked them exactly when the star [first] appeared. [By what they told him, he was able to know the approximate age of the baby].
Penepo, a Elode gubhaashemilenje kuntemela bhakwimanyanga ndondwa bhala, gubhaabhushiyenje shakani pulwankoposhelenje lutondwa.
8 Then he [concealed what he really planned to do and] said to them, “Go to Bethlehem and inquire thoroughly [where] the infant is. When you have found him, [come back and] report to me so that I, myself, can go [there and] worship him, too.”
Kungai gubhaatumilenje ku Bheteleemu bhalinkuti, “Nnjendangane nkabhushishiyanje ukoto ngani jika jwene mwanajo. Mummonangaga kunnugulilanje nkupinga na nne nyende ngantindibhalile.”
9 After the men heard what the king [told them], they went [toward Bethlehem]. To their surprise, the star that they had seen while they were in the eastern [country] went ahead of them [again] until it stood above [the house] where the child was.
Bhakapilikananjeje malobhe ga a mpalume bhakwimanyanga ndondwa bhala gubhajabhwilenje, bhai lutondwa lubhalubhweninji bhalinginji kulikoposhela lyubha lula gulwaalongolelenje, gulupite jima panani paaliji mwana pala.
10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced greatly [and followed it].
Bhakalubhonanjeje lutondwa gubhainonyelenje kaje.
11 They [found] the house and entered it and saw the child and his mother, Mary. They bowed down and worshipped him. Then they opened their treasure [boxes] [MTY] and they gave gold, [costly] frankincense, and myrrh to him.
Bhai, gubhajinjilenje nnyumba, gubhammweninji mwana jula na akwabhe a Malia, gubhatemingene ulungolungo kuntindibhalila. Kungai gubhagopwelenje ibhajigelenje, gubhampelenje upo, shaabhu na lubhani na manemane.
12 [Because] God [knew that King Herod planned to kill Jesus], in a dream the men who studied the stars were warned {he warned the men who studied the stars} that they should not return to [King] Herod. So they returned to their country, [but instead of traveling back on the same road, they] went on a different road.
A Nnungu bhakwaaleyangaga nng'agamii, bhanaabhujilanje kabhili a Elode, gubhapitilenje mpanda guna kubhuja kunngwabhonji.
13 After the men who studied the stars left [Bethlehem], an angel [from] the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. He said, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you [(sg) that you should leave], because [King] Herod is about [to send soldiers] to look for the child so that they can kill him.”
Bhajeninji bhala bhakajabhulanjeje, malaika jwa Bhakulungwa gwabhakoposhele a Yoshepu nng'agamii, gwabhalugulile, “A Elode bhapinga kunnoleya mwanajo bhammulaje, bhai nnjumushe! Muntole mwanajo na akwabhe mmutushilanje ku Mishili, nkatamangane mpaka pushininnugulilanje kabhili.”
14 So Joseph got up, he took the child and his mother [that] night, and they fled to Egypt.
A Yoshepu bhakajumusheje gubhantolile mwana jula na akwabhe, gubhajabhwilenje nashilo nashilo kubhutushila ku Mishili.
15 They stayed there until [King] Herod died, [and then they left Egypt]. By doing that, it was {they} fulfilled what the prophet [Hosea] wrote, which had been said by the Lord {which the Lord had said}, I have told my son to come out of Egypt.
Gubhatemi kweneko mpaka pubhaawile a Elode. Genega gashinkukoposhela nkupinga gamalile galugwilwe na Bhakulungwa kwa ntenga guka nkulondola jwabho, “Nashinkunshema mwanangu kopoka ku Mishili.”
16 [While King] Herod [was still living], because he realized that he had been tricked by the men who studied the stars {the men who studied the stars had tricked him}, he became furious. Then, [assuming that Jesus was still in Bethlehem or the surrounding regions], Herod sent [soldiers there] to kill all the boy babies two years old and younger. [Herod calculated how old the baby was], according to what the men who studied the stars told him [about when the star first appeared].
A Elode bhakamumanyeje kuti bhashitembwa na bhakwimanyanga ndondwa bhala, guyaashimile kaje. Gubhaamulishe bhabhulagwanje bhana bha shileu bhowe pa shilambo sha Bheteleemu na ilambo ya nnyenje jakwe bha yaka ibhili na pai jakwe. Bhashinkutenda nneyo kwa tolelela pubhalugulilwe na bhaashomanga ndondwa bhala malanga gubhalubhweninji lutondwa kulikoposhela lyubha.
17 [Because Bethlehem and Ramah towns were in the area where the descendants of Jacob’s wife Rachel lived, when soldiers killed the infant boys], they fulfilled what Jeremiah the prophet wrote,
Nneyo gakumalilaga malobhe galugwilwe na ankulondola bha a Nnungu a Yelemia bhalinkuti,
18 [Women] in Ramah were weeping and wailing loudly. [Women who were the descendants] of Rachel, [the ancestor of the women there] [SYN], were grieving for [what happened to] their children. [Even though people tried to comfort them], they would not be comforted {stop mourning}, because their children were dead.
“Lilobhe lishipilikanika ku Lama, ililo na nguto yaigwinji. A Laeli bhanakwagutilanga ashibhana bhabho, numbe bhangapinga tagwa ntima, pabha bhana bhowe bhawilenje.”
19 After Herod died [and while Joseph and his family were still in Egypt], an angel that the Lord [had sent] appeared to Joseph in Egypt in a dream.
Bhakaweje a Elode, malaika jwa Bhakulungwa gwabhakoposhele a Yoshepu nng'agamii ku Mishili kula,
20 He said to Joseph, “Take the child and his mother and go back to Israel [to live], because the people who were looking for the child [in order to kill him] have died.”
gwabhalugulile, “Nnjumushe! Muntole mwana na akwabhe, mmujangane ku shilambo sha Ishilaeli, pabha bhapingangaga kummulaga mwanajo bhala, bhawilenje.”
21 So Joseph took the child and his mother, and they went back to Israel.
Bhai, a Yoshepu bhakajumusheje, gubhantolile mwana jula na akwabhe, gubhabhujengene ku shilambo sha Ishilaeli.
22 When Joseph heard that Archaelaus now ruled in Judea [district] instead of his father, [King] Herod [the Great], he was afraid to go there. Because he was warned {[God] warned Joseph} in a dream [that it was still dangerous for them to live in Judea], he [and Mary and Jesus] went to Galilee [District]
Ikabheje a Yoshepu bhakapilikaneje kuti a Lekelao, bhana bhabho a Elode, bhashibha a mpalume bha ku Yudea gubhajogwepe kubhuja. Bhalabho bhakalugulilweje nng'agamii, gubhapite nkowa gwa ku Galilaya,
23 to Nazareth [to live there]. The result was that what had been said by the ancient prophets {what the ancient prophets had said} [about the Messiah], that he would be called {people would call him} a Nazareth-man, was fulfilled {came true}.
nikwenda tama ku shijiji sha ku Nashaleti. Nkupinga gamalile malobhe galugwilwe na ashinkulondola bha a Nnungu, “Shibhashemwe Bhanashaleti.”
