< Matthai 2 >
1 Manghai Herod tue vaengah Jesuh tah Judah ram Bethlehem ah thang, te vaengah khothoeng ben lamkah kholo hlangcueihrhoek Jerusalem la ha pawk uh.
2 “Judah manghai aka thaang te melama om? Anih kah aisite khothoeng ben ah ka hmuh uh tih, anih bawk hamla ka pawk uh coeng,” a ti uh.
3 Manghai Herod loha yaak vaengah amah khaw, Jerusalem khaw boeiha hinghuen.
4 Khosoihhamrhoek neh pilnam khuikah cadaek rhoek te boeiha coitih me kah Khrih nim aka thaang,” a ti nah.
5 “Judea Bethlehem ah,” tila tonghma rhoekloha daek te aa thui pa uh.
6 “Judah ram kah Bethlehem nang ngawn tah Judah khoboeirhoek khuiaha yit la na om moenih. Nang lamloh hlang aka mawt ha thoeng ni. Anih loh ka pilnam Israel tea dawndah ni.
7 Herod loh kholo hlangcueih rhoektea huep laakhue tihaisi a phoe tue teamih taengaha cae.
8 Tephoeiah Bethlehem laa tueih tih, “Cet uh lamtah camoe kawng te khaeh khaeh dawt uh, na hmuh uhvaengah kai taengla, ha puen uh, tedaengah nika lo vetihanih te ka bawk eh,” ati nah.
9 Manghai ol te a yaak uh nen tah vik cet uh. Te daengah khothoeng ah aisi te lawta hmuh uh. Te dongah amihte camoe om naha pha hila lamhma pah tih a soah a pai pah.
10 Aisi te a hmuh uhvaengah omngaihnah neha nahlabahoeng omngaih uh.
11 Im laa pha uh vaengah camoe neh a manu Mary te a hmuh uh dongah bakop doe ah a bawk uh. Te phoeiah a khohrhang tea ong uh tih a kutdoe la sui, hmueihtui neh myrrh te a paek uh.
12 Tedae Herod taengah bal pawt ham a mang aha mangthui pa tih a kho laa tloe longpuei longah bal uh.
13 Amiha caeh uh phoeiah Boeipa kah puencawn loh Joseph mang ah pakcak phoe tih, “Thoo, camoe neh a manute lo, Egypt la rhaelrham laeh, nang taengah kan thui hlan duela pahoi om laeh. Herod loh camoe te poci sak hamla cai tiha toem coeng,” a ti nah.
14 Te dongah thootih camoe neh a manute khoyin ah a loh tih, Egypt la cet.
15 Tedongah Herod kahadueknah rhi hil pahoi om. Te nen ni BOEIPA kahtonghma lamloh a thui tih, “Ka capa te Egypt lamkah kakhue,” ati te a soep.
16 Tevaengah Herod loh kholo hlangcueih kah a tamdaeng te a ming tihbahoeng a thinhul. A tue te kholo hlangcueih taeng lamloh a cae vanbangla Bethlehem khui neh a vaang pum khuikah hlang a tueih tihcamoe kum nit hmui te boeih a ngawn.
17 Te vaengah tonghma Jeremiah lamloha thui tih,
18 Rhama ah ol a yaak. Rhahnah neh nguekcoinah loh yet. Rakhel loh a ca rhoekte a rhah. Tedae a om uhvoel pawt dongah a hloep tengaih pawh,” ati te soep.
19 Heroda duek phoeiah, Boeipa kah puencawn tah Egypt kah Joseph mang ah pakcak phoe tih,
20 “Thoo, camoe neh a manu te lo lamtah Israel kho la cet laeh, camoe kah hinglu aka mae rhoek tah duek uh coeng,” a ti nah.
21 Te dongah thootih camoe neh a manu te a khuen tih, Israel kho laa kun puei.
22 Tedae Arkhelas loh a napa Herod yueng la Judea tea uk tilaa yaaktih tela caeh ham a rhih. Te cakhaw mang aha mangthui pah bangla Galilee pingpang la cet.
23 Te phoeiah Nazarethlaa khue khopuei la cet tih kho a sak. Te tlam ni tonghmarhoek lamloh, “Nazaren laa khue ni,” a ti tea soep eh.
