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.
Baada jha Yesu kuhogoleka mu Bethelehem j'ha Bhuj'hahudi mu magono gha mfalme Herode, bhanu bhasomi kuh'oma mashariki gha patali bhahidili Yerusalemu bhajobhili,
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.”
“Aj'hendaku muene ambajhe ahogoliki Mfalme ghwa Bhayahudi? Twaj'hibhuene nyota j'hiake mashariki natu tuhidili kumwabudu.”
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].
Pindi Mfalme Herode bhoapeliki agha adadili sanan, ni Yerusalemu j'hioha pamonga nu muene.
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.
Herode abhabhongene bhak'alo bha makuhani bhoha ni bhaalembesi bha bhanu, nu muene akabhakota, “Kristu ibetakuhogoleka ndaku?”
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]:
Bhan'j'hobhili, “Mu Bethelehemu j'ha Bhuj'hahudi, kwa kuj'ha efe ndo kyaj'hilembibhu ni nabii,
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.’”
Naghwe Bethelehemu, mu nchi j'ha Yuda, n'debe lepi miongoni mwa bhalongosi bha Yuda, kwa kuj'ha kuhoma kwa bhebhe ibetakuhida mtawala j'haibetakubhadima bhanu bhangu Israeli.”
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].
Efyo Herode abhakutili bhala bhasomi kwa siri ni kubhakhota ndo bhwakati gani hasa litondo libhonekeghe.
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.”
Akabhatuma Bethelehem, akajobha, “Mlotai kwa bhuangalifu mu kandondaghe muana j'ha ahogoliki. Bhwakati pamwibeta kumbona, mundetayi habari ili nani nibhwesiayi kuhida ni kumwabudu.”
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.
Baada j'ha kuj'ha bhamp'heliki mfalme, bhaj'hendelili ni safuari syabhu, ni litondo lela ambalyo bhalibhwene mashariki j'habhalongolili hadi paj'haj'hemili panani pa muene pa ahogoliki.
10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced greatly [and followed it].
Bhwakati bho bhaj'hibhuene litondo, bhahobhwaki kwa furaha m'baha munu.
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.
Bhaj'hingili mu nyumba ni kumbona muana j'haahogoliki ni Mariamu ndebhuake. Bhansujudili ni kumwabudu. Bhabhopuili hazina syabho ni kumpisya zawadi sya dhahabu, bhuvumba, ni 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.
K'yara abhaonyili mu ndoto bhasibhuj'hi kwa Herode, hivyo, bhabhokili kubhuj'ha mu nchi syabho kwanj'ela j'henge.
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.”
Baada j'ha kuj'ha bhabhokhili, malaika ghwa Bwana antokili Yusufu mu ndoto ni kujobha, “J'hinukai ntolai muana ni nyinamunu na mulotai Misri. Mubakilai okhu mpaka panibeta kubhajobhela, kwa kuj'ha Herode akandonda muana ili anj'hangamisiaghe.
14 So Joseph got up, he took the child and his mother [that] night, and they fled to Egypt.
Pakilu apu Yusufu ajhumuiki ni kuntola muana ni ndebhuake ni kukhem'belela Misri.
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.
Atamili okhu hadi Herode bho afuili. Ejhe j'hatimisibhu khela Bwana bhoajobhili kup'hetela nabii, “Kuhoma Misri nu nkutili mwanabhangu.”
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].
Kisha Herode bho abhuene adhihakibhu ni bhanu bhasomi, adadili sana. Alaghisi kukomibhwa kwa bhana bhoha bhagosi bhabhaj'hele Bhethelehemu ni bhoha mu lieneo lela ambalyo bhaj'hele ni umri bhwa miaka mibhele ni pasi pa apu kul'engana ni bhwakati bhwa aj'hele athibitishi kabisa kuhoma kwa bhala bhasomi.
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,
Ndipo palyatimisibhu lela lilobhi lyalyajobhibhu kwa kinywa kya nabii Yeremia,
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.
“Sauti j'hap'helekiki Ramah, kilelu ni maombolezo mabhaha, Raheli bho ikabhalelela bhana munu na abelili kufarijibhwa, kwwa ndabha bhajhelepi kabhele.”
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.
Herode bho afuili, langai malaika ghwa Bwana an'tokili Yusufu mu ndoto okhu Misri ni kujobha,
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.”
“J'hinukayi n'tolayi muana ni ndebhuake, na mulotai mu nchi j'ha Israeli kwa ndabha bhabhalondeghe bhuhai bhwa muana bhafuili.”
21 So Joseph took the child and his mother, and they went back to Israel.
Yusufu aj'hinuiki, an'tolili muana pamonga nu ndebhuake, na bhahidili mu nchi j'ha Israeli.
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]
Lakini bho ap'eliki kuj'ha Arikelau aj'hele itawala Yuda mahali pa tata ghwake Herode, atilili kulota okhu. Baada j'ha K'yara kumwonya mu ndoto, abhokhili kulota mkoa ghwa 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}.
na alotili kutama okhu mu mji bhwabhwikutibhwa Nazareti. E'le lyatimisi k'hela kyakyaj'hele kimalili kujobhibhwa kwa nj'hela j'ha manabii, kuj'ha ibetakukutibhwa Mnazareti.
