Matai 2
1 U Yesu avile aholiwe mu Bethelehemu ya vayuta mufigono fya Nkuludeva u Herode, avanu avamanyi va nondwe ukhuhuma khuvuhumo wa linchuva vakhafikha khu Yerusalemu vakhata,
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.
2 “Aleindakhu umwene uviaholiwe unkuludeva vava yuta? Tuvye tuyeiwene einondwe ya mwene khuvuhumo wa linchuva nufwe pu twinchile khukhumwimikha.”
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.”
3 Useikhi ugu unkuludeva u Helode aviile apulikhe akhakalala, na yei Yelusalemu yooni paninie na yumwene.
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].
4 U Helode akhavalundania avavaha vava tekhenchi vooni na visimbi va vanu, pu akhavuncha, “U Klisiti ayoiholiwa ndakhu?”
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.
5 Vakhambula, “Mu Bethelehemu yava yuta, ulwa khuva vuyisimbiwe nu nyamalago.
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]:
6 Nuve Bethelehemu, mukhilunga eikya va yuta suleideebe muvalongonchi vava Yuta, pakhuva ukhuhuma khulyuve ikhwincha umbaha uviyakhiva ikhuvadeemaga avanu vango Israeli.”
‘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.’”
7 Pu leino u Helode akhaviilanga avamanyi va nondwe khuvutitu akhavavuncha gyu seikhi guleikhu ugu einondwe yeivile yeivonikhe.
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].
8 Akhavasuha khu Bethelehemu, akhata, “Mlutage einjila eiyie mkhavunche fincho umwana uvyaholiwe. Pu mungambone mwinche mumbule ukhuta nayune puninche neimwimeekhe.”
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.”
9 Puvavile vapuleihinche unkuludeva puva khava vanu va khuluta, pu einondwe yeila uyuvakhayiwene khuvuhumo wa linchuva yeikhavalongolela impakha upu ya eimile pala upu umwana uvyaholiwe upu ale.
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.
10 Useikhi uguvayiewene einondwe va howikhe fincho.
When they saw the star, they rejoiced greatly [and followed it].
11 Vakhingeila munyumba puvakhambona umwana nu mamaye u Mariamu. Vakhamwinamila nukhumwimekha, vakhavopola ifipakho fyavo vakhambonola uluvonolo ulwa lutalama, uvufumba ni mono inonu.
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.
12 U Nguluve akhavavula munjosi valekhe ukhukilivukha khwa Helode, puvakhahega ukhuluta khumyavoyo puvakhagenda einjila eiyeinge.
[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.
13 Puva viile vahegile, usuhwa vantwa akhambonekhela u Yosefu munjosi nu khuta, “Wime, utole umwana nu mamaye pumunyileile khu Misiri. Muve khukhukhwa impakha yakhiva nikhuvavula ulwa khuva u Helode ilonda ukhwangamencha umwana.
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.”
14 Ikilo eiyo pu u Yosefu akhasisimukha nukhutola umwana nu mamaye pu vakhanyileila khu Misili.
So Joseph got up, he took the child and his mother [that] night, and they fled to Egypt.
15 Atamile ukhu impakha u Helode avile afwile. Eiyie puyiekhavombekha nduvu uNtwa anchovile ukhugendela khu nyamalago, “Ukhuhuma khu Misili ni mwilangile u manango.”
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.
16 Pu u Helode aviile awene akalaliwe na vanu avamanyi va vanu avamanyi va nondwe avipile fincho. Pu akhalageila ukhubudiwa avana vooni avadeemi avu vaale mu Bethelehemu na vooni avuvale nkilunga khila avanya miakha givili na pasi pa miakha eigyo ukhukongana nu seikhi ugu amalile ukhulumanya khuvamanyi va nondwe.
[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].
17 Leino pulikha leikwilanile eilimenyu leila eileilyanchoviwe nu ndomo gwa nyamalago u Yelemia,
[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,
18 “Eingolo ya puleikhikhe khu Ramah, eikhileilo nu lyoveelo uluvaha, u Raheli wikhuva leileila avana va mwene pu akhabeela ukhunchesiwa ulwa khuva vasipali hange.”
[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.
19 U Helode avile afwile, lola usuhwa va Ntwa akhambonekhela u Yosefu mu njosi ukhu khu Misili nu khuta,
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.
20 “Wime utole umwana nu vanina pu mlutage mukhilunga eikya mu Israeli ulwa khuva avakhalondaga uwumi wa mwana vafwile.”
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.”
21 U Yosefu akhima akhatola umwana na vanina puvakhincha mukhilunga ikhya mu Israeli.
So Joseph took the child and his mother, and they went back to Israel.
22 Puleino aviile apulikhe ukhuta u Arikelau ale mbaha va valongonchi khuva Yuta ahalile pa vise va mwene u Helode, adwaadile fincho ukhuluta ukhwa. Pu uNguluve avile ambulaninche munjosi akhahega ukhuluta khukhilunga eikhya khu Galilaya
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]
23 pu akhaluta khutama mumbunchege uwa khu Nazareti. Pu ukhuta leivombekhe eilimenyu leila eili lyamalile ukhunchoviwa navanyamalago ukhuta ayikhelangiwagwa Mnazareti.
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}.
