Masu Nema Sun Zo wurin Ɗa
Baƙi masu nazarin taurari suka sami yaron suka yi masa sujada; sarkin da yake Urushalima ya yi kamar zai yi haka, sa'an nan ya karkashe 'ya'ya maza na Baitalami. Ubansa ya kiyaye shi ta wurin mafarkai da gudu da dare zuwa Masar, ba ta wurin ƙarfi ba. An bar kukan Rahila a tsaye a tsakiyar labarin.
2 1Bayan an haifi Yesu a Baitalami ta Yahudiya, a zamanin Sarki Hiridus, sai waɗansu masana daga gabas suka iso Urushalima, 2suna cewa, “Ina wanda aka haifa Sarkin Yahudawa? Gama mun ga tauraronsa a gabas, mun kuwa zo mu yi masa sujada.” 3Da Sarki Hiridus ya ji haka, sai ya damu, har ma dukan Urushalima tare da shi. 4Ya tara dukan manyan firistoci da malaman Attaura na mutane, yana tambayarsu inda za a haifi Almasihu. 5Suka ce masa, “A Baitalami ta Yahudiya, gama haka aka rubuta ta bakin annabi: 6“‘Ke kuma Baitalami, a ƙasar Yahuda, babu shakka ba ke ce mafi ƙanƙanta a cikin masu mulkin Yahuda ba; gama daga gare ki wani mai mulki zai fito wanda zai yi kiwon Isra'ila, mutanena.’”
7Sa'an nan Hiridus ya kirawo masana a asirce, ya kuma gane daga gare su ainihin lokacin da tauraron ya bayyana. 8Ya aike su Baitalami, yana cewa, “Ku je, ku nemi yaron da kyau. Sa'ad da kuka same shi, ku dawo ku gaya mini, domin ni ma in je in yi masa sujada.”
9Bayan sun ji maganar sarki, sai suka kama hanya; tauraron da suka gani a gabas kuwa ya ja gabansu har ya tsaya a bisa inda yaron yake. 10Da suka ga tauraron, sai suka yi farin ciki ƙwarai da gaske. 11Da suka shiga gidan, sai suka ga yaron tare da Maryamu uwarsa, suka durƙusa suka yi masa sujada. Suka buɗe akwatunan dukiyarsu suka ba shi kyautai: zinariya, da lubban, da mur. 12Da aka gargaɗe su a mafarki kada su koma wurin Hiridus, sai suka koma ƙasarsu ta wata hanya dabam.
Uba Ya Tsare Ɗansa
13Bayan sun tafi, sai mala'ikan Ubanmu ya bayyana ga Yusufu a mafarki, ya ce, “Tashi, ka ɗauki yaron da uwarsa, ka gudu zuwa Masar, ka zauna a can sai na gaya maka—gama Hiridus yana shirin neman yaron domin yă kashe shi.”
14Sai ya tashi da dare ya ɗauki yaron da uwarsa, ya tafi Masar,
15ya zauna a can sai da Hiridus ya mutu, domin a cika abin da Ubanmu ya faɗa ta bakin annabi, cewa, “Daga Masar na kira Ɗana.” a a v15 Matta ya danganta waɗannan kalmomi na Hosiya ga Yesu: Ɗa na gaskiya wanda ya cika abin da Isra'ila, da aka kira daga Masar, bai taɓa iya cikawa ba.
16Sa'an nan Hiridus, da ya gane cewa masana sun yi masa wayo, sai ya husata ƙwarai, ya aiki mutane su kashe dukan yara maza masu shekara biyu zuwa ƙasa a Baitalami da dukan yankinta, bisa ga lokacin da ya gane daga wurin masana. 17Ta haka aka cika abin da aka faɗa ta bakin annabi Irmiya: 18“An ji murya a Rama, kuka da makoki mai zafi, Rahila tana kuka saboda 'ya'yanta; ta ƙi a yi mata ta'aziyya, domin ba su a raye.”
Uba Ya Kira Shi Gida
19Amma sa'ad da Hiridus ya mutu, sai mala'ikan Ubanmu ya bayyana ga Yusufu a mafarki a ƙasar Masar, 20yana cewa, “Tashi, ka ɗauki yaron da uwarsa, ka tafi ƙasar Isra'ila, gama waɗanda suke neman ran yaron sun mutu.”
21Sai ya tashi, ya ɗauki yaron da uwarsa, ya tafi ƙasar Isra'ila. 22Da ya ji cewa Arkelawus yana mulkin Yahudiya a maimakon ubansa Hiridus, sai ya ji tsoron zuwa can. Bayan an gargaɗe shi a mafarki, sai ya ratse zuwa yankin Galili. 23Ya je ya zauna a wani gari mai suna Nazarat, domin a cika maganar annabawa, cewa, “Za a ce da shi Banazare.”