Vatsvaki Vanouya kuMwanakomana
Vacheri venyeredzi vokune dzimwe nyika vanowana mwana uye vanomunamata; mambo muJerusarema anonyepera kuti achaita saizvozvo, ndokuuraya vakomana veBhetirehema. Baba vake vanomuchengeta kuburikidza nezviroto nokutiza usiku kuenda kuIjipiti, kwete nesimba. Kuchema kwaRakeri kunosiiwa kwakamira pakati penyaya.
2 1Jesu paakazvarwa muBhetirehema muJudhiya, pamazuva aMambo Herodhi, vachenjeri vaibva kumabvazuva vakasvika muJerusarema, 2vachiti, “Aripi uyo akazvarwa ari mambo wavaJudha? Nokuti takaona nyeredzi yake kumabvazuva uye tauya kuzomunamata.” 3Mambo Herodhi pavakanzwa izvi, vakatambudzika, neJerusarema rose pamwe chete navo. 4Vakaunganidza vaprista vakuru vose navanyori vavanhu, vachibvunza kuti Kristu aizozvarirwa kupi. 5Vakavaudza vachiti, “MuBhetirehema muJudhiya, nokuti izvi ndizvo zvakanyorwa kubudikidza nomuprofita: 6‘Asi iwe, Bhetirehema, munyika yaJudha, hauzi muduku zvachose pakati pavatongi vaJudha; nokuti kwauri kuchabuda mutongi achafudza vaIsraeri, vanhu vangu.’”
7Ipapo Herodhi vakadana vachenjeri muchivande, vakaziva kubva kwavari nguva chaiyo yakanga yaonekwa nyeredzi. 8Vakavatuma kuBhetirehema, vachiti, “Endai, mutsvakesese mwana. Kana mamuwana, dzokai muzondiudza, kuti neniwo ndiende ndizomunamata.”
9Vakati vanzwa mambo, vakasimuka vakaenda; nyeredzi yavakanga vaona kumabvazuva yakavatungamirira kusvikira yamira pamusoro pepakanga pane mwana. 10Pavakaona nyeredzi, vakafara nomufaro mukuru kwazvo. 11Vakati vapinda mumba, vakaona mwana anaMaria mai vake, vakawira pasi vakamunamata. Vakazarura zvibhokisi zvavo zvepfuma vakamupa zvipo: goridhe, zvinonhuhwira, nemura. 12Vakati vayambirwa muchiroto kuti varege kudzokera kuna Herodhi, vakadzokera kunyika yavo nenzira imwe.
Baba Vanochengetedza Mwanakomana Wavo
13Vakati vaenda, mutumwa waBaba vedu akaonekera kuna Josefa muchiroto, achiti, “Simuka, tora mwana namai vake, utizire kuIjipiti, ugogarako kusvikira ndakuudza—Herodhi vava kuda kutsvaka mwana kuti vamuuraye.”
14Akasimuka akatora mwana namai vake usiku akaenda kuIjipiti,
15akagarako kusvikira Herodhi vafa, kuti zvizadziswe zvakataurwa naBaba vedu kubudikidza nomuprofita, achiti, “Ndakadana mwanakomana wangu kubva muIjipiti.” a a v15 Mateo anoshandisa mashoko aya aHosea kuna Jesu: Mwanakomana wechokwadi anozadzisa zvakanga zvisingagoni kuitwa navaIsraeri, vaya vakadanwa kubva muIjipiti.
16Ipapo Herodhi, pavakaona kuti vachenjeri vakanga vavanyengera, vakashatirwa kwazvo, vakatuma varume kuti vauraye vanakomana vose vaiva namakore maviri zvichidzika muBhetirehema nomudunhu rayo rose, zvichienderana nenguva yavakanga vaziva kubva kuvachenjeri. 17Izvi zvakazadzisa zvakataurwa kubudikidza nomuprofita Jeremia: 18“Inzwi rakanzwika muRama, kuchema nokuungudza kukuru, Rakeri vachichemera vana vavo; vakaramba kunyaradzwa, nokuti havachipo.”
Baba Vanomudanira Kumusha
19Asi Herodhi vakati vafa, mutumwa waBaba vedu akaonekera muchiroto kuna Josefa muIjipiti, 20achiti, “Simuka, tora mwana namai vake, uende kunyika yaIsraeri, nokuti vaya vaitsvaka upenyu hwomwana vafa.”
21Saka akasimuka, akatora mwana namai vake, akaenda kunyika yaIsraeri. 22Paakanzwa kuti Arikerao vaitonga Judhiya panzvimbo yababa vavo Herodhi, akatya kuendako. Akati ayambirwa muchiroto, akaenda kudunhu reGarirea. 23Akaenda akandogara muguta rainzi Nazareta, kuti zvizadziswe zvakataurwa navaprofita, achiti, “Achanzi muNazareta.”