2 Nakungena bantfu labalungile ebuholini, bantfu bayajabula; kodvwa nakubusa bantfu lababi, bantfu bayakhonona.
Ngekuyala kwenkhosi leso simemetelo sakhishwa eSusa inhlokodolobha yalowo mbuso; emancusa aphutfumisa lesimemetelo kuwo onkhe emave. Inkhosi naHamani bona bahlala phansi banatsa ngesikhatsi lidolobha lonkhe laseSusa lidzidzekile ngekumangala.
Modekhayi waphuma endlunkhulu embetse imijiva yebukhosi lelingangane nalemhlophe, nengubo lebukhwebeletane kanye nemchele lomuhle wegolide. Bonkhe bantfu edolobheni laseSusa bema etitaladini bamemeta ngalokukhulu kujabula.
kuze avimbe longenaNkulunkulu angabusi, angabekeli bantfu tingibe.
Nakuchuma bantfu labalungile, takhamiti telidolobha labo tiyatsakasa; kantsi nakufa lomubi, wonkhe umuntfu uyajabula.
Nangabe labalungile baba baholi, bonkhe bantfu bayajabula; kodvwa nangabe baholi kuba ngulababi, bantfu baphila ngekubhaca.
Njengelibhubesi lelibhodlako nelibhele lelihhongako, unjalo umbusi lomubi lobusa bantfu labeswele.
Nakungena bantfu lababi etikhundleni, bantfu bayabhaca; kodvwa nakuwa lababi, labalungile bayaphumelela bahlale etikhundleni.
Kukhona bubi lengibubonile lapha ngaphansi kwemtfunti welilanga, sono lesentiwa ngumbusi:
Tilima tifakwa etikhundleni letiphakeme, kutsi labakhulu nalabanjingile bafakwe kuletiphansi.
Ngaphindze ngabuka ngabona konkhe kucindzetelana lokwentiwako lapha ngaphansi kwemtfunti welilanga: Ngabona tinyembeti talabacindzetelwe, bate ngisho nemdvudvuti; emandla abengakubacindzeteli babo, kodvwa labo labacindzetelwe bate ngisho nemdvudvuti.
Kwatsi Herodi asabonile kutsi tati timyengile, watfukutsela wagcwala kokana, watfumela kutsi akubulawe bonkhe bantfwana labadvuna baseBhetlehema nakuto tonkhe tindzawo tangakhona lababeneminyaka lemibili nome ngephansi, kwaya ngesikhatsi labesibutisise etatini.
Inkhosi Herodi isakuva loko, yakhatsateka kakhulu kanye neJerusalema yonkhe.
Ingilosi yesikhombisa yashaya licilongo layo, kwase kuba nemisindvo lemikhulu kakhulu ezulwini itsi: “Umbuso walomhlaba sengumbuso weNkhosi yetfu, naKhristu wakhe; iyawubusa kuze kube phakadze naphakadze!”