Matayo 2 - Ebibulia 2001

Abamagi b'oburugaizoba

¹ Orwo Yesu yazaliirwe Betelehemu eya Buyahudi omu makiro g'Omukama Herode, leba, ababuya b'enyanyinyi baruga oburugaizoba baija Yerusalemu nibabaza bati,

² “Alihai ogwo azairwe ali mukama w'Abayahudi? Tuboine enyanyinyi y'oburugaizoba, twamara twaija kumufukamira.”

³ Omukama Herode kuhulira ekigambo ekyo, ahwa omwoyo na Yerusalemu yona.

⁴ Aho ashoroza abakuhani bakuru n'abegesa b'Amateka b'eihanga ababaza mbali Masiha yabaire ali w'okuzalirwa.

⁵ Bamugambira bati, “Omuli Betelehemu eya Buyahudi; kuba nikwo omurangi yakihandikire ati,

⁶ ‘Iwe Betelehemu omu nsi ya Yuda, omu butwazi bwa Yuda toli muke muno n'akake; manyasi omuli iwe halitabukwamu omukama alitwara abantu bange aba Isiraeli.’ ”

⁷ Nirwo Herode yayesire abashaija abo abamanyi akababaliiliza kumanya ni maki kwema orwo enyanyinyi yabonekire.

⁸ Aho abatuma Betelehemu nabaragira ati, “Mugende munyomoze mbali omwana ali. Kamuramara kumubona mwije mummanyise, nanye kwakwo ngende mufukamire.”

⁹ Kabamazire kuhulira eby'omukama yagamba, bakwata omuhanda bagenda. Oraleba, enyanyinyi eyo babaire baboine oburugaizoba egenda ebebembeire, elemwa eyemeelera eiguru mbali omwana yabaire ali.

¹⁰ Kabamazire kubona enyanyinyi bashemelerwa muno, bagira ebyera bingi.

¹¹ Kabatahire omu nju babona omwana na nyina, Maria, bamufukamira. Bakomorora ebirongoro byabo bamuha ebigemuro: ezahabu, obunuma n'omubazi gwa mirai.

¹² Orwo batatiirwe omu kiroto kutagaruka wa Herode, baimukya bashubire omu nsi yabo, omuhanda batwarwa gundi.

Yesu nasingirwa Misiri

¹³ Kababaire bagenzire, omumalaika w'Omukama ahabukira Yozefu omu kiroto amugambira ati, “Imuka, otware omwana na nyina osingirwe Misiri, mara oikareyo kuhika orwo ndikugambira; enshonga Herode akwatiliire kuhiiga omwana mbali ali kumwita.”

¹⁴ Aho Yozefu aimuka akwata omwana na nyina omu kiro, aimukya agya Misiri,

¹⁵ aikarayo kuhika orwo Herode yafire. Eki kikaba kili ky'okugobesheleza ekyo Omukama yabaire agambire omu kanwa k'omurangi ati, “Nketa omwana wange kumwihya Misiri.”

Herode naita abaana

¹⁶ Herode kubona okwo abashaija abo abamanyi bamuraba omu magezi, ekiniga kija kumwita, aragira kwita abaana bona b'abojo omuli Betelehemu n'omu byaro byona ebyataineho ababaire bali b'emyaka ebili n'abatakagigobize, kuhonderana n'eibanga elyabaire lyarabireho kwema orwo yamanyurwize ebigambo ebyo aha bashaija abamanyi.

¹⁷ Aho kigobelera ekyo Omurangi Yeremia yagambire ati,

¹⁸ “Eiraka likahulirwa omuli Rama, okuchura n'okutongya kw'amani, Raheli nachulira abaanabe, akanga n'okumaramarwa, aha rw'okuba abaanabe bakafa.”

Yesu naruga Misiri

¹⁹ Orwo Herode yafire, omumalaika w'Omukama abonekera Yozefu omu kiroto ali Misiri nagamba ati,

²⁰ “Imuka, okwate omwana na nyina oshube omu nsi ya Isiraeli, enshonga abahigaga kwita omwana bafire.”

²¹ Yozefu aimuka, akwata omwana na nyina, agaruka Isiraeli.

²² Kyonkai kayahuliire okwo Arikelao niwe yabaire asikiire Herode ishe, akaba mukama wa Buyahudi, atina kugyayo, kandi kayamazire kutatirwa omu kiroto, ahinduka agya omu Wilaya ya Galilaya.

²³ Agenda atura omu kigo kilikwetwa Nazareti; ekyabaire kigambirwe abarangi kigobelere, bati, “Alyetwa Munazareti.”