7 Sono Herode wanguŵadana ŵaukwi kuubende, wanguŵakokoska nyengo yakuwoneke nyenyezi.
Karongororero kake kenga kakusilirika kwakuruska mafuta gha mukaka, kweni nkhondo yenga mu mtima wake; mazu ghake ghenga gha koloŵa kwakuruska mafuta, kweni ndipuuli ghenga malipanga ghakuwewepuwa.
Tiyeni tichite nawo kwakuchenje, vinu ŵangandana. Asani yatiwiya nkhondo, ŵakajisazganga ku ŵakupindikana ŵidu, ndipo ŵakarwanga nafwe; ndi ŵakathaŵangamo mu charu ichi.”
nditumuwona, kweni sono cha; nditumlereska, kweni pafupi cha: nyenyezi yikatuliyanga mwaku Yakobe, ndipo ndodo ya ufumu yikayukanga mwaku Yisraele; yikaphwanyanga pa maso paku Moabu, ndi kuswa ŵana ŵanthurumi wose ŵaku Seti.
Kweni wachipapika Yesu mu Betelehemu waku Yuda mu mazuŵa ghaku Herode karonga yo, wonani, ŵaukwi ŵaku vuma ŵanguza ku Yerusalemu, ŵakuti,
Herode, pakuwona kuti wapusikika ndi ŵaukwi, wangukaripa ukongwa, ndipo wangutuma ndi wangukoso ŵana ŵanthurumi wose mu Betelehemu ndi mu mphaka zake zose, ŵa virimika viŵi ndi pasi pake, kwakulingana ndi nyengo yo ŵanguziya ŵaukwi wo.
Ndipo wanguŵatuma ku Betelehemu, wanguti, “Kaninga, mukapenje kwarwana vyapa mwana yo, asani mwamsaniya, nditauliyeni, viyo kuti nane so ndizichimlambiya.”
Kweni Feliko, yo wanguwamo kwakufikapo vya Nthowa yo, wanguŵalindika, wakuti, “Penipo Lusia, nduna yira yo, wasikiya kuno, ndamziŵiska chikhomo cha mrandu winu.”
Ndipo njoka yo yingudira ku mlomo wake maji, ulaka ndi msinji, kuvuli ku munthukazi, alinga kuti wamkukurwiske ndi mweza.
Sauli wangughanaghana, “Ndimupaske alinga waŵe nge nchiŵana kwaku iyo, ndi kuti janja la ŵaFilisti limikanenge nayo.” Mwaku ichi Sauli wangukamba nayo so kachiŵi Davidi, “Ukaŵanga mkosano wangu.”