Kweni iwe, Betelehemu Efrata, wamweniwe we mumana kuŵa mukati mu mafumu ghaku Yuda, mwaku iwe mukawiyanga kutuwa kwaku ine wakuusa, mu Yisraele, mweniyo chandilu chake nchakali ukongwa, chituwa ku mazuŵa ghamwaka.
Pakuti penipo ndingutuwa mu Padani, Rakelo ku chitima changu wangufwa mu charu cha Kanani pa nthowa penipo penga peche mtunda wakuya ku Efrata; ndipo ndingumuŵika penipa pakuya ku Efrata (ndiyo Betelehemu).”
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.
Zina la munthu yo lenga Elimeleke, ndipo zina la muwoli wake lenga Naomi mazina gha ŵana ŵake wo ŵaŵi ghenga Maloni ndi Chilioni. Ŵenga ŵaEfrata ŵakutuliya mu Betelehemu waku Yuda, ŵanguruta mu charu cha Moabu ndi ŵanguja mwenimuwa.
Sono ŵanthu wose wo ŵenga pa likomo, ndi ŵara ŵanguti, “Te ŵakaboni. Mphanyi Ambuya amuchita munthukazi uyu wakazanga mu nyumba yako kuŵa uli ndi Rakelo ndi Leya, ŵeniwo pamoza ŵanguzenga nyumba yaku Yisraele. Mphanyi mwasakata mu Efrata ndi kuŵa ŵalumbiri mu Betelehemu;
Titakuti tapatukana pano msana wale uchiya pa muunda waku Rakele wamukumana ndi ŵanthu ŵaŵi mu mphaka yaku Benjamini pa Zelza, ŵakambenge nawe kuti, ‘Mbunda zo mungamupenja zikuwoneka, ndipo sono ausu ŵareka kughanaghana ndi mbunda ŵafipa mtima ndi iwe, ŵatiti, “Ndichitengenji ndi mwana wangu?” ’