1 Ndipo kunali masiku aja, kuti lamulo linaturuka kwa Kaisara Augusto kuti dziko lonse lokhalamo anthu lilembedwe;
2 ndiko kulembera koyamba pokhala Kureniyo kazembe wa Suriya.
3 Ndipo onse anamuka kulembedwa, munthu ali yense ku mudzi wace.
4 Ndipo Yosefe yemwe anakwera kucokera ku Galileya, ku mudzi wa Nazarete, kunka ku Yudeya, ku mudzi wa Davine, dzina lace Betelehemu, cifukwa iye anali wa banja ndi pfuko lace la Davine;