13 Ha ba se ba tlohile, lengeloi la Morena la hlahela Josefa ka toro, la re: Tsoha, o nke ngwana le mmae, o balehele Egepeta, mme o dule teng, ke tle ke be ke o bolelle; hobane Heroda o tla batla ngwana ho mmolaya.
14 Yaba Josefa o tsoha, a nka ngwana le mmae bosiu, a fallela Egepeta.
15 A dula teng, Heroda a ba a shwa, ho tle ho etsahale ho boletsweng ke Morena ka moporofeta ya itseng: Ke latile mora wa ka Egepeta.
16 Jwale, Heroda ha a bona hobane o phomilwe ke ba bohlale, a halefa haholo; a romela ho bolaya bana bohle ba Bethlehema le ba naha yohle ya teng, ba lemo tse pedi le ba ba hlahlamang, a lekanya ka nako eo a e botsisisitseng ba bohlale.
17 Mohlang oo, ho etsahetse ho boletsweng ke moporofeta Jeremia, ha a re:
18 Mohoo o utlwahetse Rama, wa pohomela, wa dillo, wa mahlomola a maholo: Ragele o llela bana ba hae, mme o hana ho tshediswa, hobane ba le siyo.
19 Empa, eitse hobane Heroda a shwe, lengeloi la Morena la hlahela Josefa ka toro, Egepeta, la re: