2 Lokhu kubalwa kokuqala kwenziwa uKhureniyu engumbusi waseSiriya.
3 Bonke baya kubalwa, yilowo nalowo emzini wakubo.
4 Naye uJosefa wakhuphuka ephuma eGalile emzini waseNazaretha, waya eJudiya emzini kaDavide othiwa iBetlehema, ngokuba wayengowendlu nozalo lukaDavide,
5 ukuyobalwa kanye noMariya owayemmiselwe ukuba abe ngumkakhe, ekhulelwe.
6 Kwathi-ke beselapho, zaphelela izinsuku zokuba abelethe.
7 Wazibula ngendodana, wayembesa, wayilalisa emkhombeni, ngokuba bantula indawo endlini yezihambi.
8 Kwakukhona abelusi kulelo zwe ababehlezi endle, belinda umhlambi wabo ebusuku.