17 Khona kwagcwaliseka okwakhulunywa ngoJeremiya umprofethi ukuthi:
18 “Kwezwakala izwi eRama,ukukhala nokulila okukhulu,uRakheli ekhalela abantwana bakhe,engavumi ukududuzwa, ngokuba abasekho.”
19 Kepha uHerode esefile, bheka, ingelosi yeNkosi yabonakala ngephupho kuJosefa eGibithe, yathi:
20 “Vuka uthabathe umntwana nonina, uye ezweni lakwa-Israyeli; ngokuba sebefile ababezingela ukuphila komntwana.”
21 Wasuka-ke, wathabatha umntwana nonina, wafika ezweni lakwa-Israyeli.
22 Kepha ezwa ukuthi sekubusa u-Arkelawu eJudiya esikhundleni sikaHerode uyise, wesaba ukuya khona; eseyaliwe nguNkulunkulu ngephupho wamuka waya kwelaseGalile;
23 wafika wakha emzini othiwa iNazaretha ukuba kugcwaliseke okwakhulunywa ngabaprofethi ukuthi: “Uyakubizwa ngokuthi umNazaretha.”