2 “Uphi lowo ozelwe eyinkosi yabaJuda na? Ngokuba sibonile inkanyezi yakhe kwelasempumalanga, size ukukhuleka kuye.”
3 UHerode inkosi esekuzwile lokho wakhathazeka neJerusalema lonke kanye naye.
4 Wabutha bonke abapristi abakhulu nababhali besizwe, wabuza kubo ukuthi uKristu uzakuzalelwaphi.
5 Bathi kuye: “EBetlehema laseJudiya, ngokuba kulotshiwe kanjalo ngomprofethi ukuthi:
6 “ ‘Nawe Betlehema,lizwe lakwaJuda,kawusiye omncane nakanye kubabusi bakwaJuda,ngokuba kuyakuvela kuwe umbusioyakwalusa isizwe sami u-Israyeli.’ ”
7 Khona uHerode, ezibizile izazi ngasese, wabuzisisa kuzo isikhathi inkanyezi ebonakele ngaso,
8 wazithuma eBetlehema, wathi: “Hambani nibuzisise ngomntwana; kuyakuthi nxa nimfumene, ningitshele ukuba nami ngiye ngikhuleke kuye.”