Okukyala kw’Abagezigezi
12:1 a Luk 2:4-7 b Luk 1:5Yesu bwe yazaalibwa mu kibuga Besirekemu eky’omu Buyudaaya, ku mulembe gwa Kabaka Kerode, abasajja abagezigezi, abaava ebuvanjuba ne bajja mu Yerusaalemi, nga babuuza nti, 22:2 a Yer 23:5; Mat 27:11; Mak 15:2; Yk 1:49; 18:33-37 b Kbl 24:17“Aliwa eyazaalibwa nga Kabaka w’Abayudaaya? Kubanga twalaba emmunyeenye ye nga tuli mu buvanjuba, era tuzze okumusinza.”
3Awo Kabaka Kerode bwe yabiwulira ne bimweraliikiriza nnyo, era ne bonna abaali mu Yerusaalemi. 4N’ayita bakabona abakulu bonna n’abawandiisi b’amateeka n’abeebuuzaako ekifo Kristo gye yali agenda okuzaalibwa. 52:5 Yk 7:42Ne bamuddamu nti, “Mu Besirekemu eky’omu Buyudaaya, kyawandiikibwa nnabbi nti,
62:6 2Sa 5:2; Mi 5:2“ ‘Naawe Besirekemu ekya Yuda,
toli mutono mu balangira ba Yuda,
kubanga omufuzi aliva mu ggwe,
alifuga abantu bange Isirayiri.’ ”
7Awo Kerode n’atumya Abagezigezi kyama, n’ababuuza ebiro emmunyeenye bye yalabikiramu. 8N’abasindika e Besirekemu ng’agamba nti, “Mugende mubuulirize ebikwata ku mwana. Bwe mumulaba, mukomeewo muntegeeze, nange ŋŋende musinze!”
9Bwe baamala okuwulira Kabaka bye yabagamba ne bagenda. Bwe baafuluma, emmunyeenye eri gye baalaba ebuvanjuba n’eddamu okubalabikira n’okubakulembera, okutuusa lwe yayimirira waggulu Omwana w’ali. 10Bwe baalaba emmunyeenye ng’eyimiridde, essanyu lyabwe ne libeera lingi nnyo! 112:11 a Is 60:3 b Zab 72:10Bwe baayingira mu nnyumba2:11 nnyumba: abasajja abagezi tebaakyalira Yesu mu kiraalo ky’ente ekiro lwe yazaalibwa. Bajja wayiseewo ebbanga, kyebaava bamusanga mu nnyumba ng’ali ne nnyina. Newaakubadde ng’ebirabo byali bisatu, tekitegeeza nti abasajja abagezi baali basatu oba nti baali bakabaka. ne balaba Omwana ne Maliyamu nnyina ne bavuunama ne basinza Omwana. Ne basumulula ensawo zaabwe, ne bamutonera ebirabo, zaabu, n’obubaane n’omugavu. 122:12 a Beb 11:7 b nny 13, 19, 22; Mat 27:19Awo bwe baalabulibwa mu kirooto baleme kuddayo wa Kerode, bwe batyo ne baddayo ewaabwe nga bayita mu kkubo eddala.
Okuddukira e Misiri
132:13 a Bik 5:19 b nny 12, 19, 22Awo abagezigezi bwe baamala okugenda, malayika wa Mukama n’alabikira Yusufu mu kirooto n’amugamba nti, “Golokoka oddusize Omwana ne nnyina e Misiri, mubeere eyo okutuusa lwe ndibalagira okudda. Kubanga Kerode ajja kunoonya Omwana ng’ayagala okumutta.” 14Ekiro ekyo n’asituka n’atwala Omwana ne nnyina e Misiri. 152:15 Kuv 4:22, 23; Kos 11:1Ne babeera eyo okutuusa Kerode bwe yafa. Mukama kye yayogerera mu nnabbi we ne kituukirira, bwe yagamba nti:
“Nayita Omwana wange okuva mu Misiri.”
Okutta Abaana Abato
16Kerode bwe yalaba ng’Abagezigezi banyoomye ekiragiro kye, n’asunguwala nnyo, n’atuma abaserikale e Besirekemu ne mu byalo byakyo batte abaana bonna aboobulenzi ab’emyaka ebiri n’abatannagiweza, ng’asinziira ku bbanga abagezigezi lye baali bamutegeezeza mwe baalabira emmunyeenye. 17Awo ekigambo nnabbi Yeremiya kye yayogera ne kiryoka kituukirira ng’agamba nti,
182:18 Yer 31:15“Eddoboozi lyawulirwa mu Laama,
okukuba emiranga n’okukungubaga okunene,
nga Laakeeri akaabira abaana be,
nga tewakyali asobola kumuwooyawooya,
kubanga bonna baweddewo.”
Okuva e Misiri Okudda e Nazaaleesi
192:19 nny 12, 13, 22Kerode bwe yamala okufa malayika wa Mukama n’alabikira Yusufu mu kirooto e Misiri, 20n’amugamba nti, “Golokoka ozzeeyo Omwana ne nnyina mu Isirayiri, kubanga abaali baagala okutta Omwana bafudde.”
21Yusufu n’asitukiramu n’azzaayo Omwana ne nnyina mu nsi ya Isirayiri. 222:22 a nny 12, 13, 19; Mat 27:19 b Luk 2:39Naye bwe yatuuka mu kkubo n’atya nnyo bwe yawulira nga Alukerawo2:22 Alukerawo yali mutabani wa Kerode nga yafuga Buyudaaya ne Samaliya, era yafugira emyaka kkumi gyokka. Yali mukambwe nnyo ate nga wa ttima, kyeyava aggyibwa ku bufuzi, n’oluvannyuma ebitundu ebyo bye yafuganga, byafugibwa abaamasaza abaali balondeddwa Kayisaali. mutabani wa Kerode ye yali alidde obwakabaka. Mukama n’amulabulira nate mu kirooto aleme kugenda Buyudaaya, bw’atyo n’alaga e Ggaliraaya 232:23 a Luk 1:26; Yk 1:45, 46 b Mat 1:22 c Mak 1:24n’atuuka mu kibuga ky’e Nazaaleesi, ne babeera omwo. Ebigambo bya bannabbi bye baayogera biryoke bituukirire nga bagamba nti: “Aliyitibwa Munnazaaleesi.”
The Magi Visit the Messiah
1After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi2:1 Traditionally wise men from the east came to Jerusalem 2and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”
3When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born. 5“In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:
6“ ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for out of you will come a ruler
who will shepherd my people Israel.’2:6 Micah 5:2,4”
7Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. 8He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.”
9After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. 10When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 11On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. 12And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.
The Escape to Egypt
13When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”
14So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, 15where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called my son.”2:15 Hosea 11:1
16When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi. 17Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:
18“A voice is heard in Ramah,
weeping and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children
and refusing to be comforted,
because they are no more.”2:18 Jer. 31:15
The Return to Nazareth
19After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt 20and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child’s life are dead.”
21So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel. 22But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee, 23and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets, that he would be called a Nazarene.
