The Birth of Jesus
(Matthew 1.18-25)1 At that time Emperor Augustus ordered a census to be taken throughout the Roman Empire. 2 When this first census took place, Quirinius was the governor of Syria. 3 Everyone, then, went to register himself, each to his own hometown.
4 Joseph went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to the town of Bethlehem in Judea, the birthplace of King David. Joseph went there because he was a descendant of David. 5 He went to register with Mary, who was promised in marriage to him. She was pregnant, 6 and while they were in Bethlehem, the time came for her to have her baby. 7 She gave birth to her first son, wrapped him in cloths and laid him in a manger—there was no room for them to stay in the inn.
The Shepherds and the Angels
8 There were some shepherds in that part of the country who were spending the night in the fields, taking care of their flocks. 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone over them. They were terribly afraid, 10 but the angel said to them, “Don't be afraid! I am here with good news for you, which will bring great joy to all the people. 11 This very day in David's town your Savior was born—Christ the Lord! 12 And this is what will prove it to you: you will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”
13 Suddenly a great army of heaven's angels appeared with the angel, singing praises to God:
14 “Glory to God in the highest heaven,
and peace on earth to those with whom he is pleased!”
15 When the angels went away from them back into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us.”
16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph and saw the baby lying in the manger. 17 When the shepherds saw him, they told them what the angel had said about the child. 18 All who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said. 19 Mary remembered all these things and thought deeply about them. 20 The shepherds went back, singing praises to God for all they had heard and seen; it had been just as the angel had told them.
Jesus Is Named
21 A week later, when the time came for the baby to be circumcised, he was named Jesus, the name which the angel had given him before he had been conceived.
Jesus Is Presented in the Temple
22 The time came for Joseph and Mary to perform the ceremony of purification, as the Law of Moses commanded. So they took the child to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, 23 as it is written in the law of the Lord: “Every first-born male is to be dedicated to the Lord.” 24 They also went to offer a sacrifice of a pair of doves or two young pigeons, as required by the law of the Lord.
25 At that time there was a man named Simeon living in Jerusalem. He was a good, God-fearing man and was waiting for Israel to be saved. The Holy Spirit was with him 26 and had assured him that he would not die before he had seen the Lord's promised Messiah. 27 Led by the Spirit, Simeon went into the Temple. When the parents brought the child Jesus into the Temple to do for him what the Law required, 28 Simeon took the child in his arms and gave thanks to God:
29 “Now, Lord, you have kept your promise,
and you may let your servant go in peace.
30 With my own eyes I have seen your salvation,
31 which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples:
32 A light to reveal your will to the Gentiles
and bring glory to your people Israel.”
33 The child's father and mother were amazed at the things Simeon said about him. 34 Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother, “This child is chosen by God for the destruction and the salvation of many in Israel. He will be a sign from God which many people will speak against 35 and so reveal their secret thoughts. And sorrow, like a sharp sword, will break your own heart.”
36-37 There was a very old prophet, a widow named Anna, daughter of Phanuel of the tribe of Asher. She had been married for only seven years and was now eighty-four years old. She never left the Temple; day and night she worshiped God, fasting and praying. 38 That very same hour she arrived and gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were waiting for God to set Jerusalem free.
The Return to Nazareth
39 When Joseph and Mary had finished doing all that was required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to their hometown of Nazareth in Galilee. 40 The child grew and became strong; he was full of wisdom, and God's blessings were upon him.
The Boy Jesus in the Temple
41 Every year the parents of Jesus went to Jerusalem for the Passover Festival. 42 When Jesus was twelve years old, they went to the festival as usual. 43 When the festival was over, they started back home, but the boy Jesus stayed in Jerusalem. His parents did not know this; 44 they thought that he was with the group, so they traveled a whole day and then started looking for him among their relatives and friends. 45 They did not find him, so they went back to Jerusalem looking for him. 46 On the third day they found him in the Temple, sitting with the Jewish teachers, listening to them and asking questions. 47 All who heard him were amazed at his intelligent answers. 48 His parents were astonished when they saw him, and his mother said to him, “Son, why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been terribly worried trying to find you.”
49 He answered them, “Why did you have to look for me? Didn't you know that I had to be in my Father's house?” 50 But they did not understand his answer.
51 So Jesus went back with them to Nazareth, where he was obedient to them. His mother treasured all these things in her heart. 52 Jesus grew both in body and in wisdom, gaining favor with God and people.
Yeesu la wuluwo
(Matiyu 1:18-25)1 Wo waatoo la, Rooma mansa* Okostu ye yaamaroo dii ko, moolu bee mennu be a la maraloo koto duniyaa bankoolu bee kaŋ, ì bee toolu si safee naamujoo kayitoolu bala. 2 Ñiŋ ne keta toosafee foloo ti, aduŋ a keta waatoo meŋ na, Kiriniyus le be kumandaŋyaa la Siriya tundoo kaŋ.
3 Moolu bee taata toosafoo la ì la wuluu saatewolu to taariŋ. 4 Wo kamma la Yusufa fanaa bota Nasareti saatewo to Kalilee tundoo kaŋ, a taata Betilehemu, Mansa Dawuda la wuluu saatewo to, Yudeya tundoo kaŋ, kaatu a bota Dawuda la lasiloo le kono. 5 Yusufa taata toosafoo la, a niŋ Mariyaama, meŋ be londiriŋ a ye ka a futuu. Wo waatoo la, konoo le be Mariyaama la.
6 Kabiriŋ ì be Betilehemu, Mariyaama la wuluu waatoo siita. 7 A ye a dinkee foloo wuluu, a ye a monjomonjo faanoo kono. A ye a landi bomboloo kono, kaatu ì maŋ dulaa soto luntaŋ buŋo kono.
Malaayikoolu niŋ kantarilaalu
8 Kantarilaalu le tarata nuŋ wuloo kono wo tundoo kaŋ. Ì be ì la saajiyolu kanta kaŋ wo suutoo la. 9 Maariyo la malaayikoo fintita naŋ ì kaŋ, aduŋ Maariyo la kallankeeyaa* ye jee fanundi. Wo kamma la, ì silata baake. 10 Wo to le malaayikoo ko ì ye ko, “Ali kana sila! A fele, ŋa kibaari betoo le samba naŋ ali ye, meŋ be ke la seewoo kuu baa ti moolu bee ye. 11 Bii, ali la Kiisandirilaa wuluuta Mansa Dawuda la wuluu saatewo to. Ate le mu Alimasiihu* ti, Maariyo. 12 Ñiŋ ne be ke la taamanseeroo ti ali ye: Ali be deenaanoo tara la monjomonjoriŋ faanoo kono, a be laariŋ bomboloo kono.”
13 Jee niŋ jee, malaayika jamaa naata kafu wo malaayikoo fee. Ì be Alla jayi kaŋ ko:
14 “Semboo niŋ waroo be Alla ye,
Arijana dulaa jamfariŋ baa to.
Kayiroo be duniyaa moolu fee,
Alla kontaanita mennu la kuwo la.”
15 Kabiriŋ malaayikoolu seyita Arijana kono, kantarilaalu ko ñoo ye ko, “Ali ŋà taa Betilehemu! Ŋà ñiŋ kuwo juubee, meŋ keta, Maariyo ye meŋ yitandi ǹ na.”
16 Kantarilaalu tariyaatoo taata. Ì ye Mariyaama niŋ Yusufa tara jee, ì niŋ deenaanoo meŋ be laariŋ bomboloo kono. 17 Biriŋ kantarilaalu ye deenaanoo je, ì ye kumoolu saata, malaayikoo ye mennu fo ì ye a la kuwo to. 18 Moolu bee mennu ye kantarilaalu la kibaaroo moyi, ì kaawata. 19 Bari Mariyaama ye ñiŋ kuwolu bee maabo a sondomoo kono le, aduŋ a ye i miira baake. 20 Kantarilaalu muruta, ì be Alla tentu la aniŋ ì be a jayi la kuwolu to, ì ye mennu bee moyi, aniŋ ì ye ì je fanaa. Kuwolu bee keta le ko a fota ì ye ñaameŋ.
Ì ye Yeesu deenaanimaa samba Yerusalaamu
21 Bituŋ tili seyinjaŋo luŋo la, biriŋ ì ye deenaanoo sunna, ì ye a toolaa Yeesu la, ko malaayikoo ye a fo ñaameŋ, janniŋ a baamaa be a konoo taa la.
22 Kabiriŋ ì la faŋ seneyandi waatoo siita, Yusufa niŋ Mariyaama ye deenaanoo samba Yerusalaamu Maariyo ñaatiliŋo la ko Musa la Luwaa* ye a landi ñaameŋ. 23 Kaatu a be safeeriŋ Maariyo la Luwaa kono le ko:
“Dinkee-wo-dinkee meŋ mu konoñaa foloo ti, a ñanta dii la Maariyo le la,” aduŋ
24 “ì ye puraa baa fula waraŋ puraariŋ fula bondi junube kafarilaŋ sadaa* ti.”
Ì ye a ke le ko Maariyo la Luwaa ye a landi ñaameŋ.
Simeyon niŋ Hanna ye Yeesu je
25 Kewo doo le tarata Yerusalaamu, ì ka a fo meŋ ye Simeyon. Ñiŋ kewo tilinta le, aduŋ a ye Alla ñaasilaŋo soto. A ka Banisirayila la kiisoo le batu, aduŋ Noora Kuliŋo be a fee le. 26 Noora Kuliŋo ye a yitandi a la le nuŋ ko, a te faa la, fo niŋ a ye Maariyo la Alimasiihu je.
27 Nooroo ye Simeyon kenkeŋ Alla Batudulaa* to. Biriŋ Yeesu la wuluulaalu ye a deenaanimaa samba jee ka kuwo ke a ye, Luwaa la aadoo ye meŋ landi, 28 Simeyon ye a muta a buloo kono. A ye Alla jayi ko:
29 “M Maariyo, saayiŋ i la dookuulaa niyo si taa noo le kayiroo kono,
ko i ye n laahidi ñaameŋ.
30 Saayiŋ n ñaa ye i la kiisoo je le,
31 i ye meŋ parendi nasiyoŋolu ye.
32 Ate le mu maloo ti ka siloo yitandi
bantala bankoolu* moolu la.
Ate le ye buuñaa naati Banisirayilankoolu ye,
i la moolu.”
33 Yeesu baamaa niŋ a faamaa kaawata, Simeyon ye kumoo meŋ fo a la kuwo to. 34 Bituŋ Simeyon ye Alla la neemoo duwaa ì ye, aduŋ a ko a baamaa Mariyaama ye ko, “Ñiŋ deenaanoo tombonta le ka Banisirayilanka jamaalu la boyoo niŋ wulindiroo saabu. Ate mu taamanseeroo le ti, ì be balaŋ na meŋ na, 35 fo moo jamaalu la miiroolu si yitandi. Aduŋ hawusaroo* be i faŋo sondomoo soo la le.”
36 Annabiyomu musoo doo fanaa tarata jee, ì ka a fo meŋ ye Hanna. A faamaa mu Fanuwel le ti, meŋ bota Aseri lasiloo kono. A keebaayaata baake le. A ye sanji woorowula doroŋ ne ke futuwo la, 37 wo koolaa a tuta furuyaa kono fo sanji taŋ seyi niŋ naani.
A nene maŋ bo Alla Batudulaa to. Suutoo niŋ tiloo a ka tu Alla batoo le la, suŋo niŋ duwaa. 38 Wo waati kiliŋo le la, a fanaa futata jee. A ye Alla tentu, aduŋ a ye deenaanoo la kuwo fo moolu bee ye, mennu be Yerusalaamu la kiisoo batu kaŋ nuŋ.
39 Biriŋ Yusufa niŋ Mariyaama ye kuwolu bee timmandi, Maariyo la Luwaa ye mennu landi, ì muruta Kalilee tundoo kaŋ ì la saatewo to, Nasareti. 40 Yeesu menta, a bambanta. A be faariŋ ñaameŋo la, aduŋ Alla la hiinoo be a fee.
Yeesu dindimmaa be Yerusalaamu
41 Saŋ-wo-saŋ Yeesu wuluulaalu ka taa Yerusalaamu le ka Maariyo Tambi Tumoo juura. 42 Kabiriŋ Yeesu ye sanji taŋ niŋ fula soto, a niŋ ì taata wo juuraloo to, ko ì la aadoo ye a landi ñaameŋ. 43 Kabiriŋ juuraloo banta, ì be seyi kaŋ tumoo meŋ na, Yeesu tuta kooma Yerusalaamu. A wuluulaalu maŋ a kalamuta, 44 ì ye a miira ko, a be kafoo kono le. Ì ye tiloo muumewo taama, wo koolaa ì naata a dati ka a ñini ì baadiŋolu niŋ ì teeroolu kono. 45 Biriŋ ì maŋ a je, ì muruta Yerusalaamu ka a ñini jee. 46 Tili saba koolaa, ì ye a tara siiriŋ Luwaa karammoolu* teema Alla Batudulaa to. A be i lamoyi kaŋ ì la, aduŋ a ka ì ñininkaa fanaa. 47 Moolu bee mennu ye a la kumoolu moyi, ì jaakalita baake a la fahaamuroo niŋ jaabiroolu la.
48 Kabiriŋ a wuluulaalu ye a je, ì jaakalita baake. A baamaa ko a ye ko, “N diŋo, muŋ ne ye a tinna i ye ñiŋ ke ntolu la? I faamaa niŋ nte niitooratoo tarata i ñini kaŋ ne kendeke.” 49 Bituŋ Yeesu ko ì ye ko, “Muŋ ne ye a tinna ali tarata n ñini kaŋ? Fo ali maŋ a loŋ ko, n ñanta tara la m Faamaa la buŋo kono le baŋ?” 50 Bari ì maŋ a la jaabiroo fahaamu, a ye meŋ fo ì ye.
51 Wo to le Yeesu niŋ ì muruta Nasareti. A tuta ì la yaamaroolu muta la. A baamaa ye ñiŋ kuwolu bee maabo a sondomoo kono le. 52 Yeesu tententa ka meŋ, a la ñaameŋo ka kafu, aduŋ a la kuwo ka tu Alla niŋ moolu kontaani la.
