3Akukuva oku ukumkani uHerode, wakhathazeka, nayo yonke iJerusalem. 4Ebahlanganisile ke bonke ababingeleli abaziintloko nabachazi-mthetho balapho, wabuza kubo ukuba uKrestu ubeya kuzalelwa phi na. 5Bathi kuye: “EBhetelehem kwaJuda, kuba kubhaliwe *ngumshumayeli kwathiwa:
6“ ‘Wena Bhetelehem, sithili sakwaJuda,
akunguye oyena udelekileyo kubalawuli bakwaJuda,
kuba kuwe kuya kuphuma uMlawuli
oya kuba nguMalusi wabantu bam amaSirayeli.’”
A series of readings on Advent, exploring the reality and wonder of Jesus’ incarnation