1 Nuko mu misi abacamanza+ bashitsa ubutungane, ikigoyi+ kiratera mu gihugu, maze umugabo umwe ava i Betelehemu+ muri Yuda kugira aje kuba mu turere twa Mowabu+ ari kavamahanga, we hamwe n’umugore wiwe n’abahungu biwe babiri.

2 “Nayo wewe, ewe Betelehemu Efurata+, wewe mutoyi cane ku buryo utoharurwa mu bihumbi vya Yuda+, muri wewe+ hazomviramwo uwuzoba umutware muri Isirayeli+, amamo yiwe akaba ari ayo kuva mu bihe vya kera, kuva mu misi ya kera*+.