Mateo Sane Kpakpa a
2 Benɛ a fɔ Yesu ngɛ Betlehem nɛ ngɛ Yudea ngɛ Matsɛ Herode* yi nɔ ɔ, hyɛ! dodoe mi hyɛli je Puje He kɛ ba Yerusalem, 2 nɛ a ba bi ke: “Jije Yudabi ɔmɛ a matsɛ nɛ a fɔ ɔ ngɛ? Ejakaa benɛ wa ngɛ Puje He ɔ, wa na e dodoe, nɛ wa ba konɛ wa ba kplã si ha lɛ.”* 3 Benɛ Matsɛ Herode kɛ nihi tsuo nɛ a ngɛ Yerusalem ɔ nu munyu nɛ ɔ, a hao wawɛɛ. 4 Benɛ e tsɛ ma a mi osɔfo nikɔtɔma amɛ, kɛ womi ngmali ɔmɛ tsuo kpe ɔ, e bi mɛ he nɛ a ma fɔ Kristo* ɔ ngɛ. 5 A de lɛ ke: “Ngɛ Betlehem nɛ ngɛ Yudea a, ejakaa gbalɔ ɔ ngma ke: 6 ‘Nɛ mo Betlehem, mo nɛ o ngɛ Yuda zugba a nɔ, ngɛ anɔkuale mi ɔ, mo ji ma nyafii pe kulaa ngɛ Yuda amlaalo ɔmɛ a hɛ mi. Se o mi lɛ amlaalo ko maa je kɛ ba, nɛ e ma ba hyɛ Israelbi ɔmɛ a nɔ kaa bɔ nɛ to hyɛlɔ hyɛɛ tohi a nɔ ɔ.’”
7 Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, Herode tsɛ dodoe mi hyɛli ɔmɛ kpe ngɛ laami mi, nɛ e bi mɛ konɛ a tsɔɔ lɛ be tutuutu nɛ dodoe ɔ je kpo ɔ. 8 Benɛ e maa wo mɛ blɔ kɛ ya Betlehem ɔ, e de mɛ ke: “Nyɛɛ ya nɛ nyɛ ya hla jokuɛ ɔ fitsofitso, nɛ ke nyɛ na lɛ ɔ, nyɛ ba bɔ mi amaniɛ konɛ imi hu ma ya nɛ ma ya kplã si ha lɛ.” 9 Benɛ a nu nɔ́ nɛ matsɛ ɔ de ɔ, a pue nɔ kɛ ho, nɛ hyɛ! dodoe ɔ nɛ a na benɛ a ngɛ Puje He ɔ nyɛɛ a hɛ mi hluu kɛ ya si be nɛ e ya da si ngɛ he nɛ jokuɛ ɔ ngɛ ɔ yi nɔ. 10 Benɛ a na dodoe ɔ, a bua jɔ wawɛɛ nitsɛ. 11 Nɛ benɛ a sɛ we ɔ mi ɔ, a na jokuɛ ɔ kɛ e nyɛ Maria, kɛkɛ nɛ a kplã si nɛ a wo e hɛ mi nyami. Jehanɛ se hu ɔ, a bli a juetli kotoku ɔmɛ a nya, nɛ a ke lɛ ní. A ke lɛ sika tsu, ohɛ, kɛ mimɛ. 12 Se akɛnɛ Mawu bɔ mɛ kɔkɔ ngɛ nlami mi kaa a ko kpale a se kɛ ya Herode ngɔ hu he je ɔ, a gu blɔ kpa kɛ ho a ma a mi ya.
13 Benɛ a je ɔ, hyɛ! Yehowa* bɔfo ɔ je e he kpo kɛ tsɔɔ Yosef ngɛ nlami mi nɛ e de lɛ ke: “Tee si nɛ o ngɔ jokuɛ ɔ, kɛ e nyɛ ɔ, nɛ nyɛɛ tu fo kɛ ho Egipt ya. Nyɛɛ hi si ngɛ lejɛ ɔ kɛ yaa si be nɛ o maa nu ye he, ejakaa Herode ma ba hla jokuɛ ɔ konɛ e gbe lɛ.” 14 Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, Yosef te si nɛ e ngɔ jokuɛ ɔ kɛ jokuɛ ɔ nyɛ ɔ, nɛ nyɔ mi ɔ, a je kɛ ho Egipt ya. 15 E hi lejɛ ɔ kɛ ya si be nɛ Herode gbo. Enɛ ɔ ha nɛ nɔ́ nɛ Yehowa* de kɛ gu e gbalɔ ɔ nɔ ɔ ba mi. E de ke: “I tsɛ ye bi ɔ kɛ je Egipt.”
16 Benɛ Herode na kaa dodoe mi hyɛli ɔmɛ sisi lɛ ɔ, e mi mi fu wawɛɛ nitsɛ. Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, e tsɔ konɛ a ya gbe jokuɛ nyumuwi tsuo nɛ a ngɛ Betlehem, kɛ lejɛ ɔ kpokpa amɛ a nɔ ɔ. E da be tutuutu nɛ dodoe mi hyɛli ɔmɛ tsɔɔ lɛ ɔ nɔ kɛ fã ke a gbe ni nɛmɛ nɛ a ye jeha enyɔ kɛ ni nɛmɛ nɛ a sui jã a. 17 Enɛ ɔ ha nɛ nɔ́ nɛ Mawu de kɛ gu gbalɔ Yeremia nɔ ɔ ba mi. E de ke: 18 “A nu gbi ko ngɛ Rama, kɔmɔ yemi kɛ ya fomi boboobo. Rahel ngɛ e bimɛ ɔmɛ a he ya foe, nɛ e kplɛɛ we nɛ nɔ ko nɛ e wo e bua, ejakaa a be hu.”
19 Benɛ Herode gbo ɔ, hyɛ! Yehowa* bɔfo ɔ je e he kpo kɛ tsɔɔ Yosef ngɛ nlami mi ngɛ Egipt 20 nɛ e de lɛ ke: “Tee si nɛ o ngɔ jokuɛ ɔ kɛ e nyɛ ɔ nɛ nyɛɛ ho Israel zugba a nɔ ya, ejakaa nihi nɛ a ngɛ hlae kaa a ma kpata jokuɛ ɔ wami* hɛ mi ɔ gbo.” 21 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, e te si nɛ e ngɔ jokuɛ ɔ kɛ jokuɛ ɔ nyɛ ɔ nɛ a ho Israel zugba a nɔ ya. 22 Se benɛ e nu kaa Arkelao ngɛ matsɛ yee ngɛ e tsɛ Herode se ngɛ Yudea a, e ye gbeye kaa e maa ya lejɛ ɔ. Nɛ akɛnɛ Mawu bɔ lɛ kɔkɔ ngɛ nlami mi he je ɔ, e je kɛ ho Galilea kpokpa a nɔ ya. 23 Nɛ e ya hi ma ko nɛ a tsɛɔ ke Nazaret ɔ mi, konɛ nɔ́ nɛ Mawu de kɛ gu gbali ɔmɛ a nɔ ɔ nɛ ba mi. E de ke: “A ma tsɛ lɛ ke Nazaretno.”*