17 Pamenepo mfumu inauza asilikali othamanga+ amene anaima pamaso pake kuti: “Tembenukani ndi kupha ansembe a Yehova chifukwa ali kumbali ya Davide. Iwo anali kudziwanso kuti Davide ndi wothawa koma sanaulule kwa ine!”+ Koma atumiki a mfumuwo sanafune kutambasula manja awo kuti akanthe ansembe a Yehova.+

2 Olungama akachuluka, anthu amasangalala,+ koma aliyense woipa akayamba kulamulira, anthu amabuula.+

3 Akalonga ake anali mikango imene inali kubangula.+ Oweruza ake anali mimbulu yoyenda usiku imene sinatafune mafupa mpaka m’mawa.+

16 Koma Herode, poona kuti okhulupirira nyenyezi aja am’pusitsa, anakwiya koopsa. Choncho anatumiza anthu kukapha ana onse aamuna m’Betelehemu ndi m’zigawo zake zonse, kuyambira azaka ziwiri kutsika m’munsi, mogwirizana ndi nthawi imene anafunsira mosamala kwa okhulupirira nyenyezi aja.+