19 Waba uyafa ke ngaloo ndlela uRakeli waza wangcwatywa endleleni yase-Efrata, oko kukuthi, eBhetelehem.+

7 Ke kaloku kwakukho umfana waseBhetelehem+ kwaYuda wentsapho yakwaYuda, yaye wayengumLevi.+ Wayehlala apho okwexesha elithile.

2 “Nawe, Bhetelehem Efrata,+ wena umncinane gqitha ukuba ube phakathi kwamawaka akwaYuda,+ kuwe+ ndiya kuphunyelwa ngulowo uza kuba ngumlawuli wakwaSirayeli,+ omvelaphi yakhe isusela kumaxesha angaphambili, ukususela kwimihla yexesha elingenammiselo.+

6 ‘Nawe, Bhetelehem+ yelizwe lakwaYuda, akusiso nakanye esona sixeko singabalulekanga phakathi kweerhuluneli zakwaYuda; kuba kuwe kuya kuphuma lowo ulawulayo,+ oya kwalusa+ abantu bam, amaSirayeli.’”