1 Hua’tsin a Jesús ti bichou Belén axi cuentalith ti bichoulom Judea tam ti a Herodes pel i ts’ale ti Judea. Ani jun a q’uicha ulitschic ti Jerusalén i lej tsalpath inicchic axi tal ma ti calel q’uicha. 2 Xe’ets in conomichical:

―¿Ju’ta ti c’uajat jaja’ axi it hua’tsinenec ne’ets tin Ts’alejil an Israelchic? I tsu’chamal in otil tihua’ ti calel q’uicha, ani u tal huahua’ abal qui c’ac’na’.

3 Tam ti an ts’ale Herodes ani patal an c’uajilchic ti Jerusalén in ats’a’its jahua’ antsana’ in ulumal an tsalpath inicchic, lej t’elelelchic in ichich. 4 Ani a Herodes in caniy ca chich patal an oc’lec pale’ ani an exobchix c’al an ts’ejcath cau binath c’al a Moisés. In conoyalchic jahua’ tam bichou ti ne’ets ca hua’tsin a Cristo. 5 Ani toc’tsinchic:

―Ne’ets ca hua’tsin ti bichou Belén axi cuentalith teje’ ti bichoulom Judea jant’ini’ ti thuchathits c’al in caulomejil a Dios Miqueas. In thucha’ jahua’ in ulu a Dios antse’:

―Quit c’alechic ti Belén ani ca lej alhua’ aliy an t’ele’ cuitol, ani tam ca ela’its quit huichiy tiquin olchi abal quin c’alene cu c’ac’na’.

9 Ani tam ti uchanits antsana’ an tsalpath inicchic c’al an ts’ale Herodes, ta c’alechic ti Belén oc’nanchab c’al nixe’ xa ot ax in tsu’umal ti calel q’uicha. Jats in aynanchal ma ultsitschic ju’ta ti cubiyits hualq’ui’ ba’ an ata jun ti c’uajatits an t’ele’ Jesús. 10 Lej culbelchic tam tin tsu’u an ot taja’. 11 Otsitschic al an ata ani in tsu’uchic c’uajat an t’ele’ c’al in mim María. Tam in tuthuchic in c’ualal ani in c’ac’nal an t’ele’. Taley in caltha’chic i oro ani i jom ani i nihuihuiltalab mirra, ani in jilchi an t’ele’ Jesús. 12 Taley talbel uchanchic c’al a Dios tin huachib abal yab ca huichiy c’al a Herodes, ani jaxtam in yac’ua’chic pil i bel abal ca huichiy tim bichou.

13 Tam ti c’alets an tsalpath inicchic, a José in tsu’u tin huachib i ángel abath c’al a Dios. Ani uchan c’al an ángel:

―Cum c’al a Herodes ne’ets ca alchin an t’ele’ ca tsemthanchat, quit ts’aquiy ca thubat ne’tha’ an t’ele’ ani c’al in mim tihua’ ti Egipto. Taja’ quit c’uajiychic ma tam nan tu ucha’ quit calets.

14 Tam ejtsin a José ani in ne’tha’ an t’ele’ ani c’al in mim acal tihua’ ti Egipto. 15 Ani tats ti c’uajilchic ma tam ti tsemtsits a Herodes. Patal antsana’ t’ajnenec abal ca putun jahua’ in ulumalits a Dios tin hui’ c’al in caulomejil Oseas antse’: Tihua’ ti Egipto ne’ets cu ucha’ u Tsacamil ca cale.

16 Tam ti a Herodes in tso’obna’ abal c’ambiyatits c’al an tsalpath inicchic, lej huat’ath c’athpich tsacul. Ma in aba’ i cau abal ca tala’ tsemtha patal an t’ele’ cuitol axi it hua’tsinenec ani ma ax im putumalits tsab i tamub. Cum a Herodes in exla’its abal yabaye huat’ath tsab tamub tam ti che’nec an tsalpath inicchic quin tsu’u an t’ele’ Jesús, jaxtam antsana’ ta ca tsemtha an t’ele’ cuitolchic tim patal am bichou ti Belén ani tin tonith a Belén. 17 Ani tin ebal in tsemtal nixe’ xi t’ele’chic jats tu putnal an cau jahua’ in thuchamal in caulomejil a Dios Jeremias antse’: