3 Bainhira liurai Herodes rona sira nia liafuan nee, nia laran susar teb-tebes, nunee mos povu iha Jerusalém tomak. 4 Depois Herodes halibur nai lulik nia ulun sira ho mestri relijiaun sira hotu hodi husu, “Mesias, Salvador nebee Maromak promete hori uluk kedas atu haruka mai nee, sei moris iha nebee?”
5 Sira hataan, “Iha aldeia Belém iha provinsia Judeia. Tanba hori uluk kedas Maromak nia profeta hakerek dehan,
7 Rona nunee, Herodes bolu nonook matenek nain sira nee hodi husu ba sira, hori-bainhira loos mak fitun nee mosu. I sira mos esplika ba nia. 8 Depois nia haruka sira baa Belém. Nia hameno hela dehan, “Senhor sira baa buka di-diak Labarik nee. Bainhira hetan ona Nia, mai fali foo hatene hau, para hau mos bele baa adora Nia.”
9-10 Rona tiha liurai nia liafuan, matenek nain sira nee komesa lao ba dadauk. Derepenti fitun nebee sira uluk haree iha lorosae nee, mosu fila fali iha sira nia oin. Haree nunee, sira mos kontenti teb-tebes, i sira lao tuir fitun nee. Too iha Labarik nee nia hela fatin, fitun nee mos para iha uma leten.
11 Nunee sira tama liu ba uma laran haree Labarik nee ho Nia inan Maria, i sira hakneak hakruuk too rai hodi adora Nia. Depois sira hasai sira nia prezenti karun teb-tebes, sira foo ba Labarik nee osan mean, ai been morin ho mina morin diak nian.
12 Hotu tiha Maromak foo hanoin ba sira liu husi mehi katak sira la bele fila fali ba Herodes. Entaun sira fila ba sira nia rain liu husi dalan seluk.
14 Iha kalan nee kedas, José hadeer lori Labarik nee ho Nia inan halai ba Ejitu, 15 i sira hela iha nebaa too Herodes mate. Uluk kedas Nai Maromak koalia liu husi Nia profeta dehan, “Hau bolu Hau nia Oan sai husi Ejitu.” Agora sai duni nunee.[b]
17 Buat nee akontese tuir saida mak Maromak nia profeta Jeremias foo sai uluk kedas dehan,
22 Maibee too iha nebaa, José rona katak liurai Herodes nia oan Arquelau mak ukun fali iha provinsia Judeia, nunee nia tauk atu fila ba nebaa. Maromak mos foo hanoin ba nia liu husi mehi. Entaun sira baa hela fali iha provinsia Galileia, 23 iha aldeia ida naran Nazaré. Nunee buat nebee profeta sira uluk koalia akontese duni. Sira dehan, “Ema sei bolu Nia Nazaré oan.”[d]
<- Mateus 1Mateus 3 ->- a Mikeias 5:1; 2 Samuel 5:2
- b Oseias (Hosea) 11:1
- c Jeremias 31:15
- d Marcos 1:24; Lucas 2:39; João 1:45