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Na tama mattonu i te vahi te anake
1 Jisas e haanau mai i te matakaina Betlehem i roto Judia te saaita Herot ni tuku. Meri e mamaoha no oti, tena se roroa na tama i te anake e mattonu i te vahi na hetuu raa ku ttae ake i Jerusalem 2 no vahihhiri ma, “Teehee te tamariki e haanau iho ki mee mo tuku na Jiu naa? Maatou e kkite te hetuu Aia raa te saaita te hetuu raa ni tuu ake i te vahi te anake, ia tena maatou e oo mai ma ki hakamaru ake te tamariki naa.”
3 Te saoaita Herot ni rono na tattara ma e isi teeraa tuku ku haanau iho, aia ku se hihia roo, ia hoki na tama hakaatoa i roto Jerusalem raa ku se hihhia. 4 Tena Herot ki kanna ake na maatua hakananniu raa ia ma na tama poroporo na tuaa raa ki hakkutu ake hakaatoa, tena aia ki vahiri ake na tama raa ma, “Te Mesaia raa e me ki haanau mai i hee?”
5 Kito na tama raa ki meake ma, “Te Mesaia raa e me ki haanau iho i te matakaina Betlehem i roto Judia, e mee na profet raa ni tattaa ma:
6 ‘Betlehem e tuu i roto Judia,
akoe he matakaina e hakanaaniu hoki
i roto na matakaina Judia raa,
maitaname he tama hakanaaniu
e me ki haanau iho i te kina naa;
he tama e me ki hakattaki
Israel te kanohenua Anau raa.’ ”
7 Kito Herot ki kanna ake na tama mattonu ni oo mai peeraa i te anake raa ma ki kkutu hemuu ma aia, tena aia ki vahiri ake na tama raa ma ki iroa aia te saaita hee roo te hetuu raa ni hopo ake. 8 Tena aia ki kauna na tama mattonu raa ki oo i Betlehem ma na tattara nei, “Oo no ssee hakaraoi roo te tamariki naa, tena te saaita kootou e kkite te tamariki naa, kootou ku hakari mai ki iroa anau ki haere hoki anau no hakamaru te tamariki naa.”
9 10 Kito na tama raa ki oo, e meia te saaita na tama raa koi oo koi, na tama raa ku kkite te hetuu laatou ni kkite i te vahi te anake raa. Ia te saaita na tama mattonu raa ni kkite te hetuu raa, na tama raa ku hihhia roo! Te hetuu raa e haere i mua na tama raa no tae roo i te kina te tamariki raa e moe raa, tena ki hakamau. 11 Na tama mattonu raa ku oo no uru i roto te hare raa, ia te saaita na tama raa ni kkite te tamariki raa laaua ma Meri te tinna aia raa, na tama raa ku tutturi no hakamaru ake te tamariki raa. Tena na tama raa ki uhu ake na gol, na rehu e mannoni hakaaroha raa ia ma na maraseni e pena i na laakau e sui mmaha raa, tena ki kou ake na mee raa mo hoki te tamariki raa.
12 Kito na tama raa ki tauttari teeraa mateara no vakkai i te matakaina laatou raa, maitaname TeAtua ni tattara ake na tama raa i roto te miti ma ki se lavaa te vakkai iaa Herot raa.
Na maatua Jisas raa ku hakassao no oo i Isip
13 Te saaita na tama mattonu raa ni vakkai, te ensel TeAtua raa ku tuu ake iaa Josep i roto te miti no meake ma, “Herot e me ki sesee te tamariki naa ma ki taa ki mate. Mahike i aruna no too te tamariki naa laaua ma te tinna aia raa no hakassao no oo i Isip, tena kootou ku nnoho i te kina naa ki ttae roo te saaita anau e me ki meatu kootou ki vakkai mai muri.”
14 Kito Josep ki mahike te poo naa no too te tamariki raa laaua ma Meri no oo te poo naa koi i Isip, 15 tena laatou ki nnoho i Isip no tae roo te saaita Herot ni mate. Na mee nei e kapihi mai ki mee na tattara TeAtua ni tattara ake na profet i mua raa ki hakamaoni ma,
“Anau e kanna te tamariki tanata Anau raa
ki haere i taha ma Isip.”
Te taa na tamalliki no mmate
16 Herot ku roto roo te saaita aia ni iroa ma na tama mattonu i te vahi te anake raa e malliu ake aia. Tena aia ki hakamoe te tattara e ivi ma ki taa na tamalliki taanata hakaatoa i roto Betlehem ia ma na matakaina tappiri ake raa hoki; na tamalliki taanata tera ku ttae e rua na hetau te mattua laatou haere sara mai i raro. Herot e ppena te mee nei tautari te iroa aia ni too i na tama mattonu i te anake raa te saaita roo te hetuu raa ni hopo ake.
17 Na mee nei e kapihi mai, tena na tattara TeAtua ni tattara ake Jeremaia raa ku hakamaoni ma:
18 “Te nnana e hamai peeraa i Rama,
te nnana na tama e ttani okioki roo.
Resel e tanitani i na tamalliki aia,
tena aia se hihai ma ni tama ki oo ake
no hakatattara hia aia,
e mee na tamalliki aia raa hakaatoa ku mmate.”
Josep ma te hai tinna aia raa ku vakkai i Nasaret
19 I muri Herot ni mate, te ensel TeAtua raa ku tuu ake iaa Josep i roto te miti no tattara ake ma, 20 “Mahike i aruna no too te hai tinna akoe naa, tena kootou ku oo i Israel, maitaname na tama ni hahaivi ma ki taa te tamariki naa ku mmate.” 21 Tena Josep ku mahike i aruna no too te tamariki raa laaua ma Meri no vakkai i Israel.
22 Emeia te saaita Josep ni rono ma Arkelaus, te tama Herot raa ku tuku i Judia, aia ku mataku te vaakai i te matakaina raa. Kito TeAtua ki tattara ake hoki Josep i roto te miti, tena Josep ki haere i Galili 23 no noho i roto he matakaina hokotahi i Nasaret. Tena na tattara na profet nei raa ku hakamaoni:
“Te Tamariki raa e me ki kanna ria
pera ma he tama i Nasaret.”