1. Mumazuva iwayo Kesari Ogasito akapa chirevo chokuti vagari vose venyika dzose dzaitongwa neRoma vaverengwe.
2. Uku ndiko kwaiva kuverengwa kwokutanga kwakaitwa panguva yaKuriniasi paakanga ari mubati weSiria.
3. Uye mumwe nomumwe akaenda kuguta rake kuti andonyoresa.
4. Saka Josefawo akakwira achibva kuguta reNazareta muGarirea achienda kuJudhea, kuBheterehema guta raDhavhidhi nokuti akanga ari weimba yaDhavhidhi noworudzi rwake.
5. Akaenda ikoko kundonyoresa naMaria, waakanga atsidzira kuzowanana naye uye akanga ava napamuviri.
6. Vachiri ikoko, nguva yokuzvarwa kwomwana yakasvika,
7. akazvara dangwe rake, mwanakomana. Akamuputira nemicheka akamuisa muchidyiro chezvipfuwo, nokuti muimba yavaeni makanga musisina nzvimbo yavo.
8. Uye kwakanga kuna vafudzi vakanga vachigara kumafuro aiva pedyo naikoko, vachichengeta makwai avo usiku.
9. Mutumwa waShe akazviratidza kwavari, uye kubwinya kwaJehovha kwakavakomba, uye vakatya kwazvo.
10. Asi mutumwa akati kwavari, “Musatya. Ndauya nenhau dzakanaka dzomufaro mukuru uchava wavanhu vose.
11. Nhasi muguta raDhavhidhi mazvarwa Muponesi; ndiye Kristu Ishe.
12. Ichi ndicho chichava chiratidzo kwamuri: Muchawana mwana akaputirwa nemicheka uye avete muchidyiro chezvipfuwo.”
13. Pakarepo hondo huru yokudenga yakaonekwa pamwe chete nomutumwa vachirumbidza Mwari vachiti:
14. “Mwari ngaarumbidzwe kumusoro-soro,uye rugare panyika nokuvanhu vaanofarira.”
15. Vatumwa vakati vabva kwavari uye vaenda kudenga, vafudzi vakataurirana vachiti, “Handei kuBheterehema tindoona chinhu chaitika ichi, chataudzwa nezvacho naShe.”