U-Ibisani wafa, wembelwa eBetlehema.

Kwathi ngalezo zinsuku kungekho inkosi kwa-Israyeli, kwakukhona umLevi othile owayegogobele ohlangothini olungasemuva kwezintaba zakwa - Efrayimi, owazithathela isancinza eBetlehema Juda.

Isancinza sakhe samgilela ubufebe , sasuka kuye , saya endlini kayise eBetlehema Juda, sahlala khona isikhathi esiyizinyanga ezine.

Wathi kulo : Siyadlula sivela eBetlehema Juda , siya ohlangothini olungasemuva kwezintaba zakwa-Efrayimi; ngivela khona; ngaya eBetlehema Juda; sengiya endlini kaJehova , kepha akukho muntu ongamukela en dlini yakhe.

Base behamba bobabili baze bafika eBetlehema . Kwathi sebefikile eBetlehema, wonke umuzi wanyakaziswa, bathi: Lo unguNawomi na?

Wabuya-ke uNawomi kanye noRuthe wakwaMowabi umalokazana wakhe owabuya ezweni lakwaMo wabi, bafika eBetlehema ekuqaleni kokuvunwa kwebhali.

Bheka, uBowazi wafika evela eBetlehema , wathi kwabavunayo : UJehova makabe nani. Bathi kuye: UJehova makakubusise.

Bonke abantu ababesesangweni namalunga bathi : Singofakazi; uJehova makenze lowo wesifazane ongene endlini yakho abe njengoRaheli noLeya abakha bobabili indlu yakwa -Israyeli, ucebe e -Efratha, ube nodumo eBetlehema;

USamuweli wenza lokho akushoyo uJehova , waya eBetlehema . Amalunga omuzi amhlangabeza ethuthumela, athi: Ukufika kwakho kunokuthula na?

UDavide wahamba wabuya ukuyakwalusa izimvu zikayise eBetlehema.

Uma uyihlo engifica ngingekho , wothi: U Davide wacela nokucela ukuba agijimele eBetlehema umuzi wakhe , ngokuba kukhona lapho umhlatsh elo weminyaka ngeminyaka owenzelwa wonke umndeni wakubo.

UJonathani wamphendula uSawule, wathi: UDavide wangicela nokungicela ukuba aye eBetlehema,

UJesu esezelwe eBetlehema laseJudiya emihleni kaHerode inkosi , bheka, kwafika izazi eJerusalema, zivela empumalanga, zithi:

Bathi kuye : EBetlehema laseJudiya , ngokuba kulotshiwe kanjalo ngomprofethi ukuthi:

wazithuma eBetlehema, wathi: Hambani nibuzisise ngomntwana; kuyakuthi nxa nimfumene, ningitshele ukuba nami ngiye ngikhuleke kuye.

Kwathi u kuba zimuke kubo izingelosi ziya ezulwini , abelusi bakhuluma bodwa, bathi: Asihambe manje , size sifike eBetlehema , sibone leyo nto eyenzekileyo iNkosi esazisile yona.