1-3 O'no* Mu numu natzepotugu ka nana Quirinus mee naneadu ka mu Syrian numu moohedu. yise soo mu Roman numu-kooba katudu, Augustus mee naneadu tubo mee tunetammana, “No'yoona numu sakwa tu naneana tzebotugu, ka tu nanamooatupu pukwi'yoona kemmapu-wisoo.” 4-5 Soo Joseph ka David-ma'yoona tsuaketu tu nanamooatupu, yise ka Bethlehem numu nokatu-kwi'yoona kemmapu ka Judea mee naneadu teepu-koobatu. Soo Joseph ka Mary-no yise ka Nazareth† Nazareth nokadu-kwi ka Galilee mee naneadu teepu-koobatu. mee naneadu-wi'yoona Bethlehem-witoo memeakwate tu nananeana botugukwuse. Umu ka saa'a nanodukwadookwu. Mooasoo soo Mary paba kohe'a.

6-7 Umu yise Bethlehem-wi pepetugase, soo Mary yise naatse tooa'adoo. Oosoo mu oonga'a mu mooe tooa'a. Soo Mary yise wunapu-wi oo wutootase, ka pookoo tukanoo-kwi oo tzahabeku, umu ka gi hanosoo toikwuse. Mooasoo kakaa'no'yoo soo numu pukwi tooina.

8 Mu seepu takonedu-matu tu seepu tako'ne, ona sukwe puuwana. 9 Te Naa-baa'yoona mu tutakonedu-koobatoo pa'anakwana gootabua petuse mu gootabuakupunne, yise sumu'yoo Te Naa tummatziwabe, mu toha kakasa-gakoo-matu pa'anakwana umu-tamme wuegena. Mu tutakonedu tubetse unu sua'e. 10 Soo Te Naa tummatzidu yise meeoo mu netamma, “Mu sakwa gi suipana. Nu besa mu tuukwegena, no'obatusoo numu besa masokwamakwudu. 11 Yaa tabeno mooasoo soo Te Pabe'e nadooa'adoo, oona Bethlehem-witoo ka David pukwi'yoo kemmapu-wi'yoona. Soo Te Pabe'e mu magwetzoikwutu. 12 Mu oo sopedakwadookwu nu togesapa mu tuukwe'e, mu oo mayukwu ka oonga'a wunapu-wi namabutooena, pookoo tukanoo-kwi oo natzahabekute.”

13 Toge o'no, ewa'yoo mu Te Naa tutummatzidu toha kakasa-ga'yoo pa'anakwana umu-baa petugonnose nanesootuhina mee unnegonno, 14 “U pa'anakwatu Ne Naa tubetse besa'yoo. U, Ne Naa ka mu numu-matoo besa soonammena yaa teepu-koobatoo mu sootuhina mu magwetzoikwu.”

15 Umu Te Naa tutummatzidu toha kakasa-ga'yoo yise punowsoo toogoopatoosoo kodyuhoo. Mu tutakonedu yise meeoo nananetamma, “Tamme sakwa oona Bethlehem-witoo mease, oo poonne ka Te Naa tamme tuukwena.” 16 Mu tutakonedu yise yabesoo mea'ase, Mary-no Joseph mayu petuga, yise ka oonga'a ka pookoo tukanoo-kwi oo natzahabekute.

17-20 Mu tutakonedu yise punnowsoo kodyuna, nanesootuhina mee unnemena, “Ne Naa, u tubetse besa'yoo. U, Ne Naa numme sootuhipu. Numme nanasookwugi pooha namanipu poonnena ka pooha na'unnewunudu naka. No'yoona tookwa soo ume unnepu togesapa.” Umu yise punowsoo meana mu numu tuukwemena, ka oonga'a tu poonnepu-witu. “Hownne'yookwugina soo oonga'a?” mee mu numu ka mu tutakonedu unnena nakadu sokwama. Soo Mary mu unnena soomayuna, yise ewa oetu soohaneyakwe.

21 Namewatsu tabe mease ka mu Jew numu ka Te Naa pumme tunetammakapu mayohoyakwe umu ka oonga'a Jew numu manena tumayohokukwu. Jesus mee oo nea, ka Te Naa tummatziwabe ka toha kasa-gakoo pumme netamma-kwa'nesoo, gisoo ka Mary kohe'a.

22-24 Soo Mary ka tu hoone manena tatukwase, yise ka Joseph-no ka tu oonga'a Jesus tzahedana ka Jerusalem mee naneadu-kwitoo memea. Ka o pepetugase, ka pabow nanesootuhi nobe-kwitoo memea, soo Mary waahoo weeho ka Te Naa tzademe, ka Te Naa tunetammana mayohona. Soo Te Naa meeoo, “Soo numu mooe tooa tooe hannano pana nugatu.”

25 Sumu'yoo besa'yoo wa'etse, Simeon mee naneadu, Jerusalem-wi nobe-ga'yoo. Oosoo ooosapa ka Te Naa-matoo nanesootuhina, ka tu Nanumu Magwetzoidu Te Pabe'e petukwuna wutooedu. 26 Soo Te Naa ka Simeon ka Tu Besa Pooha-ma meeoo, tuusoobedyapu-ga'yoo, “Gisoo u ya'ena, u Nanumu Magwetzoikwudu poonnekwu.”

27 Soo Te Naa Besa Pooha ka nanesootuhi nobe-kwitoo ka Simeon ta'ya. O'no yise mu Mary-no Joseph ka Jesus tzahedana pepetuoo, ka tumayohope mayohokwuse. 28 Soo Simeon ka Jesus tzahedase, tu puta-wi oo hedapunnena, ka Te Naa-matoo nanesootuhiwunu mee unnewunu, 29-32 “U, Ne Naa, tubetse besa'yoo. Nu meno'o oo poonne numme-matoo u tutayana numu magwetzoikwudu. Oosoo saa'a mu gi Jew numu togesapa u unnepu tunedyooena yise mu Jew numu sootuhidooa. Wuna'me nu oo wutoo'e, ume nakabetseana. Nu gisoo ya'ena oo poonnekwu mee u e tuukwe. Meno'o yise nu besa soomanena mesoo ya'e, nu ka mooasoo oo poonnese.”

33 “Soo Simeon sumuna besa ka ne tooa-witu netamma,” mee mu Jesus naanapua'amu ka gi oo nakasopedakwadoopana besa oo nakasokwamakute. 34-35 Soo Simeon yise mu nanesootuhikuse, ka Mary meeoo netamma, “U tooa'a saa'a ka mu Jew numu suda tumatuguna tzapoonnekudooa, yise ka hayoo mu tusooyugwena. Umu-matu namagwetzoikwudu. Umu-matu punno'o kadoo namayugwekwu umu ka oo nekwohonena. U punno'o unu tutuha soonammekwu ka mu numu u tooa tumoo'ookese.”

36 Toge o'no, tubetse unu peawabe, Anna mee naneadu, umu-baa petuhoo. Soo Anna tubetse besa'yoo numu. Besa'yoo uga kooma-gana 37 ka tu kooma ya'ese, unusoo besa'yoo ka wuna'me nonotsa awamooa nanesootuhiyakwe ka nanesootuhi nobe-kwi'yoona nanesootuhidyina, nonotsa yongona tuwazoo. Ewasoo gi tukapana nanesootuhiyakwe. Soo Anna Te Naa yadooawabe. 38 Ka Mary noko Joseph pu-baa pepetugase, Anna ka Te Naa-matoo nanesootuhi, “U, Ne Naa, tubetse besa'yoo. Yowsoo oonga'a te wutooena. Esoo tamme Jew numu magwetzoikwudu.”

39 Joseph-no Mary ka tumayohope mayohose, ka Te Naa pumme netamma-kwa'ne ka tu teepu Galilee mee naneadu-kwitoo punowsoo kodyuka, ka Nazareth mee naneadu-kwitoo ka Te Pabe'e-nosoo. 40 Soo Te Pabe'e Jesus mee naneadu naatse manekese, unu natzooena, unu soonamme, ka Te Naa pumme sootuha'e.

41 Nonotsa sumu tomoyina soo Te Pabe'e Jesus naanapua'amu ka Jerusalem mee naneadu-kwitoo memeayakwe, nananesootuhina na'ewa tukayakwe, ka oo soomayuna, o'no mu Jew numu natzama'wu. 42 Soo Te Pabe'e yise ka tooebetse manese, sumumano waha matsebuekudu (12) tomose, umu-no mea. 43-44 Soo Te Pabe'e Jesus naanapua'amu yise ka hemma namamakwuse, ka Jerusalem-wi'yoona memea. “Soo Jesus ka sumuna ta nananumu noko tu pupua'amu-no kemma,” mee umu sokwama. Pana soo Te Pabe'e ka Jerusalem-wisoo mani. O'no yongona umu oo too'e kwate tu nananumu-baatu. 45 Pana umu-baatu kadoo'oo. Umu yise ka Jerusalem-witoosoo kokodyuka oo watena. 46 Pahe tabe mease, umu oo mayu, ka nanesootuhi nobe-kwikoo mu nanesootuhibu numu tunedyooedu naka katuna ka nanesootuhibu-witu besasoo mu tutubengayakwe. 47 “Esoo besa oo nakasopedakwadoona mu mesoo nanekwegeayakwe, tooe togesoo naatsepana,” mee mu nanesootuhibu numu oo soobedya. 48 “How manena soo Jesus mow mu numu tunedyooedu yadooe katu?” mee oo naanapua'amu sokwama. Soo oo pea yise meeoo oo netamma, “Manatu tooe numme u too'e wate. U sakwa uga gi 'yoo suda ne matugupana.” 49 Soo Te Pabe'e oo nanekwegease meeoo, “How yise manena mu e too'e wate? Mu mooasoo oo sopedakwatoo nu yaa E Naa-baa oo nakabetseana.” 50 Soo Te Pabe'e naanapua'amu oo unnena gi nakasopedakwatoo.

51 Umu yise ka Nazareth mee naneadu-kwitoo punowsoo kodyuka. Soo Te Pabe'e yise tu naanapua'amu besa nakabetsea. 52 Nanakese unu soonamme manepetu soo Te Naa besa oo soobedya, mu numu punno'o.