2 · de In en · ho those ekeinos days hēmera a decree dogma went exerchomai out from para Caesar Kaisar Augustus for all pas the ho world oikoumenē to be registered apographō. ² This houtos registration apographē first prōtos took ginomai place while Quirinius Kyrēnios was governing hēgemoneuō · ho Syria Syria. ³ And kai everyone pas went poreuō to be registered apographō, each hekastos to eis · ho his heautou own town polis. ⁴ So de Joseph Iōsēph also kai went anabainō up from apo · ho Galilee Galilaia, from ek the town polis of Nazareth Nazareth, to eis · ho Judea Ioudaia, to eis the city polis of David Dauid, which hostis is called kaleō Bethlehem Bēthleem, because dia · ho he autos was eimi of ek the house oikos and kai lineage patria of David Dauid, ⁵ to be registered apographō with syn Mary Mariam, who ho was pledged mnēsteuō in marriage to him autos, and who was eimi expecting a child.

⁶ And de while en · ho they autos were eimi there ekei, the ho days hēmera were completed pimplēmi for her autos to ho give birth tiktō, ⁷ and kai she gave tiktō birth to a ho son hyios, her autos · ho firstborn prōtotokos. · kai She wrapped sparganoō him autos in swaddling cloths and kai laid anaklinō him autos in en a manger phatnē, because dioti there was eimi no ou place topos for them autos in en the ho inn katalyma.