2:1 - At that point, Caesar Augustus decreed that taxes be levied on everyone.
2:2 - (The governor of Syria was Cyrenius who first made this taxing happen.
2:3 - And everyone had to go to his home city to be taxed.
2:4 - And Joseph left Galilee, traveling from Nazareth into Judaea until he reached Bethlehem, the city of David. This was because David was an ancestor of Joseph.
2:5 - To register with Mary, the woman he was engaged to marry, who was pregnant.
2:6 - And while they were there, the time came when she was ready to have her baby.
2:7 - She brought forward the first son she had, covered and wrapped him in old cloths, laid him down in a manger; because there wasn’t any space for them in the inn.
2:8 - And in the same area there were shepherds working in the field, keeping an eye on their flock at night.
2:9 - God’s angel appeared and God’s glory was visible everywhere. Seeing the angel and God’s glory made the shepherds feel very afraid.
2:10 - The angel spoke to them and told them not to be afraid for he was there not to instill fear but to tell them that a savior had been born who was meant for all people.
