In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.  (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.)   And everyone went to their own town to register.
2  Kulawo malanga, Khesari Agustusi wakhipha umyalo wekutsi bonkhe bantfu labangephansi kwembuso wakhe batewubhaliswa, 2   (lokubhaliswa kwekucala kwentiwa ngesikhatsi Kwiriniyusi abusa eSiriya), 3  futsi bonkhe bantfu bahamba bayewubhaliswa, nguloyo naloyo waya edolobheni lakubo.