He summons the Magi and has them tell him when the star appeared to them and he sends them to Bethlehem saying: "Go and search diligently for the child and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship him" (v. 8).
7Ngako-ke Herodi wase ubita tati emhlanganweni wangasese, watibutisisa sikhatsi inkhanyeti leyayibonakale ngaso, 8wase utitfumela eBhetlehema utsi: "Hambani nimfunisise kahle lomntfwana; nasenimtfolile, nibobuya nitewungatisa, khona nami ngitekuya, ngiyewumkhotsamela."