The Gospel Written by Angulu

1And it came to pass that we entered into the City of Jerusalem, and Balatu went before use unto the people and inquired in their own tongue, Where is this child who hath been born King of the Jews? For we beheld his sign in the east and have come to worship him. And now Herod, the King of Judea, heard of the inquiries of our band. And he did bring forth all his priests and scribes and did ask of them where the Christ should be born. And they answered him saying, The Christ shall be born in the Bethlehem of the land of Judea. For this is what hath been spoken by the prophets. And he sent forth his servants to bring us unto him. And we went before Herod and he asked of us, What is this sign you have seen and when did it appear? And Balatu spoke unto Herod, We beheld the sign in the east and it hath guided us westward, and it went before us as it were a fire by night and a cloud by day. And it was because of this star in the heavens that we knew the King of Kings had been born and we came hither to worship him. And the Herod did send us forth unto the city of Bethlehem in the land of Jerusalem with a charge that we should search for the child and when we hath found him we should send word unto him that he may likewise come to worship the King. Now behold that sign which we saw in the east did guide our journey toward Bethlehem. And we found there a house wherein Mary the Mother for Christ and Joseph his Father did dwell. For the star halted above the house where the child was. And we rejoiced because we saw the sign that it halted and we knew we were to behold the King. Now there were some of us who did enter within the house and we beheld the child and also his mother, Mary. Now these were those of us who entered within in turn: Datu Gayaw, and King Balatu, and King Hilalim, and King Shing-lun; and even the wise man Suran, and the other wise men Lakip, and Isareto, and also Ban-go; and we astronomers did go even myself, Bohan, and also the astronomer of King Balatu, and the astronomers of King Shing-lun. And we did fall before the young King and worship him. And the kings ordered the gifts be brought forward from the Isles of the sea was brought gold, from the wise men of Babel came Myr, and from the Han came incense of the most rare kind.