[2:1] At that time Emperor Augustus ordered a census to be taken throughout the Roman Empire.
[2:2] When this first census took place, Quirinius was the governor of Syria.
[2:3] Everyone, then, went to register himself, each to his own hometown.
[2:4] Joseph went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to the town of Bethlehem in Judea, the birthplace of King David. Joseph went there because he was a descendant of David.
[2:5] He went to register with Mary, who was promised in marriage to him. She was pregnant,
[2:6] and while they were in Bethlehem, the time came for her to have her baby.
[2:7] She gave birth to her first son, wrapped him in cloths and laid him in a manger—there was no room for them to stay in the inn.