This first census was taken while Quirinus was governor of Syria. Everyone had to be registered in his own town. So everyone set out for his own city; Joseph too set out from Nazareth of Galilee. As he belonged to the family of David, being a descendant of his, he went to Judea to David's town of Bethlehem to be registered with Mary, his wife, who was with child.
Et chacun allait se faire inscrire dans sa ville d'origine. Joseph, lui aussi, quitta la ville de Nazareth en Galilée, pour monter en Judée, à la ville de David appelée Bethléem, car il était de la maison et de la descendance de David.