1 N ow when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, asking,

وَلَمّا وُلِدَ يَسُوعُ فِي مَدِينَةِ بَيتَ لَحْمَ فِي إقلِيمِ اليَهُودِيَّةِ فِي أيّامِ حُكْمِ المَلِكِ هِيرُودُسَ، جاءَ بَعْضُ الحُكَماءِ مِنَ الشَّرْقِ إلَى مَدِينَةِ القُدْسِ،

2 W here is He Who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the east at its rising and have come to worship Him.

وَسَألُوا: «أينَ هُوَ الطِّفلُ الَّذِي وُلِدَ حَدِيثاً، وَالَّذِي سَيَكُونُ مَلِكَ اليَهُودِ؟ لِأنَّنا رَأينا نَجْمَهُ فِي الشَّرْقِ، وَقَدْ أتَينا لِنَسْجُدَ لَهُ.»

3 W hen Herod the king heard this, he was disturbed and troubled, and the whole of Jerusalem with him.

فَانزَعَجَ المَلِكُ هِيرُودُسُ عِنْدَما سَمِعَ ذَلِكَ، وَكَذَلِكَ كُلُّ سُكّانِ مَدِينَةِ القُدْسِ.

4 S o he called together all the chief priests and learned men (scribes) of the people and anxiously asked them where the Christ was to be born.

فَجَمَعَ هِيرُودُسُ كُلَّ كِبارِ الكَهَنَةِ وَمُعَلِّمِي الشَّرِيعَةِ، وَسَألَهُمْ عَنْ مَكانِ وِلادَةِ المَسِيحِ.

5 T hey replied to him, In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:

فَقالُوا لَهُ: «فِي مَدِينَةِ بَيتَ لَحْمَ فِي إقليمِ اليَهُودِيَّةِ، لِأنَّ هَذا هُوَ المَكْتُوبُ بِيَدِ النَّبِيِّ:

6 A nd you Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, you are not in any way least or insignificant among the chief cities of Judah; for from you shall come a Ruler ( Leader) Who will govern and shepherd My people Israel.

‹أنتِ يا بَيتَ لَحْمَ الواقِعَةَ فِي أرْضِ اليَهُودِيَّةِ، لَسْتِ قَلِيلَةَ الأهَمِّيَّةِ بَينَ حُكّامِ يَهُوذا، لِأنَّهُ مِنْكِ سَيَخْرُجُ حاكِمٌ، يَرْعَى شَعبِي بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ.›»

7 T hen Herod sent for the wise men secretly, and accurately to the last point ascertained from them the time of the appearing of the star '> how long the star had made itself visible since its rising in the east].

فَدَعا هِيرُودُسُ الحُكَماءَ وَالْتَقَى بِهِمْ سِرّاً، وَعَرَفَ مِنْهُمُ الوَقْتَ الَّذِي ظَهَرَ فِيهِ النَّجْمُ بِشَكلٍ دَقِيقٍ،

8 T hen he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, Go and search for the Child carefully and diligently, and when you have found Him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship Him.

ثُمَّ أرْسَلَهُم إلَى مَدِينَةِ بَيتَ لَحْمَ، وَقالَ: «اذْهَبُوا وَابحَثُوا عَنِ الطِّفلِ. وَعِنْدَما تَجِدُونَهُ أخبِرُونِي، حَتَّى آتِيَ أنا أيضاً وَأسجُدَ لَهُ.»

9 W hen they had listened to the king, they went their way, and behold, the star which had been seen in the east in its rising went before them until it came and stood over the place where the young Child was.

فَاسْتَمَعَ الرِّجالُ الحُكَماءُ إلَى المَلِكِ ثُمَّ ذَهَبُوا. وَإذا بِالنَّجمِ الَّذِي رَأوهُ فِي الشَّرْقِ يَسيرُ أمامَهُمْ، حَتَّى جاءَ وَوَقَفَ فَوقَ المَكانِ الَّذِي كانَ فِيهِ الطِّفلُ.

10 W hen they saw the star, they were thrilled with ecstatic joy.

فَفَرِحُوا فَرَحاً عَظِيماً عِنْدَما رَأَوْا النَّجْمَ.

11 A nd on going into the house, they saw the Child with Mary His mother, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then opening their treasure bags, they presented to Him gifts—gold and frankincense and myrrh.

فَدَخَلُوا المَنزِلَ وَرَأَوْا الطِّفلَ مَعَ مَرْيَمَ أُمِّهِ، فَرَكَعُوا عَلَى الأرْضِ ساجِدِينَ لَهُ. ثُمَّ فَتَحُوا صَنادِيقَ كُنُوزِهِمْ، وَقَدَّمُوا لَهُ هَدايا: ذَهَباً وَبَخُوراً وَمُرّاً.

12 A nd receiving an answer to their asking, they were divinely instructed and warned in a dream not to go back to Herod; so they departed to their own country by a different way.

ثُمَّ حَذَّرَهُمُ اللهُ فِي حُلْمٍ مِنَ العَودَةِ إلَى هِيرُودُسَ، فَسافَرُوا إلَى بِلادِهِمْ فِي طَرِيقٍ آخَرَ. الهُرُوبُ إلَى مِصْر

13 N ow after they had gone, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, Get up! '> Tenderly] take unto you the young Child and His mother and flee to Egypt; and remain there till I tell you, for Herod intends to search for the Child in order to destroy Him.

وَبَعْدَ أنْ سافَرَ الرِّجالُ الحُكَماءُ، ظَهَرَ مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ لِيُوسُفَ فِي حُلْمٍ وَقالَ لَهُ: «قُمْ خُذِ الطِّفلَ وَأُمَّهُ وَاهرُبْ إلَى مِصْرَ، وَابْقَ هُناكَ حَتَّى أُخبِرَكَ، لِأنَّ هِيرُودُسَ سَيَبحَثُ عَنِ الطِّفلِ لِيَقتُلَهُ.»

14 A nd having risen, he took the Child and His mother by night and withdrew to Egypt

فَقامَ يُوسُفُ وَأخَذَ الطِّفلَ وَأُمَّهُ لَيلاً وَذَهَبَ إلَى مِصْرَ.

15 A nd remained there until Herod’s death. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, Out of Egypt have I called My Son.

وَبَقِيَ هُناكَ حَتَّى مَوتِ هِيرُودُسَ. حَدَثَ هَذا لِيَتِمَّ ما قالَهُ الرَّبُّ عَلَىْ لِسانِ النَّبِيِّ: «مِنْ مِصْرَ دَعَوتُ ابْنِي.» هِيرُودُسُ يَقْتُلُ أطفالَ بَيتَ لَحْم

16 T hen Herod, when he realized that he had been misled by the wise men, was furiously enraged, and he sent and put to death all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that territory who were two years old and under, reckoning according to the date which he had investigated diligently and had learned exactly from the wise men.

وَعِنْدَما عَرَفَ هِيرُودُسُ أنَّ الرِّجالَ الحُكَماءَ خَدَعُوهُ، غَضِبَ جِدّاً، وَأمَرَ بِقَتلِ جَمِيعِ الصِّبْيانِ فِي مَدِينَةِ بَيتَ لَحْمَ وَكُلِّ المِنطَقَةِ المُجاوِرَةِ، مِنْ عُمرِ سَنَتَينِ فَما دُونَ، وَذَلِكَ بِحَسَبِ الوَقتِ الَّذِي أكَّدَهُ لَهُ الرِّجالُ الحُكَماءُ.

17 T hen was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah:

حِينَئِذٍ تَمَّ ما قِيلَ عَلَىْ لِسانِ النَّبِيِّ إرمِيا:

18 A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be comforted, because they were no more.

«صَوتٌ سُمِعَ فِي الرّامَةِ، صَوتُ بُكاءٍ وَنَوحٍ عَظِيمٍ. إنَّهُ صَوتُ راحِيلَ تَبكِي عَلَى أولادِها، وَهِيَ تَرفُضُ أنْ تَتَعَزَّى لِأنَّهُمْ مَوْتَى.» العَودَةُ مِنْ مِصْر

19 B ut when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt

بَعْدَ مَوتِ هِيرُودُسَ، ظَهَرَ مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ فِي حُلْمٍ لِيُوسُفَ فِي مِصْرَ.

20 A nd said, Rise, '> tenderly] take unto you the Child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the Child’s life are dead.

وَقالَ لَهُ: «قُمْ خُذِ الطِّفلَ وَأُمَّهُ وَارجِعْ إلَى أرْضِ إسْرائِيلَ، لِأنَّ الَّذِينَ كانُوا يُحاوِلُونَ قَتلَ الطِّفلِ ماتُوا.»

21 T hen he awoke and arose and '> tenderly] took the Child and His mother and came into the land of Israel.

فَقامَ يُوسُفُ وَأخَذَ الطِّفلَ وَأُمَّهُ وَذَهَبَ إلَى أرْضِ إسْرائِيلَ.

22 B ut because he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea in the place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And being divinely warned in a dream, he withdrew to the region of Galilee.

وَلَكِنْ عِندَما سَمِعَ أنَّ أرْخِيلاوُسَ صارَ هُوَ المَلِكَ فِي إقليمِ اليَهُودِيَّةِ مَكانَ أبِيهِ هِيرُودُسَ، خافَ أنْ يَذْهَبَ إلَى هُناكَ. وَبَعْدَ أنْ حَذَّرَهُ اللهُ فِي حلْمٍ، ذَهَبَ إلَى إقليمِ الجَلِيلِ،

23 H e went and dwelt in a town called Nazareth, so that what was spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled: He shall be called a Nazarene.

وَسَكَنَ فِي بَلْدَةٍ اسْمُها النّاصِرَةُ. حَدَثَ هَذا لِيَتِمَّ ما قالَهُ الأنبِياءُ بِأنَّ المَسِيحَ سَيُدْعَى ناصِرِيّاً.