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

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

2 “ Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, 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 King Herod heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

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

4 G athering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ would be born.

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

5 T hey said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for this is written through the prophet,

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

6 ‘ You Bethlehem, land of Judah, are in no way least among the princes of Judah: for out of you shall come a governor, who shall 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 secretly called the wise men, and learned from them exactly what time the star appeared.

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

8 H e sent them to Bethlehem, and said, “Go and search diligently for the young child. When you have found him, bring me word, so that I also 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 T hey, having heard the king, went their way; and behold, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, until it came and stood over 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 rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.

فَفَرِحُوا فَرَحاً عَظِيماً عِنْدَما رَأَوْا النَّجْمَ.

11 T hey came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, 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 B eing warned in a dream that they shouldn’t return to Herod, they went back to their own country another way.

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

13 N ow when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child 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 H e arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt,

فَقامَ يُوسُفُ وَأخَذَ الطِّفلَ وَأُمَّهُ لَيلاً وَذَهَبَ إلَى مِصْرَ.

15 a nd was there until the death of Herod; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt 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 saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned 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 that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying,

حِينَئِذٍ تَمَّ ما قِيلَ عَلَىْ لِسانِ النَّبِيِّ إرمِيا:

18 “ A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; she wouldn’t be comforted, because they are 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 was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,

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

20 “ Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those who sought the young child’s life are dead.”

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

21 H e arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

فَقامَ يُوسُفُ وَأخَذَ الطِّفلَ وَأُمَّهُ وَذَهَبَ إلَى أرْضِ إسْرائِيلَ.

22 B ut when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there. Being warned in a dream, he withdrew into 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 a nd came and lived in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”

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