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| وَلَمَّا وُلِدَ يَسُوعُ فِي بَيْتِ لَحْمِ ٱلْيَهُودِيَّةِ، فِي أَيَّامِ هِيرُودُسَ ٱلْمَلِكِ، إِذَا مَجُوسٌ مِنَ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ قَدْ جَاءُوا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ | ١ 1 |
Jesus was born in Bethlehem [town] in Judea [province] during the time [MTY] that King Herod [the Great ruled there. Some time] after Jesus was born, some men who studied the stars and who lived in a [country] east [of Judea] came to Jerusalem.
| قَائِلِينَ: «أَيْنَ هُوَ ٱلْمَوْلُودُ مَلِكُ ٱلْيَهُودِ؟ فَإِنَّنَا رَأَيْنَا نَجْمَهُ فِي ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَأَتَيْنَا لِنَسْجُدَ لَهُ». | ٢ 2 |
They asked [people], “Where is the one who has been born [in order that he might be] the king of [you] Jews? [We believe that your new king] has been born, because we have seen the star [that we believe indicated that] he has been [born]. [We saw it while we were in our country] east [of here]. So we have come to worship him.”
| فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ هِيرُودُسُ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱضْطَرَبَ وَجَمِيعُ أُورُشَلِيمَ مَعَهُ. | ٣ 3 |
When King Herod heard [what those men were asking], he became worried [that someone else might be proclaimed] {[people might proclaim someone else]} [king of the Jews to replace him]. Many [of the people] of Jerusalem [MTY, HYP] [also] became worried [because they were afraid of what King Herod might do].
| فَجَمَعَ كُلَّ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ وَكَتَبَةِ ٱلشَّعْبِ، وَسَأَلَهُمْ: «أَيْنَ يُولَدُ ٱلْمَسِيحُ؟». | ٤ 4 |
Then Herod gathered together all the ruling priests and men who taught the people the [Jewish] laws and he asked them where [the prophets had predicted that] the Messiah was to be born.
| فَقَالُوا لَهُ: «فِي بَيْتِ لَحْمِ ٱلْيَهُودِيَّةِ. لِأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا مَكْتُوبٌ بِٱلنَّبِيِّ: | ٥ 5 |
They said to him, “[He will be born] in Bethlehem, [here] in Judea [province], because it was written by the prophet [Micah] {the prophet [Micah] wrote} [long ago what God said]:
| وَأَنْتِ يا بَيْتَ لَحْمٍ، أَرْضَ يَهُوذَا، لَسْتِ ٱلصُّغْرَى بَيْنَ رُؤَسَاءِ يَهُوذَا، لِأَنْ مِنْكِ يَخْرُجُ مُدَبِّرٌ يَرْعَى شَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ». | ٦ 6 |
‘You [who live in] Bethlehem [APO], in Judea [province], your town is certainly very important [LIT], because a man from your [town] will become a ruler. He will guide my people [who live in] Israel.’”
| حِينَئِذٍ دَعَا هِيرُودُسُ ٱلْمَجُوسَ سِرًّا، وَتَحَقَّقَ مِنْهُمْ زَمَانَ ٱلنَّجْمِ ٱلَّذِي ظَهَرَ. | ٧ 7 |
Then [King] Herod secretly summoned those men who studied the stars. He asked them exactly when the star [first] appeared. [By what they told him, he was able to know the approximate age of the baby].
| ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَهُمْ إِلَى بَيْتِ لَحْمٍ، وَقَالَ: «ٱذْهَبُوا وَٱفْحَصُوا بِٱلتَّدْقِيقِ عَنِ ٱلصَّبِيِّ. وَمَتَى وَجَدْتُمُوهُ فَأَخْبِرُونِي، لِكَيْ آتِيَ أَنَا أَيْضًا وَأَسْجُدَ لَهُ». | ٨ 8 |
Then he [concealed what he really planned to do and] said to them, “Go to Bethlehem and inquire thoroughly [where] the infant is. When you have found him, [come back and] report to me so that I, myself, can go [there and] worship him, too.”
| فَلَمَّا سَمِعُوا مِنَ ٱلْمَلِكِ ذَهَبُوا. وَإِذَا ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلَّذِي رَأَوْهُ فِي ٱلْمَشْرِقِ يَتَقَدَّمُهُمْ حَتَّى جَاءَ وَوَقَفَ فَوْقُ، حَيْثُ كَانَ ٱلصَّبِيُّ. | ٩ 9 |
After the men heard what the king [told them], they went [toward Bethlehem]. To their surprise, the star that they had seen while they were in the eastern [country] went ahead of them [again] until it stood above [the house] where the child was.
| فَلَمَّا رَأَوْا ٱلنَّجْمَ فَرِحُوا فَرَحًا عَظِيمًا جِدًّا. | ١٠ 10 |
When they saw the star, they rejoiced greatly [and followed it].
| وَأَتَوْا إِلَى ٱلْبَيْتِ، وَرَأَوْا ٱلصَّبِيَّ مَعَ مَرْيَمَ أُمِّهِ. فَخَرُّوا وَسَجَدُوا لَهُ. ثُمَّ فَتَحُوا كُنُوزَهُمْ وَقَدَّمُوا لَهُ هَدَايَا: ذَهَبًا وَلُبَانًا وَمُرًّا. | ١١ 11 |
They [found] the house and entered it and saw the child and his mother, Mary. They bowed down and worshipped him. Then they opened their treasure [boxes] [MTY] and they gave gold, [costly] frankincense, and myrrh to him.
| ثُمَّ إِذْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيْهِمْ فِي حُلْمٍ أَنْ لَا يَرْجِعُوا إِلَى هِيرُودُسَ، ٱنْصَرَفُوا فِي طَرِيقٍ أُخْرَى إِلَى كُورَتِهِمْ. | ١٢ 12 |
[Because] God [knew that King Herod planned to kill Jesus], in a dream the men who studied the stars were warned {he warned the men who studied the stars} that they should not return to [King] Herod. So they returned to their country, [but instead of traveling back on the same road, they] went on a different road.
| وَبَعْدَمَا ٱنْصَرَفُوا، إِذَا مَلَاكُ ٱلرَّبِّ قَدْ ظَهَرَ لِيُوسُفَ فِي حُلْمٍ قَائِلًا: «قُمْ وَخُذِ ٱلصَّبِيَّ وَأُمَّهُ وَٱهْرُبْ إِلَى مِصْرَ، وَكُنْ هُنَاكَ حَتَّى أَقُولَ لَكَ. لِأَنَّ هِيرُودُسَ مُزْمِعٌ أَنْ يَطْلُبَ ٱلصَّبِيَّ لِيُهْلِكَهُ». | ١٣ 13 |
After the men who studied the stars left [Bethlehem], an angel [from] the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. He said, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you [(sg) that you should leave], because [King] Herod is about [to send soldiers] to look for the child so that they can kill him.”
| فَقَامَ وَأَخَذَ ٱلصَّبِيَّ وَأُمَّهُ لَيْلًا وَٱنْصَرَفَ إِلَى مِصْرَ. | ١٤ 14 |
So Joseph got up, he took the child and his mother [that] night, and they fled to Egypt.
| وَكَانَ هُنَاكَ إِلَى وَفَاةِ هِيرُودُسَ. لِكَيْ يَتِمَّ مَا قِيلَ مِنَ ٱلرَّبِّ بِٱلنَّبِيِّ ٱلْقَائِلِ: «مِنْ مِصْرَ دَعَوْتُ ٱبْنِي». | ١٥ 15 |
They stayed there until [King] Herod died, [and then they left Egypt]. By doing that, it was {they} fulfilled what the prophet [Hosea] wrote, which had been said by the Lord {which the Lord had said}, I have told my son to come out of Egypt.
| حِينَئِذٍ لَمَّا رَأَى هِيرُودُسُ أَنَّ ٱلْمَجُوسَ سَخِرُوا بِهِ غَضِبَ جِدًّا. فَأَرْسَلَ وَقَتَلَ جَمِيعَ ٱلصِّبْيَانِ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي بَيْتِ لَحْمٍ وَفِي كُلِّ تُخُومِهَا، مِنِ ٱبْنِ سَنَتَيْنِ فَمَا دُونُ، بِحَسَبِ ٱلزَّمَانِ ٱلَّذِي تَحَقَّقَهُ مِنَ ٱلْمَجُوسِ. | ١٦ 16 |
[While King] Herod [was still living], because he realized that he had been tricked by the men who studied the stars {the men who studied the stars had tricked him}, he became furious. Then, [assuming that Jesus was still in Bethlehem or the surrounding regions], Herod sent [soldiers there] to kill all the boy babies two years old and younger. [Herod calculated how old the baby was], according to what the men who studied the stars told him [about when the star first appeared].
| حِينَئِذٍ تَمَّ مَا قِيلَ بِإِرْمِيَا ٱلنَّبِيِّ ٱلْقَائِلِ: | ١٧ 17 |
[Because Bethlehem and Ramah towns were in the area where the descendants of Jacob’s wife Rachel lived, when soldiers killed the infant boys], they fulfilled what Jeremiah the prophet wrote,
| «صَوْتٌ سُمِعَ فِي ٱلرَّامَةِ، نَوْحٌ وَبُكَاءٌ وَعَوِيلٌ كَثِيرٌ. رَاحِيلُ تَبْكِي عَلَى أَوْلَادِهَا وَلَا تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَتَعَزَّى، لِأَنَّهُمْ لَيْسُوا بِمَوْجُودِينَ». | ١٨ 18 |
[Women] in Ramah were weeping and wailing loudly. [Women who were the descendants] of Rachel, [the ancestor of the women there] [SYN], were grieving for [what happened to] their children. [Even though people tried to comfort them], they would not be comforted {stop mourning}, because their children were dead.
| فَلَمَّا مَاتَ هِيرُودُسُ، إِذَا مَلَاكُ ٱلرَّبِّ قَدْ ظَهَرَ فِي حُلْمٍ لِيُوسُفَ فِي مِصْرَ | ١٩ 19 |
After Herod died [and while Joseph and his family were still in Egypt], an angel that the Lord [had sent] appeared to Joseph in Egypt in a dream.
| قَائِلًا: «قُمْ وَخُذِ ٱلصَّبِيَّ وَأُمَّهُ وَٱذْهَبْ إِلَى أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ مَاتَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا يَطْلُبُونَ نَفْسَ ٱلصَّبِيِّ». | ٢٠ 20 |
He said to Joseph, “Take the child and his mother and go back to Israel [to live], because the people who were looking for the child [in order to kill him] have died.”
| فَقَامَ وَأَخَذَ ٱلصَّبِيَّ وَأُمَّهُ وَجَاءَ إِلَى أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٢١ 21 |
So Joseph took the child and his mother, and they went back to Israel.
| وَلَكِنْ لَمَّا سَمِعَ أَنَّ أَرْخِيلَاوُسَ يَمْلِكُ عَلَى ٱلْيَهُودِيَّةِ عِوَضًا عَنْ هِيرُودُسَ أَبِيهِ، خَافَ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ إِلَى هُنَاكَ. وَإِذْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيْهِ فِي حُلْمٍ، ٱنْصَرَفَ إِلَى نَوَاحِي ٱلْجَلِيلِ. | ٢٢ 22 |
When Joseph heard that Archaelaus now ruled in Judea [district] instead of his father, [King] Herod [the Great], he was afraid to go there. Because he was warned {[God] warned Joseph} in a dream [that it was still dangerous for them to live in Judea], he [and Mary and Jesus] went to Galilee [District]
| وَأَتَى وَسَكَنَ فِي مَدِينَةٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا نَاصِرَةُ، لِكَيْ يَتِمَّ مَا قِيلَ بِٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ: «إِنَّهُ سَيُدْعَى نَاصِرِيًّا». | ٢٣ 23 |
to Nazareth [to live there]. The result was that what had been said by the ancient prophets {what the ancient prophets had said} [about the Messiah], that he would be called {people would call him} a Nazareth-man, was fulfilled {came true}.
