Mateu 2
1 Pasi Jezusi lindi në Bethlehem të Judesë në kohën e mbretit Herod, ja që disa dijetarë nga lindja arritën në Jeruzalem,
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.
2 duke thënë: “Ku është mbreti i Judenjve, që ka lindur? Sepse pamë yllin e tij në Lindje dhe erdhëm për ta adhuruar”.
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.”
3 Mbreti Herod, kur dëgjoi këto fjalë, u shqetësua, dhe bashkë me të mbarë Jeruzalemi.
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].
4 Dhe, mbasi i mblodhi të gjithë krerët e priftërinjve dhe skribët e popullit, i pyeti ku duhet të lindte Krishti.
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.
5 Dhe ata i thanë: “Në Bethlehem të Judesë, sepse kështu është shkruar nëpërmjet profetit:
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]:
6 “Dhe ti, Bethlehem, tokë në Jude, nuk je aspak më e parendësishmja ndër princat e Judesë, sepse nga ti do të dalë një udhëheqës, që do të kullotë popullin tim, Izraelin””.
‘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.’”
7 Atëherë Herodi i thirri fshehurazi dijetarët, dhe i pyeti me hollësi se kur e kishin parë yllin për herë të parë.
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].
8 Dhe i dërgoi në Bethlehem dhe tha: “Shkoni dhe pyesni me kujdes për fëmijën; dhe, kur ta gjeni, më njoftoni që të vij edhe unë ta adhuroj”.
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.”
9 Dhe ata, pasi e dëgjuan mbretin, u nisën; dhe ja, ylli që kishin parë në lindje u shkonte përpara atyre derisa u ndal përmbi vendin ku ndodhej fëmija.
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.
10 Ata, kur e panë yllin, u gëzuan me gëzim shumë të madh.
When they saw the star, they rejoiced greatly [and followed it].
11 Dhe, mbasi hynë në shtëpi, panë fëmijën me Marien, nënën e tij, dhe ranë përmbys dhe e adhuruan. Pastaj hapën thesaret e tyre dhe dhuruan: ar, temjan dhe mirrë.
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.
12 Pasi Perëndia i udhëzoi në ëndërr që të mos ktheheshin te Herodi, ata u kthyen në vendin e tyre nga një rrugë tjetër.
[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.
13 Tani pasi u nisën Dijetarët, ja një engjëll i Zotit iu shfaq në ëndërr Jozefit dhe i tha: “Çohu, merr fëmijën dhe nënën e tij dhe ik në Egjipt, dhe rri aty deri sa të të lajmëroj, sepse Herodi do ta kërkojë fëmijën për ta vrarë”.
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.”
14 Jozefi, pra, u zgjua, mori fëmijën dhe nënën e tij natën dhe iku në Egjipt.
So Joseph got up, he took the child and his mother [that] night, and they fled to Egypt.
15 Dhe qëndroi aty deri sa vdiq Herodi, që të përmbushet ç’ishte thënë nga Zoti me anë të profetit: “E thirra birin tim nga Egjipti”.
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.
16 Atëherë Herodi, duke parë se dijetarët e kishin mashtruar, u zemërua fort dhe urdhëroi të vriten të gjithë fëmijët meshkuj që ishin në Bethlehem dhe në tërë rrethinën e tij, nga dy vjeç e poshtë,
[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].
17 Atëherë u përmbush ajo që ishte thënë nëpërmjet profetit Jeremi që thotë:
[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,
18 “Në Ramë u dëgjua një klithmë, një vaje një qarje dhe gjëmë e madhe; Rakela vajton bijtë e saj dhe nuk pranon të ngushëllohet, sepse ata nuk janë më”.
[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.
19 Pasi vdiq Herodi, ja një engjëll i Zotit i shfaqet në ëndërr Jozefit në Egjipt,
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.
20 dhe i thotë: “Çohu, merr fëmijën dhe nënën e tij dhe shko në vendin e Izraelit, sepse ata që donin ta vrisnin fëmijën kanë vdekur”.
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.”
21 Dhe ai u çua, mori fëmijën dhe nënën e tij dhe shkoi në vendin e Izraelit;
So Joseph took the child and his mother, and they went back to Israel.
22 por, kur dëgjoi se Arkelau mbretëronte në Judë në vend të Herodit, atit të tij, pati frikë të shkojë atje. Dhe, mbasi u udhëzua nga Perëndia në ëndërr, iku në krahinën e Galilesë,
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]
23 dhe, mbasi arriti atje, zuri vend në një qytet që quhej Nazaret, që të përmbushej ajo që ishte thënë nga profetët: “Ai do të quhet Nazareas”.
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}.
