Matthai 2
1 Manghai Herod tue vaengah Jesuh tah Judah ram Bethlehem ah thang, te vaengah khothoeng ben lamkah kholo hlangcueih rhoek Jerusalem la ha pawk uh.
And Jesus having been born in Beth-Lehem of Judea, in the days of Herod the king, behold, magi from the east came to Jerusalem,
2 “Judah manghai aka thaang te melam a om? Anih kah aisi te khothoeng ben ah ka hmuh uh tih, anih bawk hamla ka pawk uh coeng,” a ti uh.
saying, “Where is He who was born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east, and we came to worship Him.”
3 Manghai Herod loh a yaak vaengah amah khaw, Jerusalem khaw boeih a hinghuen.
And Herod the king having heard, was stirred, and all Jerusalem with him,
4 Khosoihham rhoek neh pilnam khuikah cadaek rhoek te boeih a coi tih me kah Khrih nim aka thaang,” a ti nah.
and having gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he was inquiring from them where the Christ is born.
5 “Judea Bethlehem ah,” tila tonghma rhoek loh a daek te a a thui pauh.
And they said to him, “In Beth-Lehem of Judea, for thus it has been written through the prophet:
6 “Judah ram kah Bethlehem nang ngawn tah Judah khoboei rhoek khuiah a yit la na om moenih. Nang lamloh hlang aka mawt ha thoeng ni. Anih loh ka pilnam Israel te a dawndah ni.
And you, Beth-Lehem, the land of Judah, you are by no means the least among the leaders of Judah, for out of you will come One leading, who will feed My people Israel.”
7 Herod loh kholo hlangcueih rhoek te a huep la a khue tih aisi a phoe tue te amih taengah a cae.
Then Herod, having called the magi privately, inquired exactly from them the time of the appearing star,
8 Te phoeiah Bethlehem la a tueih tih, “Cet uh lamtah camoe kawng te khaeh khaeh dawt uh, na hmuh uh vaengah kai taengla, ha puen uh, te daengah ni ka lo vetih anih te ka bawk eh,” a ti nah.
and having sent them to Beth-Lehem, he said, “Having gone—inquire exactly for the Child, and whenever you may have found, bring me back word, that I also having come may worship Him.”
9 Manghai ol te a yaak uh nen tah vik cet uh. Te daengah khothoeng ah aisi te lawt a hmuh uh. Te dongah amih te camoe om nah a pha hil a lamhma pah tih a soah a pai pah.
And they, having heard the king, departed, and behold, the star, that they saw in the east, went before them, until, having come, it stood over where the Child was.
10 Aisi te a hmuh uh vaengah omngaihnah neh a nahla bahoeng omngaih uh.
And having seen the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy,
11 Im la a pha uh vaengah camoe neh a manu Mary te a hmuh uh dongah bakop doe ah a bawk uh. Te phoeiah a khohrhang te a ong uh tih a kutdoe la sui, hmueihtui neh myrrh te a paek uh.
and having come into the house, they found the Child with His mother Mary, and having fallen down they worshiped Him, and having opened their treasures, they presented to Him gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh,
12 Tedae Herod taengah bal pawt ham a mang ah a mangthui pa tih a kho la a tloe longpuei longah bal uh.
and having been divinely warned in a dream not to return to Herod, through another way they withdrew to their own region.
13 Amih a caeh uh phoeiah Boeipa kah puencawn loh Joseph mang ah pakcak phoe tih, “Thoo, camoe neh a manu te lo, Egypt la rhaelrham laeh, nang taengah kan thui hlan duela pahoi om laeh. Herod loh camoe te poci sak hamla cai tih a toem coeng,” a ti nah.
And on their having withdrawn, behold, a messenger of the LORD appears in a dream to Joseph, saying, “Having risen, take the Child and His mother, and flee to Egypt, and be there until I may speak to you, for Herod is about to seek the Child to destroy Him.”
14 Te dongah thoo tih camoe neh a manu te khoyin ah a loh tih, Egypt la cet.
And he, having risen, took the Child and His mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt,
15 Te dongah Herod kah a dueknah rhi hil pahoi om. Te nen ni BOEIPA kah tonghma lamloh a thui tih, “Ka capa te Egypt lamkah ka khue,” a ti te a soep.
and he was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken by the LORD through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”
16 Te vaengah Herod loh kholo hlangcueih kah a tamdaeng te a ming tih bahoeng a thinhul. A tue te kholo hlangcueih taeng lamloh a cae vanbangla Bethlehem khui neh a vaang pum khuikah hlang a tueih tih camoe kum nit hmui te boeih a ngawn.
Then Herod, having seen that he was deceived by the magi, was very angry, and having sent forth, he slew all the male children in Beth-Lehem, and in all its borders, from two years and under, according to the time that he inquired exactly from the magi.
17 Te vaengah tonghma Jeremiah lamloh a thui tih,
Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying,
18 Rhama ah ol a yaak. Rhahnah neh nguekcoinah loh yet. Rakhel loh a ca rhoek te a rhah. Tedae a om uh voel pawt dongah a hloep te ngaih pawh,” a ti te soep.
“A voice in Ramah was heard—weeping and much mourning—Rachel weeping [for] her children, and she would not be comforted because they are not.”
19 Herod a duek phoeiah, Boeipa kah puencawn tah Egypt kah Joseph mang ah pakcak phoe tih,
And Herod having died, behold, a messenger of the LORD appears in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
20 “Thoo, camoe neh a manu te lo lamtah Israel kho la cet laeh, camoe kah hinglu aka mae rhoek tah duek uh coeng,” a ti nah.
saying, “Having risen, take the Child and His mother, and be going to the land of Israel, for they have died—those seeking the life of the Child.”
21 Te dongah thoo tih camoe neh a manu te a khuen tih, Israel kho la a kun puei.
And he, having risen, took the Child and His mother, and came to the land of Israel,
22 Tedae Arkhelas loh a napa Herod yueng la Judea te a uk tila a yaak tih tela caeh ham a rhih. Te cakhaw mang ah a mangthui pah bangla Galilee pingpang la cet.
and having heard that Archelaus reigns over Judea instead of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and having been divinely warned in a dream, he withdrew to the parts of Galilee,
23 Te phoeiah Nazareth la a khue khopuei la cet tih kho a sak. Te tlam ni tonghma rhoek lamloh, “Nazaren la a khue ni,” a ti te a soep eh.
and coming, he dwelt in a city named Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the Prophets, that “He will be called a Nazarene.”
