Matthew 2
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.
| وَبَعْدَمَا وُلِدَ يَسُوعُ فِي بَيْتِ لَحْمٍ الْوَاقِعَةِ فِي مِنْطَقَةِ الْيَهُودِيَّةِ فِي عَهْدِ الْمَلِكِ هِيرُودُسَ، جَاءَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ بَعْضُ الْمَجُوسِ الْقَادِمِينَ مِنَ الشَّرْقِ، | ١ |
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.”
| يَسْأَلُونَ: «أَيْنَ هُوَ الْمَوْلُودُ مَلِكُ الْيَهُودِ؟ فَقَدْ رَأَيْنَا نَجْمَهُ طَالِعاً فِي الشَّرْقِ، فَجِئْنَا لِنَسْجُدَ لَهُ». | ٢ |
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].
| وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ الْمَلِكُ هِيرُودُسُ بِذلِكَ، اضْطَرَبَ وَاضْطَرَبَتْ مَعَهُ أُورُشَلِيمُ كُلُّهَا. | ٣ |
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.
| فَجَمَعَ إِلَيْهِ رُؤَسَاءَ كَهَنَةِ الْيَهُودِ وَكَتَبَتَهُمْ جَمِيعاً، وَسَأَلَهُمْ: «أَيْنَ يُوْلَدُ الْمَسِيحُ». | ٤ |
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]:
| فَأَجَابُوهُ: «فِي بَيْتِ لَحْمٍ بِالْيَهُودِيَّةِ، فَقَدْ جَاءَ فِي الْكِتَابِ عَلَى لِسَانِ النَّبِيِّ: | ٥ |
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.’”
| وَأَنْتِ يَا بَيْتَ لَحْمٍ بِأَرْضِ يَهُوذَا، لَسْتِ صَغِيرَةَ الشَّأْنِ أَبَداً بَيْنَ حُكَّامِ يَهُوذَا، لأَنَّهُ مِنْكِ يَطْلُعُ الْحَاكِمُ الَّذِي يَرْعَى شَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ!» | ٦ |
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].
| فَاسْتَدْعَى هِيرُودُسُ الْمَجُوسَ سِرّاً، وَتَحَقَّقَ مِنْهُمْ زَمَنَ ظُهُورِ النَّجْمِ. | ٧ |
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.”
| ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَهُمْ إِلَى بَيْتِ لَحْمٍ، وَقَالَ: «اذْهَبُوا وَابْحَثُوا جَيِّداً عَنِ الصَّبِيِّ. وَعِنْدَمَا تَجِدُونَهُ أَخْبِرُونِي، لأَذْهَبَ أَنَا أَيْضاً وَأَسْجُدَ لَهُ». | ٨ |
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 سَمِعُوا مَا قَالَهُ الْمَلِكُ، مَضَوْا فِي سَبِيلِهِمْ. وَإذَا النَّجْمُ، الَّذِي سَبَقَ أَنْ رَأَوْهُ فِي الشَّرْقِ، يَتَقَدَّمُهُمْ حَتَّى جَاءَ وَتَوَقَّفَ فَوْقَ الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي كَانَ الصَّبِيُّ فِيهِ. | ٩ |
10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced greatly [and followed it].
| فَلَمَّا رَأَوْا النَّجْمَ فَرِحُوا فَرَحاً عَظِيماً جِدّاً؛ | ١٠ |
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.
| وَدَخَلُوا الْبَيْتَ فَوَجَدُوا الصَّبِيَّ مَعَ أُمِّهِ مَرْيَمَ. فَجَثَوْا وَسَجَدُوا لَهُ، ثُمَّ فَتَحُوا كُنُوزَهُمْ وَقَدَّمُوا لَهُ هَدَايَا، ذَهَباً وَبَخُوراً وَمُرّاً. | ١١ |
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.
| ثُمَّ أُوْحِيَ إِلَيْهِمْ فِي حُلْمٍ أَلّا يَرْجِعُوا إِلَى هِيرُودُسَ، فَانْصَرَفُوا إِلَى بِلادِهِمْ فِي طَرِيقٍ أُخْرَى. | ١٢ |
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.”
| وَبَعْدَمَا انْصَرَفَ الْمَجُوسُ، إِذَا مَلاكٌ مِنَ الرَّبِّ قَدْ ظَهَرَ لِيُوسُفَ فِي حُلْمٍ، وَقَالَ لَهُ: «قُمْ وَاهْرُبْ بِالصَّبِيِّ وَأُمِّهِ إِلَى مِصْرَ، وَابْقَ فِيهَا إِلَى أَنْ آمُرَكَ بِالرُّجُوعِ، فَإِنَّ هِيرُودُسَ سَيَبْحَثُ عَنِ الصَّبِيِّ لِيَقْتُلَهُ». | ١٣ |
14 So Joseph got up, he took the child and his mother [that] night, and they fled to Egypt.
| فَقَامَ يُوسُفُ فِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ، وَهَرَبَ بِالصَّبِيِّ وَأُمِّهِ مُنْطَلِقاً إِلَى مِصْرَ، | ١٤ |
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.
| وَبَقِيَ فِيهَا إِلَى أَنْ مَاتَ هِيرُودُسُ، لِيَتِمَّ مَا قَالَهُ الرَّبُّ بِلِسَانِ النَّبِيِّ الْقَائِلِ: «مِنْ مِصْرَ دَعَوْتُ ابْنِي». | ١٥ |
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].
| وَعِنْدَمَا أَدْرَكَ هِيرُودُسُ أَنَّ الْمَجُوسَ سَخِرُوا مِنْهُ، اسْتَوْلَى عَلَيْهِ الْغَضَبُ الشَّدِيدُ، فَأَرْسَلَ وَقَتَلَ جَمِيعَ الصِّبْيَانِ فِي بَيْتِ لَحْمٍ وَجُوَارِهَا، مِنِ ابْنِ سَنَتَيْنِ فَمَا دُونَ، بِحَسَبِ زَمَنِ ظُهُورِ النَّجْمِ كَمَا تَحَقَّقَهُ مِنَ الْمَجُوسِ. | ١٦ |
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,
| عِنْدَئِذٍ تَمَّ مَا قِيلَ بِلِسَانِ النَّبِيِّ إِرْمِيَا الْقَائِلِ: | ١٧ |
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.
| «صُرَاخٌ سُمِعَ مِنَ الرَّامَةِ: بُكَاءٌ وَنَحِيبٌ شَدِيدٌ! رَاحِيلُ تَبْكِي عَلَى أَوْلادِهَا، وَلَا تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَتَعَزَّى، لأَنَّهُمْ قَدْ رَحَلُوا!» | ١٨ |
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.
| لَمَّا مَاتَ هِيرُودُسُ، إِذَا مَلاكٌ مِنَ الرَّبِّ قَدْ ظَهَرَ فِي حُلْمٍ لِيُوسُفَ فِي مِصْرَ، | ١٩ |
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.”
| وَقَالَ لَهُ: «قُمِ ارْجِعْ بِالصَّبِيِّ وَأُمِّهِ إِلَى أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَقَدْ مَاتَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا يَسْعَوْنَ إِلَى قَتْلِهِ!» | ٢٠ |
21 So Joseph took the child and his mother, and they went back to Israel.
| فَقَامَ وَرَجَعَ بِالصَّبِيِّ وَأُمِّهِ إِلَى أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٢١ |
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]
| وَلكِنَّهُ حِينَ سَمِعَ أَنَّ أَرْخِيلاوُسَ يَمْلِكُ عَلَى مِنْطَقَةِ الْيَهُودِيَّةِ خَلَفاً لأَبِيهِ هِيرُودُسَ، خَافَ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ إِلَى هُنَاكَ. وَإِذْ أُوْحِيَ إِلَيْهِ فِي حُلْمٍ، تَوَجَّهَ إِلَى نَوَاحِي مِنْطَقَةِ الْجَلِيلِ، | ٢٢ |
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}.
| فَوَصَلَ بَلْدَةً تُسَمَّى «النَّاصِرَةَ» وَسَكَنَ فِيهَا، لِيَتِمَّ مَا قِيلَ بِلِسانِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ إِنَّهُ سَيُدْعَى نَاصِرِيًّا! | ٢٣ |
