Matthew 2

1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,

1 وَبَعْدَمَا وُلِدَ يَسُوعُ فِي بَيْتِ لَحْمٍ الْوَاقِعَةِ فِي مِنْطَقَةِ الْيَهُودِيَّةِ فِي عَهْدِ الْمَلِكِ هِيرُودُسَ، جَاءَ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ بَعْضُ الْمَجُوسِ الْقَادِمِينَ مِنَ الشَّرْقِ،

2 asking, “Where is the One who has been born King of the Jews? We saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.”

2 يَسْأَلُونَ: «أَيْنَ هُوَ الْمَوْلُودُ مَلِكُ الْيَهُودِ؟ فَقَدْ رَأَيْنَا نَجْمَهُ طَالِعاً فِي الشَّرْقِ، فَجِئْنَا لِنَسْجُدَ لَهُ».

3 When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.

3 وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ الْمَلِكُ هِيرُودُسُ بِذلِكَ، اضْطَرَبَ وَاضْطَرَبَتْ مَعَهُ أُورُشَلِيمُ كُلُّهَا.

4 And when he had assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.

4 فَجَمَعَ إِلَيْهِ رُؤَسَاءَ كَهَنَةِ الْيَهُودِ وَكَتَبَتَهُمْ جَمِيعاً، وَسَأَلَهُمْ: «أَيْنَ يُوْلَدُ الْمَسِيحُ».

5 “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:

5 فَأَجَابُوهُ: «فِي بَيْتِ لَحْمٍ بِالْيَهُودِيَّةِ، فَقَدْ جَاءَ فِي الْكِتَابِ عَلَى لِسَانِ النَّبِيِّ:

6 ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people Israel.’”

6 وَأَنْتِ يَا بَيْتَ لَحْمٍ بِأَرْضِ يَهُوذَا، لَسْتِ صَغِيرَةَ الشَّأْنِ أَبَداً بَيْنَ حُكَّامِ يَهُوذَا، لأَنَّهُ مِنْكِ يَطْلُعُ الْحَاكِمُ الَّذِي يَرْعَى شَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ!»

7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and learned from them the exact time the star had appeared.

7 فَاسْتَدْعَى هِيرُودُسُ الْمَجُوسَ سِرّاً، وَتَحَقَّقَ مِنْهُمْ زَمَنَ ظُهُورِ النَّجْمِ.

8 And sending them to Bethlehem, he said: “Go and search carefully for the Child, and when you find Him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship Him.”

8 ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَهُمْ إِلَى بَيْتِ لَحْمٍ، وَقَالَ: «اذْهَبُوا وَابْحَثُوا جَيِّداً عَنِ الصَّبِيِّ. وَعِنْدَمَا تَجِدُونَهُ أَخْبِرُونِي، لأَذْهَبَ أَنَا أَيْضاً وَأَسْجُدَ لَهُ».

9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stood over the place where the Child was.

9 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.

10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great delight.

10 فَلَمَّا رَأَوْا النَّجْمَ فَرِحُوا فَرَحاً عَظِيماً جِدّاً؛

11 On coming to the house, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh.

11 وَدَخَلُوا الْبَيْتَ فَوَجَدُوا الصَّبِيَّ مَعَ أُمِّهِ مَرْيَمَ. فَجَثَوْا وَسَجَدُوا لَهُ، ثُمَّ فَتَحُوا كُنُوزَهُمْ وَقَدَّمُوا لَهُ هَدَايَا، ذَهَباً وَبَخُوراً وَمُرّاً.

12 And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another route.

12 ثُمَّ أُوْحِيَ إِلَيْهِمْ فِي حُلْمٍ أَلّا يَرْجِعُوا إِلَى هِيرُودُسَ، فَانْصَرَفُوا إِلَى بِلادِهِمْ فِي طَرِيقٍ أُخْرَى.

13 When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”

13 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».

14 So he got up, took the Child and His mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt,

14 فَقَامَ يُوسُفُ فِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ، وَهَرَبَ بِالصَّبِيِّ وَأُمِّهِ مُنْطَلِقاً إِلَى مِصْرَ،

15 where he stayed until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”

15 وَبَقِيَ فِيهَا إِلَى أَنْ مَاتَ هِيرُودُسُ، لِيَتِمَّ مَا قَالَهُ الرَّبُّ بِلِسَانِ النَّبِيِّ الْقَائِلِ: «مِنْ مِصْرَ دَعَوْتُ ابْنِي».

16 When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.

16 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.

17 Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:

17 عِنْدَئِذٍ تَمَّ مَا قِيلَ بِلِسَانِ النَّبِيِّ إِرْمِيَا الْقَائِلِ:

18 “A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”

18 «صُرَاخٌ سُمِعَ مِنَ الرَّامَةِ: بُكَاءٌ وَنَحِيبٌ شَدِيدٌ! رَاحِيلُ تَبْكِي عَلَى أَوْلادِهَا، وَلَا تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَتَعَزَّى، لأَنَّهُمْ قَدْ رَحَلُوا!»

19 After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.

19 لَمَّا مَاتَ هِيرُودُسُ، إِذَا مَلاكٌ مِنَ الرَّبِّ قَدْ ظَهَرَ فِي حُلْمٍ لِيُوسُفَ فِي مِصْرَ،

20 “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, for those seeking the Child’s life are now dead.”

20 وَقَالَ لَهُ: «قُمِ ارْجِعْ بِالصَّبِيِّ وَأُمِّهِ إِلَى أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَقَدْ مَاتَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا يَسْعَوْنَ إِلَى قَتْلِهِ!»

21 So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and went to the land of Israel.

21 فَقَامَ وَرَجَعَ بِالصَّبِيِّ وَأُمِّهِ إِلَى أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

22 But when he learned that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,

22 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،

23 and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”

23 فَوَصَلَ بَلْدَةً تُسَمَّى «النَّاصِرَةَ» وَسَكَنَ فِيهَا، لِيَتِمَّ مَا قِيلَ بِلِسانِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ إِنَّهُ سَيُدْعَى نَاصِرِيًّا!