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 وَلَمَّا وُلِدَ يَسُوعُ فِي بَيْتِ لَحْمِ ٱلْيَهُودِيَّةِ، فِي أَيَّامِ هِيرُودُسَ ٱلْمَلِكِ، إِذَا مَجُوسٌ مِنَ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ قَدْ جَاءُوا إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ

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 قَائِلِينَ: «أَيْنَ هُوَ ٱلْمَوْلُودُ مَلِكُ ٱلْيَهُودِ؟ فَإِنَّنَا رَأَيْنَا نَجْمَهُ فِي ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَأَتَيْنَا لِنَسْجُدَ لَهُ».

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

3 فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ هِيرُودُسُ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱضْطَرَبَ وَجَمِيعُ أُورُشَلِيمَ مَعَهُ.

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 كُلَّ رُؤَسَاءِ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ وَكَتَبَةِ ٱلشَّعْبِ، وَسَأَلَهُمْ: «أَيْنَ يُولَدُ ٱلْمَسِيحُ؟».

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

5 فَقَالُوا لَهُ: «فِي بَيْتِ لَحْمِ ٱلْيَهُودِيَّةِ. لِأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا مَكْتُوبٌ بِٱلنَّبِيِّ:

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 يا بَيْتَ لَحْمٍ، أَرْضَ يَهُوذَا، لَسْتِ ٱلصُّغْرَى بَيْنَ رُؤَسَاءِ يَهُوذَا، لِأَنْ مِنْكِ يَخْرُجُ مُدَبِّرٌ يَرْعَى شَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ».

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

7 حِينَئِذٍ دَعَا هِيرُودُسُ ٱلْمَجُوسَ سِرًّا، وَتَحَقَّقَ مِنْهُمْ زَمَانَ ٱلنَّجْمِ ٱلَّذِي ظَهَرَ.

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: «ٱذْهَبُوا وَٱفْحَصُوا بِٱلتَّدْقِيقِ عَنِ ٱلصَّبِيِّ. وَمَتَى وَجَدْتُمُوهُ فَأَخْبِرُونِي، لِكَيْ آتِيَ أَنَا أَيْضًا 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 مِنَ ٱلْمَلِكِ ذَهَبُوا. وَإِذَا ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلَّذِي رَأَوْهُ فِي ٱلْمَشْرِقِ يَتَقَدَّمُهُمْ حَتَّى جَاءَ وَوَقَفَ فَوْقُ، حَيْثُ كَانَ ٱلصَّبِيُّ.

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

10 فَلَمَّا رَأَوْا ٱلنَّجْمَ فَرِحُوا فَرَحًا عَظِيمًا جِدًّا.

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 وَأَتَوْا إِلَى ٱلْبَيْتِ، وَرَأَوْا ٱلصَّبِيَّ مَعَ مَرْيَمَ أُمِّهِ. فَخَرُّوا وَسَجَدُوا لَهُ. ثُمَّ فَتَحُوا كُنُوزَهُمْ وَقَدَّمُوا لَهُ هَدَايَا: ذَهَبًا وَلُبَانًا وَمُرًّا.

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

12 ثُمَّ إِذْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيْهِمْ فِي حُلْمٍ أَنْ لَا يَرْجِعُوا إِلَى هِيرُودُسَ، ٱنْصَرَفُوا فِي طَرِيقٍ أُخْرَى إِلَى كُورَتِهِمْ.

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 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».

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

14 فَقَامَ وَأَخَذَ ٱلصَّبِيَّ وَأُمَّهُ لَيْلًا وَٱنْصَرَفَ 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 وَكَانَ هُنَاكَ إِلَى وَفَاةِ هِيرُودُسَ. لِكَيْ يَتِمَّ مَا قِيلَ مِنَ ٱلرَّبِّ بِٱلنَّبِيِّ ٱلْقَائِلِ: «مِنْ مِصْرَ دَعَوْتُ ٱبْنِي».

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 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.

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

17 حِينَئِذٍ تَمَّ مَا قِيلَ بِإِرْمِيَا ٱلنَّبِيِّ ٱلْقَائِلِ:

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 «صَوْتٌ سُمِعَ فِي ٱلرَّامَةِ، نَوْحٌ وَبُكَاءٌ وَعَوِيلٌ كَثِيرٌ. رَاحِيلُ تَبْكِي عَلَى أَوْلَادِهَا وَلَا تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَتَعَزَّى، لِأَنَّهُمْ لَيْسُوا بِمَوْجُودِينَ».

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

19 فَلَمَّا مَاتَ هِيرُودُسُ، إِذَا مَلَاكُ ٱلرَّبِّ 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 قَائِلًا: «قُمْ وَخُذِ ٱلصَّبِيَّ وَأُمَّهُ وَٱذْهَبْ إِلَى أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ مَاتَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا يَطْلُبُونَ نَفْسَ ٱلصَّبِيِّ».

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

21 فَقَامَ وَأَخَذَ ٱلصَّبِيَّ وَأُمَّهُ وَجَاءَ 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 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.

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 وَأَتَى وَسَكَنَ فِي مَدِينَةٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا نَاصِرَةُ، لِكَيْ يَتِمَّ مَا قِيلَ بِٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ: «إِنَّهُ سَيُدْعَى نَاصِرِيًّا».