Matthew 2
1 Now Jesus having been born in Bethlehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, behold magi from the east arrived at Jerusalem, saying,
當黑落德為王時，耶穌誕生在猶大的白冷；看，有賢士從東方來到耶路撒冷，說：
2 Where is the king of the Jews that has been born? for we have seen his star in the east, and have come to do him homage.
「才誕生的猶太人君王在哪裏﹖我們在東方見了衪的星，特來朝拜衪。」
3 But Herod the king having heard [of it], was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him;
黑落德王一聽說，就驚慌起來，全耶路撒冷也同他一起驚慌。
4 and, assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ should be born.
他便召集了眾司祭和民間的經師，仔細考問他們：默西亞應當生在哪裏。
5 And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judaea; for thus it is written through the prophet:
他們對他說：「在猶太的白冷，因為先知曾這樣記載：
6 And thou Bethlehem, land of Juda, art in no wise the least among the governors of Juda; for out of thee shall go forth a leader who shall shepherd my people Israel.
『你猶大的白冷啊！你在猶大的群邑中，決不是最小的，因為將由你出來一位領袖，衪將牧養我的百姓以色列。』
7 Then Herod, having secretly called the magi, inquired of them accurately the time of the star that was appearing;
於是黑落德暗暗把賢士叫來，你細詢問他們那星出現的時間；
8 and having sent them to Bethlehem, said, Go, search out accurately concerning the child, and when ye shall have found [him] bring me back word, so that I also may come and do him homage.
然後打發他們往白冷去，說：你們去仔細尋訪嬰孩，幾時找到了給我報信，好讓我也去朝拜衪。」
9 And they having heard the king went their way; and lo, the star, which they had seen in the east, went before them until it came and stood over the place where the little child was.
他們聽了王的話，就走了。看，他們在東方所見的那星，走在他們前面，直至來到嬰所在的地方，就停在面。
10 And when they saw the star they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
他們一見到那星，極其高興喜歡。
11 And having come into the house they saw the little child with Mary his mother, and falling down did him homage. And having opened their treasures, they offered to him gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
他們走進屋內，看見嬰兒和他的母親瑪利亞，遂俯伏朝拜了衪，打開自己的寶匣，給衪奉獻了禮物，即黃金、乳香和歿藥。
12 And being divinely instructed in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
他們在夢中得到啟示，不要回到黑落德那裏，就由另一條路返回自己的地方去了。
13 Now, they having departed, behold, an angel of [the] Lord appears in a dream to Joseph, saying, Arise, take to [thee] the little child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there until I shall tell thee; for Herod will seek the little child to destroy it.
他們離去後，看，上主的天使顯於若瑟說：「起來，帶著嬰孩和衪的母親，逃往埃及去，住在那裏，直到我再通知你，因為黑落德即將尋找這嬰孩，要把衪殺掉。」
14 And, having arisen, he took to [him] the little child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt.
若瑟便起來，星夜帶口嬰孩姓衪的母親，退避到屐及去口
15 And he was there until the death of Herod, that that might be fulfilled which was spoken by [the] Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
留在那裏，直到黑落德死去。這就應驗了上主藉先知所說的話：「我從埃及召回了我失兒子。」
16 Then Herod, seeing that he had been mocked by the magi, was greatly enraged; and sent and slew all the boys which [were] in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years and under, according to the time which he had accurately inquired from the magi.
那時，黑落德見了自己受了士們的愚弄，就大發忿怒，依照他由賢士們所探得的時期，差人將白冷及其周圍境內所有兩歲及兩歲以下的嬰兒殺死，
17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremias the prophet, saying,
於是應驗了耶肋米亞先知所說的話：
18 A voice has been heard in Rama, weeping, and great lamentation: Rachel weeping [for] her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
「在辣瑪聽到了聲音，痛哭哀號不止；辣黑爾痛哭她的子女，不願受人安慰，因為他們不在了。」
19 But Herod having died, behold, an angel of [the] Lord appears in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,
黑落德死後，看，上主的天使在埃及托夢顯於若瑟說：
20 Arise, take to [thee] the little child and its mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they who sought the life of the little child are dead.
「起來，帶著孩子和衪的母親，往以色列地去，因為那些謀殺孩子性命的人死了。」
21 And he arose and took to [him] the little child and its mother, and came into the land of Israel;
他便起來，帶著孩子和衪的母親，進了以色列地域；
22 but having heard that 'Archelaus reigns over Judaea, instead of Herod his father,' he was afraid to go there; and having been divinely instructed in a dream, he went away into the parts of Galilee,
但是一聽說阿爾赫勞繼他父親黑落德作了猶太王，就害怕到那裏去；夢人得到了啟示後，便退避到加里肋亞境內，
23 and came and dwelt in a town called Nazareth; so that that should be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets, He shall be called a Nazaraene.
去住在一座名叫納匝肋的城中，如此應驗了先知所說的話：「衪將稱為納匝肋人。」
