Matthew 2
1 When Jesus then was borne at Bethleem in Iudea, in the dayes of Herod the King, beholde, there came Wisemen from the East to Hierusalem,
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 Saying, Where is that King of the Iewes that is borne? for wee haue seene his starre in the East, and are come to worship him.
「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 When King Herod heard this, he was troubled, and all Hierusalem 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 gathering together all the chiefe Priestes and Scribes of the people, hee asked of them, where Christ should be borne.
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 saide vnto him, At Beth-leem in Iudea: for so it is written by 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 Beth-leem in the lande of Iuda, art not the least among the Princes of Iuda: For out of thee shall come the gouernour that shall feede that 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 priuily called the Wisemen, and diligently inquired of them the time of the starre that appeared,
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 sent them to Beth-leem, saying, Goe, and searche diligently for the babe: and when ye haue founde him, bring mee worde againe, that I may come also, and worship him.
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 So when they had heard the King, they departed: and loe, the starre which they had seene in the East, went before them, till it came and stoode ouer the place where the babe 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 sawe the starre, they reioyced with an exceeding great ioy,
他們一見到那星，極其高興喜歡。
11 And went into the house, and founde the babe with Mary his mother, and fell downe, and worshipped him, and opened their treasures, and presented vnto him giftes, euen golde, and frankincense, and myrrhe.
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 after they were warned of God in a dreame, that they should not go againe to Herod, they returned into their countrey 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 After their departure, behold, the Angel of the Lord appeareth to Ioseph in a dreame, saying, Arise, and take the babe and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there til I bring thee word: for Herod will seeke the babe, to destroy him.
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 So he arose and tooke the babe 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 was there vnto the death of Herod, that that might be fulfilled, which is spoken of the Lord by the Prophet, saying, Out of Egypt haue I called my sonne.
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 was mocked of the Wisemen, was exceeding wroth, and sent foorth, and slew all the male children that were in Beth-leem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two yeere old and vnder, according to the time which he had diligently searched out of the Wisemen.
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 that fulfilled which is spoken by the Prophet Ieremias, saying,
於是應驗了耶肋米亞先知所說的話：
18 In Rhama was a voyce heard, mourning, and weeping, and great howling: Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they were 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 And whe Herod was dead, behold, an Angel of the Lord appeareth in a dreame to Ioseph in Egypt,
黑落德死後，看，上主的天使在埃及托夢顯於若瑟說：
20 Saying, Arise, and take the babe and his mother, and goe into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the babes life.
「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 Then he arose vp and tooke the babe and his 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 whe he heard that Archelaus did reigne in Iudea in stead of his father Herod, he was afraide to go thither: yet after he was warned of God in a dreame, he turned aside into the parts of Galile,
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 went and dwelt in a citie called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophets, which was, That hee should be called a Nazarite.
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。」
