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.
Or, lorsque Jésus naquit à Bethléem de Judée, du temps du roi Hérode, voici que des mages venus d'Orient se rendirent à Jérusalem, en disant:
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.”
« Où est celui qui est né roi des Juifs? Car nous avons vu son étoile en Orient, et nous sommes venus nous prosterner devant lui. »
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].
Lorsque le roi Hérode entendit cela, il fut troublé, et tout Jérusalem avec lui.
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.
Rassemblant tous les chefs des prêtres et les scribes du peuple, il leur demanda où le Christ devait naître.
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]:
Ils lui répondirent: A Bethléhem de Judée, car ceci est écrit par le prophète,
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.’”
« Toi, Bethléem, terre de Judée. ne sont en rien les moindres parmi les princes de Juda; car de toi sortira un gouverneur qui sera le berger de mon peuple, Israël. »
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].
Alors Hérode appela secrètement les sages, et il apprit d'eux à quelle heure exactement l'étoile était apparue.
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.”
Il les envoya à Bethléem et leur dit: « Allez chercher le petit enfant. Quand vous l'aurez trouvé, faites-moi signe, afin que je vienne moi aussi l'adorer. »
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.
Après avoir entendu le roi, ils s'en allèrent. Et voici, l'étoile qu'ils avaient vue à l'orient les précédait, jusqu'à ce qu'elle vienne se placer au-dessus du lieu où était le petit enfant.
10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced greatly [and followed it].
Quand ils virent l'étoile, ils se réjouirent d'une très grande joie.
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.
Ils entrèrent dans la maison et virent le petit enfant avec Marie, sa mère; ils se prosternèrent et l'adorèrent. Ouvrant leurs trésors, ils lui offrirent des présents: de l'or, de l'encens et de la myrrhe.
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.
Ayant été avertis en songe de ne pas retourner auprès d'Hérode, ils s'en retournèrent dans leur pays par un autre chemin.
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.”
Or, quand ils furent partis, voici qu'un ange du Seigneur apparut en songe à Joseph, en disant: « Lève-toi, prends le petit enfant et sa mère, fuis en Égypte, et restes-y jusqu'à ce que je te le dise, car Hérode cherchera le petit enfant pour le faire périr. »
14 So Joseph got up, he took the child and his mother [that] night, and they fled to Egypt.
Il se leva, prit de nuit le petit enfant et sa mère, et s'en alla en Égypte,
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.
où il resta jusqu'à la mort d'Hérode, afin que s'accomplît ce que le Seigneur avait annoncé par le prophète: « J'ai appelé mon fils hors d'Égypte. »
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].
Alors Hérode, voyant qu'on se moquait de lui par les sages, fut extrêmement irrité, et il envoya tuer tous les enfants mâles qui étaient à Bethléem et dans toute la campagne environnante, depuis l'âge de deux ans et au-dessous, selon le temps exact qu'il avait appris des sages.
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,
Alors s'accomplit ce qui avait été annoncé par Jérémie, le prophète, en ces termes,
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.
« Une voix se fit entendre à Rama, des lamentations, des pleurs et un grand deuil, Rachel pleurant ses enfants; elle ne serait pas réconfortée, car ils ne sont plus. »
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.
Mais lorsque Hérode fut mort, voici qu'un ange du Seigneur apparut en songe à Joseph en Égypte, et dit:
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.”
« Lève-toi, prends le petit enfant et sa mère, et va dans le pays d'Israël, car ceux qui en voulaient à la vie du petit enfant sont morts. »
21 So Joseph took the child and his mother, and they went back to Israel.
Il se leva, prit le petit enfant et sa mère, et se rendit dans le pays d'Israël.
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]
Mais, ayant appris qu'Archélaüs régnait en Judée à la place d'Hérode, son père, il eut peur de s'y rendre. Averti en songe, il se retira dans la région de la Galilée,
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}.
et vint s'établir dans une ville appelée Nazareth, afin que s'accomplisse ce qui avait été annoncé par les prophètes: il sera appelé Nazaréen.
