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.
Lors donc que Jésus fut né en Bethléem de Juda, aux jours du roi Hérode, voilà que des mages vinrent de l’Orient à Jérusalem,
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.”
Disant: Où est celui qui est né roi des Juifs? car nous avons vu son étoile en Orient, et nous sommes venus l’adorer.
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].
Ayant appris cela, le roi Hérode se troubla, 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.
Et assemblant tous les princes des prêtres et les scribes du peuple, il s’enquit d’eux où naîtrait le Christ.
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]:
Or eux lui dirent: À Bethléem de Juda; car il a été ainsi 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.’”
Et toi, Bethléem, terre de Juda, tu n’es pas la moindre parmi les principales villes de Juda; car c’est de toi que sortira, le chef qui doit régir Israël mon peuple.
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, les mages secrètement appelés, s’enquit d’eux avec soin du temps où l’étoile leur 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.”
Et, les envoyant à Bethléem, il dit: Allez, informez-vous exactement de l’enfant; et lorsque vous l’aurez trouvé, faites-le-moi savoir, afin que moi aussi j’aille 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.
Ceux-ci donc, après avoir entendu le roi, s’en allèrent; et voilà que l’étoile qu’ils avaient vue en Orient les précédait jusqu’à ce qu’elle vint et s’arrêta au-dessus du lieu où était l’enfant.
10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced greatly [and followed it].
Or, voyant l’étoile, il se réjouirent d’une 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.
Et, entrant dans la maison, ils trouvèrent l’enfant avec Marie, sa mère, et, se prosternant, ils l’adorèrent; puis, leurs trésors ouverts, 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.
Mais ayant été avertis en songe de ne point retourner vers Hérode, ils revinrent 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.”
Après qu’ils furent partis, voilà qu’un ange du Seigneur apparut à Joseph pendant son sommeil, et dit: Lève-toi, prends l’enfant et sa mère, fuis en Egypte et restes-y, jusqu’à ce que je te parle; car il arrivera qu’Hérode cherchera l’enfant pour le faire mourir.
14 So Joseph got up, he took the child and his mother [that] night, and they fled to Egypt.
Joseph, s’étant levé, prit l’enfant et sa mère pendant la nuit et se retira en Egypte;
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.
Et il s’y tint jusqu’à la mort d’Hérode, afin que fût accomplie cette parole que le Seigneur a dite par le prophète: J’ai rappelé mon fils de l’Egypte.
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’il avait été trompé par les mages, entra en une grande colère, et il envoya tuer tous les enfants qui étaient dans Bethléem et dans tous ses environs, depuis deux ans et au-dessous, selon le temps dont il s’était enquis des mages.
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,
Ce fut alors que s’accomplit la parole du prophète Jérémie, disant:
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 a été entendue dans Rama, des pleurs et des cris déchirants souvent répétés: c’était Rachel pleurant ses fils et ne voulant point se consoler, parce qu’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.
Hérode étant mort, voilà qu’un ange du Seigneur apparut à Joseph pendant son sommeil en Egypte,
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.”
Disant: Lève-toi, prends l’enfant et sa mère, et va dans la terre d’Israël; car ils sont morts, ceux qui recherchaient la vie de l’enfant.
21 So Joseph took the child and his mother, and they went back to Israel.
Joseph s’étant levé, prit l’enfant et sa mère et vint dans la terre 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 appréhenda d’y aller; et, averti pendant son sommeil, il se retira dans le pays de 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}.
Etant donc venu, il habita une ville qui est appelée Nazareth, afin que s’accomplît ce qui a été dit par les prophètes: Il sera appelé Nazaréen.
