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.
Als Jesus in Bethlehem in Judäa geboren war in den Tagen des Königs Herodes, siehe, da erschienen Weise aus dem Morgenland in Jerusalem.
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.”
Sie fragten: "Wo ist der neugeborene König der Juden? Wir haben seinen Stern aufleuchten sehen und sind gekommen, um ihm zu huldigen."
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].
Als der König Herodes dies hörte, geriet er in Erregung und ganz Jerusalem mit ihm.
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.
Er ließ alle Oberpriester und Schriftgelehrten des Volkes zusammenkommen und fragte sie aus, wo der Christus geboren werden solle.
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]:
Sie gaben ihm zur Antwort: "Zu Bethlehem in Judäa. Denn also steht beim Propheten geschrieben:
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.’”
'Und du, Bethlehem im Lande Juda, bist keineswegs die geringste unter den Fürstenstädten Judas; denn aus dir wird der Fürst hervorgehen, der mein Volk Israel regieren soll'".
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].
Hiernach beschied Herodes die Weisen heimlich zu sich und suchte von ihnen genau die Zeit der Sternenerscheinung zu erfahren.
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.”
Darauf wies er sie nach Bethlehem und sprach: "Geht, suchet eifrig nach dem Kinde. Und sobald ihr es gefunden habt, sagt es mir, damit auch ich ihm dort huldige."
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.
Als sie dies vom König vernommen hatten, machten sie sich auf den Weg. Und siehe, der Stern, den sie bei seinem Aufleuchten gesehen hatten, ging vor ihnen her, bis er über dem Orte stillstand, wo das Kind war.
10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced greatly [and followed it].
Als sie den Stern erblickten, ward ihre Freude übergroß.
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.
Sie traten in das Haus, sahen das Kind mit Maria, seiner Mutter, fielen nieder und huldigten ihm. Dann öffneten sie ihre Truhen und brachten ihm Geschenke dar: Gold, Weihrauch und 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.
In einem Traumgesicht angewiesen, nicht mehr zu Herodes zu gehen, kehrten sie auf einem anderen Weg in ihre Heimat zurück.
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.”
Als sie weggegangen waren, da erschien ein Engel des Herrn im Traum dem Joseph. Er sprach: "Auf! Nimm das Kind und seine Mutter und fliehe nach Ägypten. Bleibe dort, bis ich es dir sage. Herodes fahndet nämlich nach dem Kind, um es zu töten."
14 So Joseph got up, he took the child and his mother [that] night, and they fled to Egypt.
Er stand auf; nahm das Kind und seine Mutter noch bei Nacht und zog nach Ägypten fort.
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.
Dort blieb er bis nach dem Tode des Herodes. So sollte sich erfüllen, was von dem Herrn durch den Propheten gesprochen ward, wenn er sagt: "Aus Ägypten habe ich meinen Sohn berufen.".
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].
Herodes hatte indessen erkannt, daß er von den Weisen hintergangen worden sei. Er geriet in großen Zorn und ließ in Bethlehem und dessen ganzem Umkreis alle Knäblein töten, die zwei Jahre und jünger waren, genau der Zeit entsprechend, die er von den Weisen erforscht hatte.
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,
So wurde damals erfüllt, was durch Jeremias, den Propheten, gesprochen ward, wenn er sagt:
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.
"Zu Rama ward eine Stimme vernommen, ein Weinen und ein lautes Klagen: Rachel weint um ihre Kinder, sie will sich nicht trösten lassen, weil sie nicht mehr sind".
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.
Als Herodes tot war, siehe, da erschien ein Engel des Herrn im Traum dem Joseph in Ägypten
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.”
und sprach: "Auf! Nimm das Kind und seine Mutter und zieh in das Land Israel. Denn die dem Kinde nach dem Leben strebten, sind gestorben."
21 So Joseph took the child and his mother, and they went back to Israel.
Er stand auf, nahm das Kind und seine Mutter und zog in das Land Israel.
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]
Doch als er hörte, daß Archelaus König in Judäa sei an Stelle seines Vaters Herodes, da fürchtete er sich, dorthin zu gehen. In einem Traumgesicht angewiesen, zog er in die Landschaft Galiläa,
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}.
wo er sich in einer Stadt mit Namen Nazareth niederließ. So sollte sich das Prophetenwort erfüllen: "Er wird Nazaräer heißen".
