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 nun Jesus zu Bethlehem in Judäa in den Tagen des Königs Herodes geboren war, da kamen Weise aus dem Osten nach 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.”
und fragten: »Wo ist der neugeborene König der Juden? Wir haben nämlich seinen Stern im Aufgehen gesehen und sind hergekommen, um ihm unsere Huldigung darzubringen.«
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 das vernahm, erschrak er sehr 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.
und er ließ alle Hohenpriester und Schriftgelehrten des Volks zusammenkommen und erkundigte sich bei ihnen, wo Christus geboren werden sollte.
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 antworteten ihm: »Zu Bethlehem in Judäa; denn so steht bei dem 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.’”
›Du, Bethlehem im Lande Judas, du bist durchaus nicht die unbedeutendste unter den Fürstenstädten Judas; denn aus dir wird ein Führer hervorgehen, der mein Volk Israel weiden wird.‹«
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].
Daraufhin berief Herodes die Weisen heimlich zu sich und ließ sich von ihnen genau die Zeit angeben, wann der Stern erschienen wäre;
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.”
dann wies er sie nach Bethlehem und sagte: »Zieht hin und stellt genaue Nachforschungen nach dem Kindlein an; und wenn ihr es gefunden habt, so teilt es mir mit, damit auch ich hingehe und ihm meine Huldigung darbringe.«
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 das vom Könige gehört hatten, machten sie sich auf den Weg; und siehe da, der Stern, den sie im Osten gesehen hatten, ging vor ihnen her, bis er endlich über dem Ort stehen blieb, wo das Kindlein sich befand.
10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced greatly [and followed it].
Als sie den Stern erblickten, wurden sie hoch erfreut.
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 ein und sahen das Kindlein bei seiner Mutter Maria, warfen sich vor ihm nieder und huldigten ihm; alsdann taten sie ihre Schatzbeutel auf 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.
Weil sie hierauf im Traume die göttliche Weisung erhielten, nicht wieder zu Herodes zurückzukehren, zogen sie auf einem anderen Wege in ihr Heimatland 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 nun weggezogen waren, da erschien ein Engel des Herrn dem Joseph im Traume und gebot ihm: »Steh auf, nimm das Kindlein und seine Mutter mit dir und fliehe nach Ägypten und bleibe so lange dort, bis ich’s dir sage! Denn Herodes geht damit um, nach dem Kindlein suchen zu lassen, um es umzubringen.«
14 So Joseph got up, he took the child and his mother [that] night, and they fled to Egypt.
Da stand Joseph auf, nahm in der Nacht das Kindlein und seine Mutter mit sich und entwich nach Ägypten;
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 zum Tode des Herodes. So sollte sich das Wort erfüllen, das der Herr durch den Propheten gesprochen hat, der da sagt: »Aus Ägypten habe ich meinen Sohn gerufen.«
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].
Als Herodes sich nun von den Weisen hintergangen sah, geriet er in heftigen Zorn; er sandte (Diener) hin und ließ in Bethlehem und dem ganzen Umkreis des Ortes sämtliche Knaben im Alter von zwei und weniger Jahren töten, entsprechend der Zeit, die er sich von den Weisen genau hatte angeben lassen.
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,
Damals erfüllte sich, was durch den Propheten Jeremia gesagt ist, der spricht:
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.
»Ein Geschrei hat man in Rama vernommen, lautes Weinen und viel Wehklagen: Rahel weint um ihre Kinder und will sich nicht trösten lassen, daß sie nicht mehr da 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 aber gestorben war, da erschien ein Engel des Herrn dem Joseph in Ägypten im Traum
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 gebot ihm: »Steh auf, nimm das Kindlein und seine Mutter mit dir und ziehe heim ins Land Israel; denn die sind gestorben, die dem Kindlein nach dem Leben getrachtet haben.«
21 So Joseph took the child and his mother, and they went back to Israel.
Da stand Joseph auf, nahm das Kindlein und seine Mutter mit sich und kehrte in das Land Israel zurück.
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]
Als er aber vernahm, daß Archelaus an Stelle seines Vaters Herodes König über Judäa sei, trug er Bedenken, dorthin zu gehen. Vielmehr begab er sich infolge einer göttlichen Weisung, die er im Traum erhalten hatte, 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}.
und ließ sich dort in einer Stadt namens Nazareth nieder. So ging das Prophetenwort in Erfüllung, daß er den Namen ›Nazarener‹ führen werde.
