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.
Y COMO fué nacido Jesus en Bethlehem de Judéa en dias del rey Heródes, hé aquí unos magos vinieron del Oriente á 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.”
Diciendo: ¿Dónde está el Rey de los Judíos, que ha nacido? porque su estrella hemos visto en el Oriente, y venimos á adorarle.
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].
Y oyendo [esto] el rey Heródes, se turbó, y toda Jerusalem con él.
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.
Y convocados todos los príncipes de los sacerdotes, y los escribas del pueblo, les preguntó donde habia de nacer el Cristo.
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]:
Y ellos le dijeron: En Bethlehem de Judéa; porque así está escrito por el profeta:
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.’”
Y tu Bethlehem, [de] tierra de Judá, no eres muy pequeña entre los príncipes de Judá; porque de tí saldrá un Guiador, que apacentará á mi pueblo Israel.
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].
Entónces Heródes, llamando en secreto á los magos, entendió de ellos diligentemente el tiempo del aparecimiento de la estrella;
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.”
Y enviándoles á Bethlehem, dijo: Andad allá, y preguntad con diligencia por el Niño; y despues que lo hallareis, hacédmelo saber, para que yo tambien vaya y le adore.
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.
Y ellos, habiendo oido al rey, se fueron: y hé aquí la estrella que habian visto en el Oriente, iba delante de ellos, hasta que llegando, se puso sobre donde estaba el Niño.
10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced greatly [and followed it].
Y vista la estrella, se regocijaron con muy grande gozo.
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.
Y entrando en la casa, vieron el Niño con su madre María, y postrándose lo adoraron: y abriendo sus tesoros, le ofrecieron dones, oro, é incienso, y mirra.
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.
Y siendo avisados por revelacion en sueños, que no volviesen á Heródes, se volvieron á su tierra por otro camino.
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.”
Y partidos ellos, hé aquí el ángel del Señor aparece en sueños á José diciendo: Levántate, y toma al Niño y á su madre, y huye á Egipto, y estate allá hasta que yo te [lo] diga: porque ha de acontecer, que Heró des buscara al Niño para matarlo.
14 So Joseph got up, he took the child and his mother [that] night, and they fled to Egypt.
Y él despertando, tomó al Niño y á su madre de noche, y se fué á Egipto:
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.
Y estuvo allá hasta la muerte de Heródes; para que se cumpliese lo que fué dicho por el Señor por el profeta, que dijo: De Egipto llamé á mi Hijo.
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].
Heródes entónces, como se vió burlado de los magos, se enojó mucho: y envió, y mató todos los niños que habia en Bethlehem, y en todos sus términos, de edad de dos añ os abajo, conforme al tiempo que habla entendido de los magos.
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,
Entónces fué cumplido lo que se habia dicho por el profeta Jeremías, que dijo:
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.
Voz fué oida en Ramá, grande lamentacion, lloro, y gemido; Rachel que llora sus hijos; y no quiso ser consolada, porque perecieron.
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.
Mas muerto Heródes, hé aquí el ángel del Señor aparece en sueños á José en Egipto,
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.”
Diciendo: Levántate, y toma al Niño, y á su madre, y vete á tierra de Israel; que muertos son los que procuraban la muerte del Niño.
21 So Joseph took the child and his mother, and they went back to Israel.
Entónces él se levantó y tomó al Niño, y á su madre, y se vino á tierra de 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]
Y oyendo que Arqueláo reinaba en Judéa en lugar de Heródes su padre, temió ir allá; mas amonestado por revelacion en sueños, se fué á las partes de Galiléa.
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}.
Y vino, y habitó en la ciudad que se llama Nazaret: para que se cumpliese lo que fué dicho por los profetas, que habia de ser llamado Nazareno.
