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.
Коли ж народився Ісус у Вифлеємі Юдейськім, за днів царя І́рода, то ось мудреці прибули́ до Єрусалиму зо сходу,
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.”
і питали: „Де́ наро́джений Цар Юдейський? Бо на сході ми бачили зо́рю Його́, і прибули́ поклонитись Йому“.
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].
І, як зачув це цар І́род, занепоко́ївся, і з ним увесь Єрусалим.
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.
І, зібравши всіх первосвящеників і книжників лю́дських, він випитував у них, де́ має Христос народитись?
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]:
Вони ж відказали йому́: „У Вифлеємі Юдейськім, бо в пророка написано так:
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.’”
„І ти, Вифлеє́ме, земле Юдина, не менший нічим між осадами Юдиними, бо з тебе з'я́виться Вождь, що буде Ві́н па́сти наро́д Мій ізраїльський“.
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].
Тоді Ірод покликав таємно отих мудреців, і докладно випи́тував їх про час, коли з'явилась зоря́.
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.”
І він відіслав їх до Вифлеєму, говорячи: „Ідіть, і пильно розвідайтеся про Дитя́тко; а як зна́йдете, сповістіть мене, щоб і я міг піти й поклонитись Йому́“.
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.
Вони ж царя вислухали й відійшли. І ось зоря́, що на сході вони її бачили, ішла перед ними, аж прийшла й стала зве́рху, де Дитя́тко було́.
10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced greatly [and followed it].
А бачивши зо́рю, вони надзвичайно зраділи.
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.
І, ввійшовши до дому, знайшли там Дитятко з Марією, Його матір'ю. І вони впали ницьма, і вклонились Йому́. І, відчини́вши скарбниці свої, підне́сли Йому свої да́ри: золото, ладан та смирну.
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.
А вві сні остережені, щоб не верта́тись до Ірода, відійшли вони іншим шляхо́м до своєї землі.
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.”
Як вони ж відійшли, ось ангол Господній з'явивсь у сні Йо́сипові та й сказав: „Уставай, візьми Дитя́тко та матір Його, і втікай до Єгипту, і там зоставайся, аж поки скажу́ тобі, бо Дитя́тка шукатиме Ірод, щоб Його́ погубити“.
14 So Joseph got up, he took the child and his mother [that] night, and they fled to Egypt.
І він устав, узяв Дитятко та матір Його вночі, та й пішов до Єгипту.
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.
І він там зоставався аж до смерти Іродової, щоб збуло́ся сказане від Господа пророком, який провіщає: „Із Єгипту покликав Я Сина Свого́“.
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].
Спостеріг тоді Ірод, що ті мудреці насміялися з нього, та й розгнівався дуже, і послав повбивати в Вифлеємі й по всій тій околиці всіх дітей від двох років і менше, за ча́сом, що його в мудреців він був ви́питав.
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,
Тоді спра́вдилось те, що сказав Єремі́я пророк, промовляючи:
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.
„Чути голос у Рамі, плач і рида́ння та голосі́ння велике: Рахиль плаче за ді́тьми своїми, і не дається розважити себе, бо нема їх “.
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.
Коли ж Ірод умер, ось ангол Господній з'явився в Єгипті вві сні Йо́сипові, та й промовив:
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.”
„Уставай, візьми Дитя́тко та матір Його́, та йди в землю Ізраїлеву, бо вимерли ті, хто шука́в душу Дитини“.
21 So Joseph took the child and his mother, and they went back to Israel.
І він устав, узяв Дитя́тко та матір Його́, і прийшов у землю Ізраїлеву.
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]
Та прочувши, що царю́є в Юдеї Архела́й, — замість Ірода, батька свого, — побоявся піти туди він. А вві сні остере́жений, відійшов до країв галілейських.
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}.
А прибувши, оселився у місті, на ім'я́ Назаре́т, щоб збулося пророками сказане, що Він Назаряни́н буде зва́ний.
