Matteuksen 2
1 Koska siis Jesus syntynyt oli Betlehemissä Juudan maalla, kuningas Herodeksen aikaan, katso, tietäjät tulivat idästä Jerusalemiin ja sanoivat:
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.
2 Kussa on se syntynyt Juudalaisten kuningas? sillä me näimme hänen tähtensä idässä, ja tulimme häntä kumartaen rukoilemaan.
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.”
3 Kuin kuningas Herodes sen kuuli, hämmästyi hän ja kaikki Jerusalem hänen kanssansa,
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].
4 Ja kokosi kaikki ylimmät papit ja kirjanoppineet kansan seassa, ja kyseli heiltä, kussa Kristuksen syntymän piti.
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.
5 Ja he sanoivat hänelle: Betlehemissä Juudan maalla; sillä niin on prophetan kautta kirjoitettu:
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]:
6 Ja sinä Betlehem Juudan maassa, et sinä ole suinkaan vähin Juudan pääruhtinasten seassa; sillä sinusta on tuleva se Ruhtinas, jonka minun kansaani Israelia pitää hallitseman.
‘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.’”
7 Silloin kutsui Herodes tietäjät salaa, ja tutkisteli visusti heiltä, millä ajalla tähti ilmestyi,
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].
8 Ja lähetti heidät Betlehemiin, ja sanoi: menkäät ja kysykäät visusti lapsesta, ja kuin te löydätte, niin ilmoittakaat minulle, että minäkin tulisin ja kumartaisin häntä.
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.”
9 Kuin he olivat kuninkaan kuulleet, menivät he matkaansa, ja katso, tähti, jonka he olivat nähneet idässä, kävi heidän edellänsä, niinkauvan kuin hän edellä käyden seisahti sen paikan päälle, jossa lapsi oli.
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.
10 Kuin he tähden näkivät, ihastuivat he sangen suurella ilolla,
When they saw the star, they rejoiced greatly [and followed it].
11 Ja menivät huoneeseen, löysivät lapsen äitinsä Marian kanssa, maahan lankesivat ja rukoilivat häntä, ja avasivat tavaransa, ja lahjoittivat hänelle kultaa ja pyhää savua ja mirhamia.
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.
12 Ja Jumala kielsi heitä unessa Herodeksen tykö palajamasta; ja he menivät toista tietä omalle maallensa.
[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.
13 Mutta kuin he olivat menneet pois, katso, niin Herran enkeli ilmestyi Josephille unessa, sanoen: nouse ja ota lapsi äitinensä tykös, ja pakene Egyptiin, ja ole siellä siihen asti kuin minä sinulle sanon; sillä Herodes on etsivä lasta, hukuttaaksensa häntä.
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.”
14 Niin hän nousi ja otti lapsen äitinensä yöllä tykönsä, ja pakeni Egyptiin,
So Joseph got up, he took the child and his mother [that] night, and they fled to Egypt.
15 Ja oli siellä Herodeksen kuolemaan asti: että täytettäisiin mitä sanottu oli Herralta prophetan kautta, joka sanoo: Egyptistä kutsuin minä poikani.
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.
16 Kuin Herodes näki itsensä tietäjiltä vietellyksi, vihastui hän sangen kovin, ja lähetti tappamaan kaikki poikalapset Betlehemissä ja kaikissa sen äärissä, jotka kaksivuotiset olivat taikka nuoremmat, sen ajan jälkeen, jonka hän oli tarkasti tietäjiltä tutkinut.
[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].
17 Silloin se täytettiin, mitä Jeremialta prophetalta sanottu oli, joka sanoo:
[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,
18 Ramassa on ääni kuulunut, suuri valitus, itku ja iso parku: Rakel itkee lapsiansa, ja ei tahtonut itsiänsä antaa lohdutettaa, ettei he ole.
[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.
19 Mutta kuin Herodes oli kuollut, katso, niin Herran enkeli ilmestyi Josephille unessa Egyptissä ja sanoi:
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.
20 Nouse ja ota lapsi äitinensä, ja mene Israelin maalle; sillä ne ovat kuolleet, jotka lapsen henkeä väijyivät.
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.”
21 Niin hän nousi ja otti lapsen äitinensä, ja meni Israelin maalle.
So Joseph took the child and his mother, and they went back to Israel.
22 Mutta kuin hän kuuli, että Arkelaus oli kuningas Juudeassa, isänsä Herodeksen siassa, pelkäsi hän sinne mennä. Ja hän sai Jumalalta käskyn unessa, ja poikkesi Galilean ääriin,
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]
23 Ja tuli ja asui kaupungissa, joka kutsutaan Natsaret, että täytettäisiin mitä prophetain kautta sanottu oli: hän pitää Natsarealaiseksi kutsuttaman.
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}.
