Matthieu 2
1 Or Jésus étant né à Bethléhem, [ville] de Juda, au temps du Roi Hérode, voici arriver des Sages d'Orient à Jérusalem.
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 En disant: où est le Roi des Juifs qui est né? car nous avons vu son étoile en Orient, et nous sommes venus l'adorer.
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 Ce que le Roi Hérode ayant entendu, il en fut troublé, et tout Jérusalem avec lui.
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 Et ayant assemblé tous les principaux Sacrificateurs, et les Scribes du peuple, il s'informa d'eux où le Christ devait naître.
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 Et ils lui dirent: à Bethléhem, [ville] de Judée; car il est ainsi écrit par un Prophète:
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 Et toi, Bethléhem, terre de Juda, tu n'es nullement la plus petite entre les Gouverneurs de Juda, car de toi sortira le Conducteur qui paîtra mon peuple d'Israël.
‘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 Alors Hérode ayant appelé en secret les Sages, s'informa d'eux soigneusement du temps que l'étoile leur était apparue.
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 Et les envoyant à Bethléhem, il leur dit: Allez, et vous informez soigneusement touchant le petit enfant; et quand vous l'aurez trouvé, faites-le-moi savoir, afin que j'y aille aussi, et que je l'adore.
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 Eux donc ayant ouï le Roi, s'en allèrent, et voici, l'étoile qu'ils avaient vue en Orient allait devant eux, jusqu'à ce qu'elle vint et s'arrêta sur le lieu où était le petit enfant.
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 Et quand ils virent l'étoile, ils se réjouirent d'une fort grande joie.
When they saw the star, they rejoiced greatly [and followed it].
11 Et entrés dans la maison, ils trouvèrent le petit enfant avec Marie sa mère, lequel ils adorèrent, en se prosternant en terre; et après avoir déployé leurs trésors, ils lui offrirent des présents, [savoir], de l'or, de l'encens et de la myrrhe.
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 Puis étant divinement avertis dans un songe, de ne retourner point vers Hérode, ils se retirèrent en leur pays par un autre chemin.
[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 Or après qu'ils se furent retirés, voici, l'Ange du Seigneur apparut dans un songe à Joseph, et lui dit: lève-toi, et prends le petit enfant, et sa mère, et t'enfuis en Egypte, et demeure là, jusqu'à ce que je te le dise; car Hérode cherchera le petit enfant pour le faire mourir.
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 Joseph donc étant réveillé, prit de nuit le petit enfant, et sa mère, et se retira en Egypte.
So Joseph got up, he took the child and his mother [that] night, and they fled to Egypt.
15 Et il demeura là jusques à la mort d'Hérode; afin que fût accompli ce dont le Seigneur avait parlé par un Prophète, disant: J'ai appelé mon Fils hors d'Egypte.
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 Alors Hérode voyant que les Sages s'étaient moqués de lui, fut fort en colère, et il envoya tuer tous les enfants qui étaient à Bethléhem, et dans tout son territoire; depuis l'âge de deux ans, et au-dessous, selon le temps dont il s'était exactement informé des Sages.
[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 Alors fut accompli ce dont avait parlé Jérémie le Prophète, en disant:
[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 On a ouï à Rama un cri, une lamentation, des plaintes, et un grand gémissement: Rachel pleurant ses enfants, et n'ayant point voulu être consolée de ce qu'ils ne sont plus.
[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 Mais après qu'Hérode fut mort, voici, l'Ange du Seigneur apparut dans un songe à Joseph, en Egypte,
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 Et [lui] dit: lève-toi, et prends le petit enfant, et sa mère, et t'en va au pays d'Israël; car ceux qui cherchaient à ôter la vie au petit enfant sont morts.
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 Joseph donc s'étant réveillé, prit le petit enfant et sa mère, et s'en vint au pays d'Israël.
So Joseph took the child and his mother, and they went back to Israel.
22 Mais quand il eut appris qu'Archélaüs régnait en Judée, à la place d'Hérode son père, il craignit d'y aller; et étant divinement averti dans un songe, il se retira en Galilée.
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 Et y étant arrivé, il habita dans la ville appelée Nazareth; afin que fût accompli ce qui avait été dit par les Prophètes: il sera appelé Nazarien.
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}.
