Κατα Ματθαιον 2
1 του δε ιησου γεννηθεντοσ εν βηθλεεμ τησ ιουδαιασ εν ημεραισ ηρωδου του βασιλεωσ ιδου μαγοι απο ανατολων παρεγενοντο εισ ιεροσολυμα
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 λεγοντεσ που εστιν ο τεχθεισ βασιλευσ των ιουδαιων ειδομεν γαρ αυτου τον αστερα εν τη ανατολη και ηλθομεν προσκυνησαι αυτω
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 ακουσασ δε ηρωδησ ο βασιλευσ εταραχθη και πασα ιεροσολυμα μετ αυτου
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 και συναγαγων παντασ τουσ αρχιερεισ και γραμματεισ του λαου επυνθανετο παρ αυτων που ο χριστοσ γενναται
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 οι δε ειπον αυτω εν βηθλεεμ τησ ιουδαιασ ουτωσ γαρ γεγραπται δια του προφητου
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 και συ βηθλεεμ γη ιουδα ουδαμωσ ελαχιστη ει εν τοισ ηγεμοσιν ιουδα εκ σου γαρ εξελευσεται ηγουμενοσ οστισ ποιμανει τον λαον μου τον ισραηλ
‘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 τοτε ηρωδησ λαθρα καλεσασ τουσ μαγουσ ηκριβωσεν παρ αυτων τον χρονον του φαινομενου αστεροσ
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 και πεμψασ αυτουσ εισ βηθλεεμ ειπεν πορευθεντεσ ακριβωσ εξετασατε περι του παιδιου επαν δε ευρητε απαγγειλατε μοι οπωσ καγω ελθων προσκυνησω αυτω
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 οι δε ακουσαντεσ του βασιλεωσ επορευθησαν και ιδου ο αστηρ ον ειδον εν τη ανατολη προηγεν αυτουσ εωσ ελθων εστη επανω ου ην το παιδιον
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 ιδοντεσ δε τον αστερα εχαρησαν χαραν μεγαλην σφοδρα
When they saw the star, they rejoiced greatly [and followed it].
11 και ελθοντεσ εισ την οικιαν ειδον το παιδιον μετα μαριασ τησ μητροσ αυτου και πεσοντεσ προσεκυνησαν αυτω και ανοιξαντεσ τουσ θησαυρουσ αυτων προσηνεγκαν αυτω δωρα χρυσον και λιβανον και σμυρναν
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 και χρηματισθεντεσ κατ οναρ μη ανακαμψαι προσ ηρωδην δι αλλησ οδου ανεχωρησαν εισ την χωραν αυτων
[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 αναχωρησαντων δε αυτων ιδου αγγελοσ κυριου φαινεται κατ οναρ τω ιωσηφ λεγων εγερθεισ παραλαβε το παιδιον και την μητερα αυτου και φευγε εισ αιγυπτον και ισθι εκει εωσ αν ειπω σοι μελλει γαρ ηρωδησ ζητειν το παιδιον του απολεσαι αυτο
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 ο δε εγερθεισ παρελαβεν το παιδιον και την μητερα αυτου νυκτοσ και ανεχωρησεν εισ αιγυπτον
So Joseph got up, he took the child and his mother [that] night, and they fled to Egypt.
15 και ην εκει εωσ τησ τελευτησ ηρωδου ινα πληρωθη το ρηθεν υπο του κυριου δια του προφητου λεγοντοσ εξ αιγυπτου εκαλεσα τον υιον μου
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 τοτε ηρωδησ ιδων οτι ενεπαιχθη υπο των μαγων εθυμωθη λιαν και αποστειλασ ανειλεν παντασ τουσ παιδασ τουσ εν βηθλεεμ και εν πασιν τοισ οριοισ αυτησ απο διετουσ και κατωτερω κατα τον χρονον ον ηκριβωσεν παρα των μαγων
[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 τοτε επληρωθη το ρηθεν υπο ιερεμιου του προφητου λεγοντοσ
[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 φωνη εν ραμα ηκουσθη θρηνοσ και κλαυθμοσ και οδυρμοσ πολυσ ραχηλ κλαιουσα τα τεκνα αυτησ και ουκ ηθελεν παρακληθηναι οτι ουκ εισιν
[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 τελευτησαντοσ δε του ηρωδου ιδου αγγελοσ κυριου κατ οναρ φαινεται τω ιωσηφ εν αιγυπτω
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 λεγων εγερθεισ παραλαβε το παιδιον και την μητερα αυτου και πορευου εισ γην ισραηλ τεθνηκασιν γαρ οι ζητουντεσ την ψυχην του παιδιου
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 ο δε εγερθεισ παρελαβεν το παιδιον και την μητερα αυτου και ηλθεν εισ γην ισραηλ
So Joseph took the child and his mother, and they went back to Israel.
22 ακουσασ δε οτι αρχελαοσ βασιλευει επι τησ ιουδαιασ αντι ηρωδου του πατροσ αυτου εφοβηθη εκει απελθειν χρηματισθεισ δε κατ οναρ ανεχωρησεν εισ τα μερη τησ γαλιλαιασ
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 και ελθων κατωκησεν εισ πολιν λεγομενην ναζαρετ οπωσ πληρωθη το ρηθεν δια των προφητων οτι ναζωραιοσ κληθησεται
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}.
