マタイの福音書 2
1 第三項 博士等の参拝 斯てイエズス、ヘロデ王の時、ユデアのベトレヘムに生れ給ひしかば、折しも博士等東方よりエルザレムに來りて、
Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,
2 云ひけるは、生れたるユデア人の王は何處に在すぞ、即我等東方にて彼が星を見、之を拝みに來れり、と。
“Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him.”
3 ヘロデ王之を聞きて狼狽へしが、エルザレムも亦挙りて然ありき。
When King Herod heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
4 王は司祭長と民間の律法學士とを悉く集めて、キリスト何處に生るべきかと問ひたるに、
Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ would be born.
5 彼等云ひけるは、ユデアのベトレヘムに、其は預言者の録して、
They said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for this is written through the prophet,
6 「ユダの地ベトレヘムよ、汝はユダの郡中に最も小き者には非ず、蓋我イスラエルの民を牧すべき君汝の中より出ん。」とあればなり、と。
‘You Bethlehem, land of Judah, are in no way least amongst the princes of Judah; for out of you shall come a governor who shall shepherd my people, Israel.’”
7 其時ヘロデ密に博士等を召して、星の現れし時を聞匡し、
Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learnt from them exactly what time the star appeared.
8 彼等をベトレヘムに遣るとて云ひけるは、往きて詳に孩兒の事を尋ね、其を見出さば我に告げよ、我も往きて之を拝まん、と。
He sent them to Bethlehem, and said, “Go and search diligently for the young child. When you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and worship him.”
9 彼等王の言を聴きて出行きけるに、折しも東方にて見たりし星彼等の先に立ち、終に孩兒の居る處に至りて其上に止れり。
They, having heard the king, went their way; and behold, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them until it came and stood over where the young child was.
10 彼等其星を見て甚喜び、
When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.
11 家に入りて孩兒の其母マリアと共に居るを見、平伏して之を拝し、寳箱を開きて黄金乳香没薬の禮物を献げたり。
They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and they fell down and worshipped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
12 斯てヘロデに返ること勿れとの示を夢に得て、他の途より己が國に歸れり。
Being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went back to their own country another way.
13 第四項 聖家エジプトへ避難す 博士等の去りし後、折しも主の使ヨゼフの夢に現れて云ひけうるは、起きて孩兒と其母とを携へてエジプトに逃れ、我が汝に告ぐるまで彼處に居れ、其はヘロデ孩兒を殺さんとて之を索めんとすればなり、と。
Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.”
14 ヨゼフ起きて孩兒と其母とを携へて夜エジプトに避け、
He arose and took the young child and his mother by night and departed into Egypt,
15 ヘロデの死するまで其處に居れり、是主より曾て預言者を以て云はれし事の成就せん為なり、曰く「我我子をエジプトより呼出せり」と。
and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”
16 時にヘロデ、博士等に欺かれしを見て大に怒り、人を遣はして博士等に聞きたりし時を度りて、ベトレヘム及其四方に在る二歳以下の男児を悉く殺せり。
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learnt from the wise men.
17 斯て預言者エレミアに依りて云はれたる事成就せり、
Then that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying,
18 曰く「ラマに聲あり、歎にして大なる叫なりけり、ラケル其子等を歎き、彼等の亡きに因り敢て慰を容れず」と。
“A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; she wouldn’t be comforted, because they are no more.”
19 第五項 エジプトよりの歸國 ヘロデ死せしかば、折しも主の使エジプトに於てヨゼフの夢に現れ、
But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,
20 云ひけるは、起きて孩兒と其母とを携へてイスラエルの地に往け、蓋孩兒の生命を索めし人々は既に死せり、と。
“Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those who sought the young child’s life are dead.”
21 ヨゼフ起きて孩兒と其母とを携へ、イスラエルの地に至りしに、
He arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
22 アルケラオ其父ヘロデに継ぎてユデアを治むと聞き、彼處に往く事を懼れしが、た夢に告ありてガリレアの地方に避け、
But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there. Being warned in a dream, he withdrew into the region of Galilee,
23 ナザレトと云ふ街に至りて住めり。是預言者等によりて「彼はナザレト人と稱へられん」と云はれし事の成就せん為なり。
and came and lived in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets that he will be called a Nazarene.
