Mateusza 2
1 A gdy się Jezus narodził w Betlehemie Judzkiem za dnia Heroda króla, oto mędrcy ze wschodu słońca przybyli do Jeruzalemu, mówiąc:
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 Gdzież jest ten, który się narodził, król żydowski? Bośmy widzieli gwiazdę jego na wschód słońca, i przyjechaliśmy, abyśmy mu się pokłonili.
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 Co gdy król Herod usłyszał, zatrwożył się, i wszystko Jeruzalem z nim.
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 Przetoż zebrawszy wszystkie przedniejsze kapłany i nauczyciele ludu, dowiadywał się od nich, gdzie by się miał Chrystus narodzić.
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 A oni mu rzekli: W Betlehemie Judzkiem: bo tak napisano przez proroka:
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 I ty Betlehemie, ziemio Judzka! żadną miarą nie jesteś najmniejsze między książęty Judzkimi; albowiem z ciebie wynijdzie wódz, który rządzić będzie lud mój Izraelski.
‘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 Tedy Herod wezwawszy potajemnie onych mędrców, pilnie się wywiadywał od nich o czasie, którego się gwiazda ukazała.
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 A posławszy je do Betlehemu, rzekł: Jechawszy, pilnie się wywiadujcie o tem dzieciątku; a gdy znajdziecie, oznajmijcie mi, abym i ja przyjechawszy, pokłonił mu się.
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 Oni tedy, wysłuchawszy króla, poszli; a oto ona gwiazda, którą widzieli na wschód słońca, prowadziła je, aż przyszedłszy, stanęła nad miejscem, gdzie było dzieciątko;
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 A gdy ujrzeli onę gwiazdę, uradowali się radością bardzo wielką;
When they saw the star, they rejoiced greatly [and followed it].
11 I wszedłszy w dom, znaleźli dzieciątko z Maryją, matką jego, a upadłszy, pokłonili mu się, i otworzywszy skarby swoje, ofiarowali mu dary: złoto i kadzidło i myrrę.
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 Lecz będąc upomnieni od Boga we śnie, aby się nie wracali do Heroda, inszą drogą wrócili się do krainy swojej.
[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 A gdy oni odeszli, oto Anioł Pański ukazał się we śnie Józefowi mówiąc: Wstawszy, weźmij to dzieciątko i matkę jego, a uciecz do Egiptu, a bądź tam, aż ci powiem; albowiem Herod będzie szukał dzieciątka, aby je zatracił.
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 Który wstawszy, wziął dzieciątko i matkę jego w nocy, i uszedł do Egiptu;
So Joseph got up, he took the child and his mother [that] night, and they fled to Egypt.
15 I był tam aż do śmierci Herodowej, aby się wypełniło, co powiedziano od Pana przez proroka, mówiącego: Z Egiptum wezwał syna mego.
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 Tedy Herod ujrzawszy, że był oszukany od mędrców, rozgniewał się bardzo, a posławszy pobił wszystkie dziatki, które były w Betlehemie i po wszystkich granicach jego, od dwóch lat i niżej, według czasu, o którym się był pilnie wywiedział od mędrców.
[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 Tedy się wypełniło, co powiedziano przez Jeremijasza proroka, mówiącego:
[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 Głos w Ramie słyszany jest, lament, i płacz, i narzekanie wielkie: Rachel płacząca synów swoich nie dała się pocieszyć, przeto, że ich nie masz.
[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 A gdy umarł Herod, oto Anioł Pański ukazał się we śnie Józefowi w Egipcie,
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 Mówiąc: Wstawszy, weźmij dzieciątko i matkę jego, a idź do ziemi Izraelskiej; albowiem pomarli ci, którzy szukali duszy dziecięcej.
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 A on wstawszy, wziął do siebie dzieciątko i matkę jego, i przyszedł do ziemi Izraelskiej.
So Joseph took the child and his mother, and they went back to Israel.
22 Lecz gdy usłyszał, iż Archelaus królował w Judzkiej ziemi na miejscu Heroda, ojca swego, bał się tam iść; ale napomniany będąc od Boga we śnie, ustąpił w strony Galilejskie;
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 I przyszedłszy mieszkał w mieście, które zowią Nazaret, aby się wypełniło co powiedziano przez proroki: Iż Nazarejczykiem nazwany będzie.
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}.
