The Wise Men
1 When Jesus was born in the village of Bethlehem in Judea, Herod was king. During this time some wise men from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and said, “Where is the child born to be king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him.”
3 When King Herod heard about this, he was worried, and so was everyone else in Jerusalem. 4 Herod brought together the chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses and asked them, “Where will the Messiah be born?”
5 They told him, “He will be born in Bethlehem, just as the prophet wrote,
6 ‘Bethlehem in the land
of Judea,
you are very important
among the towns of Judea.
From your town
will come a leader,
who will be like a shepherd
for my people Israel.’ ”
7 Herod secretly called in the wise men and asked them when they had first seen the star. 8 He told them, “Go to Bethlehem and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, let me know. I also want to go and worship him.”
9 The wise men listened to what the king said and then left. And the star they had seen in the east went on ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. 10 They were thrilled and excited to see the star.
11 When the men went into the house and saw the child with Mary, his mother, they knelt down and worshiped him. They took out their gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh and gave them to him. 12 Later they were warned in a dream not to return to Herod, and they went back home by another road.
The Escape to Egypt
13 After the wise men had gone, an angel from the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up! Hurry and take the child and his mother to Egypt! Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is looking for the child and wants to kill him.”
14 That night, Joseph got up and took his wife and the child to Egypt, 15 where they stayed until Herod died. So the Lord's promise came true, just as the prophet had said, “I called my son out of Egypt.”
The Killing of the Children
16 When Herod found out that the wise men from the east had tricked him, he was very angry. He gave orders for his men to kill all the boys who lived in or near Bethlehem and were two years old and younger. This was based on what he had learned from the wise men.
17 So the Lord's promise came true, just as the prophet Jeremiah had said,
18 “In Ramah a voice was heard
crying and weeping loudly.
Rachel was mourning
for her children,
and she refused
to be comforted,
because they were dead.”
The Return from Egypt
19 After King Herod died, an angel from the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph while he was still in Egypt. 20 The angel said, “Get up and take the child and his mother back to Israel. The people who wanted to kill him are now dead.”
21 Joseph got up and left with them for Israel. 22 But when he heard that Herod's son Archelaus was now ruler of Judea, he was afraid to go there. Then in a dream he was told to go to Galilee, 23 and they went to live there in the town of Nazareth. So the Lord's promise came true, just as the prophet had said, “He will be called a Nazarene.”
II.
Gudrī nu austrumim.
1 Kad, Judeas Betleemā kēneņa Eroda laikā, pīdzyma Jezus, raug, nu austrumim uz Jeruzalemu atgōja gudrī un saceja: 2 kur ir jaunpīdzymušais jūdu kēneņš? Mes tadei redzējom austrumūs Jō zvaigzni un atgōjom Jō gūdynōtu. 3 Tū izdzērdis, kēneņš Erods ļūti nūsabeida, un reizē ar jū ari vysa Jeruzalema. 4 Saaicynōjis tad vysus tautas vērsgoreidznīkus un Rokstim mōceitūs, klause nu jim, kur Kristum beja jōdzymst. 5 Un tī jam atbiļdēja: Judeas Betleemā, jo pi pravīša stōv raksteits tai:
6 Un tu, jūdu zemes Betleem,
nimoz naesi tei mozōkō storp jūdu golvas piļsātom,
jo nu tevis nōks vaļdinīks,
kas vaļdēs munu tautu Izraeli.
7 Tad Erods, slapyn ataicynōjis pi sevis gudrūs, ryupeigi nu jim izvaicōja par zvaigznes pasarōdeišonōs laiku, 8 un, syuteidams jūs uz Betleemu, saceja: Ejte un izzynojit labi par bārnu un, kai tik atrassit, paziņojit maņ, lai un es aizgōjis Jū pagūdynōtu.
9 Jī, nūsaklausejuši kēneņa, devēs ceļā. Un, raug, tei zvaigzne, kuru beja redzējuši austrumūs, otkon gōja jūs prīškā, koleidz, nūgōjuse vērs tōs vītas, kur beja bārns, nūstōja. 10 Īraugūt zvaigzni, jī nūsaprīcōja ar ļūti lelu prīcu. 11 Un, īejūt mōjā, īraudzeja bārnu ar Jō mōti Mariju, un, pakreitūt uz vaiga, atdeve Jam gūdu. Tad, atdarejuši sovus krōjumus, upurēja Jam dōvonas: zaltu, kyupynojamū un myrru.
12 Un, sapnā pōrsorgōti, lai naītu pi Eroda, jī atsagrīze uz sovu molu pa cytu ceļu.
13 Kad jī beja aizgōjuši, raug, Kunga eņgeļs pasarōdeja Jezupam sapnā un saceja: Celīs, jem Bārnu un Jō mōti un bēdz uz Egipti, un palīc tur, cikom tev pasaceišu, jo Erods meklēs Bārna, lai jū nūnōvātu.
14 Jys pīsacēlis pajēme Bārnu un Jō mōti un tamā pat naktī aizbāga uz Egipti 15 un palyka tur leidz Eroda nōvei. Lai izapiļdeitu tys, kū Kungs caur pravīti beja sacejis:
Nu Egiptes atsauču sovu dālu.16 Erods, radzādams, ka gudrī jū pīvyla, ļūti aizadusmōja un lyka nūnōvēt vysus Betleemā un vysā jōs apkōrtnē asūšūs diveju godu un jaunōkūs bārnus, skaitūt pēc tō laika, kuru jys nu gudrajim beja izklaušņōjis. 17 Tad izapiļdeja tys, kū pravīts Jeremijs beja sacejis:
18 Ramā ir dzēržams bolss,
daudz bažu un ryugtu osoru;
Rachele apraud sovus bārnus
un naļaun sevis prīcynōt, jo jūs vairs navā.
19 Kad Erods beja nūmiris, raug, Egiptē Kunga eņgeļs pasarōdeja Jezupam sapnā un saceja: 20 Celīs, jem Bārnu un Jō mōti un ej atpakaļ uz izraelīšu zemi, jo tī, kas meklēja Bārna dzeiveibas, jau nūmyra.
21 Pīsacēlis, jys pajēme Bārnu un Jō mōti un gōja uz izraelīšu zemi. 22 Bet izdzērdis, ka pēc sova tāva Eroda, Judeas apgobolu pōrvolda jō dāls Archeļauss, beidōs tur īt, un, sapnā pōrsorgōts, aizgōja uz Galilejas apgobolu. 23 Un īgōjis tur nūsamete dzeivōt vīnā mīstā, kuru sauc Nazarete, jo tai beja jōizapylda pravīšu vōrdim: Jū sauks par Nazarejīti.
