1 Tendo, pois, nascido Jesus em Belém da Judéia, no tempo do rei Herodes, eis que vieram do oriente a Jerusalém uns magos que perguntavam:
2 Onde está aquele que é nascido rei dos judeus? pois do oriente vimos a sua estrela e viemos adorá-lo.
3 O rei Herodes, ouvindo isso, perturbou-se, e com ele toda a Jerusalém;
4 e, reunindo todos os principais sacerdotes e os escribas do povo, perguntava-lhes onde havia de nascer o Cristo.
5 Responderam-lhe eles: Em Belém da Judéia; pois assim está escrito pelo profeta:
6 E tu, Belém, terra de Judá, de modo nenhum és a menor entre as principais cidades de Judá; porque de ti sairá o Guia que há de apascentar o meu povo de Israel.
7 Então Herodes chamou secretamente os magos, e deles inquiriu com precisão acerca do tempo em que a estrela aparecera;
8 e enviando-os a Belém, disse-lhes: Ide, e perguntai diligentemente pelo menino; e, quando o achardes, participai-mo, para que também eu vá e o adore.
9 Tendo eles, pois, ouvido o rei, partiram; e eis que a estrela que tinham visto quando no oriente ia adiante deles, até que, chegando, se deteve sobre o lugar onde estava o menino.
10 Ao verem eles a estrela, regozijaram-se com grande alegria.
11 E entrando na casa, viram o menino com Maria sua mãe e, prostrando-se, o adoraram; e abrindo os seus tesouros, ofertaram-lhe dádivas: ouro incenso e mirra.
12 Ora, sendo por divina revelação avisados em sonhos para não voltarem a Herodes, regressaram à sua terra por outro caminho.
13 E, havendo eles se retirado, eis que um anjo do Senhor apareceu a José em sonho, dizendo: Levanta-te, toma o menino e sua mãe, foge para o Egito, e ali fica até que eu te fale; porque Herodes há de procurar o menino para o matar.
14 Levantou-se, pois, tomou de noite o menino e sua mãe, e partiu para o Egito.
15 e lá ficou até a morte de Herodes, para que se cumprisse o que fora dito da parte do Senhor pelo profeta: Do Egito chamei o meu Filho.
16 Cumpriu-se então o que fora dito pelo profeta Jeremias:
18 Em Ramá se ouviu uma voz, lamentação e grande pranto: Raquel chorando os seus filhos, e não querendo ser consolada, porque eles já não existem.
19 Mas tendo morrido Herodes, eis que um anjo do Senhor apareceu em sonho a José no Egito,
20 dizendo: Levanta-te, toma o menino e sua mãe e vai para a terra de Israel; porque já morreram os que procuravam a morte do menino.
21 Então ele se levantou, tomou o menino e sua mãe e foi para a terra de Israel.
22 Ouvindo, porém, que Arquelau reinava na Judéia em lugar de seu pai Herodes, temeu ir para lá; mas avisado em sonho por divina revelação, retirou-se para as regiões da Galiléia,
23 e foi habitar numa cidade chamada Nazaré; para que se cumprisse o que fora dito pelos profetas: Ele será chamado nazareno.
1 Now Jesus having been born in Bethlehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, behold magi from the east arrived at Jerusalem, saying,
2 Where is the king of the Jews that has been born? for we have seen his star in the east, and have come to do him homage.
3 But Herod the king having heard {of it}, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him;
4 and, assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ should be born.
5 And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judaea; for thus it is written through the prophet:
6 And *thou* Bethlehem, land of Juda, art in no wise the least among the governors of Juda; for out of thee shall go forth a leader who shall shepherd my people Israel.
7 Then Herod, having secretly called the magi, inquired of them accurately the time of the star that was appearing;
8 and having sent them to Bethlehem, said, Go, search out accurately concerning the child, and when ye shall have found {him} bring me back word, so that *I* also may come and do him homage.
9 And they having heard the king went their way; and lo, the star, which they had seen in the east, went before them until it came and stood over the place where the little child was.
10 And when they saw the star they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
11 And having come into the house they saw the little child with Mary his mother, and falling down did him homage. And having opened their treasures, they offered to him gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
12 And being divinely instructed in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
13 Now, they having departed, behold, an angel of {the} Lord appears in a dream to Joseph, saying, Arise, take to {thee} the little child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there until I shall tell thee; for Herod will seek the little child to destroy it.
14 And, having arisen, he took to {him} the little child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt.
15 And he was there until the death of Herod, that that might be fulfilled which was spoken by {the} Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
16 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremias the prophet, saying,
18 A voice has been heard in Rama, weeping, and great lamentation: Rachel weeping {for} her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
19 But Herod having died, behold, an angel of {the} Lord appears in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,
20 Arise, take to {thee} the little child and its mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they who sought the life of the little child are dead.
21 And he arose and took to {him} the little child and its mother, and came into the land of Israel;
22 but having heard that 'Archelaus reigns over Judaea, instead of Herod his father,' he was afraid to go there; and having been divinely instructed in a dream, he went away into the parts of Galilee,
23 and came and dwelt in a town called Nazareth; so that that should be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets, He shall be called a Nazaraene.