3 En toe koning Herodes dit hoor, was hy ontsteld en die hele Jerusalem saam met hom;

4 en hy het al die owerpriesters en die skrifgeleerdes van die volk bymekaar laat kom en by hulle navraag gedoen waar die Christus gebore sou word.

5 En hulle het vir hom gesê: Te Betlehem in Jud,a, want so is daar deur die profeet geskrywe:

6 En jy, Betlehem, land van Juda, is volstrek nie die geringste onder die vorste van Juda nie, want uit jou sal 'n leidsman voortkom wat vir my volk Israel 'n herder sal wees.

7 Toe het Herodes die wyse manne in die geheim geroep en hulle na die tyd van die ster se verskyning uitgevra;

8 en hy het hulle na Betlehem gestuur en gesê: Gaan doen noukeurig ondersoek na die Kindjie, en as julle Hom vind, laat my weet, sodat ek ook kan gaan en Hom hulde bewys.

3 And when Herod the king heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 And gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ should be born. 5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judæa: for thus it is written through the prophet,

6 And thou Bethlehem, land of Judah,

Art in no wise least among the princes of Judah:

For out of thee shall come forth a governor,

Who shall be shepherd of my people Israel.

7 Then Herod privily called the Wise-men, and learned of them exactly what time the star appeared. 8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search out exactly concerning the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word, that I also may come and worship him.