Mateus 2

Manuhiri mai i te Rāwhiti

1 Nā, i te mea kua whānau nei a Īhu ki Pēterehema o Hūria, i ngā rā o Kīngi Herora, nā, ka haere mai ētahi Maki i te rāwhiti ki Hiruhārama, 2 ka mea, "Kei hea tēnei kua whānau nei hei kīngi mō ngā Hūrai? I kite hoki mātou i tōna whetū i te rāwhiti, ā, ka tae mai nei ki te koropiko ki a ia."

3 Ā, nō te rongonga o Kīngi Herora, ka ohorere rātou ko Hiruhārama katoa. 4 Nā, whakaminea katoatia ana e ia ngā tohunga nui me ngā karaipi o te iwi, ā, ka ui ki a rātou ki te wāhi e whānau ai a te Karaiti.

5 Ka mea rātou ki a ia, "Ki Pēterehema o Hūria; ko tā te poropiti hoki tēnei i tuhituhi ai:

6 ‘Ā, ko koe, e Pēterehema, whenua o Hūrā,

ehara rawa i te iti rawa i roto i ngā kāwana o Hūrā;

e puta mai hoki i a koe he kāwana,

hei hēpara mō tāku iwi, mō Īharaira.’ "

7 Nā, ka oti ngā Maki te karanga puku e Herora, ka uia mārietia rātou ki te wā i puta mai ai te whetū. 8 Ā, ungā ana rātou e ia ki Pēterehema, i mea ia, "Haere, rapua mārietia te tamaiti; ā, ka kitea, ka whakahoki mai i te kōrero ki ahau, kia haere ai hoki ahau ki te koropiko ki a ia."

9 Nā, ka rongo rātou i tā te kīngi, ka haere; nā, ko te whetū, i kite ai rātou i te rāwhiti, e haere ana i mua i a rātou, ā tae noa, tū noa ki runga ake i te takotoranga o te tamaiti. 10 Ā, i tō rātou kitenga i te whetū, ko te tino haringa i hari ai. 11 Ā, ka tae ki roto ki te whare, ka kite i te tamaiti rāua ko tōna whaea, ko Meri, nā, tāpapa ana rātou, koropiko ana ki a ia, ā, nō ka māwhera ō rātou taonga, ka hoatu ētahi mea ki a ia, he kōura, he parakihe, he maira.

12 Ā, i whakatūpatoria rātou e te Atua, he mea moemoeā, kia kaua e hoki ki a Herora; nā, haere ana ki tō rātou kāinga he ara kē.

Te Rerenga ki Īhipa

13 Ā, ka riro atu rātou, nā, ka puta moemoeā tētahi anahera a te Ariki ki a Hōhepa, ka mea, "E ara, tangohia te tamaiti rāua ko tōna whaea, e rere ki Īhipa, ā, hei reira koe kia kōrero rā anō ahau ki a koe; meāke hoki rapu a Herora i te tamaiti kia whakangaromia."

14 Nā, ka ara ake ia, ka mau ki te tamaiti rāua ko tōna whaea i te pō, ā, haere ana ki Īhipa, 15 ā, noho ana i reira, mate noa a Herora. Nā, ka rite tā te Ariki i kōrerotia e te poropiti, i mea ai ia, "He mea karanga nāku tāku tamaiti i Īhipa."

Te Tārukenga o ngā Tamariki

16 Ā, nō te kitenga o Herora ka oti ia te tinihanga e ngā Maki, rahi rawa tōna riri, ka tono tāngata, ā, patua iho ngā tamariki katoa, ngā mea e rua nei ō rātou tau, me ō muri iho, i Pēterehema, i ngā wāhi katoa o reira, he mea whakarite ki te tāima i uia mārietia e ia ki ngā Maki.

17 Kātahi, ka rite tā Heremaia poropiti i kōrero ai, i mea ai:

18 "I rangona he reo ki Rama,

he uhunga, he tangi, he auē nui.

Ko Rahera e tangi ana ki āna tamariki;

ā, kīhai i pai kia whakamārietia,

nō te mea kua kāhore rātou."

Te Hokinga mai i Īhipa

19 Ā, nō ka mate a Herora, nā, ka puta moemoeā te anahera a te Ariki ki a Hōhepa, ki Īhipa, 20 ka mea, "Ara ake, tangohia te tamaiti rāua ko tōna whaea, ā, haere ki te whenua o Īharaira; kua mate hoki te hunga i whai kia patua te tamaiti." 21 Ā, ko tōna aranga ake, ka mau ki te tamaiti rāua ko tōna whaea, ka haere ki te whenua o Īharaira.

22 Otirā, ka rongo ia ko Arakerauha te kīngi o Hūria i muri i tōna matua, i a Herora, ka wehi ki te haere ki reira. Otiia, i whakamaharatia ia e te Atua, he mea moemoeā, ā, haere ana ki ngā wāhi o Karirī. 23 Ā, ka tae, ā, ka noho ki tētahi pā, ko Nahareta te ingoa; i rite ai tā ngā poropiti i mea ai, "Me hua ia he tangata nō Nahareta."

1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judæa in the days of Herod the king, behold, Wise-men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, 2 Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we saw his star in the east, and are come to worship him. 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. 9 And they, having heard the king, went their way; and lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. 10 And when they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. 11 And they came into the house and saw the young child with Mary his mother; and they fell down and worshipped him; and opening their treasures they offered unto him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh. 12 And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

13 Now when they were departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I tell thee: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. 14 And he arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt; 15 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 did I call my son.

16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the Wise-men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had exactly learned of the Wise-men. 17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying,

18 A voice was heard in Ramah,

Weeping and great mourning,

Rachel weeping for her children;

And she would not be comforted, because they are not.

19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, 20 Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead that sought the young child’s life. 21 And he arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. 22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judæa in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither; and being warned of God in a dream, he withdrew into the parts of Galilee, 23 and came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets, that he should be called a Nazarene.