1 Tendo, pois, Jesus nascido em Belém de Judá, no tempo do rei Herodes, eis que magos vieram do oriente a Jerusalém.

2 Perguntaram eles: Onde está o rei dos judeus que acaba de nascer? Vimos a sua estrela no oriente e viemos adorá-lo.

3 A esta notícia, o rei Herodes ficou perturbado e toda Jerusalém com ele.

4 Convocou os príncipes dos sacerdotes e os escribas do povo e indagou deles onde havia de nascer o Cristo.

5 Disseram-lhe: Em Belém, na Judéia, porque assim foi escrito pelo profeta:

6 E tu, Belém, terra de Judá, não és de modo algum a menor entre as cidades de Judá, porque de ti sairá o chefe que governará Israel, meu povo{Miq 5,2}.

7 Herodes, então, chamou secretamente os magos e perguntou-lhes sobre a época exata em que o astro lhes tinha aparecido.

8 E, enviando-os a Belém, disse: Ide e informai-vos bem a respeito do menino. Quando o tiverdes encontrado, comunicai-me, para que eu também vá adorá-lo.

9 Tendo eles ouvido as palavras do rei, partiram. E eis que e estrela, que tinham visto no oriente, os foi precedendo até chegar sobre o lugar onde estava o menino e ali parou.

10 A aparição daquela estrela os encheu de profunda alegria.

11 Entrando na casa, acharam o menino com Maria, sua mãe. Prostrando-se diante dele, o adoraram. Depois, abrindo seus tesouros, ofereceram-lhe como presentes: ouro, incenso e mirra.

12 Avisados em sonhos de não tornarem a Herodes, voltaram para sua terra por outro caminho.

1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi "from the east came to Jerusalem

2 and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him."

3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.

4 When he had called together all the people's chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born.

5 "In Bethlehem in Judea," they replied, "for this is what the prophet has written:

6 "'But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.' ""

7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared.

8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him."

9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was.

10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed.

11 On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.

12 And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.