Mateus 2

1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men*2:1 The word for "wise men" (magoi) can also mean teachers, scientists, physicians, astrologers, seers, interpreters of dreams, or sorcerers. from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, 2 "Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him." 3 When King Herod heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ would be born. 5 They said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for this is written through the prophet,

6 ‘You Bethlehem, land of Judah,

are in no way least among the princes of Judah;

for out of you shall come a governor

who shall shepherd my people, Israel.’"✝2:6 Micah 5:2

7 Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learned from them exactly what time the star appeared. 8 He sent them to Bethlehem, and said, "Go and search diligently for the young child. When you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and worship him."

9 They, having heard the king, went their way; and behold, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them until it came and stood over where the young child was. 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy. 11 They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh. 12 Being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went back to their own country another way.

13 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him."

14 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 I called my son."✝2:15 Hosea 11:1

16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men. 17 Then that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying,

18 "A voice was heard in Ramah,

lamentation, weeping and great mourning,

Rachel weeping for her children;

she wouldn’t be comforted,

because they are no more."✝2:18 Jeremiah 31:15

19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared 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 those who sought the young child’s life are dead."

21 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 Judea in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there. Being warned in a dream, he withdrew into the region of Galilee, 23 and came and lived in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets that he will be called a Nazarene.

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."