¹Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

¹ኢየሱስም በይሁዳ ቤተ ልሔም በንጉሡ በሄሮድስ ዘመን በተወለደ ጊዜ፥ እነሆ፥ ሰብአ ሰገል። የተወለደው የአይሁድ ንጉሥ ወዴት ነው? ኮከቡን በምሥራቅ አይተን ልንሰግድለት መጥተናልና እያሉ ከምሥራቅ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም መጡ።

²Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

³ንጉሡ ሄሮድስም ሰምቶ ደነገጠ፥ ኢየሩሳሌምም ሁሉ ከእርሱ ጋር፤

³When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

⁴የካህናትንም አለቆች የሕዝቡንም ጻፎች ሁሉ ሰብስቦ ክርስቶስ ወዴት እንዲወለድ ጠየቃቸው።

⁴And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.

⁵እነርሱም። አንቺ ቤተ ልሔም፥ የይሁዳ ምድር፥ ከይሁዳ ገዢዎች ከቶ አታንሽም፤ ሕዝቤን እስራኤልን የሚጠብቅ መስፍን ከአንቺ ይወጣልና ተብሎ በነቢይ እንዲህ ተጽፎአልና በይሁዳ ቤተ ልሔም ነው አሉት።

⁵And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,

⁷ከዚህ በኋላ ሄሮድስ ሰብአ ሰገልን በስውር ጠርቶ ኮከቡ የታየበትን ዘመን ከእነርሱ በጥንቃቄ ተረዳ፥

⁶And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.

⁸ወደ ቤተ ልሔምም እነርሱን ሰድዶ። ሂዱ፥ ስለ ሕፃኑ በጥንቃቄ መርምሩ፤ ባገኛችሁትም ጊዜ እኔ ደግሞ መጥቼ እንድሰግድለት ንገሩኝ አላቸው።

⁷Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.

⁹እነርሱም ንጉሡን ሰምተው ሄዱ፤ እነሆም፥ በምሥራቅ ያዩት ኮከብ ሕፃኑ ባለበት ላይ መጥቶ እስኪቆም ድረስ ይመራቸው ነበር።

⁸And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.

¹⁰ኮከቡንም ባዩ ጊዜ በታላቅ ደስታ እጅግ ደስ አላቸው።

⁹When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.

¹¹ወደ ቤትም ገብተው ሕፃኑን ከእናቱ ከማርያም ጋር አዩት፥ ወድቀውም ሰገዱለት፥ ሣጥኖቻቸውንም ከፍተው እጅ መንሻ ወርቅና ዕጣን ከርቤም አቀረቡለት።

¹⁰When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

¹²ወደ ሄሮድስም እንዳይመለሱ በሕልም ተረድተው በሌላ መንገድ ወደ አገራቸው ሄዱ።

¹¹And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense and myrrh.

¹³እነርሱም ከሄዱ በኋላ እነሆ፥ የጌታ መልአክ በሕልም ለዮሴፍ ታይቶ። ሄሮድስ ሕፃኑን ሊገድለው ይፈልገዋልና ተነሣ፥ ሕፃኑንና እናቱንም ይዘህ ወደ ግብፅ ሽሽ፥ እስክነግርህም ድረስ በዚያ ተቀመጥ አለው።

¹²And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

¹⁴እርሱም ተነሥቶ ሕፃኑንና እናቱን በሌሊት ያዘና ከጌታ ዘንድ በነቢይ። ልጄን ከግብፅ ጠራሁት የተባለው እንዲፈጸም ወደ ግብፅ ሄደ፥ ሄሮድስም እስኪሞት ድረስ በዚያ ኖረ።

¹³And when they were departed, behold, the 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 bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.

¹⁶ከዚህ በኋላ ሄሮድስ ሰብአ ሰገል እንደ ተሣለቁበት ባየ ጊዜ እጅግ ተቆጣና ልኮ ከሰብአ ሰገል እንደ ተረዳው ዘመን በቤተ ልሔምና በአውራጃዋ የነበሩትን፥ ሁለት ዓመት የሆናቸውን ከዚያም የሚያንሱትን ሕፃናት ሁሉ አስገደለ።

¹⁴When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:

¹⁷ያን ጊዜ በነቢዩ በኤርምያስ፥ ድምፅ በራማ ተሰማ፥ ልቅሶና ብዙ ዋይታ፤ ራሔል ስለ ልጆችዋ አለቀሰች፥ መጽናናትም አልወደደችም፥ የሉምና የተባለው ተፈጸመ።

¹⁵And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.

¹⁹ሄሮድስም ከሞተ በኋላ፥ እነሆ፥ የጌታ መልአክ በግብፅ ለዮሴፍ በሕልም ታይቶ።

¹⁶Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.

²⁰የሕፃኑን ነፍስ የፈለጉት ሞተዋልና ተነሣ፥ ሕፃኑን እናቱንም ይዘህ ወደ እስራኤል አገር ሂድ አለ።

¹⁷Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,

²¹እርሱም ተነሥቶ ሕፃኑንና እናቱን ያዘና ወደ እስራኤል አገር ገባ።

¹⁸In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

²²በአባቱም በሄሮድስ ፈንታ አርኬላዎስ በይሁዳ እንደ ነገሠ በሰማ ጊዜ፥ ወደዚያ መሄድን ፈራ፤ በሕልምም ተረድቶ ወደ ገሊላ አገር ሄደ፤

¹⁹But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

²³በነቢያት። ናዝራዊ ይባላል የተባለው ይፈጸም ዘንድ፥ ናዝሬት ወደምትባል ከተማ መጥቶ ኖረ።

²⁰Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.

²¹And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

²²But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:

²³And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.