¹And Jesus having been born in Beth-Lehem of Judea, in the days of Herod the king, lo, mages from the east came 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 who was born king of the Jews? for we saw his star in the east, and we came to bow to him.`

³ንጉሡ ሄሮድስም ሰምቶ ደነገጠ፥ ኢየሩሳሌምም ሁሉ ከእርሱ ጋር፤

³And Herod the king having heard, was stirred, and all Jerusalem with him,

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

⁴and having gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he was inquiring from them where the Christ is 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 to him, `In Beth-Lehem of Judea, for thus it hath been written through the prophet,

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

⁶And thou, Beth-Lehem, the land of Judah, thou art by no means the least among the leaders of Judah, for out of thee shall come one leading, who shall feed My people Israel.`

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

⁷Then Herod, privately having called the mages, did inquire exactly from them the time of the appearing star,

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

⁸and having sent them to Beth-Lehem, he said, `Having gone — inquire ye exactly for the child, and whenever ye may have found, bring me back word, that I also having come may bow to him.`

¹⁰ኮከቡንም ባዩ ጊዜ በታላቅ ደስታ እጅግ ደስ አላቸው።

⁹And they, having heard the king, departed, and lo, the star, that they did see in the east, did go before them, till, having come, it stood over where the child was.

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

¹⁰And having seen the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy,

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

¹¹and having come to the house, they found the child with Mary his mother, and having fallen down they bowed to him, and having opened their treasures, they presented to 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 having been divinely warned in a dream not to turn back unto Herod, through another way they withdrew to their own region.

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

¹³And on their having withdrawn, lo, a messenger of the Lord doth appear in a dream to Joseph, saying, `Having risen, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and be thou there till I may speak to thee, for Herod is about to seek the 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።

¹⁴And he, having risen, took the child and his mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt,

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

¹⁵and he was there till the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, `Out of Egypt I did call My Son.`

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

¹⁶Then Herod, having seen that he was deceived by the mages, was very wroth, and having sent forth, he slew all the male children in Beth-Lehem, and in all its borders, from two years and under, according to the time that he inquired exactly from the mages.

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

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

²¹እርሱም ተነሥቶ ሕፃኑንና እናቱን ያዘና ወደ እስራኤል አገር ገባ።

¹⁸`A voice in Ramah was heard — lamentation and weeping and much mourning — Rachel weeping [for] her children, and she 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፤

¹⁹And Herod having died, lo, a messenger of the Lord in a dream doth appear to Joseph in Egypt,

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

²⁰saying, `Having risen, take the child and his mother, and be going to the land of Israel, for they have died — those seeking the life of the child.`

²¹And he, having risen, took the child and his mother, and came to the land of Israel,

²²and having heard that Archelaus doth reign over Judea instead of Herod his father, he was afraid to go thither, and having been divinely warned in a dream, he withdrew to the parts of Galilee,

²³and coming, he dwelt in a city named Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophets, that `A Nazarene he shall be called.`