¹Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men 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,

¹Ko se je pa Jezus rodil v Betlehemu Judejskem, v dneh Heroda kralja, glej, pridejo modrijani z Jutrovega v Jeruzalem,

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.”

²govoreč: Kje je kralj Judov, ki se je narodil? Kajti videli smo zvezdo njegovo na Jutrovem, pa smo prišli, da se mu poklonimo.

³When King Herod heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

³Ko pa to zasliši kralj Herod, se prestraši in ves Jeruzalem ž njim.

⁴Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ would be born.

⁴In zbere vse višje duhovnike in pismarje ljudstva ter jih izprašuje, kje se ima Kristus roditi.

⁵They said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for this is written through the prophet,

⁵Oni mu pa reko: V Betlehemu na Judejskem, kajti tako je pisano po proroku:

⁶‘You Bethlehem, land of Judah, are in no way least among the princes of Judah: for out of you shall come forth a governor, who shall shepherd my people, Israel.’” Micah 5:2

⁶„In ti Betlehem, zemlja Judova, nikakor nisi najmanjši med knezi Judovimi, kajti iz tebe pride vojvoda, ki bo pasel ljudstvo moje, Izraela“.

⁷Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learned from them exactly what time the star appeared.

⁷Tedaj pokliče Herod skrivaj modrijane in poizve od njih natanko, kdaj se je zvezda prikazala.

⁸He 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.”

⁸In pošlje jih v Betlehem, rekoč: Pojdite in skrbno vprašujte po detetu, a ko ga najdete, sporočite mi, da tudi jaz pridem in se mu poklonim.

⁹They, 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.

⁹Oni pa, ko so slišali kralja, odidejo. In glej, zvezda, ki so jo bili videli na Jutrovem, gre pred njimi, dokler ne pride in se ne ustavi nad mestom, kjer je bilo dete.

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

¹⁰Ko pa ugledajo zvezdo, se razvesele s silno velikim veseljem.

¹¹They 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.

¹¹In pridejo v hišo in vidijo dete z Marijo, materjo njegovo, in padejo na tla ter se mu poklonijo, in odpro zaklade svoje ter mu darujejo darove: zlato in kadilo in miro.

¹²Being warned in a dream that they shouldn’t return to Herod, they went back to their own country another way.

¹²In ker jih Bog v spanju opomni, naj se ne vračajo k Herodu, odidejo po drugi poti v svoj kraj.

¹³Now 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.”

¹³Ko so pa oni odpotovali, glej, prikaže se angel Gospodov Jožefu v spanju, rekoč: Vstani in vzemi dete in mater njegovo, pa beži v Egipt in ostani tam, dokler ti ne povem, kajti Herod bo iskal deteta, da bi ga pogubil.

¹⁴He arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt,

¹⁴On pa vstane in vzame dete in mater njegovo po noči in pobegne v Egipt,

¹⁵and 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.” Hosea 11:1

¹⁵in ostane tam do Herodove smrti, da se izpolni, kar je rekel Gospod po proroku, ki pravi: „Iz Egipta sem poklical sina svojega“.

¹⁶Then 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.

¹⁶Tedaj se Herod, videč, da so ga modrijani prekanili, zelo raztogoti ter pošlje in pomori po Betlehemu in po vsej okolici njegovi vse dečke, stare po dve leti in manj, po času, ki ga je natanko poizvedel od modrijanov.

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

¹⁷Tedaj se je izpolnilo, kar je rekel prorok Jeremija, govoreč:

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.” Jeremiah 31:15

¹⁸„Glas se je slišal v Rami, jok in velik krik, Rahel je plakala za svojimi otroki in ni se dala utolažiti, ker jih ni“.

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

¹⁹Ko je pa Herod umrl, glej, prikaže se v spanju angel Gospodov Jožefu v Egiptu, rekoč:

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.”

²⁰Vstani in vzemi dete in mater njegovo in pojdi v zemljo izraelsko, kajti pomrli so, ki so detetu stregli po življenju.

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

²¹On pa vstane in vzame dete in mater njegovo in pride v zemljo izraelsko.

²²But 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,

²²Ko pa sliši, da kraljuje v Judeji Arhelaj namesto Heroda, očeta svojega, se zboji tja iti; ko ga pa Bog v spanju opomni, krene v kraje galilejske;in prišedši tja, se nastani v mestu, ki se imenuje Nazaret, da se izpolni, kar je rečeno po prorokih: „Nazarečan se bo imenoval“.

²³and came and lived in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”

²³in prišedši tja, se nastani v mestu, ki se imenuje Nazaret, da se izpolni, kar je rečeno po prorokih: „Nazarečan se bo imenoval“.