Matthew 2

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	SMITH VAN DYKE
1 When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of King Herod, behold, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,	1 ولما ولد يسوع في بيت لحم اليهودية في ايام هيرودس الملك اذا مجوس من المشرق قد جاءوا الى اورشليم
2 saying, "Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star at its rising and have come to do him homage."	2 قائلين اين هو المولود ملك اليهود. فاننا رأينا نجمه في المشرق واتينا لنسجد له.
3 When King Herod heard this, he was greatly troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.	3 فلما سمع هيرودس الملك اضطرب وجميع اورشليم معه.
4 Assembling all the chief priests and the scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Messiah was to be born.	4 فجمع كل رؤساء الكهنة وكتبة الشعب وسألهم اين يولد المسيح.
5 They said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it has been written through the prophet:	5 فقالوا له في بيت لحم اليهودية. لانه هكذا مكتوب بالنبي.
6 'And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; since from you shall come a ruler, who is to shepherd my people Israel.'"	6 وانت يا بيت لحم ارض يهوذا لست الصغرى بين رؤساء يهوذا . لان منك يخرج مدبر يرعى شعبي اسرائيل
7 Then Herod called the magi secretly and ascertained from them the time of the star's appearance.	7 حينئذ دعا هيرودس المجوس سرّا وتحقق منهم زمان النجم الذي ظهر.
8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and search diligently for the child. When you have found him, bring me word, that I too may go and do him homage."	8 ثم ارسلهم الى بيت لحم وقال اذهبوا وافحصوا بالتدقيق عن الصبي. ومتى وجدتموه فاخبروني لكي آتي انا ايضا واسجد له.
9 After their audience with the king they set out. And behold, the star that they had seen at its rising preceded them, until it came and stopped over the place where the child was.	9 فلما سمعوا من الملك ذهبوا واذا النجم الذي رأوه في المشرق يتقدمهم حتى جاء ووقف فوق حيث كان الصبي.
10 They were overjoyed at seeing the star,	10 فلما رأوا النجم فرحوا فرحا عظيما جدا.
11 and on entering the house they saw the child with Mary his mother. They prostrated themselves and did him homage. Then they opened their treasures and offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.	11 وأتوا الى البيت ورأوا الصبي مع مريم امه. فخروا وسجدوا له. ثم فتحوا كنوزهم وقدموا له هدايا ذهبا ولبانا ومرّا.
12 And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed for their country by another way.	12 ثم اذ أوحي اليهم في حلم ان لا يرجعوا الى هيرودس انصرفوا في طريق اخرى الى كورتهم
13 When they had departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Rise, take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you. Herod is going to search for the child to destroy him."	13 وبعدما انصرفوا اذا ملاك الرب قد ظهر ليوسف في حلم قائلا قم وخذ الصبي وامه واهرب الى مصر وكن هناك حتى اقول لك. لان هيرودس مزمع ان يطلب الصبي ليهلكه.
14 Joseph rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed for Egypt.	14 فقام واخذ الصبي وامه ليلا وانصرف الى مصر.
15 He stayed there until the death of Herod, that what the Lord had said through the prophet might be fulfilled, "Out of Egypt I called my son."	15 وكان هناك الى وفاة هيرودس. لكي يتم ما قيل من الرب بالنبي القائل من مصر دعوت ابني
16 When Herod realized that he had been deceived by the magi, he became furious. He ordered the massacre of all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had ascertained from the magi.	16 حينئذ لما رأى هيرودس ان المجوس سخروا به غضب جدا. فارسل وقتل جميع الصبيان الذين في بيت لحم وفي كل تخومها من ابن سنتين فما دون بحسب الزمان الذي تحققه من المجوس.
17 Then was fulfilled what had been said through Jeremiah the prophet:	17 حينئذ تم ما قيل بارميا النبي القائل.
18 "A voice was heard in Ramah, sobbing and loud lamentation; Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not be consoled, since they were no more."	18 صوت سمع في الرامة نوح وبكاء وعويل كثير. راحيل تبكي على اولادها ولا تريد ان تتعزى لانهم ليسوا بموجودين
19 When Herod had died, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt	19 فلما مات هيرودس اذا ملاك الرب قد ظهر في حلم ليوسف في مصر
20 and said, "Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead."	20 قائلا. قم وخذ الصبي وامه واذهب الى ارض اسرائيل. لانه قد مات الذين كانوا يطلبون نفس الصبي.
21 He rose, took the child and his mother, and went to the land of Israel.	21 فقام واخذ الصبي وامه وجاء الى ارض اسرائيل.
22 But when he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go back there. And because he had been warned in a dream, he departed for the region of Galilee.	22 ولكن لما سمع ان ارخيلاوس يملك على اليهودية عوضا عن هيرودس ابيه خاف ان يذهب الى هناك. واذ أوحي اليه في حلم انصرف الى نواحي الجليل.
23 He went and dwelt in a town called Nazareth, so that what had been spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled, "He shall be called a Nazorean."	23 وأتى وسكن في مدينة يقال لها ناصرة. لكي يتم ما قيل بالانبياء انه سيدعى ناصريا