Matthew 2

NEW JERUSALEM	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 After Jesus had been born at Bethlehem in Judaea during the reign of King Herod, suddenly some wisemen came to Jerusalem from the east	1 When Jesus therefore was born in Bethlehem of Juda, in the days of king Herod, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem.
2 asking, 'Where is the infant king of the Jews? We saw his star as it rose and have come to do himhomage.'	2 Saying, Where is he that is born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the east, and are come to adore him.
3 When King Herod heard this he was perturbed, and so was the whole of Jerusalem.	3 And king Herod hearing this, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
4 He called together al the chief priests and the scribes of the people, and enquired of them where theChrist was to be born.	4 And assembling together all the chief priests and the scribes of the people, he inquired of them where Christ should be born.
5 They told him, 'At Bethlehem in Judaea, for this is what the prophet wrote:	5 But they said to him: In Bethlehem of Juda. For so it is written by the prophet:
6 And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, you are by no means the least among the leaders of Judah,for from you wil come a leader who wil shepherd my people Israel.'	6 And thou Bethlehem the land of Juda art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come forth the captain that shall rule my people Israel.
7 Then Herod summoned the wise men to see him privately. He asked them the exact date on which thestar had appeared	7 Then Herod, privately calling the wise men, learned diligently of them the time of the star which appeared to them;
8 and sent them on to Bethlehem with the words, 'Go and find out all about the child, and when you havefound him, let me know, so that I too may go and do him homage.'	8 And sending them into Bethlehem, said: Go and diligently inquire after the child, and when you have found him, bring me word again, that I also may come to adore him.
9 Having listened to what the king had to say, they set out. And suddenly the star they had seen risingwent forward and halted over the place where the child was.	9 Who having heard the king, went their way; and behold the star which they had seen in the east, went before them, until it came and stood over where the child was.
10 The sight of the star fil ed them with delight,	10 And seeing the star they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
11 and going into the house they saw the child with his mother Mary, and fal ing to their knees they didhim homage. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh.	11 And entering into the house, they found the child with Mary his mother, and falling down they adored him; and opening their treasures, they offered him gifts; gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
12 But they were given a warning in a dream not to go back to Herod, and returned to their own countryby a different way.	12 And having received an answer in sleep that they should not return to Herod, they went back another way into their country.
13 After they had left, suddenly the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, 'Get up,take the child and his mother with you, and escape into Egypt, and stay there until I tel you, because Herodintends to search for the child and do away with him.'	13 And after they were departed, behold an angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph, saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother, and fly into Egypt: and be there until I shall tell thee. For it will come to pass that Herod will seek the child to destroy him.
14 So Joseph got up and, taking the child and his mother with him, left that night for Egypt,	14 Who arose, and took the child and his mother by night, and retired into Egypt: and he was there until the death of Herod:
15 where he stayed until Herod was dead. This was to fulfil what the Lord had spoken through theprophet: I cal ed my son out of Egypt.	15 That it might be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by the prophet, saying: Out of Egypt have I called my son.
16 Herod was furious on realising that he had been fooled by the wise men, and in Bethlehem and itssurrounding district he had al the male children killed who were two years old or less, reckoning by the date hehad been careful to ask the wise men.	16 Then Herod perceiving that he was deluded by the wise men, was exceeding angry; and sending killed all the men children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
17 Then were fulfilled the words spoken through the prophet Jeremiah:	17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremias the prophet, saying:
18 A voice is heard in Ramah, lamenting and weeping bitterly: it is Rachel weeping for her children,refusing to be comforted because they are no more.	18 A voice in Rama was heard, lamentation and great mourning; Rachel bewailing her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
19 After Herod's death, suddenly the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt	19 But when Herod was dead, behold an angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph in Egypt,
20 and said, 'Get up, take the child and his mother with you and go back to the land of Israel, for thosewho wanted to kil the child are dead.'	20 Saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel. For they are dead that sought the life of the child.
21 So Joseph got up and, taking the child and his mother with him, went back to the land of Israel.	21 Who arose, and took the child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
22 But when he learnt that Archelaus had succeeded his father Herod as ruler of Judaea he was afraid togo there, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to the region of Galilee.	22 But hearing that Archelaus reigned in Judea in the room of Herod his father, he was afraid to go thither: and being warned in sleep retired into the quarters of Galilee.
23 There he settled in a town cal ed Nazareth. In this way the words spoken through the prophets were tobe fulfil ed: He wil be cal ed a Nazarene.	23 And coming he dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was said by prophets: That he shall be called a Nazarene.