Matthew 2

NEW JERUSALEM	STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH
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 וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר נוֹלַד יֵשׁוּעַ בְּבֵית־לֶחֶם יְהוּדָה בִּימֵי הוֹרְדוֹס הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיָּבֹאוּ מְגוּשִׁים מֵאֶרֶץ מִזְרָח יְרוּשָׁלָיְמָה לֵאמֹר
2 asking, 'Where is the infant king of the Jews? We saw his star as it rose and have come to do himhomage.'	2 אַיֵּה מֶלֶךְ הַיְּהוּדִים הַנּוֹלָד כִּי רָאִינוּ אֶת־כּוֹכָבוֹ בַּמִּזְרָח וַנָּבֹא לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺת לוֹ
3 When King Herod heard this he was perturbed, and so was the whole of Jerusalem.	3 וַיְהִי כִּשְׁמֹעַ הוֹרְדוֹס הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶת־דִּבְרֵיהֶם וַיִּבָּהֵל הוּא וְכָל־יְרוּשָׁלַיִם עִמּוֹ
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 וַיַּקְהֵל אֶת־כָּל־רָאשֵׁי הַכֹּהֲנִים וְסוֹפְרֵי הָעָם וַיִּדְרשׁ מֵאִתָּם לֵאמֹר אֵיפֹה יִוָּלֵד הַמָּשִׁיחַ
5 They told him, 'At Bethlehem in Judaea, for this is what the prophet wrote:	5 וַיֹּאמְרוּ לוֹ בְּבֵית־לֶחֶם יְהוּדָה כִּי־כֵן כָּתוּב בְּיַד הַנָּבִיא
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 וְאַתָּה בֵּית־לֶחֶם אֶרֶץ יְהוּדָה אֵינְךָ צָעִיר בְּאַלֻּפֵי יְהוּדָה כִּי מִמְּךָ יֵצֵא מוֹשֵׁל אֲשֶׁר יִרְעֶה אֶת־עַמִּי יִשְׂרָאֵל
7 Then Herod summoned the wise men to see him privately. He asked them the exact date on which thestar had appeared	7 אָז קָרָא הוֹרְדוֹס לַמְּגוּשִׁים בַּסֵּתֶר וַיַּחְקֹר אֹתָם לָדַעַת עֵת הֵרָאוֹת הַכּוֹכָב
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 וַיִּשְׁלָחֵם בֵּית־לֶחֶם וַיֹּאמַר לְכוּ חִקְרוּ הֵיטֵב עַל־דְּבַר הַיָּלֶד וְהָיָה כִּי־תִמְצְאוּן אֹתוֹ וְהִגַּדְתֶּם לִי וְאָבֹאָה לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺת־לוֹ גַּם־אָנִי
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 וַיְהִי כְשָׁמְעָם אֶת־דִּבְרֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיֵּלֵכוּ וְהִנֵּה הַכּוֹכָב אֲשֶׁר־רָאוּ בַמִּזְרָח דָּרַךְ לִפְנֵיהֶם עַד בֹּאוֹ אֶל־מְקוֹם אֲשֶׁר־שָׁם הַיָּלֶד וַיַּעֲמֹד מִמַּעַל לוֹ
10 The sight of the star fil ed them with delight,	10 וַיִּרְאוּ אֶת־הַכּוֹכָב וַיִּשְׂמְחוּ שִׂמְחָה גְּדוֹלָה עַד־מְאֹד
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 וַיָּבֹאוּ הַבַּיְתָה וַיִּמְצְאוּ אֶת־הַיֶּלֶד עִם־מִרְיָם אִמּוֹ וַיִּפְּלוּ עַל־פְּנֵיהֶם וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲווּ־לוֹ וַיִּפְתְּחוּ אֶת־אוֹצְרוֹתָם וַיַּקְרִיבוּ לוֹ מִנְחָה זָהָב וּלְבוֹנָה וָמֹר
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 וַיְצֻוּוּ בַחֲלוֹם לְבִלְתִּי שׁוּב אֶל־הוֹרְדוֹס וַיֵּלְכוּ בְּדֶרֶךְ אַחֵר אֶל־אַרְצָם
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 הֵם הָלְכוּ מִשָּׁם וְהִנֵּה מַלְאַךְ יְהוָֹה נִרְאָה אֶל־יוֹסֵף בַּחֲלוֹם לֵאמֹר קוּם קַח אֶת־הַיֶּלֶד וְאֶת־אִמּוֹ וּבְרַח־לְךָ מִצְרַיְמָה וֶהְיֵה־שָׁם עַד־אֲשֶׁר אֹמַר אֵלֶיךָ כִּי הוֹרְדוֹס צֹדֶה אֶת־הַיֶּלֶד לְאַבְּדוֹ
14 So Joseph got up and, taking the child and his mother with him, left that night for Egypt,	14 וַיָּקָם וַיִּקַּח אֶת־הַיֶּלֶד וְאֶת־אִמּוֹ בַּלָּיְלָה וַיִּבְרַח מִצְרָיְמָה
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 וַיְהִי־שָׁם עַד־מוֹת הוֹרְדוֹס לְמַלֹּאת אֵת אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְהוָֹה בְּיַד הַנָּבִיא לֵאמֹר מִמִּצְרַיִם קָרָאתִי לִבְנִי
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 וַיַּרְא הוֹרְדוֹס כִּי הֵתֵלּוּ בוֹ הַמְּגוּשִׁים וַיִּקְצֹף מְאֹד וַיִּשְׁלַח וַיָּמֶת אֶת־כָּל־הַיְלָדִים אֲשֶׁר בְּבֵית־לֶחֶם וּבְכָל־גְּבוּלֶיהָ מִבֶּן־שְׁנָתַיִם וּלְמָטָּה כְּפִי הָעֵת אֲשֶׁר חֲקָרָהּ מִפִּי הַמְּגוּשִׁים
17 Then were fulfilled the words spoken through the prophet Jeremiah:	17 וַיִּמָּלֵא הַדָּבָר הַנֶּאֱמָר בְּפִי יִרְמְיָה הַנָּבִיא לֵאמֹר
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 קוֹל בְּרָמָה נִשְׁמָע נְהִי וּבְכִי תַמְרוּרִים רָחֵל מְבַכָּה עַל־בָּנֶיהָ מֵאֲנָה לְהִנָּחֵם כִּי אֵינָם
19 After Herod's death, suddenly the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt	19 וַיְהִי אַחֲרֵי מוֹת הוֹרְדוֹס וְהִנֵּה מַלְאַךְ יְהוָֹה נִרְאָה בַחֲלוֹם אֶל־יוֹסֵף בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם
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 וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו קוּם קַח אֶת־הַיֶּלֶד וְאֶת־אִמּוֹ וְלֵךְ שׁוּב אֶל־אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי מֵתוּ הַמְבַקְשִׁים אֶת־נֶפֶשׁ הַיָּלֶד
21 So Joseph got up and, taking the child and his mother with him, went back to the land of Israel.	21 וַיָּקָם וַיִּקַּח אֶת־הַיֶּלֶד וְאֶת־אִמּוֹ וַיָּבֹא אַרְצָה יִשְׂרָאֵל
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 וּכְשָׁמְעוֹ כִּי אַרְקְלוֹס מָלַךְ בִּיהוּדָה תַּחַת הוֹרְדוֹס אָבִיו יָרֵא לָלֶכֶת שָׁמָּה וַיְצֻוֶּה בַחֲלוֹם וַיֵּלֶךְ לוֹ אֶל־אַרְצוֹת הַגָּלִיל
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 וַיָּבֹא וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּעִיר אֲשֶׁר שְׁמָהּ נְצָרֶת לְמַלֹּאת הַדָּבָר הַנֶּאֱמָר עַל־פִּי הַנְּבִיאִים כִּי נָצְרִי יִקָּרֵא לוֹ