1 Tendo, pois, nascido Jesus em Belém da Judéia, no tempo do rei Herodes, eis que vieram do oriente a Jerusalém uns magos que perguntavam:
2 Onde está aquele que é nascido rei dos judeus? pois do oriente vimos a sua estrela e viemos adorá-lo.
3 O rei Herodes, ouvindo isso, perturbou-se, e com ele toda a Jerusalém;
4 e, reunindo todos os principais sacerdotes e os escribas do povo, perguntava-lhes onde havia de nascer o Cristo.
5 Responderam-lhe eles: Em Belém da Judéia; pois assim está escrito pelo profeta:
6 E tu, Belém, terra de Judá, de modo nenhum és a menor entre as principais cidades de Judá; porque de ti sairá o Guia que há de apascentar o meu povo de Israel.
7 Então Herodes chamou secretamente os magos, e deles inquiriu com precisão acerca do tempo em que a estrela aparecera;
8 e enviando-os a Belém, disse-lhes: Ide, e perguntai diligentemente pelo menino; e, quando o achardes, participai-mo, para que também eu vá e o adore.
9 Tendo eles, pois, ouvido o rei, partiram; e eis que a estrela que tinham visto quando no oriente ia adiante deles, até que, chegando, se deteve sobre o lugar onde estava o menino.
10 Ao verem eles a estrela, regozijaram-se com grande alegria.
11 E entrando na casa, viram o menino com Maria sua mãe e, prostrando-se, o adoraram; e abrindo os seus tesouros, ofertaram-lhe dádivas: ouro incenso e mirra.
12 Ora, sendo por divina revelação avisados em sonhos para não voltarem a Herodes, regressaram à sua terra por outro caminho.
13 E, havendo eles se retirado, eis que um anjo do Senhor apareceu a José em sonho, dizendo: Levanta-te, toma o menino e sua mãe, foge para o Egito, e ali fica até que eu te fale; porque Herodes há de procurar o menino para o matar.
14 Levantou-se, pois, tomou de noite o menino e sua mãe, e partiu para o Egito.
15 e lá ficou até a morte de Herodes, para que se cumprisse o que fora dito da parte do Senhor pelo profeta: Do Egito chamei o meu Filho.
16 Cumpriu-se então o que fora dito pelo profeta Jeremias:
18 Em Ramá se ouviu uma voz, lamentação e grande pranto: Raquel chorando os seus filhos, e não querendo ser consolada, porque eles já não existem.
19 Mas tendo morrido Herodes, eis que um anjo do Senhor apareceu em sonho a José no Egito,
20 dizendo: Levanta-te, toma o menino e sua mãe e vai para a terra de Israel; porque já morreram os que procuravam a morte do menino.
21 Então ele se levantou, tomou o menino e sua mãe e foi para a terra de Israel.
22 Ouvindo, porém, que Arquelau reinava na Judéia em lugar de seu pai Herodes, temeu ir para lá; mas avisado em sonho por divina revelação, retirou-se para as regiões da Galiléia,
23 e foi habitar numa cidade chamada Nazaré; para que se cumprisse o que fora dito pelos profetas: Ele será chamado nazareno.
1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi "from the east came to Jerusalem
2 and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him."
3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.
4 When he had called together all the people's chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born.
5 "In Bethlehem in Judea," they replied, "for this is what the prophet has written:
6 "'But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.' ""
7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared.
8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him."
9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was.
10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed.
11 On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.
12 And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.
13 When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up," he said, "take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him."
14 So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt,
15 where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: "Out of Egypt I called my son." [^3]
16 When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi.
17 Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:
18 "A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more." [^4]
19 After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt
20 and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child's life are dead."
21 So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel.
22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,
23 and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets, that he would be called a Nazarene.