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Depois que Jesus nasceu em Belém da Judéia, nos dias do rei Herodes, magos vindos do Oriente chegaram a Jerusalém 
e perguntaram: "Onde está o recém-nascido rei dos judeus? Vimos a sua estrela no Oriente e viemos adorá-lo". 
Quando o rei Herodes ouviu isso, ficou perturbado, e com ele toda a Jerusalém. 
Tendo reunido todos os chefes dos sacerdotes do povo e os mestres da lei, perguntou-lhes onde deveria nascer o Cristo. 
E eles responderam: "Em Belém da Judéia; pois assim escreveu o profeta: 
‘Mas tu, Belém, da terra de Judá, de forma alguma és a menor entre as principais cidades de Judá; pois de ti virá o líder que, como pastor, conduzirá Israel, o meu povo’ ". 
Então Herodes chamou os magos secretamente e informou-se com eles a respeito do tempo exato em que a estrela tinha aparecido. 
Enviou-os a Belém e disse: "Vão informar-se com exatidão sobre o menino. Logo que o encontrarem, avisem-me, para que eu também vá adorá-lo". 
Depois de ouvirem o rei, eles seguiram o seu caminho, e a estrela que tinham visto no Oriente foi adiante deles, até que finalmente parou sobre o lugar onde estava o menino. 
Quando tornaram a ver a estrela, encheram-se de júbilo. 
Ao entrarem na casa, viram o menino com Maria, sua mãe, e, prostrando-se, o adoraram. Então abriram os seus tesouros e lhe deram presentes: ouro, incenso e mirra. 
E, tendo sido advertidos em sonho para não voltarem a Herodes, retornaram a sua terra por outro caminho. 
Depois que partiram, um anjo do Senhor apareceu a José em sonho e disse-lhe: "Levante-se, tome o menino e sua mãe, e fuja para o Egito. Fique lá até que eu lhe diga, pois Herodes vai procurar o menino para matá-lo". 
Então ele se levantou, tomou o menino e sua mãe durante a noite, e partiu para o Egito, 
onde ficou até a morte de Herodes. E assim se cumpriu o que o Senhor tinha dito pelo profeta: "Do Egito chamei o meu filho". 
Quando Herodes percebeu que havia sido enganado pelos magos, ficou furioso e ordenou que matassem todos os meninos de dois anos para baixo, em Belém e nas proximidades, de acordo com a informação que havia obtido dos magos. 
Então se cumpriu o que fora dito pelo profeta Jeremias: 
"Ouviu-se uma voz em Ramá, choro e grande lamentação; é Raquel que chora por seus filhos e recusa ser consolada, porque já não existem". 
Depois que Herodes morreu, um anjo do Senhor apareceu em sonho a José, no Egito, 
e disse: "Levante-se, tome o menino e sua mãe, e vá para a terra de Israel, pois estão mortos os que procuravam tirar a vida do menino". 
Ele se levantou, tomou o menino e sua mãe, e foi para a terra de Israel. 
Mas, ao ouvir que Arquelau estava reinando na Judéia em lugar de seu pai Herodes, teve medo de ir para lá. Tendo sido avisado em sonho, retirou-se para a região da Galiléia 
e foi viver numa cidade chamada Nazaré. Assim cumpriu-se o que fora dito pelos profetas: Ele será chamado Nazareno. 

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi "from the east came to Jerusalem 
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." 
When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 
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. 
"In Bethlehem in Judea," they replied, "for this is what the prophet has written: 
"'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.' "" 
Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. 
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." 
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. 
When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 
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. 
And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route. 
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." 
So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, 
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] 
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. 
Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: 
"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] 
After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt 
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." 
So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel. 
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, 
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. 

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