Mateo 2
Magandang Balita Biblia
Ang Pagdalaw kay Jesus
2 Panahon ng paghahari ni Herodes[a] sa Judea nang ipanganak si Jesus sa Bethlehem. May mga pantas[b] mula pa sa silangan na dumating sa Jerusalem. 2 Nagtanung-tanong sila, “Nasaan ang ipinanganak na hari ng mga Judio? Nakita namin sa silangan ang kanyang bituin, kaya't naparito kami upang siya'y sambahin.”
3 Nang mabalitaan ito ni Haring Herodes, siya'y naligalig, gayundin ang buong Jerusalem. 4 Kaya't tinipon niya ang lahat ng mga punong pari at mga tagapagturo ng Kautusan at sila'y tinanong, “Saan ba isisilang ang Cristo?” 5 Tumugon sila, “Sa Bethlehem po, sapagkat ganito ang isinulat ng propeta:
6 ‘At(A) Ikaw, Bethlehem, sa lupain ng Juda,
ay hindi pinakahamak sa mga pangunahing bayan ng Juda.
Sapagkat sa iyo magmumula ang isang pinuno
na mamamahala sa aking bayang Israel.’”
7 Nang mabatid ito, palihim na ipinatawag ni Herodes ang mga pantas at inusisa kung kailan lumitaw ang bituin. 8 Pagkatapos, sila ay pinapunta niya sa Bethlehem na ganito ang bilin, “Hanapin ninyong mabuti ang sanggol. Kapag natagpuan ninyo siya, ipagbigay-alam agad ninyo sa akin upang ako man ay pumunta roon at sumamba rin sa kanya.” 9 Pagkarinig sa bilin ng hari, sila'y nagpatuloy sa paghahanap. Ang bituin na nanguna sa kanila mula pa sa silangan ay tumigil sa tapat ng kinaroroonan ng bata. 10 Ganoon na lamang ang kanilang kagalakan nang makita ang bituin. 11 Pagpasok sa bahay, nakita nila ang bata sa piling ni Maria na kanyang ina. Nagpatirapa sila at sinamba ang bata. Inihandog din nila sa kanya ang mga dala nilang ginto, insenso at mira.
12 Nang papauwi na ang mga pantas, nakatanggap sila ng babala sa pamamagitan ng panaginip na huwag nang bumalik kay Herodes, kaya't nag-iba na sila ng daan pauwi.
Ang Pagtakas Papunta sa Egipto
13 Pagkaalis ng mga pantas, nagpakita kay Jose sa panaginip ang isang anghel ng Panginoon. Sinabi nito sa kanya, “Bumangon ka't dalhin mo agad sa Egipto ang iyong mag-ina. At huwag kayong aalis doon hangga't hindi ko sinasabi sapagkat hahanapin ni Herodes ang bata upang patayin.” 14 Bumangon nga si Jose at nang gabi ring iyon, dinala niya sa Egipto ang kanyang mag-ina. 15 Doon(B) sila nanirahan hanggang sa mamatay si Herodes. Sa gayon, natupad ang sinabi ng Panginoon sa pamamagitan ng propeta: “Tinawag ko ang aking anak mula sa Egipto.”
Ipinapatay ang Maliliit na Batang Lalaki
16 Galit na galit si Herodes nang malaman niyang nilinlang siya ng mga pantas. Kaya't ipinapatay niya ang lahat ng batang lalaki sa Bethlehem at sa palibot nito mula sa gulang na dalawang taon pababa, batay sa panahong sinabi sa kanya ng mga pantas.
17 Sa gayon, natupad ang sinabi ni Propeta Jeremias:
18 “Narinig(C) sa Rama ang isang tinig,
tinig ng pananangis at ng malakas na panaghoy.
Tinatangisan ni Raquel ang kanyang mga anak.
Ayaw niyang paaliw sapagkat patay na sila.”
Ang Pagbalik mula sa Egipto
19 Pagkamatay ni Herodes, nagpakita kay Jose sa panaginip ang isang anghel ng Panginoon habang siya'y nasa Egipto. 20 Sinabi sa kanya ng anghel, “Bumangon ka. Dalhin mo na sa Israel ang iyong mag-ina sapagkat patay na ang mga nagtatangka sa buhay ng bata.” 21 Kaya't bumangon nga si Jose at dinala sa Israel ang kanyang mag-ina.
22 Ngunit nang mabalitaan niyang naghahari sa Judea si Arquelao na anak ni Herodes, natakot siyang pumunta roon. At dahil binigyan siya ng babala sa kanyang panaginip, sila ay tumuloy sa Galilea, 23 at(D) doon nanirahan sa bayan ng Nazaret. Sa gayon, natupad ang sinabi ng mga propeta: “Siya'y tatawaging Nazareno.”
Matthew 2
Contemporary English Version
The Wise Men
2 When Jesus was born in the village of Bethlehem in Judea, Herod was king. During this time some wise men[a] from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and said, “Where is the child born to be king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east[b] and have come to worship him.”
3 When King Herod heard about this, he was worried, and so was everyone else in Jerusalem. 4 Herod brought together the chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses and asked them, “Where will the Messiah be born?”
5 They told him, “He will be born in Bethlehem, just as the prophet wrote,
6 (A) ‘Bethlehem in the land
of Judea,
you are very important
among the towns of Judea.
From your town
will come a leader,
who will be like a shepherd
for my people Israel.’ ”
7 Herod secretly called in the wise men and asked them when they had first seen the star. 8 He told them, “Go to Bethlehem and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, let me know. I also want to go and worship him.”
9 The wise men listened to what the king said and then left. And the star they had seen in the east went on ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. 10 They were thrilled and excited to see the star.
11 When the men went into the house and saw the child with Mary, his mother, they knelt down and worshiped him. They took out their gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh[c] and gave them to him. 12 Later they were warned in a dream not to return to Herod, and they went back home by another road.
The Escape to Egypt
13 After the wise men had gone, an angel from the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up! Hurry and take the child and his mother to Egypt! Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is looking for the child and wants to kill him.”
14 That night, Joseph got up and took his wife and the child to Egypt, 15 (B) where they stayed until Herod died. So the Lord's promise came true, just as the prophet had said, “I called my son out of Egypt.”
The Killing of the Children
16 When Herod found out that the wise men from the east had tricked him, he was very angry. He gave orders for his men to kill all the boys who lived in or near Bethlehem and were two years old and younger. This was based on what he had learned from the wise men.
17 So the Lord's promise came true, just as the prophet Jeremiah had said,
18 (C) “In Ramah a voice was heard
crying and weeping loudly.
Rachel was mourning
for her children,
and she refused
to be comforted,
because they were dead.”
The Return from Egypt
19 After King Herod died, an angel from the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph while he was still in Egypt. 20 The angel said, “Get up and take the child and his mother back to Israel. The people who wanted to kill him are now dead.”
21 Joseph got up and left with them for Israel. 22 But when he heard that Herod's son Archelaus was now ruler of Judea, he was afraid to go there. Then in a dream he was told to go to Galilee, 23 (D) and they went to live there in the town of Nazareth. So the Lord's promise came true, just as the prophet had said, “He will be called a Nazarene.”[d]
Footnotes
- 2.1 wise men: People famous for studying the stars.
- 2.2 his star in the east: Or “his star rise.”
- 2.11 frankincense, and myrrh: Frankincense was a valuable powder that was burned to make a sweet smell. Myrrh was a valuable sweet-smelling powder often used in perfume.
- 2.23 He will be called a Nazarene: The prophet who said this is not known.
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