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Ri ajnoˈjab queopan che rilic ri alaj a Jesús

Ri alaj a Jesús xil u wäch pa ri tinimit Belén, ri cˈo pa Judea. Are chiˈ cˈo ri tat Herodes che nim takanel puwiˈ ronojel ri Judea. Xeopan cˈu jujun achijab ajnoˈjab pa ri tinimit Jerusalén, jelaˈ cˈu quepe pa relbal kˈij. Xquitaˈ cˈu u tzijol chilaˈ, xquibij: ¿Jawijeˈ cäriktaj wi ri nim takanel ri cätakan na pa qui wiˈ ri winak aj Israel ri cˈä teˈ xil u wäch? Xa xkil ru chˈimil pa relbal kˈij, rumal riˈ xujpe chukˈijilaxic, ―xechaˈ.

Aretak ri tat Herodes ri nim takanel xuta waˈ, sibalaj xsach u cˈux, jeˈ xukujeˈ conojel ri niqˈuiaj winak aj Jerusalén. Xtakan cˈu ri nim takanel che qui siqˈuixic ri qui nimakil sacerdotes, xukujeˈ ri tijonelab re ri Pixab, xutaˈ cˈu chque jawijeˈ quil wi na u wäch ri Cristo. Ri e areˈ xquibij che: Pa ri tinimit Belén ri cˈo pa Judea, rumal chi ri kˈalajisal re ru Lokˈ Pixab ri Dios je waˈ xutzˈibaj:

Ri at tinimit Belén,
at riˈ ri rech ri rulew ri Judá,
machomaj chi ri at man nim tä a kˈij at
chquiwäch ri kˈatal tak tzij ri e cˈo chilaˈ,
rumal chi awucˈ at quel wi na jun nim cˈamal be,
ri cucˈam na qui be ri nu winak aj Israel, ―cächaˈ, ―xecha ri tijonelab re ri Pixab.

Are cˈu ri tat Herodes chelakˈal xeusiqˈuij ri ajnoˈjab, xutaˈ cˈu chque jampaˈ kas xcˈutun ri chˈimil. Te riˈ xeutak bi pa Belén, xubij bi chque: Jix baˈ jelaˈ, chitatabelaˈ jawijeˈ cˈo wi ri acˈal. Aretak quiriko, chixpe chubixic chwe, rech ri in xukujeˈ quineˈ na chukˈijilaxic, ―xcha chque.

Ri ajnoˈjab xuwi xquito ri xbix chque rumal ri nim takanel, xebeˈc. Are cˈu ri chˈimil ri xquil pa relbal kˈij xnabej chquiwäch, cˈä xopan na puwiˈ ri cˈo wi ri acˈal, xtaqˈui cˈu chilaˈ. 10 Ri ajnoˈjab, aretak xquil ri chˈimil, sibalaj xequicotic. 11 Xeboc cˈu bi pa ri ja, xquil cˈu ri acˈal cˈo rucˈ ri al María ru nan. Xexuquiˈc, xquikˈijilaj ri acˈal. Te cˈu riˈ xquijak u wiˈ ri qui cˈolibal, xquisipaj kˈän puak, incienso, xukujeˈ mirra che ri Areˈ. 12 Te cˈu riˈ xbix chque pa achicˈ chi meocˈow chi jelaˈ jawijeˈ cˈo wi ri tat Herodes. Xetzelej cˈu bi pa ri qui tinimit, xquicˈam bi jun be chic.

Waral cätzijox wi jas xban che ri alaj a Jesús xcˈam bi pa Egipto

13 Aretak e benak chi ri ajnoˈjab, xpe jun ángel ri takom lok rumal ri Dios, xucˈut rib chuwäch ri a José pa achicˈ, xubij che: Chatwalijok, chacˈama bi ri acˈal, rachiˈl ru nan, chixanimaj bic. Jix pa Egipto, chixcanaj cˈu na can chilaˈ cˈä quinbij na chiwe jampaˈ quixpetic. Je riˈ chibana rumal chi ri tat Herodes cutzucuj na u cämisaxic ri acˈal, ―xcha ri ángel che.

14 Xwalij cˈu ri a José, xucˈam ri acˈal, rachiˈl ru nan, chakˈab cˈut xebel bic, xebeˈ pa Egipto. 15 Chilaˈ xecˈoji wi na cˈä xcäm na ri tat Herodes. Jeˈ xbantaj waˈ rech kas jeˈ quel wi jas ri xubij ri Dios rumal ri kˈalajisal re ru Lokˈ Pixab ri cubij: “Pa Egipto xinsiqˈuij wi lok ri nu Cˈojol,” ―cächaˈ.

Ri tat Herodes cutak qui cämisaxic ri acˈalab

16 Aretak ri tat Herodes xretamaj chi man are tä kas tzij ri xbix can che cumal ri ajnoˈjab, sibalaj xpe royowal. Xutak cˈu qui cämisaxic conojel ri acˈalab alabom ri tzˈakat chi quieb qui junab xukujeˈ ri mäjaˈ cätzˈakat quieb qui junab ri e cˈo pa ri tinimit Belén xukujeˈ ri e cˈo pa tak ri tinimit chunakaj ri Belén, jeˈ jas ri kˈij ri xquibij can ri ajnoˈjab. 17 Xa je riˈ kas jeˈ xel wi jas ri xutzˈibaj can ri ka mam Jeremías ri kˈalajisal re ru Lokˈ Pixab ri Dios ri cubij:

18 Xtataj cˈut chi cˈo jun ri curak u chiˈ
pa ri tinimit Ramá,
nimalaj okˈej waˈ, nimalaj bis cäbanic.
Are ri nan Raquel ri cubisoj qui wäch
ri ral,
ri man cuyaˈ taj cäcuˈbisax u cˈux
rumal chi ya e cäminak chic ri ral, ―cächaˈ.

19 Aretak cˈut cäminak chic ri tat Herodes, jun ángel ri takom lok rumal ri Dios xucˈut rib chuwäch ri a José pa achicˈ jelaˈ pa Egipto, xubij che: 20 Chatwalijok, chacˈama bi ri acˈal awucˈ, xukujeˈ ru nan, chixtzelej chi na jumul pa Israel. Xecäm cˈu conojel ri cäcaj cäquicämisaj ri acˈal, ―xcha che.

21 Xwalij cˈu ri a José, xucˈam bi ri acˈal rachiˈl ru nan, xtzelej chi na jumul pa Israel. 22 Aretak cˈut ri a José xuto chi are ri tat Arquelao chic cˈo che nim takanel pa Judea chuqˈuexel ri Herodes ru tat, xuxej rib xeˈ jelaˈ. Xchˈabex cˈu rumal ri Dios pa achicˈ, rumal riˈ jelaˈ xeˈ wi pa Galilea. 23 Aretak xopan chilaˈ, jelaˈ xecˈol wi pa ri tinimit Nazaret. Jeˈ xbantaj waˈ rech kas jeˈ quel wi ri xquibij can ri kˈalajisal tak re ru Lokˈ Pixab ri Dios, chi ri Jesús cäbix na aj Nazaret che.

The Magi Visit the Messiah

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea,(A) during the time of King Herod,(B) Magi[a] from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews?(C) We saw his star(D) 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(E) 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.’[b](F)

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. 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.(G) Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts(H) of gold, frankincense and myrrh. 12 And having been warned(I) in a dream(J) not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.

The Escape to Egypt

13 When they had gone, an angel(K) of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream.(L) “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.”(M)

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(N) what the Lord had said through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called my son.”[c](O)

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:(P)

18 “A voice is heard in Ramah,
    weeping and great mourning,
Rachel(Q) weeping for her children
    and refusing to be comforted,
    because they are no more.”[d](R)

The Return to Nazareth

19 After Herod died, an angel(S) of the Lord appeared in a dream(T) 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.”(U)

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,(V) he withdrew to the district of Galilee,(W) 23 and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth.(X) So was fulfilled(Y) what was said through the prophets, that he would be called a Nazarene.(Z)

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 2:1 Traditionally wise men
  2. Matthew 2:6 Micah 5:2,4
  3. Matthew 2:15 Hosea 11:1
  4. Matthew 2:18 Jer. 31:15