Matthew 2 - The Scriptures 1998 The Scriptures 1998
Matthew 2

¹ And יהושע  having been born in Bĕ

² saying, “Where is He who has been born Sovereign of the Yehuḏ

³ And Herodes the sovereign, having heard, was troubled, and all Yerushalayim with him.

⁴ And having gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born.

⁵ And they said to him, “In Bĕ

⁶ ‘But you, Bĕ

⁷ Then Herodes, having called the Magi secretly, learned exactly from them what time the star appeared.

⁸ And having sent them to Bĕ

⁹ And having heard the sovereign, they went. And see, the star which they had seen in the East went before them, until it came and stood over where the Child was.

¹⁰ And seeing the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.

¹¹ And coming into the house, they saw the Child with Miryam His mother, and fell down and did reverence to Him, and opening their treasures, they presented to Him gifts of gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

¹² And having been warned in a dream that they should not return to Herodes, they departed for their own country by another way.

¹³ And when they had left, see, a messenger of יהוה  appeared to Yosĕ

¹⁴ And rising up, he took the Child and His mother by night and departed for Mitsrayim,

¹⁵ and remained there until the death of Herodes, to fill what was spoken by יהוה  through the prophet, saying, “Out of Mitsrayim I have called My Son.”

¹⁶ Then Herodes, having seen that he was fooled by the Magi, was greatly enraged, and he sent forth and slew all the male children in Bĕ

¹⁷ Then was filled what was spoken by Yirmeyahu the prophet, saying,

¹⁸ “A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and weeping, and great mourning – Raḥ

¹⁹ And Herodes having died, see, a messenger of יהוה  appeared in a dream to Yosĕ

²⁰ saying, “Arise, and take the Child and His mother, and go into the land of Yisra’ĕ

²¹ And rising up, he took the Child and His mother, and came into the land of Yisra’ĕ

²² But hearing that Archelaos was reigning over Yehuḏ

²³ and came and dwelt in a city called Natsareth – thus to fill what was spoken by the prophets, “He shall be called a Natsarene.”