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የማቴዎስ ወንጌል 2:1-12 (አማ54)

ኢየሱስም በይሁዳ ቤተ ልሔም በንጉሡ በሄሮድስ ዘመን በተወለደ ጊዜ፥ እነሆ፥ ሰብአ ሰገል። የተወለደው የአይሁድ ንጉሥ ወዴት ነው? ኮከቡን በምሥራቅ አይተን ልንሰግድለት መጥተናልና እያሉ ከምሥራቅ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም መጡ። ንጉሡ ሄሮድስም ሰምቶ ደነገጠ፥ ኢየሩሳሌምም ሁሉ ከእርሱ ጋር፤ የካህናትንም አለቆች የሕዝቡንም ጻፎች ሁሉ ሰብስቦ ክርስቶስ ወዴት እንዲወለድ ጠየቃቸው። እነርሱም። አንቺ ቤተ ልሔም፥ የይሁዳ ምድር፥ ከይሁዳ ገዢዎች ከቶ አታንሽም፤ ሕዝቤን እስራኤልን የሚጠብቅ መስፍን ከአንቺ ይወጣልና ተብሎ በነቢይ እንዲህ ተጽፎአልና በይሁዳ ቤተ ልሔም ነው አሉት። ከዚህ በኋላ ሄሮድስ ሰብአ ሰገልን በስውር ጠርቶ ኮከቡ የታየበትን ዘመን ከእነርሱ በጥንቃቄ ተረዳ፥ ወደ ቤተ ልሔምም እነርሱን ሰድዶ። ሂዱ፥ ስለ ሕፃኑ በጥንቃቄ መርምሩ፤ ባገኛችሁትም ጊዜ እኔ ደግሞ መጥቼ እንድሰግድለት ንገሩኝ አላቸው። እነርሱም ንጉሡን ሰምተው ሄዱ፤ እነሆም፥ በምሥራቅ ያዩት ኮከብ ሕፃኑ ባለበት ላይ መጥቶ እስኪቆም ድረስ ይመራቸው ነበር። ኮከቡንም ባዩ ጊዜ በታላቅ ደስታ እጅግ ደስ አላቸው። ወደ ቤትም ገብተው ሕፃኑን ከእናቱ ከማርያም ጋር አዩት፥ ወድቀውም ሰገዱለት፥ ሣጥኖቻቸውንም ከፍተው እጅ መንሻ ወርቅና ዕጣን ከርቤም አቀረቡለት። ወደ ሄሮድስም እንዳይመለሱ በሕልም ተረድተው በሌላ መንገድ ወደ አገራቸው ሄዱ።

MATTHEW 2:1-12 (ESV)

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet: “‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’” Then Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained from them what time the star had appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship him.” After listening to the king, they went on their way. And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. And going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh. And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way.