Aramaic NT Parallel English Translations

 2:1 ¶ NOW when Jeshu was born in Beth-lechem of Jehuda, in the days of Herodes the king, there came Magians from the East to Urishlem:

 2:1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, there came Magi from the east unto Jerusalem,

 2:2 and they said, Where is the king of the Jews who is born? for we have seen his star in the east, and have come to worship him.

 2:2 saying: Where is the king of the Jews that is born? For we have seen his star in the east, and have come to worship him.

 2:3 But Herodes the king heard, and was troubled, and all Urishlem with him.

 2:3 And Herod the king heard, and he was disturbed; and all Jerusalem with him.

 2:4 And he assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, and anxiously inquired of them where the Meshicha should be born.

 2:4 And he assembled all the chiefs of the priests and the scribes of the people, and inquired of them, Where is the birthplace of the Messiah?

 2:5 But they said, In Beth-lechem of Jehuda; for so it is written in the prophet:

 2:5 And they said: In Bethlehem of Judaea; for thus it is written in the prophet:

 2:6 Also thou, Beth-lechem of Jehuda, wast not the least among the kings of Jehuda; for from thee shall come forth the king who shall be as a shepherd to my people Isroel.

 2:6 Thou also, Bethlehem of Judaea, art not the little among the kings of Judaea, for a king shall come from thee who shall rule my people Israel.

 2:7 Then Herodes privately called the Magians, and learned from them at what time the star appeared to them:

 2:7 Then Herod privately called the Magi, and learned from them at what time the star appeared to them.

 2:8 and he sent them to Beth-lechem, and said to them, Go and inquire diligently concerning the child; and when you have found him, come, show me, and I also will go and will worship him.

 2:8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said to them, Go, search diligently for the child; and when ye have found him, come and tell me, that I also may go and worship him.

 2:9 But they, when they had heard the king, went forth; and, lo, the star, which they had seen in the east, proceeded before them, until it came and stood over against where the child was.

 2:9 And they, when they had heard from the king, went forward: and lo, the star they had seen in the east went before them, until it came and stood over where the child was.

 2:10 Now when they saw the star, they rejoiced with very great joy.

 2:10 And when they saw the star, they rejoiced much, with great joy.

 2:11 And they entered the house, and beheld the child with Mariam his mother; and they fell down, and worshipped him. And they opened their treasures, and offered unto him oblations; gold, and myrrh, and frankincense.

 2:11 And they entered the house; and they saw the child, with Mary his mother; and they fell down and worshipped him: and they opened their treasures, and presented to him gifts, gold, and myrrh, and frankincense.

 2:12 And it was shown to them in a dream, that they should not return unto Herodes; so, by another way, they went unto their place.

 2:12 And it was shown them in a dream, that they should not return to Herod. And by another way, they returned to their country.

 2:13 ¶ AND when they were gone, the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream unto Jauseph, and said to him, Arise, take the child and his mother, and flee into Metsreen, and there be until I tell thee; for it will be that Herodes will seek the child, that he may destroy him.

 2:13 And when they were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, and said to him, Arise, take the child and his mother, and flee into Egypt; and be thou there, until I tell thee: for Herod will seek for the child, to destroy it.

 2:14 Then Jauseph arose, took up the child and his mother, and fled by night into Metsreen,

 2:14 Then Joseph arose, took the child and his mother, by night, and fled to Egypt.

 2:15 and was there until the death of Herodes. That it might be fulfilled which was spoken from the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Metsreen have I called my son.

 2:15 And he was there, until the death of Herod; that so might be fulfilled that which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, From Egypt have I called my son.

 2:16 Then Herodes, when he saw that he had been deluded by the Magians, was greatly wroth, and sent (and) killed all the children of Beth-lechem, and all its limits, from two years and under, according to the time which he had inquired from the Magians.

 2:16 Then Herod, when he saw that he had been deluded by the Magi, was very angry. And he sent and slew all the children in Bethlehem, and in all its confines, from a child of two years and under, according to the time that he had carefully learned from the Magi.

 2:17 Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Eramio the prophet, who said,

 2:17 Then was that fulfilled, which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying:

 2:18 A cry was heard in Rometha; weeping and great lamentation; Rochel weeping for her children, and not willing to be comforted, because they are not.

 2:18 A voice was heard in Rama, weeping and great lamentation; Rachel bemoaning her children, and unwilling to be comforted, because they are no more.

 2:19 ¶ BUT when Herodes, the king, was dead, the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Jauseph in Metsreen,

 2:19 But when king Herod was dead, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

 2:20 and said to him, Arise, take the child and his mother, and go into the land of Isroel; for they are dead who sought the life of the child.

 2:20 and said to him: Arise, take the child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel; for they are dead who sought the life of the child.

 2:21 And Jauseph arose, (and) took the child and his mother, and came into the land of Isroel.

 2:21 And Joseph arose, and took the child and his mother, and went to the land of Israel.

 2:22 But when he heard that Arkelaos was the king in Jehud, instead of Herodes his father, he was afraid to go thither: and it was shown to him in a dream, that he should go into the region of Galila.

 2:22 But when he heard that Archelaus was king in Judaea, instead of his father Herod, he feared to go thither. And it was revealed to him in a dream, that he should go into the land of Galilee.

 2:23 And he came and dwelt in a city which is called Natsrath. So would be fulfilled that which was spoken by the prophet, that a Nazarene he should be called.

 2:23 And he came and dwelt in a city that is called Nazareth: that so might be fulfilled that which was said by the prophet, that he should be called a Nazarene.