2:1 tou de ihsou gennhqentos en bhqleem qs ioudaias en hmerais hrwdou tou basilews idou magoi apo anatolwn paregenonto eis ierosoluma

2:2 legontes pou estin o tecqeis basileus twn ioudaiwn eidomen gar autou ton astera en q anatolh kai hlqomen proskunhsai autw

2:3 akousas de hrwdhs o basileus etaracqh kai pasa ierosoluma met autou

2:4 kai sunagagwn pantas tous arciereis kai grammateis tou laou epunqaneto par autwn pou o cristos gennatai

2:5 oi de eipon autw en bhqleem qs ioudaias outws gar gegraptai dia tou profhtou

2:6 kai su bhqleem gh Iouda oudamws elacisq ei en tois hgemosin Iouda ek sou gar exeleusetai hgoumenos ostis poimanei ton laon mou ton israhl

2:7 tote hrwdhs laqra kalesas tous magous hkribwsen par autwn ton cronon tou fainomenou asteros

2:8 kai pemyas autous eis bhqleem eipen poreuqentes akribws exetasate peri tou paidiou epan de eurhte apaggeilate moi opws kagw elqwn proskunhsw autw

2:9 oi de akousantes tou basilews eporeuqhsan kai idou o asqr on eidon en q anatolh prohgen autous ews elqwn esq epanw ou hn to paidion

2:10 idontes de ton astera ecarhsan caran megalhn sfodra

2:11 kai elqontes eis qn oikian eidon to paidion meta marias qs mhtros autou kai pesontes prosekunhsan autw kai anoixantes tous qhsaurous autwn proshnegkan autw dwra cruson kai libanon kai smurnan

2:12 kai crhmatisqentes kat onar mh anakamyai pros hrwdhn di allhs odou anecwrhsan eis qn cwran autwn

2:13 anacwrhsantwn de autwn idou aggelos kuriou fainetai kat onar tw iwshf legwn egerqeis paralabe to paidion kai qn mhtera autou kai feuge eis aigupton kai isqi ekei ews an eipw soi mellei gar hrwdhs zhtein to paidion tou apolesai auto

2:14 o de egerqeis parelaben to paidion kai qn mhtera autou nuktos kai anecwrhsen eis aigupton

2:15 kai hn ekei ews qs teleuqs hrwdou ina plhrwqh to rhqen upo tou kuriou dia tou profhtou legontos ex aiguptou ekalesa ton uion mou

2:16 tote hrwdhs idwn oti enepaicqh upo twn magwn equmwqh lian kai aposteilas aneilen pantas tous paidas tous en bhqleem kai en pasin tois oriois auqs apo dietous kai katwterw kata ton cronon on hkribwsen para twn magwn

2:17 tote eplhrwqh to rhqen upo ieremiou tou profhtou legontos

2:18 fwnh en rama hkousqh qrhnos kai klauqmos kai odurmos polus racl klaiousa ta tekna auqs kai ouk hqelen paraklhqhnai oti ouk eisin

2:19 teleuqsantos de tou hrwdou idou aggelos kuriou kat onar fainetai tw iwshf en aiguptw

2:20 legwn egerqeis paralabe to paidion kai qn mhtera autou kai poreuou eis ghn israhl teqnhkasin gar oi zhtountes qn yucn tou paidiou

2:21 o de egerqeis parelaben to paidion kai qn mhtera autou kai hlqen eis ghn israhl

2:22 akousas de oti Arcelaos basileuei epi qs ioudaias anti hrwdou tou patros autou efobhqh ekei apelqein crhmatisqeis de kat onar anecwrhsen eis ta merh qs galilaias