إنجيل القدّيس متّى .12-1:2
لَمَّا وُلِدَ يَسُوعُ في بَيْتَ لَحْمِ اليَهُودِيَّة، في أَيَّامِ المَلِكِ هِيرُودُس، جَاءَ مَجُوسٌ مِنَ المَشْرِقِ إِلى أُورَشَلِيم
وهُم يَقُولُون: أَيْنَ هُوَ المَوْلُودُ مَلِكُ اليَهُود؟ فَقَدْ رَأَيْنَا نَجْمَهُ في المَشْرِق، فَجِئْنَا نَسْجُدُ لَهُ
ولَمَّا سَمِعَ المَلِكُ هِيرُودُسُ ٱضْطَرَبَ، وٱضْطَرَبَتْ مَعَهُ كُلُّ أُورَشَلِيم
فَجَمَعَ كُلَّ الأَحْبَارِ وكَتَبَةِ الشَّعْب، وسَأَلَهُم: أَيْنَ يُولَدُ المَسيح؟
فَقَالُوا لَهُ: في بَيْتَ لَحْمِ اليَهُودِيَّة، لأَنَّهُ هكَذَا كُتِبَ بِٱلنَّبِيّ
وأَنْتِ يَا بَيْتَ لَحْمُ، أَرْضَ يَهُوذَا، لَسْتِ الصُّغْرَى بَيْنَ رُؤَسَاءِ يَهُوذَا، فَمِنْكِ يَخْرُجُ رَئِيسٌ يَرْعَى شَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيل
حِينَئِذٍ دَعَا هِيرُودُسُ المَجُوسَ سِرًّا، وتَحَقَّقَ مِنْهُم زَمَنَ ظُهُورِ النَّجْم
ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَهُم إِلى بَيْتَ لَحْمَ وقَال: إِذْهَبُوا وٱبْحَثُوا جَيِّدًا عَنِ الصَّبِيّ. فَإِذَا وَجَدْتُمُوه، أَخْبِرُونِي لأَذْهَبَ أَنَا أَيْضًا وأَسْجُدَ لَهُ
ولَمَّا سَمِعُوا كَلامَ المَلِكِ ٱنْصَرَفُوا، وإِذَا النَّجْمُ الَّذي رَأَوْهُ في المَشْرِقِ عَادَ يَتَقَدَّمُهُم، حَتَّى بَلَغَ المَوْضِعَ الَّذي كَانَ فيهِ الصَّبِيّ، وتَوقَّفَ فَوْقَهُ
فَلَمَّا رَأَوا النَّجْمَ فَرِحُوا فَرَحًا عَظِيمًا جِدًّا
ودَخَلُوا البَيْتَ فَرأَوا ٱلصَّبِيَّ مَعَ مَرْيَمَ أُمِّهِ، فَجَثَوا لَهُ سَاجِدِين. ثُمَّ فَتَحُوا كُنُوزَهُم وقَدَّمُوا لَهُ هَدَايَا، ذَهَبًا وبَخُورًا ومُرًّا
وأُوْحِيَ إِلَيْهِم في الحُلْمِ أَلاَّ يَرْجِعُوا إِلى هِيرُودُس، فَعَادُوا إِلى بِلادِهِم عَنْ طَرِيقٍ آخَر
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 2:13-18.
When the Magi had departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you. Herod is going to search for the child to destroy him.”
Joseph rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed for Egypt.
He stayed there until the death of Herod, that what the Lord had said through the prophet might be fulfilled, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”
When Herod realized that he had been deceived by the magi, he became furious. He ordered the massacre of all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had ascertained from the magi.
Then was fulfilled what had been said through Jeremiah the prophet:
A voice was heard in Ramah, sobbing and loud lamentation; Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not be consoled, since they were no more.