[Note: The material in this chapter with a grey background has not yet been fully proofread, and may be based on the older 2007 printing (bi12) of the Mandarin NWT Bible. It will be updated as time allows.]

### 📖 📄 📘 Mǎtài Fúyīn ((Mǎtài Matthew’s 马太 馬太) (Fú·yīn Blessings · {Sounds → [News]} 福音) → [The Good News According to Matthew]) 2 🔼
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📖 📄 📘 1 Xīlǜ (Herod 希律) Wáng (King 王) zàiwèi (zài·wèi {was on} · {place → [throne]} 在位) qījiān (qī·jiān {period of time} · within 期间 期間), Yēsū (Jesus 耶稣 耶穌) zài (in 在) Yóudìyà (Ju·deʹa 犹地亚 猶地亞) de (’s 的) Bólìhéng (Bethʹle·hem 伯利恒 伯利恆) dànshēng ({had been born} 诞生 誕生) yǐhòu (yǐ·hòu {from this point} · afterwards 以后 以後), yǒu ({(there) were having} → [(there) were] 有) zhānxīng shùshì ((zhān·xīng {divining by} · stars → [practising astrology] 占星) (shù·shì technique · {persons trained in a certain field} → [practitioners of occult arts] 术士 術士) → [astologers]) cóng (from 从 從) Dōngfāng (Dōng·fāng East · Direction → [the East] 东方 東方) láidào (lái·dào (who) came · {to arrive at} 来到 來到) Yēlùsālěng (Jerusalem 耶路撒冷). 2 Tāmen shuō: “Nèige shēnglái yào zuò Yóutài‐rén de wáng de zài nǎli ne? Wǒmen zài dōngfāng kànjian tā de xīng, yúshì lái xiàng tā xiàbài.” 3 Xīlǜ Wáng tīngshuōle zhèi jiàn shì jiù shífēn bù ān, quán Yēlùsālěng de rén yě gēn tā yíyàng. 4 Tā bǎ rénmín de jìsī‐zhǎng hé chāojīng‐shì quándōu zhàojí qilai, wèn tāmen Jīdū huì zài nǎli chūshēng. 5 Tāmen huídá: “Zài Yóudìyà de Bólìhéng, yīnwei xiānzhī xiěxia de huà zhèyàng shuō: 6 ‘Yóudà dìqū de Bólìhéng a, zài Yóudà yóu zhǎngguān tǒngzhì de chéng dāngzhōng, nǐ jué bú shì zuì xiǎo de, yīnwei huì yǒu yí wèi tǒngzhìzhě cóng nǐ nàli chūlai, mùyǎng wǒ de zǐmín Yǐsèliè.’ ”

7 Yúshì Xīlǜ ànzhōng zhàojiàn zhānxīngshùshì, xiàng tāmen zǐxì cháwèn nèi kē xīng chūxiàn de shíjiān, 8 ránhòu chāi tāmen dào Bólìhéng qù, shuō: “Nǐmen qù zǐxì xúnzhǎo nèige xiǎoháir, zhǎodàole jiù huílai xiàng wǒ bàogào, ràng wǒ yě qù xiàng tā xiàbài.” 9 Tāmen tīngwán wáng de huà jiù shànglù le. Hūrán, tāmen zài dōngfāng kànjian de xīng zǒu zài tāmen qiántou, dàole xiǎoháir suǒzài de dìfang, cái zài shàngmian tíng xialai. 10 Tāmen kànjian nèi kē xīng, huānxǐ de bùdéliǎo, 11 jìnle fángzi, kànjian xiǎoháir gēn tā mǔqin Mǎlìyà zài yìqǐ, jiù fǔfú xiàng tā xiàbài. Tāmen dǎkāi bǎohé, náchū jīnzi, rǔxiāng, mòyào jǐ yàng lǐwù xiàngěi tā. 12 Hòulái Shàngdì zài mèng li jǐnggào tāmen búyào huíqu jiàn Xīlǜ, tāmen jiù cóng lìng yì tiáo lù huíxiāng qù le.

13 Tāmen zǒule yǐhòu, Yēhéhuá de tiānshǐ zài mèng li xiàng Yuēsè xiǎnxiàn shuō: “Qǐlai, dàizhe xiǎoháir hé tā mǔqin táodào Āijí qù, zhù zài nàli, zhídào wǒ gěi nǐ zhǐshì; yīnwei Xīlǜ yào xúnzhǎo xiǎoháir, bǎ tā shāsǐ.” 14 Yuēsè jiù qǐlai, liányè dàizhe xiǎoháir hé xiǎoháir de mǔqin dào Āijí qù, 15 zhù zài nàli, zhídào Xīlǜ sǐ le. Zhè shì yào yìngyàn Yēhéhuá jiè xiānzhī suǒ shuō de huà: “Wǒ cóng Āijí bǎ wǒ de érzi zhào chulai.”

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19 Xīlǜ sǐle yǐhòu, zài Āijí, Yēhéhuá de tiānshǐ zài mèng li xiàng Yuēsè xiǎnxiàn, 20 shuō: “Qǐlai, dàizhe xiǎoháir hé tā mǔqin dào Yǐsèliè dì qù, yīnwei nèixiē xiǎng hài xiǎoháir xìngmìng de rén yǐjing sǐ le.” 21 Yuēsè jiù qǐlai, dàizhe xiǎoháir hé xiǎoháir de mǔqin dàole Yǐsèliè dì. 22 Kěshì, Yuēsè tīngjian Ājīláosī jiēxù tā fùqin Xīlǜ zuò Yóudìyà wáng, jiù bùgǎn dào nàli qù. Lìngwài Shàngdì yě zài mèng li jǐnggào tā, yúshì tā wǎng Jiālìlì yídài, 23 dào yí ge jiào Násālè de chéng zhù xialai. Zhèyàng jiù yìngyànle xiānzhī suǒ shuō de huà: “Tā yào jiàozuò Násālèrén.”