ΤΟ ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ ΑΓΙΟΝ ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ

Gospel of Matthew

CHAPTER 2

| 1 | του |  | δε |  | ιησου |  | γεννηθεντος |  | εν |  | βηθλεεμ |  | της |  | ιουδαιας |  | εν |  | ημεραις |
|  | Now Jesus |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | having been born |  | in |  | Bethlehem |  | ♦ |  | of Judaea, |  | in |  | [the] days |

ηρωδου |  | του |  | βασιλεως |  | ιδου |  | μαγοι |  | απο |  | ανατολων |  | παρεγενοντο |  | εις |
of Herod |  | the |  | king, |  | behold, |  | magi |  | from [the] |  | east |  | arrived |  | at |

ιεροσολυμα |  |
Jerusalem, |  |

| 2 | λεγοντες |  | που |  | εστιν |  | ο |  | τεχθεις |  | βασιλευς |  | των |  | ιουδαιων |  | ειδομεν |
|  | saying, |  | Where |  | is |  | he who |  | has been born |  | King |  | of the |  | Jews? |  | for we saw |

γαρ |  | αυτου |  | τον |  | αστερα |  | εν |  | τη |  | ανατολη |  | και |  | ηλθομεν |  | προσκυνησαι |  | αυτω |  |
♦ |  | his |  | ♦ |  | star |  | in |  | the |  | east, |  | and |  | are come |  | to do homage |  | to him. |  |

| 3 | ακουσας |  | δε |  | ηρωδης |  | ο |  | βασιλευς |  | εταραχθη |  | και |  | πασα |
|  | Having 5 heard 6 |  | but 1 |  | Herod 2 |  | the 3 |  | king 4 |  | he was troubled, |  | and |  | all |

ιεροσολυμα |  | μετ |  | αυτου |  |
Jerusalem |  | with |  | him. |  |

| 4 | και |  | συναγαγων |  | παντας |  | τους |  | αρχιερεις |  | και |  | γραμματεις |  | του |
|  | And |  | having gathered together |  | all |  | the |  | chief priests |  | and |  | scribes |  | of the |

λαου |  | επυνθανετο |  | παρ |  | αυτων |  | που |  | ο |  | χριστος |  | γενναται |  |
people, |  | he inquired |  | of |  | them |  | where |  | the |  | Christ |  | should be born. |  |

| 5 | οι |  | δε |  | ειπον |  | αυτω |  | εν |  | βηθλεεμ |  | της |  | ιουδαιας |  | ουτως |  | γαρ |
|  | And they |  | ♦ |  | said |  | to him, |  | In |  | Bethlehem |  | ♦ |  | of Judaea: |  | for thus |  | ♦ |

γεγραπται |  | δια |  | του |  | προφητου |  |
it has been written |  | by |  | the |  | prophet, |  |

| 6 | και |  | συ |  | βηθλεεμ |  | γη |  | ιουδα |  | ουδαμως |  | ελαχιστη |  | ει |  | εν |  | τοις |  | ηγεμοσιν |
|  | And |  | thou, |  | Bethlehem, |  | land |  | of Juda, |  | in no wise |  | least |  | art |  | among |  | the |  | governors |

ιουδα |  | εκ |  | σου |  | γαρ |  | εξελευσεται |  | ηγουμενος |  | οστις |  | ποιμανει |  | τον |
of Juda, |  | out 2 |  | of 3 thee 4 |  | for 1 |  | shall go forth |  | a leader, |  | who |  | shall shepherd |  | my people |

λαον |  | μου |  | τον |  | ισραηλ |  |
♦ |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | Israel. |  |

| 7 | τοτε |  | ηρωδης |  | λαθρα |  | καλεσας |  | τους |  | μαγους |  | ηκριβωσεν |  | παρ |  | αυτων |
|  | Then |  | Herod, |  | secretly 2 |  | having called 1 |  | the |  | magi, |  | inquired accurately |  | of |  | them |

τον |  | χρονον |  | του |  | φαινομενου |  | αστερος |  |
the |  | time |  | of the |  | appearing 2 |  | star. 1 |  |

| 8 | και |  | πεμψας |  | αυτους |  | εις |  | βηθλεεμ |  | ειπεν |  | πορευθεντες |  | ακριβως |
|  | And |  | having sent |  | them |  | to |  | Bethlehem, |  | he said, |  | Having gone, |  | accurately |

εξετασατε |  | περι |  | του |  | παιδιου |  | επαν |  | δε |  | ευρητε |  | απαγγειλατε |
inquire |  | for |  | the |  | little child; |  | and when |  | ♦ |  | ye shall have found [him] |  | bring word back |

μοι |  | οπως |  | καγω |  | ελθων |  | προσκυνησω |  | αυτω |  |
to me, |  | that |  | I also |  | having come |  | may do homage |  | to him. |  |

| 9 | οι |  | δε |  | ακουσαντες |  | του |  | βασιλεως |  | επορευθησαν |  | και |  | ιδου |  | ο |  | αστηρ |
|  | And they |  | ♦ |  | having heard |  | the |  | king, |  | went away; |  | and |  | behold, |  | the |  | star, |

ον |  | ειδον |  | εν |  | τη |  | ανατολη |  | προηγεν |  | αυτους |  | εως |  | ελθων |  | εστη |  | επανω |
which |  | they saw |  | in |  | the |  | east, |  | went before |  | them, |  | until |  | having come |  | it stood |  | over |

ου |  | ην |  | το |  | παιδιον |  |
where |  | was |  | the |  | little child. |  |

| 10 | ιδοντες |  | δε |  | τον |  | αστερα |  | εχαρησαν |  | χαραν |  | μεγαλην |  | σφοδρα |  |
|  | And having seen |  | ♦ |  | the |  | star, |  | they rejoiced [with] |  | joy |  | great 2 |  | exceedingly. 1 |  |

| 11 | και |  | ελθοντες |  | εις |  | την |  | οικιαν |  | ευρον |  | το |  | παιδιον |  | μετα |  | μαριας |  | της |
|  | And |  | having come |  | into |  | the |  | house, |  | they found |  | the |  | little child |  | with |  | Mary |  | his mother, |

μητρος |  | αυτου |  | και |  | πεσοντες |  | προσεκυνησαν |  | αυτω |  | και |  | ανοιξαντες |
♦ |  | ♦ |  | and |  | having fallen down |  | did homage |  | to him: |  | and |  | having opened |

τους |  | θησαυρους |  | αυτων |  | προσηνεγκαν |  | αυτω |  | δωρα |  | χρυσον |  | και |  | λιβανον |
♦ |  | treasures 2 |  | their 1 |  | they offered |  | to him |  | gifts; |  | gold |  | and |  | frankincense |

και |  | σμυρναν |  |
and |  | myrrh. |  |

| 12 | και |  | χρηματισθεντες |  | κατ |  | οναρ |  | μη |  | ανακαμψαι |  | προς |  | ηρωδην |  | δι |
|  | And |  | having been divinely instructed |  | in |  | a dream |  | not |  | to return |  | to |  | Herod, |  | by |

αλλης |  | οδου |  | ανεχωρησαν |  | εις |  | την |  | χωραν |  | αυτων |  |
another |  | way |  | they withdrew |  | into |  | their own country. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 13 | αναχωρησαντων |  | δε |  | αυτων |  | ιδου |  | αγγελος |  | κυριου |  | φαινεται |  | κατ |
|  | Now 2 having 3 withdrawn |  | ♦ |  | they, 1 |  | behold, |  | an angel |  | of [the] Lord |  | appears |  | in |

οναρ |  | τω |  | ιωσηφ |  | λεγων |  | εγερθεις |  | παραλαβε |  | το |  | παιδιον |  | και |  | την |
a dream |  | ♦ |  | to Joseph, |  | saying, |  | Having risen |  | take with [thee] |  | the |  | little child |  | and |  | his mother, |

μητερα |  | αυτου |  | και |  | φευγε |  | εις |  | αιγυπτον |  | και |  | ισθι |  | εκει |  | εως |  | αν |  | ειπω |  | σοι |
♦ |  | ♦ |  | and |  | flee |  | into |  | Egypt, |  | and |  | be |  | there |  | until |  | I shall tell |  | ♦ |  | thee; |

μελλει |  | γαρ |  | ηρωδης |  | ζητειν |  | το |  | παιδιον |  | του |  | απολεσαι |  | αυτο |  |
is 3 about 4 |  | for 1 |  | Herod 2 |  | to seek |  | the |  | little child, |  | ♦ |  | to destroy |  | him. |  |

| 14 | ο |  | δε |  | εγερθεις |  | παρελαβεν |  | το |  | παιδιον |  | και |  | την |  | μητερα |  | αυτου |
|  | And he |  | ♦ |  | having risen |  | took with [him] |  | the |  | little child |  | and |  | his mother |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |

νυκτος |  | και |  | ανεχωρησεν |  | εις |  | αιγυπτον |  |
by night, |  | and |  | withdrew |  | into |  | Egypt, |  |

| 15 | και |  | ην |  | εκει |  | εως |  | της |  | τελευτης |  | ηρωδου |  | ινα |  | πληρωθη |  | το |
|  | and |  | was |  | there |  | until |  | the |  | death |  | of Herod: |  | that |  | might be fulfilled |  | that which |

ρηθεν |  | υπο |  | του |  | κυριου |  | δια |  | του |  | προφητου |  | λεγοντος |  | εξ |  | αιγυπτου |
was spoken |  | by |  | the |  | Lord |  | through |  | the |  | prophet, |  | saying, |  | Out |  | of Egypt |

εκαλεσα |  | τον |  | υιον |  | μου |  |
have I called |  | my son. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 16 | τοτε |  | ηρωδης |  | ιδων |  | οτι |  | ενεπαιχθη |  | υπο |  | των |  | μαγων |  | εθυμωθη |  | λιαν |
|  | Then |  | Herod, |  | having seen |  | that |  | he was mocked |  | by |  | the |  | magi, |  | was enraged |  | greatly, |

και |  | αποστειλας |  | ανειλεν |  | παντας |  | τους |  | παιδας |  | τους |  | εν |  | βηθλεεμ |  | και |
and |  | having sent |  | he put to death |  | all |  | the |  | boys |  | that [were] |  | in |  | Bethlehem |  | and |

εν |  | πασιν |  | τοις |  | οριοις |  | αυτης |  | απο |  | διετους |  | και |  | κατωτερω |  | κατα |
in |  | all |  | its borders, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | from |  | two years old |  | and |  | under, |  | according to |

τον |  | χρονον |  | ον |  | ηκριβωσεν |  | παρα |  | των |  | μαγων |  |
the |  | time |  | which |  | he had accurately inquired |  | from |  | the |  | magi. |  |

| 17 | τοτε |  | επληρωθη |  | το |  | ρηθεν |  | υπο |  | ιερεμιου |  | του |  | προφητου |
|  | Then |  | was fulfilled |  | that which |  | was spoken |  | by |  | Jeremias |  | the |  | prophet, |

λεγοντος |  |
saying, |  |

| 18 | φωνη |  | εν |  | ραμα |  | ηκουσθη |  | θρηνος |  | και |  | κλαυθμος |  | και |  | οδυρμος |  | πολυς |
|  | A voice |  | in |  | Rama |  | was heard, |  | lamentation |  | and |  | weeping |  | and |  | mourning 2 |  | great, 1 |

ραχηλ |  | κλαιουσα |  | τα |  | τεκνα |  | αυτης |  | και |  | ουκ |  | ηθελεν |  | παρακληθηναι |
Rachel |  | weeping [for] |  | her children, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | and |  | not 2 |  | would 1 |  | be comforted, |

οτι |  | ουκ |  | εισιν |  |
because |  | they are not. |  | ♦ |  |

| 19 | τελευτησαντος |  | δε |  | του |  | ηρωδου |  | ιδου |  | αγγελος |  | κυριου |  | κατ |  | οναρ |
|  | But having 2 died 3 |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | Herod, 1 |  | behold, |  | an angel |  | of [the] Lord |  | in |  | a dream |

φαινεται |  | τω |  | ιωσηφ |  | εν |  | αιγυπτω |  |
appears |  | to |  | Joseph |  | in |  | Egypt, |  |

| 20 | λεγων |  | εγερθεις |  | παραλαβε |  | το |  | παιδιον |  | και |  | την |  | μητερα |  | αυτου |  | και
|  | saying, |  | Having risen |  | take with [thee] |  | the |  | little child |  | and |  | his mother, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | and

| πορευου |  | εις |  | γην |  | ισραηλ |  | τεθνηκασιν |  | γαρ |  | οι |  | ζητουντες |  | την |  | ψυχην |
| go |  | into |  | [the] land |  | of Israel: |  | for they have died |  | ♦ |  | who |  | were seeking |  | the |  | life |

του |  | παιδιου |  |
of the |  | little child. |  |

| 21 | ο |  | δε |  | εγερθεις |  | παρελαβεν |  | το |  | παιδιον |  | και |  | την |  | μητερα |  | αυτου |
|  | And he |  | ♦ |  | having risen |  | took with [him] |  | the |  | little child |  | and |  | his mother, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |

και |  | ηλθεν |  | εις |  | γην |  | ισραηλ |  |
and |  | came |  | into |  | [the] land |  | of Israel. |  |

| 22 | ακουσας |  | δε |  | οτι |  | αρχελαος |  | βασιλευει |  | επι |  | της |  | ιουδαιας |  | αντι |
|  | Having 2 heard 3 |  | but 1 |  | that |  | Archelaus |  | reigns |  | over |  | ♦ |  | Judaea |  | instead of |

ηρωδου |  | του |  | πατρος |  | αυτου |  | εφοβηθη |  | εκει |  | απελθειν |
Herod |  | his father, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | he was afraid |  | there |  | to go; |

χρηματισθεις |  | δε |  | κατ |  | οναρ |  | ανεχωρησεν |  | εις |  | τα |  | μερη |  | της |
having 2 been 3 divinely 4 instructed 5 |  | and 1 |  | in |  | a dream, |  | he withdrew |  | into |  | the |  | parts |  | ♦ |

γαλιλαιας |  |
of Galilee: |  |

| 23 | και |  | ελθων |  | κατωκησεν |  | εις |  | πολιν |  | λεγομενην |  | ναζαρετ |  | οπως |
|  | and |  | having come |  | he dwelt |  | in |  | a city |  | called |  | Nazareth; |  | so that |

πληρωθη |  | το |  | ρηθεν |  | δια |  | των |  | προφητων |  | οτι |  | ναζωραιος |
should be fulfilled |  | that which |  | was spoken |  | by |  | the |  | prophets, |  | that |  | a Nazaraean |

κληθησεται |  |
shall he be called. |  |