When the wise men did not return to Herod, he was very angry. He knew that they had deceived him. So he sent his men to Bethlehem. He said to them, ‘Kill all the baby boys in Bethlehem. Kill the boys who live near there too. Kill all the boys who are two years old or younger than that.’ The wise men had told Herod how long ago they had first seen the special star. So he decided to kill the baby boys of that age. In this way, these words that God’s prophet Jeremiah spoke long ago became true: ‘People heard a sad noise in Ramah. They heard someone weeping with a loud voice. It is Rachel and she is crying for her children. Nobody can help her to feel better, because her children are dead.’ ……So Joseph went there and he lived in a town called Nazareth. Long ago God’s prophets had said about God’s Messiah , ‘He will be called a person from Nazareth.’ Now this had become true. Matthew 2:16-18, 23
希律見自己被博士愚弄，就大大發怒，差人將伯利恆城裏並四境所有的男孩，照着他向博士仔細查問的時候，凡兩歲以裏的，都殺盡了。 這就應了先知耶利米的話，說：在拉瑪聽見號咷大哭的聲音，是拉結哭她兒女，不肯受安慰，因為他們都不在了。 …… 到了一座城，名叫拿撒勒，就住在那裏。這是要應驗先知所說，他將稱為拿撒勒人的話了。 馬太福音 2:16-18, 23