1. Now after Yehoshua was born in Beit-Lechem Yehudah, in the days of Herod [the Great, the Roman client] king --hinei!--chachamim from eretz Mizrach (the land of the East) arrived in Yerushalayim,
2. saying, Where is he that is born Melech HaYehudim? For we have seen his KOCHAV (star, Num 24:17) in the Mizrach and come to fall down before him.
3. Because Herod the king heard this, he was terribly shaken, and all Yerushalayim with him.
4. And assembling all the Rashei Hakohanim and Sofrim of the people, he inquired of them the place where Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was to be born.
5. They told him, In Beit-Lechem Yehudah; because so it stands written by the Navi:
6. And YOU, BEIT-LECHEM, (Bethlehem, Mic 5:1[2]) in eretz Yehudah are by no means least among the shtetlach (towns) or ruling [alafim] of Yehudah; because out of you will come a Moshel (Ruler) who will be the Ro'eh Ami Yisroel.
7. Then Herod secretly summoned the chachamim and ascertained from them the exact date of the manifestation of the KOCHAV.
8. Then he sent them to Beth-Lechem, saying, Go and make a thorough search for the yeled (child); as soon as you have found him, report to me, so that I, as you, may come and fall down before him.
9. After they heard the king, they departed, and hinei! The KOCHAV they had seen in the Mizrach (East) was going ahead of them until it came and stood above the place where the yeled was.
10. When they saw the KOCHAV, they rejoiced with exceedingly great nachas (joy).
11. And, entering the bais (house), they beheld the yeled with Miryam, his Em, and prostrated themselves before him. Then, opening their treasure chests, they offered gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
12. And having been warned in a chalom (dream) not to return to Herod, they took refuge in their own country by another way.