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It was the beginning of the third watch when the wise men reached the little town of Bethlehem. The star they had followed for so many weeks shone with steady brightness directly above the inn.
Tertia vigilia incipiente, magi pervenerunt ad civitatem Bethlehem. Et ecce stabat stella, quam tam multos dies secuti erant, clare lucens supra deversorium.
Τῆς τρίτης φυλακῆς ἀρχομένης, οἱ μάγοι ἀφίκοντο εἰς πόλιν Βηθλέεμ. Καὶ ἰδοὺ εἱστήκει ὁ ἀστήρ, ᾧ τοσαύτας ἡμέρας ἠκολουθήκεσαν, λαμπρῶς φαίνων ὑπὲρ τοῦ πανδοκείου.
Yes, a child, newly born, is here. He is yonder in the manger — but why –
Bring us to him!
We have found the redeemer of the world! Blessed, blessed are we above men!
Ita, modo genitus infans adest. Illic in præsepio inest. – sed cur –
Adduc nos ad eum!
Invenimus redemptorem mundi! Beati, beati sumus præ hominibus!
Ναί, ἀρτιγέννητον παιδίον τι πάρεστιν. Ἐκεὶ ἐν τῇ φάτνῃ ἔνεστιν. — ἀλλὰ τί —
Προσάγαγε ἡμᾶς πρὸς αὐτόν.
Εὑρήκαμεν τὸν λυτρωτὴν τοῦ κόσμου. Μακάριοι, μακάριοί ἐσμεν ὑπὲρ ἀνθρώπους.
Doing homage before the mother and the child, the wise men tendered gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.
Procidentes ante matrem puerumque, magi obtulerunt munera, aurum, thus, et myrrham.
Προσκυνήσαντες τῇ μητρὶ καὶ τῷ παιδίῳ, οἱ μάγοι προσήνεγκαν δῶρα, χρυσὸν καὶ λίβανον καὶ σμύρναν.
In answer to a heavenly message, the wise men did not report their discovery to the scheming and tyrannical Herod, but avoiding him, hurried home to their own countries by another route.
Et mandato e cælo ab eis accepto, magi quod invenerant non renuntiaverunt Herodi, insidioso tyranno, sed effugientes per aliam viam festinaverunt in regiones suas.
Καὶ οὐρανόθεν χρηματισθέντες, οἱ μάγοι οὐκ ἀπήγγείλαν τὸ εὕρημα Ἡρῴδῃ, τῷ ἐπιβούλῳ τυράννῳ, ἀλλὰ διαφυγόντες δι’ ἄλλης τινὸς ὁδοῦ ἔσπευσαν εἰς τὰς ἑαυτῶν χώρας.
