Moffatt(i)
1 Now when Jesus was born at Bethlehem, belonging to Judaea, in the days of king Herod, magicians from the East arrived at Jerusalem,
2 asking, "Where is the newly-born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose, and we have come to worship him."
3 The news of this troubled king Herod and all Jerusalem as well;
4 so he gathered all the high priests and scribes of the people and made inquiries of them about where the messiah was to be born.
5 They told him, "In Bethlehem belonging to Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet:
6 And you Bethlehem, in Judah's land, You are not least among the rulers of Judah: For a ruler will come from you, Who will shepherd Israel my people."
7 Then Herod summoned the magicians in secret and ascertained from them the time of the star's appearance.
8 He also sent them to Bethlehem, telling them, "Go and make a careful search for the child, and when you have found him report to me, so that I may go and worship him too."
9 The magicians listened to the king and then went their way. And the star they had seen rise went in front of them till it stopped over the place where the child was.
10 When they caught sight of the star, they were intensely glad;
11 on reaching the house they saw the child with his mother Mary, they fell down to worship him, and opening their caskets they offered him gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh.