16. जब हेरोदेस ने यह देखा, कि ज्योतिषियों ने मेरे साथ ठट्ठा किया है, तब वह क्रोध से भर गया; और लोगों को भेजकर ज्योतिषियों से ठीक ठीक पूछे हुए समय के अनुसार बैतलहम और उसके आस पास के सब लड़कों को जो दो वर्ष के, वा उस से छोटे थे, मरवा डाला।
16. When Herod found out that the wise men from the east had tricked him, he was very angry. He gave orders for his men to kill all the boys who lived in or near Bethlehem and were two years old and younger. This was based on what he had learned from the wise men.