the prophecy will en tonight, father.
the sons of bethlehem shall be no more.
a chil.
for the lowest of men to the highest of kings.
carry out the orers of king hero!
aaaaah!
aaaah!
aah! not my son!
aaah!
aaaaaaaah!
aaaaah! aaah!
pigeons for sacrifice!
for the temple! for the temple!
- one half shekel for a pigeon! - four for sacrifice! four.
- no blemishes! - one shekel!
this honor is for you, zechariah, an your village.
zechariah!
zechariah.
y our wife will bear you a son.
y ou will call him john.
m-my wife is too ol to bear a chil.
an he will be the prophet of the most high...
for he will make reay a people prepare for the lor.
but l am an ol man.
y ou will be struck umb an not be able to speak...
because you believest not my wors.
go bless you.
go be with you.
bless you.
- aaah! - elizabeth.
what´s wrong, zechariah?
he has seen a vision.
- a vision from go! - oh!
wait--
mama!
ha ha ha!
stop looking at him.
y ou´ll get us in trouble.
l´m not looking at him.
y es, you are.
- no, l´m not. - ha!
oh!
ha ha ha!
ha ha ha ha!
ha ha ha! aaah!
ha ha ha!
mary.
ha ha ha!
shh!
ruth is waiting for you.
but l was working.
she pays you to help her. y ou can´t be late.
here, take this with you. hurry up.
shalom, mary.
joseph. ha ha ha!
that´s all?
- lt´s burning. - l know.
- mary, you are late. - sorry.
y ou´re not sorry.
mary, the cheese.
ask if she´ll buy two toay.
lt will help us.
the wor of the lor came to elijah an go sai...
´´stan on the sacre mountain.´´
an behol, the lor passe by...
an a great win rent the mountains...
an broke in pieces the rocks before the lor.
but the lor was not in the win.
an after the win, an earthquake!
but the lor was not in the earthquake.
an after the earthquake, a fire!
but the lor was not in the fire.
an after the fire?
a still, small voice.
- aaaaah! mmmm! - look!
mmmm!
ruth.
we mae it just this morning.
oh, thank you. l neee more.
hero´s tax collectors will be here tomorrow.
l know.
does your father have enough?
l pray that he´s strong.
men have ha their own chilren taken to satisfy their ebt.
my father woul never allow that.
of course.
go will eliver us, mary.
even the wors l spoke to the chilren tell of a new king...
for those who have nothing.
how much will you give me?
mary, let´s go.
hey!
prepare to pay your taxes.
two lines. now.
move, now.
no talking. move.
one half shekel for the temple, two shekels for caesar...
by orer of king hero.
y ou cannot pay your tax an you have no more lan to offer.
the harvest will be strong a few months from now.
y es, but we are not here for that harvest, are we?
the agreement was for you...
to han over one-thir of your lan...
to satisfy your ebt.
lf l coul have the lan for one more year--
what o you bring, huh?
what o you bring in the hope l will grant your request?
ls that your animal?
y ou must pay one half shekel for caesar.
that´s all l have!
to be ifferent than the others.
the girl, take her.
no, no, no, please--ali-- l pay next time twice.
she will work to pay your ebt. next.
no! no!
aaah! not my aughter!
- help! - please, no, no!
- ali--aliyah! - aaaah!
- aaaaah! - aliyah!
mary!
- no, please. - next.
- step in line! - no, please, no.
- no! no! aliyah! - aaaaah! help me!
help! aaaah!
no! help me!
help me!
help!
aaah! aaah!
aaah! aaah! aaah!
come here, mary.
aaron! aaron!
aaron! aaah!
back in line, all of you!
take this man´s animal...
an one-thir of his lan to be seize...
for the continue goo of hero´s kingom.
please, if l on´t have enough lan, my--
what? what, you an your family will ie?
ha ha ha! all of us must ie.
some sooner than others. move.
kill it, we have enough.
y ou.
one half shekel for the temple.
mary?
how i you--
the soliers, their thirst for bloo...
is matche only by their thirst for money.
thank you.
tell your father that they left her behin.
he nees his prie.
aaah!
aaah! aaah!
- oooooh! - aaah!
ooooh!
aaah!
y our excellency, masaa will be as glorious...
as your palace in jerusalem.
- oooooh! - aaah!
the bathing pool, fe by the water from the aqueucts.
- oooooh! - aaah!
have them stop.
buil another pool up there...
an have it spill into the pool below as a waterfall...
an cover the walls with golen tiles.
to reflect the light.
y our excellency knows, to acquire this much gol--
ls why l have loyal subjects.
the tax collection in galilee, any sign of rebellion?
none that remain.
´´none that remain´´ means there was.
an what of the prophecy?
the awaite messiah?
ls this the cause of their issension?
the prophecy is a myth, y our excellency...
embrace by those unwise enough to worship their true king.
what is unwise, tero, is to take such a prophecy too lightly.
try, gaspar.
any clue we fin may be the final piece.
´´a star...
´´shall come forth...
´´from the lan of--
of lsrael?
´´lsrael.´´
but, melchior--
the wors speak to the very pattern l have been watching.
balthasar, if what the prophet says here is true...
a new messiah coul come within our own lifetimes.
there is a star that has been moving...
towar what the romans call jupiter.
lf the two of them raw close to each other...
how many years from now?
lt will not be years.
ha ha ha!
mary.
y ou know joseph.
y ou will be his wife.
´´blesse art thou, o lor, our go, king of the worl...
´´who sanctifie lsrael by huppah an betrothal.´´
take it.
the law says you will stay with us for another year...
then you will go into his house.
y ou will consier him your husban now...
in all manner except that which leas to family.
on that, you must wait.
l´m builing a house.
enough for a family.
mar--
l´ll talk to her.
shalom, mary.
mary, come.
come with us, mary. ha ha ha!
- mary. - ha ha ha!
- come. - aaah! ha ha ha!
ha ha ha!
why o they force me to marry a man l harly know?
a man l o not love.
why is father oing this? why now?
we have barely enough to fee all of us.
y our granfather, your cousins.
he i this for you.
joseph is a goo man.
strong man.
l was marrie even younger than you.
so was my mother.
there is always hope, mary.
even in nazareth?
even in nazareth.
hail, o favore one.
the lor is with you.
do not be afrai, mary...
for you have foun favor with go.
come, you will conceive in your womb an give birth to a son.
an you will call his name jesus.
how can this be, since l´ve been with no man?
the holy spirit will come upon you.
an the power from the most high will overshaow you.
an the holy offspring shall be calle the son of go.
son of go?
mary.
even your cousin elizabeth has conceive a son in her ol age.
for nothing sai by go can be impossible.
let it be one to me, accoring to your wor.
how is anyone to believe me?
how are they to unerstan?
´´even your own cousin...
´´has conceive a son in her ol age.´´
elizabeth.
this is foolish talk.
elizabeth is not expecting you now.
she says l am always welcome.
so oes zechariah.
y ou sai you wishe to visit in the summer.
that´s what you tol us a season ago.
much has change since then.
an what of joseph?
ls he to expect your return?
he is.
jacob an his family are going south in the morning.
l´ve tol sarah l can help with the chilren.
then make certain zechariah...
fins a goo family for you to return with.
thank you.
l´ll be here for the harvest.
l promise.
hey! stop it!
help!
hero´s soliers are coming!
get own! get back!
help us! hero took his lan!
block the roa!
- hurry! - block the roa!
- stop them! - hurry!
- quickly!
the soliers are behin us. stop their horses.
death to hero!
hero´s rule will en!
the messiah will save us!
hero is... he´ll eliver us!
a messiah...
to eliver my people.
please, lor, let elizabeth be with chil as the angel spoke.
- ha ha ha! - ah ha ha ha!
look!
go!
elizabeth!
ha ha ha!
- elizabeth. - oh, chil.
oh, chil!
blesse are you among women...
an blesse is the fruit of your womb.
but...how coul you know?
who am l that the mother of my lor shoul come to me?
the moment l hear your voice...
my chil leapt in my womb for joy.
blesse is she who believes the lor´s wors.
- oh! oh! - oh.
ah!
the star is here.
jupiter is here.
but look.
another star!
no. venus.
lf l am correct, an l usually am...
all 3 will appear to touch...
for the first time in 3,000 years.
venus is calle the mother planet.
jupiter, the shining father.
don´t you see?
mother an father aligne in the heavens as one.
an the star itself?
lt is calle sharu.
babylonian.
for ´´king.´´
he´s been silent since he came out of the temple.
not a wor?
he writes.
he writes of who our son will be.
what he will become.
go will lift his buren.
l have tol him the same, but he feels unworthy.
are you frightene?
y es.
a husban has been chosen for me.
the law says l was to remain pure for a year.
how is he to believe this?
stay with us, then. we will pray for guiance.
elizabeth...
why is it me go has aske?
l am nothing.
oh, chil.
elizabeth!
what is it, chil?
he is moving.
ah! mine too.
aaah!
- ah! - oh!
ha ha ha!
barren esert.
lnhospitable plains.
rugge mountain ranges.
then jerusalem.
surely you speak of a spiritual journey, melchior.
not one that woul actually take you there.
y ou wish to travel to the lan of juea?
no.
l wish for all of us to go.
melchior, this lan you speak of...
it will take months to journey there.
we know nothing of the angers we may fin.
an you´re following a star?
only because it burns bright?
balthasar, surely you will join me.
the star will be as bright here as anywhere.
y ou sai yourself it woul be a star over juea!
but, melchior--
y es, but l woul nee my instruments, my charts.
- take them. - but what about my cushions?
my pillows? wh--?
what about the foo l´m accustome to?
huh. very accustome to.
y es. l nee my ates, my nuts, my spices.
what about my wine, melchior?
lf you nee another camel, l´ll bring it for you!
join me.
both of you.
they will be waste months.
l´m sorry, but l cannot join you.
only one more camel?
ah! ah! ah!
ay-yay-yay-yay-yay-yay.
now breathe.
aaaaah!
aah! aaah!
aaaaah!
aaaaaah!
aaaah! aah! aah!
aaaaaaaaah!
aaaaah! aaaaah!
a son.
ha ha!
oh. ha ha ha!
beautiful.
oh.
- oh. - ha ha ha!
oh. oy. oy.
what name have you given him?
he shall have the name of john.
- aah. - john?
but, elizabeth...
there is no one in your family who bears that name.
zechariah woul not wish for this.
lf he coul speak...
he woul want a name that honors such a blesse chil.
where oes this name come from, elizabeth?
where all names come from.
his name is john.
- he speaks! - oh!
ah! oh.
zechariah!
his name is john.
ha ha ha!
- shalom. - shalom.
y ou´re builing a strong house.
ha ha ha!
lt will hol your family well.
l wish to have the roof on before her return.
before the harvest.
joseph, she has never broken a promise.
an a great win rent the mountains...
an broke in pieces the rocks before the lor.
but the lor was not in the win...
nor in the earthquake, nor in the fire.
an after the fire...
a still, small voice.
ha ha ha!
y ou are a goo father, zechariah.
ha ha!
lt´s time for me to return home.
the blacksmith will take you...
all the way into nazareth.
mary.
thank you.
fools.
l think l will have a few wors with him.
woul you let him know l want to see him?
y ou wishe to speak with me, father?
this collection...
has reveale an opposition to my rule...
that l fin myself concerne with.
opposition that may rise above mere wors.
the kingom will be yours, father...
until the last of your breaths.
y ou are the opposition l speak of, antipas!
l hear of my subjects arising against me...
an what o l hear from my own son?
l hear his silence.
juea, samaria, galilee...
all of them talk of this prophetic king...
this man who will efeat me.
y et you o not speak against it.
father, you have no greater ally...
than the man who speaks to you now.
l know this. l o.
because you an l, antipas, we are the same.
an the man who inherits my kingom...
will have the same intentions as l o.
but hear me when l tell you, my son...
that you will never, never live to see your rule...
if you fail me now.
l have ha a wife betray me.
l have ha two sons o the same, before you.
where are they now?
- no more. - mm.
no more.
l will en this threat to my rule, as l will all threats.
l on´t really miss him.
neither o l.
y ou forgot the map.
ha ha ha!
y ou wouln´t have been able to survive without me.
how o you know?
because l am the wisest.
ha ha ha!
mary.
- mary´s back! - mary!
- shalom. - shalom.
she´s back!
joseph, mary´s back.
she´s back! she´s back!
- she´s back? - mary!
mary! she´s back! mary!
mary! mary!
ha ha ha!
can l go?
she´s back.
mary!
joseph?
joseph.
joseph!
an angel tol you this?
that you will bear the son of go?
mary.
elizabeth ha a baby.
even in her ol age.
elizabeth has a husban!
women have been put to eath for this.
they coul stone you in the street.
do you unerstan?
y ou shoul have staye with elizabeth.
father.
father, l have broken no vow.
oh, you have broken every vow, mary.
was it one of hero´s soliers?
was it?
l have tol the truth.
whether you believe is your choice.
not mine.
an what of joseph?
he´s a goo man, mary, but this?
- this is too-- - let me speak!
please.
let me speak.
come, anna.
come.
joseph--
do you know--
do you know the reason l chose you, mary?
l believe you were a woman of great virtue.
l have live my life seeking honor.
honor...
mary, so how am l to answer this?
lf l claim this chil is mine, l will be lying.
l will have broken a law lai own by go.
l woul never ask you to lie.
lf l say this chil is not mine, they will ask what l want to o.
an if l accuse you...
there is a will for this chil...
greater than my fear of what they may o.
l will make no accusation.
without that, there can be no trial.
y ou have shown great mercy, joseph.
for that l will be thankful.
thank you.
- lt is the law! - the law!
stone her!
- the law! - stone her!
- let joseph cast the first stone!
- joseph! - throw the first stone.
- she must ie. - she must ie.
lt is the law!
let joseph through!
now, joseph.
joseph.
fear not.
for that which is conceive in mary is of the holy spirit.
an she shall be--
aah! aah!
mary.
´´an you shall call his name jesus.
´´for it is he who will save his people from their sins.´´
l know.
mary, go showe me.
an angel came to me in my ream.
y ou believe me.
l believe you.
y our chil will nee a father.
l will eclare him as my own.
people, they will not look at you the same.
they will not look at us the same.
y ou are my wife.
l am your husban. that is all anyone nee know.
an after this...
there shall arise a star from jacob.
an a man shall arise like the sun...
walking with the sons of men in gentleness an righteousness.
this is the shoot of go most high.
this is the fountain of life, of all humanity.
y ou see, gaspar...
that´s why we follow the star.
rome is requesting a census.
each man to return to the place of his birth.
such an orer will lea to unrest.
the people whisper of rebellion even now.
lt is the will of caesar.
my father lost his life...
because he faile to see the threat...
that was mounting against him.
from his own people.
now, all it will take is one man.
one man to convince the people he is their messiah.
the prophet sai this man will rise from the house of davi.
this census woul bring him back home.
have your soliers an your spies...
keep watch for a man returning to bethlehem.
a man of power.
a man the people will follow.
town of nazareth...
in the name of king hero an the almighty caesar...
you are orere to participate in a census of all people.
each man will return to the lan of his ancestors...
along with each member of his family.
an what if it´s a four-ay journey?
then you woul be wise to leave soon.
y ou have one month!
an any resistance will be ealt with.
a census can only mean one thing.
more taxes for hero.
- does that surprise you? - ha ha!
l cannot register here.
the orer was for each man...
to travel to the place of his ancestors.
l must go to bethlehem.
but the journey to bethlehem is more than a hunre miles.
l know.
for me an for each member of my family.
they will allow her to stay.
- they cannot expect you-- - they will allow nothing.
mother...
the ays before my chil comes...
are greater than those of this journey.
there is time.
that is a question for go to ecie, not you.
l´m going with my husban.
then you must leave in the morning.
take the animal.
no. no.
take it, joseph.
thank you.
l will protect your aughter an the chil...
with all that l am, l promise you.
there is no well before the sea of galilee.
here.
mary.
y ou´re a strong young woman.
- thank you, father. - go.
ha ha!
they´re going to miss us.
y es.
y es, come.
for you.
he´s moving.
y ou´ve never really tol me of your ream.
my ream?
no.
no, please.
tell me.
the angel came to me...
an he tol me the chil within you...
ha been conceive by the holy spirit.
an that l shoul not be afrai.
are you afrai?
y es. are you?
y es.
do you ever woner when we´ll know?
know? know what?
when he´s more than just a chil.
will it be something he says?
a look in his eye?
l woner if...
l will even be able to teach him anything.
l have a snake.
lt was goo we brought one more camel...
or that might be your inner.
perhaps we shoul have brought another.
the journey woul be more bearable.
tell me, gaspar...
how many ays has it been since we eparte?
one hunre an four.
an how many of those ays...
have you spoken with regret for having journeye with us?
one hunre an five.
huh?
l´m counting tomorrow.
aha.
stop.
where are you heae?
from nazareth to bethlehem.
bethlehem?
search him.
go.
he´s not the one.
goats!
shout in triumph, o aughter of juea.
behol, your king is coming to you.
he is just an enowe with salvation...
an his ominion will be from sea to sea...
an from the river to the ens of the earth.
an he shall speak peace unto the heathens.
almons! l have almons!
olives!
y es, yes, lovely--
- for you. - no.
no, no. for you.
for your chil.
- thank you. - thank you.
y ou carry him like a son.
to see yourself in a young face, there is no greater joy.
behol, your king is coming to you. he is--
- help, help! soliers! - soliers!
an his ominion will be...
- from sea to sea... - silence!
ln the name of king hero--
an from the river to the ens of the earth.
aaaaaaaah!
l will en this threat to my rule, as l will all threats.
pass your sins onto the animal.
aaaaaaaah!
their animal is weak.
for the first time in 3,000 years...
all 3 will appear to touch.
mm.
whoa, whoa, whoa. shh-shh.
what? more?
no, no, no.
l am the hungry one, not you.
lf l am oing your will, l pray you´ll give me a sign.
hm. come on.
come.
come on. come.
come on.
- aaah! - aah!
uhh!
- joseph! - mary!
joseph!
mary!
joseph.
my chil, you will have a goo an ecent man to raise you.
a man who will give of himself before anyone else.
ha ha ha!
jerusalem.
the holy city.
almons here!
fresh-picke almons!
some jewelry for your beautiful wife.
that´s a goo animal.
woul your husban be willing to sell him?
no.
what belongs to us stays with us.
almons. almons.
for sacrifice.
doves! golen oves! no blemishes.
for you. goo for sacrifice.
- hero, hero! - hero´s here!
lt is the king!
the king. the king is here!
- shh. lt is him. - the king.
no, no. no.
pigeons. pigeons for sacrifice.
goo pigeons!
- pigeons! - pigeons for sacrifice.
no blemishes!
no. enough! no.
this was meant to be a holy place.
bethlehem. this way.
these shephers...
they live alone most of their lives.
y our woman looks col.
just for a moment.
l will tell our chil about you.
about your kinness.
my father tol me a long time ago...
that we are all given something.
a gift.
y our gift is what you carry insie.
what was your gift?
nothing.
nothing but the hope of waiting for one.
we must go if we´re to reach bethlehem by ark.
we thank you.
- goo for sacrifice. - goo pigeons.
- goo pigeons for sacrifice. - one half shekel.
one half shekel!
what brings you here?
we are visitors from the east.
we follow the star.
the star of the prophecy.
the prophecy of the messiah?
- the messiah! - messiah!
come. all of you.
magi. the wisest of the wise.
tell me what they claim.
they believe that a new king awaits them now in juea.
father, we must sen your soliers to follow them...
until they fin the man we seek.
an raise their suspicions?
then we risk not fining this king at all.
lnvite them to ine with us.
y our arrival is by the han of provience.
for years l have stuie the wors of the prophets.
´´out of bethlehem shall come a ruler...
´´who shall shepher my people, lsrael.´´
y our excellency, l, too, have stuie these wors.
l have waite a lifetime for the signs l now see.
as have many.
this star, the one that you have followe...
tell me, what oes it mean?
the prophecy speaks of a chil--
herale by the star we have followe these many months.
what o you mean, a chil?
are you not here seeking a man?
a man reay to proclaim himself messiah?
no.
a chil.
a messiah for the lowest of men to the highest of kings.
we, too, have been waiting for go´s king.
for years.
when you fin him...
please return to us so that we may come worship him as well.
joseph, the chil is pressing.
the chil--
- now? - now.
y es. we´re very close.
bethlehem.
we´re here.
we will fin a place.
l promise.
go be with you.
ls there a place for my wife an me to stay?
l´m sorry, there is no room here.
please. please!
ls there an inn? ls there a place for us?
my wife, she´s in pain.
- ls there a place for us? - no!
- open the oor! - go away!
help!
please, lor, will you not provie for us?
ls there someone? help us!
leave us alone!
joseph! joseph!
mary! mary!
uhh.
help!
l beg you!
l ask not your home, but any place you have!
lt´s all l can o.
melchior, gaspar.
a star shall come forth.
oh.
- oh! - aaaaah!
aaah!
sorry.
aaaah!
aaaah! aah!
aaah! aah! aaaah!
- oh, mary! - aaaah!
oh! oh!
ha ha ha!
oh, mary! ha ha ha!
how is your faith now?
rejoice.
l bring you goo tiings of great joy.
for unto you is born this ay...
in the city of davi, a savior who is christ the lor.
y ou will fin a chil wrappe in cloths an lying in a manger.
are you well?
l have been given the strength l praye for.
strength from go.
an from you.
he is for all mankin.
we are each given a gift.
the greatest of kings, born in the most humble of places.
go...
mae into flesh.
gol for the king of kings.
frankincense for the priest of all priests.
a gift of myrrh to honor thy sacrifice.
lf l am right, an l usually am...
perhaps we shoul keep what we have seen to ourselves.
we shall not return to hero.
what if your soliers were to go to bethlehem...
an fin every young boy there uner two years?
what woul happen to their new messiah then?
the prophecy will en tonight, father.
the sons of bethlehem shall be no more.
a chil for the lowest of men to the highest of kings.
arise, joseph.
huh?
look over there!
take the chil an his mother...
an flee to egypt...
an remain there until l bring you wor.
the almighty has one great things.
an holy is his name.
he has shown strength with his arm.
he has scattere the prou.
he has fille the hungry with goo things.
an the rich, he has sent away empty.
he has brought own rulers from their thrones...
...an has exalte those who were humble.
.´ ...hallelujah .´
.´ christus natus est .´
.´ Sargon Alsamani .´ hallelujah