וְאַתָּ֞ה בֵּֽית־לֶ֣חֶם אֶפְרָ֗תָה צָעִיר֙ לִֽהְיוֹת֙ בְּאַלְפֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה מִמְּךָ֙ לִ֣י יֵצֵ֔א לִֽהְי֥וֹת מוֹשֵׁ֖ל בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וּמוֹצָאֹתָ֥יו מִקֶּ֖דֶם מִימֵ֥י עוֹלָֽם׃
און דו, בית-לֶחֶם אין אֶפֿרָת, װאָס קלײן ביסטו צװישן די טױזנטן פֿון יהודה, פֿון דיר װעט מיר אַרױסגײן דער װאָס װעט זײַן אַ געװעלטיקער איבער ישׂראל, און זײַן אָפּשטאַם איז פֿון פֿאַרצײַטן, פֿון אַמאָליקע טעג.
Rashi
And you, Bethlehem Ephrathah—whence David emanated, as it is stated (I Sam. 17:58): “The son of your bondsman, Jesse the Bethlehemite.” And Bethlehem is called Ephrath, as it is said (Gen. 48: 7): “On the road to Ephrath, that is Bethlehem.”
Rashi
you should have been the lowest of the clans of Judah—You should have been the lowest of the clans of Judah because of the stigma of Ruth the Moabitess in you.
Rashi
from you shall emerge for Me—the Messiah, son of David, and so Scripture says (Ps. 118:22): “The stone the builders had rejected became a cornerstone.”
Rashi
and his origin is from of old—“Before the sun his name is Yinnon” (Ps. 72:17).