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OET (OET-LV) And having_come into the house, they_saw the little_child with Maria/(Miryām) the mother of_him, and having_fallen, they_prostrated before_him, and having_opened_up the treasures of_them, they_offered gifts to_him:
gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
OET (OET-RV) As they entered the house, the saw the child with his mother Maria. They bowed low and worshipped him, then they opened their chests and presented gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / go
ἐλθόντες
/having/_come
In a context such as this, your language might say “come” instead of gone. Alternate translation: “having come”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
πεσόντες
/having/_fallen
Here Matthew means that the learned men kneeled on the ground or bowed down very low. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “kneeling down” or “prostrating themselves”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
προσεκύνησαν
˱they˲_prostrated
Translate worshiped as you did in 2:2 and 2:8. Alternate translation: “they bowed before” or “they kneeled before him to honor”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
τοὺς θησαυροὺς αὐτῶν
the treasures ˱of˲_them
Here, their treasures refers to the boxes or bags they used to carry their gifts. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: “the containers that held their treasures” or “their treasure boxes”
2:11 The wise men offered extravagant gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh to the King (see Ps 72:10-17; Isa 60). The tradition that there were three wise men originated from the number of gifts, but the text does not specify how many wise men there were.
OET (OET-LV) And having_come into the house, they_saw the little_child with Maria/(Miryām) the mother of_him, and having_fallen, they_prostrated before_him, and having_opened_up the treasures of_them, they_offered gifts to_him:
gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
OET (OET-RV) As they entered the house, the saw the child with his mother Maria. They bowed low and worshipped him, then they opened their chests and presented gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.