Luke 1
1 Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us,
prathamato ye sAkSiNo vAkyapracArakAzcAsan te'smAkaM madhye yadyat sapramANaM vAkyamarpayanti sma
2 even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us,
tadanusArato'nyepi bahavastadvRttAntaM racayituM pravRttAH|
3 it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus;
ataeva he mahAmahimathiyaphil tvaM yA yAH kathA azikSyathAstAsAM dRDhapramANAni yathA prApnoSi
4 that you might know the certainty concerning the things in which you were instructed.
tadarthaM prathamamArabhya tAni sarvvANi jJAtvAhamapi anukramAt sarvvavRttAntAn tubhyaM lekhituM matimakArSam|
5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
yihUdAdezIyaherodnAmake rAjatvaM kurvvati abIyayAjakasya paryyAyAdhikArI sikhariyanAmaka eko yAjako hAroNavaMzodbhavA ilIzevAkhyA
6 They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.
tasya jAyA dvAvimau nirdoSau prabhoH sarvvAjJA vyavasthAzca saMmanya IzvaradRSTau dhArmmikAvAstAm|
7 But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years.
tayoH santAna ekopi nAsIt, yata ilIzevA bandhyA tau dvAveva vRddhAvabhavatAm|
8 Now while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his division
yadA svaparyyAnukrameNa sikhariya IzvAsya samakSaM yAjakIyaM karmma karoti
9 according to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
tadA yajJasya dinaparipAyyA paramezvarasya mandire pravezakAle dhUpajvAlanaM karmma tasya karaNIyamAsIt|
10 The whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.
taddhUpajvAlanakAle lokanivahe prArthanAM kartuM bahistiSThati
11 An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
sati sikhariyo yasyAM vedyAM dhUpaM jvAlayati taddakSiNapArzve paramezvarasya dUta eka upasthito darzanaM dadau|
12 Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.
taM dRSTvA sikhariya udvivije zazaGke ca|
13 But the angel said to him, “Don’t be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard. Your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.
tadA sa dUtastaM babhASe he sikhariya mA bhaistava prArthanA grAhyA jAtA tava bhAryyA ilIzevA putraM prasoSyate tasya nAma yohan iti kariSyasi|
14 You will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth.
kiJca tvaM sAnandaH saharSazca bhaviSyasi tasya janmani bahava AnandiSyanti ca|
15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.
yato hetoH sa paramezvarasya gocare mahAn bhaviSyati tathA drAkSArasaM surAM vA kimapi na pAsyati, aparaM janmArabhya pavitreNAtmanA paripUrNaH
16 He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God.
san isrAyelvaMzIyAn anekAn prabhoH paramezvarasya mArgamAneSyati|
17 He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord.”
santAnAn prati pitRNAM manAMsi dharmmajJAnaM pratyanAjJAgrAhiNazca parAvarttayituM, prabhoH paramezvarasya sevArtham ekAM sajjitajAtiM vidhAtuJca sa eliyarUpAtmazaktiprAptastasyAgre gamiSyati|
18 Zacharias said to the angel, “How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.”
tadA sikhariyo dUtamavAdIt kathametad vetsyAmi? yatohaM vRddho mama bhAryyA ca vRddhA|
19 The angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God. I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.
tato dUtaH pratyuvAca pazyezvarasya sAkSAdvarttI jibrAyelnAmA dUtohaM tvayA saha kathAM gadituM tubhyamimAM zubhavArttAM dAtuJca preSitaH|
20 Behold, you will be silent and not able to speak until the day that these things will happen, because you didn’t believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time.”
kintu madIyaM vAkyaM kAle phaliSyati tat tvayA na pratItam ataH kAraNAd yAvadeva tAni na setsyanti tAvat tvaM vaktuMmazakto mUko bhava|
21 The people were waiting for Zacharias, and they marveled that he delayed in the temple.
tadAnIM ye ye lokAH sikhariyamapaikSanta te madhyemandiraM tasya bahuvilambAd AzcaryyaM menire|
22 When he came out, he could not speak to them. They perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple. He continued making signs to them, and remained mute.
sa bahirAgato yadA kimapi vAkyaM vaktumazaktaH saGketaM kRtvA niHzabdastasyau tadA madhyemandiraM kasyacid darzanaM tena prAptam iti sarvve bubudhire|
23 When the days of his service were fulfilled, he departed to his house.
anantaraM tasya sevanaparyyAye sampUrNe sati sa nijagehaM jagAma|
24 After these days Elizabeth his wife conceived, and she hid herself five months, saying,
katipayadineSu gateSu tasya bhAryyA ilIzevA garbbhavatI babhUva
25 “Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men.”
pazcAt sA paJcamAsAn saMgopyAkathayat lokAnAM samakSaM mamApamAnaM khaNDayituM paramezvaro mayi dRSTiM pAtayitvA karmmedRzaM kRtavAn|
26 Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,
aparaJca tasyA garbbhasya SaSThe mAse jAte gAlIlpradezIyanAsaratpure
27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of David’s house. The virgin’s name was Mary.
dAyUdo vaMzIyAya yUSaphnAmne puruSAya yA mariyamnAmakumArI vAgdattAsIt tasyAH samIpaM jibrAyel dUta IzvareNa prahitaH|
28 Having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!”
sa gatvA jagAda he IzvarAnugRhItakanye tava zubhaM bhUyAt prabhuH paramezvarastava sahAyosti nArINAM madhye tvameva dhanyA|
29 But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered what kind of salutation this might be.
tadAnIM sA taM dRSTvA tasya vAkyata udvijya kIdRzaM bhASaNamidam iti manasA cintayAmAsa|
30 The angel said to her, “Don’t be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
tato dUto'vadat he mariyam bhayaM mAkArSIH, tvayi paramezvarasyAnugrahosti|
31 Behold, you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a son, and shall name him ‘Jesus.’
pazya tvaM garbbhaM dhRtvA putraM prasoSyase tasya nAma yIzuriti kariSyasi|
32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,
sa mahAn bhaviSyati tathA sarvvebhyaH zreSThasya putra iti khyAsyati; aparaM prabhuH paramezvarastasya piturdAyUdaH siMhAsanaM tasmai dAsyati;
33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom.” (aiōn g165)
tathA sa yAkUbo vaMzopari sarvvadA rAjatvaM kariSyati, tasya rAjatvasyAnto na bhaviSyati| (aiōn g165)
34 Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?”
tadA mariyam taM dUtaM babhASe nAhaM puruSasaGgaM karomi tarhi kathametat sambhaviSyati?
35 The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.
tato dUto'kathayat pavitra AtmA tvAmAzrAyiSyati tathA sarvvazreSThasya zaktistavopari chAyAM kariSyati tato hetostava garbbhAd yaH pavitrabAlako janiSyate sa Izvaraputra iti khyAtiM prApsyati|
36 Behold, Elizabeth your relative also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.
aparaJca pazya tava jJAtirilIzevA yAM sarvve bandhyAmavadan idAnIM sA vArddhakye santAnamekaM garbbhe'dhArayat tasya SaSThamAsobhUt|
37 For nothing spoken by God is impossible.”
kimapi karmma nAsAdhyam Izvarasya|
38 Mary said, “Behold, the servant of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.
tadA mariyam jagAda, pazya prabherahaM dAsI mahyaM tava vAkyAnusAreNa sarvvametad ghaTatAm; ananataraM dUtastasyAH samIpAt pratasthe|
39 Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah,
atha katipayadinAt paraM mariyam tasmAt parvvatamayapradezIyayihUdAyA nagaramekaM zIghraM gatvA
40 and entered into the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth.
sikhariyayAjakasya gRhaM pravizya tasya jAyAm ilIzevAM sambodhyAvadat|
41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
tato mariyamaH sambodhanavAkye ilIzevAyAH karNayoH praviSTamAtre sati tasyA garbbhasthabAlako nanartta| tata ilIzevA pavitreNAtmanA paripUrNA satI
42 She called out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
proccairgaditumArebhe, yoSitAM madhye tvameva dhanyA, tava garbbhasthaH zizuzca dhanyaH|
43 Why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
tvaM prabhormAtA, mama nivezane tvayA caraNAvarpitau, mamAdya saubhAgyametat|
44 For behold, when the voice of your greeting came into my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy!
pazya tava vAkye mama karNayoH praviSTamAtre sati mamodarasthaH zizurAnandAn nanartta|
45 Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord!”
yA strI vyazvasIt sA dhanyA, yato hetostAM prati paramezvaroktaM vAkyaM sarvvaM siddhaM bhaviSyati|
46 Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord.
tadAnIM mariyam jagAda| dhanyavAdaM parezasya karoti mAmakaM manaH|
47 My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,
mamAtmA tArakeze ca samullAsaM pragacchati|
48 for he has looked at the humble state of his servant. For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed.
akarot sa prabhu rduSTiM svadAsyA durgatiM prati| pazyAdyArabhya mAM dhanyAM vakSyanti puruSAH sadA|
49 For he who is mighty has done great things for me. Holy is his name.
yaH sarvvazaktimAn yasya nAmApi ca pavitrakaM| sa eva sumahatkarmma kRtavAn mannimittakaM|
50 His mercy is for generations and generations on those who fear him.
ye bibhyati janAstasmAt teSAM santAnapaMktiSu| anukampA tadIyA ca sarvvadaiva sutiSThati|
51 He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
svabAhubalatastena prAkAzyata parAkramaH| manaHkumantraNAsArddhaM vikIryyante'bhimAninaH|
52 He has put down princes from their thrones, and has exalted the lowly.
siMhAsanagatAllokAn balinazcAvarohya saH| padeSUcceSu lokAMstu kSudrAn saMsthApayatyapi|
53 He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty.
kSudhitAn mAnavAn dravyairuttamaiH paritarpya saH| sakalAn dhanino lokAn visRjed riktahastakAn|
54 He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy,
ibrAhImi ca tadvaMze yA dayAsti sadaiva tAM| smRtvA purA pitRNAM no yathA sAkSAt pratizrutaM| (aiōn g165)
isrAyelsevakastena tathopakriyate svayaM||
56 Mary stayed with her about three months, and then returned to her house.
anantaraM mariyam prAyeNa mAsatrayam ilIzevayA sahoSitvA vyAghuyya nijanivezanaM yayau|
57 Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she gave birth to a son.
tadanantaram ilIzevAyAH prasavakAla upasthite sati sA putraM prAsoSTa|
58 Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her.
tataH paramezvarastasyAM mahAnugrahaM kRtavAn etat zrutvA samIpavAsinaH kuTumbAzcAgatya tayA saha mumudire|
59 On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
tathASTame dine te bAlakasya tvacaM chettum etya tasya pitRnAmAnurUpaM tannAma sikhariya iti karttumISuH|
60 His mother answered, “Not so; but he will be called John.”
kintu tasya mAtAkathayat tanna, nAmAsya yohan iti karttavyam|
61 They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name.”
tadA te vyAharan tava vaMzamadhye nAmedRzaM kasyApi nAsti|
62 They made signs to his father, what he would have him called.
tataH paraM tasya pitaraM sikhariyaM prati saGketya papracchuH zizoH kiM nAma kAriSyate?
63 He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, “His name is John.” They all marveled.
tataH sa phalakamekaM yAcitvA lilekha tasya nAma yohan bhaviSyati| tasmAt sarvve AzcaryyaM menire|
64 His mouth was opened immediately and his tongue freed, and he spoke, blessing God.
tatkSaNaM sikhariyasya jihvAjADye'pagate sa mukhaM vyAdAya spaSTavarNamuccAryya Izvarasya guNAnuvAdaM cakAra|
65 Fear came on all who lived around them, and all these sayings were talked about throughout all the hill country of Judea.
tasmAccaturdiksthAH samIpavAsilokA bhItA evametAH sarvvAH kathA yihUdAyAH parvvatamayapradezasya sarvvatra pracAritAH|
66 All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, “What then will this child be?” The hand of the Lord was with him.
tasmAt zrotAro manaHsu sthApayitvA kathayAmbabhUvuH kIdRzoyaM bAlo bhaviSyati? atha paramezvarastasya sahAyobhUt|
67 His father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,
tadA yohanaH pitA sikhariyaH pavitreNAtmanA paripUrNaH san etAdRzaM bhaviSyadvAkyaM kathayAmAsa|
68 “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people;
isrAyelaH prabhu ryastu sa dhanyaH paramezvaraH| anugRhya nijAllokAn sa eva parimocayet|
69 and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David
vipakSajanahastebhyo yathA mocyAmahe vayaM| yAvajjIvaJca dharmmeNa sAralyena ca nirbhayAH|
sevAmahai tamevaikam etatkAraNameva ca| svakIyaM supavitraJca saMsmRtya niyamaM sadA|
71 salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us;
kRpayA puruSAn pUrvvAn nikaSArthAttu naH pituH| ibrAhImaH samIpe yaM zapathaM kRtavAn purA|
72 to show mercy toward our fathers, to remember his holy covenant,
tameva saphalaM karttaM tathA zatrugaNasya ca| RtIyAkAriNazcaiva karebhyo rakSaNAya naH|
73 the oath which he swore to Abraham our father,
sRSTeH prathamataH svIyaiH pavitrai rbhAvivAdibhiH| (aiōn g165)
74 to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear,
yathoktavAn tathA svasya dAyUdaH sevakasya tu|
75 in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.
vaMze trAtAramekaM sa samutpAditavAn svayam|
76 And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,
ato he bAlaka tvantu sarvvebhyaH zreSTha eva yaH| tasyaiva bhAvivAdIti pravikhyAto bhaviSyasi| asmAkaM caraNAn kSeme mArge cAlayituM sadA| evaM dhvAnte'rthato mRtyozchAyAyAM ye tu mAnavAH|
77 to give knowledge of salvation to his people by the remission of their sins,
upaviSTAstu tAneva prakAzayitumeva hi| kRtvA mahAnukampAM hi yAmeva paramezvaraH|
78 because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the dawn from on high will visit us,
UrdvvAt sUryyamudAyyaivAsmabhyaM prAdAttu darzanaM| tayAnukampayA svasya lokAnAM pApamocane|
79 to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
paritrANasya tebhyo hi jJAnavizrANanAya ca| prabho rmArgaM pariSkarttuM tasyAgrAyI bhaviSyasi||
80 The child was growing and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.
atha bAlakaH zarIreNa buddhyA ca varddhitumArebhe; aparaJca sa isrAyelo vaMzIyalokAnAM samIpe yAvanna prakaTIbhUtastAstAvat prAntare nyavasat|
