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1 prathamato ye sAkSiNo vAkyapracArakAzcAsan te'smAkaM madhye yadyat sapramANaM vAkyamarpayanti sma
Forasmuch as many haue taken in hand to set foorth the storie of those things, whereof we are fully persuaded,
2 tadanusArato'nyepi bahavastadvRttAntaM racayituM pravRttAH|
As they haue deliuered them vnto vs, which from the beginning saw them their selues, and were ministers of ye word,
3 ataeva he mahAmahimathiyaphil tvaM yA yAH kathA azikSyathAstAsAM dRDhapramANAni yathA prApnoSi
It seemed good also to me (most noble Theophilus) assoone as I had searched out perfectly all things from the beginning, to write vnto thee thereof from point to point,
4 tadarthaM prathamamArabhya tAni sarvvANi jJAtvAhamapi anukramAt sarvvavRttAntAn tubhyaM lekhituM matimakArSam|
That thou mightest acknowledge the certaintie of those things, whereof thou hast bene instructed.
5 yihUdAdezIyaherodnAmake rAjatvaM kurvvati abIyayAjakasya paryyAyAdhikArI sikhariyanAmaka eko yAjako hAroNavaMzodbhavA ilIzevAkhyA
In the time of Herod King of Iudea, there was a certaine Priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabet.
6 tasya jAyA dvAvimau nirdoSau prabhoH sarvvAjJA vyavasthAzca saMmanya IzvaradRSTau dhArmmikAvAstAm|
Both were iust before God, and walked in all the commandements and ordinances of the Lord, without reproofe.
7 tayoH santAna ekopi nAsIt, yata ilIzevA bandhyA tau dvAveva vRddhAvabhavatAm|
And they had no childe, because that Elisabet was barren: and both were well stricken in age.
8 yadA svaparyyAnukrameNa sikhariya IzvAsya samakSaM yAjakIyaM karmma karoti
And it came to passe, as he executed the Priestes office before God, as his course came in order,
9 tadA yajJasya dinaparipAyyA paramezvarasya mandire pravezakAle dhUpajvAlanaM karmma tasya karaNIyamAsIt|
According to the custome of the Priests office, his lot was to burne incense, when he went into the Temple of the Lord.
10 taddhUpajvAlanakAle lokanivahe prArthanAM kartuM bahistiSThati
And the whole multitude of the people were without in prayer, while the incense was burning.
11 sati sikhariyo yasyAM vedyAM dhUpaM jvAlayati taddakSiNapArzve paramezvarasya dUta eka upasthito darzanaM dadau|
Then appeared vnto him an Angel of the Lord standing at the right side of the altar of incense.
12 taM dRSTvA sikhariya udvivije zazaGke ca|
And when Zacharias sawe him, he was troubled, and feare fell vpon him.
13 tadA sa dUtastaM babhASe he sikhariya mA bhaistava prArthanA grAhyA jAtA tava bhAryyA ilIzevA putraM prasoSyate tasya nAma yohan iti kariSyasi|
But the Angel saide vnto him, Feare not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard, and thy wise Elisabet shall beare thee a sonne, and thou shalt call his name Iohn.
14 kiJca tvaM sAnandaH saharSazca bhaviSyasi tasya janmani bahava AnandiSyanti ca|
And thou shalt haue ioy and gladnes, and many shall reioyce at his birth.
15 yato hetoH sa paramezvarasya gocare mahAn bhaviSyati tathA drAkSArasaM surAM vA kimapi na pAsyati, aparaM janmArabhya pavitreNAtmanA paripUrNaH
For he shalbe great in the sight of the Lord, and shall neither drinke wine, nor strong drinke: and he shalbe filled with the holy Ghost, euen from his mothers wombe.
16 san isrAyelvaMzIyAn anekAn prabhoH paramezvarasya mArgamAneSyati|
And many of the children of Israel shall he turne to their Lord God.
17 santAnAn prati pitRNAM manAMsi dharmmajJAnaM pratyanAjJAgrAhiNazca parAvarttayituM, prabhoH paramezvarasya sevArtham ekAM sajjitajAtiM vidhAtuJca sa eliyarUpAtmazaktiprAptastasyAgre gamiSyati|
For he shall goe before him in the spirite and power of Elias, to turne the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisedome of the iust men, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
18 tadA sikhariyo dUtamavAdIt kathametad vetsyAmi? yatohaM vRddho mama bhAryyA ca vRddhA|
Then Zacharias said vnto ye Angel, Whereby shall I knowe this? for I am an olde man, and my wife is of a great age.
19 tato dUtaH pratyuvAca pazyezvarasya sAkSAdvarttI jibrAyelnAmA dUtohaM tvayA saha kathAM gadituM tubhyamimAM zubhavArttAM dAtuJca preSitaH|
And the Angell answered, and sayde vnto him, I am Gabriel that stand in the presence of God, and am sent to speake vnto thee, and to shew thee these good tidings.
20 kintu madIyaM vAkyaM kAle phaliSyati tat tvayA na pratItam ataH kAraNAd yAvadeva tAni na setsyanti tAvat tvaM vaktuMmazakto mUko bhava|
And beholde, thou shalt be domme, and not be able to speake, vntill the day that these things be done, because thou beleeuedst not my words, which shalbe fulfilled in their season.
21 tadAnIM ye ye lokAH sikhariyamapaikSanta te madhyemandiraM tasya bahuvilambAd AzcaryyaM menire|
Now the people waited for Zacharias, and marueiled that he taried so long in the Temple.
22 sa bahirAgato yadA kimapi vAkyaM vaktumazaktaH saGketaM kRtvA niHzabdastasyau tadA madhyemandiraM kasyacid darzanaM tena prAptam iti sarvve bubudhire|
And when hee came out, hee coulde not speake vnto them: then they perceiued that hee had seene a vision in the Temple: For he made signes vnto them, and remained domme.
23 anantaraM tasya sevanaparyyAye sampUrNe sati sa nijagehaM jagAma|
And it came to passe, when the daies of his office were fulfilled, that he departed to his owne house.
24 katipayadineSu gateSu tasya bhAryyA ilIzevA garbbhavatI babhUva
And after those daies, his wife Elisabet conceiued, and hid her selfe fiue moneths, saying,
25 pazcAt sA paJcamAsAn saMgopyAkathayat lokAnAM samakSaM mamApamAnaM khaNDayituM paramezvaro mayi dRSTiM pAtayitvA karmmedRzaM kRtavAn|
Thus hath the Lord dealt with me, in the daies wherein he looked on me, to take from me my rebuke among men.
26 aparaJca tasyA garbbhasya SaSThe mAse jAte gAlIlpradezIyanAsaratpure
And in the sixth moneth, the Angell Gabriel was sent from God vnto a citie of Galile, named Nazareth,
27 dAyUdo vaMzIyAya yUSaphnAmne puruSAya yA mariyamnAmakumArI vAgdattAsIt tasyAH samIpaM jibrAyel dUta IzvareNa prahitaH|
To a virgin affianced to a man whose name was Ioseph, of the house of Dauid, and the virgins name was Marie.
28 sa gatvA jagAda he IzvarAnugRhItakanye tava zubhaM bhUyAt prabhuH paramezvarastava sahAyosti nArINAM madhye tvameva dhanyA|
And the Angel went in vnto her, and said, Haile thou that art freely beloued: the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
29 tadAnIM sA taM dRSTvA tasya vAkyata udvijya kIdRzaM bhASaNamidam iti manasA cintayAmAsa|
And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and thought what maner of salutation that should be.
30 tato dUto'vadat he mariyam bhayaM mAkArSIH, tvayi paramezvarasyAnugrahosti|
Then the Angel saide vnto her, Feare not, Marie: for thou hast found fauour with God.
31 pazya tvaM garbbhaM dhRtvA putraM prasoSyase tasya nAma yIzuriti kariSyasi|
For loe, thou shalt conceiue in thy wobe, and beare a sonne, and shalt call his name Iesus.
32 sa mahAn bhaviSyati tathA sarvvebhyaH zreSThasya putra iti khyAsyati; aparaM prabhuH paramezvarastasya piturdAyUdaH siMhAsanaM tasmai dAsyati;
He shall be great, and shall be called the Sonne of the most High, and the Lord God shall giue vnto him the throne of his father Dauid.
33 tathA sa yAkUbo vaMzopari sarvvadA rAjatvaM kariSyati, tasya rAjatvasyAnto na bhaviSyati| (aiōn g165)
And hee shall reigne ouer the house of Iacob for euer, and of his kingdome shall bee none ende. (aiōn g165)
34 tadA mariyam taM dUtaM babhASe nAhaM puruSasaGgaM karomi tarhi kathametat sambhaviSyati?
Then sayde Marie vnto the Angel, How shall this be, seeing I knowe not man?
35 tato dUto'kathayat pavitra AtmA tvAmAzrAyiSyati tathA sarvvazreSThasya zaktistavopari chAyAM kariSyati tato hetostava garbbhAd yaH pavitrabAlako janiSyate sa Izvaraputra iti khyAtiM prApsyati|
And the Angel answered, and said vnto her, The holy Ghost shall come vpon thee, and the power of the most High shall ouershadowe thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall bee borne of thee, shall be called the Sonne of God.
36 aparaJca pazya tava jJAtirilIzevA yAM sarvve bandhyAmavadan idAnIM sA vArddhakye santAnamekaM garbbhe'dhArayat tasya SaSThamAsobhUt|
And behold, thy cousin Elisabet, she hath also conceiued a sonne in her olde age: and this is her sixt moneth, which was called barren.
37 kimapi karmma nAsAdhyam Izvarasya|
For with God shall nothing be vnpossible.
38 tadA mariyam jagAda, pazya prabherahaM dAsI mahyaM tava vAkyAnusAreNa sarvvametad ghaTatAm; ananataraM dUtastasyAH samIpAt pratasthe|
Then Marie said, Behold the seruant of the Lord: be it vnto me according to thy woorde. So the Angel departed from her.
39 atha katipayadinAt paraM mariyam tasmAt parvvatamayapradezIyayihUdAyA nagaramekaM zIghraM gatvA
And Marie arose in those daies, and went into ye hil countrey with hast to a citie of Iuda,
40 sikhariyayAjakasya gRhaM pravizya tasya jAyAm ilIzevAM sambodhyAvadat|
And entred into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabet.
41 tato mariyamaH sambodhanavAkye ilIzevAyAH karNayoH praviSTamAtre sati tasyA garbbhasthabAlako nanartta| tata ilIzevA pavitreNAtmanA paripUrNA satI
And it came to passe, as Elisabet heard the salutation of Marie, the babe sprang in her bellie, and Elisabet was filled with the holy Ghost.
42 proccairgaditumArebhe, yoSitAM madhye tvameva dhanyA, tava garbbhasthaH zizuzca dhanyaH|
And she cried with a loud voice, and saide, Blessed art thou among women, because the fruit of thy wombe is blessed.
43 tvaM prabhormAtA, mama nivezane tvayA caraNAvarpitau, mamAdya saubhAgyametat|
And whence commeth this to mee, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
44 pazya tava vAkye mama karNayoH praviSTamAtre sati mamodarasthaH zizurAnandAn nanartta|
For loe, assoone as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine eares, the babe sprang in my bellie for ioye,
45 yA strI vyazvasIt sA dhanyA, yato hetostAM prati paramezvaroktaM vAkyaM sarvvaM siddhaM bhaviSyati|
And blessed is shee that beleeued: for those things shall be perfourmed, which were tolde her from the Lord.
46 tadAnIM mariyam jagAda| dhanyavAdaM parezasya karoti mAmakaM manaH|
Then Marie sayde, My soule magnifieth the Lord,
47 mamAtmA tArakeze ca samullAsaM pragacchati|
And my spirite reioyceth in God my Sauiour.
48 akarot sa prabhu rduSTiM svadAsyA durgatiM prati| pazyAdyArabhya mAM dhanyAM vakSyanti puruSAH sadA|
For hee hath looked on the poore degree of his seruaunt: for beholde, from henceforth shall all ages call me blessed,
49 yaH sarvvazaktimAn yasya nAmApi ca pavitrakaM| sa eva sumahatkarmma kRtavAn mannimittakaM|
Because hee that is mightie, hath done for me great things, and holy is his Name.
50 ye bibhyati janAstasmAt teSAM santAnapaMktiSu| anukampA tadIyA ca sarvvadaiva sutiSThati|
And his mercie is from generation to generation on them that feare him.
51 svabAhubalatastena prAkAzyata parAkramaH| manaHkumantraNAsArddhaM vikIryyante'bhimAninaH|
Hee hath shewed strength with his arme: hee hath scattered the proude in the imagination of their hearts.
52 siMhAsanagatAllokAn balinazcAvarohya saH| padeSUcceSu lokAMstu kSudrAn saMsthApayatyapi|
Hee hath put downe the mighty from their seates, and exalted them of lowe degree.
53 kSudhitAn mAnavAn dravyairuttamaiH paritarpya saH| sakalAn dhanino lokAn visRjed riktahastakAn|
Hee hath filled the hungrie with good things, and sent away the rich emptie.
54 ibrAhImi ca tadvaMze yA dayAsti sadaiva tAM| smRtvA purA pitRNAM no yathA sAkSAt pratizrutaM| (aiōn g165)
Hee hath vpholden Israel his seruaunt to be mindefull of his mercie
55 isrAyelsevakastena tathopakriyate svayaM||
(As hee hath spoken to our fathers, to wit, to Abraham, and his seede) for euer. (aiōn g165)
56 anantaraM mariyam prAyeNa mAsatrayam ilIzevayA sahoSitvA vyAghuyya nijanivezanaM yayau|
And Marie abode with her about three moneths: after, shee returned to her owne house.
57 tadanantaram ilIzevAyAH prasavakAla upasthite sati sA putraM prAsoSTa|
Nowe Elisabets time was fulfilled, that shee should be deliuered, and shee brought foorth a sonne.
58 tataH paramezvarastasyAM mahAnugrahaM kRtavAn etat zrutvA samIpavAsinaH kuTumbAzcAgatya tayA saha mumudire|
And her neighbours, and cousins heard tell howe the Lord had shewed his great mercie vpon her, and they reioyced with her.
59 tathASTame dine te bAlakasya tvacaM chettum etya tasya pitRnAmAnurUpaM tannAma sikhariya iti karttumISuH|
And it was so that on the eight day they came to circumcise the babe, and called him Zacharias after the name of his father.
60 kintu tasya mAtAkathayat tanna, nAmAsya yohan iti karttavyam|
But his mother answered, and saide, Not so, but he shalbe called Iohn.
61 tadA te vyAharan tava vaMzamadhye nAmedRzaM kasyApi nAsti|
And they saide vnto her, There is none of thy kindred, that is named with this name.
62 tataH paraM tasya pitaraM sikhariyaM prati saGketya papracchuH zizoH kiM nAma kAriSyate?
Then they made signes to his father, howe he would haue him called.
63 tataH sa phalakamekaM yAcitvA lilekha tasya nAma yohan bhaviSyati| tasmAt sarvve AzcaryyaM menire|
So hee asked for writing tables, and wrote, saying, His name is Iohn, and they marueiled all.
64 tatkSaNaM sikhariyasya jihvAjADye'pagate sa mukhaM vyAdAya spaSTavarNamuccAryya Izvarasya guNAnuvAdaM cakAra|
And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue, and he spake and praised God.
65 tasmAccaturdiksthAH samIpavAsilokA bhItA evametAH sarvvAH kathA yihUdAyAH parvvatamayapradezasya sarvvatra pracAritAH|
Then feare came on all them that dwelt neere vnto them, and all these woordes were noised abroade throughout all the hill countrey of Iudea.
66 tasmAt zrotAro manaHsu sthApayitvA kathayAmbabhUvuH kIdRzoyaM bAlo bhaviSyati? atha paramezvarastasya sahAyobhUt|
And al they that heard them, laid them vp in their hearts, saying, What maner childe shall this be! and the hand of the Lord was with him.
67 tadA yohanaH pitA sikhariyaH pavitreNAtmanA paripUrNaH san etAdRzaM bhaviSyadvAkyaM kathayAmAsa|
Then his father Zacharias was filled with the holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,
68 isrAyelaH prabhu ryastu sa dhanyaH paramezvaraH| anugRhya nijAllokAn sa eva parimocayet|
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, because he hath visited and redeemed his people,
69 vipakSajanahastebhyo yathA mocyAmahe vayaM| yAvajjIvaJca dharmmeNa sAralyena ca nirbhayAH|
And hath raised vp the horne of saluation vnto vs, in the house of his seruant Dauid,
70 sevAmahai tamevaikam etatkAraNameva ca| svakIyaM supavitraJca saMsmRtya niyamaM sadA|
As he spake by ye mouth of his holy Prophets, which were since the world began, saying, (aiōn g165)
71 kRpayA puruSAn pUrvvAn nikaSArthAttu naH pituH| ibrAhImaH samIpe yaM zapathaM kRtavAn purA|
That he would sende vs deliuerance from our enemies, and from the hands of all that hate vs,
72 tameva saphalaM karttaM tathA zatrugaNasya ca| RtIyAkAriNazcaiva karebhyo rakSaNAya naH|
That he might shewe mercie towards our fathers, and remember his holy couenant,
And the othe which he sware to our father Abraham.
74 yathoktavAn tathA svasya dAyUdaH sevakasya tu|
Which was, that he would graunt vnto vs, that we being deliuered out of the handes of our enemies, should serue him without feare,
75 vaMze trAtAramekaM sa samutpAditavAn svayam|
All the daies of our life, in holinesse and righteousnesse before him.
76 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|
And thou, babe, shalt be called the Prophet of the most High: for thou shalt goe before the face of the Lord, to prepare his waies,
77 upaviSTAstu tAneva prakAzayitumeva hi| kRtvA mahAnukampAM hi yAmeva paramezvaraH|
And to giue knowledge of saluation vnto his people, by the remission of their sinnes,
78 UrdvvAt sUryyamudAyyaivAsmabhyaM prAdAttu darzanaM| tayAnukampayA svasya lokAnAM pApamocane|
Through ye tender mercy of our God, wherby the day spring from an hie hath visited vs,
79 paritrANasya tebhyo hi jJAnavizrANanAya ca| prabho rmArgaM pariSkarttuM tasyAgrAyI bhaviSyasi||
To giue light to them that sit in darknes, and in the shadow of death, and to guide our feete into the way of peace.
80 atha bAlakaH zarIreNa buddhyA ca varddhitumArebhe; aparaJca sa isrAyelo vaMzIyalokAnAM samIpe yAvanna prakaTIbhUtastAstAvat prAntare nyavasat|
And the childe grewe, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the wildernesse, til the day came that he should shewe him selfe vnto Israel.
