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1 prathamatO yE sAkSiNO vAkyapracArakAzcAsan tE'smAkaM madhyE yadyat sapramANaM vAkyamarpayanti sma
As you know, many others have attempted to put down in writing the things that have been fulfilled that involve us.
2 tadanusAratO'nyEpi bahavastadvRttAntaM racayituM pravRttAH|
They based their accounts on evidence from the earliest eyewitnesses and ministers of the Word,
3 ataEva hE mahAmahimathiyaphil tvaM yA yAH kathA azikSyathAstAsAM dRPhapramANAni yathA prApnOSi
and so I also decided that since I have followed these things very carefully from the beginning, it would be a good idea to write out an accurate account of all that happened.
4 tadarthaM prathamamArabhya tAni sarvvANi jnjAtvAhamapi anukramAt sarvvavRttAntAn tubhyaM lEkhituM matimakArSam|
I have done this dear Theophilus so you can be certain that what you were taught is completely reliable.
5 yihUdAdEzIyahErOdnAmakE rAjatvaM kurvvati abIyayAjakasya paryyAyAdhikArI sikhariyanAmaka EkO yAjakO hArONavaMzOdbhavA ilIzEvAkhyA
During the time when Herod was king of Judea, there was a priest called Zechariah, who came from the Abijah priestly division. He was married to Elizabeth, who was also descended from Aaron the priest.
6 tasya jAyA dvAvimau nirdOSau prabhOH sarvvAjnjA vyavasthAzca saMmanya IzvaradRSTau dhArmmikAvAstAm|
They both did what was right before God, being careful to follow all the Lord's commandments and regulations.
7 tayOH santAna EkOpi nAsIt, yata ilIzEvA bandhyA tau dvAvEva vRddhAvabhavatAm|
They had no children because Elizabeth wasn't able to have any, and they were both growing old.
8 yadA svaparyyAnukramENa sikhariya IzvAsya samakSaM yAjakIyaM karmma karOti
While Zechariah was serving as a priest before God, on behalf of his priestly division,
9 tadA yajnjasya dinaparipAyyA paramEzvarasya mandirE pravEzakAlE dhUpajvAlanaM karmma tasya karaNIyamAsIt|
he was chosen by lot according to priestly custom to enter the Temple of the Lord and burn incense.
10 taddhUpajvAlanakAlE lOkanivahE prArthanAM kartuM bahistiSThati
During the time of offering incense a large crowd of people were praying outside.
11 sati sikhariyO yasyAM vEdyAM dhUpaM jvAlayati taddakSiNapArzvE paramEzvarasya dUta Eka upasthitO darzanaM dadau|
An angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing to the right of the altar of incense.
12 taM dRSTvA sikhariya udvivijE zazagkE ca|
When Zechariah saw the angel, he was startled and became terrified.
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 told him, “Don't be afraid, Zechariah. Your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call him John.
14 kinjca tvaM sAnandaH saharSazca bhaviSyasi tasya janmani bahava AnandiSyanti ca|
He will bring you joy and gladness, and many will celebrate his birth.
15 yatO hEtOH sa paramEzvarasya gOcarE mahAn bhaviSyati tathA drAkSArasaM surAM vA kimapi na pAsyati, aparaM janmArabhya pavitrENAtmanA paripUrNaH
He will be great in the sight of the Lord. He will refuse to drink wine or other alcoholic drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before he's born.
16 san isrAyElvaMzIyAn anEkAn prabhOH paramEzvarasya mArgamAnESyati|
He will turn many Israelites back to the Lord their God.
17 santAnAn prati pitRNAM manAMsi dharmmajnjAnaM pratyanAjnjAgrAhiNazca parAvarttayituM, prabhOH paramEzvarasya sEvArtham EkAM sajjitajAtiM vidhAtunjca sa EliyarUpAtmazaktiprAptastasyAgrE gamiSyati|
He will go ahead of the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the fathers back to thinking about their children, and to turn those who are rebellious back to a right understanding—to prepare a people ready for the Lord.”
18 tadA sikhariyO dUtamavAdIt kathamEtad vEtsyAmi? yatOhaM vRddhO mama bhAryyA ca vRddhA|
“How can I be sure about this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “I'm an old man, and my wife is getting old too.”
19 tatO dUtaH pratyuvAca pazyEzvarasya sAkSAdvarttI jibrAyElnAmA dUtOhaM tvayA saha kathAM gadituM tubhyamimAM zubhavArttAM dAtunjca prESitaH|
“I am Gabriel,” the angel replied. “I stand in God's presence, and I was sent to speak to you and give you this good news.
20 kintu madIyaM vAkyaM kAlE phaliSyati tat tvayA na pratItam ataH kAraNAd yAvadEva tAni na sEtsyanti tAvat tvaM vaktuMmazaktO mUkO bhava|
But since you didn't believe what I told you, you'll become dumb, unable to speak, until the appointed time when my words come true.”
21 tadAnIM yE yE lOkAH sikhariyamapaikSanta tE madhyEmandiraM tasya bahuvilambAd AzcaryyaM mEnirE|
Outside the people were waiting for Zechariah, wondering why he was taking so long in the Temple.
22 sa bahirAgatO yadA kimapi vAkyaM vaktumazaktaH sagkEtaM kRtvA niHzabdastasyau tadA madhyEmandiraM kasyacid darzanaM tEna prAptam iti sarvvE bubudhirE|
When eventually he came out, he wasn't able to speak to them. They realized he'd seen a vision in the Temple, for though he could make gestures, he was completely dumb.
23 anantaraM tasya sEvanaparyyAyE sampUrNE sati sa nijagEhaM jagAma|
After he'd finished his time of service, he went back home.
24 katipayadinESu gatESu tasya bhAryyA ilIzEvA garbbhavatI babhUva
Some time later his wife Elizabeth became pregnant. She stayed at home for five months.
25 pazcAt sA panjcamAsAn saMgOpyAkathayat lOkAnAM samakSaM mamApamAnaM khaNPayituM paramEzvarO mayi dRSTiM pAtayitvA karmmEdRzaM kRtavAn|
“The Lord has done this for me,” she said, “now that he's taken away my disgrace in the eyes of others.”
26 aparanjca tasyA garbbhasya SaSThE mAsE jAtE gAlIlpradEzIyanAsaratpurE
In the sixth month of her pregnancy God sent the angel Gabriel to a young girl called Mary who lived in the town of Nazareth in Galilee.
27 dAyUdO vaMzIyAya yUSaphnAmnE puruSAya yA mariyamnAmakumArI vAgdattAsIt tasyAH samIpaM jibrAyEl dUta IzvarENa prahitaH|
She was engaged to a man named Joseph.
28 sa gatvA jagAda hE IzvarAnugRhItakanyE tava zubhaM bhUyAt prabhuH paramEzvarastava sahAyOsti nArINAM madhyE tvamEva dhanyA|
The angel greeted her. “You are very privileged,” he told her. “The Lord is with you.”
29 tadAnIM sA taM dRSTvA tasya vAkyata udvijya kIdRzaM bhASaNamidam iti manasA cintayAmAsa|
Mary was very puzzled at what he said, and wondered what this greeting meant.
30 tatO dUtO'vadat hE mariyam bhayaM mAkArSIH, tvayi paramEzvarasyAnugrahOsti|
“Don't worry, Mary,” the angel went on, “for God has shown his graciousness to you.
31 pazya tvaM garbbhaM dhRtvA putraM prasOSyasE tasya nAma yIzuriti kariSyasi|
You will become pregnant and give birth to a son. You shall call him Jesus.
32 sa mahAn bhaviSyati tathA sarvvEbhyaH zrESThasya putra iti khyAsyati; aparaM prabhuH paramEzvarastasya piturdAyUdaH siMhAsanaM tasmai dAsyati;
He will be very great, and he will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of David his father,
33 tathA sa yAkUbO vaMzOpari sarvvadA rAjatvaM kariSyati, tasya rAjatvasyAntO na bhaviSyati| (aiōn g165)
and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never come to an end.” (aiōn g165)
34 tadA mariyam taM dUtaM babhASE nAhaM puruSasaggaM karOmi tarhi kathamEtat sambhaviSyati?
“How is this possible?” Mary asked. “I'm still a virgin.”
35 tatO dUtO'kathayat pavitra AtmA tvAmAzrAyiSyati tathA sarvvazrESThasya zaktistavOpari chAyAM kariSyati tatO hEtOstava garbbhAd yaH pavitrabAlakO janiSyatE sa Izvaraputra iti khyAtiM prApsyati|
He replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will cover you. The baby who is to be born is holy, and will be called the Son of God.
36 aparanjca pazya tava jnjAtirilIzEvA yAM sarvvE bandhyAmavadan idAnIM sA vArddhakyE santAnamEkaM garbbhE'dhArayat tasya SaSThamAsObhUt|
And Elizabeth, your relative, even she is pregnant in her old age. The woman that people said couldn't have children is already six months pregnant.
37 kimapi karmma nAsAdhyam Izvarasya|
Nothing is impossible for God.”
38 tadA mariyam jagAda, pazya prabhErahaM dAsI mahyaM tava vAkyAnusArENa sarvvamEtad ghaTatAm; ananataraM dUtastasyAH samIpAt pratasthE|
“Here I am, ready to be the Lord's servant,” said Mary. “May it happen to me just as you said.” Then the angel left her.
39 atha katipayadinAt paraM mariyam tasmAt parvvatamayapradEzIyayihUdAyA nagaramEkaM zIghraM gatvA
A little while later, Mary got herself ready and hurried up into the hills of Judea, to the town where
40 sikhariyayAjakasya gRhaM pravizya tasya jAyAm ilIzEvAM sambOdhyAvadat|
Zechariah's house was. She called out to Elizabeth as she went in.
41 tatO mariyamaH sambOdhanavAkyE ilIzEvAyAH karNayOH praviSTamAtrE sati tasyA garbbhasthabAlakO nanartta| tata ilIzEvA pavitrENAtmanA paripUrNA satI
As soon as Elizabeth heard Mary's voice, the baby jumped for joy inside her. Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit,
42 prOccairgaditumArEbhE, yOSitAM madhyE tvamEva dhanyA, tava garbbhasthaH zizuzca dhanyaH|
and cried out in a loud voice, “How blessed you are among women, and how blessed will be the child born to you!
43 tvaM prabhOrmAtA, mama nivEzanE tvayA caraNAvarpitau, mamAdya saubhAgyamEtat|
Why am I so honored that the mother of my Lord should visit me?
44 pazya tava vAkyE mama karNayOH praviSTamAtrE sati mamOdarasthaH zizurAnandAn nanartta|
As soon as I heard you call out in greeting, my baby jumped for joy inside me.
45 yA strI vyazvasIt sA dhanyA, yatO hEtOstAM prati paramEzvarOktaM vAkyaM sarvvaM siddhaM bhaviSyati|
How fortunate you are, because you are convinced that the Lord will do what he has promised you!”
46 tadAnIM mariyam jagAda| dhanyavAdaM parEzasya karOti mAmakaM manaH|
Mary replied, “How I praise the Lord!
47 mamAtmA tArakEzE ca samullAsaM pragacchati|
I am so happy with God my Savior,
48 akarOt sa prabhu rduSTiM svadAsyA durgatiM prati| pazyAdyArabhya mAM dhanyAM vakSyanti puruSAH sadA|
because he decided that I, his servant, was worthy of his consideration, despite my humble background. From now on every generation will say I was blessed.
49 yaH sarvvazaktimAn yasya nAmApi ca pavitrakaM| sa Eva sumahatkarmma kRtavAn mannimittakaM|
God Almighty has done great things for me; his name is holy.
50 yE bibhyati janAstasmAt tESAM santAnapaMktiSu| anukampA tadIyA ca sarvvadaiva sutiSThati|
His mercy lasts for generation after generation to those who respect him.
51 svabAhubalatastEna prAkAzyata parAkramaH| manaHkumantraNAsArddhaM vikIryyantE'bhimAninaH|
With his power he has broken to pieces those who arrogantly think they're so clever.
52 siMhAsanagatAllOkAn balinazcAvarOhya saH| padESUccESu lOkAMstu kSudrAn saMsthApayatyapi|
He tears the powerful down from their thrones, and elevates those who are humble.
53 kSudhitAn mAnavAn dravyairuttamaiH paritarpya saH| sakalAn dhaninO lOkAn visRjEd riktahastakAn|
He fills the hungry with good things to eat, and he sends the rich away empty-handed.
54 ibrAhImi ca tadvaMzE yA dayAsti sadaiva tAM| smRtvA purA pitRNAM nO yathA sAkSAt pratizrutaM| (aiōn g165)
He has helped his servant Israel, remembering him in mercy,
55 isrAyElsEvakastEna tathOpakriyatE svayaM||
just as he promised our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants for ever.” (aiōn g165)
56 anantaraM mariyam prAyENa mAsatrayam ilIzEvayA sahOSitvA vyAghuyya nijanivEzanaM yayau|
Mary stayed with her for three months and then returned home.
57 tadanantaram ilIzEvAyAH prasavakAla upasthitE sati sA putraM prAsOSTa|
The time came for Elizabeth to have her baby and she gave birth to a son.
58 tataH paramEzvarastasyAM mahAnugrahaM kRtavAn Etat zrutvA samIpavAsinaH kuTumbAzcAgatya tayA saha mumudirE|
Her neighbors and relatives heard how the Lord had showed her great kindness, and they celebrated together with her.
59 tathASTamE dinE tE bAlakasya tvacaM chEttum Etya tasya pitRnAmAnurUpaM tannAma sikhariya iti karttumISuH|
Eight days later they came to circumcise the boy. They planned to call him Zechariah after his father.
60 kintu tasya mAtAkathayat tanna, nAmAsya yOhan iti karttavyam|
“No,” Elizabeth said. “He shall be called John.”
61 tadA tE vyAharan tava vaMzamadhyE nAmEdRzaM kasyApi nAsti|
“But there's nobody among your relatives who has this name,” they told her.
62 tataH paraM tasya pitaraM sikhariyaM prati sagkEtya papracchuH zizOH kiM nAma kAriSyatE?
Through gestures they asked Zechariah, the boy's father, what he wanted to call his son.
63 tataH sa phalakamEkaM yAcitvA lilEkha tasya nAma yOhan bhaviSyati| tasmAt sarvvE AzcaryyaM mEnirE|
Zechariah motioned for something to write on. To everyone's surprise he wrote, “His name is John.”
64 tatkSaNaM sikhariyasya jihvAjAPyE'pagatE sa mukhaM vyAdAya spaSTavarNamuccAryya Izvarasya guNAnuvAdaM cakAra|
Immediately he could speak again, and he started praising God.
65 tasmAccaturdiksthAH samIpavAsilOkA bhItA EvamEtAH sarvvAH kathA yihUdAyAH parvvatamayapradEzasya sarvvatra pracAritAH|
All those living nearby were in awe at what had happened, and the news spread throughout the hill country of Judea.
66 tasmAt zrOtArO manaHsu sthApayitvA kathayAmbabhUvuH kIdRzOyaM bAlO bhaviSyati? atha paramEzvarastasya sahAyObhUt|
Everyone who heard the news wondered what it meant. “What will the little boy grow up to be?” they asked, for it was clear he was very special to God.
67 tadA yOhanaH pitA sikhariyaH pavitrENAtmanA paripUrNaH san EtAdRzaM bhaviSyadvAkyaM kathayAmAsa|
Zechariah, his father, filled with the Holy Spirit, spoke this prophecy:
68 isrAyElaH prabhu ryastu sa dhanyaH paramEzvaraH| anugRhya nijAllOkAn sa Eva parimOcayEt|
“The Lord, the God of Israel, he is wonderful, for he has come to his people and set them free.
69 vipakSajanahastEbhyO yathA mOcyAmahE vayaM| yAvajjIvanjca dharmmENa sAralyEna ca nirbhayAH|
He has given us a great Savior from the line of his servant David,
70 sEvAmahai tamEvaikam EtatkAraNamEva ca| svakIyaM supavitranjca saMsmRtya niyamaM sadA|
as he promised through his holy prophets long ago. (aiōn g165)
71 kRpayA puruSAn pUrvvAn nikaSArthAttu naH pituH| ibrAhImaH samIpE yaM zapathaM kRtavAn purA|
He promised to save us from our enemies, from those who hate us.
72 tamEva saphalaM karttaM tathA zatrugaNasya ca| RtIyAkAriNazcaiva karEbhyO rakSaNAya naH|
He was merciful to our fathers, remembering his holy agreement—
the promise that he made to our father Abraham.
74 yathOktavAn tathA svasya dAyUdaH sEvakasya tu|
He gives us freedom from fear and rescues us from our enemies,
75 vaMzE trAtAramEkaM sa samutpAditavAn svayam|
so we can serve him by doing what is good and right for our whole lives.
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|
Even though you are only a small child, you will be called the prophet of the Most High, for you will go ahead of the Lord to prepare his way,
77 upaviSTAstu tAnEva prakAzayitumEva hi| kRtvA mahAnukampAM hi yAmEva paramEzvaraH|
providing knowledge of salvation to his people through the forgiveness of their sins.
78 UrdvvAt sUryyamudAyyaivAsmabhyaM prAdAttu darzanaM| tayAnukampayA svasya lOkAnAM pApamOcanE|
Through God's caring kindness to us, heaven's dawn will break upon us
79 paritrANasya tEbhyO hi jnjAnavizrANanAya ca| prabhO rmArgaM pariSkarttuM tasyAgrAyI bhaviSyasi||
to shine on those who live in darkness and under the shadow of death, and to guide us along the path of peace.”
80 atha bAlakaH zarIrENa buddhyA ca varddhitumArEbhE; aparanjca sa isrAyElO vaMzIyalOkAnAM samIpE yAvanna prakaTIbhUtastAstAvat prAntarE nyavasat|
The boy John grew and became spiritually strong. He lived in the desert until the time came for his public ministry to Israel.
