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1 prathamato ye sAkSiNo vAkyapracArakAzcAsan te'smAkaM madhye yadyat sapramANaM vAkyamarpayanti sma
Seeing that many have taken it in hand to draw up an account of those matters which have been fully established among us,
2 tadanusArato'nyepi bahavastadvRttAntaM racayituM pravRttAH|
just as they reported them to us, who were from beginning eye- witnesses and ministers of the word,
3 ataeva he mahAmahimathiyaphil tvaM yA yAH kathA azikSyathAstAsAM dRDhapramANAni yathA prApnoSi
it seemed good to me also accurately, from the very beginning, to write them to you in order, most excellent Theophilus,
4 tadarthaM prathamamArabhya tAni sarvvANi jJAtvAhamapi anukramAt sarvvavRttAntAn tubhyaM lekhituM matimakArSam|
so that you may know the certainty of the story which you have been taught by the word of mouth.
5 yihUdAdezIyaherodnAmake rAjatvaM kurvvati abIyayAjakasya paryyAyAdhikArI sikhariyanAmaka eko yAjako hAroNavaMzodbhavA ilIzevAkhyA
In the reign of Herod, King of Judea, there was a certain priest, named Zachariah, belonging to the class of Abijah. He had a wife named Elizabeth,
6 tasya jAyA dvAvimau nirdoSau prabhoH sarvvAjJA vyavasthAzca saMmanya IzvaradRSTau dhArmmikAvAstAm|
who was a descendant of Aaron. They were both righteous in the sight of the Lord, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the law, blameless.
7 tayoH santAna ekopi nAsIt, yata ilIzevA bandhyA tau dvAveva vRddhAvabhavatAm|
Now they had no child, for Elizabeth was barren, and both were far advanced in years.
8 yadA svaparyyAnukrameNa sikhariya IzvAsya samakSaM yAjakIyaM karmma karoti
Now while Zachariah was acting as priest before God in the due course of his class, it fell to his lot, according to the custom of priesthood,
9 tadA yajJasya dinaparipAyyA paramezvarasya mandire pravezakAle dhUpajvAlanaM karmma tasya karaNIyamAsIt|
to enter into the sanctuary of the Lord and to burn incense.
10 taddhUpajvAlanakAle lokanivahe prArthanAM kartuM bahistiSThati
And the whole multitude of the people were without, praying at the hour of incense.
11 sati sikhariyo yasyAM vedyAM dhUpaM jvAlayati taddakSiNapArzve paramezvarasya dUta eka upasthito darzanaM dadau|
Then there appeared to him an angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
12 taM dRSTvA sikhariya udvivije zazaGke ca|
And as he saw him Zachariah was troubled, and fear fell upon 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 said to him. "Do not be afraid, Zachariah, because your petition has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John.
14 kiJca tvaM sAnandaH saharSazca bhaviSyasi tasya janmani bahava AnandiSyanti ca|
"And he shall be to you a joy and an exultation, and many shall rejoice over his birth.
15 yato hetoH sa paramezvarasya gocare mahAn bhaviSyati tathA drAkSArasaM surAM vA kimapi na pAsyati, aparaM janmArabhya pavitreNAtmanA paripUrNaH
"For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, "He shall drink neither wine nor strong drink, "He shall be filled with the Holy Spirit from the hour of his birth,
16 san isrAyelvaMzIyAn anekAn prabhoH paramezvarasya mArgamAneSyati|
"And shall win many of the sons of Israel to the Lord, their God.
17 santAnAn prati pitRNAM manAMsi dharmmajJAnaM pratyanAjJAgrAhiNazca parAvarttayituM, prabhoH paramezvarasya sevArtham ekAM sajjitajAtiM vidhAtuJca sa eliyarUpAtmazaktiprAptastasyAgre gamiSyati|
"He shall go before Him in the wisdom and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, and so to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him."
18 tadA sikhariyo dUtamavAdIt kathametad vetsyAmi? yatohaM vRddho mama bhAryyA ca vRddhA|
"How shall I be sure of this?" said Zachariah to the Angel. "For I am an old man and my wife is advanced in years."
19 tato dUtaH pratyuvAca pazyezvarasya sAkSAdvarttI jibrAyelnAmA dUtohaM tvayA saha kathAM gadituM tubhyamimAM zubhavArttAM dAtuJca preSitaH|
"I am Gabriel," answered the angel, "who stand in the presence of God; and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring and to bring 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|
"And now you shall be silent and unable to speak until the day the day when this has taken place; because you did not believe my words - Words which will be fulfilled at their appointed time."
21 tadAnIM ye ye lokAH sikhariyamapaikSanta te madhyemandiraM tasya bahuvilambAd AzcaryyaM menire|
Meanwhile the people were waiting for Zachariah and wondering why he stayed so long in the sanctuary.
22 sa bahirAgato yadA kimapi vAkyaM vaktumazaktaH saGketaM kRtvA niHzabdastasyau tadA madhyemandiraM kasyacid darzanaM tena prAptam iti sarvve bubudhire|
And when he came out he could not speak to them, and then they knew that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary. He kept making signs to them and remained dumb.
23 anantaraM tasya sevanaparyyAye sampUrNe sati sa nijagehaM jagAma|
As soon as his term of priestly service was ended he went home;
24 katipayadineSu gateSu tasya bhAryyA ilIzevA garbbhavatI babhUva
and after those days Elizabeth, his wife, Conceived, and she hid herself five months, saying.
25 pazcAt sA paJcamAsAn saMgopyAkathayat lokAnAM samakSaM mamApamAnaM khaNDayituM paramezvaro mayi dRSTiM pAtayitvA karmmedRzaM kRtavAn|
"This has the Lord done for me. He has now deigned to take the away my reproach among men."
26 aparaJca tasyA garbbhasya SaSThe mAse jAte gAlIlpradezIyanAsaratpure
Six months later the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee, called Nazareth,
27 dAyUdo vaMzIyAya yUSaphnAmne puruSAya yA mariyamnAmakumArI vAgdattAsIt tasyAH samIpaM jibrAyel dUta IzvareNa prahitaH|
to a maiden betrothed to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. Her name was Mary.
28 sa gatvA jagAda he IzvarAnugRhItakanye tava zubhaM bhUyAt prabhuH paramezvarastava sahAyosti nArINAM madhye tvameva dhanyA|
The angel went in and said to her. "Joy to you, highly favored one! "The Lord is with you."
29 tadAnIM sA taM dRSTvA tasya vAkyata udvijya kIdRzaM bhASaNamidam iti manasA cintayAmAsa|
Mary was greatly agitated at his word, and was revolving in her mind what this salutation could mean.
30 tato dUto'vadat he mariyam bhayaM mAkArSIH, tvayi paramezvarasyAnugrahosti|
when the angel said to her. "Fear not Mary, for you have found grace with God.
31 pazya tvaM garbbhaM dhRtvA putraM prasoSyase tasya nAma yIzuriti kariSyasi|
"And behold, you shall conceive in your womb and bear a son; and you shall call his name Jesus.
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 Son of the Most High. "And the Lord God will give him the throne of his forefather David,
33 tathA sa yAkUbo vaMzopari sarvvadA rAjatvaM kariSyati, tasya rAjatvasyAnto na bhaviSyati| (aiōn g165)
"and he shall reign over the House of Jacob forever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end." (aiōn g165)
34 tadA mariyam taM dUtaM babhASe nAhaM puruSasaGgaM karomi tarhi kathametat sambhaviSyati?
And Mary said to the angel. "How can this be? For I have no husband?"
35 tato dUto'kathayat pavitra AtmA tvAmAzrAyiSyati tathA sarvvazreSThasya zaktistavopari chAyAM kariSyati tato hetostava garbbhAd yaH pavitrabAlako janiSyate sa Izvaraputra iti khyAtiM prApsyati|
"The Holy Spirit shall come upon you," said the angel, "and the power of the most High shall overshadow you, and therefore the holy offspring which is born, shall be called the son of God.
36 aparaJca pazya tava jJAtirilIzevA yAM sarvve bandhyAmavadan idAnIM sA vArddhakye santAnamekaM garbbhe'dhArayat tasya SaSThamAsobhUt|
"And behold your kinswoman, Elizabeth, she also has conceived a son in her old age, and this was the sixth month with her that was called barren.
37 kimapi karmma nAsAdhyam Izvarasya|
"For no word of God shall be void of power."
38 tadA mariyam jagAda, pazya prabherahaM dAsI mahyaM tava vAkyAnusAreNa sarvvametad ghaTatAm; ananataraM dUtastasyAH samIpAt pratasthe|
Then Mary said. "Behold I am Lord’s slave. Let it be to me as you have said." Then the angel departed from her.
39 atha katipayadinAt paraM mariyam tasmAt parvvatamayapradezIyayihUdAyA nagaramekaM zIghraM gatvA
Soon after this Mary set out and hastened unto the hill-country to a town in Judah;
40 sikhariyayAjakasya gRhaM pravizya tasya jAyAm ilIzevAM sambodhyAvadat|
and there she came into the house of Zachariah, and greeted Elizabeth.
41 tato mariyamaH sambodhanavAkye ilIzevAyAH karNayoH praviSTamAtre sati tasyA garbbhasthabAlako nanartta| tata ilIzevA pavitreNAtmanA paripUrNA satI
And when Elizabeth heard her salutation, the babe leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth herself was filled with the Holy Spirit,
42 proccairgaditumArebhe, yoSitAM madhye tvameva dhanyA, tava garbbhasthaH zizuzca dhanyaH|
and called out with a loud cry. "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is your unborn child!
43 tvaM prabhormAtA, mama nivezane tvayA caraNAvarpitau, mamAdya saubhAgyametat|
"But why is this honor done me, that the mother of my Lord should come me?
44 pazya tava vAkye mama karNayoH praviSTamAtre sati mamodarasthaH zizurAnandAn nanartta|
"For behold when the sound of your salutation reached my ears, the babe leaped with joy within my womb.
45 yA strI vyazvasIt sA dhanyA, yato hetostAM prati paramezvaroktaM vAkyaM sarvvaM siddhaM bhaviSyati|
"And blessed is she who believed that the Lord’s words spoken to her would be fulfilled."
46 tadAnIM mariyam jagAda| dhanyavAdaM parezasya karoti mAmakaM manaH|
And Mary said. "My soul doth magnify the Lord,
47 mamAtmA tArakeze ca samullAsaM pragacchati|
"My spirit exults in the God, who is my Saviour,
48 akarot sa prabhu rduSTiM svadAsyA durgatiM prati| pazyAdyArabhya mAM dhanyAM vakSyanti puruSAH sadA|
"For he has regarded the humiliation of his slave, And from this hour all ages will count me blessed.
49 yaH sarvvazaktimAn yasya nAmApi ca pavitrakaM| sa eva sumahatkarmma kRtavAn mannimittakaM|
"For he who is mighty has done great things for me; And holy is his name.
50 ye bibhyati janAstasmAt teSAM santAnapaMktiSu| anukampA tadIyA ca sarvvadaiva sutiSThati|
"His mercy is unto generations and generations on those who reverence him.
51 svabAhubalatastena prAkAzyata parAkramaH| manaHkumantraNAsArddhaM vikIryyante'bhimAninaH|
"He has showed strength with his arm. "He has scattered proud in the imagination of their hearts;
52 siMhAsanagatAllokAn balinazcAvarohya saH| padeSUcceSu lokAMstu kSudrAn saMsthApayatyapi|
"he has put down princes from their thrones, and has exalted those of low degree.
53 kSudhitAn mAnavAn dravyairuttamaiH paritarpya saH| sakalAn dhanino lokAn visRjed riktahastakAn|
"The hungry he has filled with good things, But the rich he has sent empty away.
54 ibrAhImi ca tadvaMze yA dayAsti sadaiva tAM| smRtvA purA pitRNAM no yathA sAkSAt pratizrutaM| (aiōn g165)
"He has helped Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy,
55 isrAyelsevakastena tathopakriyate svayaM||
"As he spoke to our forefathers, to Abraham and his offspring forever." (aiōn g165)
56 anantaraM mariyam prAyeNa mAsatrayam ilIzevayA sahoSitvA vyAghuyya nijanivezanaM yayau|
So Mary stayed with Elizabeth about three months and returned home.
57 tadanantaram ilIzevAyAH prasavakAla upasthite sati sA putraM prAsoSTa|
Now when the time of Elizabeth’s delivery was come, she gave birth to a son;
58 tataH paramezvarastasyAM mahAnugrahaM kRtavAn etat zrutvA samIpavAsinaH kuTumbAzcAgatya tayA saha mumudire|
and her neighbors and kinsfolk heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy toward her; and they rejoiced with her,
59 tathASTame dine te bAlakasya tvacaM chettum etya tasya pitRnAmAnurUpaM tannAma sikhariya iti karttumISuH|
and came on the eighth day to circumcise the child. They were about to call him "Zachariah," after his father,
60 kintu tasya mAtAkathayat tanna, nAmAsya yohan iti karttavyam|
when his mother said, "No, he is to be called John."
61 tadA te vyAharan tava vaMzamadhye nAmedRzaM kasyApi nAsti|
Said they, "You have no relatives of that name!"
62 tataH paraM tasya pitaraM sikhariyaM prati saGketya papracchuH zizoH kiM nAma kAriSyate?
Then they asked his father by signs what he wished to call the child.
63 tataH sa phalakamekaM yAcitvA lilekha tasya nAma yohan bhaviSyati| tasmAt sarvve AzcaryyaM menire|
So he asked for a writing tablet and wrote down, "His name is John."
64 tatkSaNaM sikhariyasya jihvAjADye'pagate sa mukhaM vyAdAya spaSTavarNamuccAryya Izvarasya guNAnuvAdaM cakAra|
Every one was surprised, and at once his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, blessing God.
65 tasmAccaturdiksthAH samIpavAsilokA bhItA evametAH sarvvAH kathA yihUdAyAH parvvatamayapradezasya sarvvatra pracAritAH|
And there came a great fear upon all in the neighborhood; and throughout the hill country of Judea all these sayings were much talked about.
66 tasmAt zrotAro manaHsu sthApayitvA kathayAmbabhUvuH kIdRzoyaM bAlo bhaviSyati? atha paramezvarastasya sahAyobhUt|
All the story laid it up in their hearts, saying "What, then, will this child be?" For the Lord’s hands was with him.
67 tadA yohanaH pitA sikhariyaH pavitreNAtmanA paripUrNaH san etAdRzaM bhaviSyadvAkyaM kathayAmAsa|
And his father, Zachariah, was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying.
68 isrAyelaH prabhu ryastu sa dhanyaH paramezvaraH| anugRhya nijAllokAn sa eva parimocayet|
"Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, For he has visited and redeemed his people,
69 vipakSajanahastebhyo yathA mocyAmahe vayaM| yAvajjIvaJca dharmmeNa sAralyena ca nirbhayAH|
"And has raised up a mighty Deliverer for us In the house of his servant David,
70 sevAmahai tamevaikam etatkAraNameva ca| svakIyaM supavitraJca saMsmRtya niyamaM sadA|
"As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets Which have been since the world began (aiōn g165)
71 kRpayA puruSAn pUrvvAn nikaSArthAttu naH pituH| ibrAhImaH samIpe yaM zapathaM kRtavAn purA|
To deliver us from our enemies, and from the power Of all who hate us.
72 tameva saphalaM karttaM tathA zatrugaNasya ca| RtIyAkAriNazcaiva karebhyo rakSaNAya naH|
"He showed mercy to our forefathers, He remembered his holy covenant,
"The oath which he swore to Abraham, our forefather,
74 yathoktavAn tathA svasya dAyUdaH sevakasya tu|
"That he we should be delivered out of the Hand of our enemies, And should serve him without fear,
75 vaMze trAtAramekaM sa samutpAditavAn svayam|
"In holiness and righteousness before him All our days.
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, child, shalt be called the Prophet of the Most High, For thou shalt go before the Lord to prepare the way
77 upaviSTAstu tAneva prakAzayitumeva hi| kRtvA mahAnukampAM hi yAmeva paramezvaraH|
"To give to his people a knowledge of salvation Through the remission of their sins,
78 UrdvvAt sUryyamudAyyaivAsmabhyaM prAdAttu darzanaM| tayAnukampayA svasya lokAnAM pApamocane|
"Through the heart of mercy of our God, Whereby the Dayspring from on high shall visit us,
79 paritrANasya tebhyo hi jJAnavizrANanAya ca| prabho rmArgaM pariSkarttuM tasyAgrAyI bhaviSyasi||
"To give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, And to guide our feet into the paths of peace."
80 atha bAlakaH zarIreNa buddhyA ca varddhitumArebhe; aparaJca sa isrAyelo vaMzIyalokAnAM samIpe yAvanna prakaTIbhUtastAstAvat prAntare nyavasat|
And the child grew, and became strong in the Spirit, and remained in the desert till the day of his showing to Israel.
