Luke 1
1 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to draw up a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us,
Inasmuch as many undertook to draw up a narration concerning the accomplished among us things,
2 even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word,
even as delivered [them] to us those from [the] beginning eyewitnesses and servants having been of the word,
3 it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus;
it seemed good also to me also to me having been acquainted from the first with all things carefully with method to you to write, most excellent Theophilus,
4 that thou mightest know the certainty concerning the things wherein thou wast instructed.
so that you may know concerning which you were instructed [of the] things the certainty.
5 There was in the days of Herod, king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abijah: and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
There was in the days of Herod (*k*) king of Judea a priest certain named Zechariah of [the] division of Abijah, and (the *k*) wife (of him *N(k)O*) of the daughters of Aaron and the name of her Elizabeth.
6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
They were now righteous both (in front of *N(k)O*) God walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
7 And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were [now] well stricken in years.
And no there was to them child, inasmuch as was Elizabeth barren and both having advanced in the years of them were.
8 Now it came to pass, while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course,
It came to pass now in the priestly serving of him in the order of the division of him before God,
9 according to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
according to the custom of the priesthood the lot picked [him as] the [one] to burn incense entering into the temple of the Lord;
10 And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the hour of incense.
And all the multitude were of the people praying outside at the hour of the incense.
11 And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
Appeared then to him an angel of [the] Lord already standing at [the] right of the altar of the incense;
12 And Zacharias was troubled when he saw [him], and fear fell upon him.
And was troubled Zechariah having seen [him], and fear fell upon him.
13 But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: because thy supplication is heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
Said then to him the angel; Not do fear Zechariah; because has been heard the prayer of you, and the wife of You Elizabeth will bear a son to you, and you will call the name of him John.
14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
And he will be joy to you and gladness, and many at the (birth *N(k)O*) of him will rejoice.
15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.
He will be for great before the Lord, and wine and strong drink certainly not shall he drink, and [of the] Spirit Holy he will be filled even from [the] womb of [the] mother of him.
16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn unto the Lord their God.
And many of the sons of Israel he will turn to [the] Lord the God of them,
17 And he shall go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient [to walk] in the wisdom of the just; to make ready for the Lord a people prepared [for him].
And he himself will go forth 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] righteous, to make ready for [the] Lord a people prepared.
18 And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.
And said Zechariah to the angel; By what will I know this? I myself for am an old man, and the wife of mine having advanced in the years of her.
19 And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and I was sent to speak unto thee, and to bring thee these good tidings.
And answering the angel said to him; I myself am Gabriel the [one] standing before God and I was sent to speak to you and to bring glad tidings to you these.
20 And behold, thou shalt be silent and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall come to pass, because thou believedst not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
And behold you will be silent and not able to speak until that day may happen these things, in return for that not you did believe in the words of mine which will be fulfilled in the season of them.
21 And the people were waiting for Zacharias, and they marveled while he tarried in the temple.
And were the people expecting Zechariah and they were wondering at the delaying in the temple of him.
22 And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: and he continued making signs unto them, and remained dumb.
Having come out then not he was able to speak to them; and they recognized that a vision he has seen in the temple. And he himself was making signs to them and was remaining mute.
23 And it came to pass, when the days of his ministration were fulfilled, he departed unto his house.
And it came to pass when were fulfilled the days of the service of him, he departed to the home of him.
24 And after these days Elisabeth his wife conceived; and she hid herself five months, saying,
After then these days conceived Elizabeth the wife of him and was hiding herself months five saying
25 Thus hath the Lord done unto me in the days wherein he looked upon [me], to take away my reproach among men.
that Thus to me has done (the *k*) Lord in [the] days in which He looked upon [me] to take away (the *k*) disgrace of mine among men.
26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
In now the month sixth was sent the angel Gabriel (by *N(k)O*) God to a city of Galilee whose name [was] Nazareth
27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.
to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name [was] Joseph of [the] house of David, and the name of the virgin [was] Mary.
28 And he came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord [is] with thee.
And having come (*ko*) (angel *KO*) to her he said; Greetings! you graciously favored; The Lord [is] with you. (blessed [are] you yourself among women. *KO*)
29 But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this might be.
And (having seen [him] *K*) at the statement she was troubled (of him *k*) and was pondering what kind would be salutation this.
30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
And said the angel to her; Not do fear Mary, you have found for favor with God.
31 And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
and behold you will conceive in womb and will bring forth a son and you will call the name of Him Jesus.
32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
He will be great and Son of [the] Most High He will be called, and will give to Him [the] Lord God the throne of David of the father of Him,
33 and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. (aiōn g165)
and He will reign over the house of Jacob to the ages, and of the kingdom of Him not there will be an end! (aiōn g165)
34 And Mary said unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
Said then Mary to the angel; How will be this since a man not I know?
35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee: wherefore also that which is to be born shall be called holy, the Son of God.
And answering the angel said to her; [the] Spirit Holy will come upon you and power of [the] Most High will overshadow you; therefore also the [one] being born Holy [One] will be called [the] Son of God.
36 And behold, Elisabeth thy kinswoman, she also hath conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her that was called barren.
And behold Elizabeth the (relative *N(k)O*) of you also she (has conceived *N(k)O*) a son in old age of her, and this month [the] sixth is to her who [was] called barren
37 For no word from God shall be void of power.
For not will be impossible with (God *N(k)O*) every declaration.
38 And Mary said, Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
Said then Mary; Behold the handmaid of [the] Lord; Would [that] it happen to me according to the declaration of you. And departed from her the angel.
39 And Mary arose in these days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah;
Having risen up then Mary in days these she went into the hill country with haste to a town of Judah
40 and entered into the house of Zacharias and saluted Elisabeth.
and she entered into the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.
41 And it came to pass, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost;
And it came to pass as heard the greeting of Mary Elizabeth, leaped the baby in the womb of her, and was filled with [the] Spirit Holy Elizabeth
42 and she lifted up her voice with a loud cry, and said, Blessed [art] thou among women, and blessed [is] the fruit of thy womb.
and she cried out (in a shout *N(k)O*) loud and said; Blessed [are] you yourself among women, and blessed [is] the fruit of the womb of you.
43 And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come unto me?
And from where to me this that may come the mother of the Lord of mine to me myself?
44 For behold, when the voice of thy salutation came into mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
Behold for as came the voice of the greeting of you into the ears of mine, leaped in exultation the baby in the womb of mine.
45 And blessed [is] she that believed; for there shall be a fulfillment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord.
And blessed [is] the [one] having believed that there will be a fulfillment to the [things] spoken to her from [the] Lord.
46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
And said Mary: Magnifies the soul of Mine the Lord,
47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
and rejoices the spirit of mine in God the Savior of mine,
48 For he hath looked upon the low estate of his handmaiden: For behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
For He has looked upon the humiliation of the handmaiden of Him. Behold for from henceforth will count blessed me all the generations
49 For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; And holy is his name.
For has done to me (great [things] *N(k)O*) the Mighty One; And holy [is] the name of Him;
50 And his mercy is unto generations and generations On them that fear him.
And the mercy of Him [is] to generations (and *no*) (generations *N(k)O*) to those fearing Him;
51 He hath shewed strength with his arm; He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart.
He has shown strength with [the] arm of Him; He has scattered [the] proud in [the] thought of heart of them;
52 He hath put down princes from [their] thrones, And hath exalted them of low degree.
He has brought down rulers from thrones and exalted [the] humble;
53 The hungry he hath filled with good things; And the rich he hath sent empty away.
[Those] hungering He has filled with good things and [those] being rich He has sent away empty;
54 He hath holpen Israel his servant, That he might remember mercy
He has helped Israel [the] servant of Him remembering mercy,
even as He spoke to the fathers of us, to Abraham and to the descendants of him to the age. (aiōn g165)
56 And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned unto her house.
Dwelt then Mary with her (about *N(k)O*) months three and returned to the home of her.
57 Now Elisabeth’s time was fulfilled that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.
Now Elizabeth was fulfilled the time to give birth for her and she bore a son.
58 And her neighbours and her kinsfolk heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her; and they rejoiced with her.
And heard the neighbours and the relatives of her that magnified [the] Lord the mercy of Him with her, and they were rejoicing with her.
59 And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
And it came to pass on day the eighth they came to circumcise the child and were calling it after the name of the father of him Zechariah.
60 And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.
And answering the mother of him said; No, but he will be called John.
61 And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.
And they said to her that No [one] is (among the relatives *N(k)O*) of you who is called the name by this.
62 And they made signs to his father, what he would have him called.
They were making signs then to the father of him the what maybe he would wish to be called (him. *N(k)O*)
63 And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marveled all.
And having asked for a writing tablet he wrote saying; John is (the *ko*) name of him. And they marveled all.
64 And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue [loosed], and he spake, blessing God.
Was opened then the mouth of him immediately and the tongue of him and he was speaking blessing God.
65 And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea.
And came upon all fear those dwelling around them; and in all the hill country of Judea were being talked about all declarations these,
66 And all that heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, What then shall this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.
And laid [them] up all those having heard in the heart of them saying; What then child this will be? And (for *no*) [the] hand of [the] Lord was with him.
67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,
And Zechariah the father of him was filled with [the] Spirit Holy and prophesied saying;
68 Blessed [be] the Lord, the God of Israel; For he hath visited and wrought redemption for his people,
Blessed [be] [the] Lord the God of Israel, because He has visited and He has performed redemption [on] the people of Him,
69 And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us In the house of his servant David
and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in (the *k*) house of David (the *k*) servant of Him,
70 (As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets which have been since the world began), (aiōn g165)
even as He spoke through [the] mouth of the holy (of the *k*) of [old] age prophets of Him; (aiōn g165)
71 Salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
salvation from [the] enemies of us and from [the] hand of all those hating us,
72 To shew mercy towards our fathers, And to remember his holy covenant;
to fulfill mercy toward the fathers of us, and to remember [the] covenant holy of Him,
73 The oath which he sware unto Abraham our father,
[the] oath that He swore to Abraham the father of us,
74 To grant unto us that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies Should serve him without fear,
to grant us without fear from [the] hand (of the *k*) enemies (of us *k*) having been saved to serve Him
75 In holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
in holiness and righteousness before Him (all the days *N(k)O*) (of the life *k*) of us.
76 Yea and thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Most High: For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways;
And you yourself (now, *no*) child, prophet of [the] Most High will be called; you will go for (in front of *N(k)O*) ([the] face of *ko*) [the] Lord to prepare ways of Him,
77 To give knowledge of salvation unto his people In the remission of their sins,
to give knowledge of salvation to the people of Him in forgiveness of [the] sins of them
78 Because of the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the dayspring from on high shall visit us,
through [the] affections of compassion of God of us in which (will visit *N(k)O*) us [the] Sunrise from on high,
79 To shine upon them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death; To guide our feet into the way of peace.
to shine upon those in darkness and in [the] shadow of death sitting, to direct the feet of us into [the] way of peace.
80 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.
And the child was continuing to grow and he was strengthened in spirit and he was in the deserted places until [the] day of appearance of him to Israel.
