Luke 1
1 My noble [friend] Theophilus, many people saw the things that [Jesus] did while he was with us, from the time when he started [MTY] [his ministry]. They served God [by teaching people] the message [about the Lord Jesus]. Many of those who heard what they taught wrote down for us accounts of the things that [Jesus did from the time when] he began [his ministry].
| بسیاری دست به تألیف حکایت اموری زده‌اند که نزد ما به انجام رسیده است. |
| برای انجام این کار، آنها از مطالبی استفاده کرده‌اند که از طریق شاهدان عینی وقایع و شاگردان اولیه، در دسترس ما قرار گرفته است. |
3 I myself have studied these accounts carefully. So I decided that it would be good for me also to write for you [(sg)] an accurate account of these matters.
| از آنجا که من خود، این مطالب را از آغاز تا پایان، با دقت بررسی و مطالعه کرده‌ام، چنین صلاح دیدم که ماجرا را به طور کامل و به ترتیب برای شما، عالیجناب تِئوفیلوس، بنویسم، |
4 I want you to know the truth about what you have been taught {what others have taught you}.
| تا از درستی تعلیمی که یافته‌اید، اطمینان حاصل کنید. |
5 When King Herod [the Great ruled] Judea [district], there was a [Jewish] priest named Zechariah. He belonged to the [group of priests called] the Abijah group. He and his wife Elizabeth were both descended from the [first priest of Israel], Aaron.
| ماجرا را از کاهنی یهودی آغاز می‌کنم، با نام زکریا، که در زمان هیرودیس، پادشاه یهودیه، زندگی می‌کرد. او عضو دسته‌ای از کاهنان معبد بود که اَبیّا نام داشت. همسرش الیزابت نیز مانند خود او از قبیلهٔ کاهنان یهود و از نسل هارون برادر موسی بود. |
6 [God considered that] both of them were righteous, because they constantly completely obeyed everything that God had commanded.
| زکریا و الیزابت هر دو در نظر خدا بسیار درستکار بودند و با جان و دل تمام احکام و فرایض خداوند را رعایت می‌کردند. |
7 But they had no children, because Elizabeth had been unable to bear children. Furthermore, she and her husband were very old.
| اما آنها فرزندی نداشتند، زیرا الیزابت نازا بود؛ از این گذشته، هر دو بسیار سالخورده بودند. |
8 One day [Zechariah’s] group was doing their work [in the Temple in Jerusalem], and he was serving as a priest in God’s presence.
| یکبار که گروه زکریا در معبد خدمت می‌کرد، و او به انجام وظایف کاهنیِ خود مشغول بود، |
9 Following their custom, [the other priests] chose him by lot to enter the Lord’s temple and burn incense.
| به حکم قرعه نوبت به او رسید که به جایگاه مقدّس معبد داخل شود و در آنجا بخور بسوزاند. |
10 While he was burning the incense, many people were outside [in the courtyard], praying.
| به هنگام سوزاندن بخور، جمعیت انبوهی در صحن معبد مشغول عبادت بودند. |
11 Then an angel whom God had [sent] appeared to him. The angel was standing at the right side of the place [where the priests burned] incense.
| ناگهان فرشته‌ای بر زکریا ظاهر شد و در طرف راست مذبح بخور ایستاد. |
12 When Zechariah saw the angel, he was startled and became very afraid.
| زکریا از دیدن فرشته مبهوت و هراسان شد. |
13 But the angel said to him, “Zechariah, do not be afraid! When you [(sg)] prayed [asking God for a son] (OR, [that God would send the Messiah]), God heard what you prayed. [So] your wife Elizabeth shall bear a son. You must name him John.
| فرشته به او گفت: «ای زکریا، نترس! چون آمده‌ام به تو خبر دهم که خدا دعایت را شنیده است، و همسرت الیزابت برایت پسری به دنیا خواهد آورد که نامش را یحیی خواهی گذاشت. |
14 He will cause you to be very happy, and many other people will also be happy because he is born.
| این پسر باعث شادی و سُرور شما خواهد شد، و بسیاری نیز از تولدش شادی خواهند نمود. |
15 God will consider him to be very important. He must never drink wine or any other alcoholic drink, [in order that he will be completely dedicated to God]. He will be controlled by the Holy Spirit {The Holy Spirit will control him} from before he is born.
| زیرا او در نظر خداوند بزرگ خواهد بود. او هرگز نباید شراب و مشروبات سُکرآور بنوشد، چون حتی پیش از تولد، از روح‌القدس پر خواهد بود! |
16 He will [persuade] many people in Israel to turn away [from their sins and please] the Lord their God.
| بسیاری از بنی‌اسرائیل توسط او به سوی خداوند، خدای خود بازگشت خواهند نمود. |
17 As [God’s] Spirit enables him [to preach] powerfully as [the prophet] Elijah did, he will precede [the Messiah]. He will cause parents [SYN] to act [peacefully] toward their children [again]. He will cause [many] people who do not obey [God to hear and obey] the wise things that righteous people [tell them]. He will do this in order to help [many] people to be ready when the Lord [comes].”
| او خدمت خود را با همان روح و قدرت ایلیای نبی انجام خواهد داد. او پیشاپیش مسیح خواهد آمد تا مردم را برای ظهور او آماده کند و دل پدران را به سوی فرزندان بازگرداند. او سبب خواهد شد افراد سرکش، حکمت خداترسان را بپذیرند.» |
18 Then Zechariah said to the angel, “I am very old, and my wife is also so old [that she cannot bear a child. So] (I cannot [believe] that what you [(sg)] said [will happen]!/how can I [believe] that what you [(sg)] said [will happen]?) [RHQ]”
| زکریا به فرشته گفت: «ولی این غیرممکن است، چون من پیر شده‌ام و همسرم نیز سالخورده است!» |
19 Then the angel said to him, “I am [God’s chief angel], Gabriel! [I do what God tells me, because] I constantly am in God’s presence! I was sent {[He] sent me} to tell you [(sg)] something good [that is going to happen to you].
| فرشته در جواب گفت: «من جبرائیل هستم که در حضور خدا می‌ایستم و اوست که مرا فرستاده تا این خبر خوش را به تو بدهم. |
20 What I have told you will certainly happen at the time [God decides], but you did not believe what I told you. So now [God will make] you will be unable to talk until the day [your son is born]”!
| اما حال که سخنان مرا باور نکردی، لال خواهی شد و تا زمانی که کودک به دنیا بیاید یارای سخن گفتن نخواهی داشت؛ زیرا آنچه گفتم، در زمان مقرر واقع خواهد شد.» |
21 While [Zechariah and the angel] were talking, the people [in the courtyard] were waiting for Zechariah [to come out]. They wondered, “Why is he staying in the Temple for such a long time?”
| در این میان، مردم در صحن معبد منتظر زکریا بودند و از اینکه او در بیرون آمدن از جایگاه مقدّس این همه تأخیر می‌کرد، در حیرت بودند. |
22 When Zechariah came out, he was not able to speak to the people. Because he could not talk, he made motions with his hands [to try to convey what had happened]. Then they realized that he had seen (a vision [from God]/something that [God] showed him) while he was in the Temple.
| سرانجام وقتی بیرون آمد و نتوانست با ایشان سخن گوید، از اشارات او پی بردند که در جایگاه مقدّس معبد رؤیایی دیده است. |
23 When Zechariah’s time to work [as a priest in the Temple] was finished, he [left Jerusalem and] returned to his home.
| زکریا پس از پایان دوره خدمتش، به خانهٔ خود بازگشت. |
24 Some time later his wife Elizabeth became pregnant [EUP]. She did not leave their house for five months, [because she knew that people would laugh at her if she told them that she was pregnant].
| طولی نکشید که همسرش الیزابت باردار شد. او برای مدت پنج ماه گوشه‌نشینی اختیار کرد و می‌گفت: |
25 But she thought, “God has enabled me to become pregnant. He has pitied me and I will no longer be ashamed [because I have no children]!”
| «سرانجام خداوند بر من نظر لطف انداخت و کاری کرد که دیگر در میان مردم شرمگین نباشم!» |
26 When Elizabeth had been [pregnant] [EUP] [for almost] six months, the angel Gabriel was sent by God {God sent the angel Gabriel} [again].
| در ششمین ماه بارداری الیزابت، خدا فرشته خود جبرائیل را به ناصره، یکی از شهرهای ایالت جلیل فرستاد، |
27 [This time] he went to Nazareth [town] in Galilee [district], to a virgin whose name was Mary. It had been {[Her parents] had} promised that she would marry a man named Joseph, who was descended from [King] David.
| تا نزد دختری به نام مریم برود. مریم نامزدی داشت به نام یوسف، از نسل داوود پادشاه. |
28 The angel greeted her and said, “(The Lord/God) is with you [(sg)] and you will be greatly blessed {[has decided to] greatly bless you}!”
| جبرائیل بر مریم ظاهر شد و گفت: «درود بر تو، که بسیار مورد لطف هستی! خداوند با توست!» |
29 But Mary was very confused [when she heard] that. She wondered what [the angel meant] by these words.
| مریم از این سخنان پریشان و متحیّر شد، و نمی‌دانست این چه نوع تحیّتی می‌تواند باشد. |
30 Then the angel said to her, “Mary, God is very pleased with you [(sg)], so do not be afraid.
| فرشته به او گفت: «ای مریم، نترس! زیرا خدا بر تو نظر لطف انداخته است! |
31 You will become pregnant and bear a son, and you must name him Jesus.
| تو به‌زودی باردار شده، پسری به دنیا خواهی آورد و نامش را عیسی خواهی نهاد. |
32 He will become great. He will be called {[People will] call him} (the Son of God/the man who is also God). God, the Lord, will make him a king [MTY] as his ancestor [King] David was.
| او بسیار بزرگ خواهد بود و پسر خدای متعال نامیده خواهد شد، و خداوند تخت سلطنت جدّش، داوود را به او خواهد سپرد، |
33 He will be the King of [the] Jews, the descendants [MTY] of [your ancestor] Jacob, forever. He will rule as king forever!” (aiōn g165)
| تا برای همیشه بر نسل یعقوب سلطنت کند، سلطنتی که هرگز پایانی نخواهد داشت!» (aiōn g165) |
34 Then Mary said to the angel, “I am a virgin, so how can I [have a baby]?”
| مریم از فرشته پرسید: «اما چگونه چنین چیزی امکان دارد؟ دست هیچ مردی هرگز به من نرسیده است!» |
35 The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come to you; the power of God [MTY/EUP] will overshadow you [and enable you to become pregnant]. So the child [you will] bear will be completely set apart {give himself completely} to obey God, and he will be called {[people] will say that he is} (the Son of God/the man who is also God).
| فرشته پاسخ داد: «روح‌القدس بر تو خواهد آمد، و قدرت خدای متعال بر تو سایه خواهد افکند. از این رو، آن نوزاد مقدّس بوده، پسر خدا خوانده خواهد شد. |
36 [I also need to tell you something else]. Your cousin Elizabeth is very old, and it was thought {[people] said} that she could not bear any children. But she has been [pregnant] [EUP] [for almost] six months, and will bear a son!
| بدان که خویشاوند تو، الیزابت نیز شش ماه پیش در سن پیری باردار شده و به‌زودی پسری به دنیا خواهد آورد؛ بله، همان کس که همه او را نازا می‌خواندند. |
37 [You should not be surprised at that], because God can do everything!”
| زیرا برای خدا هیچ کاری محال نیست!» |
38 Then Mary said, “All right, I want to serve (the Lord/God), so may what you [(sg)] have said about me come true!” Then the angel left her.
| مریم گفت: «من خدمتگزار خداوند هستم. هر چه دربارۀ من گفتی، همان بشود.» آنگاه فرشته او را ترک گفت. |
39 Very soon after that, Mary got ready and went quickly to a town in the highlands of Judea [district] where Zechariah lived.
| پس از چند روز، مریم تدارک سفر دید و شتابان به کوهستان یهودیه رفت، |
40 She entered his house and greeted [his wife] Elizabeth.
| جایی که زکریا زندگی می‌کرد. مریم وارد خانه شده، به الیزابت سلام کرد. |
41 As soon as Elizabeth heard Mary greet her, the baby moved inside [Elizabeth’s] womb. The Holy Spirit took complete control of Elizabeth,
| به محض اینکه صدای سلام مریم به گوش الیزابت رسید، آن طفل در رحم او به حرکت درآمد. آنگاه الیزابت از روح‌القدس پر شد، |
42 and she said loudly [to Mary], “[God] has blessed you [more than] he has blessed [any other] woman, and [he has] blessed the child you will bear!
| و با صدای بلند به مریم گفت: «تو در میان زنان خجسته‌ای، و فرزندت نیز خجسته است. |
43 (I am not worthy that [God would allow you] to visit me!/Why is [God allowing you] to visit me?) [RHQ] You will be the mother of my Lord!
| چه افتخار بزرگی است برای من، که مادر خداوندم به دیدنم بیاید! |
44 [I realize this because] as soon as I heard you greet me, the baby inside my womb moved because he was so happy [that you had come].
| وقتی وارد شدی و به من سلام کردی، به محض اینکه صدایت را شنیدم، بچه از شادی در رَحِمِ من به حرکت درآمد! |
45 [God] is pleased with you [because] you believed that what (the Lord/God) told you would come true.”
| خوشا به حال تو، زیرا ایمان آوردی که هر چه خدا به تو گفته است، به انجام خواهد رسید!» |
46 Then Mary [praised God by] saying/singing: “, how I [SYN] praise (the Lord/God)!
| مریم گفت: «خداوند را با تمام وجود ستایش می‌کنم، |
47 I am happy because God is the one who saves me.
| و روح من، به سبب نجات‌دهنده‌ام خدا، شاد و مسرور است! |
48 I was only his lowly servant girl, but he did not forget me. So from now on, everyone will say that God was pleased with me,
| چون او منِ ناچیز را مورد عنایت قرار داده است. از این پس، همهٔ نسلها مرا خوشبخت خواهند خواند، |
49 because they will hear about the things that God [MTY], the mighty one, has done for me. He [MTY] is awesome!
| زیرا خدای قادر و قدوس در حق من کارهای بزرگ کرده است. |
50 He acts mercifully toward all those who respect him.
| «لطف و رحمت او، نسل اندر نسل شامل حال آنانی می‌شود که از او می‌ترسند. |
51 He shows people that he [MTY] is very powerful. He scatters those who think proudly.
| او دست خود را با قدرت دراز کرده و متکبران را همراه نقشه‌هایشان پراکنده ساخته است. |
52 He does not let mighty kings rule [MTY] any more, but he honors people who are oppressed (OR, humble).
| سلاطین را از تخت به زیر کشیده و فروتنان را سربلند کرده است. |
53 He gives good things to eat to those who are hungry, but he sends away the rich people without giving them anything.
| گرسنگان را با نعمتهای خود سیر کرده، اما ثروتمندان را تهی دست روانه نموده است. |
54 And now he has remembered what he promised. So he has helped me and all the other people of [MTY] Israel who serve him.
| او رحمت خود را به یاد آورده، و خادم خویش اسرائیل را یاری داده است. |
55 He promised to Abraham and all our other ancestors who descended from him that he would act mercifully toward them forever.” (aiōn g165)
| بله، او که وعدهٔ ابدی خود را که به ابراهیم و فرزندانش داده بود، به یاد آورده است.» (aiōn g165) |
56 Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months. Then she returned to her home.
| مریم حدود سه ماه نزد الیزابت ماند. سپس به خانه خود بازگشت. |
57 When it was time for Elizabeth to give birth to her child, she bore a son.
| سرانجام، انتظار الیزابت پایان یافت و زمان وضع حملش فرا رسید و پسری به دنیا آورد. |
58 Her neighbors and relatives heard how (the Lord/God) had greatly blessed her [by enabling her to bear a child], so they were happy along with [Elizabeth].
| وقتی که همسایگان و بستگان او از این خبر آگاهی یافتند و دیدند که خداوند چه لطف بزرگی در حق او نموده است، نزد او آمده، در شادی‌اش شریک شدند. |
59 Seven days later they gathered together for the [ceremony for] circumcising the baby [to show that he belonged to God]. They wanted to give the baby the same name as his father, Zechariah.
| چون نوزاد هشت روزه شد، تمام بستگان و دوستانشان برای مراسم ختنه گرد آمدند و قصد داشتند نام پدرش، زکریا را بر او بگذارند. |
60 But his mother said, “No, [his name will not be Zechariah]. His name will be John!”
| اما الیزابت نپذیرفت و گفت: «نام او یحیی خواهد بود.» |
61 [So] they said to her, “[John] is not the name of any of your [(dl)] relatives, [so you(dl) should not give him that name]!”
| گفتند: «اما در خانواده تو، کسی چنین نامی نداشته است.» |
62 Then they made motions with their hands to Zechariah, [for him] to indicate what name [he] wanted to be given {to give} to his son.
| پس با اشاره، از پدر نوزاد پرسیدند که می‌خواهد نام او را چه بگذارد. |
63 [So] he signaled that they [should give him] a tablet [to write on. When they gave him one], he wrote [on it], “His name is John.” All those [who were there] were surprised!
| زکریا با اشاره، تخته‌ای خواست و در برابر چشمان حیرت‌زدهٔ همه نوشت: «نامش یحیی است!» |
64 Immediately Zechariah was able to speak again [MTY], and he praised God.
| در همان لحظه زبانش باز شد و قدرت سخن گفتن را بازیافت و به شکرگزاری خدا پرداخت. |
65 All their neighbors were amazed/awestruck! They told other people who lived all over the highlands of Judea about what had happened.
| همسایگان با دیدن تمام این وقایع بسیار متعجب شدند، و خبر این ماجرا در سراسر کوهستان یهودیه پخش شد. |
66 Everyone who heard about it kept thinking about it. They were saying, “We wonder what will this child do [for God when] he [grows up] [RHQ]!” They wondered that because [from what had happened they were sure that] God would be helping that child [SYN] [in a powerful way].
| هر که این خبر را می‌شنید، به فکر فرو می‌رفت و از خود می‌پرسید: «این طفل، در آینده چه خواهد شد؟»، زیرا همه می‌دیدند که او مورد توجه خاص خداوند قرار دارد. |
67 [After] Zechariah’s [son was born], Zechariah was completely directed by the Holy Spirit {the Holy Spirit completely directed Zechariah} as he spoke these words that came from God:
| آنگاه پدرش زکریا، از روح‌القدس پر شد و نبوّت کرده، چنین گفت: |
68 “Praise the Lord, the God whom we(inc) people of Israel worship, because he has come to set us, his people, free from our enemies.
| «خداوند، خدای اسرائیل را سپاس باد، زیرا به یاری قوم خود شتافته و ایشان را رهایی بخشیده است. |
69 He is sending us someone who will powerfully [MTY] save us, someone who is descended from [MTY] King David, who served God well.
| او به‌زودی برای ما نجات‌دهنده‌ای قدرتمند از نسل داوود خواهد فرستاد؛ |
| چنانکه از دیرباز، از زبان انبیای مقدّس خود وعده می‌داد (aiōn g165) |
71 He will rescue us from our enemies, and he will save us from the power of all those who hate us.
| که شخصی را خواهد فرستاد تا ما را از چنگ دشمنانمان و از دست همه آنانی که از ما نفرت دارند، رهایی بخشد. |
72 He will do this because he has not forgotten what he promised our ancestors; he made an agreement that he would act mercifully to us, their descendants.
| «او نسبت به نیاکان ما، رحیم و مهربان بوده است. بله، او عهد و پیمان مقدّس خود را به یاد آورده است، |
73 That is what he strongly promised our ancestor Abraham that he would do.
| همان عهدی را که با سوگند با جدّ ما، ابراهیم بست، |
74 God told him that we would be rescued {he would rescue us} from the power of our enemies, that he would enable us to serve him without being afraid,
| که ما را از دست دشمنانمان رهایی بخشد تا بتوانیم بدون ترس و واهمه او را عبادت کنیم |
75 that he would cause us to be completely dedicated to him, and enable us to live righteously all of our lives.”
| و تمام روزهای عمر خود را در حضور او با پاکی و عدالت بگذرانیم. |
76 [Then Zechariah said this to] his little son: “My child, you will be called {people will say that you are} a prophet whom God [MTY/EUP] has sent; you will begin your work before (the Lord/Messiah) comes; you will prepare people so that they will be ready for him. (OR, you will begin your work before the Messiah comes).
| «و تو ای فرزند من، نبی خدای متعال نامیده خواهی شد، زیرا پیشاپیش خداوند حرکت خواهی کرد تا راه او را آماده نمایی، |
77 You will tell God’s people how he will forgive them and save them from being punished for their sins.
| و قوم او را آگاه سازی که با آمرزش گناهانشان نجات خواهند یافت. |
78 Our God will do that because he is very kind to us. Just like a new day begins when the sun rises [MET], God will do that new thing for us when the Messiah comes to us from heaven.
| اینها، همه به سبب رحمت و شفقت بی‌پایان خدای ماست. به‌زودی سپیده صبح از افق آسمان بر ما طلوع خواهد کرد |
79 People who do not know God [MET] are like those who sit in the darkness. They are afraid [MTY] that they will soon die. But when the Messiah tells us God’s message, it will be like causing such people to see a bright light. He will guide us [SYN] so that we will be living peacefully.”
| تا بر کسانی که در تاریکی و سایۀ مرگ ساکن هستند، بتابد و همهٔ ما را به سوی آرامش و صلح و صفا هدایت نماید.» |
80 [Later], Zechariah’s son grew up and became spiritually strong. Then he lived in a desolate region until he began to preach to the Israeli people.
| آن کودک رشد می‌کرد و در روح، نیرومند می‌شد. او در بیابانها به سر می‌بُرد، تا روزی فرا رسید که می‌بایست خدمت خود را به‌طور علنی در میان قوم اسرائیل آغاز کند. |
