Lucam 4
1 Iesus autem plenus Spiritu Sancto regressus est a Iordane: et agebatur a Spiritu in desertum
On returning from the Jordan, full of the Holy Spirit, Jesus was led by the power of the Spirit through the wilderness for forty days, tempted by the devil.
2 diebus quadraginta, et tentabatur a diabolo. Et nihil manducavit in diebus illis: et consummatis illis esuriit.
All that time he ate nothing; and, when it was over, he became hungry.
3 Dixit autem illi diabolus: Si Filius Dei es, dic lapidi huic ut panis fiat.
So the devil said to him, ‘If you are God’s Son, tell this stone to become a loaf of bread.’
4 Et respondit ad illum Iesus: Scriptum est: Quia non in solo pane vivit homo, sed in omni verbo Dei.
And Jesus answered him, ‘Scripture says – “It is not on bread alone that a person is to live.”’
5 Et duxit illum diabolus in montem excelsum, et ostendit illi omnia regna orbis terræ in momento temporis,
And the devil led Jesus up, and showing him in a single moment all the kingdoms of the earth, said to him,
6 et ait illi: Tibi dabo potestatem hanc universam, et gloriam illorum: quia mihi tradita sunt: et cui volo do illa.
‘I will give you all this power, and the splendour of them; for it has been given into my hands and I give it to whom I wish.
7 Tu ergo si adoraveris coram me, erunt tua omnia.
If you worship me, it will all be yours.’
8 Et respondens Iesus, dixit illi: Scriptum est: Dominum Deum tuum adorabis, et illi soli servies.
And Jesus answered him, ‘Scripture says – “You should worship the Lord your God, and worship him only.”’
9 Et duxit illum in Ierusalem, et statuit eum super pinnam templi, et dixit illi: Si Filius Dei es, mitte te hinc deorsum.
The devil next led him into Jerusalem, and, placing him on the parapet of the Temple, said, ‘If you are God’s Son throw yourself down from here,
10 Scriptum est enim quod Angelis suis mandavit de te, ut conservent te:
for scripture says – “He will give his angels commands about you, to guard you safely,”
11 et quia in manibus tollent te, ne forte offendas ad lapidem pedem tuum.
And “On their hands they will lift you up, otherwise you might strike your foot against a stone.”’
12 Et respondens Iesus, ait illi: Dictum est: Non tentabis Dominum Deum tuum.
But Jesus answered him, ‘It is said – “You must not tempt the Lord your God.”’
13 Et consummata omni tentatione, diabolus recessit ab illo, usque ad tempus.
When he had tried every kind of temptation, the devil left Jesus, until another opportunity.
14 Et regressus est Iesus in virtute Spiritus in Galilæam, et fama exiit per universam regionem de illo.
Moved by the power of the Spirit, Jesus returned to Galilee. Reports about him spread through all that region;
15 Et ipse docebat in synagogis eorum, et magnificabatur ab omnibus.
and he began to teach in their synagogues, and was honoured by everyone.
16 Et venit Nazareth, ubi erat nutritus, et intravit secundum consuetudinem suam die Sabbati in synagogam, et surrexit legere.
Coming to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, Jesus, as was his custom, went on the Sabbath into the synagogue, and stood up to read the scriptures.
17 Et traditus est illi liber Isaiæ prophetæ. Et ut revolvit librum, invenit locum ubi scriptum erat:
He was given the book of the prophet Isaiah; and Jesus opened the book and found the place where it says –
18 Spiritus Domini super me: propter quod unxit me, evangelizare pauperibus misit me, sanare contritos corde,
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, for he has consecrated me to bring good news to the poor, he has sent me to proclaim release to captives and restoration of sight to the blind, to set the oppressed at liberty,
19 prædicare captivis remissionem, et cæcis visum, dimittere confractos in remissionem, prædicare annum Domini acceptum, et diem retributionis.
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour.”
20 Et cum plicuisset librum, reddit ministro, et sedit. Et omnium in synagoga oculi erant intendentes in eum.
Then, closing the book and returning it to the attendant, he sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him,
21 Cœpit autem dicere ad illos: Quia hodie impleta est hæc scriptura in auribus vestris.
and Jesus began, ‘This very day this passage has been fulfilled in your hearing.’
22 Et omnes testimonium illi dabant: et mirabantur in verbis gratiæ, quæ procedebant de ore ipsius, et dicebant: Nonne hic est filius Ioseph?
All who were present spoke well of him, and were astonished at the beautiful words that fell from his lips. ‘Isn’t Joseph’s son?’ they asked.
23 Et ait illis: Utique dicetis mihi hanc similitudinem: Medice cura teipsum: quanta audivimus facta in Capharnaum, fac et hic in patria tua.
‘Doubtless,’ said Jesus, ‘you will remind me of the saying – “Doctor, cure yourself;” and you will say “Do here in your own country all that we have heard that has been done at Capernaum.”
24 Ait autem: Amen dico vobis, quia nemo propheta acceptus est in patria sua.
I tell you,’ he continued, ‘that no prophet is acceptable in his own country.
25 In veritate dico vobis, multæ viduæ erant in diebus Eliæ in Israel, quando clausum est cælum annis tribus, et mensibus sex: cum facta esset fames magna in omni terra:
There were, doubtless, many widows in Israel in Elijah’s days, when the heavens were closed for three years and six months, and a severe famine prevailed throughout the country;
26 et ad nullam illarum missus est Elias, nisi in Sarepta Sidoniæ, ad mulierem viduam.
and yet it was not to one of them that Elijah was sent, but to a widow at Zarephath in Sidonia.
27 Et multi leprosi erant in Israel sub Elisæo propheta: et nemo eorum mundatus est nisi Naaman Syrus.
And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, yet it was not one of them who was made clean, but Naaman the Syrian.’
28 Et repleti sunt omnes in synagoga ira, hæc audientes.
All the people in the synagogue, as they listened to this, became enraged.
29 Et surrexerunt, et eiecerunt illum extra civitatem: et duxerunt illum usque ad supercilium montis, super quem civitas illorum erat ædificata ut præcipitarent eum.
Starting up, they drove Jesus out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town stood, intending to hurl him down.
30 Ipse autem transiens per medium illorum, ibat.
But he passed through the middle of the crowd and went on his way.
31 Et descendit in Capharnaum civitatem Galilææ, ibique docebat illos Sabbatis.
Then Jesus went down to Capernaum, a city in Galilee. On the Sabbath he taught the people.
32 Et stupebant in doctrina eius, quia in potestate erat sermo ipsius.
They were amazed at his teaching, because his words were spoken with authority.
33 Et in synagoga erat homo habens dæmonium immundum, et exclamavit voce magna,
In the synagogue there was a man with the spirit of a foul demon in him, who called out loudly,
34 dicens: Sine, quid nobis, et tibi Iesu Nazarene? Venisti perdere nos? scio te quis sis, Sanctus Dei.
‘Stop! What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are – the Holy One of God!’
35 Et increpavit illum Iesus, dicens: Obmutesce, et exi ab eo. Et cum proiecisset illum dæmonium in medium, exiit ab illo, nihilque illum nocuit.
But Jesus rebuked the demon. ‘Be silent! Come out from him,’ he said. The demon flung the man down in the middle of the people, and then came out from him, without causing him further harm.
36 Et factus est pavor in omnibus, et colloquebantur ad invicem, dicentes: Quod est hoc verbum? Quia in potestate et virtute imperat immundis spiritibus, et exeunt.
And they were all lost in amazement, and kept saying to one another, ‘What words are these? For he gives his commands to the foul spirits with a marvellous authority, and they come out.’
37 Et divulgabatur fama de illo in omnem locum regionis.
And rumours about Jesus traveled through every place in the region.
38 Surgens autem Iesus de synagoga, introivit in domum Simonis. Socrus autem Simonis tenebatur magnis febribus: et rogaverunt illum pro ea.
On leaving the synagogue, Jesus went into Simon’s house. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a severe attack of fever, and they asked Jesus to cure her.
39 Et stans super illam imperavit febri: et dimisit illam. Et continuo surgens, ministrabat illis.
Bending over her, he rebuked the fever; the fever left her, and she immediately got up and began to take care of them.
40 Cum autem sol occidisset: omnes, qui habebant infirmos variis languoribus, ducebant illos ad eum. At ille singulis manus imponens, curabat eos.
At sunset, all who had friends suffering from various diseases took them to Jesus; and he placed his hands on everyone of them and cured them.
41 Exibant autem dæmonia a multis clamantia, et dicentia: Quia tu es filius Dei: et increpans non sinebat ea loqui: quia sciebant ipsum esse Christum.
And even demons came out from many people, screaming “You are the Son of God.” Jesus rebuked them, and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
42 Facta autem die egressus, ibat in desertum locum, et turbæ requirebant eum, et venerunt usque ad ipsum: et detinebant illum ne discederet ab eis.
At daybreak, Jesus went out and walked to a lonely spot. But crowds of people began to look for him; and they came to where he was and tried to detain him and prevent his leaving them.
43 Quibus ille ait: Quia et aliis civitatibus oportet me evangelizare regnum Dei: quia ideo missus sum.
Jesus, however, said to them, ‘I must take the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns too, for that was why I was sent.’
44 Et erat prædicans in synagogis Galilææ.
And he continued to make his proclamation in the synagogues of Judea.
