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1 prathamato ye sākṣiṇo vākyapracārakāścāsan te'smākaṁ madhye yadyat sapramāṇaṁ vākyamarpayanti sma
Many have undertaken to compose an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us,
2 tadanusārato'nyepi bahavastadvṛttāntaṁ racayituṁ pravṛttāḥ|
just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
3 ataeva he mahāmahimathiyaphil tvaṁ yā yāḥ kathā aśikṣyathāstāsāṁ dṛḍhapramāṇāni yathā prāpnoṣi
Therefore, having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,
4 tadarthaṁ prathamamārabhya tāni sarvvāṇi jñātvāhamapi anukramāt sarvvavṛttāntān tubhyaṁ lekhituṁ matimakārṣam|
so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.
5 yihūdādeśīyaherodnāmake rājatvaṁ kurvvati abīyayājakasya paryyāyādhikārī sikhariyanāmaka eko yājako hāroṇavaṁśodbhavā ilīśevākhyā
In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and whose wife Elizabeth was a daughter of Aaron.
6 tasya jāyā dvāvimau nirdoṣau prabhoḥ sarvvājñā vyavasthāśca saṁmanya īśvaradṛṣṭau dhārmmikāvāstām|
Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
7 tayoḥ santāna ekopi nāsīt, yata ilīśevā bandhyā tau dvāveva vṛddhāvabhavatām|
But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
8 yadā svaparyyānukrameṇa sikhariya īśvāsya samakṣaṁ yājakīyaṁ karmma karoti
One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,
9 tadā yajñasya dinaparipāyyā parameśvarasya mandire praveśakāle dhūpajvālanaṁ karmma tasya karaṇīyamāsīt|
he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
10 taddhūpajvālanakāle lokanivahe prārthanāṁ kartuṁ bahistiṣṭhati
And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.
11 sati sikhariyo yasyāṁ vedyāṁ dhūpaṁ jvālayati taddakṣiṇapārśve parameśvarasya dūta eka upasthito darśanaṁ dadau|
Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.
12 taṁ dṛṣṭvā sikhariya udvivije śaśaṅke ca|
When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and gripped with fear.
13 tadā sa dūtastaṁ babhāṣe he sikhariya mā bhaistava prārthanā grāhyā jātā tava bhāryyā ilīśevā putraṁ prasoṣyate tasya nāma yohan iti kariṣyasi|
But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.
14 kiñca tvaṁ sānandaḥ saharṣaśca bhaviṣyasi tasya janmani bahava ānandiṣyanti ca|
He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,
15 yato hetoḥ sa parameśvarasya gocare mahān bhaviṣyati tathā drākṣārasaṁ surāṁ vā kimapi na pāsyati, aparaṁ janmārabhya pavitreṇātmanā paripūrṇaḥ
for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He shall never take wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb.
16 san isrāyelvaṁśīyān anekān prabhoḥ parameśvarasya mārgamāneṣyati|
Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.
17 santānān prati pitṛṇāṁ manāṁsi dharmmajñānaṁ pratyanājñāgrāhiṇaśca parāvarttayituṁ, prabhoḥ parameśvarasya sevārtham ekāṁ sajjitajātiṁ vidhātuñca sa eliyarūpātmaśaktiprāptastasyāgre gamiṣyati|
And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
18 tadā sikhariyo dūtamavādīt kathametad vetsyāmi? yatohaṁ vṛddho mama bhāryyā ca vṛddhā|
“How can I be sure of this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.”
19 tato dūtaḥ pratyuvāca paśyeśvarasya sākṣādvarttī jibrāyelnāmā dūtohaṁ tvayā saha kathāṁ gadituṁ tubhyamimāṁ śubhavārttāṁ dātuñca preṣitaḥ|
“I am Gabriel,” replied the angel. “I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.
20 kintu madīyaṁ vākyaṁ kāle phaliṣyati tat tvayā na pratītam ataḥ kāraṇād yāvadeva tāni na setsyanti tāvat tvaṁ vaktuṁmaśakto mūko bhava|
And now you will be silent and unable to speak until the day this comes to pass, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at their proper time.”
21 tadānīṁ ye ye lokāḥ sikhariyamapaikṣanta te madhyemandiraṁ tasya bahuvilambād āścaryyaṁ menire|
Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he took so long in the temple.
22 sa bahirāgato yadā kimapi vākyaṁ vaktumaśaktaḥ saṅketaṁ kṛtvā niḥśabdastasyau tadā madhyemandiraṁ kasyacid darśanaṁ tena prāptam iti sarvve bubudhire|
When he came out and was unable to speak to them, they realized he had seen a vision in the temple. He kept making signs to them but remained speechless.
23 anantaraṁ tasya sevanaparyyāye sampūrṇe sati sa nijagehaṁ jagāma|
And when the days of his service were complete, he returned home.
24 katipayadineṣu gateṣu tasya bhāryyā ilīśevā garbbhavatī babhūva
After these days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. She declared,
25 paścāt sā pañcamāsān saṁgopyākathayat lokānāṁ samakṣaṁ mamāpamānaṁ khaṇḍayituṁ parameśvaro mayi dṛṣṭiṁ pātayitvā karmmedṛśaṁ kṛtavān|
“The Lord has done this for me. In these days He has shown me favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.”
26 aparañca tasyā garbbhasya ṣaṣṭhe māse jāte gālīlpradeśīyanāsaratpure
In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,
27 dāyūdo vaṁśīyāya yūṣaphnāmne puruṣāya yā mariyamnāmakumārī vāgdattāsīt tasyāḥ samīpaṁ jibrāyel dūta īśvareṇa prahitaḥ|
to a virgin pledged in marriage to a man named Joseph, who was of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.
28 sa gatvā jagāda he īśvarānugṛhītakanye tava śubhaṁ bhūyāt prabhuḥ parameśvarastava sahāyosti nārīṇāṁ madhye tvameva dhanyā|
The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
29 tadānīṁ sā taṁ dṛṣṭvā tasya vākyata udvijya kīdṛśaṁ bhāṣaṇamidam iti manasā cintayāmāsa|
Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.
30 tato dūto'vadat he mariyam bhayaṁ mākārṣīḥ, tvayi parameśvarasyānugrahosti|
So the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
31 paśya tvaṁ garbbhaṁ dhṛtvā putraṁ prasoṣyase tasya nāma yīśuriti kariṣyasi|
Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
32 sa mahān bhaviṣyati tathā sarvvebhyaḥ śreṣṭhasya putra iti khyāsyati; aparaṁ prabhuḥ parameśvarastasya piturdāyūdaḥ siṁhāsanaṁ tasmai dāsyati;
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,
33 tathā sa yākūbo vaṁśopari sarvvadā rājatvaṁ kariṣyati, tasya rājatvasyānto na bhaviṣyati| (aiōn g165)
and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!” (aiōn g165)
34 tadā mariyam taṁ dūtaṁ babhāṣe nāhaṁ puruṣasaṅgaṁ karomi tarhi kathametat sambhaviṣyati?
“How can this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
35 tato dūto'kathayat pavitra ātmā tvāmāśrāyiṣyati tathā sarvvaśreṣṭhasya śaktistavopari chāyāṁ kariṣyati tato hetostava garbbhād yaḥ pavitrabālako janiṣyate sa īśvaraputra iti khyātiṁ prāpsyati|
The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.
36 aparañca paśya tava jñātirilīśevā yāṁ sarvve bandhyāmavadan idānīṁ sā vārddhakye santānamekaṁ garbbhe'dhārayat tasya ṣaṣṭhamāsobhūt|
Look, even Elizabeth your relative has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is in her sixth month.
37 kimapi karmma nāsādhyam īśvarasya|
For no word from God will ever fail.”
38 tadā mariyam jagāda, paśya prabherahaṁ dāsī mahyaṁ tava vākyānusāreṇa sarvvametad ghaṭatām; ananataraṁ dūtastasyāḥ samīpāt pratasthe|
“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May it happen to me according to your word.” Then the angel left her.
39 atha katipayadināt paraṁ mariyam tasmāt parvvatamayapradeśīyayihūdāyā nagaramekaṁ śīghraṁ gatvā
In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,
40 sikhariyayājakasya gṛhaṁ praviśya tasya jāyām ilīśevāṁ sambodhyāvadat|
where she entered the home of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.
41 tato mariyamaḥ sambodhanavākye ilīśevāyāḥ karṇayoḥ praviṣṭamātre sati tasyā garbbhasthabālako nanartta| tata ilīśevā pavitreṇātmanā paripūrṇā satī
When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
42 proccairgaditumārebhe, yoṣitāṁ madhye tvameva dhanyā, tava garbbhasthaḥ śiśuśca dhanyaḥ|
In a loud voice she exclaimed, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
43 tvaṁ prabhormātā, mama niveśane tvayā caraṇāvarpitau, mamādya saubhāgyametat|
And why am I so honored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
44 paśya tava vākye mama karṇayoḥ praviṣṭamātre sati mamodarasthaḥ śiśurānandān nanartta|
For as soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.
45 yā strī vyaśvasīt sā dhanyā, yato hetostāṁ prati parameśvaroktaṁ vākyaṁ sarvvaṁ siddhaṁ bhaviṣyati|
Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.”
46 tadānīṁ mariyam jagāda| dhanyavādaṁ pareśasya karoti māmakaṁ manaḥ|
Then Mary said: “My soul magnifies the Lord,
47 mamātmā tārakeśe ca samullāsaṁ pragacchati|
and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
48 akarot sa prabhu rduṣṭiṁ svadāsyā durgatiṁ prati| paśyādyārabhya māṁ dhanyāṁ vakṣyanti puruṣāḥ sadā|
For He has looked with favor on the humble state of His servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed.
49 yaḥ sarvvaśaktimān yasya nāmāpi ca pavitrakaṁ| sa eva sumahatkarmma kṛtavān mannimittakaṁ|
For the Mighty One has done great things for me. Holy is His name.
50 ye bibhyati janāstasmāt teṣāṁ santānapaṁktiṣu| anukampā tadīyā ca sarvvadaiva sutiṣṭhati|
His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
51 svabāhubalatastena prākāśyata parākramaḥ| manaḥkumantraṇāsārddhaṁ vikīryyante'bhimāninaḥ|
He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
52 siṁhāsanagatāllokān balinaścāvarohya saḥ| padeṣūcceṣu lokāṁstu kṣudrān saṁsthāpayatyapi|
He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
53 kṣudhitān mānavān dravyairuttamaiḥ paritarpya saḥ| sakalān dhanino lokān visṛjed riktahastakān|
He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
54 ibrāhīmi ca tadvaṁśe yā dayāsti sadaiva tāṁ| smṛtvā purā pitṛṇāṁ no yathā sākṣāt pratiśrutaṁ| (aiōn g165)
He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,
55 isrāyelsevakastena tathopakriyate svayaṁ||
as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.” (aiōn g165)
56 anantaraṁ mariyam prāyeṇa māsatrayam ilīśevayā sahoṣitvā vyāghuyya nijaniveśanaṁ yayau|
Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.
57 tadanantaram ilīśevāyāḥ prasavakāla upasthite sati sā putraṁ prāsoṣṭa|
When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.
58 tataḥ parameśvarastasyāṁ mahānugrahaṁ kṛtavān etat śrutvā samīpavāsinaḥ kuṭumbāścāgatya tayā saha mumudire|
Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.
59 tathāṣṭame dine te bālakasya tvacaṁ chettum etya tasya pitṛnāmānurūpaṁ tannāma sikhariya iti karttumīṣuḥ|
On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
60 kintu tasya mātākathayat tanna, nāmāsya yohan iti karttavyam|
But his mother replied, “No! He shall be called John.”
61 tadā te vyāharan tava vaṁśamadhye nāmedṛśaṁ kasyāpi nāsti|
They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who bears this name.”
62 tataḥ paraṁ tasya pitaraṁ sikhariyaṁ prati saṅketya papracchuḥ śiśoḥ kiṁ nāma kāriṣyate?
So they made signs to his father to find out what he wanted to name the child.
63 tataḥ sa phalakamekaṁ yācitvā lilekha tasya nāma yohan bhaviṣyati| tasmāt sarvve āścaryyaṁ menire|
Zechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.
64 tatkṣaṇaṁ sikhariyasya jihvājāḍye'pagate sa mukhaṁ vyādāya spaṣṭavarṇamuccāryya īśvarasya guṇānuvādaṁ cakāra|
Immediately Zechariah’s mouth was opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak, praising God.
65 tasmāccaturdiksthāḥ samīpavāsilokā bhītā evametāḥ sarvvāḥ kathā yihūdāyāḥ parvvatamayapradeśasya sarvvatra pracāritāḥ|
All their neighbors were filled with awe, and people throughout the hill country of Judea were talking about these events.
66 tasmāt śrotāro manaḥsu sthāpayitvā kathayāmbabhūvuḥ kīdṛśoyaṁ bālo bhaviṣyati? atha parameśvarastasya sahāyobhūt|
And all who heard this wondered in their hearts and asked, “What then will this child become?” For the Lord’s hand was with him.
67 tadā yohanaḥ pitā sikhariyaḥ pavitreṇātmanā paripūrṇaḥ san etādṛśaṁ bhaviṣyadvākyaṁ kathayāmāsa|
Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:
68 isrāyelaḥ prabhu ryastu sa dhanyaḥ parameśvaraḥ| anugṛhya nijāllokān sa eva parimocayet|
“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
69 vipakṣajanahastebhyo yathā mocyāmahe vayaṁ| yāvajjīvañca dharmmeṇa sāralyena ca nirbhayāḥ|
He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
70 sevāmahai tamevaikam etatkāraṇameva ca| svakīyaṁ supavitrañca saṁsmṛtya niyamaṁ sadā|
as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past, (aiōn g165)
71 kṛpayā puruṣān pūrvvān nikaṣārthāttu naḥ pituḥ| ibrāhīmaḥ samīpe yaṁ śapathaṁ kṛtavān purā|
salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,
72 tameva saphalaṁ karttaṁ tathā śatrugaṇasya ca| ṛtīyākāriṇaścaiva karebhyo rakṣaṇāya naḥ|
to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
74 yathoktavān tathā svasya dāyūdaḥ sevakasya tu|
deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
75 vaṁśe trātāramekaṁ sa samutpāditavān svayam|
in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.
76 ato he bālaka tvantu sarvvebhyaḥ śreṣṭha eva yaḥ| tasyaiva bhāvivādīti pravikhyāto bhaviṣyasi| asmākaṁ caraṇān kṣeme mārge cālayituṁ sadā| evaṁ dhvānte'rthato mṛtyośchāyāyāṁ ye tu mānavāḥ|
And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him,
77 upaviṣṭāstu tāneva prakāśayitumeva hi| kṛtvā mahānukampāṁ hi yāmeva parameśvaraḥ|
to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
78 ūrdvvāt sūryyamudāyyaivāsmabhyaṁ prādāttu darśanaṁ| tayānukampayā svasya lokānāṁ pāpamocane|
because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
79 paritrāṇasya tebhyo hi jñānaviśrāṇanāya ca| prabho rmārgaṁ pariṣkarttuṁ tasyāgrāyī bhaviṣyasi||
to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
80 atha bālakaḥ śarīreṇa buddhyā ca varddhitumārebhe; aparañca sa isrāyelo vaṁśīyalokānāṁ samīpe yāvanna prakaṭībhūtastāstāvat prāntare nyavasat|
And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until the time of his public appearance to Israel.
