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1 prathamato ye sākṣiṇo vākyapracārakāścāsan te'smākaṁ madhye yadyat sapramāṇaṁ vākyamarpayanti sma
Given that many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning those things that really did take place among us,
2 tadanusārato'nyepi bahavastadvṛttāntaṁ racayituṁ pravṛttāḥ|
just as those who became eyewitnesses, from the beginning, and ministers of the Word delivered them to us,
3 ataeva he mahāmahimathiyaphil tvaṁ yā yāḥ kathā aśikṣyathāstāsāṁ dṛḍhapramāṇāni yathā prāpnoṣi
it seemed good to me also, most excellent Theophilus, having taken careful note of everything from Above, to write to you with precision and in sequence,
4 tadarthaṁ prathamamārabhya tāni sarvvāṇi jñātvāhamapi anukramāt sarvvavṛttāntān tubhyaṁ lekhituṁ matimakārṣam|
so that you may know the certainty of the things in which you were instructed.
5 yihūdādeśīyaherodnāmake rājatvaṁ kurvvati abīyayājakasya paryyāyādhikārī sikhariyanāmaka eko yājako hāroṇavaṁśodbhavā ilīśevākhyā
In the days of Herod, the king of Judea, there was a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. His wife was of the daughters of Aaron and her name was Elizabeth.
6 tasya jāyā dvāvimau nirdoṣau prabhoḥ sarvvājñā vyavasthāśca saṁmanya īśvaradṛṣṭau dhārmmikāvāstām|
They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.
7 tayoḥ santāna ekopi nāsīt, yata ilīśevā bandhyā tau dvāveva vṛddhāvabhavatām|
But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren; and they both were well advanced in years.
8 yadā svaparyyānukrameṇa sikhariya īśvāsya samakṣaṁ yājakīyaṁ karmma karoti
Now it happened, as he was officiating as priest before God in the order of his division,
9 tadā yajñasya dinaparipāyyā parameśvarasya mandire praveśakāle dhūpajvālanaṁ karmma tasya karaṇīyamāsīt|
according to the custom of the priesthood, that his lot was to burn incense, upon entering the sanctuary of the Lord;
10 taddhūpajvālanakāle lokanivahe prārthanāṁ kartuṁ bahistiṣṭhati
and the whole multitude of the people was praying outside at the hour of incense.
11 sati sikhariyo yasyāṁ vedyāṁ dhūpaṁ jvālayati taddakṣiṇapārśve parameśvarasya dūta eka upasthito darśanaṁ dadau|
Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense;
12 taṁ dṛṣṭvā sikhariya udvivije śaśaṅke ca|
and upon seeing him Zacharias was shaken, and a fear fell upon him.
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, Zacharias, because your prayer was heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.
14 kiñca tvaṁ sānandaḥ saharṣaśca bhaviṣyasi tasya janmani bahava ānandiṣyanti ca|
And you will have joy and exultation, and many will rejoice over 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 must not drink either wine or strong drink; indeed, he will be filled with Holy Spirit already from his mother's womb.
16 san isrāyelvaṁśīyān anekān prabhoḥ parameśvarasya mārgamāneṣyati|
And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God;
17 santānān prati pitṛṇāṁ manāṁsi dharmmajñānaṁ pratyanājñāgrāhiṇaśca parāvarttayituṁ, prabhoḥ parameśvarasya sevārtham ekāṁ sajjitajātiṁ vidhātuñca sa eliyarūpātmaśaktiprāptastasyāgre gamiṣyati|
in fact he himself will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of fathers to children’ and the disobedient to the mindset of the righteous, to prepare a people made ready for the Lord.”
18 tadā sikhariyo dūtamavādīt kathametad vetsyāmi? yatohaṁ vṛddho mama bhāryyā ca vṛddhā|
But Zacharias said to the angel: “How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.”
19 tato dūtaḥ pratyuvāca paśyeśvarasya sākṣādvarttī jibrāyelnāmā dūtohaṁ tvayā saha kathāṁ gadituṁ tubhyamimāṁ śubhavārttāṁ dātuñca preṣitaḥ|
So in answer the angel said to him: “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God; I was sent to speak to you and 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|
Now look, you will be silent and not able to speak until the day in which these things happen, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time.”
21 tadānīṁ ye ye lokāḥ sikhariyamapaikṣanta te madhyemandiraṁ tasya bahuvilambād āścaryyaṁ menire|
Now the people were waiting for Zacharias and wondering at his delay in the sanctuary.
22 sa bahirāgato yadā kimapi vākyaṁ vaktumaśaktaḥ saṅketaṁ kṛtvā niḥśabdastasyau tadā madhyemandiraṁ kasyacid darśanaṁ tena prāptam iti sarvve bubudhire|
But when he came out he was unable to speak to them, and they understood that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary—he kept gesturing to them while remaining mute.
23 anantaraṁ tasya sevanaparyyāye sampūrṇe sati sa nijagehaṁ jagāma|
And so, when the days of his service were fulfilled, he took off for home.
24 katipayadineṣu gateṣu tasya bhāryyā ilīśevā garbbhavatī babhūva
Well after those days his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and stayed in seclusion five months. She kept saying,
25 paścāt sā pañcamāsān saṁgopyākathayat lokānāṁ samakṣaṁ mamāpamānaṁ khaṇḍayituṁ parameśvaro mayi dṛṣṭiṁ pātayitvā karmmedṛśaṁ kṛtavān|
“So that's what the Lord has done for me in the days when He concerned Himself to take away my reproach among the people!”
26 aparañca tasyā garbbhasya ṣaṣṭhe māse jāte gālīlpradeśīyanāsaratpure
Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town of Galilee named Natsareth,
27 dāyūdo vaṁśīyāya yūṣaphnāmne puruṣāya yā mariyamnāmakumārī vāgdattāsīt tasyāḥ samīpaṁ jibrāyel dūta īśvareṇa prahitaḥ|
to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; the virgin's name was Mary.
28 sa gatvā jagāda he īśvarānugṛhītakanye tava śubhaṁ bhūyāt prabhuḥ parameśvarastava sahāyosti nārīṇāṁ madhye tvameva dhanyā|
So upon entering where she was the angel said, “Rejoice, recipient of grace, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!”
29 tadānīṁ sā taṁ dṛṣṭvā tasya vākyata udvijya kīdṛśaṁ bhāṣaṇamidam iti manasā cintayāmāsa|
But upon seeing him she was perplexed at his word and was trying to figure out what sort of greeting it might be.
30 tato dūto'vadat he mariyam bhayaṁ mākārṣīḥ, tvayi parameśvarasyānugrahosti|
The angel said to her: “Do not be afraid, Mary, because you have found favor with God.
31 paśya tvaṁ garbbhaṁ dhṛtvā putraṁ prasoṣyase tasya nāma yīśuriti kariṣyasi|
Now then, you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a Son, and you shall call His 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 ‘Son of the Most High’; and 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 into the ages; indeed, of His kingdom there will be no end!” (aiōn g165)
34 tadā mariyam taṁ dūtaṁ babhāṣe nāhaṁ puruṣasaṅgaṁ karomi tarhi kathametat sambhaviṣyati?
So Mary said to the angel, “How shall this be, since I do not know a man?”
35 tato dūto'kathayat pavitra ātmā tvāmāśrāyiṣyati tathā sarvvaśreṣṭhasya śaktistavopari chāyāṁ kariṣyati tato hetostava garbbhād yaḥ pavitrabālako janiṣyate sa īśvaraputra iti khyātiṁ prāpsyati|
In answer the angel said to her: “Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will hover over you; precisely for this reason the holy One who is to be born will be called ‘Son of God’!
36 aparañca paśya tava jñātirilīśevā yāṁ sarvve bandhyāmavadan idānīṁ sā vārddhakye santānamekaṁ garbbhe'dhārayat tasya ṣaṣṭhamāsobhūt|
Furthermore, your relative Elizabeth, she has actually conceived a son in her old age and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren;
37 kimapi karmma nāsādhyam īśvarasya|
because any word spoken by God will be possible.”
38 tadā mariyam jagāda, paśya prabherahaṁ dāsī mahyaṁ tava vākyānusāreṇa sarvvametad ghaṭatām; ananataraṁ dūtastasyāḥ samīpāt pratasthe|
So Mary said: “Yes, I am the Lord's slave! Let it happen to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.
39 atha katipayadināt paraṁ mariyam tasmāt parvvatamayapradeśīyayihūdāyā nagaramekaṁ śīghraṁ gatvā
Then Mary quickly got ready and went into the hill country in those days, to a town of Judah,
40 sikhariyayājakasya gṛhaṁ praviśya tasya jāyām ilīśevāṁ sambodhyāvadat|
and entered the house of Zacharias and saluted Elizabeth.
41 tato mariyamaḥ sambodhanavākye ilīśevāyāḥ karṇayoḥ praviṣṭamātre sati tasyā garbbhasthabālako nanartta| tata ilīśevā pavitreṇātmanā paripūrṇā satī
Well it happened that as Elizabeth heard Mary's salutation the babe bounced up and down in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with Holy Spirit.
42 proccairgaditumārebhe, yoṣitāṁ madhye tvameva dhanyā, tava garbbhasthaḥ śiśuśca dhanyaḥ|
And she cried out with a great voice and said: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the Fruit of your womb!
43 tvaṁ prabhormātā, mama niveśane tvayā caraṇāvarpitau, mamādya saubhāgyametat|
Why am I so favored that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
44 paśya tava vākye mama karṇayoḥ praviṣṭamātre sati mamodarasthaḥ śiśurānandān nanartta|
Yes indeed, because as the sound of your salutation came into my ears the babe bounced up and down in my womb for joy.
45 yā strī vyaśvasīt sā dhanyā, yato hetostāṁ prati parameśvaroktaṁ vākyaṁ sarvvaṁ siddhaṁ bhaviṣyati|
Blessed is she who believed, because there will be a fulfillment of the things that have been spoken to her from the Lord.”
46 tadānīṁ mariyam jagāda| dhanyavādaṁ pareśasya karoti māmakaṁ manaḥ|
So Mary said: “My soul magnifies the Lord,
47 mamātmā tārakeśe ca samullāsaṁ pragacchati|
and my spirit has exulted over God my Savior,
48 akarot sa prabhu rduṣṭiṁ svadāsyā durgatiṁ prati| paśyādyārabhya māṁ dhanyāṁ vakṣyanti puruṣāḥ sadā|
in that He paid attention to the humble station of His slave (f). Yes indeed, because from now on all generations will declare me to be highly favored,
49 yaḥ sarvvaśaktimān yasya nāmāpi ca pavitrakaṁ| sa eva sumahatkarmma kṛtavān mannimittakaṁ|
in that the Mighty One did sublime things for me, and Holy is His name.
50 ye bibhyati janāstasmāt teṣāṁ santānapaṁktiṣu| anukampā tadīyā ca sarvvadaiva sutiṣṭhati|
His mercy is for generations of generations to those fearing Him.
51 svabāhubalatastena prākāśyata parākramaḥ| manaḥkumantraṇāsārddhaṁ vikīryyante'bhimāninaḥ|
He has done mighty deeds with His arm; He has dispersed the arrogant in the reasoning of their hearts.
52 siṁhāsanagatāllokān balinaścāvarohya saḥ| padeṣūcceṣu lokāṁstu kṣudrān saṁsthāpayatyapi|
He has dethroned rulers and exalted the lowly.
53 kṣudhitān mānavān dravyairuttamaiḥ paritarpya saḥ| sakalān dhanino lokān visṛjed riktahastakān|
He has filled the hungry with good things and sent the rich away empty.
54 ibrāhīmi ca tadvaṁśe yā dayāsti sadaiva tāṁ| smṛtvā purā pitṛṇāṁ no yathā sākṣāt pratiśrutaṁ| (aiōn g165)
He has taken the part of His servant Israel, in remembrance of mercy,
55 isrāyelsevakastena tathopakriyate svayaṁ||
just as He spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed while there is an age.” (aiōn g165)
56 anantaraṁ mariyam prāyeṇa māsatrayam ilīśevayā sahoṣitvā vyāghuyya nijaniveśanaṁ yayau|
So Mary stayed with her about three months, and returned to her house.
57 tadanantaram ilīśevāyāḥ prasavakāla upasthite sati sā putraṁ prāsoṣṭa|
Now the time for Elizabeth to give birth was completed and she bore a son.
58 tataḥ parameśvarastasyāṁ mahānugrahaṁ kṛtavān etat śrutvā samīpavāsinaḥ kuṭumbāścāgatya tayā saha mumudire|
Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had used His great mercy with her, and they rejoiced with her.
59 tathāṣṭame dine te bālakasya tvacaṁ chettum etya tasya pitṛnāmānurūpaṁ tannāma sikhariya iti karttumīṣuḥ|
So it was, on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child, and they started calling him by the name of his father, Zacharias.
60 kintu tasya mātākathayat tanna, nāmāsya yohan iti karttavyam|
His mother reacted and said, “Absolutely not; he shall be called John!”
61 tadā te vyāharan tava vaṁśamadhye nāmedṛśaṁ kasyāpi nāsti|
So they said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name.”
62 tataḥ paraṁ tasya pitaraṁ sikhariyaṁ prati saṅketya papracchuḥ śiśoḥ kiṁ nāma kāriṣyate?
So they started motioning to his father, as to what he would have him called.
63 tataḥ sa phalakamekaṁ yācitvā lilekha tasya nāma yohan bhaviṣyati| tasmāt sarvve āścaryyaṁ menire|
Asking for a writing tablet he wrote this: “His name is to be John!” They all marveled.
64 tatkṣaṇaṁ sikhariyasya jihvājāḍye'pagate sa mukhaṁ vyādāya spaṣṭavarṇamuccāryya īśvarasya guṇānuvādaṁ cakāra|
Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue freed and he started to speak, blessing God.
65 tasmāccaturdiksthāḥ samīpavāsilokā bhītā evametāḥ sarvvāḥ kathā yihūdāyāḥ parvvatamayapradeśasya sarvvatra pracāritāḥ|
(Well a fear came on all who lived around them; and all these sayings kept being talked about throughout all the hill country of Judea.
66 tasmāt śrotāro manaḥsu sthāpayitvā kathayāmbabhūvuḥ kīdṛśoyaṁ bālo bhaviṣyati? atha parameśvarastasya sahāyobhūt|
All who heard kept them in their hearts saying, “What then will this child be?” And the hand of the Lord was with him.)
67 tadā yohanaḥ pitā sikhariyaḥ pavitreṇātmanā paripūrṇaḥ san etādṛśaṁ bhaviṣyadvākyaṁ kathayāmāsa|
Now his father Zacharias was filled with Holy Spirit and prophesied saying:
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 provided redemption for His people;
69 vipakṣajanahastebhyo yathā mocyāmahe vayaṁ| yāvajjīvañca dharmmeṇa sāralyena ca nirbhayāḥ|
and has raised up a horn of deliverance for us in the house of His servant David
70 sevāmahai tamevaikam etatkāraṇameva ca| svakīyaṁ supavitrañca saṁsmṛtya niyamaṁ sadā|
—just as He spoke through the mouth of His holy prophets from antiquity— (aiōn g165)
71 kṛpayā puruṣān pūrvvān nikaṣārthāttu naḥ pituḥ| ibrāhīmaḥ samīpe yaṁ śapathaṁ kṛtavān purā|
deliverance from our enemies and out of the hand of all who hate us;
72 tameva saphalaṁ karttaṁ tathā śatrugaṇasya ca| ṛtīyākāriṇaścaiva karebhyo rakṣaṇāya naḥ|
to use mercy with our fathers, even to remember His Holy covenant,
the oath that He swore to our father Abraham;
74 yathoktavān tathā svasya dāyūdaḥ sevakasya tu|
to grant to us (having been rescued from the hand of our enemies) to serve Him without fear,
75 vaṁśe trātāramekaṁ sa samutpāditavān svayam|
in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life.
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 Prophet of the Most High, because you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways,
77 upaviṣṭāstu tāneva prakāśayitumeva hi| kṛtvā mahānukampāṁ hi yāmeva parameśvaraḥ|
to give a knowledge of salvation to His people by the forgiveness of their sins,
78 ūrdvvāt sūryyamudāyyaivāsmabhyaṁ prādāttu darśanaṁ| tayānukampayā svasya lokānāṁ pāpamocane|
through the merciful compassions of our God, with which the divine Dawn has contemplated us,
79 paritrāṇasya tebhyo hi jñānaviśrāṇanāya ca| prabho rmārgaṁ pariṣkarttuṁ tasyāgrāyī bhaviṣyasi||
to give light to those who are sitting in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
80 atha bālakaḥ śarīreṇa buddhyā ca varddhitumārebhe; aparañca sa isrāyelo vaṁśīyalokānāṁ samīpe yāvanna prakaṭībhūtastāstāvat prāntare nyavasat|
So the child kept growing and being strengthened in spirit, and he stayed in uninhabited areas until the day of his manifestation to Israel.
