路加福音 1
Chinese Standard Bible (Simplified)
献给提阿费罗
1 提阿费罗大人哪，既然有许多人着手编录关于在我们中间所成就的事， 2 就是照着从起初以来的目击者和做福音[a]仆人的那些人所传给我们的， 3 我也已经从头仔细地追踪了这一切，我就认为应该按着次序写给您， 4 好让您了解到您所领受的话语都是确实的。
预言约翰诞生
5 在犹太王希律的那些日子里，有一个祭司名叫撒迦利亚，属于亚比雅班组。他的妻子也是亚伦的子孙[b]，名叫伊莉莎白。 6 他们两个人在神面前都是义人，遵行主的一切诫命和公义规定，无可指责。 7 可是他们没有孩子，因为伊莉莎白不能生育，两个人又都上了年纪。
8 有一次，当撒迦利亚的班组轮值的时候，撒迦利亚在神面前履行祭司的职务， 9 照着祭司职务的规矩，抽中了签就进入主的圣所烧香。 10 烧香的时候，全体民众都在外面祷告。 11 有主的一位天使站在香坛的右边向他显现。 12 撒迦利亚看见后，就惊慌不安，恐惧就临到了他。 13 天使对他说：
“撒迦利亚，不要怕，
因为你的祈祷已蒙垂听。
你的妻子伊莉莎白要为你生一个儿子，
你要给他起名叫约翰。
14 他将使你欢喜、快乐，
许多人也会因他的诞生而欢欣，
15 因为他将要在主面前为大。
淡酒和烈酒他绝不能喝，
还在母腹中的时候，
他就会被圣灵充满。
16 他将使许多以色列子民
归向主——他们的神。
17 他将藉着以利亚的灵和能力，
在主的面前先行，
使父亲的心
转向儿女，
使悖逆的人
转向义人的智慧，
好为主准备一群预备好了的子民。”
18 撒迦利亚对天使说：“我凭着什么能知道这事呢？我是个老人，我的妻子也上了年纪。”
19 天使回答他，说：“我是站在神面前的加百列，奉差派来对你说话，向你传达这些好消息。 20 看哪，你要成为哑巴，不能说话，一直到这些事成就的日子，因为你不相信我的话！到了时候，我的话就会应验。”
21 民众等候着撒迦利亚，对他在圣所里的迟延不出感到惊奇。 22 当他出来不能和他们说话的时候，他们才了解他在圣所里看到了异象。撒迦利亚一直向他们打手势，却始终不能说话。 23 他服事的日子满了以后，就回家去了。
24 这些日子以后，他的妻子伊莉莎白怀了孕，隐居了五个月。她说： 25 “为了除去我在人间的耻辱，主在这些眷顾的日子里，这样看待了我。”
预言基督诞生
26 在第六个月，天使加百列从神那里奉差派，去加利利一个叫拿撒勒的城， 27 到一个童贞女那里。这童贞女名叫玛丽亚，已经许配给大卫家族一个名叫约瑟的人。 28 天使[c]来到她面前，说：“蒙大恩的女子，愿你欢喜，主与你同在！[d]” 29 玛丽亚因这话就惊慌不安，思索这问候到底是什么意思。 30 天使对她说：
“玛丽亚，不要怕，
因为你在神面前蒙恩了。
31 看哪，
你将要怀孕生一个儿子，
你要给他起名叫耶稣。
32 他将要为大，
被称为至高者的儿子；
主、神要把他先祖大卫的王位赐给他。
33 他要做王统管雅各家，直到永远，
他的国度没有穷尽。”
34 玛丽亚对天使说：“我既然没有出嫁[e]，怎么会有这事呢？”
35 天使回答她，说：
“圣灵将要临到你，
至高者的大能要荫庇你，
因此，那要诞生的圣者
将被称为神的儿子。
36 你看，你的亲戚伊莉莎白虽然年老，也怀了男胎；那被称为不能生育的，现在已有六个月的身孕[f]了。 37 因为在神没有什么事是不可能的。”
38 玛丽亚说：“看哪，我是主的婢女，愿这事照着你的话成就在我身上。”于是天使离开了她。
玛丽亚与伊莉莎白
39 就在那些日子里，玛丽亚起身到山区去，赶往犹大的一个城， 40 进了撒迦利亚的家，问候伊莉莎白。 41 伊莉莎白一听到玛丽亚的问候，胎儿就在她的腹中跳动，伊莉莎白也被圣灵充满， 42 大声呼喊说：
“你在妇女中是蒙祝福的，
你腹中的胎儿[g]也是蒙祝福的！
43 我主的母亲竟然到我这里来，这事怎么会临到我呢？ 44 看哪，原来你问候的声音一传入我的耳朵，胎儿就在我的腹中欢喜跳跃。 45 这相信的女子是蒙福的，因为主对她说的话都会实现。”
玛丽亚的颂赞
46 玛丽亚说：
“我的心尊主为大，
47 我的灵以神我的救主为乐，
48 因为他看顾他婢女的卑微。
看哪，从今以后，
世世代代都要称我有福，
49 因为那全能者
为我行了大事；
他的名是神圣的。
50 他的怜悯，
世世代代临到敬畏他的人。
51 他用膀臂施展大能，
驱散那些心思意念骄傲的人。
52 他把权能者从高位上拉下，
又把卑微的人[h]高举。
53 他用美物满足饥饿的人，
让富有的人空手而去。
54 他扶助他的仆人以色列，
不忘怜悯，
55 正如他对我们祖先，
对亚伯拉罕和他的后裔所说的，直到永远。”
56 玛丽亚与伊莉莎白一起住了大约三个月，就回家去了。
约翰的出生与命名
57 伊莉莎白产期到了，生了一个儿子。 58 她的邻居和亲戚听说主向她大施怜悯，就与她一同欢乐。
59 到了第八天，他们来给孩子行割礼，要按照他父亲的名字叫他撒迦利亚。 60 可是孩子的母亲应声说：“不！他要被称为约翰。”
61 他们对她说：“你的亲族中没有叫这名字的。” 62 于是他们向孩子的父亲打手势，到底他愿意叫他什么名字。 63 撒迦利亚要了一块写字板，写上：“他的名字是约翰。”大家都感到惊奇。 64 撒迦利亚的口立刻开了，舌头也松了，就说出话来，颂赞神。 65 于是住在他们周围的人都感到惧怕，整个犹太山区的人也都在谈论这一切事。 66 所有听见的人都把这一切存在心里，说：“这孩子将来究竟会怎么样呢？”因为显然有主的手与他同在。
撒迦利亚的预言
67 他的父亲撒迦利亚被圣灵充满，就预言说：
68 “主——以色列的神是当受颂赞的，
因为他临到[i]了他的子民，
并施行了救赎。
69 他在他的仆人大卫家中，
为我们兴起了一只救恩的角，
70 正如他自古以来藉着圣先知们的口所说的，
71 拯救我们脱离敌人[j]、脱离一切恨我们之人的手，
72 向我们的祖先施怜悯，
不忘他神圣的约，
73 就是向我们的先祖亚伯拉罕所起的誓，
74 使我们从敌人[k]的手中被救出，
75 在我们所有的日子里无所惧怕，以圣洁和公义事奉他；
76 而你——孩子啊！
你将被称为至高者的先知，
因为你将走在主的前面，
预备他的路，
77 藉着罪得赦免，
赐给他的子民救恩的知识。
78 因着我们神怜悯的心肠[l]，
黎明的曙光将从高天临到[m]我们，
79 照亮那些坐在黑暗
和死亡阴影中的人，
引导我们的脚步进入平安[n]之路。”
80 那孩子渐渐长大，灵里刚强。他住在旷野，直到他向以色列公开出现的那天。
Footnotes
- 路加福音 1:2 福音——原文直译“话语”或“道”。
- 路加福音 1:5 子孙——原文直译“女儿”。
- 路加福音 1:28 天使——有古抄本作“他”。
- 路加福音 1:28 有古抄本附“你在妇女中是蒙祝福的！”
- 路加福音 1:34 没有出嫁——原文直译“没有亲近男人”。
- 路加福音 1:36 的身孕——辅助词语。
- 路加福音 1:42 胎儿——原文直译“果实”。
- 路加福音 1:52 卑微的人——或译作“谦卑的人”。
- 路加福音 1:68 临到——或译作“照顾”。
- 路加福音 1:71 敌人——或译作“反对者”。
- 路加福音 1:74 敌人——或译作“反对者”。
- 路加福音 1:78 心肠——或译作“情感”。
- 路加福音 1:78 临到——或译作“照顾”。
- 路加福音 1:79 平安——或译作“和平”。
Lukas 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
1 Vi-bahlt (since) many Messianic Sofrim have attempted to compile a sefer, a historical narrative, about the momentous events that have been fulfilled among us,
2 Just as these [masoret haShluchim] have been handed down to us by those who from HaReshit [of the Besuras HaGeulah] were edei reiyah (eyewitnesses) and mesharetim [ministers] of the Dvar Hashem,
3 I thought it expedient also, having done an iyun (investigative research), accurately and carefully being meayen (engaged in research) in every source and making a medakdeke (pain-stakingly thorough) investigation of every aspect from HaReshit (the Beginning), to write for you and to mesader (arrange, place in succession) an orderly account, most noble Theophilus,
4 That you may have daas of HaEmes regarding the Divrei Moshiach about which you took shiurim (lessons).
5 At the time of Herod king of Yehudah, there was a certain kohen by the name Zecharyah, who belonged to the Aviyah division. His isha was of the banot Aharon, name of Elisheva. [DIVREY HAYAMIM ALEF 24:10]
6 And they were both tzaddikim before Hashem, walking a derech tamim in all the mitzvot and chukkim of the Torah of Adoneinu. [BERESHIS 6:9; DEVARIM 5:33; MELACHIM ALEF 9:4]
7 But they had no ben, because Elisheva was barren, and they were both advanced in their yamim.
8 And it came to pass in the performance of his avodas kodesh sherut as a kohen before Hashem in the appointed order of his division, [DIVREY HAYAMIM ALEF 24:19; DIVREY HAYAMIM BAIS 8:14]
9 According to the minhag (custom) of the kehunah, Zecharyah was chosen by lot to enter the Beis Hamikdash and to offer ketoret (incense). [SHEMOT 30:7,8; DIVREY HAYAMIM ALEF 23:13; DIVREY HAYAMIM BAIS 29:11; TEHILLIM 141:2]
10 And when the hour of the offering of the ketoret came, all the multitude were davening outside. [VAYIKRA 16:17]
11 And there appeared to Zecharyah a malach Hashem, standing on the right side of the Mizbeach of ketoret. [SHEMOT 30:1-10]
12 And, seeing the malach, Zecharyah was terrified, and pachad (fear) fell on him. [SHOFETIM 6:22,23; 13:22]
13 But the malach said to him, Do not have pachad (fear), Zecharyah. Your tefillah (prayer) was heard and your isha, Elisheva, will bear a ben to you and you will call his shem Yochanan.
14 And he will be a simcha to you and sasson (joy), and there will be sasson rav (great joy) at his huledet (birth).
15 And he will be gadol before Hashem, and he will not drink yayin or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Ruach Hakodesh from the womb of his Em (mother), [BAMIDBAR 6:3; VAYIKRA 10:9; SHOFETIM 13:4; YIRMEYAH 1:5]
16 And many of the Bnei Yisroel he will turn back in teshuva to Hashem Eloheihem.
17 And he will go forth before Adonoi in the ruach (spirit) and koach (power) of Eliyahu HaNavi, VEHESHIV LEV AVOT AL BANIM (And he will turn the heart of the fathers to the children MALACHI 3:24 [4:6]) and those without mishmaat (obedience) he will turn to the chochmah of the tzaddikim to prepare for Adonoi an Am (People) having been made ready. [MALACHI 4:5,6]
18 And Zecharyah said to the malach, Just how will I have daas that this is so? For I am old and my isha is advanced in her yamim (days). [BERESHIS 15:8; 17:17]
19 And in reply, the malach said to Zecharyah, I am Gavriel, I stand before Hashem. And I was sent to speak to you and to announce these things to you. [DANIEL 8:16; 9:21]
20 And hinei! You will be illem (mute) and not be able to speak, until the yom (day) when these things come to pass, because you did not have emunah in my dvarim (words), which will be fulfilled in their time. [SHEMOT 4:11; YECHEZKEL 3:26]
21 And the people were expecting Zecharyah and they were bewildered at his delay in the Beis HaMikdash.
22 And when he came out, he was illem (mute) and not able to speak to them, and they had daas that he had seen a chazon in the Heikhal. He kept motioning to them and he remained illem.
23 And it came about as the yamim of his sherut (service in the Beis HaMikdash) as a kohen were fulfilled, he went to his bais (house).
24 And after these yamim, Elisheva, his isha, became with child, and she kept herself in hitbodedut for chamesh chodashim, saying,
25 Hashem has done this for me. In these yamim he looked with Chen vChesed (favor and mercy, loving kindness) on me to take away my reproach among Bnei Adam. [BERESHIS 30:23; YESHAYAH 4:1]
26 Now in the chodesh shishi the malach Gavriel was sent from Hashem to a shtetl in the Galil called Natzeret,
27 To a betulah (virgin) given in erusin (betrothal, engagement) to an ish from the Beis Dovid named Yosef [ben Dovid], and the shem of the almah was Miryam.
28 And when the malach approached her, he said, Shalom, favored one! Hashem is with you!
29 But she was greatly perplexed at the message, and kept pondering what sort of Shalom greeting this might be.
30 And the malach said to her, Do not have pachad (fear), Miryam, for you have found chen before Hashem.
31 And in your womb you will conceive and bear BEN [YESHAYAH 7:14] and you will call SHMO YEHOSHUA. [ZECHARYAH 6:11-12]
32 He will be gadol (great) and will be called Ben HaElyon (Son of the Most High). Adonoi Elohim will give him the kisse Dovid Aviv,
33 And he will rule over the Beis Yaakov Olam vaed, and his Malchut will never come to an end. [SHMUEL BAIS 7:16; TEHILLIM 89:3,4; YESHAYAH 9:7; YIRMEYAH 33:17; DANIEL 2:44; 7:14,27; MICHOH 4:7]
34 But Miryam said to the malach, How will this be, vibahlt (since) I do not have daas of an ish?
35 And in reply, the malach said to her, The Ruach Hakodesh will come upon you and the gevurah of HaElyon will overshadow you. Therefore, also, the one being born will be called HaKadosh (The Holy One), Ben HaElohim.
36 And Elisheva your krovah also has conceived a ben in her old age, and this chodesh is hashishi (the sixth) for her who is called barren.
37 For nothing will be impossible with Hashem.
38 And Miryam said, Hinei! I am the shifcha of Hashem. May it be done to me according to your dvar. And the malach departed from her.
39 And in those yamim, Miryam got up and traveled into the hill country with haste to a shtetl of Yehudah.
40 And she entered into the bais of Zecharyah and gave Birkat Shalom greetings to Elisheva.
41 And it came about, when Elisheva heard the Birkat Shalom of Miryam, the yeled leaped in Elisheva’s womb, and she was filled with the Ruach Hakodesh.
42 And Elisheva cried out with a kol gadol (loud voice) and said, Brucha at miNashim (Blessed art thou among women), and baruch (blessed is) the pri (fruit) of your womb! [SHOFETIM 5:24]
43 And why has this happened to me that the Em Adoni should come to me?
44 For hinei! When the sound of your Birkat Shalom came into my ears, the yeled leaped with simcha in my womb.
45 And ashrey is the one having had emunah that there will be a fulfillment to the things having been spoken to Miryam by Hashem.
46 And Miryam said, My soul doth magnify Hashem [TEHILLIM 34:2,3]
47 ALATZ LIBI BAHASHEM (My heart rejoices in Hashem SHMUEL ALEF 2:1) and my neshamah exalts in Hashem Yishi (G-d my savior, Moshi’a) CHABAKUK 3:18, [TEHILLIM 18:46; YESHAYAH 17:10; 61:10]
48 For HASHEM VISHAFAL YIREH (TEHILLIM 138:6) looked upon the humble state of His shifcha (bond maid) for from now on kol hadorot ishruni (all generations will call me happy, BERESHIS 30:13) [TEHILLIM 138:6]
49 For Shaddai (the Almighty) did gedolot for me and Kadosh is Shmo, [TEHILLIM 111:9]
50 And the chesed of Hashem is DOR VDOR [TEHILLIM 100:5] to those with yirat Shomayim. [SHEMOT 20:6; TEHILLIM 103:17]
51 Hashem has done niflaot (wonders) with his zeroa [arm, YESHAYAH 53:1]. He scattered those who in the machshavot (thoughts) of their levavot are the Gaayonim (the Haughty ones).
52 He brought down shalitim (rulers) from their kisot (thrones) and lifted up the Anavim (Humble),
53 The ones hungering, Hashem made full of tov, and the ashirim he sent away empty. [TEHILLIM 107:9]
54 Hashem helped his servant Yisroel, in remembrance of his rachamim (mercy),
55 Just as Hashem spoke to Avoteinu, to Avraham Avinu and his Zera ad Olam.
56 And Miryam remained with Elisheva about shlosha chodashim, and then Miryam returned to her bais.
57 Now when the time of Elisheva to give birth was fulfilled, she bore a ben.
58 And Elisheva’s shchenim (neighbors) and krovim (relatives) heard that Adoneinu greatly demonstrated his rachamim to her, and they had much simcha with her.
59 And it came about on the yom hashemini (the eighth day) they came for the bris milah of the yeled, and they were calling him by the name of his abba, Zecharyah.
60 And in reply, his Em said: Lo, but he will be called Yochanan.
61 And they said to her, There is no one from your krovim who is called by this shem.
62 And they began motioning to the yeled’s abba to find out what shem he wanted to give him.
63 And having asked for a luach (tablet), Zecharyah wrote, saying, Yochanan shmo. And everyone was amazed.
64 And Zecharyah’s mouth was loosed at once and the lashon of him, and he began speaking, saying Baruch Hashem!
65 And upon all their shchenim (neighbors) came much yirat Shomayim, and in the entire hill country of Yehudah everyone was shmoozing about these matters.
66 All who heard these things pondered them in their levavot, saying, What then will this yeled become? For, indeed, the yad Hashem was on him. [BERESHIS 39:2]
67 And Zecharyah, his abba, was filled with the Ruach Hakodesh and brought forth a dvar nevuah, saying,
68 BARUCH HASHEM ELOHEI YISROEL, for Adonoi has visited his Am Berit and accomplished a pedut kofer ransom for the Geulah of his people.
69 And Hashem raised up a Keren Yeshuah (Horn of Salvation), a mighty Moshia, for us in the Beis Dovid, His eved,
70 Just as Hashem spoke through the mouth of His neviim hakedoshim meOlam (holy prophets from long ago), [YIRMEYAH 23:5]
71 That we should have Yeshuat Eloheinu from our oyvim (enemies) and from the hand of all the ones who regard us with sinas chinom (baseless hatred).
72 Thus Hashem has demonstrated his rachamim (mercy) to Avoteinu (our Fathers) and has remembered his Brit HaKodesh (Holy Covenant), [MICHOH 7:20; TEHILLIM 105:8,9; 106:45; YECHEZKEL 16:60]
73 The Brit HaShevuah (the Covenant of the oath) which He swore to Avraham Avinu to grant us, [BERESHIS 22:16-18]
74 Having been delivered from the yad haoyvim (hand of enemies) of us to serve Hashem fearlessly,
75 In kedushah (holiness) and tzedek (righteousness) before Him all our yamim (days).
76 And you also, yeled (child), will be called Navi HaElyon (Prophet of the Most High); for you will go LIFNEI HAADON (before the L-rd) to prepare the DERECH HASHEM (The Way of the L-rd) [MALACHI 3:1; YESHAYAH 40:3]
77 To give daas (knowledge) of Yeshuat Eloheinu (the Salvation of our G-d) to Hashem’s Am Berit (People of the Covenant) by the selichat (forgiveness) of their avon (sin) [YIRMEYAH 31:34]
78 Through the rav rachamim of Eloheinu (through the great mercy of our G-d), by which has visited us the rising SHEMESH [Sun, Moshiach] from Shomayim, [MALACHI 3:20 (4:2)]
79 To appear to the ones in CHOSHECH (darkness) and YOSHVEI BERETZ TZALMAVET (sitting in the land of the shadow of death), to direct our feet into the Derech Shalom. [Psa 107:14; Isa 9:1-2; 59:9]
80 And the yeled was growing and was being given chizzuk (strengthening) in the Ruach Hakodesh, and Yochanan was in the desolate places until the day of his hisgalus (revelation, manifestation) to Yisroel.
Lucas 1
La Palabra (España)
Introducción (1,1-4)
1 Muchos son los que han intentado escribir una historia coherente de los hechos que acaecieron entre nosotros, 2 tal y como nos los transmitieron quienes desde el principio fueron testigos presenciales y encargados de anunciar el mensaje. 3 Pues bien, muy ilustre Teófilo, después de investigar a fondo y desde sus orígenes todo lo sucedido, también a mí me ha parecido conveniente ponértelo por escrito ordenadamente, 4 para que puedas reconocer la autenticidad de la enseñanza que has recibido.
I.— RELATOS DE LA INFANCIA (1,5—2,52)
Anuncio del nacimiento de Juan el Bautista
5 Durante el reinado de Herodes en Judea, hubo un sacerdote llamado Zacarías, que pertenecía al grupo sacerdotal de Abías. La esposa de Zacarías, llamada Elisabet, pertenecía también a la descendencia de Aarón. 6 Ambos esposos eran rectos delante de Dios, intachables en el cumplimiento de todos los mandatos y disposiciones del Señor. 7 Eran los dos de edad muy avanzada y no tenían hijos, porque Elisabet era estéril.
8 Estando un día Zacarías ejerciendo el servicio sagrado conforme al orden establecido, 9 le tocó en suerte, según costumbre sacerdotal, entrar en el Templo a ofrecer el incienso. 10 Mientras ofrecía el incienso, una gran multitud de fieles permanecía fuera en oración. 11 En esto, un ángel del Señor se le apareció a la derecha del altar del incienso. 12 Zacarías, al verlo, se echó a temblar, lleno de miedo. 13 Pero el ángel le dijo:
— No tengas miedo, Zacarías. Dios ha escuchado tu oración, y tu mujer Elisabet te dará un hijo, al que llamarás Juan. 14 Tendrás una gran alegría y serán muchos los que también se alegrarán de su nacimiento, 15 porque será grande delante del Señor. No beberá vino ni otra bebida alcohólica cualquiera; estará lleno del Espíritu Santo aun antes de nacer 16 y hará que muchos israelitas vuelvan de nuevo al Señor su Dios. 17 Precederá al Señor con el espíritu y el poder de Elías, hará que los padres se reconcilien con los hijos y que los rebeldes recuperen la sensatez de los rectos, preparando así al Señor un pueblo bien dispuesto.
18 Zacarías dijo al ángel:
— Pero ¿cómo podré estar seguro de eso? Yo ya soy viejo y mi mujer tiene también muchos años.
19 El ángel le contestó:
— Yo soy Gabriel, el que está en la presencia de Dios. Él me envió a hablar contigo y comunicarte esta buena noticia. 20 Cuanto te he dicho se cumplirá en su momento oportuno; pero como no has dado crédito a mis palabras, vas a quedarte mudo y no volverás a hablar hasta el día en que tenga lugar todo esto.
21 Mientras tanto, la gente que esperaba a Zacarías estaba extrañada de que permaneciera tanto tiempo en el Templo. 22 Cuando por fin salió, al ver que no podía hablar, comprendieron que había tenido una visión en el Templo. Había quedado mudo y sólo podía expresarse por señas. 23 Una vez cumplido el tiempo de su servicio sacerdotal, Zacarías volvió a su casa. 24 Pasados unos días, Elisabet, su esposa, quedó embarazada y permaneció cinco meses sin salir de casa, pues decía: 25 “Al hacer esto conmigo, el Señor ha querido librarme de la vergüenza ante los demás”.
Anuncio del nacimiento de Jesús
26 Al sexto mes, el ángel Gabriel fue enviado por Dios a Nazaret, un pueblo de Galilea, 27 a visitar a una joven virgen llamada María, que estaba prometida en matrimonio a José, un varón descendiente del rey David. 28 El ángel entró en el lugar donde estaba María y le dijo:
— Alégrate, favorecida de Dios. El Señor está contigo.
29 María se quedó perpleja al oír estas palabras, preguntándose qué significaba aquel saludo. 30 Pero el ángel le dijo:
— No tengas miedo, María, pues Dios te ha concedido su gracia. 31 Vas a quedar embarazada, y darás a luz un hijo, al cual pondrás por nombre Jesús. 32 Un hijo que será grande, será Hijo del Altísimo. Dios, el Señor, le entregará el trono de su antepasado David, 33 reinará eternamente sobre la casa de Jacob y su reinado no tendrá fin.
34 María replicó al ángel:
— Yo no tengo relaciones conyugales con nadie; ¿cómo, pues, podrá sucederme esto?
35 El ángel le contestó:
— El Espíritu Santo vendrá sobre ti y el poder del Dios Altísimo te envolverá. Por eso, el niño que ha de nacer será santo, será Hijo de Dios. 36 Mira, si no, a Elisabet, tu parienta: también ella va a tener un hijo en su ancianidad; la que consideraban estéril, está ya de seis meses, 37 porque para Dios no hay nada imposible. 38 María dijo:
— Yo soy la esclava del Señor. Que él haga conmigo como dices.
Entonces el ángel la dejó y se fue.
María visita a Elisabet
39 Por aquellos mismos días María se puso en camino y, a toda prisa, se dirigió a un pueblo de la región montañosa de Judá. 40 Entró en casa de Zacarías y saludó a Elisabet. 41 Y sucedió que, al oír Elisabet el saludo de María, el niño que llevaba en su vientre saltó de alegría. Elisabet quedó llena del Espíritu Santo, 42 y exclamó con gritos alborozados:
— ¡Dios te ha bendecido más que a ninguna otra mujer, y ha bendecido también al hijo que está en tu vientre! 43 Pero ¿cómo se me concede que la madre de mi Señor venga a visitarme? 44 Porque, apenas oí tu saludo, el niño saltó de alegría en mi vientre. 45 ¡Feliz tú, porque has creído que el Señor cumplirá las promesas que te ha hecho!
María alaba al Señor
46 Entonces dijo María:
— Todo mi ser ensalza al Señor.
47 Mi corazón está lleno de alegría
a causa de Dios, mi Salvador,
48 porque ha puesto sus ojos en mí
que soy su humilde esclava.
De ahora en adelante
todos me llamarán feliz,
49 pues ha hecho maravillas conmigo
aquel que es todopoderoso,
aquel cuyo nombre es santo
50 y que siempre tiene misericordia
de aquellos que le honran.
51 Con la fuerza de su brazo
destruyó los planes de los soberbios.
52 Derribó a los poderosos de sus tronos
y encumbró a los humildes.
53 Llenó de bienes a los hambrientos
y despidió a los ricos con las manos vacías.
54 Se desveló por el pueblo de Israel, su siervo,
acordándose de mostrar misericordia,
55 conforme a la promesa de valor eterno
que hizo a nuestros antepasados,
a Abrahán y a todos sus descendientes.
56 María se quedó unos tres meses con Elisabet, y luego regresó a su casa.
Nacimiento de Juan
57 Cuando se cumplió el tiempo de dar a luz, Elisabet tuvo un hijo. 58 Sus vecinos y parientes se enteraron de este gran don que el Señor, en su misericordia, le había concedido, y acudieron a felicitarla. 59 A los ocho días del nacimiento llevaron a circuncidar al niño. Todos querían que se llamase Zacarías como su padre; 60 pero la madre dijo:
— No, su nombre ha de ser Juan.
61 Ellos, entonces, le hicieron notar:
— Nadie se llama así en tu familia.
62 Así que se dirigieron al padre y le preguntaron por señas qué nombre quería poner al niño. 63 Zacarías pidió una tablilla de escribir y puso en ella: “Su nombre es Juan”, con lo que todos se quedaron asombrados. 64 En aquel mismo momento, Zacarías recuperó el habla y comenzó a alabar a Dios, 65 de modo que los vecinos que estaban viendo lo que pasaba se llenaron de temor. Todos estos acontecimientos se divulgaron por toda la región montañosa de Judea. 66 Y cuantos oían hablar de lo sucedido, se quedaban muy pensativos y se preguntaban: “¿Qué va a ser este niño?”. Porque era evidente que el Señor estaba con él.
La profecía de Zacarías
67 Zacarías, el padre de Juan, quedó lleno del Espíritu Santo y habló proféticamente diciendo:
68 ¡Bendito sea el Señor, el Dios de Israel,
que ha venido a auxiliar
y a dar la libertad a su pueblo!
69 Nos ha suscitado un poderoso salvador
de entre los descendientes de su siervo David.
70 Esto es lo que había prometido desde antiguo
por medio de sus santos profetas:
71 que nos salvaría de nuestros enemigos
y del poder de los que nos odian,
72 mostrando así su compasión
con nuestros antepasados
y acordándose de cumplir su santa alianza.
73 Y este es el firme juramento
que hizo a nuestro padre Abrahán:
74 que nos libraría de nuestros enemigos,
para que, sin temor alguno, le sirvamos
75 santa y rectamente en su presencia
a lo largo de toda nuestra vida.
76 En cuanto a ti, hijo mío,
serás profeta del Dios Altísimo,
porque irás delante del Señor
para preparar su venida
77 y anunciar a su pueblo la salvación
mediante el perdón de los pecados.
78 Y es que la misericordia entrañable de nuestro Dios,
nos trae de lo alto un nuevo amanecer
79 para llenar de luz a los que viven
en oscuridad y sombra de muerte,
para guiar nuestros pasos por caminos de paz.
80 El niño creció y su espíritu se fortaleció. Y estuvo viviendo en lugares desiertos hasta el día en que se presentó ante el pueblo de Israel.
Luke 1
King James Version
1 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,
2 Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
3 It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
4 That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
6 And they were both righteous before 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.
8 And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his course,
9 According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
10 And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense.
11 And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
12 And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.
13 But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.
17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
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.
19 And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.
20 And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
21 And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple.
22 And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless.
23 And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house.
24 And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,
25 Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.
26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.
30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus.
32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.
37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.
38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
39 And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;
40 And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth.
41 And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:
42 And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
43 And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
44 For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
45 And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
48 For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
49 For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.
50 And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
51 He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
52 He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
53 He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
54 He hath helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
55 As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
56 And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house.
57 Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.
58 And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.
59 And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
60 And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.
61 And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.
62 And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.
63 And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.
64 And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised 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.
66 And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.
67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,
68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
69 And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
73 The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
74 That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
75 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
76 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
77 To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,
78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet 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.
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