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提阿非罗大人哪,有好些人提笔作书,述说在我们中间所成就的事,是照传道的人从起初亲眼看见又传给我们的。 这些事我既从起头都详细考察了,就定意要按着次序写给你, 使你知道所学之道都是确实的。

犹太希律的时候,亚比雅班里有一个祭司,名叫撒迦利亚。他妻子是亚伦的后人,名叫伊利莎白 他们二人在神面前都是义人,遵行主的一切诫命礼仪,没有可指摘的。 只是没有孩子,因为伊利莎白不生育,两个人又年纪老迈了。

预言施洗约翰的生

撒迦利亚按班次在神面前供祭司的职分, 照祭司的规矩掣签,得进主殿烧香。 10 烧香的时候,众百姓在外面祷告。 11 有主的使者站在香坛的右边向他显现。 12 撒迦利亚看见,就惊慌害怕。 13 天使对他说:“撒迦利亚,不要害怕,因为你的祈祷已经被听见了。你的妻子伊利莎白要给你生一个儿子,你要给他起名叫约翰 14 你必欢喜快乐,有许多人因他出世也必喜乐。 15 他在主面前将要为大,淡酒浓酒都不喝,从母腹里就被圣灵充满了。 16 他要使许多以色列人回转,归于主他们的神。 17 他必有以利亚的心志能力,行在主的前面,叫为父的心转向儿女,叫悖逆的人转从义人的智慧,又为主预备合用的百姓。” 18 撒迦利亚对天使说:“我凭着什么可知道这事呢?我已经老了,我的妻子也年纪老迈了。” 19 天使回答说:“我是站在神面前的加百列,奉差而来对你说话,将这好信息报给你。 20 到了时候,这话必然应验。只因你不信,你必哑巴,不能说话,直到这事成就的日子。” 21 百姓等候撒迦利亚,诧异他许久在殿里。 22 及至他出来,不能和他们说话,他们就知道他在殿里见了异象,因为他直向他们打手势,竟成了哑巴。 23 他供职的日子已满,就回家去了。

24 这些日子以后,他的妻子伊利莎白怀了孕,就隐藏了五个月, 25 说:“主在眷顾我的日子这样看待我,要把我在人间的羞耻除掉。”

加百列预言耶稣的生

26 到了第六个月,天使加百列奉神的差遣往加利利的一座城去,这城名叫拿撒勒 27 到一个童女那里,是已经许配大卫家的一个人,名叫约瑟,童女的名字叫马利亚 28 天使进去,对她说:“蒙大恩的女子,我问你安,主和你同在了!” 29 马利亚因这话就很惊慌,又反复思想这样问安是什么意思。 30 天使对她说:“马利亚,不要怕,你在神面前已经蒙恩了。 31 你要怀孕生子,可以给他起名叫耶稣。 32 他要为大,称为至高者的儿子;主神要把他祖大卫的位给他, 33 他要做雅各家的王,直到永远;他的国也没有穷尽。” 34 马利亚对天使说:“我没有出嫁,怎么有这事呢?” 35 天使回答说:“圣灵要临到你身上,至高者的能力要荫庇你。因此,所要生的圣者必称为神的儿子[a] 36 况且你的亲戚伊利莎白,在年老的时候也怀了男胎,就是那素来称为不生育的,现在有孕六个月了。 37 因为出于神的话,没有一句不带能力的。” 38 马利亚说:“我是主的使女,情愿照你的话成就在我身上!”天使就离开她去了。

马利亚往看伊利莎白

39 那时候,马利亚起身急忙往山地里去,来到犹大的一座城, 40 进了撒迦利亚的家,问伊利莎白安。 41 伊利莎白一听马利亚问安,所怀的胎就在腹里跳动,伊利莎白且被圣灵充满, 42 高声喊着说:“你在妇女中是有福的!你所怀的胎也是有福的! 43 我主的母到我这里来,这是从哪里得的呢? 44 因为你问安的声音一入我耳,我腹里的胎就欢喜跳动。 45 这相信的女子是有福的!因为主对她所说的话都要应验。”

马利亚尊主为大

46 马利亚说:“我心尊主为大, 47 我灵以神我的救主为乐, 48 因为他顾念他使女的卑微。从今以后,万代要称我有福, 49 那有权能的为我成就了大事,他的名为圣! 50 他怜悯敬畏他的人,直到世世代代。 51 他用膀臂施展大能,那狂傲的人正心里妄想就被他赶散了。 52 他叫有权柄的失位,叫卑贱的升高; 53 叫饥饿的得饱美食,叫富足的空手回去。 54 他扶助了他的仆人以色列 55 为要记念亚伯拉罕和他的后裔,施怜悯直到永远,正如从前对我们列祖所说的话。”

56 马利亚伊利莎白同住约有三个月,就回家去了。

给施洗约翰起名

57 伊利莎白的产期到了,就生了一个儿子。 58 邻里亲族听见主向她大施怜悯,就和她一同欢乐。 59 到了第八日,他们来要给孩子行割礼,并要照他父亲的名字叫他撒迦利亚 60 他母亲说:“不可,要叫他约翰。” 61 他们说:“你亲族中没有叫这名字的。” 62 他们就向他父亲打手势,问他要叫这孩子什么名字。 63 他要了一块写字的板,就写上说:“他的名字是约翰。”他们便都稀奇。 64 撒迦利亚的口立时开了,舌头也舒展了,就说出话来,称颂神。 65 周围居住的人都惧怕。这一切的事就传遍了犹太的山地。 66 凡听见的人都将这事放在心里,说:“这个孩子将来怎么样呢?”因为有主与他同在。

预言救恩临到以色列人

67 他父亲撒迦利亚被圣灵充满了,就预言说: 68 “主以色列的神是应当称颂的!因他眷顾他的百姓,为他们施行救赎, 69 在他仆人大卫家中,为我们兴起了拯救的角, 70 正如主借着从创世以来圣先知的口所说的话, 71 拯救我们脱离仇敌和一切恨我们之人的手; 72 向我们列祖施怜悯、记念他的圣约, 73 就是他对我们祖宗亚伯拉罕所起的誓, 74 叫我们既从仇敌手中被救出来, 75 就可以终身在他面前,坦然无惧地用圣洁、公义侍奉他。 76 孩子啊,你要称为至高者的先知,因为你要行在主的前面,预备他的道路, 77 叫他的百姓因罪得赦就知道救恩。 78 因我们神怜悯的心肠,叫清晨的日光从高天临到我们, 79 要照亮坐在黑暗中死荫里的人,把我们的脚引到平安的路上。”

80 那孩子渐渐长大,心灵强健,住在旷野,直到他显明在以色列人面前的日子。

Footnotes

  1. 路加福音 1:35 或作:所要生的必称为圣,称为神的儿子。

1-2 提阿非罗大人,已经有很多人根据最初的目击者和传道者给我们的口述,把我们中间发生的事记载下来。 我把一切事情从头至尾仔细查考之后,决定按次序写出来, 使你知道自己所学的道都是有真凭实据的。

天使预告施洗者约翰出生

犹太王希律执政期间,亚比雅的班里有位祭司名叫撒迦利亚,他妻子伊丽莎白是亚伦的后裔。 夫妻二人遵行主的一切诫命和条例,无可指责,在上帝眼中是义人。 但他们没有孩子,因为伊丽莎白不能生育,二人又年纪老迈。

有一天,轮到撒迦利亚他们那一班祭司当值, 他们按照祭司的规矩抽签,抽中撒迦利亚到主的殿里去烧香。 10 众百姓都在外面祷告。 11 那时,主的天使在香坛的右边向撒迦利亚显现, 12 撒迦利亚见了,惊慌害怕起来。

13 天使对他说:“撒迦利亚,不要害怕,你的祷告已蒙垂听。你的妻子伊丽莎白要为你生一个儿子,你要给他取名叫约翰。 14 你必欢喜快乐,许多人也会因为他的诞生而欣喜雀跃, 15 因为他将成为主伟大的仆人。他必滴酒不沾,并且在母腹里就被圣灵充满。 16 他将劝导许多以色列人回心转意,归顺主——他们的上帝。 17 他将以先知以利亚的心志和能力做主的先锋,使父亲的心转向儿女,使叛逆的人回转、顺从义人的智慧,为主预备合用的子民。”

18 撒迦利亚对天使说:“我已经老了,我的妻子也上了年纪,我如何知道这是真的呢?” 19 天使回答说:“我是侍立在上帝面前的加百列,奉命来向你报这喜讯。 20 我说的这些话到时候必定应验。但因为你不肯相信我的话,所以这事成就以前,你将变成哑巴,不能说话。”

21 人们在等候撒迦利亚,见他在圣殿里迟迟不出来,都感到奇怪。 22 后来他出来了,却成了哑巴,不能说话,只能打手势,大家意识到他在圣殿里看见了异象。 23 撒迦利亚供职期满,就回家去了。 24 不久,伊丽莎白果然怀了孕,她有五个月闭门不出。 25 她说:“主真是眷顾我,除掉了我不生育的羞耻。”

天使预告耶稣降生

26 伊丽莎白怀孕六个月的时候,天使加百列又奉上帝的命令到加利利的拿撒勒, 27 去见一位童贞女,她叫玛丽亚。玛丽亚已经和大卫的后裔约瑟订了婚。

28 天使到了玛丽亚那里,说:“恭喜你,蒙大恩的女子,主与你同在!”

29 玛丽亚听了觉得十分困惑,反复思想这话的意思。

30 天使对她说:“玛丽亚,不要害怕,你在上帝面前已经蒙恩了。 31 你要怀孕生子,并给祂取名叫耶稣。 32 祂伟大无比,将被称为至高者的儿子,主上帝要把祂祖先大卫的王位赐给祂。 33 祂要永远统治以色列[a],祂的国度永无穷尽。”

34 玛丽亚对天使说:“这怎么可能呢?我还是童贞女。”

35 天使回答说:“圣灵要临到你身上,至高者的能力要荫庇你,所以你要生的那圣婴必称为上帝的儿子。 36 看啊,你的亲戚伊丽莎白年纪老迈,一向不能生育,现在已经怀男胎六个月了。 37 因为上帝无所不能。”

38 玛丽亚说:“我是主的婢女,愿你所说的话在我身上成就。”于是天使离开了她。

玛丽亚看望伊丽莎白

39 不久,玛丽亚便动身赶到犹太山区的一座城, 40 进了撒迦利亚的家,向伊丽莎白请安。 41 伊丽莎白一听见玛丽亚的问安,腹中的胎儿便跳动起来,伊丽莎白被圣灵充满, 42 高声喊着说:“在妇女中你是最蒙福的!你腹中的孩子也是蒙福的! 43 我主的母亲来探望我,我怎么敢当呢? 44 我一听到你问安的声音,腹中的孩子就欢喜跳动。 45 相信主所说的话必实现的女子有福了!”

46 玛丽亚说:
“我的心尊主为大,
47 我的灵因我的救主上帝而欢喜,
48 因祂眷顾我这卑微的婢女,
从今以后,
世世代代都要称我是有福的。
49 全能者在我身上行了奇事,
祂的名是神圣的。
50 祂怜悯敬畏祂的人,
直到世世代代。
51 祂伸出臂膀,施展大能,
驱散心骄气傲的人。
52 祂使当权者失势,
叫谦卑的人升高。
53 祂使饥饿的得饱足,
叫富足的空手而去。
54 祂扶助了自己的仆人以色列,
55 祂要施怜悯给亚伯拉罕和他的子孙,
直到永远,
正如祂对我们祖先的应许。”

56 玛丽亚和伊丽莎白同住了约三个月,便回家去了。

施洗者约翰出生

57 伊丽莎白的产期到了,生下一个儿子。 58 亲戚和邻居听见主向她大施怜悯,都和她一同欢乐。 59 到了第八天,他们来给孩子行割礼,想照他父亲的名字给他取名叫撒迦利亚。

60 但伊丽莎白说:“不!要叫他约翰。”

61 他们说:“你们家族中没有人用这个名字啊!” 62 他们便向他父亲打手势,问他要给孩子起什么名字。 63 撒迦利亚就要了一块写字板,写上:“他的名字叫约翰。”大家看了都很惊奇。 64 就在那时,撒迦利亚恢复了说话的能力,便开口赞美上帝。 65 住在周围的人都很惧怕,这消息很快就传遍了整个犹太山区。 66 听见的人都在想:“这孩子将来会怎样呢?因为主与他同在。”

撒迦利亚的预言

67 孩子的父亲撒迦利亚被圣灵充满,便预言说:

68 “主——以色列的上帝当受称颂,
因祂眷顾、救赎了自己的子民,
69 在祂仆人大卫的家族中为我们兴起了一位大能的拯救者[b]
70 正如祂从亘古借着祂圣先知们的口所说的。
71 祂要从仇敌和一切恨我们之人手中拯救我们。
72 祂怜悯我们的祖先,
持守自己的圣约,
73 就是祂对我们的先祖亚伯拉罕所起的誓,
74 要把我们从仇敌手中拯救出来,
75 使我们一生一世在圣洁和公义中坦然无惧地事奉祂。
76 至于你,我的儿子啊!
你将要被称为至高者的先知,
因为你要走在主的前面,
为祂预备道路,
77 使百姓因罪得赦免而明白救恩的真谛。
78 由于上帝的怜悯,
清晨的曙光必从高天普照我们,
79 照亮那些生活在黑暗中和死亡阴影下的人,
带领我们走平安的道路。”

80 那孩子渐渐长大,心灵强健,在向以色列人公开露面之前,一直住在旷野。

Footnotes

  1. 1:33 以色列”希腊文是“雅各的家”。
  2. 1:69 拯救者”希腊文是“拯救的角”。

Seeing that many did take in hand to set in order a narration of the matters that have been fully assured among us,

as they did deliver to us, who from the beginning became eye-witnesses, and officers of the Word, --

it seemed good also to me, having followed from the first after all things exactly, to write to thee in order, most noble Theophilus,

that thou mayest know the certainty of the things wherein thou wast instructed.

There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Abijah, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elisabeth;

and they were both righteous before God, going on in all the commands and righteousnesses of the Lord blameless,

and they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and both were advanced in their days.

And it came to pass, in his acting as priest, in the order of his course before God,

according to the custom of the priesthood, his lot was to make perfume, having gone into the sanctuary of the Lord,

10 and all the multitude of the people were praying without, at the hour of the perfume.

11 And there appeared to him a messenger of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of the perfume,

12 and Zacharias, having seen, was troubled, and fear fell on him;

13 and the messenger said unto him, `Fear not, Zacharias, for thy supplication was heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear a son to thee, and thou shalt call his name John,

14 and there shall be joy to thee, and gladness, and many at his birth shall joy,

15 for he shall be great before the Lord, and wine and strong drink he may not drink, and of the Holy Spirit he shall be full, even from his mother's womb;

16 and many of the sons of Israel he shall turn to the Lord their God,

17 and he shall go before Him, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn hearts of fathers unto children, and disobedient ones to the wisdom of righteous ones, to make ready for the Lord, a people prepared.'

18 And Zacharias said unto the messenger, `Whereby shall I know this? for I am aged, and my wife is advanced in her days?'

19 And the messenger answering said to him, `I am Gabriel, who have been standing near before God, and I was sent to speak unto thee, and to proclaim these good news to thee,

20 and lo, thou shalt be silent, and not able to speak, till the day that these things shall come to pass, because thou didst not believe my words, that shall be fulfilled in their season.'

21 And the people were waiting for Zacharias, and wondering at his tarrying in the sanctuary,

22 and having come out, he was not able to speak to them, and they perceived that a vision he had seen in the sanctuary, and he was beckoning to them, and did remain dumb.

23 And it came to pass, when the days of his service were fulfilled, he went away to his house,

24 and after those days, his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying --

25 `Thus hath the Lord done to me, in days in which He looked upon [me], to take away my reproach among men.'

26 And in the sixth month was the messenger Gabriel sent by God, to a city of Galilee, the name of which [is] Nazareth,

27 to a virgin, betrothed to a man, whose name [is] Joseph, of the house of David, and the name of the virgin [is] Mary.

28 And the messenger having come in unto her, said, `Hail, favoured one, the Lord [is] with thee; blessed [art] thou among women;'

29 and she, having seen, was troubled at his word, and was reasoning of what kind this salutation may be.

30 And the messenger said to her, `Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God;

31 and lo, thou shalt conceive in the womb, and shalt bring forth a son, and call his name Jesus;

32 he shall be great, and Son of the Highest he shall be called, and the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father,

33 and he shall reign over the house of Jacob to the ages; and of his reign there shall be no end.'

34 And Mary said unto the messenger, `How shall this be, seeing a husband I do not know?'

35 And the messenger answering said to her, `The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee, therefore also the holy-begotten thing shall be called Son of God;

36 and lo, Elisabeth, thy kinswoman, she also hath conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her who was called barren;

37 because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

38 And Mary said, `Lo, the maid-servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to thy saying,' and the messenger went away from her.

39 And Mary having arisen in those days, went to the hill-country, with haste, to a city of Judea,

40 and entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth.

41 And it came to pass, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe did leap in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit,

42 and 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 might come unto me?

44 for, lo, when the voice of thy salutation came to my ears, leap in gladness did the babe in my womb;

45 and happy [is] she who did believe, for there shall be a completion to the things spoken to her from the Lord.'

46 And Mary said, `My soul doth magnify the Lord,

47 And my spirit was glad on God my Saviour,

48 Because He looked on the lowliness of His maid-servant, For, lo, henceforth call me happy shall all the generations,

49 For He who is mighty did to me great things, And holy [is] His name,

50 And His kindness [is] to generations of generations, To those fearing Him,

51 He did powerfully with His arm, He scattered abroad the proud in the thought of their heart,

52 He brought down the mighty from thrones, And He exalted the lowly,

53 The hungry He did fill with good, And the rich He sent away empty,

54 He received again Israel His servant, To remember kindness,

55 As He spake unto our fathers, To Abraham and to his seed -- to the age.'

56 And Mary remained with her about three months, and turned back to her house.

57 And to Elisabeth was the time fulfilled for her bringing forth, and she bare a son,

58 and the neighbours and her kindred heard that the Lord was making His kindness great with her, and they were rejoicing with her.

59 And it came to pass, on the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child, and they were calling him by the name of his father, Zacharias,

60 and his mother answering said, `No, but he shall be called John.'

61 And they said unto her -- `There is none among thy kindred who is called by this name,'

62 and they were making signs to his father, what he would wish him to be called,

63 and having asked for a tablet, he wrote, saying, `John is his name;' and they did all wonder;

64 and his mouth was opened presently, and his tongue, and he was speaking, praising God.

65 And fear came upon all those dwelling around them, and in all the hill-country of Judea were all these sayings spoken of,

66 and all who heard did lay them up in their hearts, saying, `What then shall this child be?' and the hand of the Lord was with him.

67 And Zacharias his father was filled with the Holy Spirit, and did prophesy, saying,

68 `Blessed [is] the Lord, the God of Israel, Because He did look upon, And wrought redemption for His people,

69 And did raise an horn of salvation to us, In the house of David His servant,

70 As He spake by the mouth of His holy prophets, Which have been from the age;

71 Salvation from our enemies, And out of the hand of all hating us,

72 To do kindness with our fathers, And to be mindful of His holy covenant,

73 An oath that He sware to Abraham our father,

74 To give to us, without fear, Out of the hand of our enemies having been delivered,

75 To serve Him, in holiness and righteousness Before Him, all the days of our life.

76 And thou, child, Prophet of the Highest Shalt thou be called; For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, To prepare His ways.

77 To give knowledge of salvation to His people In remission of their sins,

78 Through the tender mercies of our God, In which the rising from on high did look upon us,

79 To give light to those sitting in darkness and death-shade, To guide our feet to a way of peace.'

80 And the child grew, and was strengthened in spirit, and he was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.