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Lucas 2
Ang Salita ng Diyos
Lucas 2
Ang Salita ng Diyos
Ipinanganak si Jesus
2 Nangyari, nang mga araw na iyon, na lumabas ang isang batas mula kay Augusto Cesar na nag-uutos na dapat magpatala ang buong sanlibutan.
2 Ang pagpapatalang ito ay unang nangyari nang si Cirenio ay gobernador ng Siria. 3 Ang lahat ay pumunta upang makapagpatala, bawat isa sa kaniyang sariling lungsod.
4 Si Jose ay umahon din mula sa Galilea, mula sa lungsod ng Nazaret patungo sa Judea. Sa dahilang siya ay kabilang sa sambahayan at angkan ni David, siya ay umahon sa lungsod ni David na tinatawag na Bethlehem. 5 Siya ay umahon upang magpatalang kasama si Maria, na ipinagkasundong mapangasawa niya. At kabuwanan na noon ni Maria. 6 Nangyari, samantalang sila ay naroroon, sumapit ang araw ng kaniyang panganganak. 7 Isinilang niya ang kaniyang panganay na anak, isang lalaki at binalot niya siya ng mga mahabang tela. Siya ay inihiga niya sa isang sabsaban sapagkat wala ng lugar para sa kanila sa bahay-tuluyan.
Nagbalita ang mga Anghel sa mga Pastol
8 Sa lupain ding iyon ay may mga tagapag-alaga ng mga tupa na namamalagi sa parang. Binabantayan nila sa gabi ang kanilang kawan.
9 Narito, tumayo sa tabi nila ang isang anghel ng Panginoon. Ang kaluwalhatian ng Panginoon ay nagliwanag sa palibot nila at sila ay lubhang natakot. 10 Sinabi sa kanila ng anghel:Huwag kayong matakot. Narito, inihahayag ko sa inyo ang ebanghelyo ng malaking kagalakan para sa lahat ng mga tao. 11 Ito ay sapagkat sa araw na ito sa lungsod ni David ay ipinanganak sa inyo ang isang Tagapagligtas. Siya ang Cristo na Panginoon. 12 Ito ang palatandaan ninyo. Inyong masusumpungan ang sanggol na nababalot ng mga mahabang tela at nakahiga sa isang sabsaban.
13 At biglang lumitaw ang isang karamihan ng hukbo ng langit na kasama ng anghel na iyon. Sila ay nagpupuri sa Diyos at nagsasabi:
14 Luwalhati sa Diyos sa kataas-taasan, sa lupa ay kapayapaan, sa mga tao ay kaluguran.
15 Nangyari, nang ang mga anghel ay umalis patungo sa langit, ang mga tagapag-alaga ng tupa ay nag-usap-usap. Sinabi nila sa isa’t isa: Pumunta tayo hanggang sa Bethlehem. Tingnan natin ang bagay na ito na nangyari, na ipinaalam sa atin ng Panginoon.
16 Sila ay nagmadaling pumunta roon. Nasumpungan nila roon si Maria at si Jose, at ang sanggol na nakahiga sa sabsaban. 17 Pagkakita nila, kanilang ipinamalita ang salitang sinabi sa kanila patungkol sa sanggol na ito. 18 Ang lahat ng mga nakarinig ay namangha sa mga bagay na sinabi sa kanila ng mga tagapag-alaga ng tupa. 19 Sinarili ni Maria ang lahat ng mga salitang ito, at isina-alang-alang sa kaniyang puso. 20 At bumalik ang mga tagapag-alaga ng tupa na niluluwalhati at pinupuri ang Diyos dahil sa lahat ng mga bagay na kanilang narinig at nakita tulad ng pagkasabi sa kanila.
Dinala ni Jose at ni Maria si Jesus sa Templo
21 Dumating ang ikawalong araw para sa pagtutuli sa maliit na bata. Ang kaniyang pangalan ay tinawag na Jesus. Ito ang ipinangalan ng anghel bago siya ipinagdalang-tao sa bahay-bata.
22 Naganap na ang araw ng kanilang pagdadalisay ayon sa kautusan ni Moises. Pagkatapos nito, dinala nila si Jesus sa Jerusalem upang iharap saPanginoon. 23 Gaya ng nasusulatsa kautusan ng Panginoon: Ang bawat batang lalaki na nagbubukas ng bahay-bata ay tatawaging banal sa Panginoon. 24 Dinala nila siya upang maghandog ng hain ayon sa sinabi sakautusan ng Panginoon. Ang hain ay isang tambal na batu-bato o dalawang inakay na kalapati.
25 Narito, sa Jerusalem ay may isang lalaki na ang pangalan ay Simeon. Ang lalaking ito ay matuwid at maka-diyos na naghihintay sa kaaliwan ng Israel. At ang Banal na Espiritu ay sumasakaniya. 26 Ang Banal na Espiritu ay naghayag sa kaniya na hindi siya mamamatay hanggang hindi niya nakikita ang Mesiyas ng Panginoon. 27 Siya ay pumunta sa loob ng templo sa pamamagitan ng Espiritu. Dinala ng mga magulang ang maliit na batang si Jesus sa templo. Ito ay upang magawa nilasa kaniya ang naaayon sa naging kaugalian sa kautusan. 28 Nang dinala nila ang maliit na bata, kinarga siya ni Simeon at pinuri ang Diyos. 29 Sinabi niya: Panginoon, ngayon ay papanawin mo na ang iyong alipin na may kapayapaan ayon sa iyong salita. 30 Ito ay sapagkat nakita na ng aking mga mata ang iyong pagliligtas. 31 Inihanda mo ito sa harap ng lahat ng mga tao. 32 Ang kaligtasang ito ay isang liwanag upang maging kapahayagan sa mga Gentil. Ito ay kaluwalhatian ng Israel na iyong mga tao.
33 Si Jose at ang ina ni Jesus ay namangha sa mga bagay na sinabi patungkol sa kaniya. 34 Binasbasan sila ni Simeon at sinabi niya kay Maria na ina ng bata: Narito, siya ay itinalaga upang ibagsak at itindig ang marami sa Israel. Siya ay magiging isang tanda na kanilang tututulan. 35 Ito ay mangyayari upang mahayag ang mga pagtatalo ng maraming puso. Sa iyo rin, isang tabak ang tatagos sa iyong kaluluwa.
36 Naroroon din si Ana, isang babaeng propeta na anak ni Fanuel, mula sa lipi ni Aser. Siya ay lubhang matanda na. Mula sa kaniyang kadalagahan, pitong taon siyang namuhay na may asawa. 37 Siya ay mga walumpu’t-apat na taon na at siya ay isang balo. At hindi na siya umalis sa templo. Araw at gabi siya ay naglilingkod na may mga pag-aayuno at mga pagdalangin. 38 Sa oras ding iyon, pumasok siya sa kinaroroonan nila at nagpuri sa Panginoon. Nagsalita siya patungkol kay Jesus sa kanilang lahat na nasa Jerusalem na naghihintay ng katubusan.
39 Naganap na nila ang lahat ng mga bagay ayon sa kautusan ng Panginoon. Sila ay bumalik sa Galilea, sa Nazaret na kanilang lungsod. 40 Ang bata ay lumaki at lumakas sa espiritu. Napuspos siya ng karunungan at ang biyaya ng Diyos ay sumakaniya.
Ang Batang si Jesus ay Naiwan sa Loob ng Templo
41 Taun-taon ay pumupunta ang kaniyang mga magulang sa Jerusalem para sa pista ng Paglagpas.
42 Nang si Jesus ay labindalawang taong gulang na, sila ay umahon sa Jerusalem ayon sa kaugalian ng kapistahan. 43 Sila ay bumalik nang mabuo na nila ang mga araw ng kapistahan. Sa kanilang pagbabalik, ang batang si Jesus ay nanatili sa Jerusalem na hindi nalalaman ni Jose at ng ina ng bata. 44 Sa pag-aakala nilang siya ay nasa kasamahan nila, sila ay yumaon at naglakbay ng isang araw. Pagkatapos nito, hinanap nila siya sa mga kamag-anak at mga kakilala. 45 Nang hindi nila siya natagpuan, bumalik sila sa Jerusalem at hinanap siya. 46 Pagkalipas ng tatlong araw, natagpuan nila siya sa templo. Siya ay nakaupo sa kalagitnaan ng mga guro, nakikinig at nagtatanong sa kanila. 47 Ang lahat ng mga nakarinig sa kaniya ay namangha sa kaniyang pang-unawa at mga sagot. 48 Nanggilalas ng labis ang kaniyang mga magulang nang makita siya. Sinabi sa kaniya ng kaniyang ina: Anak, bakit mo ginawa sa amin ang ganiyan? Ako at ang iyong ama ay naghanap sa iyo ng may hapis.
49 Sinabi niya sa kanila: Bakit ninyo ako hinanap? Hindi ba ninyo alam na kinakailangan kong gawin ang mga bagay na may kinalaman sa aking Ama? 50 Hindi nila naunawaan ang mga salitang sinabi niya sa kanila.
51 At siya ay lumusong na kasama nila at dumating sa Nazaret. Siya ay nagpasakop sa kanila. At iningatan ng kaniyang ina sa kaniyang puso ang lahat ng mga bagay na ito. 52 At si Jesus ay lumago sa karunungan, at pangangatawan, at sa pagbibigay lugod sa Diyos, at sa mga tao.
Luke 2
Contemporary English Version
Luke 2
Contemporary English Version
The Birth of Jesus
(Matthew 1.18-25)
2 About that time Emperor Augustus gave orders for the names of all the people to be listed in record books.[a] 2 These first records were made when Quirinius was governor of Syria.[b]
3 Everyone had to go to their own hometown to be listed. 4 So Joseph had to leave Nazareth in Galilee and go to Bethlehem in Judea. Long ago Bethlehem had been King David's hometown, and Joseph went there because he was from David's family.
5 Mary was engaged to Joseph and traveled with him to Bethlehem. She was soon going to have a baby, 6 and while they were there, 7 she gave birth to her first-born[c] son. She dressed him in baby clothes[d] and laid him on a bed of hay, because there was no room for them in the inn.
The Shepherds
8 That night in the fields near Bethlehem some shepherds were guarding their sheep. 9 (A) All at once an angel came down to them from the Lord, and the brightness of the Lord's glory flashed around them. The shepherds were frightened. 10 But the angel said, “Don't be afraid! I have good news for you, which will make everyone happy. 11 This very day in King David's hometown a Savior was born for you. He is Christ the Lord. 12 You will know who he is, because you will find him dressed in baby clothes and lying on a bed of hay.”
13 Suddenly many other angels came down from heaven and joined in praising God. They said:
14 “Praise God in heaven!
Peace on earth to everyone
who pleases God.”
15 After the angels had left and gone back to heaven, the shepherds said to each other, “Let's go to Bethlehem and see what the Lord has told us about.” 16 They hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and they saw the baby lying on a bed of hay.
17 When the shepherds saw Jesus, they told his parents what the angel had said about him. 18 Everyone listened and was surprised. 19 But Mary kept thinking about all this and wondering what it meant.
20 As the shepherds returned to their sheep, they were praising God and saying wonderful things about him. Everything they had seen and heard was just as the angel had said.
21 (B) Eight days later Jesus' parents did for him what the Law of Moses commands.[e] And they named him Jesus, just as the angel had told Mary when he promised she would have a baby.
Simeon Praises the Lord
22 (C) The time came for Mary and Joseph to do what the Law of Moses says a mother is supposed to do after her baby is born.[f]
They took Jesus to the temple in Jerusalem and presented him to the Lord, 23 (D) just as the Law of the Lord says, “Each first-born[g] baby boy belongs to the Lord.” 24 The Law of the Lord also says parents have to offer a sacrifice, giving at least a pair of doves or two young pigeons. So that is what Mary and Joseph did.
25 At this time a man named Simeon was living in Jerusalem. Simeon was a good man. He loved God and was waiting for him to save the people of Israel. God's Spirit came to him 26 and told him that he would not die until he had seen Christ the Lord.
27 When Mary and Joseph brought Jesus to the temple to do what the Law of Moses says should be done for a new baby, the Spirit told Simeon to go into the temple. 28 Simeon took the baby Jesus in his arms and praised God,
29 “Lord, I am your servant,
and now I can die in peace,
because you have kept
your promise to me.
30 With my own eyes I have seen
what you have done
to save your people,
31 and foreign nations
will also see this.
32 (E) Your mighty power is a light
for all nations,
and it will bring honor
to your people Israel.”
33 Jesus' parents were surprised at what Simeon had said. 34 Then he blessed them and told Mary, “This child of yours will cause many people in Israel to fall and others to stand. The child will be like a warning sign. Many people will reject him, 35 and you, Mary, will suffer as though you had been stabbed by a dagger. But all this will show what people are really thinking.”
Anna Speaks about the Child Jesus
36 (F) The prophet Anna was also there in the temple. She was the daughter of Phanuel from the tribe of Asher, and she was very old. In her youth she had been married for seven years, but her husband died. 37 And now she was 84 years old.[h] Night and day she served God in the temple by praying and often going without eating.[i]
38 At this time Anna came in and praised God. She spoke about the child Jesus to everyone who hoped for Jerusalem to be set free.
The Return to Nazareth
39 (G) After Joseph and Mary had done everything that the Law of the Lord commands, they returned home to Nazareth in Galilee. 40 The child Jesus grew. He became strong and wise, and God blessed him.
The Boy Jesus in the Temple
41 (H) Every year Jesus' parents went to Jerusalem for Passover. 42 And when Jesus was twelve years old, they all went there as usual for the celebration. 43 After Passover his parents left, but they did not know that Jesus had stayed on in the city. 44 They thought he was traveling with some other people, and they went a whole day before they started looking for him. 45 When they could not find him with their relatives and friends, they went back to Jerusalem and started looking for him there.
46 Three days later they found Jesus sitting in the temple, listening to the teachers and asking them questions. 47 Everyone who heard him was surprised at how much he knew and at the answers he gave.
48 When his parents found him, they were amazed. His mother said, “Son, why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been very worried, and we have been searching for you!”
49 Jesus answered, “Why did you have to look for me? Didn't you know that I would be in my Father's house?”[j] 50 But they did not understand what he meant.
51 Jesus went back to Nazareth with his parents and obeyed them. His mother kept on thinking about all that had happened.
52 (I) Jesus became wise, and he grew strong. God was pleased with him and so were the people.
Footnotes
- 2.1 names … listed in record books: This was done so that everyone could be made to pay taxes to the Emperor.
- 2.2 Quirinius was governor of Syria: It is known that Quirinius made a record of the people in a.d. 6 or 7. But the exact date of the record taking that Luke mentions is not known.
- 2.7 first-born: The Jewish people said that the first-born son in each of their families belonged to the Lord.
- 2.7 dressed him in baby clothes: The Greek text has “wrapped him in wide strips of cloth,” which was how young babies were dressed.
- 2.21 what the Law of Moses commands: See the note at 1.59.
- 2.22 after her baby is born: After a Jewish mother gave birth to a son, she was considered “unclean” and had to stay home until he was circumcised (see the note at 1.59). Then she had to stay home for another 33 days, before offering a sacrifice to the Lord.
- 2.23 first-born: See the note at 2.7.
- 2.37 And now she was 84 years old: Or “And now she had been a widow for 84 years.”
- 2.37 without eating: The Jewish people sometimes went without eating (also called “fasting”) to show their love for God or to show sorrow for their sins.
- 2.49 in my Father's house: Or “doing my Father's work.”
Luke 2
New International Version
Luke 2
New International Version
The Birth of Jesus
2 In those days Caesar Augustus(A) issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.(B) 2 (This was the first census that took place while[a] Quirinius was governor of Syria.)(C) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register.
4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem(D) the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. 5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him(E) and was expecting a child. 6 While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 7 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.
8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9 An angel(F) of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid.(G) I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior(H) has been born to you; he is the Messiah,(I) the Lord.(J) 12 This will be a sign(K) to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”
13 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,
14 “Glory to God in the highest heaven,
and on earth peace(L) to those on whom his favor rests.”
15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”
16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger.(M) 17 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, 18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. 19 But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.(N) 20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God(O) for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.
21 On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child,(P) he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived.(Q)
Jesus Presented in the Temple
22 When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses,(R) Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord”[b]),(S) 24 and to offer a sacrifice in keeping with what is said in the Law of the Lord: “a pair of doves or two young pigeons.”[c](T)
25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout.(U) He was waiting for the consolation of Israel,(V) and the Holy Spirit was on him. 26 It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord’s Messiah. 27 Moved by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the Law required,(W) 28 Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying:
29 “Sovereign Lord, as you have promised,(X)
you may now dismiss[d] your servant in peace.(Y)
30 For my eyes have seen your salvation,(Z)
31 which you have prepared in the sight of all nations:
32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
and the glory of your people Israel.”(AA)
33 The child’s father and mother marveled at what was said about him. 34 Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother:(AB) “This child is destined to cause the falling(AC) and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against, 35 so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. And a sword will pierce your own soul too.”
36 There was also a prophet,(AD) Anna, the daughter of Penuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old; she had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, 37 and then was a widow until she was eighty-four.[e](AE) She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.(AF) 38 Coming up to them at that very moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.(AG)
39 When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth.(AH) 40 And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was on him.(AI)
The Boy Jesus at the Temple
41 Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Passover.(AJ) 42 When he was twelve years old, they went up to the festival, according to the custom. 43 After the festival was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it. 44 Thinking he was in their company, they traveled on for a day. Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends. 45 When they did not find him, they went back to Jerusalem to look for him. 46 After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. 47 Everyone who heard him was amazed(AK) at his understanding and his answers. 48 When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother(AL) said to him, “Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father(AM) and I have been anxiously searching for you.”
49 “Why were you searching for me?” he asked. “Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s house?”[f](AN) 50 But they did not understand what he was saying to them.(AO)
51 Then he went down to Nazareth with them(AP) and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart.(AQ) 52 And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.(AR)
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