Luke 1:18-30

¹⁸And Zacarie seide to the aungel, Wherof schal Y wite this? for Y am eld, and my wijf hath gon fer in to hir daies.

¹⁹And the aungel answeride, and seide to hym, For Y am Gabriel, that stonde niy bifor God; and Y am sent to thee to speke, and to euangelize to thee these thingis.

²⁰And lo! thou schalt be doumbe, and thou schalt not mow speke til in to the dai, in which these thingis schulen be don; for thou hast not bileued to my wordis, whiche schulen be fulfillid in her tyme.

²¹And the puple was abidynge Zacarie, and thei wondriden, that he tariede in the temple.

²²And he yede out, and myyte not speke to hem, and thei knewen that he hadde seyn a visioun in the temple. And he bikenyde to hem, and he dwellide stille doumbe.

²³And it was don, whanne the daies of his office weren fulfillid, he wente in to his hous.

²⁴And aftir these daies Elizabeth, his wijf, conseyuede, and hidde hir fyue monethis, and seide,

²⁵For so the Lord dide to me in the daies, in whiche he bihelde, to take awei my repreef among men.

²⁶But in the sixte moneth the aungel Gabriel was sent fro God in to a citee of Galilee, whos name was Nazareth,

²⁷to a maidyn, weddid to a man, whos name was Joseph, of the hous of Dauid; and the name of the maidun was Marie.

²⁸And the aungel entride to hir, and seide, Heil, ful of grace; the Lord be with thee; blessid be thou among wymmen.

²⁹And whanne sche hadde herd, sche was troublid in his word, and thouyte what maner salutacioun this was.

³⁰And the aungel seide to hir, Ne drede thou not, Marie, for thou hast foundun grace anentis God.