Luke 1:27-76

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.

³¹Lo! thou schalt conceyue in wombe, and schalt bere a sone, and thou schalt clepe his name Jhesus.

³²This schal be greet, and he schal be clepid the sone of the Hiyeste; and the Lord God schal yeue to hym the seete of Dauid, his fadir, and he schal regne in the hous of Jacob with outen ende,

³³and of his rewme schal be noon ende.

³⁴And Marie seide to the aungel, On what maner schal this thing be doon, for Y knowe not man?

³⁵And the aungel answeride, and seide to hir, The Hooly Goost schal come fro aboue in to thee, and the vertu of the Hiyeste schal ouerschadewe thee; and therfor that hooli thing that schal be borun of thee, schal be clepid the sone of God.

³⁶And lo! Elizabeth, thi cosyn, and sche also hath conceyued a sone in hir eelde, and this moneth is the sixte to hir that is clepid bareyn;

³⁷for euery word schal not be inpossible anentis God.

³⁸And Marie seide, Lo! the handmaydyn of the Lord; be it don to me aftir thi word. And the aungel departide fro hir.

³⁹And Marie roos vp in tho daies, and wente with haaste in to the mounteyns, in to a citee of Judee.

⁴⁰And sche entride in to the hous of Zacarie, and grette Elizabeth.

⁴¹And it was don, as Elizabeth herde the salutacioun of Marie, the yong child in hir wombe gladide. And Elizabeth was fulfillid with the Hooli Goost,

⁴²and criede with a greet vois, and seide, Blessid be thou among wymmen, and blessid be the fruyt of thi wombe.

⁴³And whereof is this thing to me, that the modir of my Lord come to me?

⁴⁴For lo! as the voice of thi salutacioun was maad in myn eeris, the yong child gladide in ioye in my wombe.

⁴⁵And blessid be thou, that hast bileued, for thilke thingis that ben seid of the Lord to thee, schulen be parfitli don.

⁴⁶And Marie seide, Mi soule magnyfieth the Lord,

⁴⁷and my spirit hath gladid in God, myn helthe.

⁴⁸For he hath biholdun the mekenesse of his handmaidun.

⁴⁹For lo! of this alle generaciouns schulen seie that Y am blessid. For he that is myyti hath don to me grete thingis, and his name is hooli.

⁵⁰And his mercy is fro kynrede in to kynredes, to men that dreden hym.

⁵¹He made myyt in his arme, he scaterede proude men with the thouyte of his herte.

⁵²He sette doun myyti men fro sete, and enhaunside meke men.

⁵³He hath fulfillid hungri men with goodis, and he hath left riche men voide.

⁵⁴He, hauynge mynde of his mercy, took Israel, his child;

⁵⁵as he hath spokun to oure fadris, to Abraham and to his seed, in to worldis.

⁵⁶And Marie dwellide with hir, as it were thre monethis, and turnede ayen in to hir hous.

⁵⁷But the tyme of beryng child was fulfillid to Elizabeth, and sche bare a sone.

⁵⁸And the neiyboris and cosyns of hir herden, that the Lord hadde magnyfied his mercy with hir; and thei thankiden hym.

⁵⁹And it was don in the eiyte dai, thei camen to circumcide the child; and thei clepiden hym Zacarie, bi the name of his fadir.

⁶⁰And his moder answeride, and seide, Nay, but he schal be clepid Joon.

⁶¹And thei seiden to hir, For no man is in thi kynrede, that is clepid this name.

⁶²And thei bikeneden to his fadir, what he wolde that he were clepid.

⁶³And he axynge a poyntil, wroot, seiynge, Joon is his name.

⁶⁴And alle men wondriden. And anoon his mouth was openyd, and his tunge, and he spak, and blesside God.

⁶⁵And drede was maad on alle her neiyboris, and alle these wordis weren pupplischid on alle the mounteyns of Judee.

⁶⁶And alle men that herden puttiden in her herte, and seiden, What maner child schal this be? For the hoond of the Lord was with hym.

⁶⁷And Zacarie, his fadir, was fulfillid with the Hooli Goost, and prophesiede,

⁶⁸and seide, Blessid be the Lord God of Israel, for he hath visitid, and maad redempcioun of his puple.

⁶⁹And he hath rerid to vs an horn of heelthe in the hous of Dauid, his child.

⁷⁰As he spak bi the mouth of hise hooli prophetis, that weren fro the world.

⁷¹Helthe fro oure enemyes, and fro the hoond of alle men that hatiden vs.

⁷²To do merci with oure fadris, and to haue mynde of his hooli testament.

⁷³The greet ooth that he swoor to Abraham, oure fadir, to yyue hym silf to vs.

⁷⁴That we with out drede delyuered fro the hoond of oure enemyes,

⁷⁵serue to hym, in hoolynesse and riytwisnesse bifor hym in alle oure daies.

⁷⁶And thou, child, schalt be clepid the prophete of the Hiyest; for thou schalt go bifor the face of the Lord, to make redi hise weies.