Luke 1:5-58

⁵In the days of Herod, (the) king of Judea, there was a priest, Zacharias by name (or called Zechariah), of the sort of Abia, and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

⁶And both were just before God (or And both were good and righteous before God), going in all the commandments and justifyings of the Lord, without (com)plaint.

⁷And they had no child, for Elisabeth was barren, and both were of great age or had gone far in their days.

⁸And it befell, that when Zacharias should do the office of priesthood, in the order of his course before God, (And it befell, that when Zechariah should do the duties of the priesthood, by the order of his course before God,)

⁹after the custom of the priesthood, he went forth by lot, and entered into the temple of the Lord, to (offer the) incense.

¹⁰And all the multitude of the people was withoutforth, and prayed in the hour of incensing. (And a great multitude of people were outside, and prayed during the hour of incense.)

¹¹And an angel of the Lord appeared to him, and stood on the right half of the altar of incense (or and stood on the right side of the altar of incense).

¹²And Zacharias seeing (him) was (made) afraid or was distroubled, and dread fell upon him. (And when Zechariah saw him he was afraid, and fear fell upon him.)

¹³And the angel said to him, Zacharias, dread thou not, (or Zechariah, fear not); for thy prayer is heard, and Elisabeth, thy wife, shall bear to thee a son, and his name shall be called John.

¹⁴And joy and gladding shall be to thee; and many shall have joy in his nativity, or birth.

¹⁵For he shall be great before the Lord, and he shall not drink wine nor cider, and he shall be full-filled with the Holy Ghost, or and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, (or and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit), yet from his mother’s womb.

¹⁶And he shall convert many of the children of Israel to their Lord God; And he shall convert many of the sons of Israel to the Lord God of them;

¹⁷and he shall go before him in the spirit and virtue of Elias (or and he shall go before him in the spirit and in the power of Elijah); and he shall turn the hearts of the fathers into the sons, and men out of belief, or that believe not, to the prudence of just men (or to the wisdom of the righteous), to make ready a perfect people to the Lord.

¹⁸And Zacharias said to the angel, Whereof shall I know this? for I am old, and my wife hath gone far in her days.

¹⁹And the angel answered, and said to him, For I am Gabriel, that stand nigh before God, (or Yea, I am Gabriel, who standeth near to God); and I am sent to thee to speak, and to evangelize or to tell to thee these things.

²⁰And lo! thou shalt be dumb, and thou shalt not be able to speak till into the day, in which these things shall be done; for thou hast not believed to my words (or for thou hast not believed my words), which shall be fulfilled in their time.

²¹And the people was abiding Zacharias (or And the people were waiting for Zechariah), and they wondered, (why) that he tarried (so) in the temple.

²²And he went out, and might not speak to them, and they knew that he had seen a vision in the temple. And he beckoned to them, and dwelled still dumb.

²³And it was done, when the days of his office were fulfilled, he went into his house.

²⁴And after these days Elisabeth, his wife, conceived, and hid her(self) (for) five months, and said,

²⁵For so the Lord did to me in the days, in which he beheld, to take away my reproof or my shame among men.

²⁶But in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, whose name was Nazareth,

²⁷to a maiden or to a virgin, wedded to a man, whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the name of the maiden was Mary.

²⁸And the angel entered to her, and said, Hail, full of grace; the Lord is with thee; blessed be thou among women.

²⁹And when she had heard (this), she was troubled in his word (or she was troubled by his words), and thought what manner salutation this was.

³⁰And the angel said to her, Dread thou not, Mary, (or Fear not, Mary), for thou hast found grace with God.

³¹Lo! thou shalt conceive in the womb, and shalt bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus.

³²This shall be great or He shall be great, and he shall be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall give to him the seat of David, his father, (or and the Lord God shall give him the throne of his father David),

³³and he shall reign in the house of Jacob into without end, and of his realm shall be none end (or and there shall be no end to his Kingdom).

³⁴And Mary said to the angel, On what manner shall this thing be done, for I know not (a) man? or for I know no man?

³⁵And the angel answered, and said to her, The Holy Ghost shall come from above into thee, and the virtue of the Highest shall overshadow thee, (or The Holy Spirit shall come from above upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee); and therefore that holy thing that shall be born of thee, shall be called the Son of God.

³⁶And lo! Elisabeth, thy cousin, and she also hath conceived a son in her old (age), and this month is the sixth to her that is called barren;

³⁷for every word shall not be impossible with God. (for nothing is impossible with God.)

³⁸And Mary said, Lo! the handmaid of the Lord or Lo! the handmaiden of the Lord; be it done to me after thy word. And the angel departed from her.

³⁹And Mary rose up in those days, and went with haste into the mountains or into the hilly places, into a city of Judea.

⁴⁰And she entered into the house of Zacharias, and greeted Elisabeth.

⁴¹And it was done, as Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the young child in her womb gladded. And Elisabeth was full-filled with the Holy Ghost, or And Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost, (or And Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit),

⁴²and cried with a great voice (or and cried with a loud voice), and said, Blessed be thou among women, and blessed be the fruit of thy womb.

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

⁴⁴For lo! as the voice of thy salutation was made in mine ears, the young child gladded in joy in my womb or the young child gladded with joy in my womb.

⁴⁵And blessed be thou, that hast believed, for those things that be said of the Lord to thee, shall be perfectly done. And blessed be thou, that hast believed, for those things that be said to thee from the Lord, shall be perfectly done.

⁴⁶And Mary said, My soul magnifieth the Lord,

⁴⁷and my spirit hath gladded in God, mine health or mine health-giver. (and my spirit hath rejoiced in God, my salvation.)

⁴⁸For he hath beheld the meekness of his handmaid or the meekness of his handmaiden. For lo! (because) of this all generations shall say that I am blessed, or Lo! forsooth of this (or because of this) all generations shall say me blessed.

⁴⁹For he that is mighty hath done to me great things, and his name is holy.

⁵⁰And his mercy is from kindred into kindreds, to men that dread him (or to those who have fearful reverence for him).

⁵¹He made might in his arm, he scattered proud men with the thought of his heart.

⁵²He put down mighty men from their seats, and enhanced meek men. (He brought down the mighty from their thrones, and exalted, or raised up, the humble.)

⁵³He hath full-filled hungry men with goods or He hath filled hungry men with good things, and he hath left rich men void.

⁵⁴He, having mind of his mercy, took Israel, his child; (He, remembering his kindness, helped his servant Israel;)

⁵⁵as he hath spoken to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed, into worlds (or forever).

⁵⁶And Mary dwelled with her, as it were three months, and turned again into her house. (And Mary remained with her for three months, and then returned to her house.)

⁵⁷But the time of bearing child was fulfilled to Elisabeth, and she bare a son.

⁵⁸And the neighbours and the cousins of her heard, that the Lord had magnified his mercy with her; and they thanked him or and they together joyed to her, (or with her).