Luke 1:8-57

⁸And it bifel, that whanne Zacarie schulde do the office of preesthod, in the ordre of his cours tofor God,

⁹aftir the custome of the preesthod, he wente forth bi lot, and entride in to the temple, to encense.

¹⁰And al the multitude of the puple was with outforth, and preiede in the our of encensyng.

¹¹And an aungel of the Lord apperide to hym, and stood on the riythalf of the auter of encense.

¹²And Zacarie seynge was afraied, and drede fel vpon hym.

¹³And the aungel seide to hym, Zacarie, drede thou not; for thi preyer is herd, and Elizabeth, thi wijf, schal bere to thee a sone, and his name schal be clepid Joon.

¹⁴And ioye and gladyng schal be to thee; and many schulen `haue ioye in his natyuyte.

¹⁵For he schal be greet bifor the Lord, and he schal not drynke wyn and sidir, and he schal be fulfillid with the Hooli Goost yit of his modir wombe.

¹⁶And he schal conuerte many of the children of Israel to her Lord God;

¹⁷and he schal go bifor hym in the spirit and the vertu of Helie; and he schal turne the hertis of the fadris in to the sones, and men out of bileue to the prudence of iust men, to make redi a perfit puple to the Lord.

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.

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.