لوقا 2
1 و در آن ایام حکمی از اوغسطس قیصرصادر گشت که تمام ربع مسکون را اسم نویسی کنند.2 و این اسم نویسی اول شد، هنگامی که کیرینیوس والی سوریه بود.3 پس همه مردم هر یک به شهر خود برای اسم نویسی میرفتند.4 و یوسف نیز از جلیل از بلده ناصره به یهودیه به شهر داود که بیت لحم نام داشت، رفت. زیرا که او از خاندان و آل داود بود.5 تا نام او بامریم که نامزد او بود و نزدیک به زاییدن بود، ثبت گردد.6 و وقتی که ایشان در آنجا بودند، هنگام وضع حمل او رسیده،7 پسر نخستین خود رازایید. و او را در قنداقه پیچیده، در آخورخوابانید. زیرا که برای ایشان در منزل جای نبود.8 و در آن نواحی، شبانان در صحرا بسرمی بردند و در شب پاسبانی گله های خویش میکردند.9 ناگاه فرشته خداوند بر ایشان ظاهرشد و کبریایی خداوند بر گرد ایشان تابید و بغایت ترسان گشتند.10 فرشته ایشان را گفت: «مترسید، زیرا اینک بشارت خوشی عظیم به شما میدهم که برای جمیع قوم خواهد بود.11 که امروز برای شما در شهر داود، نجاتدهندهای که مسیح خداوند باشد متولد شد.12 و علامت برای شمااین است که طفلی در قنداقه پیچیده و در آخورخوابیده خواهید یافت.»13 در همان حال فوجی از لشکر آسمانی با فرشته حاضر شده، خدا راتسبیحکنان میگفتند:14 «خدا را در اعلی علیین جلال و بر زمین سلامتی و در میان مردم رضامندی باد.»15 و چون فرشتگان از نزد ایشان به آسمان رفتند، شبانان با یکدیگر گفتند: «الان به بیت لحم برویم و این چیزی را که واقع شده و خداوند آن را به ما اعلام نموده است ببینیم.»16 پس به شتاب رفته، مریم و یوسف و آن طفل رادر آخور خوابیده یافتند.17 چون این را دیدند، آن سخنی را که درباره طفل بدیشان گفته شده بود، شهرت دادند.18 و هرکه میشنید از آنچه شبانان بدیشان گفتند، تعجب مینمود.19 امامریم در دل خود متفکر شده، این همه سخنان رانگاه میداشت.20 و شبانان خدا را تمجید وحمدکنان برگشتند، بهسبب همه آن اموری که دیده و شنیده بودند چنانکه به ایشان گفته شده بود.21 و چون روز هشتم، وقت ختنه طفل رسید، او را عیسی نام نهادند، چنانکه فرشته قبل از قرارگرفتن او در رحم، او را نامیده بود.22 و چون ایام تطهیر ایشان برحسب شریعت موسی رسید، او رابه اورشلیم بردند تا به خداوند بگذرانند.23 چنانکه در شریعت خداوند مکتوب است که هر ذکوری که رحم را گشاید، مقدس خداوندخوانده شود.24 و تا قربانی گذرانند، چنانکه درشریعت خداوند مقرر است، یعنی جفت فاختهای یا دو جوجه کبوتر.25 و اینک شخصی شمعون نام در اورشلیم بود که مرد صالح و متقی و منتظر تسلی اسرائیل بود و روحالقدس بر وی بود.26 و از روحالقدس بدو وحی رسیده بود که، تا مسیح خداوند را نبینی موت را نخواهی دید.27 پس به راهنمایی روح، به هیکل درآمد وچون والدینش آن طفل یعنی عیسی را آوردند تا رسوم شریعت را بجهت او بعمل آورند،28 او رادر آغوش خود کشیده و خدا را متبارک خوانده، گفت:29 «الحالای خداوند بنده خود را رخصت میدهی، به سلامتی برحسب کلام خود.30 زیراکه چشمان من نجات تو را دیده است،31 که آن راپیش روی جمیع امتها مهیا ساختی.32 نوری که کشف حجاب برای امتها کند و قوم تواسرائیل را جلال بود.»33 و یوسف و مادرش ازآنچه درباره او گفته شد، تعجب نمودند.34 پس شمعون ایشان را برکت داده، به مادرش مریم گفت: «اینک این طفل قرار داده شد، برای افتادن وبرخاستن بسیاری از آل اسرائیل و برای آیتی که به خلاف آن خواهند گفت.35 و در قلب تو نیزشمشیری فرو خواهد رفت، تا افکار قلوب بسیاری مکشوف شود.»36 و زنی نبیه بود، حنا نام، دختر فنوئیل ازسبط اشیر بسیار سالخورده، که از زمان بکارت هفت سال با شوهر بسر برده بود.37 و قریب به هشتاد و چهار سال بود که او بیوه گشته ازهیکل جدا نمی شد، بلکه شبانهروز به روزه ومناجات در عبادت مشغول میبود.38 او درهمان ساعت درآمده، خدا را شکر نمود ودرباره او به همه منتظرین نجات در اورشلیم، تکلم نمود.39 و چون تمامی رسوم شریعت خداوند را به پایان برده بودند، به شهر خود ناصره جلیل مراجعت کردند.40 و طفل نمو کرده، به روح قوی میگشت و از حکمت پر شده، فیض خدا بروی میبود.41 و والدین او هر ساله بجهت عید فصح، به اورشلیم میرفتند.42 و چون دوازده ساله شد، موافق رسم عید، به اورشلیم آمدند.43 وچون روزها را تمام کرده مراجعت مینمودند، آن طفل یعنی عیسی، در اورشلیم توقف نمودو یوسف و مادرش نمی دانستند.44 بلکه چون گمان میبردند که او در قافله است، سفریکروزه کردند و او را در میان خویشان وآشنایان خود میجستند.45 و چون او را نیافتند، در طلب او به اورشلیم برگشتند.46 و بعد ازسه روز، او را در هیکل یافتند که در میان معلمان نشسته، سخنان ایشان را میشنود و ازایشان سوال همی کرد.47 و هرکه سخن او رامی شنید، از فهم و جوابهای او متحیرمی گشت.48 چون ایشان او را دیدند، مضطرب شدند. پس مادرش به وی گفت: «ای فرزند چرا با ماچنین کردی؟ اینک پدرت و من غمناک گشته تو را جستجو میکردیم.»49 او به ایشان گفت: «از بهرچه مرا طلب میکردید، مگرندانستهاید که باید من در امور پدر خود باشم؟»50 ولی آن سخنی را که بدیشان گفت، نفهمیدند.51 پس با ایشان روانه شده، به ناصره آمد و مطیع ایشان میبود و مادر او تمامی این امور را درخاطر خود نگاه میداشت.52 و عیسی درحکمت و قامت و رضامندی نزد خدا و مردم ترقی میکرد.
LUKE 2
The Birth of Jesus
(Matthew 1.18-25)
1 About that time Emperor Augustus gave orders for the names of all the people to be listed in record books.t
2 These first records were made when Quirinius was governor of Syria.t
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-bornt son. She dressed him in baby clothest 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 t 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 t Eight days later Jesus' parents did for him what the Law of Moses commands.t 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 t 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.t
They took Jesus to the temple in Jerusalem and presented him to the Lord, 23 t just as the Law of the Lord says, “Each first-bornt 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 t 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 t 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.t Night and day she served God in the temple by praying and often going without eating.t
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 t 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 t 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?”t
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 t Jesus became wise, and he grew strong. God was pleased with him and so were the people.