Lukáš 2

1 V tých dňoch vyšiel rozkaz od cisára Augusta vykonať súpis ľudu po celom svete.2 Tento prvý súpis sa konal, keď Sýriu spravoval Kvirínius.3 A všetci šli dať sa zapísať, každý do svojho mesta.4 Vybral sa aj Jozef z galilejského mesta Nazaret do Judey, do Dávidovho mesta, ktoré sa volá Betlehem lebo pochádzal z Dávidovho domu a rodu,5 aby sa dal zapísať s Máriou, svojou manželkou, ktorá bola v po žehnanom stave.6 Kým tam boli, nadišiel jej čas pôrodu.7 I porodila svojho prvorodeného syna, zavinula ho do plienok a uložila do jasieľ, lebo pre nich nebolo miesta v hostinci.8 V tom istom kraji boli pastieri, ktorí v noci bdeli a strážili svoje stádo.9 Tu zastal pri nich Pánov anjel a ožiarila ich Pánova sláva. Zmocnil sa ich veľký strach,10 ale anjel im povedal: „Nebojte sa! Zvestujem vám veľkú radosť, ktorá bude patriť všetkým ľuďom:11 Dnes sa vám v Dávidovom meste narodil Spasiteľ, Kristus Pán.12 A toto vám bude znamením: Nájdete dieťatko zavinuté do plienok a uložené v jasliach.“13 A hneď sa k anjelovi pripojilo množstvo nebeských zástupov, zvelebovali Boha a hovorili:14 „Sláva Bohu na výsostiach a na zemi pokoj ľuďom dobrej vôle.“15 Keď anjeli odišli od nich do neba, pastieri si povedali: „Poďme teda do Betlehema a pozrime, čo sa to stalo, ako nám oznámil Pán.“16 Poponáhľali sa a našli Máriu a Jozefa i dieťa uložené v jasliach.17 Keď ich videli, vyrozprávali, čo im bolo povedané o tomto dieťati.18 A všetci, ktorí to počúvali, divili sa nad tým, čo im pastieri rozprávali.19 Ale Mária zachovávala všetky tieto slová vo svojom srdci a premýšľala o nich.20 Pastieri sa potom vrátili a oslavovali a chválili Boha za všetko, čo počuli a videli, ako im bolo povedané.21 Po ôsmich dňoch, keď ho bolo treba obrezať, dali mu meno Ježiš, ktorým ho anjel nazval skôr, ako sa počal v živote matky.22 Keď uplynuli podľa Mojžišovho zákona dni ich očisťovania, priniesli ho do Jeruzalema, aby ho predstavili Pánovi,23 ako je napísané v Pánovom zákone: „Všetko mužského rodu, čo otvára lono matky, bude zasvätené Pánovi,“24 a aby obetovali, ako káže Pánov zákon, pár hrdličiek alebo dva holúbky.25 V Jeruzaleme žil vtedy muž menom Simeon, človek spravodlivý a nábožný, ktorý očakával potechu Izraela, a Duch Svätý bol na ňom.26 Jemu Duch Svätý vyjavil, že neumrie, kým neuvidí Pánovho Mesiáša.27 Z vnuknutia Ducha prišiel do chrámu. A keď rodičia prinášali dieťa Ježiša, aby splnili, čo o ňom predpisoval zákon,28 vzal ho aj on do svojho náručia a velebil Boha slovami:29 „Teraz prepustíš, Pane, svojho služobníka v pokoji podľa svojho slova,30 lebo moje oči uvideli tvoju spásu,31 ktorú si pripravil pred tvárou všetkých národov:32 svetlo na osvietenie pohanov a slávu Izraela, tvojho ľudu.“33 Jeho otec a matka divili sa tomu, čo sa o ňom hovorilo.34 Simeon ich požehnal a Márii, jeho matke, povedal: „On je ustanovený na pád a na povstanie pre mnohých v Izraeli a na znamenie, ktorému budú odporovať,35 - a tvoju vlastnú dušu prenikne meč -, aby vyšlo najavo zmýšľanie mnohých sŕdc.“36 Žila vtedy aj prorokyňa Anna, Fanuelova dcéra, z Aserovho kmeňa. Bola už vo vysokom veku. Od svojho panenstva žila so svojím mužom sedem rokov,37 potom ako vdova do osemdesiateho štvrtého roku. Z chrámu neodchádzala, vo dne v noci slúžila Bohu pôstom a modlitbami.38 Práve v tú chvíľu prišla aj ona, velebila Boha a hovorila o ňom všetkým, čo očakávali vykúpenie Jeruzalema.39 A keď vykonali všetko podľa Pánovho zákona, vrátili sa do Galiley, do svojho mesta Nazareta.40 Chlapec rástol a mocnel, plný múdrosti, a Božia milosť bola na ňom.41 Jeho rodičia chodievali každý rok do Jeruzalema na veľkonočné sviatky.42 Keď mal dvanásť rokov, tiež išli, ako bývalo na sviatky zvykom.43 A keď sa dni slávností skončili a oni sa vracali domov, zostal chlapec Ježiš v Jeruzaleme, čo jeho rodičia nezbadali.44 Nazdávali sa, že je v sprievode. Prešli deň cesty a hľadali ho medzi príbuznými a známymi.45 No nenašli. Vrátili sa teda do Jeruzalema a tam ho hľadali.46 Po troch dňoch ho našli v chráme. Sedel medzi učiteľmi, počúval ich a kládol im otázky.47 Všetci, čo ho počuli, žasli nad jeho rozumnosťou a odpoveďami.48 Keď ho zazreli, stŕpli od údivu a Matka mu povedala: „Syn môj, čo si nám to urobil? Pozri, tvoj otec i ja sme ťa s bolesťou hľadali!“49 On im odpovedal: „Prečo ste ma hľadali? Nevedeli ste, že mám byť tam, kde ide o môjho Otca?“50 Ale oni nepochopili slovo, ktoré im hovoril.51 Potom sa s nimi vrátil do Nazareta a bol im poslušný. A jeho matka zachovávala všetky slová vo svojom srdci.52 A Ježiš sa vzmáhal v múdrosti, veku a v obľube u Boha i u ľudí.

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

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

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

40 The child Jesus grew. He became strong and wise, and God blessed him.

The Boy Jesus in the Temple

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.