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1:19 And answering the angel said to him; I am Gabriel the one standing before God, and I was sent to speak to thee and to announce to thee these things: 20 and behold thou shalt be being silent and not being able to speak until which day happens these things, because not thou believest the words of me which will be fulfilled in the time of them. 21 And was the people expecting Zacharias, and they marvelled in the to delay in the shrine him. 22 And going out he was not able to speak to them, and they knew that a vision he had had seen in the shrine; and he was becoming to them; and remained dumb. 23 And it came to pass when were fulfilled the days of the service of him, he went away to the house of him. 24 And after these days conceived Elizabeth the wife of him, and hid herself months five, saying. 25 Thus to me has done the Lord in days in which he looked upon to take away reproach of me among men. 26 Now in the month sixth was sent the angel Gabriel from God to a city of Galilee to which name Nazareth, 27 to a virgin having been bethrothed to a man to whom name Joseph of the house of David, and the name of the virgin was Mary. 28 And entering to her he said: Hail having been

favoured one the Lord is with thee. 29 And she at the saying was greatly disturbed, and considered of what sort might be greeting this. 30 And said the angel to her: Fear not, Mary; for thou didst find favour with God. 31 And behold thou wilt conceive in womb and bear a son, and thou shalt call the name of him Jesus. 32 This will be great and Son of the Most High will be called, and will give him the Lord God the throne of David the father of him.33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob unto the ages, and of the kingdom of him there will not be an end. 1: 34 and said Mary to the angel. How will be this, since a man I know not? 35 And answering the angel said to her: The Spirit Holy will come upon thee and the power of the Most High will overshadow thee: wherefore also the thing being born holy will be called Son of God. 36 And behold Elizabeth the relative of thee also she conceived a son in old age of her; and this month sixth is with her the one being called barren: 37 because will not be impossible with God every word. 38 And said Mary: Behold the handmaid of the Lord; may it be to me according to the word of thee. And went away from her the angel. 39 And rising up Mary in days these he went to the mountain country with haste  to a city

of Juda. 40 And entered into the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. 41 And it came to pass when heard the greeting of Mary Elizabeth, leaped the babe in the womb of her, and was filled of with Spirit the Holy Elizabeth. 42 and she called out cry with a great and said: Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of the womb of thee. 43 And whence to me this that comes the mother of the Lord of me to me? 44 For behold when came the sound of the greeting of thee in the ears of me, leaped in gladness the babe in the womb of me. 45 And blessed the one believing because there shall be a completion to the things having been spoken to her from the Lord. 46 And said Mary; Magnifies the soul of me the Lord, 47 and exulted the spirit of me in God the saviour of me;48 because he looked on upon the humiliation of the handmaid of him. For behold from now will deem blessed me all the generations 49 because did to me great things the Mighty one And holy the name of him, 50 and the mercy of him to generations and generations to the ones fearing him. 51 He did might with the arm of him. he scattered haughty ones in the understanding of the heart of them; 52 he pulled down potentates from thrones and exalted humble ones. 53 hungering ones he filled of with good things and rich ones he sent away empty. 54 He succoured

 

 

 

 

 

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Israel servant of him, to remember mercy. 55 as he spoke to the fathers of us to Abraham and to the seed of him unto the age. 56 And remained Mary with her about months three, and returned to the house of her. 57 Now to Elizabeth was fulfilled the time that she should bear and she brought forth a son. 58 And heard the neighbours and the relatives of her that magnified the Lord the mercy of him with her, and they rejoiced with her. 59 And it came to pass on the day eighth they came to circumcise the child, and were calling it (him) by the name of the father of him Zacharias. 60 And answering the mother of him said: No, but he should be called John. 61 And they said to her No one there is of the kindred of thee who is called nae by this. 62 they nodded And to the father of him what he might wish to be called him. 63 And asking for a tablet he wrote saying: John is name of him. And they marvelled all. 64 And was opened the mouth of him instantly and the tongue of him, and he spoke blessing God. 65 And came on all lest the ones dwelling round them, and in all the mountain country of Judea were talked over all acts these. 66 And put all the ones hearing in the heart of them saying; What then child this will be? for indeed the hand of the Lord

was with him.67 And Zacharias the father of him was filled of with Spirit the Holy and prophesied saying. 68 blessed the Lord the God of Israel, because he visited and wrought redemption for the people of him. 69 and raised a horn of salvation for us in the house of David servant of him, 70 as he spoke though the mouth of the holy from the age prophets of him. 71 salvation out of the enemies of use and out of the hand of all the ones hating us. 72 to perform mercy with the fathers of us and to remember the covenant holy of him. 73 the oath which he swore to Abraham of the father of us. 74 to give us fearlessly out of the hand of our enemies having been delivered to serve him 75 in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of us. 76 And thou also child, a prophet of the Most High will be called; for thou wilt go before the Lord. to prepare the ways of him. 77 to give a knowledge of salvation to the people of him by forgiveness of sins of them. 78 because of the bowels of mercy of God of us; whereby will visit u s a sun rising from the height, 79 to appear to the ones in darkness and in a shadow of death sitting, to guide the feet of us into a way of peace. 80 And the child grew and became strong in spirit, and was in the deserts until the days of showing of him to Israel. . 2:1. Now it came to pass in days those went out a decree from Caesar Augustus to be enrolled

all the inhabited earth. 2 This enrolment first was governing Syria Cyrenius.3 And went all to be enrolled each man to the of himself city. 4 So went up also Joseph from Galilee out of a city Nazareth to Judea to a city of David which is called Bethlehem because of to be him out of thehouse and family of David. 5 to be enrolled with Mary the one having been betrothed to him; being pregnant. 6 And it came to pass while they were to be them there were fulfilled the days for her to bear her. 7 and she bore the son of her the firstborn. and she swathed him and laid him in a manger. because there was not for them place in the inn. 8 And shepherds there were in the country same living in the fields and keeping guard of in the night over the flock of them. 9And an angel of the Lord came upon them and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they feared fear a great. 10 And said to them the angel: not Fear ye; for behold I announce to you joy a great which will be to all the people. 11 because was born to you today a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord in a city of David 12 And this to you a sign, ye will find a babe having been swathed and lying in a manger. 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude army of a heavenly praising God and saying: 14