Lukas 1
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1Vibahlt (since) many Messianic Sofrim have attempted to compile a sefer, a historical narrative, about the momentous events that have been fulfilled among us,
2Just as these#1:2 massoret haShluchim have been handed down to us by those who from HaReshit#1:2 of the Besuras HaGeulah were edei reiyah (eyewitnesses) and mesharetim (ministers) of the Dvar Hashem,
3I thought it expedient also, having done an iyun (investigative research), accurately and carefully being meayen (engaged in research) in every source and making a medakdeke (pain-stakingly thorough) investigation of every aspect from HaReshit (the Beginning), to write for you and to mesader (arrange, place in succession) an orderly account, most noble Theophilus,
4That you may have daas of HaEmes regarding the Divrei Moshiach about which you took shiurim (lessons).
5At the time of Herod king of Yehudah, there was a certain kohen by the name Zecharyah, who belonged to the Aviyah division. His isha was of the banot Aharon, name of Elisheva.#1:5 1Chr 24:10
6And they were both tzaddikim before Hashem, walking a derech tamim in all the mitzvos and chukkim of the Torah of Adoneinu.#1:6 Gn 6:9; Dt 5:33; 1Kgs 9:4
7But they had no ben, because Elisheva was barren, and they were both advanced in their yamim.
8And it came to pass in the performance of his avodas kodesh sherut as a kohen before Hashem in the appointed order of his division,#1:8 1Chr 24:19; 2Chr 8:14
9According to the minhag (custom) of the kehunah, Zecharyah was chosen by lot to enter the Beis Hamikdash and to offer ketoret (incense).#1:9 Ex 30:7,8; 1Chr 23:13; 2Chr 29:11; Ps 141:2
10And when the hour of the offering of the ketoret came, all the multitude were davening outside.#1:10 Lv 16:17
11And there appeared to Zecharyah a malach Hashem, standing on the right side of the Mizbeach of ketoret.#1:11 Ex 30:1-10
12And, seeing the malach, Zecharyah was terrified, and pachad (fear) fell on him.#1:12 Judg 6:22,23; 13:22
13But the malach said to him, Do not have pachad (fear), Zecharyah. Your tefillah (prayer) was heard and your isha, Elisheva, will bear a ben to you and you will call his shem Yochanan.
14And he will be a simcha to you and sasson (joy), and there will be sasson rav (great joy) at his huledet (birth).
15And he will be gadol before Hashem, and he will not drink yayin or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Ruach Hakodesh from the womb of his Em (mother),#1:15 Num 6:3; Lv 10:9; Judg 13:4; Jer 1:5
16And many of the Bnei Yisroel he will turn back in teshuva to Hashem Eloheihem.
17And he will go forth before Adonoi in the ruach (spirit) and koach (power) of Eliyahu HaNavi, VEHESHIV LEV AVOT AL BANIM (And he will turn the heart of the fathers to the children)#1:17 Mal 4:6 [Mal 3:24] and those without mishmaat (obedience) he will turn to the chochmah of the tzaddikim to prepare for Adonoi an Am (People) having been made ready.#1:17 Mal 4:5,6
18And Zecharyah said to the malach, Just how will I have daas that this is so? For I am old and my isha is advanced in her yamim (days).#1:18 Gn 15:8; 17:17
19And in reply, the malach said to Zecharyah, I am Gavriel, I stand before Hashem. And I was sent to speak to you and to announce these things to you.#1:19 Dan 8:16; 9:21
20And hinei! You will be illem (mute) and not be able to speak, until the yom (day) when these things come to pass, because you did not have emunah in my devarim (words), which will be fulfilled in their time.#1:20 Ex 4:11; Ezek 3:26
21And the people were expecting Zecharyah and they were bewildered at his delay in the Beis HaMikdash.
22And when he came out, he was illem (mute) and not able to speak to them, and they had daas that he had seen a chazon in the Heikhal. He kept motioning to them and he remained illem.
23And it came about as the yamim of his sherut (service in the Beis HaMikdash) as a kohen were fulfilled, he went to his bais (house).
24And after these yamim, Elisheva, his isha, became with child, and she kept herself in hitbodedut for chamesh chodashim, saying,
25 Hashem has done this for me. In these yamim he looked with Chen vChesed (favor and mercy, loving kindness) on me to take away my reproach among Bnei Adam.#1:25 Gn 30:23; Isa 4:1
26Now in the chodesh shishi the malach Gavriel was sent from Hashem to a shtetl in the Galil called Natzeret,
27To a betulah (virgin) given in erusin (betrothal, engagement) to an ish from the Beis Dovid named Yosef,#1:27 ben Dovid and the shem of the almah was Miryam.
28And when the malach approached her, he said, Shalom, favored one! Hashem is with you!
29But she was greatly perplexed at the message, and kept pondering what sort of Shalom greeting this might be.
30And the malach said to her, Do not have pachad (fear), Miryam, for you have found chen before Hashem.
31And in your womb you will conceive and bear BEN#1:31 Isa 7:14 and you will call SHMO YEHOSHUA.#1:31 Zech 6:11-12
32He will be gadol (great) and will be called Ben HaElyon (Son of the Most High). Adonoi Elohim will give him the kisse Dovid Aviv,
33And he will rule over the Beis Ya'akov Olam vaed, and his Malchut will never come to an end.#1:33 2Sm 7:16; Ps 89:3,4; Isa 9:7; Jer 33:17; Dan 2:44; 7:14,27; Mic 4:7
34But Miryam said to the malach, How will this be, vi-bahlt (since) I do not have daas of an ish?
35And in reply, the malach said to her, The Ruach Hakodesh will come upon you and the gevurah of HaElyon will overshadow you. Therefore, also, the one being born will be called HaKadosh (The Holy One), Ben HaElohim.
36And Elisheva your krovah also has conceived a ben in her old age, and this chodesh is hashishi (the sixth) for her who is called barren.
37For nothing will be impossible with Hashem.
38And Miryam said, Hinei! I am the shifcha of Hashem. May it be done to me according to your dvar. And the malach departed from her.
39And in those yamim, Miryam got up and traveled into the hill country with haste to a shtetl of Yehudah.
40And she entered into the bais of Zecharyah and gave Birkat Shalom greetings to Elisheva.
41And it came about, when Elisheva heard the Birkat Shalom of Miryam, the yeled leaped in Elishevaʼs womb, and she was filled with the Ruach Hakodesh.
42And Elisheva cried out with a kol gadol (loud voice) and said, Brucha at miNashim (Blessed art thou among women), and baruch (blessed is) the pri (fruit) of your womb!#1:42 Judg 5:24
43And why has this happened to me that the Em Adoni should come to me?
44For hinei! When the sound of your Birkat Shalom came into my ears, the yeled leaped with simcha in my womb.
45And ashrey is the one having had emunah that there will be a fulfillment to the things having been spoken to Miryam by Hashem.
46And Miryam said, My soul doth magnify Hashem.#1:46 Ps 34:2,3
47ALATZ LIBI BA'HASHEM#1:47 1Sm 2:1 (My heart rejoices in Hashem) and my neshamah exalts in Hashem Yishi#1:47 Hab 3:18 (G-d my Savior, Moshi'a),#1:47 Ps 18:46; Isa 17:10; 61:10
48For HASHEM VISHAFAL YIREH#1:48 Ps 138:6 looked upon the humble state of His shifcha (bond maid), for from now on kol hadorot ishruni#1:48 Gn 30:13 (all generations will call me happy),
49For Shaddai (the Almighty) did gedolot for me and Kadosh is Shmo,#1:49 Ps 111:9
50And the chesed of Hashem is DOR VDOR#1:50 Ps 100:5 to those with yirat Shomayim.#1:50 Ex 20:6; Ps 103:17
51 Hashem has done niflaot (wonders) with his zeroa (arm).#1:51 Isa 53:1 He scattered those who in the machshavot (thoughts) of their levavot are the Gaayonim (the Haughty ones).
52He brought down shalitim (rulers) from their kisot (thrones) and lifted up the Anavim (Humble),
53The ones hungering, Hashem made full of tov, and the ashirim he sent away empty.#1:53 Ps 107:9
54 Hashem helped his servant Yisroel, in remembrance of his rachamim (mercy),
55Just as Hashem spoke to Avoteinu, to Avraham Avinu and his Zera ad Olam.
56And Miryam remained with Elisheva about shlosha chodashim, and then Miryam returned to her bais.
57Now when the time of Elisheva to give birth was fulfilled, she bore a ben.
58And Elishevaʼs shchenim (neighbors) and krovim (relatives) heard that Adoneinu greatly demonstrated his rachamim to her, and they had much simcha with her.
59And it came about on the yom hashemini (the eighth day) they came for the bris milah of the yeled, and they were calling him by the name of his abba, Zecharyah.
60And in reply, his Em said: Lo, but he will be called Yochanan.
61And they said to her, There is no one from your krovim who is called by this shem.
62And they began motioning to the yeledʼs abba to find out what shem he wanted to give him.
63And having asked for a luach (tablet), Zecharyah wrote, saying, Yochanan shmo. And everyone was amazed.
64And Zecharyahʼs mouth was loosed at once and the lashon of him, and he began speaking, saying Baruch Hashem!
65And upon all their shchenim (neighbors) came much yirat Shomayim, and in the entire hill country of Yehudah everyone was shmoozing about these matters.
66All who heard these things pondered them in their levavot, saying, What then will this yeled become? For, indeed, the yad Hashem was on him.#1:66 Gn 39:2
67And Zecharyah, his abba, was filled with the Ruach Hakodesh and brought forth a dvar nevuah, saying,
68BARUCH HASHEM ELOHEI YISROEL, for Adonoi has visited his Am Berit and accomplished a pedut kofer ransom for the Geulah of his people.
69And Hashem raised up a Keren Yeshu'ah (Horn of Salvation), a mighty Moshia, for us in the Beis Dovid, His eved,
70Just as Hashem spoke through the mouth of His neviim hakedoshim meOlam (holy prophets from long ago),#1:70 Jer 23:5
71That we should have Yeshu'at Eloheinu from our oyvim (enemies) and from the hand of all the ones who regard us with sinas chinom (baseless hatred).
72Thus Hashem has demonstrated his rachamim (mercy) to Avoteinu (our Fathers) and has remembered his Brit HaKodesh (Holy Covenant),#1:72 Mic 7:20; Ps 105:8,9; 106:45; Ezek 16:60
73The Brit HaShevu'ah (the Covenant of the oath) which He swore to Avraham Avinu to grant us,#1:73 Gn 22:16-18
74Having been delivered from the yad haoyvim (hand of enemies) of us to serve Hashem fearlessly,
75In kedushah (holiness) and tzedek (righteousness) before Him all our yamim (days).
76And you also, yeled (child), will be called Navi HaElyon (Prophet of the Most High); for you will go LIFNEI HAADON (before the L-rd) to prepare the DERECH HASHEM (The Way of the L-rd),#1:76 Mal 3:1; Isa 40:3
77To give daas (knowledge) of Yeshu'at Eloheinu (the Salvation of our G-d) to Hashemʼs Am Berit (People of the Covenant) by the selichat (forgiveness) of their avon (sin),#1:77 Jer 31:34
78Through the rav rachamim of Eloheinu (through the great mercy of our G-d), by which has visited us the rising SHEMESH (Sun)#1:78 Moshiach from Shomayim,#1:78 Mal 4:2 [ 3:20]
79To appear to the ones in CHOSHECH (darkness) and YOSHVEI BERETZ TZALMAVET (sitting in the land of the shadow of death), to direct our feet into the Derech Shalom.#1:79 Ps 107:14; Isa 9:1-2; 59:9
80And the yeled was growing and was being given chizzuk (strengthening) in the Ruach Hakodesh, and Yochanan was in the desolate places until the day of his hisgalus (revelation, manifestation) to Yisroel.
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THE ORTHODOX JEWISH BIBLE
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Luqas (Luke) 1
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1Since many have indeed taken in hand to set in order an account of the matters completely confirmed among us,
2as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us,
3it seemed good to me as well, having followed up all these matters exactly from the beginning, to write to you an orderly account, most excellent Theophilos,
4that you might know the certainty of the words which you were taught.
5There was in the days of Herodes, the sovereign of Yehuḏah, a certain priest named Zeḵaryah, of the division of Aḇiyah. And his wife was of the daughters of Aharon, and her name was Elisheḇa.
6And they were both righteous before Elohim, blamelessly walking in all the commands and righteousnesses of יהוה.
7And they had no child, because Elisheḇa was barren, and both were advanced in years.
8And it came to be, that while he was serving as priest before Elohim in the order of his division,
9according to the institute of the priesthood, he was chosen by lot to burn incense when he went into the Dwelling Place of יהוה.
10And the entire crowd of people was praying outside at the hour of incense.
11And a messenger of יהוה appeared to him, standing on the right side of the slaughter-place of incense.
12And when Zeḵaryah saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.
13But the messenger said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zeḵaryah, for your prayer is heard. And your wife Elisheḇa shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Yoḥanan.
14“And you shall have joy and gladness, and many shall rejoice at his birth.
15“For he shall be great before יהוה, and shall drink no wine and strong drink at all. And he shall be filled with the Set-apart Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.
16“And he shall turn many of the children of Yisra’ĕl to יהוה their Elohim.
17“And he shall go before Him in the spirit and power of Ěliyahu, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’# Mal. 4:6 and the disobedient to the insight of the righteous, to make ready a people prepared for יהוה.”
18And Zeḵaryah said to the messenger, “By what shall I know this? For I am old, and my wife advanced in years.”
19And the messenger answering, said to him, “I am Gaḇri’ĕl, who stands in the presence of Elohim, and was sent to speak to you and announce to you this good news.
20But see, you shall be silent and unable to speak until the day this takes place, because you did not believe my words which shall be filled in their appointed time.
21And the people waited for Zeḵaryah, and marvelled at his delay in the Dwelling Place.
22And when he came out, he was unable to speak to them. And they recognised that he had seen a vision in the Dwelling Place, for he was beckoning to them and remained dumb.
23And it came to be, as soon as the days of his service were completed, he went away to his house.
24And after those days his wife Elisheḇa conceived. And she hid herself five months, saying,
25יהוה has done this for me, in the days when He looked upon me, to take away my reproach among men.
26And in the sixth month the messenger Gaḇri’ĕl was sent by Elohim to a city of Galil named Natsareth,
27to a maiden engaged to a man whose name was Yosĕph, of the house of Dawiḏ. And the maiden’s name was Miryam.
28And the messenger, coming to her, said, “Greetings, favoured one, the Master is with you. Blessed are you among women!”
29But she was greatly disturbed at his word, and wondered what kind of greeting this was.
30And the messenger said to her, “Do not be afraid, Miryam, for you have found favour with Elohim.
31And see, you shall conceive in your womb, and shall give birth to a Son, and call His Name יהושע.#See Mat. 1:21
32“He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High. And יהוה Elohim shall give Him the throne of His father Dawiḏ.
33“And He shall reign over the house of Ya‛aqoḇ forever, and there shall be no end to His reign.”#See Psa. 2; Psa. 89:14-34; Isa. 9:7; Isa. 16:5; Jer. 23:3-6; Jer. 30:9; Eze. 37:24; Dan. 2:44; Dan. 7:18-27; Mic. 5:2-4; Acts 1:6, 7; Rev. 11:15
34And Miryam said to the messenger, “How shall this be, since I do not know a man?”
35And the messenger answering, said to her, “The Set-apart Spirit shall come upon you, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow you. And for that reason the Set-apart One born of you shall be called: Son of Elohim.
36“And see, Elisheḇa your relative, she has also conceived a son in her old age. And this is now the sixth month to her who was called barren,
37“because with Elohim no matter shall be impossible.
38And Miryam said, “See the female servant of יהוה! Let it be to me according to your word.” And the messenger went away from her.
39And Miryam arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, to a city of Yehuḏah,
40and entered into the house of Zeḵaryah and greeted Elisheḇa.
41And it came to be, when Elisheḇa heard the greeting of Miryam, that the baby leaped in her womb. And Elisheḇa was filled with the Set-apart Spirit,
42and called out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
43“And who am I, that the mother of my Master should come to me?
44“For look, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.
45Blessed is she who believed, for that which יהוה has said to her shall be accomplished!
46And Miryam said, “My being makes יהוה great,
47and my spirit has rejoiced in Elohim my Saviour.
48Because He looked on the humiliation of His female servant. For look, from now on all generations shall call me blessed.#See also 1Sam. 1:11; 1Sam. 2:1
49“For He who is mighty has done wonders for me, and set-apart is His Name.#See also Psa. 111:9
50“And His compassion is from generation to generation, to those who fear Him.# Psa. 103:17
51“He did mightily with His arm; He scattered the proud in the thought of their hearts.
52“He brought down rulers from their thrones, and exalted the lowly.
53“He has filled the hungry with good items,# Psa. 107:9 and the rich He has sent away empty.
54“He sustained Yisra’ĕl, His servant, in remembrance of His compassion,
55“as He spoke to our fathers, to Aḇraham and to his seed, forever.
56And Miryam stayed with her about three months, and returned to her home.
57And the time was filled for Elisheḇa to give birth, and she bore a son.
58And her neighbours and relatives heard how יהוה had shown great compassion to her, and they rejoiced with her.
59And it came to be, on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child. And they were calling him by the name of his father, Zeḵaryah.
60And his mother answering, said, “Not so, but he shall be called Yoḥanan.”
61And they said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name.”
62Then they motioned to his father, what he would like him to be called.
63And having asked for a writing tablet, he wrote, saying, “Yoḥanan is his name.” And they all marvelled.
64And at once his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he was speaking, praising Elohim.
65And fear came on all those dwelling around them, and all these matters were spoken of in all the hill country of Yehuḏah.
66And all who heard them kept them in their hearts, saying, “What then shall this child be?” And the hand of יהוה was with him.
67And Zeḵaryah, his father, was filled with the Set-apart Spirit, and prophesied, saying,
68“Blessed be יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl,# Psa. 41:13#See also Psa. 72:18; Psa. 106:48 for He did look upon and worked redemption for His people,
69and has raised up a horn of deliverance for us in the house of His servant Dawiḏ,
70as He spoke by the mouth of His set-apart prophets, from of old –
71deliverance from our enemies and from the hand of all those hating us,# Psa. 106:10
72to show compassion toward our fathers and to remember His set-apart covenant,
73an oath which He swore to our father Aḇraham:
74to give to us, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, to serve Him without fear,
75in set-apartness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life.
76And you, child, shall be called prophet of the Most High, for you shall go before the face of יהוה to prepare His ways,# Mal. 3:1#See also Isa. 40:3; John 1:23
77to give knowledge of deliverance to His people, by the forgiveness of their sins,
78through the tender compassion of our Elohim, with which the daybreak from on high has looked upon us,
79to give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death,# Isa. 9:1 to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
80And the child grew and became strong in spirit, and was in the deserts until the day of showing himself openly to Yisra’ĕl.
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