Lc 1:1Quoniam quidem multī cōnātī sunt ōrdināre narrātiōnem, quae in nōbīs complētae sunt, rērum: sīcut trādidērunt nōbīs, quī ab initiō ipsī vīdērunt, et ministrī fuērunt sermōnis: vīsum est et mihi, assecūtō omnia ā prīncipiō dīligenter, ex ōrdine tibi scrībere, optime Theophile, ut cognōscās eōrum verbōrum, dē quibus ērudītus es, vēritātem.Since indeed many have tried to set in order an account of the things which have been fulfilled among us: just as those who from the beginning saw for themselves, and were servants of the word, handed them down to us: it seemed good to me too, having followed all things carefully from the beginning, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus, so that you may know the truth of those words about which you have been instructed. Lc 1:5Fuit in diēbus Hērōdis, rēgis Jūdaeae, sacerdōs quīdam nōmine Zacharīās dē vice Abia, et uxor illīus dē fīliābus Aarōn, et nōmen ejus Elisabeth.There was in the days of Herod, king of Judea, a certain priest, Zechariah by name, from the turn of Abijah, and his wife was from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
Lc 1:6Erant autem jūstī ambō ante Deum, incēdentēs in omnibus mandātīs et jūstificātiōnibus Dominī sine querēlā.And they were both just before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord without complaint. Lc 1:7Et nōn erat illīs fīlius, eō quod esset Elisabeth sterilis, et ambō prōcessissent in diēbus suīs.And there was no son for them, because Elizabeth was barren, and both had gone forward in their days. Lc 1:8Factum est autem, cum sacerdōtiō fungerētur in ōrdine vicis suae ante Deum, secundum cōnsuētūdinem sacerdōtiī, sorte exiit ut incēnsum pōneret, ingressus in templum Dominī: et omnis multitūdō populī erat ōrāns forīs hōrā incēnsī.And it was done: when he was performing the priesthood in the order of his turn before God, according to the custom of the priesthood, it went out by lot that he should place the incense, having gone into the temple of the Lord: and all the multitude of the people was praying outside at the hour of the incense. Lc 1:11Appāruit autem illī angelus Dominī, stāns ā dextrīs altāris incēnsī.And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord, standing at the right of the altar of incense.
Lc 1:12Et Zacharīās turbātus est vidēns, et timor irruit super eum.And Zechariah was troubled, seeing him, and fear rushed upon him. Lc 1:13Ait autem ad illum angelus: Nē timeās, Zacharīa, quoniam exaudīta est dēprecātiō tua: et uxor tua Elisabeth pariet tibi fīlium, et vocābis nōmen ejus Jōannem: et erit gaudium tibi, et exsultātiō, et multī in nātīvitāte ejus gaudēbunt: erit enim magnus cōram Dominō: et vīnum et sīceram nōn bibet, et Spīritū Sānctō replēbitur adhūc ex uterō mātris suae: et multōs fīliōrum Isrāël convertet ad Dominum Deum ipsōrum: et ipse praecēdet ante illum in spīritū et virtūte Ēliae: ut convertat corda patrum in fīliōs, et incrēdulōs ad prūdentiam jūstōrum, parāre Dominō plēbem perfectam.But the angel said to him: "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, since your prayer has been heard: and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will call his name John: and he will be joy to you, and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth: for he will be great before the Lord: and wine and strong drink he will not drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from the womb of his mother: and many of the sons of Israel he will turn to the Lord their God: and he himself will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah: so that he may turn the hearts of the fathers towards the sons, and the unbelieving to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people made complete."
Lc 1:18Et dīxit Zacharīās ad angelum: Unde hoc sciam?And Zechariah said to the angel: "From where shall I know this? Lc 1:18Ego enim sum senex, et uxor mea prōcessit in diēbus suīs.For I am an old man, and my wife has gone forward in her days." Lc 1:19Et respondēns angelus dīxit eī: Ego sum Gabriēl, quī astō ante Deum: et missus sum loquī ad tē, et haec tibi ēvangelizāre.And answering, the angel said to him: "I am Gabriel, who stand before God: and I have been sent to speak to you, and to bring you this good news. Lc 1:20Et ecce eris tacēns, et nōn poteris loquī ūsque in diem quō haec fīant, prō eō quod nōn crēdidistī verbīs meīs, quae implēbuntur in tempore suō.And look, you will be silent, and you will not be able to speak until the day on which these things happen, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time." Lc 1:21Et erat plēbs exspectāns Zacharīam: et mīrābantur quod tardāret ipse in templō.And the people were waiting for Zechariah: and they were wondering that he himself was delaying in the temple.
Lc 1:22Ēgressus autem nōn poterat loquī ad illōs, et cognōvērunt quod vīsiōnem vīdisset in templō.But having come out he was not able to speak to them, and they recognized that he had seen a vision in the temple. Lc 1:22Et ipse erat innuēns illīs, et permānsit mūtus.And he himself was making signs to them, and he remained mute. Lc 1:23Et factum est, ut implētī sunt diēs officiī ejus, abiit in domum suam: post hōs autem diēs concēpit Elisabeth uxor ejus, et occultābat sē mēnsibus quīnque, dīcēns: Quia sīc fēcit mihi Dominus in diēbus, quibus respexit auferre opprobrium meum inter hominēs.And it was done: when the days of his service had been fulfilled, he went away into his house: and after these days Elizabeth his wife conceived, and she was hiding herself for five months, saying: "Thus the Lord has done to me in the days in which he looked upon me, to take away my reproach among people." Lc 1:26In mēnse autem sextō, missus est angelus Gabriēl ā Deō in cīvitātem Galilaeae, cui nōmen Nazareth, ad virginem dēspōnsātam virō, cui nōmen erat Jōsēph, dē domō David: et nōmen virginis Marīa.And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God into a city of Galilee, to which the name was Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man to whom the name was Joseph, of the house of David: and the name of the virgin was Mary.
Lc 1:28Et ingressus angelus ad eam dīxit: Avē grātiā plēna: Dominus tēcum: benedicta tū in mulieribus.And the angel, having gone in to her, said: "Hail, full of grace: the Lord is with you: blessed are you among women." Lc 1:29Quae cum audīsset, turbāta est in sermōne ejus, et cōgitābat quālis esset ista salūtātiō.And she, when she had heard, was troubled at his word, and was thinking what kind of greeting this was. Lc 1:30Et ait angelus eī: Nē timeās, Marīa: invēnistī enim grātiam apud Deum.And the angel said to her: "Do not be afraid, Mary: for you have found grace with God. Lc 1:31Ecce concipiēs in uterō, et pariēs fīlium, et vocābis nōmen ejus Jēsum: hic erit magnus, et Fīlius Altissimī vocābitur, et dabit illī Dominus Deus sēdem David patris ejus: et regnābit in domō Jacob in aeternum, et regnī ejus nōn erit fīnis.Look, you will conceive in the womb, and you will bear a son, and you will call his name Jesus: this one will be great, and he will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the seat of David his father: and he will reign in the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there will be no end."
Lc 1:34Dīxit autem Marīa ad angelum: Quōmodo fīet istud, quoniam virum nōn cognōscō?But Mary said to the angel: "How will that be done, since I do not know a man?" Lc 1:35Et respondēns angelus dīxit eī: Spīritus Sānctus superveniet in tē, et virtūs Altissimī obumbrābit tibi.And answering, the angel said to her: "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Lc 1:35Ideōque et quod nāscētur ex tē sānctum, vocābitur Fīlius Deī.And therefore also the holy thing which will be born from you will be called Son of God. Lc 1:36Et ecce Elisabeth cognāta tua, et ipsa concēpit fīlium in senectūte suā: et hic mēnsis sextus est illī, quae vocātur sterilis: quia nōn erit impossibile apud Deum omne verbum.And look, Elizabeth your kinswoman, she too has conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month for her who is called barren: because no word will be impossible with God." Lc 1:38Dīxit autem Marīa: Ecce ancilla Dominī: fīat mihi secundum verbum tuum.And Mary said: "Look, the handmaid of the Lord: let it be done to me according to your word."
Lc 1:38Et discessit ab illā angelus.And the angel departed from her. Lc 1:39Exsurgēns autem Marīa in diēbus illīs, abiit in montāna cum festīnātiōne, in cīvitātem Jūda: et intrāvit in domum Zacharīae, et salūtāvit Elisabeth.And Mary, rising up in those days, went away into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah: and she went into the house of Zechariah, and greeted Elizabeth. Lc 1:41Et factum est, ut audīvit salūtātiōnem Marīae Elisabeth, exsultāvit īnfāns in uterō ejus: et replēta est Spīritū Sānctō Elisabeth: et exclāmāvit vōce magnā, et dīxit: Benedicta tū inter mulierēs, et benedictus frūctus ventris tuī.And it was done: when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the infant leapt in her womb: and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit: and she cried out with a great voice, and said: "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your belly. Lc 1:43Et unde hoc mihi, ut veniat māter Dominī meī ad mē?And from where is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? Lc 1:44Ecce enim ut facta est vōx salūtātiōnis tuae in auribus meīs, exsultāvit in gaudiō īnfāns in uterō meō.For look, as the voice of your greeting came into my ears, the infant leapt with joy in my womb.
Lc 1:45Et beāta, quae crēdidistī, quoniam perficientur ea, quae dicta sunt tibi ā Dominō.And blessed are you who believed, since those things will be accomplished which have been said to you by the Lord." Lc 1:46Et ait Marīa: [Magnificat anima mea Dominum: et exsultāvit spīritus meus in Deō salūtārī meō.And Mary said: "My soul magnifies the Lord: and my spirit has rejoiced in God my saviour. Lc 1:48Quia respexit humilitātem ancillae suae: ecce enim ex hōc beātam mē dīcent omnēs generātiōnēs, quia fēcit mihi magna quī potēns est: et sānctum nōmen ejus, et misericordia ejus ā prōgeniē in prōgeniēs timentibus eum.Because he has looked upon the lowliness of his handmaid: for look, from this time all generations will call me blessed, because he who is mighty has done great things for me: and holy is his name, and his mercy is from generation to generations for those who fear him. Lc 1:51Fēcit potentiam in brachiō suō: dispersit superbōs mente cordis suī.He has shown might with his arm: he has scattered the proud in the thought of their heart. Lc 1:52Dēposuit potentēs dē sēde, et exaltāvit humilēs.He has put down the mighty from their seat, and has lifted up the lowly.
Lc 1:53Ēsurientēs implēvit bonīs: et dīvitēs dīmīsit inānēs.The hungry he has filled with good things: and the rich he has sent away empty. Lc 1:54Suscēpit Isrāël puerum suum, recordātus misericordiae suae: sīcut locūtus est ad patrēs nostrōs, Abraham et sēminī ejus in saecula.] Mānsit autem Marīa cum illā quasi mēnsibus tribus: et reversa est in domum suam.He has taken up Israel his servant, having remembered his mercy: just as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed for ever." And Mary stayed with her about three months: and she returned into her house. Lc 1:57Elisabeth autem implētum est tempus pariendī, et peperit fīlium.And for Elizabeth the time of giving birth was fulfilled, and she bore a son. Lc 1:58Et audiērunt vīcīnī et cognātī ejus quia magnificāvit Dominus misericordiam suam cum illā, et congrātulābantur eī.And her neighbours and kinsfolk heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy with her, and they were rejoicing with her. Lc 1:59Et factum est in diē octāvō, vēnērunt circumcīdere puerum, et vocābant eum nōmine patris suī Zacharīam.And it was done: on the eighth day they came to circumcise the boy, and they were calling him by the name of his father, Zechariah.
Lc 1:60Et respondēns māter ejus, dīxit: Nēquāquam, sed vocābitur Jōannēs.And answering, his mother said: "By no means, but he will be called John." Lc 1:61Et dīxērunt ad illam: Quia nēmō est in cognātiōne tuā, quī vocētur hōc nōmine.And they said to her: "There is no one in your kindred who is called by this name." Lc 1:62Innuēbant autem patrī ejus, quem vellet vocārī eum.And they were making signs to his father, what he wanted him to be called. Lc 1:63Et postulāns pugillārem scrīpsit, dīcēns: Jōannēs est nōmen ejus.And asking for a writing tablet he wrote, saying: "John is his name." Lc 1:63Et mīrātī sunt ūniversī.And they all wondered. Lc 1:64Apertum est autem illicō ōs ejus, et lingua ejus, et loquēbātur benedīcēns Deum.And his mouth was opened on the spot, and his tongue, and he was speaking, blessing God. Lc 1:65Et factus est timor super omnēs vīcīnōs eōrum: et super omnia montāna Jūdaeae dīvulgābantur omnia verba haec: et posuērunt omnēs quī audierant in corde suō, dīcentēs: Quis, putās, puer iste erit?And fear came upon all their neighbours: and over all the hill country of Judea all these words were being spread abroad: and all who had heard laid them up in their heart, saying: "What, do you think, will this boy be?"
Lc 1:66Etenim manus Dominī erat cum illō.For indeed the hand of the Lord was with him. Lc 1:67Et Zacharīās pater ejus replētus est Spīritū Sānctō: et prophētāvit, dīcēns: [Benedictus Dominus Deus Isrāël, quia vīsitāvit, et fēcit redēmptiōnem plēbis suae: et ērēxit cornū salūtis nōbīs in domō David puerī suī, sīcut locūtus est per ōs sānctōrum, quī ā saeculō sunt, prophētārum ejus: salūtem ex inimīcīs nostrīs, et dē manū omnium quī ōdērunt nōs: ad faciendam misericordiam cum patribus nostrīs: et memorārī testāmentī suī sānctī: jūsjūrandum, quod jūrāvit ad Abraham patrem nostrum, datūrum sē nōbīs ut sine timōre, dē manū inimīcōrum nostrōrum līberātī, serviāmus illī in sānctitāte et jūstitiā cōram ipsō, omnibus diēbus nostrīs.And Zechariah his father was filled with the Holy Spirit: and he prophesied, saying: "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, because he has visited, and has made redemption for his people: and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of David his servant, just as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets, who are from of old: salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us: to do mercy with our fathers: and to remember his holy covenant: the oath which he swore to Abraham our father, that he would grant us that without fear, freed from the hand of our enemies, we may serve him in holiness and justice before him, all our days.
Lc 1:76Et tū puer, prophēta Altissimī vocāberis: praeībis enim ante faciem Dominī parāre viās ejus, ad dandam scientiam salūtis plēbī ejus in remissiōnem peccātōrum eōrum per viscera misericordiae Deī nostrī, in quibus vīsitāvit nōs, oriēns ex altō: illūmināre hīs quī in tenebrīs et in umbrā mortis sedent: ad dīrigendōs pedēs nostrōs in viam pācis.] Puer autem crēscēbat, et cōnfortābātur spīritū: et erat in dēsertīs ūsque in diem ostēnsiōnis suae ad Isrāël.And you, boy, will be called prophet of the Most High: for you will go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways, to give knowledge of salvation to his people for the remission of their sins, through the heart of the mercy of our God, in which the one rising from on high has visited us: to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death: to direct our feet into the way of peace." And the boy was growing, and was being strengthened in spirit: and he was in the deserts until the day of his showing to Israel.