¹And it came to pass in those days, there went forth a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world be enrolled —

¹በዚያም ወራት ዓለሙ ሁሉ እንዲጻፍ ከአውግስጦስ ቄሣር ትእዛዝ ወጣች።

²this enrollment first came to pass when Cyrenius was governor of Syria —

²ቄሬኔዎስ በሶርያ አገር ገዥ በነበረ ጊዜ ይህ የመጀመሪያ ጽሕፈት ሆነ።

³and all were going to be enrolled, each to his proper city,

³ሁሉም እያንዳንዱ ይጻፍ ዘንድ ወደ ከተማው ሄደ።

⁴and Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, that is called Bethlehem, because of his being of the house and family of David,

⁴ዮሴፍም ደግሞ ከዳዊት ቤትና ወገን ስለ ነበረ ከገሊላ ከናዝሬት ከተማ ተነሥቶ ቤተ ልሔም ወደምትባል ወደ ዳዊት ከተማ ወደ ይሁዳ፥ ፀንሳ ከነበረች ከእጮኛው ከማርያም ጋር ይጻፍ ዘንድ ወጣ።

⁵to enroll himself with Mary his betrothed wife, being with child.

⁶በዚያም ሳሉ የመውለጃዋ ወራት ደረሰ፥

⁶And it came to pass, in their being there, the days were fulfilled for her bringing forth,

⁷የበኵር ልጅዋንም ወለደች፥ በመጠቅለያም ጠቀለለችው፤ በእንግዶችም ማደሪያ ስፍራ ስላልነበራቸው በግርግም አስተኛችው።

⁷and she brought forth her son — the first-born, and wrapped him up, and laid him down in the manger, because there was not for them a place in the guest-chamber.

⁸በዚያም ምድር መንጋቸውን በሌሊት ሲጠብቁ በሜዳ ያደሩ እረኞች ነበሩ።

⁸And there were shepherds in the same region, lodging in the field, and keeping the night-watches over their flock,

⁹እነሆም፥ የጌታ መልአክ ወደ እነርሱ ቀረበ የጌታ ክብርም በዙሪያቸው አበራ፥ ታላቅ ፍርሃትም ፈሩ።

⁹and lo, a messenger of the Lord stood over them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they feared a great fear.

¹⁰መልአኩም እንዲህ አላቸው። እነሆ፥ ለሕዝቡ ሁሉ የሚሆን ታላቅ ደስታ የምሥራች እነግራችኋለሁና አትፍሩ፤

¹⁰And the messenger said to them, `Fear not, for lo, I bring you good news of great joy, that shall be to all the people —

¹¹ዛሬ በዳዊት ከተማ መድኃኒት እርሱም ክርስቶስ ጌታ የሆነ ተወልዶላችኋልና።

¹¹because there was born to you to-day a Saviour — who is Christ the Lord — in the city of David,

¹²ይህም ምልክት ይሆንላችኋል፤ ሕፃን ተጠቅልሎ በግርግምም ተኝቶ ታገኛላችሁ።

¹²and this [is] to you the sign: Ye shall find a babe wrapped up, lying in the manger.`

¹³ድንገትም ብዙ የሰማይ ሠራዊት ከመልአኩ ጋር ነበሩ። እግዚአብሔርንም እያመሰገኑ።

¹³And suddenly there came with the messenger a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying,

¹⁴ክብር ለእግዚአብሔር በአርያም ይሁን ሰላምም በምድር ለሰውም በጎ ፈቃድ አሉ።

¹⁴`Glory in the highest to God, and upon earth peace, among men — good will.`

¹⁵መላእክትም ከእነርሱ ተለይተው ወደ ሰማይ በወጡ ጊዜ፥ እረኞቹ እርስ በርሳቸው። እንግዲህ እስከ ቤተ ልሔም ድረስ እንሂድ እግዚአብሔርም የገለጠልንን ይህን የሆነውን ነገር እንይ ተባባሉ።

¹⁵And it came to pass, when the messengers were gone away from them to the heavens, that the men, the shepherds, said unto one another, `We may go over indeed unto Bethlehem, and see this thing that hath come to pass, that the Lord did make known to us.`

¹⁶ፈጥነውም መጡ ማርያምንና ዮሴፍን ሕፃኑንም በግርግም ተኝቶ አገኙ።

¹⁶And they came, having hasted, and found both Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger,

¹⁷አይተውም ስለዚህ ሕፃን የተነገረላቸውን ነገር ገለጡ።

¹⁷and having seen, they made known abroad concerning the saying spoken to them concerning the child.

¹⁸የሰሙትን ሁሉ እረኞቹ በነገሩአቸው ነገር አደነቁ፤

¹⁸And all who heard, did wonder concerning the things spoken by the shepherds unto them;

¹⁹ማርያም ግን ይህን ነገር ሁሉ በልብዋ እያሰበች ትጠብቀው ነበር።

¹⁹and Mary was preserving all these things, pondering in her heart;

²⁰እረኞችም እንደ ተባለላቸው ስለ ሰሙትና ስላዩት ሁሉ እግዚአብሔርን እያመሰገኑና እያከበሩ ተመለሱ።

²⁰and the shepherds turned back, glorifying and praising God, for all those things they heard and saw, as it was spoken unto them.

²¹ሊገርዙት ስምንት ቀን በሞላ ጊዜ፥ በማኅፀን ሳይረገዝ በመልአኩ እንደ ተባለ፥ ስሙ ኢየሱስ ተብሎ ተጠራ።

²¹And when eight days were fulfilled to circumcise the child, then was his name called Jesus, having been so called by the messenger before his being conceived in the womb.

²²እንደ ሙሴም ሕግ የመንጻታቸው ወራት በተፈጸመ ጊዜ፥ በጌታ ሕግ። የእናቱን ማኅፀን የሚከፍት ወንድ ሁሉ ለጌታ የተቀደሰ ይባላል ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ በጌታ ፊት ሊያቆሙት፥ በጌታም ሕግ። ሁለት ዋሊያ ወይም ሁለት የርግብ ጫጩቶች እንደ ተባለ፥ መሥዋዕት ሊያቀርቡ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ወሰዱት።

²²And when the days of their purification were fulfilled, according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem, to present to the Lord,

²⁵እነሆም፥ በኢየሩሳሌም ስምዖን የሚባል ሰው ነበረ፥ ይህም ሰው የእስራኤልን መጽናናት ይጠባበቅ ነበር፤ ጻድቅና ትጉህም ነበረ፥ መንፈስ ቅዱስም በእርሱ ላይ ነበረ።

²³as it hath been written in the Law of the Lord, — `Every male opening a womb shall be called holy to the Lord,`

²⁶በጌታም የተቀባውን ሳያይ ሞትን እንዳያይ በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ተረድቶ ነበር።

²⁴and to give a sacrifice, according to that said in the Law of the Lord, `A pair of turtle-doves, or two young pigeons.`

²⁷በመንፈስም ወደ መቅደስ ወጣ፤ ወላጆቹም እንደ ሕጉ ልማድ ያደርጉለት ዘንድ ሕፃኑን ኢየሱስን በአስገቡት ጊዜ፥

²⁵And lo, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name [is] Simeon, and this man is righteous and devout, looking for the comforting of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him,

²⁸እርሱ ደግሞ ተቀብሎ አቀፈው እግዚአብሔርንም እየባረከ እንዲህ አለ።

²⁶and it hath been divinely told him by the Holy Spirit — not to see death before he may see the Christ of the Lord.

²⁹ጌታ ሆይ፥ አሁን እንደ ቃልህ ባሪያህን በሰላም ታሰናብተዋለህ፤

²⁷And he came in the Spirit to the temple, and in the parents bringing in the child Jesus, for their doing according to the custom of the law regarding him,

³⁰ዓይኖቼ በሰዎች ሁሉ ፊት ያዘጋጀኸውን ማዳንህን አይተዋልና፤

²⁸then he took him in his arms, and blessed God, and he said,

³²ይህም ለአሕዛብ ሁሉን የሚገልጥ ብርሃን ለሕዝብህም ለእስራኤል ክብር ነው።

²⁹`Now Thou dost send away Thy servant, Lord, according to Thy word, in peace,

³³ዮሴፍና እናቱም ስለ እርሱ በተባለው ነገር ይደነቁ ነበር።

³⁰because mine eyes did see Thy salvation,

³⁴ስምዖንም ባረካቸው እናቱን ማርያምንም። እነሆ፥ የብዙዎች ልብ አሳብ ይገለጥ ዘንድ፥ ይህ በእስራኤል ላሉት ለብዙዎቹ ለመውደቃቸውና ለመነሣታቸው ለሚቃወሙትም ምልክት ተሾሞአል፥ በአንቺም ደግሞ በነፍስሽ ሰይፍ ያልፋል አላት።

³¹which Thou didst prepare before the face of all the peoples,

³⁶ከአሴር ወገንም የምትሆን የፋኑኤል ልጅ ሐና የምትባል አንዲት ነቢይት ነበረች፤ እርስዋም ከድንግልናዋ ጀምራ ከባልዋ ጋር ሰባት ዓመት ኖረች፤

³²a light to the uncovering of nations, and the glory of Thy people Israel.`

³⁷እርስዋም ሰማኒያ አራት ዓመት ያህል መበለት ሆና በጣም አርጅታ ነበር፤ በጾምና በጸሎትም ሌሊትና ቀን እያገለገለች ከመቅደስ አትለይም ነበር።

³³And Joseph and his mother were wondering at the things spoken concerning him,

³⁸በዚያችም ሰዓት ቀርባ እግዚአብሔርን አመሰገነች፤ የኢየሩሳሌምንም ቤዛ ለሚጠባበቁ ሁሉ ስለ እርሱ ትናገር ነበር።

³⁴and Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, `Lo, this [one] is set for the falling and rising again of many in Israel, and for a sign spoken against —

³⁹ሁሉንም እንደ ጌታ ሕግ ከፈጸሙ በኋላ፥ ወደ ገሊላ ወደ ከተማቸው ወደ ናዝሬት ተመለሱ።

³⁵(and also thine own soul shall a sword pass through) — that the reasonings of many hearts may be revealed.`

⁴⁰ሕፃኑም አደገ፥ ጥበብም ሞልቶበት በመንፈስ ጠነከረ፤ የእግዚአብሔርም ጸጋ በእርሱ ላይ ነበረ።

³⁶And there was Anna, a prophetess, daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, she was much advanced in days, having lived with an husband seven years from her virginity,

⁴¹ወላጆቹም በያመቱ በፋሲካ በዓል ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ይወጡ ነበር።

³⁷and she [is] a widow of about eighty-four years, who did depart not from the temple, with fasts and supplications serving, night and day,

⁴²የአሥራ ሁለት ዓመት ልጅ በሆነ ጊዜ፥ እንደ በዓሉ ሥርዓት ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ወጡ፤

³⁸and she, at that hour, having come in, was confessing, likewise, to the Lord, and was speaking concerning him, to all those looking for redemption in Jerusalem.

⁴³ቀኖቹንም ከፈጸሙ በኋላ፥ ሲመለሱ ብላቴናው ኢየሱስ በኢየሩሳሌም ቀርቶ ነበር፥ ዮሴፍም እናቱም አላወቁም ነበር።

³⁹And when they finished all things, according to the Law of the Lord, they turned back to Galilee, to their city Nazareth;

⁴⁴ከመንገደኞች ጋር የነበረ ስለ መሰላቸው የአንድ ቀን መንገድ ሄዱ፥ ከዘመዶቻቸውም ከሚያውቋቸውም ዘንድ ፈለጉት፤

⁴⁰and the child grew and was strengthened in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.

⁴⁵ባጡትም ጊዜ እየፈለጉት ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ተመለሱ።

⁴¹And his parents were going yearly to Jerusalem, at the feast of the passover,

⁴⁶ከሦስት ቀንም በኋላ በመምህራን መካከል ተቀምጦ ሲሰማቸውም ሲጠይቃቸውም በመቅደስ አገኙት፤

⁴²and when he became twelve years old, they having gone up to Jerusalem, according to the custom of the feast,

⁴⁷የሰሙትም ሁሉ በማስተዋሉና በመልሱ ተገረሙ።

⁴³and having finished the days, in their returning the child Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, and Joseph and his mother did not know,

⁴⁸ባዩትም ጊዜ ተገረሙ፥ እናቱም። ልጄ ሆይ፥ ለምን እንዲህ አደረግህብን? እነሆ፥ አባትህና እኔ እየተጨነቅን ስንፈልግህ ነበርን አለችው።

⁴⁴and, having supposed him to be in the company, they went a day`s journey, and were seeking him among the kindred and among the acquaintances,

⁴⁹እርሱም። ስለ ምን ፈለጋችሁኝ? በአባቴ ቤት እሆን ዘንድ እንዲገባኝ አላወቃችሁምን? አላቸው።

⁴⁵and not having found him, they turned back to Jerusalem seeking him.

⁵⁰እነርሱም የተናገራቸውን ነገር አላስተዋሉም።

⁴⁶And it came to pass, after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them and questioning them,

⁵¹ከእነርሱም ጋር ወርዶ ወደ ናዝሬት መጣ፥ ይታዘዝላቸውም ነበር። እናቱም ይህን ነገር ሁሉ በልብዋ ትጠብቀው ነበር።

⁴⁷and all those hearing him were astonished at his understanding and answers.

⁵²ኢየሱስም ደግሞ በጥበብና በቁመት በሞገስም በእግዚአብሔርና በሰው ፊት ያድግ ነበር።

⁴⁸And, having seen him, they were amazed, and his mother said unto him, `Child, why didst thou thus to us? lo, thy father and I, sorrowing, were seeking thee.`

⁴⁹And he said unto them, `Why [is it] that ye were seeking me? did ye not know that in the things of my Father it behoveth me to be?`

⁵⁰and they did not understand the saying that he spake to them,

⁵¹and he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and he was subject to them, and his mother was keeping all these sayings in her heart,

⁵²and Jesus was advancing in wisdom, and in stature, and in favour with God and men.