¹በዚያም ወራት ዓለሙ ሁሉ እንዲጻፍ ከአውግስጦስ ቄሣር ትእዛዝ ወጣች።

¹Now it came to pass in those days, there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be enrolled.

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

²This was the first enrolment made when Quirinius was governor of Syria.

³ሁሉም እያንዳንዱ ይጻፍ ዘንድ ወደ ከተማው ሄደ።

³And all went to enrol themselves, every one to his own city.

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።

⁴And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David;

⁶በዚያም ሳሉ የመውለጃዋ ወራት ደረሰ፥

⁵to enrol himself with Mary, who was betrothed to him, being great with child.

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

⁶And it came to pass, while they were there, the days were fulfilled that she should be delivered.

⁸በዚያም ምድር መንጋቸውን በሌሊት ሲጠብቁ በሜዳ ያደሩ እረኞች ነበሩ።

⁷And she brought forth her firstborn son; and she wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

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

⁸And there were shepherds in the same country abiding in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.

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

⁹And an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

¹¹ዛሬ በዳዊት ከተማ መድኃኒት እርሱም ክርስቶስ ጌታ የሆነ ተወልዶላችኋልና።

¹⁰And the angel said unto them, Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all the people:

¹²ይህም ምልክት ይሆንላችኋል፤ ሕፃን ተጠቅልሎ በግርግምም ተኝቶ ታገኛላችሁ።

¹¹for there is born to you this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord.

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

¹²And this [is] the sign unto you: Ye shall find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, and lying in a manger.

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

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

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

¹⁴Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among men in whom he is well pleased.

¹⁶ፈጥነውም መጡ ማርያምንና ዮሴፍን ሕፃኑንም በግርግም ተኝቶ አገኙ።

¹⁵And it came to pass, when the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing that is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.

¹⁷አይተውም ስለዚህ ሕፃን የተነገረላቸውን ነገር ገለጡ።

¹⁶And they came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger.

¹⁸የሰሙትን ሁሉ እረኞቹ በነገሩአቸው ነገር አደነቁ፤

¹⁷And when they saw it, they made known concerning the saying which was spoken to them about this child.

¹⁹ማርያም ግን ይህን ነገር ሁሉ በልብዋ እያሰበች ትጠብቀው ነበር።

¹⁸And all that heard it wondered at the things which were spoken unto them by the shepherds.

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

¹⁹But Mary kept all these sayings, pondering them in her heart.

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

²⁰And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, even as it was spoken unto them.

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።

²¹And when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising him, his name was called JESUS, which was so called by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

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

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

²⁶በጌታም የተቀባውን ሳያይ ሞትን እንዳያይ በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ተረድቶ ነበር።

²³(as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord),

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

²⁴and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.

²⁸እርሱ ደግሞ ተቀብሎ አቀፈው እግዚአብሔርንም እየባረከ እንዲህ አለ።

²⁵And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

²⁹ጌታ ሆይ፥ አሁን እንደ ቃልህ ባሪያህን በሰላም ታሰናብተዋለህ፤

²⁶And it had been revealed unto him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

³⁰ዓይኖቼ በሰዎች ሁሉ ፊት ያዘጋጀኸውን ማዳንህን አይተዋልና፤

²⁷And he came in the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, that they might do concerning him after the custom of the law,

³²ይህም ለአሕዛብ ሁሉን የሚገልጥ ብርሃን ለሕዝብህም ለእስራኤል ክብር ነው።

²⁸then he received him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,

³³ዮሴፍና እናቱም ስለ እርሱ በተባለው ነገር ይደነቁ ነበር።

²⁹Now lettest thou thy servant depart, Lord, According to thy word, in peace;

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።

³⁰For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,

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

³¹Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples;

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

³²A light for revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of thy people Israel.

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

³³And his father and his mother were marvelling at the things which were spoken concerning him;

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

³⁴and Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this [child] is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel; and for a sign which is spoken against;

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

³⁵yea and a sword shall pierce through thine own soul; that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed.

⁴¹ወላጆቹም በያመቱ በፋሲካ በዓል ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ይወጡ ነበር።

³⁶And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,

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

³⁷and she had been a widow even unto fourscore and four years), who departed not from the temple, worshipping with fastings and supplications night and day.

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

³⁸And coming up at that very hour she gave thanks unto God, and spake of him to all them that were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.

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

³⁹And when they had accomplished all things that were according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.

⁴⁵ባጡትም ጊዜ እየፈለጉት ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ተመለሱ።

⁴⁰And the child grew, and waxed strong, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.

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

⁴¹And his parents went every year to Jerusalem at the feast of the passover.

⁴⁷የሰሙትም ሁሉ በማስተዋሉና በመልሱ ተገረሙ።

⁴²And when he was twelve years old, they went up after the custom of the feast;

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

⁴³and when they had fulfilled the days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and his parents knew it not;

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

⁴⁴but supposing him to be in the company, they went a day's journey; and they sought for him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance:

⁵⁰እነርሱም የተናገራቸውን ነገር አላስተዋሉም።

⁴⁵and when they found him not, they returned to Jerusalem, seeking for him.

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

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 asking them questions:

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

⁴⁷and all that heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.

⁴⁸And when they saw him, they were astonished; and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I sought thee sorrowing.

⁴⁹And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? knew ye not that I must be in my Father's house?

⁵⁰And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.

⁵¹And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth; and he was subject unto them: and his mother kept all [these] sayings in her heart.

⁵²And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.