¹Keďže sa už mnohí podujali po poriadku sostaviť rozpravu o veciach, ktoré sa udialy u nás,

¹Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us,

²ako nám to podali tí, ktorí boli od prvopočiatku očitými svedkami a služobníkmi slova,

²even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us,

³videlo sa dobrým aj mne, ktorý som odhora všetko dôkladne sledoval, napísať ti to zaradom, výborný Teofile,

³it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus;

⁴aby si náležite poznal istotu vecí, ktorým ťa učili.

⁴that you might know the certainty concerning the things in which you were instructed.

⁵Za dní Heródesa kráľa nad Judskom, bol nejaký kňaz, menom Zachariáš, z triedy Abiášovej, a jeho manželka bola z dcér Áronových, ktorej bolo meno Alžbeta.

⁵There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

⁶Obidvaja boli spravedliví pred Bohom chodiac vo všetkých prikázaniach a ustanoveniach Pánových bezúhonní.

⁶They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.

⁷A nemali dieťaťa, pretože Alžbeta bola neplodná, a boli už obidvaja pokročilí vo svojich dňoch.

⁷But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years.

⁸A stalo sa, keď konal kňazskú službu v poriadku svojej triedy pred Bohom,

⁸Now it happened, while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his division,

⁹že podľa obyčaje kňazského úradu dostal losom, aby kadil, vojdúc do chrámu Pánovho.

⁹according to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.

¹⁰A všetko množstvo ľudu modlilo sa vonku v hodinu kadenia.

¹⁰The whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.

¹¹A ukázal sa mu anjel Pánov stojac po pravej strane oltára na kadenie.

¹¹An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.

¹²A keď ho uvidel Zachariáš zľakol sa, a bázeň pripadla na neho.

¹²Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.

¹³Ale anjel mu povedal: Neboj sa, Zachariášu lebo tvoja prosba je vyslyšaná, a tvoja manželka, Alžbeta, ti porodí syna, a nazovieš jeho meno Ján.

¹³But the angel said to him, “Don’t be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard, and your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

¹⁴A budeš mať radosť a plesanie, a mnohí sa budú radovať jeho narodeniu;

¹⁴You will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice at his birth.

¹⁵lebo bude veľký pred Pánom a vína ani nijakého nápoja opojného nebude nikdy piť a Svätým Duchom bude naplnený ešte od života svojej matky.

¹⁵For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.

¹⁶A mnohých zo synov Izraelových obráti k Pánovi, ich Bohu.

¹⁶He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord, their God.

¹⁷A on sám pojde pred ním v duchu a v moci Eliášovej obrátiť srdcia otcov na deti a neposlušných k rozumnosti spravedlivých, aby prihotovil Pánovi pripravený ľud.

¹⁷He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord.”

¹⁸A Zachariáš povedal anjelovi: Po čom to poznám? Lebo ja som už starý, aj moja manželka je pokročilá vo svojich dňoch.

¹⁸Zacharias said to the angel, “How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.”

¹⁹Vtedy odpovedal anjel a riekol mu: Ja som Gabriel, ktorý stojím pred Bohom, a som poslaný na to, aby som hovoril s tebou a zvestoval ti tieto radostné veci.

¹⁹The angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God. I was sent to speak to you, and to bring you this good news.

²⁰Nuž hľa, budeš mlčať, nemý, a nebudeš môcť prehovoriť až do toho dňa, keď sa to všetko stane, pretože si neuveril mojim slovám, ktoré sa naplnia svojím časom.

²⁰Behold, you will be silent and not able to speak, until the day that these things will happen, because you didn’t believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time.”

²¹A ľud očakával Zachariáša a divil sa, keď predlieval v chráme.

²¹The people were waiting for Zacharias, and they marveled that he delayed in the temple.

²²A keď vyšiel, nemohol k nim prehovoriť, a poznali, že videl videnie v chráme, lebo im dával náveštie a zostal nemý.

²²When he came out, he could not speak to them, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple. He continued making signs to them, and remained mute.

²³A stalo sa, keď sa vyplnily dni jeho bohoslužby, že odišiel do svojho domu.

²³It happened, when the days of his service were fulfilled, he departed to his house.

²⁴A po tých dňoch počala Alžbeta, jeho manželka, a kryla sa päť mesiacov

²⁴After these days Elizabeth, his wife, conceived, and she hid herself five months, saying,

²⁵a hovorila: Takto mi učinil Pán vo dňoch, v ktorých pohliadol na mňa, aby odňal moje pohanenie medzi ľuďmi.

²⁵“Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men.”

²⁶Potom v šiestom mesiaci bol poslaný anjel Gabriel od Boha do galilejského mesta, ktorému je meno Nazaret,

²⁶Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

²⁷k panne, zasnúbenej mužovi, ktorému bolo meno Jozef, z domu Dávidovho, a meno panny bolo Mária.

²⁷to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.

²⁸A keď vošiel ku nej anjel, povedal: Raduj sa, obdarená milosťou! Pán s tebou, ty požehnaná medzi ženami!

²⁸Having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!”

²⁹A ona vidiac ho zľakla sa nad jeho rečou a rozmýšľala, jaký to má byť pozdrav.

²⁹But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered what kind of salutation this might be.

³⁰Ale anjel jej povedal: Neboj sa Mária, lebo si našla milosť u Boha

³⁰The angel said to her, “Don’t be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

³¹a hľa, počneš v živote a porodíš syna a nazovieš jeho meno Ježiš.

³¹Behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bring forth a son, and will call his name ‘Jesus.’

³²Ten bude veľký a bude sa volať Synom Najvyššieho. A Pán Bôh mu dá trón Dávida, jeho otca,

³²He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David,

³³a bude kraľovať nad domom Jakobovým až na veky, a jeho kráľovstvu nebude konca.

³³and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom.”

³⁴A Mária povedala anjelovi: Jako sa to stane, keď neznám muža?

³⁴Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?”

³⁵A anjel odpovedal a riekol jej: Svätý Duch prijde na teba, a moc Najvyššieho ti zatôni, a preto aj to splodené sväté bude sa volať Syn Boží.

³⁵The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.

³⁶A hľa, Alžbeta, tvoja pokrevná, aj ona počala syna vo svojej starobe, a toto jej je už šiesty mesiac, tej, ktorú volajú neplodnou,

³⁶Behold, Elizabeth, your relative, also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.

³⁷lebo u Boha nebude nemožným niktoré slovo.

³⁷For everything spoken by God is possible.”

³⁸Vtedy povedala Mária: Hľa, som dievka Pánova; nech sa mi tedy stane podľa tvojho slova. A anjel odišiel od nej.

³⁸Mary said, “Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; be it to me according to your word.” The angel departed from her.

³⁹A v tých dňoch vstala Mária a ponáhľajúc sa išla na vrchy, do mesta Júdovho.

³⁹Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah,

⁴⁰A vošla do domu Zachariášovho a pozdravila Alžbetu.

⁴⁰and entered into the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth.

⁴¹A stalo sa, keď počula Alžbeta pozdrav Máriin, že poskočilo nemluvňa v jej živote, a Alžbeta bola razom naplnená Svätým Duchom

⁴¹It happened, when Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, that the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

⁴²a zvolala veľkým hlasom a riekla: Požehnaná ty medzi ženami a požehnaný plod tvojho života!

⁴²She called out with a loud voice, and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

⁴³Odkiaľ mi to, aby prišla ku mne matka môjho Pána?!

⁴³Why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

⁴⁴Lebo hľa, jako zavznel hlas tvojho pozdravu v moje uši, s plesotom poskočilo nemluvňa v mojom živote,

⁴⁴For behold, when the voice of your greeting came into my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy!

⁴⁵a blahoslavená tá, ktorá uverila, lebo sa naplní to, čo jej bolo hovorené od Pána.

⁴⁵Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord!”

⁴⁶A Mária riekla: Moja duša zvelebuje Pána,

⁴⁶Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord.

⁴⁷a môj duch plesá nad Bohom, mojím Spasiteľom

⁴⁸pretože pohliadol na poníženie svojej dievky. Lebo hľa, odteraz ma budú blahoslaviť všetky pokolenia,

⁴⁸for he has looked at the humble state of his handmaid. For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed.

⁴⁹pretože mi učinil veľké veci ten Mocný, a sväté je jeho meno,

⁴⁹For he who is mighty has done great things for me. Holy is his name.

⁵⁰a jeho milosrdenstvo do pokolení a pokolení tým, ktorí sa ho boja.

⁵¹Dokázal silu svojím ramenom, rozptýlil pyšných mysľou ich srdca,

⁵¹He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

⁵²svrhnul mocnárov s trónov a povýšil ponížených,

⁵²He has put down princes from their thrones. And has exalted the lowly.

⁵³lačných naplnil dobrými vecami a bohatých poslal preč prázdnych.

⁵³He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty.

⁵⁴Zaujal sa Izraela, svojho služobníka, aby sa rozpamätal na svoje milosrdenstvo,

⁵⁵tak ako hovoril našim otcom, na milosrdenstvo, sľúbené Abrahámovi a jeho semenu na večnosť.

⁵⁵As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his seed forever.”

⁵⁶A Mária zostala s ňou asi tri mesiace a potom sa navrátila do svojho domu.

⁵⁶Mary stayed with her about three months, and then returned to her house.

⁵⁷A Alžbete sa naplnil čas, aby porodila, i porodila syna.

⁵⁷Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she brought forth a son.

⁵⁸A počuli okolní súsedia i jej príbuzní, že jej učinil Pán svoje veľké milosrdenstvo, a radovali sa s ňou.

⁵⁸Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her, and they rejoiced with her.

⁵⁹Potom stalo sa ôsmeho dňa, že prišli obrezať dieťatko a volali ho po mene jeho otca Zachariášom.

⁵⁹It happened on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.

⁶⁰Ale jeho matka odpovedala a riekla: Nie, ale sa bude volať Ján.

⁶⁰His mother answered, “Not so; but he will be called John.”

⁶¹A povedali jej: Veď nie je nikoho z tvojho príbuzenstva, kto by sa volal tým menom!

⁶¹They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name.”

⁶²A dávali náveštie jeho otcovi, jako by asi chcel, aby sa volal.

⁶²They made signs to his father, what he would have him called.

⁶³A on si vypýtal tabuľku a napísal: Ján je jeho meno. A všetci sa divili.

⁶³He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, “His name is John.” They all marveled.

⁶⁴A naskutku sa otvorily jeho ústa i jeho jazyk, a hovoril dobrorečiac Bohu.

⁶⁴His mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue freed, and he spoke, blessing God.

⁶⁵Vtedy prišla bázeň na všetkých, ktorí bývali okolo nich, a po celom tom vrchovatom kraji judskom hovorilo sa o všetkých týchto veciach.

⁶⁵Fear came on all who lived around them, and all these sayings were talked about throughout all the hill country of Judea.

⁶⁶A všetci, ktorí to počuli, složili to vo svojom srdci a hovorili: Čo to len bude z toho dieťaťa! A ruka Pánova bola s ním.

⁶⁶All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, “What then will this child be?” The hand of the Lord was with him.

⁶⁷A Zachariáš, jeho otec, bol razom naplnený Svätým Duchom a prorokoval:

⁶⁷His father, Zacharias, was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,

⁶⁸Požehnaný Pán Bôh Izraelov, že navštívil a učinil vykúpenie svojmu ľudu

⁶⁸“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and worked redemption for his people;

⁶⁹a vyzdvihol nám roh spasenia v dome Dávida, svojho služobníka, -

⁷⁰jako hovoril skrze ústa svojich svätých od veku prorokov -

⁷¹spasenie z moci našich nepriateľov a z ruky všetkých tých, ktorí nás nenávidia,

⁷²aby učinil milosrdenstvo našim otcom a rozpamätal sa na svoju svätú smluvu,

⁷²to show mercy towards our fathers, to remember his holy covenant,

⁷³na prísahu, ktorú prisahal Abrahámovi, nášmu otcovi, že nám dá,

⁷⁴aby sme vytrhnutí súc z ruky svojich nepriateľov slúžili jemu bez strachu

⁷⁴to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear,

⁷⁵v svätosti a v spravedlivosti pred ním po všetky dni svojho života.

⁷⁶A ty, dieťatko, budeš sa volať prorokom Najvyššieho, lebo pojdeš pred tvárou Pánovou prihotoviť jeho cesty,

⁷⁶And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,

⁷⁷dať jeho ľudu známosť spasenia, záležajúceho v odpustení ich hriechov

⁷⁸pre vnútornosti milosrdenstva nášho Boha, ktorými nás navštívil východ z výsosti,

⁷⁸because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the dawn from on high will visit us,

⁷⁹aby sa ukázal tým, ktorí sedia vo tme a v tôni smrti, aby upravil naše nohy na cestu pokoja.

⁷⁹to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

⁸⁰A dieťatko rástlo a silnelo duchom a bolo na pustinách až do dňa svojho ukázania sa Izraelovi.

⁸⁰The child was growing, and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.