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

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

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

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

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;

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.”

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.

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.”

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

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.

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.

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.”

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

³⁷For everything spoken by God is possible.”

³⁷lebo u Boha nebude nemožným niktoré slovo.

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

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

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

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

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

⁴⁰A vošla do domu Zachariášovho a pozdravila Alžbetu.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

⁴⁶Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord.

⁴⁶A Mária riekla: Moja duša zvelebuje Pána,

⁴⁷a môj duch plesá nad Bohom, mojím Spasiteľom

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

⁵²svrhnul mocnárov s trónov a povýšil ponížených,

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

⁵³lačných naplnil dobrými vecami a bohatých poslal preč prázdnych.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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