Luukkaan evankeliumi:
1:36 Ja katso, sinun sukulaisesi
Elisabet, hänkin kantaa kohdussaan poikaa vanhalla iällään, ja tämä on kuudes
kuukausi hänellä, jota sanottiin hedelmättömäksi;
1:37 sillä Jumalalle
ei mikään ole mahdotonta."
1:38 Silloin Maria
sanoi: "Katso, minä olen Herran palvelijatar; tapahtukoon minulle sinun
sanasi mukaan." Ja enkeli lähti hänen tyköänsä.
1:39 Niinä päivinä
Maria nousi ja kulki kiiruusti vuorimaahan erääseen Juudan kaupunkiin
1:40 ja meni
Sakariaan kotiin ja tervehti Elisabetia.
1:41 Ja kun Elisabet
kuuli Marian tervehdyksen, hypähti lapsi hänen kohdussansa; ja Elisabet
täytettiin Pyhällä Hengellä.
1:42 Ja hän puhkesi
puhumaan suurella äänellä ja sanoi: "Siunattu sinä vaimojen joukossa, ja
siunattu sinun kohtusi hedelmä!
1:43 Ja kuinka
minulle tapahtuu tämä, että minun Herrani äiti tulee minun tyköni?
1:44 Sillä katso, kun
sinun tervehdyksesi ääni tuli minun korviini, hypähti lapsi ilosta minun
kohdussani.
1:45 Ja autuas se,
joka uskoi, sillä se sana on täyttyvä, mikä hänelle on tullut Herralta!"
1:46 Ja Maria sanoi:
"Minun sieluni suuresti ylistää
Herraa,
1:47 ja minun
henkeni riemuitsee Jumalasta, vapahtajastani;
1:48 sillä hän on
katsonut palvelijattarensa alhaisuuteen. Katso, tästedes kaikki sukupolvet
ylistävät minua autuaaksi.
1:49 Sillä
Voimallinen on tehnyt minulle suuria, ja hänen nimensä on pyhä,
1:50 ja hänen
laupeutensa pysyy polvesta polveen niille, jotka häntä pelkäävät. 1:51 Hän on
osoittanut voimansa käsivarrellaan; hän on hajottanut ne, joilla oli ylpeät
ajatukset sydämessään.
1:52 Hän on
kukistanut valtiaat valtaistuimilta ja korottanut alhaiset.
1:53 Nälkäiset hän
on täyttänyt hyvyyksillä, ja rikkaat hän on lähettänyt tyhjinä pois.
1:54 Hän on ottanut
huomaansa palvelijansa Israelin, muistaaksensa laupeuttaan
1:55 Aabrahamia ja
hänen siementänsä kohtaan iankaikkisesti, niinkuin hän on meidän isillemme
puhunut."
1:56 Ja Maria
oli hänen tykönänsä noin kolme kuukautta ja palasi jälleen kotiinsa.
Luk 1 AMP36 And listen! Your relative Elizabeth in her old age has
also conceived a son, and this is now the sixth month with her who was called
barren.37 For with God nothing is ever impossible and no word
from God shall be without power or impossible of fulfillment.38 Then
Mary said, Behold, I am the handmaiden of the Lord; let it be done to me
according to what you have said. And the angel left her.39 And at
that time Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country to a town of
Judah,40 And she went to the house of Zachariah and, entering it,
saluted Elizabeth.41 And it occurred that when Elizabeth heard
Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with and
controlled by the Holy Spirit.42 And she cried out with a loud cry,
and then exclaimed, Blessed (favored of God) above all other women are you! And
blessed (favored of God) is the Fruit of your womb!43 And how [have
I deserved that this honor should] be granted to me, that the mother of my Lord
should come to me?44 For behold, the instant the sound of your
salutation reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.45 And
blessed (happy, [z]to be envied)
is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of the things that were
spoken to her from the Lord.46 And
Mary said, My soul magnifies and
extols the Lord,47 And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,48 For
He has looked upon the low station and
humiliation of His handmaiden. For behold, from now on all generations [of all
ages] will call me blessed and
declare me happy and [aa]to be envied!49
For He Who is almighty has done great things for me—and holy is His name
[to be venerated in His purity, majesty and glory]!50 And His mercy
(His compassion and kindness toward the miserable and afflicted) is on those
who fear Him with godly reverence, from generation to generation and age to age.51 He has
shown strength and [ab]made might with
His arm; He has scattered the proud and
haughty in and by the
imagination and purpose and designs of their hearts.52 He
has put down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of low degree.53
He has filled and satisfied
the hungry with good things, and the rich He has sent away empty-handed
[without a gift].54 He has laid hold on His servant Israel [to help
him, to espouse his cause], in remembrance of His mercy,55 Even as
He promised to our forefathers, to Abraham and to his descendants forever.56 And Mary
remained with her [Elizabeth] for about three months and [then] returned to her
[own] home.
Luk 1 MSG A Virgin
Conceives 26-28 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel
to the Galilean village of Nazareth to a virgin engaged to be married to a man
descended from David. His name was Joseph, and the virgin’s name, Mary. Upon
entering, Gabriel greeted her:
Good morning!
You’re beautiful with God’s beauty,
Beautiful inside and out!
God be with you.
29-33 She was thoroughly shaken, wondering what was behind a
greeting like that. But the angel assured her, “Mary, you have nothing to fear.
God has a surprise for you: You will become pregnant and give birth to a son
and call his name Jesus.
Blessed Among Women39-45 Mary didn’t waste a minute. She got
up and traveled to a town in Judah in the hill country, straight to Zachariah’s
house, and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby in
her womb leaped. She was filled with the Holy Spirit, and sang out exuberantly,
You’re so blessed among women,
and the babe in your womb, also blessed!
And why am I so blessed that
the mother of my Lord visits me?
The moment the sound of your
greeting entered my ears,
The babe in my womb
skipped like a lamb for sheer joy.
Blessed woman, who believed what God said,
believed every word would come true!
46-55 And Mary said,
I’m bursting with God-news;
I’m dancing the song of my Savior God.
God took one good look at me, and look what happened—
I’m the most fortunate woman on earth!
What God has done for me will never be forgotten,
the God whose very name is holy, set apart from all others.
His mercy flows in wave after wave
on those who are in awe before him.
He bared his arm and showed his strength,
scattered the bluffing braggarts.
He knocked tyrants off their high horses,
pulled victims out of the mud.
The starving poor sat down to a banquet;
the callous rich were left out in the cold.
He embraced his chosen child, Israel;
he remembered and piled on the mercies, piled them high.
It’s exactly what he promised,
beginning with Abraham and right up to now.
56 Mary stayed with Elizabeth for three months and then went back to
her own home.
Luke 1 Living
Bible (TLB)
31 Very soon now, you will become pregnant and have a
baby boy, and you are to name him ‘Jesus.’ 32 He shall be very great
and shall be called the Son of God. And the Lord God shall give him the throne
of his ancestor David. 33 And he shall reign over Israel forever;
his Kingdom shall never end!”
34 Mary asked the angel, “But how can I have a baby? I am a virgin.”
35 The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit shall come upon you, and the
power of God shall overshadow you; so the baby born to you will be utterly
holy—the Son of God. 36 Furthermore, six months ago your Aunt[f] Elizabeth—‘the
barren one,’ they called her—became pregnant in her old age! 37 For
every promise from God shall surely come true.”
38 Mary said, “I am the Lord’s servant, and I am willing to do
whatever he wants. May everything you said come true.” And then the angel
disappeared.
39-40 A few days later Mary hurried to the highlands of Judea to the
town where Zacharias lived, to visit Elizabeth.
41 At the sound of Mary’s greeting, Elizabeth’s child leaped within her and
she was filled with the Holy Spirit.
42 She gave a glad cry and exclaimed to Mary, “You are favored by
God above all other women, and your child is destined for God’s mightiest
praise. 43 What an honor this is, that the mother of my Lord should
visit me! 44 When you came in and greeted me, the instant I heard
your voice, my baby moved in me for joy! 45 You believed that God
would do what he said; that is why he has given you this wonderful blessing.”
46 Mary responded, “Oh, how I
praise the Lord. 47 How I rejoice in God my Savior! 48 For
he took notice of his lowly servant girl, and now generation after generation
forever shall call me blest of God. 49 For he, the mighty Holy One,
has done great things to me. 50 His mercy goes on from generation to
generation, to all who reverence him.
51 “How powerful is his mighty arm! How he scatters the proud and
haughty ones! 52 He has torn princes from their thrones and exalted
the lowly. 53 He has satisfied the hungry hearts and sent the rich
away with empty hands. 54 And how he has helped his servant Israel!
He has not forgotten his promise to be merciful. 55 For he promised
our fathers—Abraham and his children—to be merciful to them forever.”
56 Mary stayed with Elizabeth about three months and then went
back to her own home.