THE SYLVANUS TRANSLATION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT^©

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^1-2Forasmuch as many undertook to compile a narrative about the acts accomplished* among us, just as those who from the beginning had come to be eyewitnesses and servants of the Enunciation handed over to us, ^3-4it also seemed {good} to me, having thoroughly pursued over all things, to write them to you in sequence, most excellent Theophile, that you would recognise the sureness of the enunciations about which you have been informed.

⁵In the days of Herodes, King of Judea, there came to be some priest out of Abyah's shift named Zakaryah, and his wife, whose name was Elishabet, was of Aaron's daughters. ^6-7Moreover, both were righteous in God's sight, living their lives blamelessly by all the commandments and righteous judgements of Master, but for them, there was no child, forasmuch as Elishabet was barren and both had got on in their years.

⁸Now it came to be, since he performed sacred duties before God in the proceeding of his shift, ⁹that he got by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter into Master's temple to offer incense, ¹⁰and outside, at the hour of incense {offering}, all the multitude of the people was praying. ¹¹Moreover, Master's messenger* appeared to him standing from out of the right side of the altar of incense, ¹²so Zakaryah, having caught the sight*, became agitated, and fear fell upon him. ¹³However, the messenger said to him: "Have no fear Zakaryah, for your supplication was given attention, and your wife Elishabet will give birth to a son for you, and you will call his name Yohan, ^14-15and to you, there will be joy and jubilation, and many will be rejoiced over his birth for he shall be great in the sight of Master, and he will be filled with holy spirit still {not yet} out of his mother's womb*, but he certainly* should not drink wine and alcohol. ¹⁶Also, he will turn back many of the children of Yishrael over to Master, their God, ¹⁷and he will go ahead right in front of Him in the spirit and power of Elyah, to turn back over to children the hearts of parents, {to turn back} the incredulous ones to the thoughtfulness of the righteous, {and} to make ready for Master an equipped people." ¹⁸And Zakaryah said to the messenger: "What will get me to know that? For I am an old man and my wife has gotten on in her years." ¹⁹As an answer, the messenger said to him: "I am Gabriel, who has been standing next to God, in His sight, and I was commissioned to speak to you and declare these good messages to you. ²⁰And lo and behold! You will be mute and not able to speak until that day producing these things come, because you did no believe in my enunciations, which will be fulfilled in their due time."

²¹Now the people were anticipating Zakaryah and were wondering at his lingering in the temple, ²²but on coming out, he was unable to speak, so he was gesturing to them, and they recognised that he had seen a vision in the temple. And he continued to be mute, ²³and it came to be, as the days of his ministry were fulfilled, that he went away to his house. ²⁴Moreover, after these days, his wife Elishabet conceived and hid herself  five months saying: ²⁵"Thus has Master designed, in which days He considered* to remove my discredit among mankind".

²⁶Now in the sixth month, Gabri'el the messenger was commissioned [by / from] God into a city of Galilaia (the name of which is Nazaret), ²⁷toward a virgin who had been engaged to a man named Yoseph, out of the house of David; and the name of the virgin was Mariam. ²⁸Entering toward her then, (the messenger*)  said: "Rejoice, Graced one; Master is with you (blessed one among women*)". ²⁹Moreover, (catching the sight,*) she was startled over [the / his] enunciation, and was pondering what sort of greeting this could be. ³⁰The messenger then said to her: "Do not fear Mariam, for you found grace with God ³¹and lo and behold! you will conceive in {your} womb, and you will give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus. ³²This one shall be great, and he will be called Son of the Most High, and Master God will give him the throne of David his father, ³³and he will reign over the house of Jacob into eternity, and  there shall be no end of his kingship". ³⁴Moreover Mariam said to the messenger: "How shall that be, since I am no intimate with a man?" ³⁵So, in answer, the messenger said to her: 'Holy Spirit will fall  upon you, and the power of the Most-High will overshadow you, hence The one born holy* (out of you*) will be called Son of God. ³⁶And lo-and-behold! your kinswoman Elishabet: she has conceived a son in her old age, and this is to her the sixth month, the so-called barren, ³⁷because no utterance with God will be impracticable.' ³⁸So Mariam said: 'Behold!  Master's servant girl. May it happen to me according to your words'. And The Messenger departed from her.

³⁹Arising then in these days, Mariam went her way with haste into a city of Judah, in the mountainous region, ⁴⁰and she entered into Zekharyah's house, and greeted Elishabbet. ⁴¹And it came to be, as Elishabbet heard the greeting of Mariam, that the baby in her womb leaped, and Elishabbet was filled of holy Spirit, ⁴²and she exclaimed in great clamour and said: 'Blessed are  you among women!! And blessed is the fruit of your womb!! ⁴³And how is this mine that the mother of my Sovereign would come to me? ⁴⁴For look! As the sound of your greeting came into my ears, the baby leaped in my womb in jubilation. ⁴⁵And blissful is she that believed, because* there shall be an accomplishment of what Master has spoken to her."

⁴⁶Now Mariam said: "My soul magnifies Master, ⁴⁷and my spirit jubilates over God my Saviour ⁴⁸because He looked upon the lowliness of His servant girl, for look! from now on, all generations will count me blissful, ⁴⁹because the powerful One designed great things for me, and holy is His name, ⁵⁰and His mercy to those fearing him is for generations (and generations*)*.

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