2 CMNSWCB 正如那些从起初亲眼见过、又服事这道的人传给我们的， BSB BSB: just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
3 CMNSWCB 尊贵的提阿非罗，我也把这一切从头仔细查考了，觉得应该按次序写给你， BSB BSB: Therefore, having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,
4 CMNSWCB 好让你确切知道，你所受教导的事真实可靠。 BSB BSB: so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.
6 CMNSWCB 他们二人在上帝面前都是义人，遵行主的一切诫命和规例，无可指摘。 BSB BSB: Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
7 CMNSWCB 可是他们没有孩子，因为伊丽莎白不能生育，而且两人都已经年纪老迈。 BSB BSB: But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
8 CMNSWCB 有一天，撒迦利亚按照自己班次的次序，在上帝面前执行祭司职务。 BSB BSB: One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,
9 CMNSWCB 按祭司职分的惯例，他抽签抽中，要进主的殿烧香。 BSB BSB: he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
10 CMNSWCB 烧香的时候，众百姓都在外面祷告。 BSB BSB: And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.
11 CMNSWCB 有一位主的天使向他显现，站在香坛的右边。 BSB BSB: Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.
12 CMNSWCB 撒迦利亚看见他，就惊慌害怕。 BSB BSB: When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and gripped with fear.
13 CMNSWCB 天使对他说：“撒迦利亚，不要害怕，因为你的祈求已经蒙垂听了。你的妻子伊丽莎白要给你生一个儿子，你要给他起名叫约翰。 BSB BSB: But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.
14 CMNSWCB 你必欢喜快乐，也有许多人要因他的出生而喜乐。 BSB BSB: He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,
15 CMNSWCB 因为他在主面前将要成为伟大的人。他清酒烈酒都不可喝；从母腹里，他就要被圣灵充满。 BSB BSB: for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He shall never take wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb.
16 CMNSWCB 他要使许多以色列人回转，归向主他们的上帝。 BSB BSB: Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.
18 CMNSWCB 撒迦利亚对天使说：“我怎么能确定这事呢？我已经老了，我妻子也年纪老迈了。” BSB BSB: “How can I be sure of this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.”
19 CMNSWCB 天使回答他说：“我是加百列，站在上帝面前。我奉差遣来对你说话，把这好消息告诉你。 BSB BSB: “I am Gabriel,” replied the angel. “I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.
20 CMNSWCB 看哪，你必沉默，不能说话，直到这些事成就的日子，因为你不信我的话；这些话到了时候必然应验。” BSB BSB: And now you will be silent and unable to speak until the day this comes to pass, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at their proper time.”
21 CMNSWCB 百姓等着撒迦利亚，见他在殿里耽搁这么久，就觉得奇怪。 BSB BSB: Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he took so long in the temple.
22 CMNSWCB 他出来以后，不能对他们说话。他们就明白他在殿里看见了异象。他一直向他们打手势，却仍然说不出话来。 BSB BSB: When he came out and was unable to speak to them, they realized he had seen a vision in the temple. He kept making signs to them but remained unable to speak.
23 CMNSWCB 他供职的日子满了，就回家去了。 BSB BSB: And when the days of his service were complete, he returned home.
24 CMNSWCB 这些日子以后，他的妻子伊丽莎白怀了孕，隐藏了五个月，说： BSB BSB: After these days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. She declared,
25 CMNSWCB “主眷顾我的日子，竟这样待我，除去了我在人前的羞辱。” BSB BSB: “The Lord has done this for me. In these days He has shown me favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.”
27 CMNSWCB 到一个童女那里。她已经许配给一个名叫约瑟的人，他是大卫家的后裔。童女的名字叫马利亚。 BSB BSB: to a virgin pledged in marriage to a man named Joseph, who was of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.
28 CMNSWCB 天使进去，对她说：“蒙大恩的女子，愿你喜乐！主与你同在。你在女子中是蒙福的！” BSB BSB: The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
29 CMNSWCB 马利亚因这话十分不安，反复思想这样的问候是什么意思。 BSB BSB: Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.
30 CMNSWCB 天使对她说：“马利亚，不要害怕，因为你在上帝面前蒙了恩。 BSB BSB: So the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
31 CMNSWCB 看哪，你要怀孕生一个儿子，要给他起名叫耶稣。 BSB BSB: Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
32 CMNSWCB 他将要成为伟大的人，要称为至高者的儿子。主上帝要把他祖先大卫的王位赐给他。 BSB BSB: He 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,
33 CMNSWCB 他要作王，治理雅各家，直到永远；他的国度永无穷尽。” BSB BSB: and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”
35 CMNSWCB 天使回答她：“圣灵要临到你身上，至高者的能力要荫庇你。因此，那将要出生的圣者，要称为上帝的儿子。 BSB BSB: The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.
36 CMNSWCB 看哪，你的亲戚伊丽莎白，在年老的时候也怀了一个儿子；那素来被称为不能生育的，如今已经有孕六个月了。 BSB BSB: Look, even Elizabeth your relative has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is in her sixth month.
37 CMNSWCB 因为上帝所说的话，没有一句不能成就。” BSB BSB: For no word from God will ever fail.”
39 CMNSWCB 那些日子，马利亚起身，急忙往山地去，来到犹大的一座城。 BSB BSB: In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,
40 CMNSWCB 她进了撒迦利亚的家，向伊丽莎白问安。 BSB BSB: where she entered the home of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.
41 CMNSWCB 伊丽莎白一听见马利亚问安，腹中的婴孩就跳动起来；伊丽莎白也被圣灵充满。 BSB BSB: When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
42 CMNSWCB 她高声喊着说：“你在女子中是蒙福的！你腹中的果子也是蒙福的！ BSB BSB: In a loud voice she exclaimed, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
43 CMNSWCB 我主的母亲竟然到我这里来，我怎么配得这样的恩待？ BSB BSB: And why am I so honored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
44 CMNSWCB 看哪，你问安的声音一进我的耳朵，我腹中的婴孩就因喜乐而跳动。 BSB BSB: For as soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.
45 CMNSWCB 那相信主对她所说的话必会成就的女子，是有福的！” BSB BSB: Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.”
47 CMNSWCB 我的灵因上帝我的救主欢喜， BSB BSB: and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
49 CMNSWCB 因为那有大能者为我成就了大事； 他的名是圣的。 BSB BSB: For the Mighty One has done great things for me. Holy is His name.
50 CMNSWCB 他的怜悯临到敬畏他的人，直到世世代代。 BSB BSB: His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
51 CMNSWCB 他用膀臂施展大能； 他驱散了心里狂傲妄想的人。 BSB BSB: He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
52 CMNSWCB 他把掌权者从王位上拉下来， 却高举卑微的人。 BSB BSB: He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
53 CMNSWCB 他用美物使饥饿的人得饱足， 却叫富足的人空手而去。 BSB BSB: He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
54 CMNSWCB 他扶助他的仆人以色列， 为要记念他的怜悯， BSB BSB: He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,
55 CMNSWCB 正如他对我们祖先所说的， 就是向亚伯拉罕和他的后裔所应许的，直到永远。” BSB BSB: as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.”
56 CMNSWCB 马利亚和伊丽莎白同住了约三个月，然后回到自己家里。 BSB BSB: Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.
57 CMNSWCB 伊丽莎白生产的日子到了，她生了一个儿子。 BSB BSB: When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.
58 CMNSWCB 她的邻居和亲戚听见主向她大施怜悯，就和她一同喜乐。 BSB BSB: Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.
59 CMNSWCB 到了第八天，他们来给孩子行割礼，想照他父亲的名字叫他撒迦利亚。 BSB BSB: On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
60 CMNSWCB 他的母亲回答说：“不行，他要叫约翰。” BSB BSB: But his mother replied, “No! He shall be called John.”
61 CMNSWCB 他们对她说：“你亲族中没有人叫这个名字。” BSB BSB: They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who bears this name.”
62 CMNSWCB 于是他们向孩子的父亲打手势，问他想给孩子起什么名字。 BSB BSB: So they made signs to his father to find out what he wanted to name the child.
63 CMNSWCB 他要了一块写字板，写道：“他的名字是约翰。” 众人都惊奇。 BSB BSB: Zechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.
64 CMNSWCB 他的口立刻开了，舌头也自由了，就开口称颂上帝。 BSB BSB: Immediately Zechariah’s mouth was opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak, praising God.
65 CMNSWCB 周围居住的人都生出敬畏的心；这些事传遍了犹太的整个山地。 BSB BSB: All their neighbors were filled with awe, and people throughout the hill country of Judea were talking about these events.
66 CMNSWCB 所有听见的人都把这些事存在心里，说：“这孩子将来会成为什么样的人呢？”因为主的手与他同在。 BSB BSB: And all who heard this wondered in their hearts and asked, “What then will this child become?” For the Lord’s hand was with him.
67 CMNSWCB 他的父亲撒迦利亚被圣灵充满，就预言说： BSB BSB: Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:
68 CMNSWCB “主以色列的上帝是当受称颂的， 因为他眷顾并救赎了自己的百姓； BSB BSB: “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
69 CMNSWCB 他在他仆人大卫家中， 为我们兴起了拯救的角， BSB BSB: He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
70 CMNSWCB 正如他从古以来， 借着圣先知的口所说的； BSB BSB: as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,
71 CMNSWCB 他要救我们脱离仇敌， 脱离一切恨我们之人的手； BSB BSB: salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,
72 CMNSWCB 要向我们的祖先施怜悯， 记念他的圣约， BSB BSB: to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
73 CMNSWCB 就是他向我们祖先亚伯拉罕所起的誓。 BSB BSB: the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
74 CMNSWCB 他要使我们从仇敌手中被救出来， 可以无所惧怕地事奉他， BSB BSB: deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
75 CMNSWCB 一生在他面前以圣洁和公义度日。 BSB BSB: in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.
76 CMNSWCB 孩子啊，你要称为至高者的先知； 因为你要走在主前面，预备他的道路， BSB BSB: And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him,
77 CMNSWCB 叫他的百姓知道救恩， 就是他们的罪得赦免。 BSB BSB: to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
78 CMNSWCB 这是因我们上帝柔和深厚的怜悯； 因此，从高天而来的晨光要眷顾我们， BSB BSB: because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
79 CMNSWCB 照亮那些坐在黑暗中和死荫里的人， 引导我们的脚走上平安的路。” BSB BSB: to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
80 CMNSWCB 那孩子渐渐长大，灵里刚强；他住在旷野，直到公开向以色列显现的日子。 BSB BSB: And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until the time of his public appearance to Israel.