3 CUVS 这些事我既从起头都详细考察了，就定意要按着次序写给你， 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 CUVS 使你知道所学之道都是确实的。 BSB BSB: so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.
6 CUVS 他们二人在 神面前都是义人，遵行主的一切诫命礼仪，没有可指摘的， BSB BSB: Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
7 CUVS 只是没有孩子；因为伊利莎白不生育，两个人又年纪老迈了。 BSB BSB: But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
8 CUVS 撒迦利亚按班次在 神面前供祭司的职分， BSB BSB: One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,
9 CUVS 照祭司的规矩掣签，得进主殿烧香。 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 CUVS 烧香的时候，众百姓在外面祷告。 BSB BSB: And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.
11 CUVS 有主的使者站在香坛的右边，向他显现。 BSB BSB: Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.
12 CUVS 撒迦利亚看见，就惊慌害怕。 BSB BSB: When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and gripped with fear.
13 CUVS 天使对他说：「撒迦利亚，不要害怕，因为你的祈祷已经被听见了。你的妻子伊利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 CUVS 你必欢喜快乐；有许多人因他出世，也必喜乐。 BSB BSB: He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,
15 CUVS 他在主面前将要为大，淡酒浓酒都不喝，从母腹里就被圣灵充满了。 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 CUVS 他要使许多以色列人回转，归于主—他们的 神。 BSB BSB: Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.
18 CUVS 撒迦利亚对天使说：「我凭着什么可知道这事呢？我已经老了，我的妻子也年纪老迈了。」 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 CUVS 天使回答说：「我是站在 神面前的加百列，奉差而来对你说话，将这好信息报给你。 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 CUVS 到了时候，这话必然应验；只因你不信，你必哑巴，不能说话，直到这事成就的日子。」 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 CUVS 百姓等候撒迦利亚，诧异他许久在殿里。 BSB BSB: Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he took so long in the temple.
22 CUVS 及至他出来，不能和他们说话，他们就知道他在殿里见了异象；因为他直向他们打手式，竟成了哑巴。 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 CUVS 他供职的日子已满，就回家去了。 BSB BSB: And when the days of his service were complete, he returned home.
24 CUVS 这些日子以后，他的妻子伊利莎白怀了孕，就隐藏了五个月， BSB BSB: After these days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. She declared,
25 CUVS 说：「主在眷顾我的日子，这样看待我，要把我在人间的羞耻除掉。」 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 CUVS 到一个童女那里，是已经许配大卫家的一个人，名叫约瑟。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 CUVS 天使进去，对她说：「蒙大恩的女子，我问你安，主和你同在了！」 BSB BSB: The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
29 CUVS 马利亚因这话就很惊慌，又反复思想这样问安是什么意思。 BSB BSB: Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.
30 CUVS 天使对她说：「马利亚，不要怕！你在 神面前已经蒙恩了。 BSB BSB: So the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
31 CUVS 你要怀孕生子，可以给他起名叫耶稣。 BSB BSB: Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
32 CUVS 他要为大，称为至高者的儿子；主 神要把他祖大卫的位给他。 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 CUVS 他要作雅各家的王，直到永远；他的国也没有穷尽。」 BSB BSB: and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”
35 CUVS 天使回答说：「圣灵要临到你身上，至高者的能力要荫庇你，因此所要生的圣者必称为 神的儿子。 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 CUVS 况且你的亲戚伊利莎白，在年老的时候也怀了男胎，就是那素来称为不生育的，现在有孕六个月了。 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 CUVS 因为，出于 神的话，没有一句不带能力的。」 BSB BSB: For no word from God will ever fail.”
39 CUVS 那时候，马利亚起身，急忙往山地里去，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 CUVS 进了撒迦利亚的家，问伊利莎白安。 BSB BSB: where she entered the home of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.
41 CUVS 伊利莎白一听马利亚问安，所怀的胎就在腹里跳动。伊利莎白且被圣灵充满， BSB BSB: When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
42 CUVS 高声喊着说：「你在妇女中是有福的！你所怀的胎也是有福的！ BSB BSB: In a loud voice she exclaimed, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
43 CUVS 我主的母到我这里来，这是从哪里得的呢？ BSB BSB: And why am I so honored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
44 CUVS 因为你问安的声音一入我耳，我腹里的胎就欢喜跳动。 BSB BSB: For as soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.
45 CUVS 这相信的女子是有福的！因为主对她所说的话都要应验。」 BSB BSB: Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.”
47 CUVS 我灵以 神我的救主为乐； BSB BSB: and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
49 CUVS 那有权能的，为我成就了大事； 他的名为圣。 BSB BSB: For the Mighty One has done great things for me. Holy is His name.
50 CUVS 他怜悯敬畏他的人， 直到世世代代。 BSB BSB: His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
51 CUVS 他用膀臂施展大能； 那狂傲的人正心里妄想就被他赶散了。 BSB BSB: He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
52 CUVS 他叫有权柄的失位， 叫卑贱的升高； BSB BSB: He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
53 CUVS 叫饥饿的得饱美食， 叫富足的空手回去。 BSB BSB: He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
54 CUVS 他扶助了他的仆人以色列， BSB BSB: He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,
55 CUVS 为要记念亚伯拉罕和他的后裔， 施怜悯直到永远， 正如从前对我们列祖所说的话。 BSB BSB: as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.”
56 CUVS 马利亚和伊利莎白同住，约有三个月，就回家去了。 BSB BSB: Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.
57 CUVS 伊利莎白的产期到了，就生了一个儿子。 BSB BSB: When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.
58 CUVS 邻里亲族听见主向她大施怜悯，就和她一同欢乐。 BSB BSB: Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.
59 CUVS 到了第八日，他们来要给孩子行割礼，并要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 CUVS 他母亲说：「不可！要叫他约翰。」 BSB BSB: But his mother replied, “No! He shall be called John.”
61 CUVS 他们说：「你亲族中没有叫这名字的。」 BSB BSB: They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who bears this name.”
62 CUVS 他们就向他父亲打手式，问他要叫这孩子什么名字。 BSB BSB: So they made signs to his father to find out what he wanted to name the child.
63 CUVS 他要了一块写字的板，就写上，说：「他的名字是约翰。」他们便都希奇。 BSB BSB: Zechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.
64 CUVS 撒迦利亚的口立时开了，舌头也舒展了 ，就说出话来，称颂 神。 BSB BSB: Immediately Zechariah’s mouth was opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak, praising God.
65 CUVS 周围居住的人都惧怕；这一切的事就传遍了犹太的山地。 BSB BSB: All their neighbors were filled with awe, and people throughout the hill country of Judea were talking about these events.
66 CUVS 凡听见的人都将这事放在心里，说：「这个孩子将来怎么样呢？因为有主与他同在。」 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 CUVS 他父亲撒迦利亚被圣灵充满了，就预言说： BSB BSB: Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:
68 CUVS 主—以色列的 神是应当称颂的！ 因他眷顾他的百姓，为他们施行救赎， BSB BSB: “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
69 CUVS 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 CUVS 正如主借着从创世以来圣先知的口所说的话， BSB BSB: as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,
71 CUVS 拯救我们脱离仇敌 和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 CUVS 向我们列祖施怜悯， 记念他的圣约— BSB BSB: to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
73 CUVS 就是他对我们祖宗亚伯拉罕所起的誓— BSB BSB: the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
74 CUVS 叫我们既从仇敌手中被救出来， BSB BSB: deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
75 CUVS 就可以终身在他面前， 坦然无惧地用圣洁、公义事奉他。 BSB BSB: in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.
76 CUVS 孩子啊！你要称为至高者的先知； 因为你要行在主的前面， 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 CUVS 叫他的百姓因罪得赦， 就知道救恩。 BSB BSB: to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
78 CUVS 因我们 神怜悯的心肠， 叫清晨的日光从高天临到我们， BSB BSB: because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
79 CUVS 要照亮坐在黑暗中死荫里的人， 把我们的脚引到平安的路上。 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 CUVS 那孩子渐渐长大，心灵强健，住在旷野，直到他显明在以色列人面前的日子。 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.