Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to David’s city, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David,
2:5
ወሖረይጸሐፍምስለማርያምእንተፈኀሩሎቱእንዘፅንስትይእቲ።
要和他所聘之妻馬利亞一同報名上冊。那時馬利亞的身孕已經重了。
to enroll himself with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him as wife, being pregnant.
2:6
ወእምዝእንዘሀለዉህየበጽሐዕለተወሊዶታ።
他們在那裏的時候,馬利亞的產期到了,
While they were there, the day had come for her to give birth.
She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in bands of cloth and laid him in a feeding trough, because there was no room for them in the inn.
2:8
ወሀለዉኖሎትውስተውእቱብሔርይተግሁወይሔልዉወየዐቅቡመራዕይሆሙሌሊተበበእብሬቶሙ።
在伯利恆之野地裏有牧羊的人,夜間按着更次看守羊群。
There were shepherds in the same country staying in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.
When the angels went away from them into the sky, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem, now, and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”
2:16
ወሖሩፍጡነወረከብዎሙለማርያምወለዮሴፍወለሕፃንኒይሰክብውስተጎል።
他們急忙去了,就尋見馬利亞和約瑟,又有那嬰孩臥在馬槽裏;
They came with haste and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby was lying in the feeding trough.
2:17
ወርእዮሙአእመሩከመበእንተውእቱሕፃንዘነገርዎሙ።
既然看見,就把天使論這孩子的話傳開了。
When they saw it, they publicized widely the saying which was spoken to them about this child.
2:18
ወኵሎሙእለሰምዑአንከሩዘነገርዎሙኖሎት።
凡聽見的,就詫異牧羊之人對他們所說的話。
All who heard it wondered at the things which were spoken to them by the shepherds.
2:19
ወማርያምሰተዐቅብዘንተኵሎነገረወትወድዮውስተልባ።
馬利亞卻把這一切的事存在心裏,反覆思想。
But Mary kept all these sayings, pondering them in her heart.
When eight days were fulfilled for the circumcision of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
2:22
ወአመተፈጸመመዋዕለንጽሖሙበከመሕገሙሴወሰድዎኢየሩሳሌምያቅምዎቅድመእግዚአብሔር።
按摩西律法滿了潔淨的日子,他們帶着孩子上耶路撒冷去,要把他獻與主,(
When the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were fulfilled, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord
Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.
2:26
ወአርአዮመንፈስቅዱስከመኢይመውትዘእንበለይርአይመሲሖለእግዚአብሔር።
他得了聖靈的啟示,知道自己未死以前,必看見主所立的基督。
It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
2:27
ወወሰዶመንፈስምኵራበወሶበአብእዎአዝማዲሁለሕፃንእግዚእኢየሱስከመይግበሩሎቱዘበሕጉ።
他受了聖靈的感動,進入聖殿,正遇見耶穌的父母抱着孩子進來,要照律法的規矩辦理。
He came in the Spirit into the temple. When the parents brought in the child, Jesus, that they might do concerning him according to the custom of the law,
2:28
ተወክፎውእቱኒ፤ ወአንበሮውስተሕፅኑወባረኮለእግዚአብሔርወይቤ፤
西面就用手接過他來,稱頌上帝說:
then he received him into his arms and blessed God, and said,
2:29
ይእዜትስዕሮለገብርከበሰላምእግዚኦበከመአዘዝከ።
主啊!如今可以照你的話, 釋放僕人安然去世;
“Now you are releasing your servant, Master, according to your word, in peace;
2:30
እስመርእያአዕይንትየአድኅኖተከ።
因為我的眼睛已經看見你的救恩-
for my eyes have seen your salvation,
2:31
ዘአስተዳለውከቅድመኵሉሕዝብከ።
就是你在萬民面前所預備的:
which you have prepared before the face of all peoples;
2:32
ከመትክሥትብርሃነለአሕዛብወክብረለሕዝብከእስራኤል።
是照亮外邦人的光, 又是你民以色列的榮耀。
a light for revelation to the nations, and the glory of your people Israel.”
2:33
ወዮሴፍሰወእሙያነክሩበእንተዘይነብብላዕሌሁ።
孩子的父母因這論耶穌的話就希奇。
Joseph and his mother were marveling at the things which were spoken concerning him.
Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his mother, “Behold, this child is appointed for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which is spoken against.
There was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,
When they saw him, they were astonished; and his mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us this way? Behold, your father and I were anxiously looking for you.”
2:49
ወይቤሎሙለምንትተኀሥሡኒኢያእመርክሙኑከመይደልወኒአሀሉውስተዘአቡየቤት።
耶穌說:「為甚麼找我呢?豈不知我應當以我父的事為念嗎 ?」
He said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”
2:50
ወእሙንቱሰኢለበዉቃሎዘይቤሎሙ።
他所說的這話,他們不明白。
They didn’t understand the saying which he spoke to them.