| Vers | Amharic NT | English: King James Version |
| 1 | የከበርህ ቴዎፍሎስ ሆይ፥ ከመጀመሪያው በዓይን ያዩትና የቃሉ አገልጋዮች የሆኑት እንዳስተላለፉልን፥ በኛ ዘንድ ስለ ተፈጸመው ነገር ብዙዎች ታሪክን በየተራው ለማዘጋጀት ስለ ሞከሩ፥ እኔ ደግሞ ስለ ተማርኸው ቃል እርግጡን እንድታውቅ በጥንቃቄ ሁሉን ከመጀመሪያው ተከትዬ በየተራው ልጽፍልህ መልካም ሆኖ ታየኝ። | Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, |
| 5 | በይሁዳ ንጉሥ በሄሮድስ ዘመን ከአብያ ክፍል የሆነ ዘካርያስ የሚባል አንድ ካህን ነበረ፤ ሚስቱም ከአሮን ልጆች ነበረች፥ ስምዋም ኤልሳቤጥ ነበረ። | There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. |
| 6 | ሁለቱም በጌታ ትእዛዝና ሕግጋት ሁሉ ያለ ነቀፋ እየሄዱ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ጻድቃን ነበሩ። | And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. |
| 7 | ኤልሳቤጥም መካን ነበረችና ልጅ አልነበራቸውም፤ ሁለቱም በዕድሜያቸው አርጅተው ነበር። | And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years. |
| 8 | እርሱም በክፍሉ ተራ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ሲያገለግል፥ | And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his course, |
| 9 | እንደ ካህናት ሥርዓት ወደ ጌታ ቤተ መቅደስ ገብቶ ለማጠን ዕጣ ደረሰበት። | According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord. |
| 10 | በዕጣንም ጊዜ ሕዝቡ ሁሉ በውጭ ቆመው ይጸልዩ ነበር። | And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense. |
| 11 | የጌታም መልአክ በዕጣኑ መሠዊያ ቀኝ ቆሞ ታየው። | And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense. |
| 12 | ዘካርያስም ባየው ጊዜ ደነገጠ፥ ፍርሃትም ወደቀበት። | And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him. |
| 13 | መልአኩም እንዲህ አለው። ዘካርያስ ሆይ፥ ጸሎትህ ተሰምቶልሃልና አትፍራ ሚስትህ ኤልሳቤጥም ወንድ ልጅ ትወልድልሃለች፥ ስሙንም ዮሐንስ ትለዋለህ። | But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. |
| 14 | ደስታና ተድላም ይሆንልሃል፥ በመወለዱም ብዙዎች ደስ ይላቸዋል። | And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. |
| 15 | በጌታ ፊት ታላቅ ይሆናልና፥ የወይን ጠጅና የሚያሰክር መጠጥ አይጠጣም፤ ገናም በእናቱ ማኅፀን ሳለ መንፈስ ቅዱስ ይሞላበታል፤ | For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb. |
| 16 | ከእስራኤልም ልጆች ብዙዎችን ወደ ጌታ ወደ አምላካቸው ይመልሳል። | And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. |
| 17 | እርሱም የተዘጋጁትን ሕዝብ ለጌታ እንዲያሰናዳ፥ የአባቶችን ልብ ወደ ልጆች የማይታዘዙትንም ወደ ጻድቃን ጥበብ ይመልስ ዘንድ በኤልያስ መንፈስና ኃይል በፊቱ ይሄዳል። | And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. |
| 18 | ዘካርያስም መልአኩን። እኔ ሽማግሌ ነኝ ምስቴም በዕድሜዋ አርጅታለችና ይህን በምን አውቃለሁ? አለው። | And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years. |
| 19 | መልአኩም መልሶ። እኔ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት የምቆመው ገብርኤል ነኝ፥ እንድናገርህም ይህችንም የምሥራች እንድሰብክልህ ተልኬ ነበር፤ | And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings. |
| 20 | እነሆም፥ በጊዜው የሚፈጸመውን ቃሌን ስላላመንህ፥ ይህ ነገር እስከሚሆን ቀን ድረስ ዲዳ ትሆናለህ መናገርም አትችልም አለው። | And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season. |
| 21 | ሕዝቡም ዘካርያስን ይጠብቁት ነበር፤ በቤተ መቅደስም ውስጥ ስለ ዘገየ ይደነቁ ነበር። | And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple. |
| 22 | በወጣም ጊዜ ሊነግራቸው አልቻለም፥ በቤተ መቅደስም ራእይ እንዳየ አስተዋሉ፤ እርሱም ይጠቅሳቸው ነበር፤ ድዳም ሆኖ ኖረ። | And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless. |
| 23 | የማገልገሉም ወራት ሲፈጸም ወደ ቤቱ ሄደ። | And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house. |
| 24 | ከዚህም ወራት በኋላ ሚስቱ ኤልሳቤጥ ፀነሰችና። ነቀፌታዬን ከሰው መካከል ያስወግድልኝ ዘንድ ጌታ በተመለከተበት ወራት እንዲህ አድርጎልኛል ስትል ራስዋን አምስት ወር ሰወረች። | And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying, |
| 26 | በስድስተኛውም ወር መልአኩ ገብርኤል ናዝሬት ወደምትባል ወደ ገሊላ ከተማ፥ | And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, |
| 27 | ከዳዊት ወገን ለሆነው ዮሴፍ ለሚባል ሰው ወደ ታጨች ወደ አንዲት ድንግል ከእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ተላከ፥ የድንግሊቱም ስም ማርያም ነበረ። | To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. |
| 28 | መልአኩም ወደ እርስዋ ገብቶ። ደስ ይበልሽ፥ ጸጋ የሞላብሽ ሆይ፥ ጌታ ከአንቺ ጋር ነው፤ አንቺ ከሴቶች መካከል የተባረክሽ ነሽ አላት። | And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. |
| 29 | እርስዋም ባየችው ጊዜ ከንግግሩ በጣም ደነገጠችና። ይህ እንዴት ያለ ሰላምታ ነው? ብላ አሰበች። | And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. |
| 30 | መልአኩም እንዲህ አላት። ማርያም ሆይ፥ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ጸጋ አግኝተሻልና አትፍሪ። | And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. |
| 31 | እነሆም፥ ትፀንሻለሽ ወንድ ልጅም ትወልጃለሽ፥ ስሙንም ኢየሱስ ትዪዋለሽ። | And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. |
| 32 | እርሱ ታላቅ ይሆናል የልዑል ልጅም ይባላል፥ ጌታ አምላክም የአባቱን የዳዊትን ዙፋን ይሰጠዋል፤ | He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: |
| 33 | በያዕቆብ ቤትም ላይ ለዘለላም ይነግሣል፥ ለመንግሥቱም መጨረሻ የለውም። | And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. |
| 34 | ማርያምም መልአኩን። ወንድ ስለማላውቅ ይህ እንዴት ይሆናል? አለችው። | Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? |
| 35 | መልአኩም መልሶ እንዲህ አላት። መንፈስ ቅዱስ በአንቺ ላይ ይመጣል፥ የልዑልም ኃይል ይጸልልሻል ስለዚህ ደግሞ ከአንቺ የሚወለደው ቅዱስ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ይባላል። | And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. |
| 36 | እነሆም ዘመድሽ ኤልሳቤጥ፥ እርስዋ ደግሞ በእርጅናዋ ወንድ ልጅ ፀንሳለች፥ ለእርስዋም መካን ትባል ለነበረችው ይህ ስድስተኛ ወር ነው፤ | And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren. |
| 37 | ለእግዚአብሔር የሚሳነው ነገር የለምና። | For with God nothing shall be impossible. |
| 38 | ማርያምም። እነሆኝ የጌታ ባሪያ እንደ ቃልህ ይሁንልኝ አለች። መልአኩም ከእርስዋ ሄደ። | And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her. |
| 39 | ማርያምም በዚያ ወራት ተነሥታ ወደ ተራራማው አገር ወደ ይሁዳ ከተማ ፈጥና ወጣች፥ | And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda; |
| 40 | ወደ ዘካርያስም ቤት ገብታ ኤልሳቤጥን ተሳለመቻት። | And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. |
| 41 | ኤልሳቤጥም የማርያምን ሰላምታ በሰማች ጊዜ ፅንሱ በማኅፀንዋ ውስጥ ዘለለ፤ በኤልሳቤጥም መንፈስ ቅዱስ ሞላባት፥ | And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost: |
| 42 | በታላቅ ድምፅም ጮኻ እንዲህ አለች። አንቺ ከሴቶች መካከል የተባረክሽ ነሽ፥ የማኅፀንሽም ፍሬ የተባረከ ነው። | And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. |
| 43 | የጌታዬ እናት ወደ እኔ ትመጣ ዘንድ እንዴት ይሆንልኛል? | And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? |
| 44 | እነሆ፥ የሰላምታሽ ድምጽ በጆሮዬ በመጣ ጊዜ ፅንሱ በማኅፀኔ በደስታ ዘሎአልና። | For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. |
| 45 | ከጌታ፤ የተነገረላት ቃል ይፈጸማልና ያመነች ብፅዕት ናት። | And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord. |
| 46 | ማርያምም እንዲህ አለች። | And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, |
| 47 | ነፍሴ ጌታን ታከብረዋለች፥ መንፈሴም በአምላኬ በመድኃኒቴ ሐሴት ታደርጋለች፤ | And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. |
| 48 | የባሪያይቱን ውርደት ተመልክቶአልና። እነሆም፥ ከዛሬ ጀምሮ ትውልድ ሁሉ ብፅዕት ይሉኛል፤ | For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. |
| 49 | ብርቱ የሆነ እርሱ በእኔ ታላቅ ሥራ አድርጎአልና፤ ስሙም ቅዱስ ነው። | For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name. |
| 50 | ምሕረቱም ለሚፈሩት እስከ ትውልድና ትውልድ ይኖራል። | And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation. |
| 51 | በክንዱ ኃይል አድርጎአል፤ ትዕቢተኞችን በልባቸው አሳብ በትኖአል፤ | He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. |
| 52 | ገዥዎችን ከዙፋናቸው አዋርዶአል፤ ትሑታንንም ከፍ አድርጎአል፤ | He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree. |
| 53 | የተራቡትን በበጎ ነገር አጥግቦአል፤ ባለ ጠጎችንም ባዶአቸውን ሰዶአቸዋል። | He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away. |
| 54 | ለአባቶቻችን እንደ ተናገረ፥ ለአብርሃምና ለዘሩ ለዘላለም ምሕረቱ ትዝ እያለው እስራኤልን ብላቴናውን ረድቶአል። | He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy; |
| 56 | ማርያምም ሦስት ወር የሚያህል በእርስዋ ዘንድ ተቀመጠች ወደ ቤትዋም ተመለሰች። | And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house. |
| 57 | የኤልሳቤጥም የመውለጃዋ ጊዜ ደረሰ፥ ወንድ ልጅም ወለደች። | Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son. |
| 58 | ጎረቤቶችዋም ዘመዶችዋም ጌታ ምሕረቱን እንዳገነነላት ሰምተው ከእርስዋ ጋር ደስ አላቸው። | And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her. |
| 59 | በስምንተኛውም ቀን ሕፃኑን ሊገርዙት መጡ፥ በአባቱም ስም ዘካርያስ ሊሉት ወደዱ። | And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father. |
| 60 | እናቱ ግን መልሳ። አይሆንም፥ ዮሐንስ ይባል እንጂ አለች። | And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John. |
| 61 | እነርሱም። ከወገንሽ ማንም በዚህ ስም የተጠራ የለም አሉአት። | And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name. |
| 62 | አባቱንም ማን ሊባል እንዲወድ ጠቀሱት። | And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called. |
| 63 | ብራናም ለምኖ። ስሙ ዮሐንስ ነው ብሎ ጻፈ። ሁሉም አደነቁ። | And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all. |
| 64 | ያንጊዜም አፉ ተከፈተ መላሱም ተፈታ እግዚአብሔርንም እየባረከ ተናገረ። | And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God. |
| 65 | ለጎረቤቶቻቸውም ሁሉ ፍርሃት ሆነ፤ ይህም ሁሉ ነገር በይሁዳ በተራራማው አገር ሁሉ ተወራ፤ | And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea. |
| 66 | የሰሙትም ሁሉ። እንኪያ ይህ ሕፃን ምን ይሆን? እያሉ በልባቸው አኖሩት፤ የጌታ እጅ ከእርሱ ጋር ነበረችና። | And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him. |
| 67 | አባቱ ዘካርያስም መንፈስ ቅዱስ ሞላበትና ትንቢት ተናገረ እንዲህም አለ። | And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, |
| 68 | የእስራኤል ጌታ አምላክ ይባረክ፥ ጐብኝቶ ለሕዝቡ ቤዛ አድርጎአልና፤ | Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, |
| 69 | ከጥንት ጀምሮ በነበሩት በቅዱሳን ነቢያት አፍ እንደ ተናገረ፥ በብላቴናው በዳዊት ቤት የመዳን ቀንድን አስነስቶልናል፤ | And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; |
| 71 | ማዳኑም ከወደረኞቻችንና ከሚጠሉን ሁሉ እጅ ነው፤ | That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; |
| 72 | እንደዚህ ለአባቶቻችን ምሕረት አደረገ፤ ለአባታችን ለአብርሃምም የማለውን መሐላውን ቅዱሱን ኪዳን አሰበ፤ | To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; |
| 74 | በእርሱም ከጠላቶቻችን እጅ ድነን በዘመናችን ሁሉ ያለ ፍርሃት በቅድስናና በጽድቅ በፊቱ እንድናገለግለው ሰጠን። | That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, |
| 76 | ደግሞም አንተ ሕፃን ሆይ፥ የልዑል ነቢይ ትባላለህ፥ መንገዱን ልትጠርግ በጌታ ፊት ትሄዳለህና፤ | And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; |
| 77 | እንደዚህም የኃጢአታቸው ስርየት የሆነውን የመዳን እውቀት ለሕዝቡ ትሰጣለህ፤ | To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins, |
| 78 | ይህም ከላይ የመጣ ብርሃን በጐበኘበት በአምላካችን ምሕረትና ርኅራኄ ምክንያት ነው፤ | Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, |
| 79 | ብርሃኑም በጨለማና በሞት ጥላ ተቀምጠው ላሉት ያበራል እግሮቻችንንም በሰላም መንገድ ያቀናል። | To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. |
| 80 | ሕፃኑም አደገ በመንፈስም ጠነከረ፥ ለእስራኤልም እስከ ታየበት ቀን ድረስ በምድረ በዳ ኖረ። | And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel. |
| 2 | Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; | |
| 3 | It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, | |
| 4 | That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed. | |
| 25 | Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men. | |
| 55 | As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever. | |
| 70 | As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: | |
| 73 | The oath which he sware to our father Abraham, | |
| 75 | In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life. |