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2:1
ወኮነበውእቱመዋዕልወፅአትእዛዝእምኀበአውግስጦስቄሳርከመይጸሐፍኵሉዓለም።
Now in those days, a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled.
當那些日子，凱撒奧古斯都有旨意下來，叫天下人民都報名上冊。
2:2
ወውእቱጻሕፍቀዳሚአመቄሬኔዎስመስፍንለሶርያ።
This was the first enrollment made when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
這是居里扭作敘利亞巡撫的時候，頭一次行報名上冊的事。
2:3
ወሖረኵሉሰብእይጸሐፍበበሀገሩ።
All went to enroll themselves, everyone to his own city.
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,
約瑟也從加利利的拿撒勒城上猶太去，到了大衛的城，名叫伯利恆，因他本是大衛一族一家的人，
2:5
ወሖረይጸሐፍምስለማርያምእንተፈኀሩሎቱእንዘፅንስትይእቲ።
to enroll himself with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him as wife, being pregnant.
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。
2:6
ወእምዝእንዘሀለዉህየበጽሐዕለተወሊዶታ።
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.
就生了頭胎的兒子，用布包起來，放在馬槽裏，因為客店裏沒有地方。
2:8
ወሀለዉኖሎትውስተውእቱብሔርይተግሁወይሔልዉወየዐቅቡመራዕይሆሙሌሊተበበእብሬቶሙ።
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.”
眾天使離開他們，升天去了。牧羊的人彼此說：「我們往伯利恆去，看看所成的事，就是主所指示我們的。」
2:16
ወሖሩፍጡነወረከብዎሙለማርያምወለዮሴፍወለሕፃንኒይሰክብውስተጎል።
They came with haste and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby was lying in the feeding trough.
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；
2:17
ወርእዮሙአእመሩከመበእንተውእቱሕፃንዘነገርዎሙ።
When they saw it, they publicized widely the saying which was spoken to them about this child.
既然看見，就把天使論這孩子的話傳開了。
2:18
ወኵሎሙእለሰምዑአንከሩዘነገርዎሙኖሎት።
All who heard it wondered at the things which were spoken to them by the shepherds.
凡聽見的，就詫異牧羊之人對他們所說的話。
2:19
ወማርያምሰተዐቅብዘንተኵሎነገረወትወድዮውስተልባ።
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.
滿了八天，就給孩子行割禮，與他起名叫耶穌；這就是沒有成胎以前，天使所起的名。
2:22
ወአመተፈጸመመዋዕለንጽሖሙበከመሕገሙሴወሰድዎኢየሩሳሌምያቅምዎቅድመእግዚአብሔር።
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.
在耶路撒冷有一個人，名叫西面；這人又公義又虔誠，素常盼望以色列的安慰者來到，又有聖靈在他身上。
2:26
ወአርአዮመንፈስቅዱስከመኢይመውትዘእንበለይርአይመሲሖለእግዚአብሔር።
It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
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。
2:27
ወወሰዶመንፈስምኵራበወሶበአብእዎአዝማዲሁለሕፃንእግዚእኢየሱስከመይግበሩሎቱዘበሕጉ።
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,
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。
2:28
ተወክፎውእቱኒ፤ ወአንበሮውስተሕፅኑወባረኮለእግዚአብሔርወይቤ፤
then he received him into his arms and blessed God, and said,
西面就用手接過他來，稱頌上帝說：
2:29
ይእዜትስዕሮለገብርከበሰላምእግዚኦበከመአዘዝከ።
“Now you are releasing your servant, Master, according to your word, in peace;
主啊！如今可以照你的話， 釋放僕人安然去世；
2:30
እስመርእያአዕይንትየአድኅኖተከ።
for my eyes have seen your salvation,
因為我的眼睛已經看見你的救恩－
2:31
ዘአስተዳለውከቅድመኵሉሕዝብከ።
which you have prepared before the face of all peoples;
就是你在萬民面前所預備的：
2:32
ከመትክሥትብርሃነለአሕዛብወክብረለሕዝብከእስራኤል።
a light for revelation to the nations, and the glory of your people Israel.”
是照亮外邦人的光， 又是你民以色列的榮耀。
2:33
ወዮሴፍሰወእሙያነክሩበእንተዘይነብብላዕሌሁ።
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.”
他父母看見就很希奇。他母親對他說：「我兒！為甚麼向我們這樣行呢？看哪，你父親和我傷心來找你！」
2:49
ወይቤሎሙለምንትተኀሥሡኒኢያእመርክሙኑከመይደልወኒአሀሉውስተዘአቡየቤት።
He said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”
耶穌說：「為甚麼找我呢？豈不知我應當以我父的事為念嗎 ？」
2:50
ወእሙንቱሰኢለበዉቃሎዘይቤሎሙ።
They didn’t understand the saying which he spoke to them.