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CHRISTmas marks 2012 years since birth of Jesus CHRIST, the source of our universal calendar

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Complete Gospel of Luke

បុព្វកថា

សូម ជំរាបមក ឯកឧត្ដម ថេវភីល, សូមជ្រាប។ មនុស្សជាច្រើន ខិតខំ យកចិត្តទុកដាក់, កត់ត្រាទុក នូវហេតុការណ៍ ទាំងអំបាលម៉ាន ដែលកើតមាន ក្នុងចំណោម យើងខ្ញុំ។ អស់អ្នក ដែលបានឃើញ ផ្ទាល់នឹងភ្នែក តាំងពីដំបូងរៀងមក, ហើយ ទទួលមុខងារ បំរើព្រះបន្ទូល បានរៀបរាប់ហេតុការណ៍ ទាំងនោះ បន្តមកយើងខ្ញុំ។ ខ្ញុំ បានពិនិត្យ ហេតុការណ៍ ទាំងនោះ, តាំងពីដើម រៀងមក យ៉ាងហ្មត់ចត់, ហើយ ខ្ញុំ ក៏យល់ឃើញថា, គួរ តែកត់ត្រាទុក, តាមលំដាប់ លំដោយ, ផ្ញើមកជូនលោក។ ខ្ញុំ ធ្វើដូច្នេះ ក្នុងគោលបំណង ចង់ឲ្យលោក ជ្រាបថា, សេចក្ដី ប្រៀនប្រដៅ ទាំងប៉ុន្មាន ដែលលោក បានទទួល ពិតជា ត្រឹមត្រូវមែន។

ទេវតា ជូនដំណឹងអំពី កំណើត របស់ យ៉ូហាន-បាទីស្ដ

នៅគ្រា ដែលព្រះបាទ ហេរ៉ូដ គ្រងរាជ្យ ក្នុងស្រុកយូដា, មានបូជាចារ្យ មួយរូប ឈ្មោះ សាការី, ជាសមាជិក ក្រុមបូជាចារ្យ អប៊ីយ៉ា, ភរិយាលោក ឈ្មោះ អេលីសាបិត កើតក្នុងត្រកូល របស់ លោកមហាបូជាចារ្យ អើរ៉ុន។ ស្វាមី ភរិយា ទាំងពីររូបនេះ ជាមនុស្សសុចរិត, ជាទីគាប់ ព្រះហឫទ័យ ព្រះជាម្ចាស់, ហើយ គាត់ គោរព តាមបទបញ្ជា និងឱវាទ របស់ ព្រះអម្ចាស់, ឥតមានទាស់ ត្រង់ណាឡើយ។ អ្នក ទាំងពីរ គ្មានកូនសោះ, ព្រោះ នាង អេលីសាបិត ជាស្ត្រីអារ, ហើយ ម្យ៉ាងទៀត, អ្នក ទាំងពីរ ក៏មានវ័យចាស់ ណាស់ទៅហើយផង។

ថ្ងៃមួយ លោកសាការី បំពេញមុខងារ ជាបូជាចារ្យ តាមវេនក្រុម របស់លោក។ គេ បានជ្រើសរើសលោក, ដោយចាប់ឆ្នោត តាមទំនៀមទម្លាប់ របស់ ក្រុមបូជាចារ្យ, ឲ្យលោក ចូលទៅ ដុតគ្រឿងក្រអូប នៅក្នុងទីសក្ការៈ របស់ ព្រះអម្ចាស់។ ពេលលោក ដុតគ្រឿងក្រអូប, ប្រជាជនច្រើនកុះករ នៅខាងក្រៅ កំពុងអធិស្ឋាន។

រំពេចនោះ លោកសាការី ឃើញទេវតា របស់ ព្រះអម្ចាស់មួយរូប, ឈរនៅ ខាងស្ដាំ អាសនៈ សំរាប់ ដុតគ្រឿងក្រអូប។ ឃើញដូច្នោះ លោក រន្ធត់ចិត្ត, ហើយ ភ័យខ្លាចទៀតផង។ ទេវតា ក៏មានប្រសាសន៍ ទៅកាន់លោក ថា៖ «កុំ ខ្លាចអី, លោកសាការី អើយ។ ព្រះអម្ចាស់ យល់ព្រម តាមពាក្យ ទូលអង្វរ របស់ លោកហើយ។ នាង អេលីសាបិត ជាភរិយា របស់លោក នឹងបង្កើត កូនប្រុសមួយ, ហើយ លោក ត្រូវដាក់ឈ្មោះ កូននោះ ថា “យ៉ូហាន”។ កូននោះ នឹងធ្វើ ឲ្យលោក មានចិត្ត សប្បាយ រីករាយ, ហើយ មនុស្ស ជាច្រើន អបអរសាទរ នឹងកំណើត កុមារនោះដែរ។ កូន របស់លោក នឹងមានឋានៈ ដ៏ប្រសើរឧត្ដម នៅចំពោះ ព្រះភក្ត្រ ព្រះអម្ចាស់, មិនសេពសុរា ឬគ្រឿងស្រវឹង ណាមួយ សោះឡើយ។ កូននោះ នឹងបានពោរពេញ ទៅដោយ ព្រះវិញ្ញាណដ៏វិសុទ្ធ តាំងពី ក្នុងផ្ទៃម្ដាយមក។ កូននោះ នឹងនាំ ជនជាតិ អ៊ីស្រាអែល ជាច្រើន មករក ព្រះអម្ចាស់ ជាព្រះ របស់ គេវិញ។ កូននោះ នឹងមកមុនព្រះអង្គ, ហើយ មានវិញ្ញាណ ប្រកប ដោយឫទ្ធានុភាព ដូច លោកអេលីយ៉ា បានទទួល ដើម្បីបង្វែរចិត្ត ឪពុកទៅរកកូន, ព្រមទាំង បំបែរចិត្ត មនុស្សរឹងទទឹង ឲ្យត្រឡប់មក ជាមនុស្សសុចរិត, និងរៀបចំ ប្រជារាស្ត្រមួយ ជាស្រេច ទុកសំរាប់ទទួល ព្រះអម្ចាស់។»

លោកសាការី សួរទៅទេវតាថា៖ «តើធ្វើម្ដេច ឲ្យខ្ញុំដឹងថា, ការនោះ ពិតជាកើតឡើងមែន, ព្រោះរូបខ្ញុំនេះ ចាស់ហើយ? រីឯ ប្រពន្ធខ្ញុំសោត ក៏មានអាយុច្រើន ទៀតផង។»

ទេវតា តបវិញថា៖ «ខ្ញុំ ឈ្មោះ កាព្រីយ៉ែល, ជាអ្នកបំរើព្រះជាម្ចាស់។ ព្រះអង្គ បានចាត់ខ្ញុំ ឲ្យនាំដំណឹងល្អនេះ មកប្រាប់លោក។ ប៉ុន្តែ ដោយលោក ពុំព្រមជឿ ពាក្យខ្ញុំ, លោក នឹងទៅ ជាមនុស្សគ និយាយពុំកើត, រហូតដល់ថ្ងៃ ដែលហេតុការណ៍ ទាំងនោះ បានសំរេច តាមពេលកំណត់។»

ក្នុងពេល ជាមួយគ្នានោះ ប្រជាជន ទន្ទឹងរង់ចាំ លោកសាការី, ហើយ ងឿងឆ្ងល់ណាស់, ព្រោះ លោក ចូលទៅក្នុងទីសក្ការៈ យូរដូច្នេះ។ កាលលោក ចេញមកវិញ, លោក ពុំអាចនិយាយ ទៅគេ បានឡើយ។ ប្រជាជន ទាំងនោះ យល់ថា, ប្រាកដ ជាលោក បានឃើញ ការអស្ចារ្យអ្វីមួយ នៅក្នុងទីសក្ការៈ ជាមិនខាន។ លោកសាការី ធ្វើតែកាយវិការ ឲ្យគេយល់, ព្រោះ លោក នៅ គ និយាយមិនកើត។

លុះ លោកសាការី បានបំពេញ ការងារ តាមវេន ចប់សព្វគ្រប់ហើយ, លោក ក៏វិលត្រឡប់ ទៅផ្ទះវិញ។ ក្រោយមក នាងអេលីសាបិត, ជាភរិយា របស់លោក, ក៏ចាប់មានផ្ទៃពោះ។ នាង លាក់ខ្លួន អស់រយៈពេល ប្រាំខែ។ នាង នឹកគិតថា៖ «ឥឡូវនេះ ព្រះអម្ចាស់ បានប្រោសប្រណី ដល់រូបខ្ញុំ។ ព្រះអង្គ សព្វព្រះហឫទ័យ ឲ្យខ្ញុំ លែងខ្មាស មនុស្សលោកទៀតហើយ។»

ទេវតា ជូនដំណឹង អំពី កំណើត ព្រះយេស៊ូ

ប្រាំមួយខែ ក្រោយមក, ព្រះជាម្ចាស់ បានចាត់ ទេវតា កាព្រីយ៉ែល ឲ្យទៅភូមិ ណាសារ៉ែត ក្នុងស្រុក កាលីឡេ ដើម្បី ជួបនឹងស្ត្រី ក្រមុំ ព្រហ្មចារីម្នាក់, ជាគូដណ្ដឹង របស់ កំលោះម្នាក់ ឈ្មោះ យ៉ូសែប ដែលត្រូវជា ញាតិវង្ស ព្រះបាទដាវីឌ។ ស្ត្រី ក្រមុំនោះ ឈ្មោះ ម៉ារី។ ទេវតា ចូលទៅ ក្នុងផ្ទះ នាងម៉ារី, ហើយ ពោលទៅកាន់នាង ថា៖ «ចូរ មានអំណរ សប្បាយឡើង! ព្រះអម្ចាស់ គាប់ព្រះហឫទ័យ នឹងនាងហើយ! ព្រះអង្គ គង់ជាមួយនាង។»

ពេលឮ ពាក្យនេះ នាងម៉ារី រន្ធត់យ៉ាងខ្លាំង។ នាង រិះគិតក្នុងចិត្ត ថា, តើ ពាក្យជំរាបសួរនេះ មានន័យ ដូចម្ដេច? ទេវតា ពោលទៅកាន់នាង ថា៖ «កុំ ខ្លាចអី, ម៉ារីអើយ! ដ្បិត ព្រះជាម្ចាស់ គាប់ព្រះហឫទ័យ នឹងនាងហើយ។ នាង នឹងមានគភ៌ សំរាលបាន បុត្រមួយ ដែលនាងត្រូវថ្វាយ ព្រះនាម ថា “យេស៊ូ”។ បុត្រនោះ នឹងមានឋានៈ ដ៏ប្រសើរឧត្ដម, ហើយ គេ នឹងថ្វាយ ព្រះនាម ថា “ព្រះបុត្រា នៃព្រះ ដ៏ខ្ពង់ខ្ពស់ បំផុត។” ព្រះជាម្ចាស់ នឹងតាំងបុត្រនោះ ឲ្យគ្រងរាជ្យ លើបល្ល័ង្ក របស់ ព្រះបាទដាវីឌ ជាព្រះអយ្យកោ របស់ព្រះអង្គ។ ទ្រង់ នឹងគ្រងរាជ្យ លើប្រជារាស្ត្រ អ៊ីស្រាអែល អស់កល្បជានិច្ច, ហើយ រាជ្យ របស់ព្រះអង្គ នឹងនៅស្ថិតស្ថេរ ឥតមាន ទីបញ្ចប់ឡើយ។»

នាងម៉ារី សួរទៅទេវតា ថា៖ «តើ ធ្វើដូចម្ដេច នឹងឲ្យការនេះ កើតឡើងបាន, បើ នាងខ្ញុំ មិនរួមរស់ ជាមួយ បុរសណា ផងដូច្នេះ?»

ទេវតា ឆ្លើយទៅនាងវិញ ថា៖ «ព្រះវិញ្ញាណ ដ៏វិសុទ្ធ នឹងយាងមក សណ្ឋិតលើនាង, គឺ ឫទ្ធានុភាព របស់ ព្រះដ៏ខ្ពង់ខ្ពស់ បំផុត នឹងគ្របបាំងនាង។ ហេតុនេះ, គេ នឹងថ្វាយព្រះនាម ដល់បុត្រ ដ៏វិសុទ្ធ ដែលត្រូវ ប្រសូត មកនោះ ថា, “ព្រះបុត្រា របស់ ព្រះជាម្ចាស់។” ម្យ៉ាងទៀត នាងអេលីសាបិត, ជាញាតិ របស់នាង, មានផ្ទៃពោះ ប្រាំមួយខែហើយ, ថ្វីដ្បិត តែគាត់ មានវ័យចាស់, ថែមទាំង ជាស្ត្រីអារ ទៀតផង ក៏ដោយ, ព្រោះ គ្មានការអ្វី ដែលព្រះជាម្ចាស់ ធ្វើមិនកើត នោះឡើយ។»

នាងម៉ារី ពោលទៅ ទេវតា ថា៖ «នាងខ្ញុំ ជាអ្នកបំរើ របស់ ព្រះអម្ចាស់។ សូមឲ្យបានសំរេច តាមពាក្យ របស់លោកចុះ។» បន្ទាប់មក ទេវតា ចាកចេញ ពីនាងទៅ។

នាងម៉ារី ទៅសួរសុខទុក្ខ នាងអេលីសាបិត

នៅគ្រានោះ, នាងម៉ារី ប្រញាប់ ប្រញាល់ ធ្វើដំណើរ ទៅកាន់ភូមិមួយ នៅតំបន់ភ្នំ ក្នុងស្រុកយូដា។ នាង បានចូលទៅក្នុងផ្ទះ លោកសាការី, ហើយ ជំរាបសួរ នាងអេលីសាបិត។ ពេលនាង អេលីសាបិត ឮនាងម៉ារី ជំរាបសួរ, ទារក នៅក្នុងផ្ទៃនាង បំរះឡើង, ហើយ គាត់ ក៏បានពោរពេញ ដោយព្រះវិញ្ញាណ ដ៏វិសុទ្ធ, រួច បន្លឺសំឡេងឡើង ថា៖ «ព្រះជាម្ចាស់ បានប្រទានពរ ដល់នាង លើសស្ត្រីនានា, ហើយ ព្រះអង្គ ក៏ប្រទានពរ ដល់បុត្រនាងដែរ។ តើ រូបខ្ញុំនេះ មានឋានៈអ្វី បានជាមាតា ព្រះអម្ចាស់ របស់ខ្ញុំ មកសួរសុខទុក្ខខ្ញុំ ដូច្នេះ? កាលខ្ញុំ បានឮ ពាក្យជំរាបសួរ របស់នាង, ស្រាប់តែ កូននៅក្នុងផ្ទៃខ្ញុំ បំរះឡើង ដោយអំណរសប្បាយ។ នាង ពិតជាមាន សុភមង្គលមែន, ព្រោះនាង បានជឿ ព្រះបន្ទូល ដែលព្រះអម្ចាស់ ប្រាប់នាង មុខជាបានសំរេច មិនខាន។»

ទំនុកតម្កើង របស់ នាងម៉ារី

ពេលនោះ នាងម៉ារី ថ្លែងឡើង ថា៖

«ព្រលឹងខ្ញុំ សូម លើកតម្កើង ព្រះអម្ចាស់។

ខ្ញុំ មានចិត្តអំណរ យ៉ាងខ្លាំង,

ព្រោះ ព្រះជាម្ចាស់ ជាព្រះ សង្គ្រោះ របស់ខ្ញុំ,

ព្រះអង្គ ទតមើលមកខ្ញុំ

ដែលជា អ្នកបំរើ ដ៏ទន់ទាប របស់ ព្រះអង្គ។

អំណើះតទៅ មនុស្ស គ្រប់ជំនាន់ នឹងពោល ថា,

ខ្ញុំ ជាអ្នក មានសុភមង្គល ពិតមែន។

ព្រះ ដ៏មាន ឫទ្ធានុភាព បានសំដែង

ការប្រសើរ អស្ចារ្យ ចំពោះ រូបខ្ញុំ។

ព្រះនាម របស់ ព្រះអង្គ ពិតជា វិសុទ្ធមែន!

ទ្រង់ មានព្រះហឫទ័យ មេត្តាករុណា

ដល់អស់អ្នក ដែលកោតខ្លាច ព្រះអង្គ

នៅគ្រប់ជំនាន់ តរៀងទៅ។

ទ្រង់ បានសំដែង ឫទ្ធិបារមី

កំចាត់មនុស្ស ដែលមានចិត្ត ឆ្មើងឆ្មៃ។

ទ្រង់ បានទម្លាក់ អ្នក កាន់អំណាច ចុះពីតំណែង,

ហើយ ទ្រង់ លើកតម្កើង មនុស្សទន់ទាបឡើង។

ទ្រង់ បានប្រទានសម្បត្តិ យ៉ាងបរិបូណ៌

ដល់អស់អ្នក ដែលស្រេកឃ្លាន,

ហើយ បណ្ដេញពួក អ្នកមាន

ឲ្យត្រឡប់ ទៅវិញ ដោយដៃទទេ។

ព្រះអង្គ បានជួយ ប្រជារាស្ត្រ អ៊ីស្រាអែល

ជាអ្នកបំរើ របស់ ព្រះអង្គ,

ហើយ តែងតែ សំដែង ព្រះហឫទ័យ មេត្តាករុណា

ដល់លោក អប្រាហាំ និងពូជពង្ស របស់លោក

ជានិច្ចតរៀងទៅ,

ដូចទ្រង់ បានសន្យា ជាមួយ បុព្វបុរស របស់យើង,

ឥតភ្លេច សោះឡើយ។»

នាងម៉ារី បានស្នាក់ នៅជាមួយ នាងអេលីសាបិត អស់រយៈពេលប្រមាណ បីខែ, ទើបនាង ត្រឡប់ ទៅផ្ទះវិញ។

កំណើត លោកយ៉ូហាន-បាទីស្ដ

លុះ នាងអេលីសាបិត គ្រប់ខែហើយ, គាត់ សំរាលបាន កូនប្រុសមួយ។ អ្នក ជិតខាង និងញាតិសន្ដាន នាំគ្នា អបអរសាទរ ជាមួយគាត់, ព្រោះ គេ បានឮ ដំណឹង ថា, ព្រះអម្ចាស់ សំដែង ព្រះហឫទ័យ មេត្តាករុណា ចំពោះគាត់ យ៉ាងច្រើន អនេក។

ប្រាំបីថ្ងៃ ក្រោយមក, គេ ធ្វើពិធី កាត់ស្បែក ឲ្យទារកនោះ, ហើយ ចង់ដាក់ឈ្មោះថា “សាការី” ដូចឪពុកដែរ, តែម្ដាយប្រាប់ថា, «ទេ! ត្រូវដាក់ឈ្មោះ ថា “យ៉ូហាន” វិញ។»
ពួកគេ តបថា៖ «ក្នុងញាតិសន្ដាន របស់អ្នក, គ្មាននរណា មានឈ្មោះ ហ្នឹងទេ។»

គេ ធ្វើសញ្ញា សួរទៅ លោកសាការី ថា, ចង់ដាក់ឈ្មោះ អ្វីឲ្យកូន។ លោកសាការី សុំឲ្យគេ យកក្ដារឆ្នួន មួយមក, ហើយ សរសេរថា, «កូននេះ ឈ្មោះ យ៉ូហាន។» ពួកគេ ងឿងឆ្ងល់ គ្រប់គ្នា។ រំពេចនោះ ស្រាប់តែ លោក និយាយបានដូចដើមវិញ។ រួច លោក បន្លឺសំឡេង សរសើរ ព្រះជាម្ចាស់។ អ្នក ជិតខាង កោតស្ញប់ស្ញែង គ្រប់ៗគ្នា, ហើយ ព្រឹត្តិការណ៍នេះ ឮសុសសាយ ពេញតំបន់ភ្នំ ក្នុងស្រុកយូដា។ អស់អ្នក ដែលបានឮ ក៏ចងចាំរឿងនេះ ទុកក្នុងចិត្ត, ហើយ ដណ្ដឹងសួរ ខ្លួនឯង ថា៖ «តើ ថ្ងៃក្រោយកូននេះ នឹងទៅជាយ៉ាងណា?» ដ្បិត ព្រះបារមី របស់ ព្រះអម្ចាស់ តាមជួយ ថែរក្សាកូននេះ។

ទំនុកតម្កើង របស់ លោកសាការី

ពេលនោះ លោកសាការី ជាឪពុក របស់ទារក បានពោរពេញ ដោយព្រះវិញ្ញាណ ដ៏វិសុទ្ធ, ហើយ ថ្លែងពាក្យ ក្នុងព្រះនាម ព្រះអង្គ ថា៖

«សូម លើកតម្កើង ព្រះអម្ចាស់

ជាព្រះ នៃជនជាតិ អ៊ីស្រាអែល,

ដ្បិតទ្រង់ សព្វព្រះហឫទ័យ យាងមក

រំដោះ ប្រជារាស្ត្រ របស់ព្រះអង្គ។

ទ្រង់ បានប្រទាន ព្រះសង្គ្រោះ

ដ៏មានឫទ្ធិ មួយព្រះអង្គ ពីក្នុងចំណោម

ព្រះញាតិវង្ស របស់ ព្រះបាទដាវីឌ,

ជាអ្នក បំរើព្រះអង្គ, មកឲ្យយើង។

ព្រះជាម្ចាស់ ប្រទាន ព្រះសង្គ្រោះនេះ មកយើង

ស្របនឹងព្រះបន្ទូល សន្យា ថ្លែងតាមរយៈ

ព្យាការី របស់ ព្រះអង្គ នៅជំនាន់ដើម,

គឺ ព្រះអង្គ សង្គ្រោះយើង

ឲ្យរួច ពីកណ្ដាប់ដៃ របស់ខ្មាំងសត្រូវ

និងរួច ពីអំណាច របស់ អស់អ្នក ដែលស្អប់យើង។

ព្រះអង្គ សំដែងព្រះហឫទ័យ

មេត្តាករុណា ដល់បុព្វបុរស របស់យើង,

ហើយ គោរពតាម សម្ពន្ធមេត្រី ដ៏វិសុទ្ធ យ៉ាងស្មោះស្ម័គ្រ,

គឺ ព្រះអង្គ បានសន្យា យ៉ាងម៉ឺងម៉ាត់

ដល់លោក អប្រាហាំ ជាបុព្វបុរស របស់យើង ថា,

ទ្រង់ នឹងរំដោះយើង ឲ្យរួច ពីកណ្ដាប់ដៃ

របស់ ខ្មាំងសត្រូវ ដើម្បីយើង អាចគោរពបំរើ ព្រះអង្គបាន ដោយឥតភ័យខ្លាច, ព្រមទាំង ឲ្យយើង រស់នៅ

បានបរិសុទ្ធ និងសុចរិត ជាទីគាប់ ព្រះហឫទ័យ ព្រះជាម្ចាស់

ជារៀងរាល់ថ្ងៃ រហូត អស់មួយជីវិត។

ចំណែក ឯកូនវិញ, កូន នឹងទៅ ជាព្យាការី

របស់ ព្រះ ដ៏ខ្ពង់ខ្ពស់ បំផុត,

ព្រោះកូន នឹងដើរមុខ ព្រះអម្ចាស់

ដើម្បីរៀបចំផ្លូវ ថ្វាយព្រះអង្គ។

កូន នឹងធ្វើ ឲ្យប្រជារាស្ត្រ របស់ ព្រះអង្គ ដឹងថា,

ព្រះអង្គ សង្គ្រោះគេ ដោយលើកលែងទោស

ឲ្យគេរួច ពីបាប។

ព្រះ របស់យើង មានព្រះហឫទ័យ

មេត្តាករុណា ដ៏លើសលប់។

ព្រះអង្គ ប្រទានថ្ងៃរះ ពីស្ថានលើមក ដើម្បី រំដោះយើង

និងដើម្បី បំភ្លឺអស់អ្នក ដែលស្ថិត នៅក្នុងទីងងឹត

ក្រោមអំណាច នៃសេចក្ដីស្លាប់,

ព្រមទាំង តម្រង់ផ្លូវយើង ឆ្ពោះទៅរក សេចក្ដី សុខសាន្ត។»

កុមារ យ៉ូហាន មានវ័យ ចំរើនឡើង ជាលំដាប់, ទាំងខាងរូបកាយ, ទាំងខាងវិញ្ញាណ។ គាត់ រស់នៅ តែក្នុងវាល រហោស្ថាន, រហូតដល់ថ្ងៃ ដែលគាត់ បង្ហាញខ្លួន ឲ្យប្រជារា ស្ត្រអ៊ីស្រាអែល ឃើញ។

Luke 1

Introduction

1 Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled^[a] among us, ²just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word. ³With this in mind, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I too decided to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, ⁴so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.

The Birth of John the Baptist Foretold

⁵In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron. ⁶Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly. ⁷But they were childless because Elizabeth was not able to conceive, and they were both very old.

⁸Once when Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God, ⁹he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord and burn incense. ¹⁰And when the time for the burning of incense came, all the assembled worshipers were praying outside.

¹¹Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense. ¹²When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and was gripped with fear. ¹³But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John. ¹⁴He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth, ¹⁵for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before he is born. ¹⁶He will bring back many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God. ¹⁷And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

¹⁸Zechariah asked the angel, “How can I be sure of this? I am an old man and my wife is well along in years.”

¹⁹The angel said to him, “I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news. ²⁰And now you will be silent and not able to speak until the day this happens, because you did not believe my words, which will come true at their appointed time.”

²¹Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he stayed so long in the temple. ²²When he came out, he could not speak to them. They realized he had seen a vision in the temple, for he kept making signs to them but remained unable to speak.

²³When his time of service was completed, he returned home. ²⁴After this his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. ²⁵“The Lord has done this for me,” she said. “In these days he has shown his favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.”

The Birth of Jesus Foretold

²⁶In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, ²⁷to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. ²⁸The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”

²⁹Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. ³⁰But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. ³¹You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. ³²He 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, ³³and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.”

³⁴“How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”

³⁵The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called^[b] the Son of God. ³⁶Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month. ³⁷For no word from God will ever fail.”

³⁸“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her.

Mary Visits Elizabeth

³⁹At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, ⁴⁰where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. ⁴¹When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. ⁴²In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! ⁴³But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? ⁴⁴As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. ⁴⁵Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!”

Mary’s Song

⁴⁶And Mary said:

“My soul glorifies the Lord
⁴⁷    and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
⁴⁸for he has been mindful
    of the humble state of his servant.
From now on all generations will call me blessed,
⁴⁹    for the Mighty One has done great things for me—
    holy is his name.
⁵⁰His mercy extends to those who fear him,
    from generation to generation.
⁵¹He has performed mighty deeds with his arm;
    he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts.
⁵²He has brought down rulers from their thrones
    but has lifted up the humble.
⁵³He has filled the hungry with good things
    but has sent the rich away empty.
⁵⁴He has helped his servant Israel,
    remembering to be merciful
⁵⁵to Abraham and his descendants forever,
    just as he promised our ancestors.”

⁵⁶Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.

The Birth of John the Baptist

⁵⁷When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son. ⁵⁸Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they shared her joy.

⁵⁹On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah, ⁶⁰but his mother spoke up and said, “No! He is to be called John.”

⁶¹They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who has that name.”

⁶²Then they made signs to his father, to find out what he would like to name the child. ⁶³He asked for a writing tablet, and to everyone’s astonishment he wrote, “His name is John.” ⁶⁴Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue set free, and he began to speak, praising God. ⁶⁵All the neighbors were filled with awe, and throughout the hill country of Judea people were talking about all these things. ⁶⁶Everyone who heard this wondered about it, asking, “What then is this child going to be?” For the Lord’s hand was with him.

Zechariah’s Song

⁶⁷His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:

⁶⁸“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,
    because he has come to his people and redeemed them.
⁶⁹He has raised up a horn^[c] of salvation for us
    in the house of his servant David
⁷⁰(as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),
⁷¹salvation from our enemies
    and from the hand of all who hate us—
⁷²to show mercy to our ancestors
    and to remember his holy covenant,
⁷³    the oath he swore to our father Abraham:
⁷⁴to rescue us from the hand of our enemies,
    and to enable us to serve him without fear
⁷⁵    in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.

⁷⁶And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High;
    for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,
⁷⁷to give his people the knowledge of salvation
    through the forgiveness of their sins,
⁷⁸because of the tender mercy of our God,
    by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven
⁷⁹to shine on those living in darkness
    and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the path of peace.”

⁸⁰And the child grew and became strong in spirit^[d]; and he lived in the wilderness until he appeared publicly to Israel.

Footnotes:

Luke 1:1 Or been surely believed
Luke 1:35 Or So the child to be born will be called holy,
Luke 1:69 Horn here symbolizes a strong king.
Luke 1:80 Or in the Spirit

18 comments:

Anonymous said...: Christian terrorism comprises terrorist acts by groups or individuals who claim Christian motivations or goals for their actions. As with other forms of religious terrorism, Christian terrorists have relied on idiosyncratic or literal interpretations of the tenets of faith – in this case, the Bible. Such groups have cited Old Testament and New Testament scriptures to justify violence and killing or to seek to bring about the "end times" described in the New Testament,while others have hoped to bring about a Christian theocracy.

Rajeev Srinivasan writes in the Daily News and Analysis: "There are many historical examples of Christian religious terrorism, going back to the liquidation of the Albigensians and other heretics around 345 CE, the horrors of the Spanish Inquisition... all the way to assassinations by radical anti-abortionists in the US. The National Liberation Front of Tripura is an explicitly Christian terrorist group, forcibly converting people. The National Socialist Council of Nagaland has unleashed terrorism in its pursuit of 'Nagalim for Christ'.

India
[edit]Tripura and Assam
The National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT), a rebel group operating in Tripura, North-East India, has been described as engaging in terrorist violence motivated by their Christian beliefs.The NLFT is currently proscribed as a terrorist organization in India. It is classified by the National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism as one of the ten most active terrorist groups in the world, and has been accused of forcefully converting people to Christianity. The insurgency in Nagaland was originally led by the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN), and it is continued today by a faction named "NSCN–Isaac Muivah", which explicitly calls for a "Nagalim for Christ". The state government reports that the Baptist Church of Tripura supplies arms and gives financial support to the NLFT. In April 2000, the secretary of the Noapara Baptist Church in Tripura, Nagmanlal Halam, was arrested with a large quantity of explosives. He confessed to illegally buying and supplying explosives to the NLFT for two years. The NLFT has threatened to kill Hindus celebrating the annual five-day religious festival of Durga Puja and other religious celebrations.At least 20 Hindus in Tripura have been killed by the NLFT in two years for resisting forced conversion to Christianity. A leader of the Jamatia tribe, Rampada Jamatia, said that armed NLFT militants were forcibly converting tribal villagers to Christianity, which he said was a serious threat to Hinduism. It is believed that up to 5,000 tribal villagers were converted to Christianity by the NLFT in two years. These forcible conversions to Christianity, sometimes including the use of "rape as a means of intimidation," have also been noted by academics outside of India.; 9:56 AM
Anonymous said...: Norway

In July 2011, Anders Behring Breivik was arrested and charged with terrorism after a car bombing in Oslo and a mass shooting on Utøya island. As a result of his attacks, 151 people were injured, and 77 killed. Hours prior to the events, Breivik released a 1,500 page manifesto detailing that immigrants were undermining Norway's traditional Christian values, and identifying himself as a "Christian crusader".

Romania

Orthodox Christian movements in Romania, such as the Iron Guard and Lăncieri, which have been characterized by Yad Vashem and Stanley G. Payne as anti-semitic and fascist, respectively, were responsible for involvement in the Bucharest pogrom, and political murders during the 1930s.

Uganda

The Lord's Resistance Army, a cult guerrilla army engaged in an armed rebellion against the Ugandan government, has been accused of using child soldiers and committing numerous crimes against humanity; including massacres, abductions, mutilation, torture, rape, and forced child labour as soldiers, porters, and sex slaves. A quasi-religious movement that mixes some aspects of Christian beliefs with its own brand of spiritualism, it is led by Joseph Kony, who proclaims himself the spokesperson of God and a spirit medium, primarily of the "Holy Spirit" which the Acholi believe can represent itself in many manifestations. LRA fighters wear rosary beads and recite passages from the Bible before battle.; 9:58 AM
Anonymous said...: United States

During the twentieth century, members of extremist groups such as the Army of God began executing attacks against abortion clinics and doctors across the United States. A number of terrorist attacks were attributed to individuals and groups with ties to the Christian Identity and Christian Patriot movements, including the Lambs of Christ. A group called Concerned Christians were deported from Israel on suspicion of planning to attack holy sites in Jerusalem at the end of 1999, believing that their deaths would "lead them to heaven. The motive for anti-abortionist Scott Roeder murdering Wichita doctor George Tiller on May 31, 2009 was a belief that abortion is criminal and immoral, and that this belief went "hand in hand" with his religious beliefs. The Centennial Olympic Park bombing in 1996, as well as subsequent attacks on an abortion clinic and a lesbian nightclub, were made by Eric Robert Rudolph; Michael Barkun, a professor at Syracuse University, considers Rudolph to likely fit the definition of a Christian terrorist, whereas James A. Aho, a professor at Idaho State University, argues instead that Rudolph was inspired only in part by religious considerations.
Hutaree was a Christian militia group based in Adrian, Michigan. In 2010, after an FBI agent infiltrated the group, nine of its members were indicted by a federal grand jury in Detroit on charges of seditious conspiracy to use of improvised explosive devices, teaching the use of explosive materials, and possessing a firearm during a crime of violence. On March 28, 2012, the conspiracy charges were dismissed. Terrorism scholar Aref M. Al-Khattar has listed The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord, Defensive Action, The Freemen Community, and some "Christian militia" as groups that "can be placed under the category of far-right-wing terrorism" that "has a religious (Christian) component".

Peru

Fourteen traditionalist shamans about to form a shamanic school and association were murdered in Peru over a period of several months prior to October 2011. The murders were allegedly committed by, and/or at the behest of, the local mayor and a group of other evangelical Christians. The mayor's brother was known in the area as a matabrujos or witch killer. The Peruvian government continues to investigate.

Christian views on abortion have been cited by Christian individuals and groups that are responsible for threats, assault, murder, and bombings against abortion clinics and doctors across the United States and Canada.
Christian Identity is a loosely affiliated global group of churches and individuals devoted to a racialized theology that asserts that North European whites are the direct descendants of the lost tribes of Israel, God's chosen people. It has been associated with groups such as the Aryan Nations, Aryan Republican Army, Army of God, Phineas Priesthood, and The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord. It has been cited as an influence in a number of terrorist attacks around the world, including the 2002 Soweto bombings.

These fundamentalists are bent on world domination. Its so so sad :'-(
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Anonymous said...: I think flying planes into a building was a faith-based initiative. I think religion is a neurological disorder.
Bill Maher

We are a nation that is unenlightened because of religion. I do believe that. I think religion stops people from thinking. I think it justified crazies.
Bill Maher

Religion, to me, is a bureaucracy between man and God that I don't need.
Bill Maher; 10:02 AM
Anonymous said...: “I know of no society in human history that ever suffered because its people became too desirous of evidence in support of their core beliefs.”
― Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation

“If you think that it would be impossible to improve upon the Ten Commandments as a statement of morality, you really owe it to yourself to read some other scriptures. Once again, we need look no further than the Jains: Mahavira, the Jain patriarch, surpassed the morality of the Bible with a single sentence: "Do not injure, abuse, oppress, enslave, insult, torment, torture, or kill any creature or living being." Imagine how different our world might be if the Bible contained this as its central precept. Christians have abused, oppressed, enslaved, insulted, tormented, tortured, and killed people in the name of God for centuries, on the basis of a theologically defensible reading of the Bible. (23)”
― Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation

“Tell a devout Christian that his wife is cheating on him, or that frozen yogurt can make a man invisible, and he is likely to require as much evidence as anyone else, and to be persuaded only to the extent that you give it. Tell him that the book he keeps by his bed was written by an invisible deity who will punish him with fire for eternity if he fails to accept its every incredible claim about the universe, and he seems to require no evidence what so ever.”
― Sam Harris; 10:16 AM
Anonymous said...: “It is time that we admitted that faith is nothing more than the license religious people give one another to keep believing when reasons fail.”
― Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation

“Theology is ignorance with wings.”
― Sam Harris

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“We read the Golden Rule and judge it to be a brilliant distillation of many of our ethical impulses. And then we come across another of God’s teachings on morality: if a man discovers on his wedding night that his bride is not a virgin, he must stone her to death on her father’s doorstep (Deuteronomy 22:13-21).”
― Sam Harris
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Anonymous said...: “The fact that my continuous and public rejection of Christianity does not worry me in the least should suggest to you just how inadequate I think your reasons for being a Christian are.”
― Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation; 10:25 AM
Anonymous said...: Hey bozo, the church I grew up with doesn't believe in take up arm or going to war. They are conscientious objectors. Don't assume too much in what you do know. Salvation is a personal matter, not an organization effort.

I know of a 77 years old widow from Alberta Canada who started 3 orphanages in Cambodia to take care of abaddon children or who parents died of AID. All at the price of people who believe in God and doesn't mean any harm to any one. Just pure charity.

I think you are forming at the mouth every time Khmer Democrat put on her post.

I know the history of Christianity as good as you make yourself think that you know.

In the End, it's people like you who damn this world by fight against truth.; 10:28 AM
Anonymous said...: Hey Bozo, did you hear about the recent school shooting in Connecticut?

All about free will. He had a free will to kill as many as he could. If God would stop him God would have violated his free will. But God still overule his evil inclination.

Sam Harris is doing the same thing not with weapons - but with his evil tongue in which he himself cannot tame.; 10:36 AM
Anonymous said...: The God Debate II: Harris vs. Craig
on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqaHXKLRKzg; 11:17 AM
Anonymous said...: Faith is not evidence!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtSUvcjRK3I; 11:22 AM
Anonymous said...: 10:36AM,

watch 11:22AM, and the answer is in you.; 11:27 AM
Anonymous said...: Fuck off God. there is no god only stupid human infests kind with loads of shit giddy ideas. shut up. dont any one reply as i am not visit this god shit again.; 11:28 AM
Anonymous said...: American Muslims Stone Christians in Dearborn, MI (Original edit):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnJBW49afzg; 11:37 AM
Anonymous said...: Theary (Khmer democrat),please stop insulting people intelligence.
Read your history again,Yeshua had many birthdays recorded and snow did not only fall on 25th day of December.

If it is the case,every Christ's woman would have same PMS cycle like yours.

Give it a rest, so your PTSD won't kick harder this month?; 6:49 PM
Anonymous said...: នាងធារី សួរទៅហោរ ថា៖ «តើ ធ្វើដូចម្ដេច នឹងឲ្យការនេះ កើតឡើងបាន, បើញ៉ំ មិនរួមរស់ ជាមួយ បុរសណា ផងដូច្នេះ?»

ក្លីនិកនៅស្រុកនាង អាម្រិចគឺគេអាចបញ្ចូលស្ពឺម ដែលជាអំណោយ របស់ប្រុស ហើយ បាន ភ្ញាស់ទុក ស្រាប់ ឪយនាងបានតើ ! ចង់បានសាសន៍អី ក៏មានដែរ នាងធារី ដ៏ចំរើន ពរ អើយ!; 7:30 PM
Anonymous said...: Video at 11:22AM is remakable. WOW!; 11:01 PM
Anonymous said...: Being a believer in Yeshua does not mean we have the world by its tail. We know that evil men will abound until God's Judgment began to fall!

"The just shall live by faith"!; 12:13 AM

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