耶穌正傳——第一章

SECTION .I ALEPH

第一部分

Birth and Early Life of Mary, Mother of Jesus

耶穌的母親馬利亞誕生，她的早期生活

CHAPTER 1

第一章

Palestine. Birth of Mary, Joachim's feast. Mary is blessed by the priests. A priest’s prophecy. Mary abides in the temple. Is betrothed to Joseph.

巴勒斯坦。馬利亞誕生。約雅敬設宴。眾祭司祝福馬利亞。大祭司說預言。馬利亞住在聖殿、被許配給約瑟。

AUGUSTUS Caesar reigned and Herod Antipas was ruler of Jerusalem.

1、凱撒奧古斯都作王，希律安提帕治理耶路撒冷。

2) Three provinces comprised the land of Palestine:Judea, Samaria and Galilee.

2、巴勒斯坦由猶大、撒馬利亞、加利利三個省組成。

3) Joachim was a master of the Jewish law, a man of wealth;he lived in Nazareth of Galilee;and Anna, of the tribe of Judah, was his wife.

3、約雅敬是一名猶太律法師，家道豐富。他住在加利利的拿撒勒，娶了猶大支派的安娜為妻。

4) To them was born a child, a goodly female child, and they were glad;and Mary was the name they gave the child.

4、他們生了一個可愛的女孩。夫妻倆很高興，給她取名叫馬利亞。

5) Joachim made a feast in honor of the child;but he invited not the rich, the honored and the great;he called the poor, the halt, the lame, the blind, and to each one he gave a gift of raiment, food or other needful thing.

5、約雅敬設宴，為孩子慶生。他邀請的不是有財富、名望、地位的人，而是貧窮、跛足、眼盲的人，給他們分發衣服、食物等必需品。

6) He said, The Lord has given me this wealth;I am his steward by his grace, and if I give not to his children when in need, then he will make this wealth a curse.

6、他說，是主賜我這些財富，因著祂的恩典，我成為他的管家。我若不接濟祂的兒女，祂必使這些財富成為咒詛。

7) Now, when the child was three years old her parents took her to Jerusalem, and in the temple she received the blessings of the priests.

7、當孩子三歲時，父母帶她到耶路撒冷。在聖殿中，她受到祭司們的祝福。

8) The high priest was a prophet and a seer, and when he saw the child he said,

8、大祭司是一位先知、先見，當他看到孩子，就說，

9) Behold, this child will be the mother of an honored prophet and a master of the law;she shall abide within this holy temple of the Lord.

9、看哪，這孩子將來必生養一位尊貴的先知和律法師，讓她住在主的聖殿吧！

10) And Mary did abide within the temple of the Lord;and Hillel, chief of the Sanhedrin, taught her all the precepts of the Jews, and she delighted in the law of God.

10、馬利亞就住在主的聖殿。公會領袖希勒教她猶太的各項規條，她也樂於學習神的律法。

11) When Mary reached the age of womanhood she was betrothed to Joseph, son of Jacob, and a carpenter of Nazareth.

11、成年以後，馬利亞被許配給雅各的兒子約瑟為妻。約瑟是拿撒勒的一名木匠，

12) And Joseph was an upright man, and a devoted Essene.

12、他為人正直，是一名虔誠的艾賽尼人。