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- Now the time had come for Elizabeth to give birth, and she gave birth to a son.
- Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had displayed His great mercy toward her; and they were rejoicing with her.
- And it happened that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to call him Zacharias, after his father.
- But his mother answered and said, "No indeed; but he shall be called John."
- And they said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who is called by that name."
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- さて, 月が 滿ちて, エリサベト は 男の 子を 産んだ.
- 近所の 人¿や 親類は, 主が エリサベト を 大いに 慈しまれたと 聞いて 喜び 合った.
- 八日目に, その 子に 割禮を 施すために 來た 人¿は, 父の 名を 取って ザカリア と 名付けようとした.
- ところが, 母は, 「いいえ, 名は ヨハネ としなければなりません 」と 言った.
- しかし 人¿は, 「あなたの 親類には, そういう 名の 付いた 人はだれもいない 」と 言い,
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- And they made signs to his father, as to what he wanted him called.
- And he asked for a tablet and wrote as follows, "His name is John." And they were all astonished.
- And at once his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he began to speak in praise of God.
- Fear came on all those living around them; and all these matters were being talked about in all the hill country of Judea.
- All who heard them kept them in mind, saying, "What then will this child turn out to be?" For the hand of the Lord was certainly with him.
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- 父親に, 「この 子に 何と 名を 付けたいか 」と 手振りで 尋ねた.
- 父親は 字を 書く 板を 出させて, 「この 子の 名は ヨハネ 」と 書いたので, 人¿は 皆驚いた.
- すると, たちまち ザカリア は 口が 開き, 舌がほどけ, 神を 贊美し 始めた.
- 近所の 人¿は 皆恐れを 感じた. そして, このことすべてが, ユダヤ の 山里中で 話題になった.
- 聞いた 人¿は 皆これを 心に 留め, 「いったい, この 子はどんな 人になるのだろうか 」と 言った. この 子には 主の 力が 及んでいたのである.
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- And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying:
- "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, For He has visited us and accomplished redemption for His people,
- And has raised up a horn of salvation for us In the house of David His servant--
- As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from of old--
- Salvation FROM OUR ENEMIES, And FROM THE HAND OF ALL WHO HATE US;
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- 父 ザカリア は 聖靈に 滿たされ, こう 預言した.
- 「ほめたたえよ, イスラエル の 神である 主を. 主はその 民を 訪れて 解放し,
- 我らのために 救いの 角を, /僕 ダビデ の 家から 起こされた.
- 昔から 聖なる 預言者たちの 口を 通して /語られたとおりに.
- それは, 我らの 敵, /すべて 我らを 憎む 者の 手からの 救い.
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- To show mercy toward our fathers, And to remember His holy covenant,
- The oath which He swore to Abraham our father,
- To grant us that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies, Might serve Him without fear,
- In holiness and righteousness before Him all our days.
- "And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; For you will go on BEFORE THE LORD TO PREPARE HIS WAYS;
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- 主は 我らの 先祖を 憐れみ, /その 聖なる 契約を 覺えていてくださる.
- これは 我らの 父 アブラハム に 立てられた 誓い. こうして 我らは,
- 敵の 手から 救われ, /恐れなく 主に 仕える,
- 生涯, 主の 御前に 淸く 正しく.
- 幼子よ, お 前はいと 高き 方の 預言者と 呼ばれる. 主に 先立って 行き, その 道を 整え,
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- To give to His people the knowledge of salvation By the forgiveness of their sins,
- Because of the tender mercy of our God, With which the Sunrise from on high will visit us,
- TO SHINE UPON THOSE WHO SIT IN DARKNESS AND THE SHADOW OF DEATH, To guide our feet into the way of peace."
- And the child continued to grow and to become strong in spirit, and he lived in the deserts until the day of his public appearance to Israel.
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- 主の 民に 罪の 赦しによる 救いを /知らせるからである.
- これは 我らの 神の 憐れみの 心による. この 憐れみによって, /高い 所からあけぼのの 光が 我らを 訪れ,
- 暗闇と 死の 陰に 座している 者たちを 照らし, /我らの 步みを 平和の 道に 導く. 」
- 幼子は 身も 心も 健やかに 育ち, イスラエル の 人¿の 前に 現れるまで 荒れ 野にいた.
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