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Luke 2

Greek — Tischendorf 8th edition · 52 verses

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  1. 1

    Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ἐξῆλθεν δόγμα παρὰ Καίσαρος Αὐγούστου ἀπογράφεσθαι πᾶσαν τὴν οἰκουμένην

    to become · but · in · the · day · that one · to come forth · decree · from · Caesar · Augustus · to register · all · the · world

  2. 2

    αὕτη ἀπογραφὴ ἐγένετο πρώτη ἡγεμονεύοντος τῆς Συρίας Κυρηνίου

    this · enrollment · to become · first · to lead · the · Syria · Quirinus

  3. 3

    καὶ ἐπορεύοντο πάντες ἀπογράφεσθαι ἕκαστος εἰς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ πόλιν

    and · to go · all · to register · each · into · the · himself · city

  4. 4

    ἀνέβη δὲ καὶ Ἰωσὴφ ἀπὸ τῆς Γαλιλαίας ἐκ πόλεως Ναζαρὲθ εἰς τὴν Ἰουδαίαν εἰς πόλιν Δαυεὶδ ἥτις καλεῖται Βηθλέεμ διὰ τὸ εἶναι αὐτὸν ἐξ οἴκου καὶ πατριᾶς Δαυείδ

    to ascend · but · and · Joseph · from · the · Galilee · from · city · Nazareth · into · the · Judea · into · city · David · whoever · to call · Bethlehem · through · the · to be · he · from · house · and · family · David

  5. 5

    ἀπογράψασθαι σὺν Μαριὰμ τῇ ἐμνηστευμένῃ αὐτῷ οὔσῃ ἐγκύῳ

    to register · with · Mary · the · to betroth · he · to be · pregnant

  6. 6

    Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ εἶναι αὐτοὺς ἐκεῖ ἐπλήσθησαν αἱ ἡμέραι τοῦ τεκεῖν αὐτήν

    to become · but · in · the · to be · he · there · to fill · the · day · the · to produce · he

  7. 7

    καὶ ἔτεκεν τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς τὸν πρωτότοκον καὶ ἐσπαργάνωσεν αὐτὸν καὶ ἀνέκλινεν αὐτὸν ἐν φάτνῃ διότι οὐκ ἦν αὐτοῖς τόπος ἐν τῷ καταλύματι

    and · to produce · the · son · he · the · firstborn · and · to swaddle · he · and · to lean · he · in · manger · because · not · to be · he · place · in · the · inn

  8. 8

    Καὶ ποιμένες ἦσαν ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ τῇ αὐτῇ ἀγραυλοῦντες καὶ φυλάσσοντες φυλακὰς τῆς νυκτὸς ἐπὶ τὴν ποίμνην αὐτῶν

    and · shepherd · to be · in · the · region · the · he · to sleep outside · and · to guard · guard · the · night · upon · the · flock · he

  9. 9

    καὶ ἄγγελος κυρίου ἐπέστη αὐτοῖς καὶ δόξα κυρίου περιέλαμψεν αὐτούς καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν φόβον μέγαν

    and · angel · Lord · to place upon · he · and · glory · Lord · to shine around · he · and · to fear · fear · great

  10. 10

    καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ ἄγγελος μὴ φοβεῖσθε ἰδοὺ γὰρ εὐαγγελίζομαι ὑμῖν χαρὰν μεγάλην ἥτις ἔσται παντὶ τῷ λαῷ

    and · to say · he · the · angel · not · to fear · to see · for · to evangelize · you · joy · great · whoever · to be · all · the · people

  11. 11

    ὅτι ἐτέχθη ὑμῖν σήμερον σωτὴρ ὅς ἐστιν Χριστὸς κύριος ἐν πόλει Δαυείδ

    that · to produce · you · this day · savior · who · to be · Christ · Lord · in · city · David

  12. 12

    καὶ τοῦτο ὑμῖν τὸ σημεῖον εὑρήσετε βρέφος ἐσπαργανωμένον ἐν φάτνῃ

    and · this · you · the · sign · to find · infant · to swaddle · in · manger

  13. 13

    καὶ ἐξαίφνης ἐγένετο σὺν τῷ ἀγγέλῳ πλῆθος στρατιᾶς οὐρανίου αἰνούντων τὸν θεὸν καὶ λεγόντων

    and · suddenly · to become · with · the · angel · multitude · army · heavenly · to praise · the · God · and · to say

  14. 14

    δόξα ἐν ὑψίστοις θεῷ καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς εἰρήνη ἐν ἀνθρώποις εὐδοκίας

    glory · in · highest · God · and · upon · earth · peace · in · human being · pleasure

  15. 15

    Καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἀπῆλθον ἀπ’ αὐτῶν εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν οἱ ἄγγελοι οἱ ποιμένες ἐλάλουν πρὸς ἀλλήλους διέλθωμεν δὴ ἕως Βηθλεὲμ καὶ ἴδωμεν τὸ ῥήμα τοῦτο τὸ γεγονὸς ὃ ὁ κύριος ἐγνώρισεν ἡμῖν

    and · to become · as · to depart · from · he · into · the · heaven · the · angel · the · shepherd · to speak · to · one another · to pass through · now · until · Bethlehem · and · to see · the · word · this · the · to become · who · the · Lord · to make known · we

  16. 16

    καὶ ἦλθαν σπεύσαντες καὶ ἀνεῦραν τήν τε Μαριὰμ καὶ τὸν Ἰωσὴφ καὶ τὸ βρέφος κείμενον ἐν τῇ φάτνῃ

    and · to come · to hasten · and · to find out · the · and · Mary · and · the · Joseph · and · the · infant · to lie · in · the · manger

  17. 17

    ἰδόντες δὲ ἐγνώρισαν περὶ τοῦ ῥήματος τοῦ λαληθέντος αὐτοῖς περὶ τοῦ παιδίου τούτου

    to see · but · to make known · about · the · word · the · to speak · he · about · the · small child · this

  18. 18

    καὶ πάντες οἱ ἀκούσαντες ἐθαύμασαν περὶ τῶν λαληθέντων ὑπὸ τῶν ποιμένων πρὸς αὐτούς

    and · all · the · to hear · to marvel · about · the · to speak · under · the · shepherd · to · he

  19. 19

    ἡ δὲ Μαρία πάντα συνετήρει τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα συνβάλλουσα ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτῆς

    the · but · Mary · all · to preserve · the · word · this · to fight with · in · the · heart · he

  20. 20

    καὶ ὑπέστρεψαν οἱ ποιμένες δοξάζοντες καὶ αἰνοῦντες τὸν θεὸν ἐπὶ πᾶσιν οἷς ἤκουσαν καὶ ἴδον καθὼς ἐλαλήθη πρὸς αὐτούς

    and · to turn back · the · shepherd · to glorify · and · to praise · the · God · upon · all · who · to hear · and · to see · according as · to speak · to · he

  21. 21

    Καὶ ὅτε ἐπλήσθησαν ἡμέραι ὀκτὼ τοῦ περιτεμεῖν αὐτόν καὶ ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦς τὸ κληθὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀγγέλου πρὸ τοῦ συλλημφθῆναι αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ

    and · when · to fill · day · eight · the · to circumcise · he · and · to call · the · name · he · Jesus · the · to call · under · the · angel · before · the · to seize · he · in · the · belly

  22. 22

    Καὶ ὅτε ἐπλήσθησαν αἱ ἡμέραι τοῦ καθαρισμοῦ αὐτῶν κατὰ τὸν νόμον Μωϋσέως ἀνήγαγον αὐτὸν εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα παραστῆσαι τῷ κυρίῳ

    and · when · to fill · the · day · the · purification · he · down · the · law · Moses · to lead up · he · into · Jerusalem · to present · the · Lord

  23. 23

    καθὼς γέγραπται ἐν νόμῳ κυρίου ὅτι πᾶν ἄρσεν διανοῖγον μήτραν ἅγιον τῷ κυρίῳ κληθήσεται

    according as · to write · in · law · Lord · that · all · male · to open · womb · saint · the · Lord · to call

  24. 24

    καὶ τοῦ δοῦναι θυσίαν κατὰ τὸ εἰρημένον ἐν τῷ νόμῳ κυρίου ζεῦγος τρυγόνων ἢ δύο νοσσοὺς περιστερῶν

    and · the · to give · sacrifice · down · the · to speak · in · the · law · Lord · yoke · turtledove · or · two · young creature · dove

  25. 25

    Καὶ ἰδοὺ ἄνθρωπος ἦν ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ᾧ ὄνομα Συμεών καὶ ὁ ἄνθρωπος οὗτος δίκαιος καὶ εὐλαβής προσδεχόμενος παράκλησιν τοῦ Ἰσραήλ καὶ πνεῦμα ἦν ἅγιον ἐπ’ αὐτόν

    and · to see · human being · to be · in · Jerusalem · who · name · Simeon · and · the · human being · this · righteous · and · devout · to receive to oneself · exhortation · the · Israel · and · spirit · to be · saint · upon · he

  26. 26

    καὶ ἦν αὐτῷ κεχρηματισμένον ὑπὸ τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ ἁγίου μὴ ἰδεῖν θάνατον πρὶν ἢ ἂν ἴδῃ τὸν Χριστὸν κυρίου

    and · to be · he · to manage affairs · under · the · spirit · the · saint · not · to see · death · before · or · if · to see · the · Christ · Lord

  27. 27

    καὶ ἦλθεν ἐν τῷ πνεύματι εἰς τὸ ἱερόν καὶ ἐν τῷ εἰσαγαγεῖν τοὺς γονεῖς τὸ παιδίον Ἰησοῦν τοῦ ποιῆσαι αὐτοὺς κατὰ τὸ εἰθισμένον τοῦ νόμου περὶ αὐτοῦ

    and · to come · in · the · spirit · into · the · temple · and · in · the · to bring in · the · parents · the · small child · Jesus · the · to make · he · down · the · custom · the · law · about · he

  28. 28

    καὶ αὐτὸς ἐδέξατο αὐτὸ εἰς τὰς ἀγκάλας καὶ εὐλόγησεν τὸν θεὸν καὶ εἶπεν

    and · he · to receive · he · into · the · arm · and · to praise · the · God · and · to say

  29. 29

    νῦν ἀπολύεις τὸν δοῦλόν σου δέσποτα κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμά σου ἐν εἰρήνῃ

    now · to release · the · slave · you · master · down · the · word · you · in · peace

  30. 30

    ὅτι εἶδον οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου τὸ σωτήριόν σου

    that · to see · the · eye · I · the · saving · you

  31. 31

    ὃ ἡτοίμασας κατὰ πρόσωπον πάντων τῶν λαῶν

    who · to prepare · down · face · all · the · people

  32. 32

    φῶς εἰς ἀποκάλυψιν ἐθνῶν καὶ δόξαν λαοῦ σου Ἰσραήλ

    light · into · disclosure · nation · and · glory · people · you · Israel

  33. 33

    καὶ ἦν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ θαυμάζοντες ἐπὶ τοῖς λαλουμένοις περὶ αὐτοῦ

    and · to be · the · father · he · and · the · mother · he · to marvel · upon · the · to speak · about · he

  34. 34

    καὶ εὐλόγησεν αὐτοὺς Συμεὼν καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς Μαριὰμ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ ἰδοὺ οὗτος κεῖται εἰς πτῶσιν καὶ ἀνάστασιν πολλῶν ἐν τῷ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ εἰς σημεῖον ἀντιλεγόμενον

    and · to praise · he · Simeon · and · to say · to · Mary · the · mother · he · to see · this · to lie · into · falling · and · rising up · many · in · the · Israel · and · into · sign · to contradict

  35. 35

    καὶ σοῦ δὲ αὐτῆς τὴν ψυχὴν διελεύσεται ῥομφαία ὅπως ἂν ἀποκαλυφθῶσιν ἐκ πολλῶν καρδιῶν διαλογισμοί

    and · you · but · he · the · soul · to pass through · sword · how · if · to disclose · from · many · heart · deliberation

  36. 36

    Καὶ ἦν Ἅννα προφῆτις θυγάτηρ Φανουήλ ἐκ φυλῆς Ἀσήρ αὕτη προβεβηκυῖα ἐν ἡμέραις πολλαῖς Ζήσασα μετὰ ἀνδρὸς ἔτη ἑπτὰ ἀπὸ τῆς παρθενίας αὐτῆς

    and · to be · Anna · prophetess · daughter · Anna · from · tribe · Asher · this · to go forward · in · day · many · to live · with · man · year · seven · from · the · virginity · he

  37. 37

    καὶ αὐτὴ χήρα ἕως ἐτῶν ὀγδοήκοντα τεσσάρων ἣ οὐκ ἀφίστατο τοῦ ἱεροῦ νηστείαις καὶ δεήσεσι λατρεύουσα νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν

    and · he · widow · until · year · eighty · four · who · not · to withdraw · the · temple · fasting · and · need · to serve · night · and · day

  38. 38

    καὶ αὐτῇ τῇ ὥρᾳ ἐπιστᾶσα ἀνθωμολογεῖτο τῷ θεῷ καὶ ἐλάλει περὶ αὐτοῦ πᾶσιν τοῖς προσδεχομένοις λύτρωσιν Ἱερουσαλήμ

    and · he · the · hour · to place upon · to acknowledge · the · God · and · to speak · about · he · all · the · to receive to oneself · redemption · Jerusalem

  39. 39

    Καὶ ὡς ἐτέλεσαν πάντα κατὰ τὸν νόμον κυρίου ἐπέστρεψαν εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν εἰς πόλιν ἑαυτῶν Ναζαρέθ

    and · as · to finish · all · down · the · law · Lord · to turn · into · the · Galilee · into · city · himself · Nazareth

  40. 40

    τὸ δὲ παιδίον ηὔξανεν καὶ ἐκραταιοῦτο πληρούμενον σοφίας καὶ χάρις θεοῦ ἦν ἐπ’ αὐτό

    the · but · small child · to increase · and · to strengthen · to fulfill · wisdom · and · grace · God · to be · upon · he

  41. 41

    Καὶ ἐπορεύοντο οἱ γονεῖς αὐτοῦ κατ’ ἔτος εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ τῇ ἑορτῇ τοῦ πάσχα

    and · to go · the · parents · he · down · year · into · Jerusalem · the · festival · the · Passover lamb

  42. 42

    καὶ ὅτε ἐγένετο ἐτῶν δώδεκα ἀναβαινόντων αὐτῶν κατὰ τὸ ἔθος τῆς ἑορτῆς

    and · when · to become · year · twelve · to ascend · he · down · the · custom · the · festival

  43. 43

    καὶ τελειωσάντων τὰς ἡμέρας ἐν τῷ ὑποστρέφειν αὐτοὺς ὑπέμεινεν Ἰησοῦς ὁ παῖς ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ καὶ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν οἱ γονεῖς αὐτοῦ

    and · to perfect · the · day · in · the · to turn back · he · to endure · Jesus · the · child · in · Jerusalem · and · not · to know · the · parents · he

  44. 44

    νομίσαντες δὲ αὐτὸν εἶναι ἐν τῇ συνοδίᾳ ἦλθον ἡμέρας ὁδὸν καὶ ἀνεζήτουν αὐτὸν ἐν τοῖς συγγενεῦσιν καὶ τοῖς γνωστοῖς

    to hold custom · but · he · to be · in · the · journey together · to come · day · way · and · to search out · he · in · the · related by blood · and · the · known

  45. 45

    καὶ μὴ εὑρόντες ὑπέστρεψαν εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἀναζητοῦντες αὐτόν

    and · not · to find · to turn back · into · Jerusalem · to search out · he

  46. 46

    καὶ ἐγένετο μετὰ ἡμέρας τρεῖς εὗρον αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ καθεζόμενον ἐν μέσῳ τῶν διδασκάλων καὶ ἀκούοντα αὐτῶν καὶ ἐπερωτῶντα αὐτούς

    and · to become · with · day · three · to find · he · in · the · temple · to sit down · in · middle · the · teacher · and · to hear · he · and · to ask · he

  47. 47

    ἐξίσταντο δὲ πάντες οἱ ἀκούοντες αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῇ συνέσει καὶ ταῖς ἀποκρίσεσιν αὐτοῦ

    to displace · but · all · the · to hear · he · upon · the · flowing together · and · the · reply · he

  48. 48

    καὶ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν ἐξεπλάγησαν καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτὸν ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ τέκνον τί ἐποίησας ἡμῖν οὕτως ἰδοὺ ὁ πατήρ σου κἀγὼ ὀδυνώμενοι ἐζητοῦμέν σε

    and · to see · he · to drive out · and · to say · to · he · the · mother · he · child · who · to make · we · thus · to see · the · father · you · and I · to torment · to seek · you

  49. 49

    καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς τί ὅτι ἐζητεῖτέ με οὐκ ᾔδειτε ὅτι ἐν τοῖς τοῦ πατρός μου δεῖ εἶναί με

    and · to say · to · he · who · that · to seek · I · not · to see · that · in · the · the · father · I · it is necessary · to be · I

  50. 50

    καὶ αὐτοὶ οὐ συνῆκαν τὸ ῥῆμα ὃ ἐλάλησεν αὐτοῖς

    and · he · not · to understand · the · word · who · to speak · he

  51. 51

    καὶ κατέβη μετ’ αὐτῶν καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς Ναζαρέθ καὶ ἦν ὑποτασσόμενος αὐτοῖς καὶ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ διετήρει πάντα τὰ ῥήματα ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτῆς

    and · to descend · with · he · and · to come · into · Nazareth · and · to be · to subject · he · and · the · mother · he · to keep · all · the · word · in · the · heart · he

  52. 52

    καὶ Ἰησοῦς προέκοπτεν ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ καὶ ἡλικίᾳ καὶ χάριτι παρὰ θεῷ καὶ ἀνθρώποις

    and · Jesus · to advance · in · the · wisdom · and · age · and · grace · from · God · and · human being

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