Luke Cross References - Etheridge

¹ BECAUSE many have willed to record histories of those transactions of which we are persuaded, ² according to that which they have delivered to us, (they) who from the first were eye-witnesses and ministers of his doctrine; ³ it appeared also to me, that having been intimately near to them all, I should record every thing in its order for thee, illustrious Theophile, ⁴ that thou mayest know the truth of those doctrines in which thou hast been instructed. ⁵ THERE was in the days of Herodes, king of the Jihudoyee, a certain priest whose name was Zakaria, of the service of the house of Abia, and his wife (was) of the daughters of Aharun; her name was Elishaba. ⁶ And they were both just before Aloha, and walked in all his commandments, and in the righteousness of the Lord, without blame. ⁷ But they had no son because Elishaba was barren, and both had become many in their days. ⁸ But it was while he was acting-as-priest in the order of his ministry before Aloha, ⁹ according to the custom of the priesthood he came to set on incense, and entered into the temple of the Lord. ¹⁰ And all the congregation of the people were praying without at the time of incense. ¹¹ And there appeared to him, to Zakaria, the angel of the Lord, standing on the right hand of the altar of incense. ¹² And Zakaria trembled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him. ¹³ And the angel said to him, Fear not, Zakaria, for thy prayer is heard, and thy wife Elishaba shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name Juchanon.[Pronounced, Yu'hanan.] ¹⁴ And to thee shall be joy and exultation, and many shall rejoice in his birth: ¹⁵ for he shall be great before the Lord, and wine and strong liquor [Shak'ra.] shall he not drink, and with the Spirit of Holiness shall he be filled, from the womb of his mother. ¹⁶ And many of the sons of Isroel shall he convert to the Lord their Aloha. ¹⁷ And he shall go before him in the spirit and the power of Elia the prophet, to turn the hearts of the fathers unto the children, and those who believe not to the knowledge of the righteous, and to prepare for the Lord a perfect people. ¹⁸ And Zakaria said to the angel, How shall I know this? for I am old, and my wife many in her days. ¹⁹ And the angel answered and said to him, I am Gabriel, I stand before Aloha, and I have been sent to speak with thee and to announce to thee these things. ²⁰ From henceforth thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be able to speak, till the day when these things shall be done, because thou hast not believed these words, which shall be fulfilled in their time. ²¹ But the people were standing, and expecting Zakaria. and were wondering at his delay in the temple. ²² But when Zakaria had come forth, he could not speak to them; and he made them understand that he had seen a vision in the temple, and signing he signed to them, and remained dumb. ²³ And when the days of his service were fulfilled, he came to his house. ²⁴ And it was after those days Elishaba his wife conceived, and she secluded herself five months. And she said, ²⁵ These things hath the Lord done for me in the days of my desolation, to take away my reproach from among the children of men. ²⁶ BUT in the sixth month Gabriel the angel was sent from before Aloha to Galila, to a city whose name (is) Natsrath, ²⁷ unto a Virgin espoused to a man whose name was Jauseph, of the house of David, and the name of the Virgin was Mariam. ²⁸ And the angel entered to her, and said to her, Peace to thee, full of grace! our Lord is with thee, thou blessed among women! ²⁹ But she, when she saw, was troubled at his words, and reasoned what this salutation was. ³⁰ And the angel said to her, Fear not, Mariam, for thou hast found favour with Aloha. ³¹ For, behold, thou shalt conceive, and shalt bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jeshu. ³² He will be great, and the Son of the Most High [Eloia.] shall he be called, and Aloha the Lord shall give unto him the throne of David his father. ³³ And he shall reign over the house of Jakub for ever, and of his kingdom there shall be no end. ³⁴ And Mariam said to the angel, How shall this be, because a man is not known to me? ³⁵ The angel answered and said to her, The Spirit of Holiness shall come, and the Power of the Most High [Eloia.] shall shadow over thee; on account of this He who (shall be) born from thee is the Holy, and the Son of Aloha shall be called. ³⁶ And behold, Elishaba thy kinswoman, she also beareth a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her,-to her who is called the barren. ³⁷ For nothing is difficult to Aloha. ³⁸ And Mariam said, Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord, be it unto me as thou hast said. And the angel went from her. ³⁹ AND Mariam arose in those days, and went with haste to the mountain to a city of Jehud; ⁴⁰ and she entered into the house of Zakaria, and saluted [Or, inquired for the peace of.] Elishaba. ⁴¹ And it was that when Elishaba heard the salutation of Mariam, the infant leaped in her womb. And she was filled with the Spirit of Holiness; ⁴² and she cried with a loud voice, and said unto Mariam, Bessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb! ⁴³ Whence unto me is this, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? ⁴⁴ For, lo, as fell the voice of thy salutation on my ears, for great Joy leaped the infant in my womb. ⁴⁵ And happy is she who hath believed, for there is a fulfilment of those things which have been spoken to her from the Lord. ⁴⁶ And Mariam said: My soul doth magnify the Lord, ⁴⁷ and my spirit rejoiceth in Aloha my Saviour, ⁴⁸ who hath looked upon the lowliness of his handmaid: for, behold, from now all generations shall give blessedness to me. ⁴⁹ Because he hath done for me great things, he who is mighty, and holy is his name. ⁵⁰ And his grace is for ages and generations upon those who fear him. ⁵¹ He hath wrought victory with his arm; ⁵² He hath scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts. He hath overturned the mighty from their thrones, and hath exalted the humble. ⁵³ The hungry he hath satisfied with good things, and the rich he hath sent away empty. ⁵⁴ He hath helped Isroel his servant, and hath remembered his mercy; ⁵⁵ As he spake with our fathers, with Abraham and with his seed for ever. ⁵⁶ And Mariam stayed with Elishaba three months, and returned to her house. ⁵⁷ BUT to Elishaba had come the time that she should give birth, and she gave birth to a son. ⁵⁸ And her neighbours and the sons of her family heard that Aloha had magnified his grace upon her; and they rejoiced with her. ⁵⁹ And it was the eighth day, and they came to circumcise the child; and they called him by the name of his father, Zakaria. ⁶⁰ And his mother answered and said to them, Not so; but he shall be called Juchanon. ⁶¹ And they said to her, No man in thy kindred is called by this name. ⁶² And they signed to his father (to show) how he willed they should call him. ⁶³ And he requested a tablet, and wrote, and said, Juchanan is his name. And every man wondered. ⁶⁴ And immediately his mouth and his tongue were opened, and he spake, and blessed Aloha. ⁶⁵ And there was fear upon all around them; and in all the hill country of Jehud were these things spoken. ⁶⁶ And all who heard reasoned in their hearts, and said, What is this child to be? And the hand of the Lord was with him. ⁶⁷ And Zakaria his father was filled with the Spirit of Holiness, and he prophesied, and said: ⁶⁸ Blessed be the Lord, the Aloha of Israel; for he hath visited his people, and wrought for him redemption, ⁶⁹ And hath raised up for us the horn of redemption in the house of David his servant; ⁷⁰ As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been from of old, ⁷¹ That we should be delivered from our adversaries, and from the hand of all who hate us; ⁷² To perform his grace with our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; ⁷³ The oath which he sware to Abraham our father, - that to us he would grant ⁷⁴ That, being delivered from the hand of our adversaries, without fear we might serve before him ⁷⁵ All our days in righteousness. ⁷⁶ And thou, child, the Prophet of the Most High shalt thou be called; for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, and thou shalt prepare his way; ⁷⁷ To give the knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins, ⁷⁸ Through the compassions of the grace of our Aloha; whereby the morn-splendour shall visit us from on high, ⁷⁹ To illumine those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death. And to direct our feet into the way of peace. ⁸⁰ And the child grew, and was strong in the spirit, and was in the desert till the day of his manifestation unto Isroel.

³¹ but these are written, that you may believe that Jeshu is the Meshicha, the Son of Aloha, and that when you have believed you may have in his name the life which is eternal.

¹ THE former writing, O Theophilus, I wrote concerning all those (things) which our Lord Jeshu Meshiha began to do and to teach, ² until that day in which he was taken up, after that he had instructed [Or, commanded.] those apostles whom he had chosen by the Holy Spirit: ³ to whom also he showed himself alive, after he had suffered, with many signs, for forty days, appearing to them, and discoursing on the kingdom of Aloha.

¹⁶ And truly great is this mystery of righteousness,[Kinutho.] which was revealed in the flesh, and justified by the Spirit, and seen of angels, and preached among the peoples, and believed in the world, and taken up into glory.

¹⁷ But my Lord stood with me, that by me the preaching might be fulfilled, and (that) all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.

¹⁶ For it is not after fables which are made with art that we have gone, in making known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, but as we were spectators of his majesty. ¹⁷ For when he received from Aloha the Father honour and glory, while a voice came to him as this, after the glorious beauty of his majesty, This is my Son, the Beloved, in whom I have delighted; ¹⁸ we also this voice heard from heaven, as it came to him when we were with him in the holy mount. ¹⁹ We have that which is sure also, the word of prophecy; that into which you do well to look, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the sun arise in your hearts.

¹ THE beginning of the Gospel of Jeshu Meshicha, the Son of Aloha.

¹⁴ The sower who sowed, the word sowed.

⁴⁸ And you are the witnesses of these.

²⁷ You also testify, because from the beginning are you with me.

³ to whom also he showed himself alive, after he had suffered, with many signs, for forty days, appearing to them, and discoursing on the kingdom of Aloha.

⁸ but when the Spirit of Holiness hath come upon you, you shall receive power to be made unto me the witnesses, in Urishlem and in all Jehud, and also among the Shomroyee, and unto the confines of the earth.

²¹ There needeth therefore one from these men who have been with us in all this time in which our Lord Jeshu hath come in and gone out among us, ²² which went forth from the baptism of Juhanon until the day that he was taken up from (being) with us, to be with us a witness of his resurrection.

²⁰ For what we have seen and heard we cannot but speak.

³⁹ And we are his witnesses of all which he did in the land of Jihud and of Urishlem. This (one) himself did the Jihudoyee hang upon the tree and kill; ⁴⁰ and him did Aloha raise up on the third day, and gave him to be seen openly; ⁴¹ yet not to all the people, but to us who by Aloha were chosen to be unto him the witnesses, who ate with him and drank after his resurrection from among the dead.

¹⁶ And he said to me, Stand upon thy feet, because for this I have appeared to thee, to appoint thee a minister and witness of that (for) which thou hast seen me, and (for) which thou shalt see me.

¹⁶ to be a minister of Jeshu Meshiha among the Gentiles, and to labour in the gospel of Aloha, that there may be an oblation of the Gentiles, acceptable and holy through the Spirit of Holiness.

¹ Thus let us be accounted of you as ministers of the Meshiha, and stewards of the mysteries of Aloha.

⁷ of which I am made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of Aloha, which he hath given me by the operation of his power. ⁸ To me, who am the least of all the saints, is given this grace, that I should preach among the Gentiles the riches of the Meshiha, which are not searched;

¹¹ And he gave some who (are) apostles, and some who (are) prophets, and some who (are) evangelists, and some who (are) pastors, and some who (are) doctors; ¹² for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edification of the (church of the) Meshiha,

²³ if you continue in your faith, your foundation being firm, and be not moved from the hope of the gospel which you have heard, and which is proclaimed to every creature who is under heaven, of which I, Paulos, am made a minister. ²⁴ I rejoice in the sufferings which are on your account, and fulfil the void of the afflictions of the Meshiha in my flesh for the sake of his body, which is the church; ²⁵ of which I am made a minister according to the dispensation of Aloha, which was given to me for you, to accomplish the word of Aloha;

³ how shall we escape if we despise those (words) which themselves are our salvation? those [namely] which began by our Lord to be spoken, and by them who from him heard them in us were confirmed,

¹ BUT I entreat of the presbyters who are among you, I, a presbyter, your companion, and a witness of the sufferings of the Meshiha, and a partaker of his glory that is to be revealed;

¹⁶ For it is not after fables which are made with art that we have gone, in making known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, but as we were spectators of his majesty.

¹ WE announce [Mesabrinan.] to you that which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, and seen with our eyes, have seen, and touched with our hands, that which is the Word of life. ² And the life was manifested, and we have seen, and testify, and preach to you the eternal life which was with the Father, and was manifested to us. ³ And what we have seen and heard, we make known also to you, that you may have communion with us; and our communion is with the Father, and with his Son Jeshu the Meshiha.

¹ BECAUSE many have willed to record histories of those transactions of which we are persuaded,

¹ THE former writing, O Theophilus, I wrote concerning all those (things) which our Lord Jeshu Meshiha began to do and to teach,

⁴ And Shemun put forth in order to say to them,

¹⁹ On this account I say, that we should not molest those who from the Gentiles have been converted unto Aloha;

²⁵ On account of this we have deliberated, all being assembled, and have chosen men and sent them to you, with Paulos and Bar Naba, our beloved;

²⁸ For it hath been the will of the Spirit of Holiness, and also of us, not to lay upon you greater burden beyond these things which are constraining;

²⁶ Klaudios Lusios unto Felix the victorious governor, peace.

³ and all we in every place receive thy bounty, victorious Felix.

²⁵ Paulos said to him, I am not mad, victorious Festos, but words of truth and righteousness I speak.

⁴⁰ But it is good if thus she remain, according to my own mind. But I think also that the Spirit of Aloha is in me.

¹² But of Apolo, my brethren, I begged much to come to you with the brethren; nevertheless it was not his will to come to you; but when there shall be opportunity he will come to you.

²⁵ This was discipled in the way of the Lord, and was fervid in spirit, and he spake and taught freely concerning Jeshu, while knowing not any thing but the baptism of Juhanon.

¹⁸ because thou knowest his will, and distinguishest the things that are fitting, because thou art learned from the law;

¹⁹ but in the church I would rather speak five words with my mind, that others also may learn, than ten thousand words in a tongue.

⁶ But let him who heareth the word, communicate to him from whom he heareth it, in all good things.

¹⁵ But be careful also that (these) you may continually have; that also after my going forth the memorial of them you may observe. ¹⁶ For it is not after fables which are made with art that we have gone, in making known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, but as we were spectators of his majesty.

¹ NOW when Jeshu was born in Beth-lechem of Jehuda, in the days of Herodes the king, there came Magians [Magushee] from the East to Urishlem:

¹⁵ But Jeshu said to them, You are they who justify yourselves before the sons of men; but Aloha knoweth your hearts. For, what is exalted among men, before Aloha is abominable.

¹ And Paulos, looking upon their assembly, said, Men, brethren, I in all good conscience have conversed before Aloha, unto this day.

¹⁶ Because of this also I labour to have a good conscience before Aloha and before men, continually.

⁹ What then, have we attained excellence? (No.) For before we decided of the Jihudoyee and of the Aramoyee that they are all under sin; ¹⁰ as it is written, None is righteous, not one. ¹¹ None understandeth or seeketh Aloha. ¹² All have declined together and are reprobate, and there is none that doeth good, not one. ¹³ Open sepulchres are their throats, their tongues have deceived, and the venom of asps is under their lips. ¹⁴ Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness, ¹⁵ And their feet are swift to shed blood. ¹⁶ Crushing and misery are in their ways; ¹⁷ And the way of peace they have not known; ¹⁸ And the fear of Aloha is not before their eyes. ¹⁹ BUT we know that whatever the law saith, to them who are under the law it saith: that every mouth may be shut, and all the world be guilty unto Aloha. ²⁰ Because by the works of the law no flesh is justified before him; for from the law sin is known. ²¹ But now, without the law the righteousness of Aloha is revealed, and the law and the prophets (themselves) testify of it. ²² But the righteousness of Aloha is by faith [Lit. "By the hand of faith."] of Jeshu Meshiha, unto all and also upon all who believe in him. For there is no distinction: ²³ for all have sinned, and have failed of the glory of Aloha; ²⁴ and all are justified by grace freely, and (that) through the redemption which is in Jeshu Meshiha, ²⁵ whom Aloha before ordained (to be) a propitiation through faith in his blood for our sins which from the first we had sinned,

² But I commend you, my brethren, that in every thing you remember me; and that as I have delivered to you precepts, you hold them.

¹² For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and purity, and by the grace of Aloha, we are conversant in the world; and not with the wisdom of the flesh, and especially with you yourselves.

¹⁵ that you may be perfect and without spot, as the pure children of Aloha, who dwell in a generation depraved and perverse; and be manifest among them as luminaries in the world,

⁶ in zeal, a persecutor of the church; and in the righteousness of the law, without fault have I been. ⁷ But these things which were my gain, I have reckoned loss for the Meshiha; ⁸ and I also (still) reckon them all loss, for the grandeur [Rabutho.] of the knowledge of Jeshu Meshiha my Lord; for whose sake I have lost all things, and have reckoned as dung, that the Meshiha I may gain, ⁹ and be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is by the faith of the Meshiha, which is righteousness that is from Aloha:

²² hath he reconciled now in the body of his flesh and through his death, to constitute you saints before him without spot and without blame;

¹³ and will establish your hearts without blame in holiness, before Aloha our Father, at the advent of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha with all his saints.

¹¹ FOR the all-saving grace of Aloha [Or, the grace of Aloha saving all.] hath appeared to all men, ¹² and teacheth us to deny wickedness and the lusts of the world, and to live in this world in purity, and in rectitude, and in the fear of Aloha, ¹³ while expecting the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jeshu Meshiha; ¹⁴ who gave himself for us, to redeem us from all iniquity, and to cleanse unto himself a new people,[Amo chadtho.] who are zealous of good works.

³ For we also were afore-time without understanding, and disobedient and erring, and were subjected to various lusts; and in malice, and in envy we conversed, and were hateful, and also hating one another. ⁴ But when appeared the goodness and mercy of Aloha our Saviour, ⁵ not by works of righteousness which we had done, but by his own mercy he saved us, by the laving of the birth which is afresh, by the renewing of the Spirit of Holiness, ⁶ which he shed upon us abundantly, by Jeshu Meshiha our Saviour; ⁷ that by his grace we might be justified, and be made heirs according to the hope of the life which is eternal.

¹⁴ Wherefore, my beloved, while these you expect, be diligent, that, without blemish and without spot, of Him you may be found in peace.

³ And by this we feel that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

²⁹ If you know that he is righteous, know also that every one who doeth righteousness is of him.

⁷ My sons, let no man deceive you: he who worketh righteousness is righteous, as also the Meshiha himself is righteous.

¹⁹ Nor was he weak in his faith, while considering his body dead, (for he was the son of an hundred years,) and the dead womb of Sara;

¹¹ By faith Saro, who was barren, received strength to conceive seed, and, which (thing) was not in the time of her years, gave birth (to a son); because she was sure that he who had promised to her was faithful.

⁵ THERE was in the days of Herodes, king of the Jihudoyee, a certain priest whose name was Zakaria, of the service of the house of Abia, and his wife (was) of the daughters of Aharun; her name was Elishaba.

⁶ Now, into the outer sanctuary at all times entered the priests, and fulfilled their offices;

¹⁴ THEREFORE having such a great High Priest, Jeshu Meshiha, the Son of Aloha, who hath ascended to heaven, let us persevere in the confession of him.

²⁴ For not into the sanctuary made with hands hath the Meshiha entered, which is an emblem of the true one, but into heaven itself hath he entered, that he might appear before the face of Aloha for us.

³ And another angel came, and stood at the altar, and he had a censer of gold, and many perfumes were given to him, which he should give with the prayers of all saints upon the altar of gold that is before the throne;

¹⁹ And the angel answered and said to him, I am Gabriel, I stand before Aloha, and I have been sent to speak with thee and to announce to thee these things.

²⁸ And the angel entered to her, and said to her, Peace to thee, full of grace! our Lord is with thee, thou blessed among women!

¹⁰ And the angel said to them, Fear not; for, behold, I announce to you great joy, which shall be to all people:

¹⁹ Then in the night the angel of the Lord opened the gate of the house of the bound, and brought them forth, and said to them,

³ This saw an angel of Aloha in a vision manifestly about the ninth hour of the day, who came in to him, and said to him, Cornelius! ⁴ And he beheld him, and feared, and said, What, my Lord? And the angel said to him, Thy prayers and thy alms have ascended for a memorial before Aloha.

¹⁴ Are not all they spirits of ministration, who (are) sent forth in service on behalf of those who are hereafter to inherit salvation?

³ And another angel came, and stood at the altar, and he had a censer of gold, and many perfumes were given to him, which he should give with the prayers of all saints upon the altar of gold that is before the throne; ⁴ and the cloud [Ataro.] of the perfumes of the prayers of the saints ascended from the hand of the angel before Aloha.

¹³ And the Sixth angel sounded. And I heard one voice from the horns of the altar of gold which was before Aloha,

⁵ And they went into the sepulchre,[The house of burial.] and saw a youth sitting on the right. And he was clothed in a white robe. And they were astonished.

²⁹ But she, when she saw, was troubled at his words, and reasoned what this salutation was.

⁹ And, behold, the angel of Aloha came to them, and the glory of the Lord shone upon them; and they feared with great fear. ¹⁰ And the angel said to them, Fear not; for, behold, I announce to you great joy, which shall be to all people:

⁴ And he beheld him, and feared, and said, What, my Lord? And the angel said to him, Thy prayers and thy alms have ascended for a memorial before Aloha.

¹⁷ And when I saw him I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid upon me his right hand, saying, Fear not: I am the First and the Last;

²¹ She shall give birth to a son, and thou shalt call his name JESHU; for he shall save his people from their sins.

²⁷ But Jeshu at once spoke to them, and said, Take courage, I am, fear not!

⁵ But the angel answered and said to the women, Fear not ye; for I know that for Jeshu who was crucified you are seeking.

⁶ But he said to them, Fear not! Jeshu Natsroia you seek, he who was crucified, he has risen; he is not here. Behold the place where he lay.

³⁰ And the angel said to her, Fear not, Mariam, for thou hast found favour with Aloha.

⁶⁰ And his mother answered and said to them, Not so; but he shall be called Juchanon. ⁶¹ And they said to her, No man in thy kindred is called by this name. ⁶² And they signed to his father (to show) how he willed they should call him. ⁶³ And he requested a tablet, and wrote, and said, Juchanan is his name. And every man wondered.

²¹ AND when the eight days completed to circumcise the child, his name was called Jeshu, for he was so called by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

³⁶ AND while they were discoursing, Jeshu stood among them, and said to them, Peace be with you! I am; fear not. ³⁷ And they were troubled, and were in fear; for they thought they beheld a spirit. ³⁸ Jeshu saith to them, Why are you perturbed, and why arise thoughts in your hearts? ³⁹ Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I: feel me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as you see that I have. ⁴⁰ And while these words he spake, he showed them his hands and his feet.

³¹ And he said to me, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thy alms have made memorial before Aloha.

⁵⁸ And her neighbours and the sons of her family heard that Aloha had magnified his grace upon her; and they rejoiced with her.

⁹ And if not, what went you forth to see? a prophet? I tell you, Yes; and more than a prophet. ¹⁰ For this is he concerning whom it is written, Behold, I send my angel before thy face, to prepare the way before thee. ¹¹ Amen I say to you, there hath not arisen among them born of women [one] who [is] greater than Juchanon the Baptizer: yet, the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. ¹² But from the days of Juchanon the Baptizer until now, the kingdom of the heavens by violence is taken, and the violent ones seize it. ¹³ For all the prophets and the law prophesied [Or, were prophetic.] until Juchanon; ¹⁴ and if you are willing, receive, that he is Elia who was to come. ¹⁵ Whoever hath ears to hear, he shall hear. ¹⁶ BUT to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children who sit in the public place, and cry to their companions, ¹⁷ and say, We have sung to you, and you have not danced; we have wailed unto you, and you have not mourned. ¹⁸ For Juchanon came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. ¹⁹ The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, See a man a devourer, a wine-drinker, a friend of tribute-takers and of sinners. But justified is wisdom by her servants.

²⁸ I tell you, that no prophet among those born of women (hath been) greater than Juchanon the Baptizer. Yet the least in the kingdom of Aloha is greater than he.

³³ For Juchanon the Baptizer came, neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, A devil is in him.

³⁵ He was a lamp that burneth and shineth, and you were willing to glory for the hour in his light.

⁴ And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in several tongues as the Spirit gave them to speak.

¹⁴ And afterwards arose Shemun Kipha with the eleven apostles, and lifted up his voice and said to them: Men, Jihudoyee, and all who dwell at Urishlem, be this known to you, and hearken to my words. ¹⁵ For not as you suppose are these drunken; for, behold, until now are [there but] three hours. ¹⁶ But this is that spoken of by Joel the prophet: ¹⁷ It shall be in the last days, saith Aloha, I will pour [out] my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your youths shall see visions, and your elders shall dream dreams: ¹⁸ And upon the servants and upon the handmaids will I pour my Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.

¹⁵ But, when He willed who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,

¹⁸ And be not drunk with wine, in which is intemperance, but be filled with the Spirit.

¹ NOW in those days came Juchanon [Or, Yu'hanan] the Baptizer preaching in the desert of Jehud, ² and saying, Repent! the kingdom of heaven hath drawn nigh. ³ For this is he of whom it was spoken by Eshaia the prophet: The voice which crieth in the desert, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths plain. ⁴ But this Juchanon, his clothing was of the hair of camels, with a loins-belt of leather upon his loins; and his food was locusts and wilderness-honey. ⁵ Then went forth to him Urishlem, [Pron. Oorishlem] and all Jehud, and the whole country about Jurdan; ⁶ and were baptized of him in Jurdan, the river, while they were confessing their sins.

³² For Juchanon came to you in the way of righteousness; and you believed him not. But the tribute-takers and harlots believed him: but you neither when you saw (him, nor) afterwards, repented, that you might believe him.

⁷⁶ And thou, child, the Prophet of the Most High shalt thou be called; for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, and thou shalt prepare his way;

⁴ But this Juchanon, his clothing was of the hair of camels, with a loins-belt of leather upon his loins; and his food was locusts and wilderness-honey.

⁷ But when he saw many of the Pharishee and Zodukoyee coming to be baptized, he said to them, Generation of vipers, who hath showed you to escape from the wrath that cometh? ⁸ Work, therefore, fruits which are suitable to repentance. ⁹ Neither ruminate and say within yourselves, that Abraham is father to us; for I say to you that Aloha is able from these stones to raise up sons unto Abraham. ¹⁰ But, behold, the axe lieth at the root of the trees; every tree, therefore, which maketh not good fruit is cut down and falleth into the fire. ¹¹ I, indeed, baptize you with water unto repentance; but He who cometh after me is mightier than I; he, whose sandals I am not worthy to bear,-he baptizeth you with the Spirit of Holiness and with fire. ¹² He (it is) whose fan is in his hand, and, purifying his floors, the wheat he gathereth into his garner, but the chaff he burneth with the fire that is not quenched.

¹⁴ and if you are willing, receive, that he is Elia who was to come.

⁴ For Juchanon had said to him, It is not lawful that she should be to thee a wife.

¹¹ Jeshu answered and said to them, Elia cometh first that he may fulfil every thing; ¹² but I say to you, that, behold, Elia hath come, but they knew him not, and have done to him as they would. So also is the Son of man to suffer from them.

²⁹ But he answered and said, I am not willing: yet afterwards he relented, and went. ³⁰ He came to the other, and said likewise. He answered and said, I (will), my lord; yet went not. ³¹ Which of these two did the will of his father? They say to him, The elder. Jeshu saith to them, Amen I tell you, the tribute-takers and harlots go before you into the kingdom of Aloha. ³² For Juchanon came to you in the way of righteousness; and you believed him not. But the tribute-takers and harlots believed him: but you neither when you saw (him, nor) afterwards, repented, that you might believe him.

¹¹ And they asked him, saying, How then say the Sophree that Elia must come before? ¹² He said to them, Elia doth come before, to restore [Or, to prepare.] all things; and how it is written concerning the Son of man, that much he should suffer, and be rejected. ¹³ But I tell you, Elia hath also come, and they have done to him whatever they would, as it is written concerning him.

¹⁶ And many of the sons of Isroel shall he convert to the Lord their Aloha.

⁷ And he said to those multitudes who came to him to be baptized, O brood of vipers, who hath showed you to flee from the wrath that cometh? ⁸ Work therefore fruits which are worthy of repentance. And begin not to say within yourselves that Abraham is father to us; for I tell you, that from these stones Aloha is able to raise up sons unto Abraham. ⁹ But, behold, the axe is laid at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore which good fruit maketh not, is cut down and into the fire falleth. ¹⁰ And the assemblies inquired of him, saying, What then shall we do? ¹¹ He answered and said to them, Whoever hath two tunics, let him give to him who hath none; and whoever hath food, so let him do (likewise). ¹² The publicans [Mokasee.] also came to be baptized, and they said to him, Malphona, what shall we do? ¹³ But he said to them, Demand not any thing more upon what is prescribed to you to require. ¹⁴ And the military servants asked of him and said, What shall we also do? And he said to them, Molest no man, oppress no man, and let your wages satisfy you.

¹³ These, not from blood, nor from the will of the flesh, nor from the will of man, but from Aloha, are born.

²¹ And they asked him again, What then? art thou Elia? And he said, I am not. Art thou the Prophet? And he said, No. ²² And they said to him, And who art thou? that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? ²³ He saith, I am the voice which crieth in the wilderness, Make plain the way of the Lord, as said Eshaia the prophet. ²⁴ But they who were sent were from the Pharishee. ²⁵ And they demanded and said to him, Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Meshicha, nor Elia, nor the Prophet? ²⁶ Juchanon answered and said to them, I baptize you with waters; but he standeth among you whom you know not: ²⁷ he it is who cometh after me, and he was before me; he, the latchets of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose. ²⁸ These things were done in Bethania, at the passage of the Jurdan, where Juchanon was baptizing. ²⁹ AND the day after, Juchanon seeth Jeshu, who was coming to him; and he said, Behold the Lamb of Aloha, who beareth the sin of the world! ³⁰ This is he concerning whom I said, After me cometh a man, and he was before me, because he is anterior to me.

³⁴ and I saw, and bare witness that this is the Son of Aloha

²⁸ You bear me witness that I said, I am not the Meshicha, but I am an apostle [Shelicho.] before him.

³³ And immediately I sent to thee, and thou hast well done to have come. And, behold, we are all before thee, and desire to hear every thing that hath been commanded thee by Aloha.

²³ and poured his mercy upon the vessels of mercy who were prepared of Aloha for glory,

⁹ Or, know you not that the unjust the kingdom of Aloha cannot inherit? Do not err; neither fornicators, nor the servers of idols, nor adulterers, nor corrupters, nor liers with men, ¹⁰ nor the oppressive, nor thieves, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor the rapacious, the kingdom of Aloha can inherit. ¹¹ And these were some of you but you are washed, and sanctified, and justified in the name of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, and by the Spirit of our God.

¹² and with joy may give thanks to Aloha the Father, who hath fitted us for a portion [Or, made us adequate to a portion.] of the inheritance of the saints in light,

²¹ If a man then purify himself from these, he will be a pure vessel unto honour, fitted for the use of his Lord, and prepared for every good work.

⁹ But you are a chosen race, who minister as priests to the kingdom,[Damkahno lemalkutho.] a holy people, a congregation redeemed to announce the praises of him who hath called you from darkness to his transcendant light:

¹¹ As, therefore, all these are to be dissolved, how behoveth it you to be holy in your conversation, ¹² and in the fear of Aloha; expecting and desiring the coming of the day of Aloha; that (day) in which the heavens, tried with fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements burning shall melt? ¹³ But new heavens and earth, according to his promise, we expect; those wherein righteousness dwelleth. ¹⁴ Wherefore, my beloved, while these you expect, be diligent, that, without blemish and without spot, of Him you may be found in peace.

²⁸ And now, my sons, continue in him: that when he is manifested we may not he confounded of him, but we may have confidence at his coming.

⁴ And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them; and to the souls of them who had been cut asunder for the sake of the testimony of Jeshu, and for the word of Aloha, and them who had not worshipped the beast of prey nor his image, nor received his signature upon their forehead and upon their hands. And they lived and reigned with their Meshiha the thousand years.

⁷ But they had no son because Elishaba was barren, and both had become many in their days.

³⁴ And Mariam said to the angel, How shall this be, because a man is not known to me?

¹⁰ See that you contemn not one of these little ones: for I say unto you that their angels in all time are beholding the face of my Father who is in heaven.

²⁶ BUT in the sixth month Gabriel the angel was sent from before Aloha to Galila, to a city whose name (is) Natsrath,

¹⁹ Jeshu answered, and said to him, O generation that believeth not! how long shall I be with you? how long shall I tolerate you? bring him to me.

¹⁴ BUT afterward he appeared to the eleven as they reclined, and he reproved the littleness of their faith and the hardness of their heart, because those who had seen that he had arisen they had not believed.

²² But when Zakaria had come forth, he could not speak to them; and he made them understand that he had seen a vision in the temple, and signing he signed to them, and remained dumb.

⁴⁵ And happy is she who hath believed, for there is a fulfilment of those things which have been spoken to her from the Lord.

³ For if some of them believed not, would their unbelief abolish the faithfulness of Aloha?

¹³ And if we believe him not, he in his faithfulness abideth; for deny himself he cannot.

² unto the hope of eternal life, which Aloha the true counselled before the times of the ages,

¹⁸ that by two things that are not changed, in which it cannot be that Aloha should lie, great consolation should be ours who have fled unto him: and that we may retain the hope that is promised to us,

¹⁹ All those whom I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

⁶² And they signed to his father (to show) how he willed they should call him.

²⁴ To this signed Shemun Kipha that he would ask of whom it was that he spake.

¹⁷ And he beckoned to them with his hand to be silent; and entered, and showed them how the Lord had brought him out from the house of the bound. And he said to them, Show these to Jakub and to the brethren; and he departed and went to another place.

³³ But the people of the Jihudoyee who were there appointed of them a man a Jihudoya, whose name was Aleksandros; and when he stood (forth) he signed that he would apologize to the people.

⁴⁰ And when he had permitted him, Paulos stood upon the stairs, and signed to them with his hand; and when they had ceased, he spoke to them in Hebrew, and said to them,

¹³ And the angel said to him, Fear not, Zakaria, for thy prayer is heard, and thy wife Elishaba shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name Juchanon.[Pronounced, Yu'hanan.]

²³ And he came and dwelt in a city which is called Natsrath. So would be fulfilled that which was spoken by the prophet, that a Nazarene [Natsroio] he should be called.

⁴ And Jauseph also went up from Natsrath of Galila, unto Jehud, to the city of David, which is called Beth-lechem, because he was of the house and of the family of David,

⁴⁵ Philipos found Nathanael, and said to him, Him of whom Musha in the law, and the prophets, did write we have found, (and) that Jeshu (is) he, the son of Jauseph who is from Natsrath. ⁴⁶ Saith to him Nathanael, From Natsrath can any good thing be? Philipos saith to him, Come and see.

⁴¹ Others said, This is the Meshicha. Others said, How from Galila cometh the Meshicha?

¹⁶ Jakub begat Jauseph, husband of Mariam, of whom was born JESHU who is called the Meshicha [pronounced Meshee'ha].

¹⁸ NOW the nativity of Jeshu the Meshicha was thus: While Mariam his mother was betrothed to Jauseph, before they could be consociated, she was found to be with child from the Spirit of Holiness.

²⁰ But while (on) these (things) he reflected, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, and said to him, Jauseph, son of David, fear not to take Mariam thy wife; for that which is conceived in her is from the Spirit of Holiness. ²¹ She shall give birth to a son, and thou shalt call his name JESHU; for he shall save his people from their sins.

²³ Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth the son, and they shall call his name Amanuel; which is interpreted, With us (is) our Aloha.

⁴ And Jauseph also went up from Natsrath of Galila, unto Jehud, to the city of David, which is called Beth-lechem, because he was of the house and of the family of David, ⁵ with Mariam his espoused while with child, there to be enrolled.

⁴⁸ But he answered and said to him who spake to him, Who is my mother, and who are my brethren?

⁴² and she cried with a loud voice, and said unto Mariam, Bessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb!

²⁷ AND while he spake these words, a certain woman lifted up her voice from the crowd, and said to him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the breasts which thou hast sucked! ²⁸ He said to her, Blessed are they who hear the word of Aloha and keep it.

¹⁰ for I am with thee, and no man can do thee harm; and I have much people in this city.

⁶ that the glory of his grace might be glorified, that (grace) which he hath poured upon us by the hand of his Beloved:

⁴⁹ but they beheld him walking upon the waters, and thought it was a spectre, and they cried out; ⁵⁰ for all saw him and were afraid. But he immediately spoke to them and said to them, Take heart, I am, fear not.

⁵ And they went into the sepulchre,[The house of burial.] and saw a youth sitting on the right. And he was clothed in a white robe. And they were astonished. ⁶ But he said to them, Fear not! Jeshu Natsroia you seek, he who was crucified, he has risen; he is not here. Behold the place where he lay.

¹² And Zakaria trembled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.

⁶⁶ And all who heard reasoned in their hearts, and said, What is this child to be? And the hand of the Lord was with him.

¹⁹ But Mariam kept all these words, and compared them in her heart.

⁵¹ And he went down with them, and came to Natsrath, and was subject to them. But his mother kept all these words in her heart.

¹⁷ And while Shemun wondered in himself for what (was) the vision he had seen, those men came who had been sent by Cornelius, and inquired for the house where Shemun sojourned, and they came and stood at the gate of the court.

³² FEAR not, little flock; for your Father hath willed to give you the kingdom.

⁹ And the Lord said in a vision unto Paulos, Fear not, but speak and be not silent; ¹⁰ for I am with thee, and no man can do thee harm; and I have much people in this city.

²⁴ And he said to me, Fear not, Paulos, for thou art to stand before Caesar; and, behold, Aloha hath given thee the gift of all who voyage with thee.

³¹ What then shall we say of these? If Aloha be for us, who is against us?

⁶ And it is ours to say confidently, My Lord is my helper, I will not fear: what [can] a man do to me?

²⁵ and knew her not until she had given birth to her son, the firstborn; and she called his name Jeshu.

²⁷ unto a Virgin espoused to a man whose name was Jauseph, of the house of David, and the name of the Virgin was Mariam.

⁴ But when the fulness of the time had come, Aloha sent his Son, and made from a woman, and made under the law,

¹ THE RECORD of the generation of Jeshu the Meshicha, the son of David, son of Abraham.

¹¹ I, indeed, baptize you with water unto repentance; but He who cometh after me is mightier than I; he, whose sandals I am not worthy to bear,-he baptizeth you with the Spirit of Holiness and with fire.

⁴² The queen of the south shall arise in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it; for she came from the confines of the earth that she might hear the wisdom of Shelemun; but one more excellent than Shelemun is here.

¹⁸ And Jeshu drew near, and discoursed with them, and said to them, There is given unto me all power in heaven and in earth. As the Father sent me, so also I send you.

⁷ and cried with a high voice, and said, What to me and to thee, Jeshu, Son of Aloha the Most High? I adjure thee by Aloha, that thou torment me not!

⁶¹ But Jeshu was silent, and answered him nothing. And again the chief of the priests demanded, and said, Art thou the Meshicha, the Son of the Blessed?[Meshicha Bareh dambarka.]

¹⁵ for he shall be great before the Lord, and wine and strong liquor [Shak'ra.] shall he not drink, and with the Spirit of Holiness shall he be filled, from the womb of his mother.

³⁵ The angel answered and said to her, The Spirit of Holiness shall come, and the Power of the Most High [Eloia.] shall shadow over thee; on account of this He who (shall be) born from thee is the Holy, and the Son of Aloha shall be called.

¹⁶ Juchanon answered and said to them, Behold, I baptize you with waters, but there cometh after me He who is mightier than I; He, the latchet of whose sandals I am not worthy to unloose; He shall baptize you with the Spirit of Holiness and with fire:

³⁵ But love your adversaries, and do good to them, and lend, and cut not off the hope of any one; and great shall be your reward, and you shall be the children of the Most High; for he is benign to the evil and to the ungrateful.

³⁵ The Father loveth the Son, and every thing hath he given into his hands. ³⁶ He who believeth in the Son hath the life which is eternal; and he who obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of Aloha remaineth on him.

²¹ For as the Father raiseth the dead, and quickeneth, so also the Son quickeneth those whom he willeth. ²² For the Father judgeth no man, but all judgment he hath given to the Son; ²³ that all men should honour the Son, as they honour the Father. He who honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the Father who sent him. ²⁴ Amen, amen, I say to you, He who heareth my word and believeth on him who sent me, hath the life that is eternal, and into condemnation he cometh not, but hath passed from death unto life. ²⁵ Amen, amen, I say to you, That the hour cometh and also now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of Aloha; and they who hear shall live. ²⁶ For as the Father hath life in his person,[Ba-knumeh, in his person or substance.] so hath he given also to the Son to have life in his person, ²⁷ and hath empowered him also to execute judgment. Because he is the Son of man, ²⁸ marvel not at this; for the hour cometh when all they who are in the sepulchres shall hear his voice, ²⁹ and shall come forth; they who have done good unto the resurrection of life, and they who have done evil unto the resurrection of condemnation.

⁶⁹ and we believe and know that thou art the Meshicha, the Son of Aloha the Living.

³⁴ The people said to him, We have heard from the law that the Meshicha for ever abideth: how sayest thou that the Son of man is to be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?

³⁰ For he was a prophet, and knew that the oath Aloha had sworn to him, Of the fruit of thy loins I will cause to sit upon thy throne:

³⁶ Assuredly, then, let all the house of Israel know, that Lord and Meshiha hath Aloha made this Jeshu, whom you crucified.

⁴⁸ But the Most High dwelleth not in the work of hands, as saith the prophet,

¹⁷ And she came after Paulos and after us, and cried and said, These men are the servants of Aloha the Most High, and announce to us the way of salvation.

⁴ and is known [Or, acknowledged.] (to be) the Son of Aloha by power, and by the Holy Spirit, who raised him from among the dead, Jeshu Meshiha our Lord:

²⁰ which he wrought in the Meshiha, and raised him from among the dead, and set him at his right hand in heaven, ²¹ above all the principalities, and powers, and mighty ones, and rulers, and above every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in (that) to come; ²² and subjected every thing beneath his feet: and Him who is over all he hath given to be the head of the church, ²³ which is His body, the completeness of Him who all in all completeth.

⁹ Wherefore also Aloha greatly exalted him, and gave him a name that is more excellent than all names, ¹⁰ that at the name of Jeshu every knee should kneel, of those in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth; ¹¹ and that every tongue should confess that Jeshu the Meshiha is the Lord, to the glory of Aloha his Father.

² but in these last days he hath spoken with us by his Son; whom he constituted the heir of every thing, and by whom he made the worlds; ³ who himself is the resplendence of his glory, and the image of his Being, and upholdeth all (things) by the power of his word; and he, in his (own) person, hath made purification of sins, and hath sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.[The Greatness in the high places.] ⁴ And this (person) is altogether more excellent than the angels, by so much as the name he hath inherited (is) more excellent than theirs. ⁵ For unto which one from (among) the angels at any time said Aloha, Thou art MY SON; I to-day have begotten thee? ⁶ And again, I will be to him the Father, and he shall be to me the Son? But again, when bringing in the Firstbegotten into the world, he said, Let all the angels of Aloha worship him. ⁷ But concerning the angels, thus hath he spoken: Who hath made his angels spirit, and his ministers a flaming fire. ⁸ But concerning the Son he hath said, Thy throne, Aloha, (is) for ever and ever, a right [Or, perfect, true.] sceptre (is) the sceptre of thy kingdom.

⁷ And to the angel of the church which is in Philadelphia write: These saith the Holy, the True, who hath the key of David; who openeth and no man shutteth,9 and who shutteth [Lit. holdeth.] and no man openeth.

⁶ FOR the word of Aloha hath not really fallen:[Fallen to fall.] for not all who are of Israel are Israel;

²⁴ And then will be the end, when he delivereth the kingdom unto Aloha the Father; when he abolisheth every head, and all authority and all powers. ²⁵ For it is to be that he shall reign until he hath set all his adversaries beneath his feet,

²⁹ And if you are of the Meshiha, therefore are you the seed of Abraham, and heirs by the promise.

¹⁶ And they who this pathway accomplish, peace be upon them and mercy, and upon the Israel of Aloha.

³ For the circumcision are we, who serve Aloha in the spirit, and glory in Jeshu the Meshiha, and confide not on the flesh.

⁸ But concerning the Son he hath said, Thy throne, Aloha, (is) for ever and ever, a right [Or, perfect, true.] sceptre (is) the sceptre of thy kingdom.

¹⁵ And the Seventh angel sounded. And there were voices and thunders, saying, The kingdom of the world is of our Lord, and of his Meshiha; and he will reign for ever and ever!

⁴ And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them; and to the souls of them who had been cut asunder for the sake of the testimony of Jeshu, and for the word of Aloha, and them who had not worshipped the beast of prey nor his image, nor received his signature upon their forehead and upon their hands. And they lived and reigned with their Meshiha the thousand years. ⁵ This is the first resurrection. ⁶ Blessed and holy is he who hath part in the first resurrection: upon them the second death hath not power; but they shall be priests of Aloha and of his Meshiha, and shall reign with him the thousand years.

³ And there shall be no more falling away; [Nethro.] and the throne of Aloha and of the Lamb shall be in it, and his servants shall serve him. ⁴ And they shall see his face, and his name shall be upon their foreheads. ⁵ And night shall be no more: nor any need have they of the light of a lamp, or the light of the sun; for the Lord God enlighteneth them, and they will reign for ever and ever.

⁶ but arise, go into Darmsuk, and there it will be spoken with thee concerning what thou must do.

²⁰ But while (on) these (things) he reflected, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, and said to him, Jauseph, son of David, fear not to take Mariam thy wife; for that which is conceived in her is from the Spirit of Holiness.

³ And he who tempteth approached and said, If the Son thou art of Aloha, say that these stones shall become bread.

³³ And they who were in the ship, came and adored him, and said, Truly the Son thou art of Aloha.

⁶³ But Jeshu was silent. And the chief of the priests answered and said to him, I swear thee, by Aloha the Living, that thou declare to us whether thou be the Meshicha, the Son of Aloha? ⁶⁴ Jeshu saith to him, Thou hast said: but I say to you, That hereafter ye shall see him, the Son of man, sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.

⁵⁴ But the centurion and those with him, who guarded Jeshu, when they saw the commotion and those (portents) which took place, feared greatly, and said, Assuredly this was the Son of Aloha.

²⁴ and he cried and said, What to us and to thee, Jeshu Natsroya? Art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of Aloha.

³¹ For, behold, thou shalt conceive, and shalt bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jeshu. ³² He will be great, and the Son of the Most High [Eloia.] shall he be called, and Aloha the Lord shall give unto him the throne of David his father.

⁴⁹ Nathanael answered and said to him, Rabi, thou art the Son of Aloha himself, thou art the very King of Isroel.

³⁶ And as they went in the way they came to a certain place which had water in it, and that eunuch said, Behold the water; what is the hinderance that I should be baptized?

²⁰ and from henceforth I live not, but in me liveth Meshiha; and this that I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of Aloha, who loved me and gave himself for me.

³ in those works in which we also walked from the first in the lusts of our flesh, doing the will of our flesh and of our mind, and were the sons of wrath fully as the rest.

¹⁵ For we have not an high priest who cannot suffer along with our infirmity, but (one) who, [having been] tempted in every thing as we, (was) separate from sin.

²⁶ For such an High Priest as this was adequate for us; pure, and without evil, and without spot; who was separate from sins, and exalted higher than heaven. ²⁷ With him there was no necessity daily, like the chief of the priests, that first for his own sins he should offer sacrifices, and then on behalf of the people: for this [last] he did once when in himself he offered. ²⁸ For the law constituted infirm men priests; but the word of the oath, which was subsequent to the law, (hath constituted) THE SON perfect for evermore.

²⁶ Jeshu, beholding them, said, With the sons of men it is not possible; but with Aloha every thing is possible.

²⁷ Jeshu beheld them and said to them, With the sons of men this is not possible, but with Aloha: for every thing is possible with Aloha.

²⁷ But Jeshu said, Those (things) which with the sons of men are not possible, with Aloha are possible to be done.

²¹ who will change the body of our abasement to make (it) in the fashion of his glorious body,[The body of his glory.] according to his great power, by which all is subjected unto him.

²⁰ and at the promise of Aloha he wavered not as deficient in faith, but was strong in faith, and gave glory to Aloha; ²¹ and was sure that what he had promised to him Aloha could fulfil.

⁶⁵ And there was fear upon all around them; and in all the hill country of Jehud were these things spoken.

⁴⁴ For, lo, as fell the voice of thy salutation on my ears, for great Joy leaped the infant in my womb.

⁶⁷ And Zakaria his father was filled with the Spirit of Holiness, and he prophesied, and said:

¹ BUT Jeshu, being full of the Spirit of Holiness, returned from the Jurdan, and the Spirit led him into the desert,

⁸ Then Shemun Kipha was filled with the Spirit of Holiness, and said to them, Rulers of the people, and elders of the house of Israel, hear:

³ Look out therefore, brethren, and choose seven men from you who have testimony concerning them, and are full of the Spirit of the Lord and wisdom, and we will appoint them over this matter.

⁵⁵ And he, being full of faith and of the Spirit of Holiness, looked up to heaven, and saw the glory of Aloha, and Jeshu standing at the right hand of Aloha.

¹⁰ I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day;[Yaumo moronoio.] and I heard behind me a great voice as a trumpet, saying,

⁴⁸ who hath looked upon the lowliness of his handmaid: for, behold, from now all generations shall give blessedness to me.

³⁸ and they said, Blessed be the King who cometh in the name of the Lord! Peace in the heavens, and glory in the highest!

²⁶ Wherefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: and also my body shall sojourn in hope; ²⁷ For thou wilt not leave my soul in Shiul, nor give thy Saint to see corruption. ²⁸ Thou wilt reveal to me the way of life, thou wilt fill me with joy with thy presence.

⁵ and from whom appeared the Meshiha in the flesh, who is Aloha over all: his be praises and benedictions to the age of ages. Amen.

² And let us look unto Jeshu, who hath become the chief and the perfecter of our faith; who, for the joy that was before him, endured the cross, and unto shame delivered himself, and at the right hand of the throne of Aloha hath sat down.

¹⁴ But Juchanon prohibited him, and said, I need from thee to be baptized, and hast thou come unto me?

¹¹ for there is born for you to-day the Redeemer, who is the Lord the Meshicha, in the city of David.

⁷ Wherefore I was not worthy to come to thee; but speak by a word, and my youth shall be healed.

⁴² And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The Lord* said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, [* Moria, mria, "the Lord." The Syrians hold this name to be equivalent to the Hebrew tetragrammaton Yhwh, and consider the letters in it as designating the glory of the divine nature. Thus M is the initial for Morutha, "dominion;" R, for rabutha, "majesty;" A and I for aithutha, "essence," or "eternal subsistence."] ⁴³ until I put thine adversaries beneath thy feet. ⁴⁴ If David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he his son?

⁵ and he poured water into a basin, and began to wash the feet of his disciples, and wiped (them) with the towel that he had bound upon his loins. ⁶ But when he came to Shemun Kipha, Shemun said to him, Dost thou, my Lord, wash my feet for me? ⁷ Jeshu answered and said to him, What I do, thou knowest not now; but afterward thou shalt know. ⁸ Shemun Kipha saith to him, Never shalt thou wash for me my feet. Jeshu saith to him, If I do not wash thee, thou hast with me no part.

¹³ You call me Our Master, and Our Lord; and well say you, for I am.

²⁸ And Thoma answered and said to him, My Lord, and my God! [Mari Valohi.]

³ And do nothing in contention or vainglorying, but in meekness of mind let a man consider his neighbour as better than himself.

⁸ and I also (still) reckon them all loss, for the grandeur [Rabutho.] of the knowledge of Jeshu Meshiha my Lord; for whose sake I have lost all things, and have reckoned as dung, that the Meshiha I may gain,

²⁰ From henceforth thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be able to speak, till the day when these things shall be done, because thou hast not believed these words, which shall be fulfilled in their time.

⁴⁰ Jeshu said to her, Said I not to thee, that if thou wilt believe, thou shalt see the glory of Aloha?

²⁹ Jeshu saith to him, Now that thou hast seen, thou hast believed: blessed are they who have not seen me, and have believed.

¹¹ And not thus only, but we also exult in Aloha through our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, by whom we have now received the reconciliation.

³¹ according as it is written, He who boasteth, in the Lord let him boast.

¹⁴ But thanks unto Aloha, who in all time maketh us a triumph in the Meshiha, and maketh manifest by us the perfume of his knowledge in every place.

⁴ Rejoice in our Lord in all time, and again I say, Rejoice.

⁸ whom you have not seen and (yet) love, and in whose faith you exult with glorious joy that is not spoken:

¹ PAULOS, an apostle of Jeshu Meshiha, by the commandment of Aloha our Saviour, and of Jeshu Meshiha our hope;

³ For this is good and acceptable before Aloha our Saviour;

³ and his word hath revealed in his time by our preaching, which was confided to me by the command of Aloha our Saviour:

¹⁰ but let them show their good-trustiness [Shararhun tobo.] in every thing, that they may adorn in every thing the doctrine of Aloha our Saviour.

¹³ while expecting the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jeshu Meshiha;

⁴ But when appeared the goodness and mercy of Aloha our Saviour, ⁵ not by works of righteousness which we had done, but by his own mercy he saved us, by the laving of the birth which is afresh, by the renewing of the Spirit of Holiness, ⁶ which he shed upon us abundantly, by Jeshu Meshiha our Saviour;

²⁵ Aloha our only Saviour by Jeshu Meshiha our Lord, before his majesty with joy, Be glory, and dominion, and honour, and grandeur, both now and in all ages. Amen.

²⁷ AND while he spake these words, a certain woman lifted up her voice from the crowd, and said to him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the breasts which thou hast sucked!

²⁶ For you see also your calling, my brethren, that not many among you are wise after the flesh, and not many among you are powerful, and not many among you are of noble birth; [Or, sons of a great family.] ²⁷ but Aloha hath chosen the simple of the world, to shame the wise, and he hath chosen the weak of the world, to shame the mighty, ²⁸ and he hath chosen those of low birth [Or, mean family.] in the world, and the outcasts, and those who are nothing, to bring to nothing those who are;

⁵ Listen, my beloved brethren: Hath not Aloha chosen the poor of the world, but rich in faith, to be heirs in that kingdom which Aloha hath promised to them who love him? ⁶ But you have despised the poor. Behold, are not the rich uprisen against you? and do they not drag you to the house of judgment?

¹³ And he suffered them. And those unclean spirits went forth and entered into the swine; and that herd ran to the rock, and plunged into the sea, as two thousand, and were drowned in the waters.

²⁰ But to Him who is able with power beyond all to do for us above what we ask or conceive, according to his power which worketh in us,

⁸ And these four living-ones, each of them, had six wings round about; and within were full of eyes; and they rest not day and night from saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who wast, and art, and art to come.

⁴ Who shall not fear thee, Lord, and glorify thy name? For thou only art [good, Polyglot.] and holy and just; therefore all nations shall come and worship before thee; because thy judgments are revealed.

⁵ And a voice came forth from the throne, saying, Praise our God, all his servants, and they who fear him, small and great.

²¹ For when they knew Aloha, they did not as Aloha glorify him and praise him, but became vain in their imaginations, and their heart was darkened, that they understood not.

⁵ and demolish reasonings and every lofty thing that is exalted against the knowledge of Aloha, and captivate all thoughts unto the obedience of the Meshiha.

⁵ And you younger, be subject to your presbyters, and be clothed carefully [Or, closely.] with humility of mind towards one another; because Aloha is against those who exalt themselves, and to the humble he giveth grace.

⁸ Therefore in one day will come these her plagues, death and sorrow and hunger; and in fire she will burn, for mighty is the Lord God who judgeth her.

³ Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mariam, and the brother of Jacub, and of Josi, and of Jehuda, and of Shemun? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended with him.

¹⁴ I tell you that this one went down justified to his house, rather than that Pharisha. For every man who exalteth himself shall be humbled, and every one who humbleth himself shall be exalted.

⁹ But let the humble brother glory in his exaltation, ¹⁰ and the rich in his humility; for as the flower of an herb, so he passeth.

¹⁰ Be humbled before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

⁶ Blessed they who hunger and thirst unto righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

²¹ Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

²⁴ But woe to you (who are) rich, because you have received your consolation.

¹⁶ And he spake a parable to them: The ground of a certain rich man produced him much provisions. ¹⁷ And he thought within himself, and said, What shall I do? for I have not where to collect my provisions. ¹⁸ And he said, This will I do: I will destroy my house of stores, and will build and enlarge it; and there will I collect all my provender and my good things: ¹⁹ and I will say to my soul, My soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years: be at ease, eat, drink, and be merry. ²⁰ But Aloha said to him, Reasonless (man)! [Chasir reyona, wanting reason.] this night thy soul they shall require of thee; and then, (the things) which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be? ²¹ So is he who layeth up to himself treasures, and towards Aloha is not rich.

¹⁹ NOW there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in byssos* and purple, and every day feasted gaily.** [* Butso, Hebrew, buts; (2Ch 5:12); an Egyptian linen, extremely fine, soft, and white. ** Gayóith.] ²⁰ And there was a certain poor man, whose name was Loózar; and he lay at the gate of him who was rich, bruised with wounds, ²¹ and desired to fill his belly with the crumbs which fell from the table of that rich. And also the dogs came and licked his wounds. ²² Now that poor man died, and angels conducted him to the bosom of Abraham: but that rich man also died, and was buried. ²³ And, tormented in shiul, he lifted up his eyes afar, and seeth Abraham, and Loózar in his bosom. ²⁴ And he cried with a high voice, and said, My father Abraham, have compassion upon me, and send Loózar, that he may dip the top of his finger in waters, and moisten my tongue; for, behold, I am tormented in this flame. ²⁵ Abraham said to him, My son, remember that thou didst receive thy goods in thy life, and Loózar his evils, and now, behold, he reposeth here, and thou art tormented.

¹¹ and, behold, the Pharisha stood (and) within himself these words prayed: Aloha, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious and unjust, and adulterers; nor as this publican. ¹² But I fast twice in the week, and tithe whatever I possess. ¹³ But that publican stood from afar, and would not even his eyes lift up to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, Aloha, be merciful to me a sinner! ¹⁴ I tell you that this one went down justified to his house, rather than that Pharisha. For every man who exalteth himself shall be humbled, and every one who humbleth himself shall be exalted.

²⁴ And when Jeshu saw that he was grieved, he said, How difficult is it to those who have riches to enter into the kingdom of Aloha! ²⁵ It is easier for a camel into the aperture of a needle to enter, than the rich into the kingdom of Aloha.

¹¹ And Jeshu took the bread, and blessed, and divided unto those who reclined, and likewise also of the fishes, as much as they willed. ¹² And when they were satisfied, he said to his disciples, Gather the fragments that abound, that nothing be lost; ¹³ and they gathered and filled twelve baskets of fragments, those which abounded unto them who had eaten of the five loaves of barley.

³⁵ Jeshu saith to them, I am the bread of life: he who cometh to me shall not hunger, and he who believeth in me shall not thirst, for ever.

²⁶ For you see also your calling, my brethren, that not many among you are wise after the flesh, and not many among you are powerful, and not many among you are of noble birth; [Or, sons of a great family.]

⁸ Now you are satiated, and are rich, and without us have reigned. But I would that you did reign, that we might also reign with you!

¹ O rich men, howl and weep for the miseries which are coming upon you. ² Your riches are corrupt and stink, and your vestments are eaten of the moth, ³ and your gold and your silver rusteth, and the rust of them is for a witness against you, and is to eat your flesh. You have gathered fire for you for the last days! ⁴ Lo, the hire of the labourers who have reaped your lands, which you have refused, clamoureth, and the cry of the harvests to the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth hath ascended. ⁵ For you have lived daintily on the earth, and have been wanton, and have nourished your bodies, as for the day of slaughter. ⁶ You have condemned and have killed the just, and he hath not resisted you.

¹⁷ Because thou sayest, I am rich, and have become opulent, and of nothing have need; and knowest not that thou art infirm, and miserable, and needy, and blind, and naked; ¹⁸ I counsel thee to buy of me gold, proved by fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and the shame of thy nakedness be not seen; and lave with collyrium thine eyes, that thou mayest see.

¹⁶ They will not hunger or thirst again, nor will the sun come down upon them, nor any heat; ¹⁷ for it is the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne who will feed them, and will lead them unto fountains of living waters, and Aloha will wipe away every tear from their eyes.

⁷⁰ As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been from of old, ⁷¹ That we should be delivered from our adversaries, and from the hand of all who hate us; ⁷² To perform his grace with our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; ⁷³ The oath which he sware to Abraham our father, - that to us he would grant ⁷⁴ That, being delivered from the hand of our adversaries, without fear we might serve before him ⁷⁵ All our days in righteousness.

²⁸ But, in (regard of) the gospel, they are enemies on your account; and, in the election, they are beloved on account of the fathers. ²⁹ For Aloha turneth not in his gift and in his vocation.

¹⁶ But to Abraham was promised the promise, and to his seed. And he did not say to him, Unto thy seeds, as of many; but, To thy seed, as of one, him, (namely,) who is the Meshiha. ¹⁷ But I say this, that the covenant which was confirmed before by Aloha, in the Meshiha, the law which was after, four hundred and thirty years, cannot nullify, nor (can it) abolish the promise.

⁶ And it was that while they were there, the days were fulfilled that she should give birth: ⁷ and she brought forth her son, the first-born, and wrapped him in bandages, and laid him in the manger; because there was no place for them where they stayed.

¹⁴ And to thee shall be joy and exultation, and many shall rejoice in his birth:

²⁵ These things hath the Lord done for me in the days of my desolation, to take away my reproach from among the children of men.

¹⁵ Rejoice with them who rejoice, and weep with them who weep.

²⁶ as that when one member shall be diseased, all may suffer; and if one member be glorified, all the members may be glorified.

⁸ And he gave to him the covenant of circumcision. And then begat he Ishok, and circumcised him on the eighth day, and Ishok begat Jakub, and Jakub begat our twelve fathers.

⁵ Circumcised the son of eight days, of the family of Israel, of the tribe of Benyomin, Ebroia of Ebroyee; in the law, Pharisha;

⁶³ And he requested a tablet, and wrote, and said, Juchanan is his name. And every man wondered.

⁶⁰ And his mother answered and said to them, Not so; but he shall be called Juchanon.

³³ And when the demon had gone out, the dumb spake; and the multitudes were astonished, and said, Never was it thus seen in Isroel.

³² and they brought to him a blind man, a stammerer, and besought him to lay upon him the hand. ³³ And he took him aside from the crowd by himself, and put his fingers in his ears, and spat, and touched his tongue. ³⁴ And he looked up to heaven, and sighed, and said to him, Be opened: [Ethphátach.] ³⁵ and in that hour his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plainly.[Or, easily.] ³⁶ And he charged them that to no man they should tell this. But so much as he charged them, they the more proclaimed it; ³⁷ and they were exceedingly astonished, and said, He doeth every thing well; the deaf he maketh to hear, and them who spoke not, to speak.

³⁹ AND Mariam arose in those days, and went with haste to the mountain to a city of Jehud;

¹⁶ And fear seized all men; and they glorified Aloha, saying, A great prophet hath arisen among us, and Aloha hath visited his people.

⁴³ And solemnity was on every soul; and many signs and mighty acts were done by the hand of the apostles in Urishlem.

⁵ And when Hanania heard these words he fell and died. And there was great fear upon all those who heard.

¹¹ And there was great fear upon all the church and in all them who heard.

¹⁷ And this was known to all the Jihudoyee and Aramoyee who dwelt in Ephesos: and fear fell upon them all, and the name of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha was exalted.

¹¹ And after those three days and a half, the spirit of life from Aloha entered into them, and they arose upon their feet. And great fear fell upon them who saw them.

⁸⁰ And the child grew, and was strong in the spirit, and was in the desert till the day of his manifestation unto Isroel.

⁴⁰ But the child grew, and was strengthened in spirit, and was filled with wisdom; and the grace of Aloha was upon him.

⁴⁴ Treasure these words in your ears; for the Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men.

²¹ And the hand of the Lord was with them, and many believed, and were converted unto the Lord.

⁴¹ And it was that when Elishaba heard the salutation of Mariam, the infant leaped in her womb. And she was filled with the Spirit of Holiness;

²¹ For not by the will of man came any prophecy, but while by the Holy Spirit led spake the holy men of God.

³⁸ And she also arose in that hour and confessed [Or, praised.] the Lord, and discoursed concerning him with all who were expecting the redemption of Urishlem.

⁴⁴ and they shall overthrow thee, and thy children within thee, and not leave in thee one stone upon another,[A stone upon stone.] because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

³ Blessed be He, Aloha, the Father of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, who hath blessed us with all blessings of the Spirit in heaven, in the Meshiha;

⁷ in whom we have redemption, and by his blood the remission of sins, according to the riches of his grace

³ Blessed be Aloha, the Father of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, who by his abundant grace hath begotten us anew through the resurrection of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha unto the hope of salvation,

¹⁰ and blessed be the coming kingdom [Or, the kingdom which cometh.] of our father David: Save now, in the heights! [Ushana bamraumee.]

² which from of old he had promised by the hand of the prophets, in the holy writings, ³ concerning his Son, who was born, according to the flesh, of the seed of the house of David,

¹⁶ I JESHU have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things before the churches. I am the root and the offspring of Dawid, as the bright, the morning star.

³⁶ For David himself saith by the Spirit of Holiness, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I set thy adversaries a footstool beneath thy feet.

²⁶ Was it not to be that these the Meshicha should suffer, and enter into his glory? ²⁷ And, beginning from Musha and all the prophets, he explained to them concerning himself from all the scriptures.

⁴⁴ And he said to them, These are the words that I spoke with you while I was with you, that every thing must be fulfilled which is written in the law of Musha, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning me.

²¹ whom the heavens must receive until the completion of the times of all those which Aloha hath spoken by the mouth of his holy prophets, who (have been) from of old. ²² For Musha hath said, A prophet shall the Lord raise up unto you from your brethren, like to me; him hear in all (things) which he shall speak with you. ²³ And it shall be that every soul who will not hear that prophet, perish shall that soul from his people. ²⁴ And the prophets, all of them from Shamuel and they who were after him, spake and proclaimed concerning these days.

²⁵ And they removed from him, while not agreeing together. And Paulos said to them this word, Well spake the Spirit of Holiness, by the mouth of Eshaia the prophet, against your fathers,

² which from of old he had promised by the hand of the prophets, in the holy writings,

⁷ Therefore the Spirit of Holiness hath said, To-day if ye will hear his voice,

¹² And all that they searched was revealed to them; for not for themselves they inquired, but to us (and) of us [Lan dilan.] they prophesied those (blessings) which now are revealed to you by them who have preached to you [Or, evangelized you.] by the Spirit of Holiness which is sent from heaven; for into these themselves the angels also desire to look.

¹⁰ And I fell before his feet to worship; and he said to me, See (that thou do it) not; thy fellowservant (am I), and of thy brethren who have the testimony of Jeshu. Aloha worship; for the testimony of Jeshu is the spirit of prophecy.

⁷⁴ That, being delivered from the hand of our adversaries, without fear we might serve before him

⁸ And he who doeth sin is of Satana, because that from the commencement Satana was a sinner. And for this cause did the Son of Aloha appear, that he might destroy the works of Satana.

⁵⁴ He hath helped Isroel his servant, and hath remembered his mercy; ⁵⁵ As he spake with our fathers, with Abraham and with his seed for ever.

²⁵ You are the sons of the prophets; and the covenant which Aloha set with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, In thy seed shall be blessed all the generations of the earth, ²⁶ with you from the first he hath established; and Aloha hath sent his Son, blessing you, if you will return and repent of your iniquities.

²⁸ But, in (regard of) the gospel, they are enemies on your account; and, in the election, they are beloved on account of the fathers.

¹⁵ MY brethren, I speak as among men: That a covenant of man because confirmed no one rejecteth, or changeth in any thing.

¹³ For when to Abraham Aloha gave promise, because there was no one greater than himself to swear by, he sware by his own Self, ¹⁴ and said, Blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. ¹⁵ And so he waited patiently, and obtained the promise. ¹⁶ For men swear by one greater than themselves: and every controversy which occurs among them hath a sure conclusion in the oath. ¹⁷ On this account Aloha, willing abundantly to manifest to the heirs of the promise that his engagement is changeless, hath bound it in an oath: ¹⁸ that by two things that are not changed, in which it cannot be that Aloha should lie, great consolation should be ours who have fled unto him: and that we may retain the hope that is promised to us,

¹³ For when to Abraham Aloha gave promise, because there was no one greater than himself to swear by, he sware by his own Self,

¹⁶ For men swear by one greater than themselves: and every controversy which occurs among them hath a sure conclusion in the oath. ¹⁷ On this account Aloha, willing abundantly to manifest to the heirs of the promise that his engagement is changeless, hath bound it in an oath:

⁷¹ That we should be delivered from our adversaries, and from the hand of all who hate us;

²² And now made free from sin, and become servants to Aloha, you have holy fruits, [Phiree.] of which the end is the life of eternity.

¹⁵ For we have not received the spirit of servitude again unto fear, but we have received the Spirit of the adoption* of sons, by whom we cry, Father, our Father! [* Rucho da-simath benayo: The Spirit of the constituting of sons.]

⁷ For Aloha hath not given to us the spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of discipline.[Marathyonutho.]

¹⁵ and set loose them who in the fear of death had been all their lives subjected to servitude.

¹⁴ how much more then shall the blood of the Meshiha, who, by the Eternal Spirit, himself hath offered without spot unto Aloha, purify our conscience from dead works, to serve the Aloha the Living?

¹⁰ Fear not any thing of those that thou art to suffer; for, behold, it will be that the accuser will cast some of you into prison, so that you may be tried; and you will have affliction ten days. Be faithful unto the death, and I will give thee the crown of life

⁴ as he before elected us in him, from before the foundations of the world, that we should be saints, and without blemish before him, and in love predesignated us unto himself,

¹⁰ For we are his creation, who are created in Jeshu Meshiha unto good works, which Aloha hath prepared before, that in them we should walk.

²⁴ and wear the new man, who by Aloha is created in righteousness and in the sanctity of truth.[Vabchasyutho da-qushtho.]

¹ HENCE then, my brethren, we pray of you, and beseech of you by our Lord Jeshu, that as you have received of us how it behoveth you to walk and to please Aloha, the more to increase.

⁷ For Aloha hath not called us to uncleanness, but unto sanctification.

¹³ But we are bound to give thanks unto Aloha at all time for you, our brethren, beloved in our Lord, because Aloha hath chosen you from the beginning unto salvation, by sanctification of the Spirit, and by the belief of the truth.

⁹ who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling; not according to our works, but according to his will, and that grace of his which was given to us in Jeshu Meshiha before the time of the worlds,

¹⁴ as obedient children, and not partaking again of the former desires which you desired when ignorant. ¹⁵ But be holy in all your conversations, as he is holy who calleth you; ¹⁶ because it is written, Be ye holy, as I also am holy.

⁴ by annunciations [Nunciatio, promissum: from, to know, make known.] great and precious which he hath given to you, that by them you may be partakers of the divine nature, while you escape the corruption of the lusts which are in the world; ⁵ So, with this, bringing in all diligence,[Or, gravity. Shekoltano.] add to your faith virtue; but to virtue knowledge, ⁶ but to knowledge perseverance, but to perseverance patience, but to patience godliness,[Dechalath Aloha, the fear, reverence, or worship of Aloha.] ⁷ but to godliness brotherly kindness, but to brotherly kindness love. ⁸ For while these are found with you, and abound, neither slothfulness nor unfruitfulness will stand against you in the knowledge of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.

³ For this is he of whom it was spoken by Eshaia the prophet: The voice which crieth in the desert, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths plain.

⁹ And if not, what went you forth to see? a prophet? I tell you, Yes; and more than a prophet. ¹⁰ For this is he concerning whom it is written, Behold, I send my angel before thy face, to prepare the way before thee.

⁵ And he would have killed him, but he feared the people, because as a prophet they held him.

²⁶ And if we shall say, From men, we fear from the crowd; for all have regarded Juchanon as a prophet.

² As it is written in Eshaia the prophet: - Behold, I send my angel before thy face, who shall make straight [Or, prepare.] thy way. ³ The voice which crieth in the desert, prepare the way of the Lord, make level his paths.

³² And if we should say, From the sons of man, there is fear from the people; for all have held Juchanon that he was truly a prophet.

¹⁶ And many of the sons of Isroel shall he convert to the Lord their Aloha. ¹⁷ And he shall go before him in the spirit and the power of Elia the prophet, to turn the hearts of the fathers unto the children, and those who believe not to the knowledge of the righteous, and to prepare for the Lord a perfect people.

³² He will be great, and the Son of the Most High [Eloia.] shall he be called, and Aloha the Lord shall give unto him the throne of David his father.

⁴ As it is written in the book of the words of Eshaia the prophet, who said, The voice which crieth in the desert, prepare the way of the Lord, and make straight in the plain the highways for our Aloha. ⁵ All valleys shall be filled, and all mountains and heights be brought low, and the mound shall be a level (place), and the rough place a plain, ⁶ And all flesh shall see the salvation of Aloha.

²⁷ he, concerning whom it is written, Behold, I send mine angel before thy face, who shall prepare the way before thee. ²⁸ I tell you, that no prophet among those born of women (hath been) greater than Juchanon the Baptizer. Yet the least in the kingdom of Aloha is greater than he.

²³ He saith, I am the voice which crieth in the wilderness, Make plain the way of the Lord, as said Eshaia the prophet.

²⁷ he it is who cometh after me, and he was before me; he, the latchets of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose.

²⁴ And he sent Juhanon to proclaim before his coming the baptism of repentance to the whole people of Israel. ²⁵ And while Juhanon accomplished his ministry, he said, Whom think you that I am? I am not (he), but, behold, he cometh after me, he, the latchet of whose sandals I am not worthy to unloose.

³ The voice which crieth in the desert, prepare the way of the Lord, make level his paths. ⁴ Juchanon was in the desert, baptizing, and proclaiming the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

³ And he came into the whole country about the Jurdan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

⁶ And all flesh shall see the salvation of Aloha.

⁴⁷ Therefore I tell thee, That forgiven to her are her many sins, because she hath loved much. For he to whom little is forgiven, little loveth. ⁴⁸ And he said to her, Woman, forgiven to thee (are) thy sins. ⁴⁹ But they who reclined said among themselves, Who is this who also sins forgiveth? ⁵⁰ But Jeshu said to that woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.

⁷ He came for the testimony, to testify concerning the Light, that all men might believe through his ministry.[By his hand.] ⁸ He was not the Light himself, but came to testify concerning the Light. ⁹ For that was the true Light that enlighteneth every man who cometh into the world.

¹⁵ Juchanon testified concerning him, and cried, and said, This is he of whom I said, that he cometh after me, and was before* me, because he is anterior** to me. [* Kedom, coram, ante. ** Kadomi, antiquus, vetus, prior, anterior.] ¹⁶ And from his fulness we all have received, and grace for grace. ¹⁷ For the law by the hand of Musha was given; but the truth and the grace were by Jeshu Meshicha.

²⁹ AND the day after, Juchanon seeth Jeshu, who was coming to him; and he said, Behold the Lamb of Aloha, who beareth the sin of the world!

²⁷ Juchanon answered and said to them, A man cannot receive of his own will any thing, unless it be given to him from heaven. ²⁸ You bear me witness that I said, I am not the Meshicha, but I am an apostle [Shelicho.] before him. ²⁹ He that hath the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and attendeth him, with great joy rejoiceth on account of the voice of the bridegroom: this my joy therefore, behold, is complete. ³⁰ To him it must be to increase, and to me to decrease. ³¹ For he who from above hath come, is above all; and he who is from the earth, is of the earth, and of the earth speaketh: he who from heaven hath come, is above all. ³² And what he hath seen and heard he testifieth, and his testimony no man receiveth. ³³ But he who hath received his, hath sealed that the true Aloha is he.[D'Aloha sharira-u: compare the same words, 1Jo 1:20.] ³⁴ For he whom Aloha hath sent, the very words of Aloha speaketh; for it was not in measure that Aloha gave the Spirit.

³⁸ Shemun saith to them, Repent, and be baptized, every man of you, in the name of the Lord Jeshu, for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁹ Repent therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out,

³¹ Him hath Aloha constituted a Prince and a Saviour, and elevated him at his right hand, to give repentance and remission of sins unto Israel.

⁴³ And of him all the prophets testify, that whoever believeth in his name shall receive remission of sins.

³⁸ Know then, brethren, that through This himself is preached to you the remission of sins; ³⁹ and from all (from) which we could not by the law of Musha be justified, through This all who believe are justified.

⁴ Paulos saith to them, Juhanon baptized the people with the baptism of repentance, saying that they should believe in him who was coming after him, who is Jeshu Meshiha.

²⁵ whom Aloha before ordained (to be) a propitiation through faith in his blood for our sins which from the first we had sinned,

⁶ As also David hath spoken concerning the blessedness of the man to whom Aloha reckoneth righteousness without works, ⁷ saying, Blessed are they whose iniquity is forgiven, and whose sins are covered. ⁸ Blessed is the man to whom Aloha reckoneth not his sin.

¹⁶ For so loved Aloha the world, as his Son, the Only-begotten, he would give, that every one who believeth in him might not perish, but have the life which is eternal.

⁴ BUT Aloha, who is rich in his mercies, for his great love wherewith he loved us ⁵ while we were dead in our sins, made us alive with the Meshiha, and through his grace delivered us,

¹⁴ Wherefore it is said, Awake thou who sleepest, and arise from the dead, and the Meshiha shall enlighten thee.

⁸ For Aloha is my witness how I love you with the bowels of Jeshu Meshiha.

¹ IF, therefore, you have consolation in the Meshiha, and if there be comfort in love,* and if communion of the Spirit, and if compassions and mercies, [* Ven mamale belebo bachubo, " If there be the speaking of the heart in love." Mamale belebo, (like the Hebrew, Dibber al leb,) " the speaking of, or into, the heart," is an idiom for giving consolation. Compare John 11:19, 31.]

¹² Wear, therefore, as the chosen of Aloha, saints and beloved, compassions and tenderness, and benignity, and lowliness of mind, and composure, and patience.

¹⁹ We have that which is sure also, the word of prophecy; that into which you do well to look, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the sun arise in your hearts.

¹⁷ And he who hath the possession of the world, and shall see his brother that he needeth, and shall shut his compassions from him, how is there in him the love of Aloha?

⁹ In this was made known the love of Aloha towards us, that Aloha sent his only Son into the world that we might live by him. ¹⁰ In this is love: it was not that we had loved Aloha, but that Aloha himself loved us, and sent his Son a propitiation for our sins.

¹⁶ The people who sat in darkness the great light hath seen; and they who have sat in the region and shadow of death, the light has arisen upon them.

²⁸ Come unto me, all you (who) are wearied and bearing burdens, and I will give you rest. ²⁹ Bear my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am peaceful and lowly in my heart, and you shall find repose for your souls.

³² A light for the revelation of the peoples, and the glory of thy people Isroel.

⁹ For that was the true Light that enlighteneth every man who cometh into the world.

¹² BUT again spake Jeshu with them, and said, I am the Light of the world: he who followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall find the light of life.

⁵ So long as I am in the world, I am the Light of the world.

⁴⁶ the light am come into the world, that every one who believeth in me might not abide in darkness.

¹⁸ to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto Aloha, and receive the forgiveness of sins, and a lot with the saints through faith, which (is) in me.

¹⁷ And the way of peace they have not known;

⁸ For you were before darkness, but now you are light in our Lord. As the sons of light, then, so walk.

⁴ But you, my brethren, are not in darkness, that that day as a thief should overtake you. ⁵ For all of you are sons of light, and sons of the day; and are not sons of the night, nor sons of darkness.

⁵ And this is the annunciation which we have heard from him, and announce to you, that Aloha is light, and in him is no darkness at all. ⁶ And if we say that we have communion with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and in the truth do not proceed; ⁷ but if in the light we walk, as He is in the light, we have communion with one another, and the blood of Jeshu his Son cleanseth us from all our sins.

¹ NOW in those days came Juchanon [Or, Yu'hanan] the Baptizer preaching in the desert of Jehud,

⁷ But when they were gone, Jeshu began to speak to the assembly concerning Juchanon: What went you forth into the waste to see? a reed that by the wind was shaken?

⁵² But Jeshu increased in his stature, and in his wisdom, and in favour with Aloha and men.

³¹ And I knew him not, but that he should be made known unto Isroel, therefore have I come with waters to baptize.