OrthJBC - Luke - 1

1:1  Vi-bahlt (since) many Messianic Sofrim have attempted to compile a sefer, a historical narrative, about the momentous events that have been fulfilled among us,

1:2  just as these [masoret haShluchim] have been handed down to us by those who from HaReshit [of the Besuras HaGeulah] were edei re'iyah (eyewitnesses) and mesharetim [ministers] of the Dvar Hashem,

1:3  I thought it expeditous also, having done an iyun, accurately and carefully being meayen in every source and and making a medakdeke investigation of every aspect from HaReshit, to write for you and to mesader (arrange, place in order or succession) an orderly account, most noble Theophilus,

1:4  that you may have da'as of HaEmes regarding the Divrei Moshiach about which you took shiurim (lessons). THE HULEDET OF KOHEN-NAVI YOCHANAN OF THE TEVILAH OF TESHUVA FORETOLD

1:5  At the time of Herod king of Yehudah, there was an a certain kohen by the name Zecharyah, who belonged to the Aviyah division. His isha was of the banot Aharon and her name was Elisheva. [Divrey Hayamim Alef 24:10]

1:6  And they were both tzaddikim before Hashem, walking a derech tamim in all the mitzvot and chukim of the Torah of Adoneinu. [Bereshis 6:9; Devarim 5:33; Melachim Alef 9:4]

1:7  But they had no ben, because Elisheva was barren, and they were both advanced in their yamim.

1:8  And it came to pass in the performance of his avodas kodesh sherut as a kohen before Hashem in the appointed order of his division, [Divrey Hayamim Alef 24:19; Divrey Hayamim Bais 8:14]

1:9  according to the minhag (custom) of the kehunah, Zecharyah was chosen by lot to enter the Beis Hamikdash and to offer ketoket (incense). [Shemot 30:7,8; Divrey Hayamim Alef 23:13; Divrey Hayamim Bais 29:11; Tehillim 141:2]

1:10  And when the hour of the offering ot the ketoket came, all the multitude were davening outside. [Vayikra 16:17]

1:11  And there appeared to Zecharyah a malach Hashem, standing on the right side of the Mitzbe'ach of ketoret. [Shemot 30:1-10]

1:12  And, seeing the malach, Zecharyah was terrified, and pachad (fear) fell on him. [Shofetim 6:22,23; 13:22]

1:13  But the malach said to him, "Do not have pachad, Zecharyah. Your tefillah was heard and your isha, Elisheva, will bear a ben to you and you will call his shem Yochanan.

1:14  "And he will be a simcha to you and sasson, and there will be sasson rav at his huledet.

1:15  "And he will be gadol before Hashem, and he will not drink yayin or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Ruach Hakodesh from the womb of his em (mother), [Bamidbar 6:3; Vayikra 10:9; Shofetim 13:4; Yirmeyah 1:5]

1:16  "and many of the Bnei Yisroel he will turn back in teshuva to Hashem Eloheihem.

1:17  "And he will go forth before Adonoi in the Ruach and Ko'ach of Eliyahu, "VEHESHIV LEV AVOT AL BANIM" ("And he will turn the heart of the fathers to the children" Malachi 3:24 [4:6]) and those without mishma'at (obedience) to the chochmah of the tzaddikim to prepare for Adonoi an Am (People) having been made ready." [Malachi 4:5,6]

1:18  And Zecharyah said to the malach, "Just how will I have da'as that this is so? For I am old and my isha is advanced in her yamim." [Bereshis 15:8; 17:17]

1:19  And in reply, the malach said to Zecharyah, "I am Gavri'el, I stand before Hashem. And I was sent to speak to you and to announce these things to you. [Daniel 8:16; 9:21]

1:20  "And --hinei!--, you will be ilem (mute) and not be able to speak, until the yom when these things come to pass, because you did not have emunah in my dvarim, which will be fulfilled in their time." [Shemot 4:11; Yechezkel 3:26]

1:21  And the people were expecting Zecharyah and they were bewildered at his delay in the Beis HaMikdash.

1:22  And when he came out, he was ilem (mute) and not able to speak to them, and they had da'as that he had seen a chazon (vision) in the Heikhal. He kept motioning to them and he remained ilem.

1:23  And it came about as the yamim of his sherut as a kohen were fulfilled, he went to his bais.

1:24  And after these yamim, Elisheva, his isha, became "with child," and she kept herself in seclusion for chamesh chodashim, saying,

1:25  "Hashem has done this for me. In these yamim he looked with Chen V'Chesed on me to take away my reproach among bnei Adam." [Bereshis 30:23; Yeshayah 4:1] THE HULEDET OF REBBE, MELECH HAMOSHIACH FORETOLD (1:26-38)

1:26  Now in the chodesh shishi the malach Gavri'el was sent from Hashem to a shtetl in the Galil called Natzeret,

1:27  to a betulah given in erusin (betrothal, engagement) to an ish from the Beit Dovid named Yosef, and the shem of the betulah was Miryam.

1:28  And when the malach approached her, he said, "Shalom, favored one! Hashem is with you!"

1:29  But she was greatly perplexed at the message, and kept pondering what sort of Shalom greeting this might be.

1:30  And the malach said to her, "Do not have pachad, Miryam, for you have found chen before Hashem. [Bereshis 6:8]

1:31  "And--hinei--in your womb you will conceive and bear BEN [Yeshayah 7:14] and you will call SHMO Yehoshua. [Zecharyah 6:11-12]

1:32  "He will be gadol and will be called Ben HaElyon. Adonoi Elohim will give him the kisse Dovid Aviv,

1:33  "and he will rule over the Beis Yakov l'Olam va'ed, and his Malchut will never come to an end." [Shmuel Bais 7:16; Tehillim 89:3,4; Yeshayah 9:7; Yirmeyah 33:17; Daniel 2:44; 7:14,27; Michoh 4:7]

1:34  But Miryam said to the malach, "How will be this, vi-bahlt (since) I do not have da'as of an ish?"

1:35  And in reply, the malach said to her, "The Ruach Hakodesh will come upon you and the gevurah of HaElyon will overshadow you. Therefore, also, the one being born will be called HaKadosh, Ben HaElohim.

1:36  "And--hinei-- Elisheva your korev (relative) also has conceived a ben in her old age, and this chodesh is hashishi for her who is called barren.

1:37  "For nothing will be impossible with Hashem."

1:38  And Miryam said, "Hinei!--I am the shifcha (bond maid) of Hashem. May it be done to me according to your dvar." And the malach departed from her. SHIRIM OF ELISHEVA AND MIRYAM (LK 1:39-56)

1:39  And in those yamim, Miryam got up and traveled into the hill country with haste to a shtetl of Yehudah.

1:40  And she entered into the bais of Zecharyah and gave Shalom greetings to Elisheva.

1:41  And it came about, when Elisheva heard the greeting of "Shalom!" of Miryam, the yeled leaped in Elisheva's womb, and Elisheva was filled with the Ruach Hakodesh.

1:42  And Elisheva cried out with a kol gadol, and said, "Berukhah at miNashim, and Baruch p'ri (fruit) of your womb! [Shofetim 5:24]

1:43  "And why has this happened to me that the Em Adoni should come to me?

1:44  "For--hinei!--when the sound of your Shalom greeting came into my ears, the yeled leaped with simcha in my womb.

1:45  "And ashrey is the one having had emunah that there will be a fulfillment to the things having been spoken to Miryam by Hashem."

1:46  And Miryam said, [Tehillim 34:2,3]

1:47  ALATZ LIBI BAHASHEM ("My heart rejoices in Hashem" Shmuel Alef 2:1) and my neshamah exalts in Hashem Moshi'i (my Savior), [Tehillim 18:46; Yeshayah 17:10; 61:10; Chabakuk 3:18]

1:48  "For HASHEM VISHAFAL YIREH (Tehillim 138:6), he looked upon the humble state of his shifcha (bond maid) for--hinei-- from now on kol hadorot ishruni ("all generations will call me happy,"-- Bereshis 30:13) [Tehillim 138:6]

1:49  "for Shaddai (the Almighty) did gedolot for me and Kadosh is Shmo, [Tehillim 111:9]

1:50  "and the chesed of Hashem is DOR V'DOR [Tehillim 100:5] to those with yirat Shomayim. [Shemot 20:6; Tehillim 103:17]

1:51  "Hashem has done nifla'ot with his zero'a [Yeshayah 53:1]. He scattered those who in the machshavot (thoughts) of their levavot are the Ge'im (the Haughty ones). [Tehillim 98:1; Yeshayah 40:10; Bereshis 11:8; Shemot 18:11; Shmuel Bais 22:28; Yirmeyah 13:9; 49:16]

1:52  "He brought down shalitim (rulers) from their kisot (thrones) and lifted up the Anavim,

1:53  "the ones hungering Hashem made mile tov and the ashirim he sent away empty. [Tehillim 107:9]

1:54  "Hashem helped his servant Yisroel, in zikaron of his rachamim, [Tehillim 98:3]

1:55  "just as Hashem spoke to Avoteinu, to Avraham Avinu and his Zera ad Olam."

1:56  And Miryam remained with Elisheva about shalosha chodashim, and then Miryam returned to her bais. HULEDET AND YOUTH OF YOCHANAN OF THE TEVILAH OF TESHUVA

1:57  Now when the time of Elisheva to give birth was fulfilled, she bore a ben.

1:58  And Elisheva's shcheinim (neighbors) and kroivim (relatives) heard that Adoneinu greatly demonstrated his rachamim to her and they had much simcha with her.

1:59  And it came about on the yom hashemini they came for the Bris Milah of the yeled, and they were calling him by the name of his abba, Zecharyah. [Bereshis 17:12]

1:60  And in reply, his em (mother) said, "Lo, but he will be called Yochanan."

1:61  And they said to her, "There is no one from your kroivim who is called by this shem."

1:62  And they began motioning to the yeled's abba to find out what shem he wanted to give him.

1:63  And having asked for a luach, Zecharyah wrote, saying, "Yochanan is his shem." And everyone was amazed.

1:64  And Zecharyah's mouth was loosed at once and the lashon of him, and he began speaking, saying "Baruch Hashem!" [Yechezkel 24:27]

1:65  And upon all their shcheinim came much yirat Shomayim, and in the entire mountain country of Yehudah everyone was talking about these matters.

1:66  All who heard these things pondered them in their levavot, saying, "What then will this yeled become?" For, indeed, the yad Hashem was with him. [Bereshis 39:2]

1:67  And Zecharyah, his abba, was filled with the Ruach Hakodesh and brought forth a dvar nevu'ah, saying, [Yoel 2:28]

1:68  "BARUCH HASHEM ELOHEI YISROEL [Tehillim 41:14 (13)], for Adonoi has visited his Am Berit and accomplished a pedut for the Geulah of them. [Bereshis 24:27; Melachim Alef 8:15; Tehillim 72:18; 111:9]

1:69  "And Hashem raised up a Keren Yeshu'a, a mighty Moshi'a, for us in the Beis Dovid, his eved, [Shmuel Alef 2:1,10; Shmuel Bais 22:3; Tehillim 18:2; 89:17; 132:17; Yechezkel 29:21]

1:70  "just as Hashem spoke through the mouth of his nevi'im hakedoshim meOlam, [Yirmeyah 23:5]

1:71  "that we should have Yeshu'at Eloheinu from our oyvim and from the hand of all the ones who regard us with sin'as chinom.

1:72  "Thus Hashem has demonstrated his rachamim to Avoteinu and has shown zikaron of his Brit HaKodesh, [Michoh 7:20; Tehillim 105:8,9; 106:45; Yechezkel 16:60]

1:73  "the Brit HaShevu'ah which he swore to Avraham Avinu to grant us, [Bereshis 22:16-18]

1:74  "having been delivered from the yad haoyvim to serve Hashem fearlessly,

1:75  "in Kedusha and tzedek before Him all our yamim.

1:76  "And you also, yeled, will be called Navi HaElyon; for you will go LIFNEI HAADON to prepare the DERECH HASHEM. [Malachi 3:1; Yeshayah 40:3]

1:77  "to give da'as of Yeshu'at Eloheinu to Hashem's Am Berit, by their selichat avon [Yirmeyah 31:34]

1:78  "through the rav rachamim of Eloheinu, by which will visit us the rising SHEMESH [Moshiach] from Shomayim, [Malachi 4:2]

1:79  "to appear to the ones in CHOSHECH and YOSHVEI B'ERETZ TZALMAVET, to direct our feet into the Derech Shalom." [Tehillim 107:14; Yeshayah 9:1-2; 59:9]

1:80  And the yeled was growing and was being given chizzuk in the Ruach Hakodesh, and Yochanan was in the desolate places until the day of his manifestation to Yisroel.