OrthJBC - Luke - 2

2:1  And it came about at that time that a dvar malchut was sent out from Caesar Augustus to register everyone in the entire Roman Empire.

2:2  This mifkad (census) was before that taken while Quirinius was governor in Syria.

2:3  And everyone was travellng to register, each to his own shtetl.

2:4  Now Yosef also went up from the Galil, from the shtetl of Natzeret, to Yehudah, to the Ir Dovid, which is called Beit-Lechem, because he was of the mishpochah and beis of Dovid.

2:5  And Yosef went up to register with Miryam, who had been given to him in erusin (betrothal) and who was "with child."

2:6  And it came about, while they were there, the yamim were fulfilled for Miryam to give birth.

2:7  And she bore her ben, her Bechor; and she wrapped him in cloths, and laid him in an evus (animal feeding trough), because for them there was not a place in the malon (inn). THE MALACH AND THE RO'IM (SHEPHERDS) (LK 2:8-20)

2:8  And ro'im were in the same region, living in the open outside, and keeping shomer over their eder (flock) balailah.

2:9  And a malach Hashem suddenly stood before them, and the kavod Hashem shone around them; and they were afraid with a yir'ah gedolah.

2:10  And the malach said to them, "Do not have pachad; for-- hinei --I announce Besuras HaGeulah to you of great simcha which will be for kol Am Berit;

2:11  "because hayom, in the Ir Dovid, has been born to you a Moshi'a (Savior), who is Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach HaAdon. [Yeshayah 9:5(6)]

2:12  "And this will be HaOt [The Sign] to you: you will find an olal (infant) wrapped in cloths and lying in an evus." [Shmuel Alef 2:34; Melachim Bais 19:29; Tehillim 86:17; Yeshayah 7:14]

2:13  And suddenly there was with the malach a multitude of the Tz'va HaShomayim praising Hashem, and saying,

2:14  "Kavod to Hashem bamarom; And on ha'aretz shalom among bnei Adam ratzon." [Yeshayah 9:6; 52:7; 53:5; Michoh 5:5]

2:15  And it came about, when the malachim departed from them to Shomayim, the ro'im were saying to one another, "Let us go now up to Bethlehem and let us see this thing that has come about which Hashem has made known to us."

2:16  And they came in haste and found both Miryam and Yosef and the olal lying in the evus.

2:17  And when they saw this, they made known the dvar concerning this yeled which had been told them.

2:18  And all who heard it were amazed about the things which were told them by the ro'im.

2:19  But Miryam was treasuring up all these things, pondering them in her lev (heart).

2:20  And the ro'im went back, and as they returned, they cried, `Baruch Hashem" as they gave kavod to G-d for all which they had heard and seen, just as it had been foretold to them. THE BRIS MILAH AND NAMING CEREMONY CONFERRING A HEBREW NAME ON REBBE MELECH HAMOSHIACH

2:21  And when shemonah yamim were completed for his Bris Milah, his shem was called Yehoshua, the shem by which he was called by the malach, before he was conceived in the womb. [Zecharyah 6:11-12] THE PIDYON-HABEN OF REBBE, MELECH HAMOSHIACH, THE TOHORAH OF MIRYAM, AND THE PRESENTATION IN THE BEIS HAMIKDASH; MASHMIDIM (DEVOTEES) IN THE BEIS HAMIKDASH

2:22  And when the yamim for their tohorah according to the Torah of Moshe Rabbeinu were completed, they brought him up to Yerushalayim to present him to Hashem [Vayikra 12:2-8]

2:23  (just as it has been written in the Torat Hashem, "KHOL BECHOR opening the RECHEM KADESH to Hashem" [Shemot 13:2,12,15; Bamidbar 3:13]

2:24  and to offer a korban according to the thing having been said in the Torat Hashem, "SH'TEI TORIM O SHNEI BENI YONAH (a pair of turtle doves or two young pigeons)." [Vayikra 12:8]

2:25  And--hinei--there was an ish in Yerushalayim whose shem was Shim'on, a tzaddik, a chasid, awaiting the Nechamat Yisroel, and the Ruach Hakodesh was upon him. [Yeshayah 52:9]

2:26  And it had been revealed to him by the Ruach Hakodesh that he was not to see mavet until he had seen Hashem's Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach.

2:27  And Shim'on came in the Ruach Hakodesh into the courts of the Beis HaMikdash; and when the horim (parents) brought in the yeled, Yehoshua, to do concerning him the customary mitzva of the Torah,

2:28  then Shim'on took him into his arms, saying "Baruch Hashem," and the following,

2:29  "And now, Adonoi, dismiss your eved in shalom, according to your dvar;

2:30  "because my eynayim have beheld the Yeshu'at Eloheinu, [Yeshayah 40:5; 52:10]

2:31  "which you prepared in the presence of kol ha'ammim,

2:32  "an Ohr to give hitgalut (revelation) to the Nations and the kavod of your Am, Yisroel." [Yeshayah 42:6; 49:6]

2:33  And the av v'em of the yeled were amazed at the things being spoken about him.

2:34  And Shim'on said a berakhah over them and said to Miryam his em, "Hinei--this one is destined for the michshol (stumbling) and tekumah (revival) of RABBIM [Yeshayah 53:11-12] in Yisroel and for an Ot that will be opposed (against which there will be mitnaggedim, opponents). [Yeshayah 8:14; 53:3]

2:35  "and a cherev will pierce the neshamah of you yourself also so that the machshavot of many levavot will be revealed." CHANAH THE TZADDEKES (PIOUS AND RIGHTEOUS WOMAN)

2:36  And there was a ne'viah (prophetess) named Chanah Bat-P'nu'el, of the shevet (tribe) of Asher. This isha was advanced in age, having lived with her ba'al sheva shanim from her betulim (virginity),

2:37  and then to the age of eighty-four she had lived as an almanah who was not departing from the Beis HaMikdash, serving yomam valailah with tzomot (fastings) and tefillos.

2:38  And at that very moment she came and stood nearby, exclaiming, "Baruch Hashem," and she continued speaking about him to all the ones anticipating the Geulah of Yerushalayim. [Yeshayah 40:2; 52:9]

2:39  And when they had been shomer mitzvot and completed everything according to the Torat Hashem, they returned to the Galil and to their own shtetl of Natzeret. THE BAL KISHRON REBBE MELECH HAMOSHIACH, ON THE THRESHOLD OF ADULT LIFE, WITH THE RABBONIM IN THE COURTS OF THE BEIS HAMIKDASH, LIKE A BOCHUR BEING PREPARED FOR HIS ENTRY INTO THE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY, WHICH TOOK PLACE WHEN HE BECAME BAR MITZVAH AT THIRTEEN (P. ABOTH 5:21); REBBE MELECH HAMOSHIACH THE YESHIVA BOCHUR IN THE BEIS HAMIKDASH, AWARE OF HIS AV SH'BASHOMAYIM

2:40  And the yeled continued growing and was given chozek (strength), being filled with chochmah, and the Chen v'Chesed Hashem was upon him.

2:41  And his horim used to make aliyah leregel to Yerushalayim shanah b'shanah for Chag HaPesach (the Feast of Pesach). [Shemot 23:15; Devarim 16:1-8]

2:42  And when he became a bochur of sheteym esreh shanim, they made aliyah leregel, as usual according to the mitzva and minhag of the Chag;

2:43  and as they were returning, having fulfilled the prescribed number of yamim, the bochur Yehoshua stayed behind in Yerushalayim. And his horim did not have da'as of this,

2:44  but supposed him to be in the caravan, and went a day's journey; and they began looking for him among the kroivim (relatives) and acquaintances.

2:45  And, not having found him, they returned to Yerushalayim, looking for him.

2:46  And it came about, that after shelosha yamim they found him in the courts of the Beis HaMikdash, sitting in the midst of the rabbis, both listening to them and asking them she'elot (kashes, questions).

2:47  And all the ones listening to him where amazed at his binah and at his teshuvot.

2:48  And when his horim saw him, they were astounded, and his em (mother) said to him, "Beni, why did you do thus to us? Hinei-- your abba and I were anxiously looking for you."

2:49  And he said to them, "Why is it that you were looking for me? Did you not have da'as that I must be in the Beis Avi?"

2:50  And they did not have binah (understanding) of the dvar which he spoke to them.

2:51  And he went down with them, and they came to Natzeret; and he continued in mishma'at to his horim. And his em (mother) was treasuring all these things in her lev (heart).

2:52  And Yehoshua kept increasing in chochmah V'GADEL VATOV GAM IM HASHEM V'GAM IM ANASHIM ("and stature and favor with Hashem and men" Shmuel Alef 2:26).