Good News of Luke

Brought from the Folk Book (Latin Vulgate) over to Old English in 990, here made new.

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1 Soothly in those days it happened that there was a law-bode from the Caesar, Augustus, that all go back to be marked.

2 This markedness was first to happen from the deemer of Syria, Cyrinus.

3 And they all went. And sundry fared to their chester.

4 Then Joseph fared from Galilee, of the chester Nazareth, to the Jewish chester of David, which was named Bethlehem. For he was of David's house and herd.

5 Then he fared with Mary, with whom he was to be wed and was eked.

6 Soothly it happened that when they were there, her days were fulfilled that she kinned.

7 And she gave her first-born son. And wound Him with child-cloths. And laid him within. For they had no room in the coming-house (guest house).

8 And herders were in the ilk rike waching. And keeping night-watch over their herd.

9 Then stood the Drightness' errand-ghost with them and God's brightness shone around them. And they dreaded him with much awe.

10 And the angel quoth to him, "Dread not. Soothly now I you tell you much mirth, which bodes well for all folk:

11 For today to you is kinned an Healer, Who is Drighten Christ in David's chester;

12 And this will be a token to you; Ye will find a child wound in rail. And laid in a bin.

13 And there was suddenly with the angel a mickleness of heavenly guards of God praising and thus quothing,

14 "To God be wulder on high and on earth sib to men of good will.

15 And it happened then that the angels fared to heaven. The herders spoke between themselves and quoth, "Let's fare to Bethlehem. And see that thing that has happened. That Drighten has shown to us.

16 And they hastened to come. And they met Mary and Joseph and the Child laid in a bin.

17 Then they who saw inknew the words that to them were said about the Child.

18 And all that heard wondered about them that were said by the herders.

19 Mary beheld all these words and smayed them in her heart.

20 Then went the herders wuldering God and praising all that they had heard. And seen; just as it was quoth to them.

21 After the eight days were fulfilled, wherein that the child was to be umsnithed. His name was Jesus; He was from the errand-ghost named, ere he in the womb was forseeded.

22 After that, their cleansing dayes were fullfilled, after Moses' Law. They brought Him to Jerusalem, to set Him before God.

23 (even as it is awritten on Drightness' law, that each weaponed one that opened the birth-limb will be named (called) Drightness' holy one.

24 And that he should be offered, (after it is quoth in Drightness' law), two turtle-doves or two young culvers.

25 And there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon and this man was righteous (right-wise) and was abiding for the frofor of Israel. And the Holy Ghost was in him.

26 And he an answer from the Holy Ghost onfanged, that he would not see death, until ere he saw Drighten's Christ.

27 And he came by the Ghost into the worship-stead. And when his father and mother led the Healer to do for Him after the wont of the law.

28 He fanged him up with his hands and blessed God and quoth:

29 Drighten, now Thou lettest Thy thaner after Thy Word in sib;

30 For mine eyes have seen Thine health.

31 Which thou hast areadied before the nebb of all folkdom.

32 A light of onwryness to the theeds and to Thy folk's wulder, Israel.

33 Then His father and His mother wondered at the things which were said of Him.

34 And Simeon blessed them and quoth to Marian, His mother, "Look, now this (Child) shall be the ryre and rising of many in Israel. And a token that will be witherquoth.

35 And his sword shall throughfare your soul; the thoughts of many hearts will be awryned.

36 And Anna was soothsayer, Fanuel's daughter of Asser's may, and had lived many days. And she had lived with her wer seven years from her femhood.

37 And she was widowed four and eighty years, during which she did not wend from the worship-stead, but day and night was thaning in fasting and halsing.

38 And the same tide she was coming to andett Drighten and spoke of Him to all in Jerusalem who abode aleasedness;

39 And when they fulfilled all things after Drightness' law, they went back to Galilee in their chester of Nazareth.

40 Soothly the child waxed and was strengthened and was filled with wisdom and God's gift was on Him.

41 And his elders fared each year to Jerusalem on Easter Day's free-tide.

42 And when he was twelve winters old, they fared to Jerusalem to the Easterly free-tide after their wont.

43 And they fulfilled the days as they went back again, they left the Healer in Jerusalem. And His elders wist this not.

44 For they weened (believed) that He had fared with them, and so they came a day's fare and sought Him between his kith and kin.

45 When they found Him not they went back to Jerusalem, seeking Him.

46 Then after three days they found Him in the worship-stead, sitting in the midst of the the learned, listening and asking them.

47 All that heard Him wondered at his glewship and answers.

48 Then quoth His mother to him, "Son, why did you do this to us two? Your father and I sought You, sorrowing."

49 Then quoth He to them, "How is it that you sought me? Wist you not that I must go about my Father's things?"

50 Then they didn't get His word that He spoke to them.

51 Then fared He with them and came to Nazareth and was hearsome to them. But His mother held all these things in her heart, smaying.

52 And the Healer grew in wisdom and in eld, and with giveness with God and man.