First published by the British and Foreign Bible Society in 1921.

amader moddhe je ʃob bæpar ʃiddho hoia giache, onekei to ʃei ʃokoler biboron bhalo koria likhite hat diachen — jãhara gôṛa thekei ʃob nijo côkhe dekhia dhormoʃikkhar procarok hoiachilen, tãharai ʃei ʃob bæparer aʃol khobor amadigoke dia giachen — amiô tai, mannobor thiophil, ami ʃe ʃob prothom hoitei pãti pãti koria khũjia janite pariachi bolia, aponar jonno taha por por likhia dewa ucit mone korilam, jæno, aponi je ʃob kotha ʃunia ʃikhiachen, taha ækebarei ṭhik bolia beʃ janite paren.
jihudiar raja herôder amole obier dole ʃokhorio name æk jon purôhit chilen; tãhar je stri chilen, tini harôner boŋʃer meye, ar tãhar nam eliʃabet. tãhara dui jonei iʃʃorer ʃakkhæte boṛo dharmik chilen — tãhara probhur ʃomosto aggæ̃ ô bidhi nikhũt bhabe mania coliten. kintu tãhader ʃontan hoy nai, kænona eliʃabet bãja chilen, ar dui joneri boyoʃ khub beʃi hoia giachilo.
æk ʃomoye jokhon ʃokhorio nijo doler palay iʃʃorer ʃakkhæte purôhiter kaj koritechilen, tokhon, ʃe kajer jerup niom chilo, ʃeirup tãhake gulibãṭ mote probhur mondirer bhitor gia dhup jalaite hoiachilo. dhup jalano hoiteche, æmon ʃomoye, je bistor lôk joṛo hoiachilo, tahara ʃokolei bahire prarthona koritechilo. tokhon probhur æk dut ʃokhorioke dækha dilen — tini dhup jalaibar bedir ḍain paʃe dãṛaia chilen. tãhake dekhia ʃokhorio comkia uṭhilen, ar ũhar mone boṛo bhoy hoilo. dut kintu ũhake bolilen, “bhoy nai, ʃokhorio, kænona tômar prarthona grajjho hoilo; tômar stri eliʃabeter gorbhe tômar æk puttro jonmiben, ar tumi tãhar nam rakhibe jôhon. tahate tômar bhari anondo hoibe, æmon ki, tãhar jonme onekeri alhad hoibe. kænona tini probhur ʃakkhæte æk mohapuruʃ hoiben, ar aŋurer ʃorab ki mod kichutei khaiben na, kintu tãhar jonmo obodhii iʃʃorer attã tãhar ontore aʃia thakiben, ar israel‐lôkder onekkei tini tahader iʃʃor probhur dike phiraia diben; elier jerup chilo, ʃeirup attãr mohaʃokti paia tini iʃʃorer ʃakkhæte aponar kormo‐pothe colite thakiben, jæno ʃontander dike pitamatader moti phiraia, ar obaddho lôkdigoke dharmiker næy gæ̃noban koria dia probhur jonno beʃ ṭhik kora æk jati prostut koria rakhite paren.” tokhon ʃokhorio dutke jiggæ̃ʃa korilen, “kiʃe ei kotha ʃotto bolia janite paribo? ami to buṛô; amar strirô khub beʃi boyoʃ hoia giache.” dut ũhake ei bolia uttor dilen, “ami gabriel, iʃʃorer ʃakkhæte dãṛaia thaki, tômar ʃoŋge kotha kohite ar tômake ei ʃu‐khobor dite amake paṭhaiachen. ta' dækho; joto din na e ʃob ghoṭibe, toto din tumi bôba hoia thakibe, kotha kohite paribe na; kænona tumi amar ei ʃob kotha biʃʃaʃ korile na — ar e ʃob to ṭhik ṭhik ʃomoye ʃophol hoibei hoibe.”
e dike lôk ʃokol ʃokhorier jonno opekkha koritechilo; tai, tini mondirer bhitor hoite bahir hoia aʃite deri koritechen dekhia, tahara aʃcorjo hoite lagilo. tar por tini bahir hoia aʃilen, kintu tahader ʃoŋge kotha kohite parilen na; tahate tahara bujhite parilo je, tini mondirer bhitor kôno dorʃon paiachen. ar tini tahader kache iʃara korite lagilen, ar bôba hoia rohilen. tar por, tãhar ʃebar kormo koribar ʃomoy ʃeʃ hoile, tini baṛi colia gælen.
kichu din pore, tãhar stri eliʃabeter gorbho hoilo; tahate tini pãc maʃ dhoria ar ondor hoite bahir hoilen na; tini bolilen, “lôkjoner kache amar je okkhæti chilo, taha dur koribar jonno probhu ei ʃomoy monôjôg korilen bolia amar pokkhe eirup ghoṭaiachen.”
tar por choy maʃer bælay iʃʃor gabriel dutke naʃorot name galiler æk ʃohore kôno æk kumarir kache paṭhailen. ʃei kumarir nam moriom; daud‐boŋʃer jôʃeph name æk puruʃer ʃoŋge tãhar bibaher ʃombondho sthir hoia giachilo. dut ghorer bhitor tãhar kache gia bolilen, “ôgô, tumi je iʃʃorer boṛoi onuggroher pattri, kollæn houk; probhui tômar ʃohay.” moriom kintu ei kotha ʃunia bhari comkia uṭhilen, ar mone mone tôlapaṛa korite lagilen, “uni amar ʃoŋge ʃakkhæt koriai jaha bolilen, tahar mane ki?” tokhon dut tãhake bolilen, “bhoy nai, moriom; bastobik iʃʃor tômar upor proʃonno hoiachen. dækho, tômar gorbho hoibe; tumi ekṭi puttro‐ʃontan proʃob koribe, ar tãhar nam rakhibe jiʃu. tini æk mohapuruʃ hoiben — jini ʃokoler upor, tãhari puttro, ei nam paiben — ar probhu iʃʃor tãhar pitripuruʃ dauder ʃiŋhaʃon tãhake diben; tahate tini jakôb‐kuler upore juge juge rajotto koriben, ar tãhar rajjer ʃeʃ hoibe na.” moriom dutke jiggæ̃ʃa korilen, “eṭa kæmon koria hoibe? amar to kôno puruʃer ʃoŋge ʃohobaʃ nai.” tahate dut tãhake ei bolia uttor dilen, “iʃʃorer attã tômar upore namia aʃiben; jini ʃokoler upore achen, tãhari mohaʃokti tômake jæno pakhay ḍhaka diben; ei jonnoi, tômar je ʃontanṭi jonmiben, tãhake pobittro — iʃʃorer puttro — bola jaibe. ar dækho, tômar gæ̃ti je eliʃabet, ʃeô buṛô boyoʃei æk puttro‐ʃontan gorbhe dhoriache; bastobik, lôke jahake bãja bolito, ei tahar choy maʃ coliteche. kænona, iʃʃor jokhon kono biʃoye ‘hoibe’ boliachen, tokhon ar taha oʃombhob hoibar kothai nai.” moriom bolilen, “dekhun, ami probhur daʃi; aponi jæmon bolilen, tæmoni amar pokkhe ghoṭuk.” tar por dut tãhar nikoṭ hoite colia gælen.
ei ʃomoye moriom uṭhia taṛataṛi pahaṛ‐oncole jihuda‐deʃer kôno æk ʃohore gælen, ar ʃokhorier ghorer bhitor gia eliʃabetke kuʃol‐jiggæ̃ʃa korilen. jei eliʃabet moriomer kuʃol‐jiggæ̃ʃar ʃobdo ʃunilen, omoni tãhar peṭer bhitor ʃiʃuṭi nacia uṭhilo. ar eliʃabet iʃʃorer attãr boʃe khub cæ̃caia bolia uṭhilen, “strilôkder moddhe tumii dhonnæ, ar, tômar je æk ʃontan hoiben, tiniô dhonno. tobe, amar probhur ma je amar kache aʃiben, amar æmon ʃoubhaggo kôtha hoite hoilo? kænona, dækho, tômar kuʃol‐jiggæ̃ʃar ʃobdoṭi jei amar kane gælo, omoni ʃiʃuṭi alhadei amar peṭer bhitor nacia uṭhilo. khub bhaggo bhalo tãhar, jini biʃʃaʃ korilen, kænona probhu tãhake je je aʃa diachen, ʃe ʃokol ʃophol hoibei hoibe.”
tokhon moriom bolilen: —
“amar pran, probhui ʃob ceye boṛo bolia, tãhar kirton koriteche,
amar attã amar trankorta iʃʃorke mone koria boṛoi alhadito hoiache;
kænona tini nijo daʃir dinohin obosthar dike mukh tulia cahiachen,
dækho, ækhon obodhi puruʃe puruʃe ʃokol kaler lôke amake boṛo bhaggoboti bolibe.
kænona, jãhar ʃoktir kache ar ʃokti nai, tinii amar jonno bhari bhari kaj koriachen;
tãhar nam pobittro.
jahara tãhake bhoy kore,
tahaderi upor puruʃe puruʃe cirokal tãhar doya hoia thake.
tini aponar bahubole boṛo birer moto kaj koren;
ohoŋkari lôkdigoke apon apon moner kolponar darai chinno bhinno koren,
rajadigoke tãhader ʃiŋhaʃon hoite ʃobole namaia dæn, kintu dinohin lôkdigoke boṛo koren;
tini khudhito lôkdigoke bhalo bhalo khabar dia poritripto koren, kintu dhoni lôkdigoke khali hate biday koren.
tini apon daʃ israel‐jatir ʃahajjo korite hat baṛaiachen,
phol kotha, tini amader pitripuruʃder kache jæmon protiggæ̃ koriachilen,
tæmoni obraham ar tãhar boŋʃer pokkhe
cirokal aponar mone doyabhab jagaia rakhite nijukto hoiachen.”
tar por moriom eliʃabeter kache maʃ tinek thakia baṛi phiria gælen.
e dike, eliʃabeter proʃob hoibar ʃomoy hoile, tini æk puttro‐ʃontan proʃob korilen. tokhon tãhar paṛapoṛʃi ar gæ̃ti‐kuṭumbo ʃokole ʃunite pailo je, probhu tãhar upor boṛoi doya koriachen; tahate tahara tãhar alhade alhad korite lagilo. tar por aṭ diner din tahara cheleṭir tokched‐ʃoŋʃkar korite uposthit hoilo, ar, tahar baper namer moto, tahar nam ʃokhorio rakhite cahilo; tãhar ma kintu taha ʃunia bolilen, “taha noy, ihar nam hoibe jôhon.” tahara tãhake bolilo, “aponar gæ̃ti‐kuṭumboder moddhe e nam dhoria to kahakei ḍaka hoy na.” tokhon tahara tahar bapke iʃara koria jiggæ̃ʃa korite lagilo, “aponar iccha ki? ihar nam ki rakha jaibe?” tini ækkhani likhibar tokti cahia loia ei kotha likhilen, “ihar nam hoibe jôhon.” tahate ʃokoli aʃcorjo hoilo. ar tokhoni ʃokhorier mukher bãdhon khulia gælo, tãhar jiber aṛ ghucia gælo, ar tini kotha kohia iʃʃorer dhonnobad korite lagilen. tahate, tãhader aʃpaʃe je ʃob lôk baʃ korito, tahader boṛoi bhoy hoilo, ar jihudia‐deʃer pahaṛ‐oncoler ʃokol jaygatei lôke ei ʃob bæpar loia bolaboli korite lagilo; ar, jahara ʃunilo, ʃokole taha mone koria rakhite lagilo, bolilo, “cheleṭi na jani kæmoni hoibe!” probhur khomota tahar ʃohay chilo ki na.
tokhon tahar bap ʃokhorio iʃʃorer attãr boʃe ei bani bolite lagilen: —
“dhonno probhu, israeler iʃʃor;
kænona tini kripadriʃṭi koria apon projader jonno mukti ʃadhon koriachen,
ar amader jonno apon daʃ dauder boŋʃe æk boloban porittrankortake udoy koraiachen,
aponar je pobittro banibadira juger arombho obodhii hoia giachen, tãhader mukh dia jæmon boliachen —
ʃei porittran amader ʃottru ʃokol hoite, ar jahara amadigoke dekhite pare na, tahader ʃokoler hat hoite;
phol kotha, tini amader pitripuruʃder upor doya koriachen,
tãhar pobittro cuktir kotha tãhar mone hoiache,
orthat, tini amader pitripuruʃ obrahamer kache ei bolia je dibbo koriachilen,
je tini amadigoke ei doya koriben jæno, amader ʃottruder hat hoite uddhar paia,
amra nirbhoye tãhar ʃeba korite pari, ʃadhu ar dharmik hoia jonmo‐bhôr tãhar ʃakkhæte tãhar ʃeba korite pari.
ar, ôhe balok! jini ʃokoler upor, tãhar nijukto æk banibadi bolia lôke tômake manibe;
kænona tumi probhur poth toiar korite tãhar ʃamne age age jaibe;
jæno tãhar projara tômar karjo‐ddara paper khoma paia porittran biʃoye gæ̃n labh korite pare;
ʃei porittran amader iʃʃorer ʃei doyar rhidoy hoite hoibe,
jahar gune tini, jini ʃorgo hoite udito ʃurjer moto, amader upor kripadriʃṭi koriben,
jæno, amra joto jon ondhokare ar mrittur chayate boʃia achi, alôr moto amadigoke dækha dia,
ʃantir pothe pa phiraite amadigoke calaite paren.”
tar por cheleṭi boṛo hoia uṭhite uṭhite, tãhar moner bolô bilokkhon baṛite lagilo. ar, je porjonto tãhar israel‐lôkder kache prokaʃʃe dækha dibar din uposthit na hoilo, toto din tini kôno na kôno prantore gia thakiten.

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