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Parallel Gospel text: Greek (SBLGNT) · orthodox reading
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Mt 1,18-25·NA28·2/135·// Lc 1,26-38 / 2,1-7
γένεσις=generazioneתּוֹלְדוֹת toledotμνηστευθείσης=fidanzata (erusin)אֵרוּסִין erusinδίκαιος=giusto (osservante halakhico)צַדִּיק tzaddikλάθρᾳ ἀπολῦσαι=ripudio segreto (Gittin 9,8)גֵּט getπαρθένος=vergine (LXX di almah Is 7,14)עַלְמָה almahἘμμανουήλ=Dio con noiעִמָּנוּ אֵל immanu El
IV domenica di Avvento — anno A·Solennità di San Giuseppe (19 marzo)
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Orthodox Reading
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GreekΤοῦ δὲ ⸀Ἰησοῦ χριστοῦ ἡ ⸀γένεσις οὕτως ἦν. ⸀μνηστευθείσης τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ Μαρίας τῷ Ἰωσήφ, πρὶν ἢ συνελθεῖν αὐτοὺς εὑρέθη ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχουσα ἐκ πνεύματος ἁγίου.
Orthodox ReadingThis was the genesisⓘ of Jesus Christ: Mary, bound to Joseph by betrothal (erusin) betrothedⓘ, before they came to cohabitation (nissuin) came to live togetherⓘ was found to be with child by the work of the Holy Spirit (Ruach ha-Qodesh) Holy Spiritⓘ.
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GreekἸωσὴφ δὲ ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς, δίκαιος ὢν καὶ μὴ θέλων αὐτὴν ⸀δειγματίσαι, ἐβουλήθη λάθρᾳ ἀπολῦσαι αὐτήν.
Orthodox ReadingJoseph, a righteous man (tzaddik) righteous manⓘ and unwilling to expose her to infamy, resolved to dissolve the bond with an act of repudiation (get) in secret repudiate her in secretⓘ.
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Greekταῦτα δὲ αὐτοῦ ἐνθυμηθέντος ἰδοὺ ἄγγελος κυρίου κατ’ ὄναρ ἐφάνη αὐτῷ λέγων· Ἰωσὴφ υἱὸς Δαυίδ, μὴ φοβηθῇς παραλαβεῖν ⸀Μαρίαν τὴν γυναῖκά σου, τὸ γὰρ ἐν αὐτῇ γεννηθὲν ἐκ πνεύματός ἐστιν ἁγίου·
Orthodox ReadingBut an angel of the Tetragrammatonⓘ appeared to him in a dreamⓘ: «Joseph, son of Davidⓘ, do not fear to take Mary, your wifeⓘ; that which is conceived in her comes from the Holy Spirit.
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Greekτέξεται δὲ υἱὸν καὶ καλέσεις τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦν, αὐτὸς γὰρ σώσει τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτῶν.
Orthodox ReadingShe will bearⓘ a son and you shall call him Jesus (Yeshua) Jesusⓘ: he will save his people, the am of Israel, from their sinsⓘ.
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Greekτοῦτο δὲ ὅλον γέγονεν ἵνα πληρωθῇ τὸ ῥηθὲν ⸀ὑπὸ κυρίου διὰ τοῦ προφήτου λέγοντος·
Orthodox ReadingAll this took place that there might be fulfilledⓘ the word spoken by the Tetragrammatonⓘ through the prophet:
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GreekἸδοὺ ἡ παρθένος ἐν γαστρὶ ἕξει καὶ τέξεται υἱόν, καὶ καλέσουσιν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἐμμανουήλ· ὅ ἐστιν μεθερμηνευόμενον Μεθ’ ἡμῶν ὁ θεός.
Orthodox Reading«Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call him Emmanuelⓘ», which means God with usⓘ.
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Greek⸀ἐγερθεὶς δὲ ὁ Ἰωσὴφ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕπνου ἐποίησεν ὡς προσέταξεν αὐτῷ ὁ ἄγγελος κυρίου καὶ παρέλαβεν τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ·
Orthodox ReadingAwakingⓘ, Joseph did as the angel of the Tetragrammaton had commanded him and took his wife to himself;
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Greekκαὶ οὐκ ἐγίνωσκεν αὐτὴν ἕως οὗ ἔτεκεν ⸀υἱόν· καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦν.
Orthodox Readingwithout knowing herⓘ, until she bore a sonⓘ, and he called him Jesus.