“ And now we are here to bring you this Good News. The promise was made to our ancestors,

我们也报好信息给你们，就是那应许祖宗的话，

我们报好信息给你们，就是那应许祖宗的话，

我们报好信息给你们，就是那应许祖宗的话，

我们要报给你们一个好消息，上帝给我们祖先的应许，

我们报好信息给你们：神给列祖的应许，

而我们也把应许给祖先的这福音传给你们，

我們也報好信息給你們，就是那應許祖宗的話，

我們報好信息給你們，就是那應許祖宗的話，

我們報好信息給你們，就是那應許祖宗的話，

我們要報給你們一個好消息，上帝給我們祖先的應許，

我們報好信息給你們：神給列祖的應許，

我們呢、也將上帝向列祖所答應的應許這好消息傳給你們，

而我們也把應許給祖先的這福音傳給你們，

夫我儕以所許列祖之福音報爾、

昔上帝許祖宗之事、迨我為其子孫時、乃甦耶穌以應之、即我今傳福音與爾者是也、

我儕以福音報爾、即所許我列祖之事、今天主以耶穌復活、為我儕為其子孫者應之、

吾儕報爾佳音：天主嚮所許諾於吾祖者、已踐履於吾人。蓋天主已令耶穌復活矣。

“ We tell you the good news: What God promised our ancestors

“ We are telling you the good news. What God promised our people long ago

And we bring you the good news that what God promised to the fathers,

And we ourselves proclaim to you the good news of the promise that was made to our ancestors.

And we preach to you the good news of the promise made to the fathers,

And we declare to you glad tidings— that promise which was made to the fathers.

And we bring you good tidings of the promise made unto the fathers,

And we ourselves proclaim to you the good news of the promise that was made to our ancestors.

And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,

And we proclaim to you the good news about the promise to our ancestors,

We bring you good news of the promise made to the fathers,

Now I am on trial because of my hope in the fulfillment of God’s promise made to our ancestors.

Clearly, God’s promise to give the whole earth to Abraham and his descendants was based not on his obedience to God’s law, but on a right relationship with God that comes by faith.

And I will set over them one shepherd, my servant David. He will feed them and be a shepherd to them.

But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, are only a small village among all the people of Judah. Yet a ruler of Israel, whose origins are in the distant past, will come from you on my behalf.

Tell him,‘ This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Here is the man called the Branch. He will branch out from where he is and build the Temple of the Lord.

“ For the time is coming,” says the Lord,“ when I will raise up a righteous descendant from King David’s line. He will be a King who rules with wisdom. He will do what is just and right throughout the land.

For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.His government and its peace will never end. He will rule with fairness and justice from the throne of his ancestor David for all eternity. The passionate commitment of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will make this happen!

I will cause your descendants to become as numerous as the stars of the sky, and I will give them all these lands. And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

All right then, the Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel( which means‘ God is with us’).

I will shake all the nations, and the treasures of all the nations will be brought to this Temple. I will fill this place with glory, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed.

“ Brothers, listen! We are here to proclaim that through this man Jesus there is forgiveness for your sins.

And I will cause hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.”

I was the first to tell Zion,‘ Look! Help is on the way!’ I will send Jerusalem a messenger with good news.

And how will anyone go and tell them without being sent? That is why the Scriptures say,“ How beautiful are the feet of messengers who bring good news!”

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the messenger who brings good news, the good news of peace and salvation, the news that the God of Israel reigns!

And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed— all because you have obeyed me.”

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from his descendants, until the coming of the one to whom it belongs, the one whom all nations will honor.

Rejoice, O people of Zion! Shout in triumph, O people of Jerusalem! Look, your king is coming to you. He is righteous and victorious, yet he is humble, riding on a donkey— riding on a donkey’s colt.

“ But for you who fear my name, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in his wings. And you will go free, leaping with joy like calves let out to pasture.

I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.”

He has helped his servant Israel and remembered to be merciful.For he made this promise to our ancestors, to Abraham and his children forever.”

“ Look! I am sending my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Then the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his Temple. The messenger of the covenant, whom you look for so eagerly, is surely coming,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

but the angel reassured them.“ Don’t be afraid!” he said.“ I bring you good news that will bring great joy to all people.

“ A period of seventy sets of seven has been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish their rebellion, to put an end to their sin, to atone for their guilt, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to confirm the prophetic vision, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.Now listen and understand! Seven sets of seven plus sixty two sets of seven will pass from the time the command is given to rebuild Jerusalem until a ruler— the Anointed One— comes. Jerusalem will be rebuilt with streets and strong defenses, despite the perilous times.“ After this period of sixty two sets of seven, the Anointed One will be killed, appearing to have accomplished nothing, and a ruler will arise whose armies will destroy the city and the Temple. The end will come with a flood, and war and its miseries are decreed from that time to the very end.

Out of the stump of David’s family will grow a shoot— yes, a new Branch bearing fruit from the old root.

They are the people of Israel, chosen to be God’s adopted children. God revealed his glory to them. He made covenants with them and gave them his law. He gave them the privilege of worshiping him and receiving his wonderful promises.

And every day, in the Temple and from house to house, they continued to teach and preach this message:“ Jesus is the Messiah.”

Then the angel said,“ I am Gabriel! I stand in the very presence of God. It was he who sent me to bring you this good news!

God gave the promises to Abraham and his child. And notice that the Scripture doesn’t say“ to his children,” as if it meant many descendants. Rather, it says“ to his child”— and that, of course, means Christ.This is what I am trying to say: The agreement God made with Abraham could not be canceled 430 years later when God gave the law to Moses. God would be breaking his promise.For if the inheritance could be received by keeping the law, then it would not be the result of accepting God’s promise. But God graciously gave it to Abraham as a promise.

Now repent of your sins and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped away.

O Zion, messenger of good news, shout from the mountaintops! Shout it louder, O Jerusalem. Shout, and do not be afraid. Tell the towns of Judah,“ Your God is coming!”

Moses continued,“ The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him.

“ Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has visited and redeemed his people.He has sent us a mighty Savior from the royal line of his servant David,just as he promised through his holy prophets long ago.Now we will be saved from our enemies and from all who hate us.He has been merciful to our ancestors by remembering his sacred covenant—the covenant he swore with an oath to our ancestor Abraham.

“ On that day a fountain will be opened for the dynasty of David and for the people of Jerusalem, a fountain to cleanse them from all their sins and impurity.

“ Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, the man who is my partner,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.“ Strike down the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn against the lambs.