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譯本參照AFV A Faithful Version 的希臘文 2009版本
18. And the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: Now His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph; but before they came together, she was found to be with child of the Holy Spirit.
19. And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to expose her publicly, was planning to divorce her secretly.
20. But as he pondered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary to be your wife, because that which has been begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit.
21. And she shall give birth to a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus; for He shall save His people from their sins.”
22. Now all this came to pass, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,
23. “Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall give birth to a Son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel”; which is, being interpreted, “God with us.”
24. And when Joseph was awakened from his sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded, and took his wife to wed;
25. But he did not have sexual relations with her until after she had given birth to her Son, the firstborn; and he called His name Jesus.
(A Faithful Version)
18. 耶穌基督降生的事記在下面：他母親馬利亞已經許配了約瑟，還沒有迎娶，馬利亞就從聖靈懷了孕。
19. 她先生約瑟是個義人，不願意揭露她無故懷孕的事，暗地裡想休她。
20. 正思念如何處理，有主的使者向他夢中顯現，說：約瑟，你是大衛的子孫。不要怕，只管娶馬利亞為妻，為的是她懷的是從聖靈孕育而來。
21. 是個男孩，給他起名叫耶穌，意思是要將人從錯誤當中拯救出來。
22. 經過一段時日，要應驗主藉眾先知預兆的話：
23. 就是，必有童女懷孕生子，人要稱他為以馬內利。以馬內利翻出來就是 [神與我們同在]。
24. 約瑟從夢中醒來，就遵使者的吩咐，娶了現在的女子為妻。
25. 沒有履行姻婚關係，直等到長子出生，為他起名耶穌。
這個安排很有意思，看似不可思議實際貫通神一直與人的關係，特別在犯錯得贖的處理方式上。在以色列人出埃及後，因為人數眾多，當時就有了贖罪祭的出現。誰獻又誰負責，以下的說明。
parsha 涉及各種各樣的祭祀，有很長的篇幅來描述贖罪祭，牽涉不同的人參與：大祭司（利未記 4：3-12），整個社區（利未記 4：13-21），領導者（利未記 4：22-26），最後是普通人（27-35）。
很少有直接會問為何有贖罪祭在沙漠進程中出現？它出現，是因為在沙漠當中，人與人的關係，若是失去了和諧，這邦以色列民也許在自相殘害就消失了。耶穌似乎也在處理這個，人不信人，又不信耶和華的世代，也預言末日是人相互殘害的結果。第一次出現末日是挪亞那個時代。
約瑟，是個很重要的角式，重要的地方在於不可理喻的情況下，默然地觀察。因此，經文對約瑟個人的描述：是個義人。更確切的譯法是 [明白事理]。人不明白事情的重要，一般會把事件張揚，耶穌在當時的處境的下凡，就不那麼順利。
約瑟相信有耶和華的帶領，只是不甚清楚如何。這通啟示發生在睡夢之中，那是心煩導致日思夜想。約瑟遇到奇事，奇是因為相信馬利亞的為人，對信仰總會信心滿滿。約瑟對不可思議的事，似乎在衝量以一個妥善的方式，而不是大發雷霆，顯示出有信仰的人是不會血氣用事。而耶和華總會給人知道，如何去解決當前的疑惑。解決的方式是直接告之，因為事體茲大。小事，每個人都有自己解決的智慧。
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