マリヤは、初めは自分のことを “since I am a virgin 私はまだ男の人を知りませんのに。と言ったのに
天使の告げる言葉
「聖霊があなたの上に臨み、いと高き方の力があなたをおおいます。それゆえ、生まれる者についについは、聖なる者、神の子と呼ばれます。」
「 神にとって不可能なことは一つもありません。」と聞いた後は
“I am the Lord’s servant,「ほんとうに、私は主のはしためです」と自分についての表現がかわった
冠詞がaからtheに変った
a virgin から the Lord’s servant
私自身も、クリスチャンになって、聖霊に満たされて、主のみわざに用いられるようになった。
自分のことを、「一人のおばさん」から「主のしもべ」に変っていることを自覚して、
「あなたのおことばどおりこの身になりますように。」と言って、主にもっと、すべてを委ねなくてはならないと思いました。
The Birth of Jesus Foretold
26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
29 Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. 30 But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. 31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.”
34 “How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
35 The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called3
. 36 Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month. 37 For no word from God will ever fail.”
38 “I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her.
