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41 அவருடைய தாய் தகப்பன்மார் வருஷந்தோறும் பஸ்கா பண்டிகையில் எருசலேமுக்குப் போவார்கள்.
42 அவருக்குப் பன்னிரண்டு வயதானபோது, அவர்கள் அந்தப் பண்டிகைமுறைமையின்படி எருசலேமுக்குப்போய்,
43 பண்டிகைநாட்கள் முடிந்து, திரும்பி வருகிறபோது, பிள்ளையாகிய இயேசு எருசலேமிலே இருந்துவிட்டார்; இது அவருடைய தாயாருக்கும் யோசேப்புக்கும் தெரியாதிருந்தது.
44 அவர் பிரயாணக்காரரின் கூட்டத்திலே இருப்பாரென்று அவர்கள் நினைத்து, ஒருநாள் பிரயாணம் வந்து, உறவின்முறையாரிடத்திலும் அறிமுகமானவர்களிடத்திலும் அவரைத் தேடினார்கள்.
45 காணாததினாலே அவரைத் தேடிக்கொண்டே எருசலேமுக்குத் திரும்பிப் போனார்கள்.
46 மூன்று நாளைக்குப் பின்பு, அவர் தேவாலயத்தில் போதகர் நடுவில் உட்கார்ந்திருக்கவும், அவர்கள் பேசுகிறதைக் கேட்கவும், அவர்களை வினாவவும் கண்டார்கள்.
47 அவர் பேசக்கேட்ட யாவரும் அவருடைய புத்தியையும் அவர் சொன்ன மாறுத்தரங்களையுங்குறித்துப் பிரமித்தார்கள்.
48 தாய் தகப்பன்மாரும் அவரைக்கண்டு ஆச்சரியப்பட்டார்கள். அப்பொழுது அவருடைய தாயார் அவரை நோக்கி: மகனே! ஏன் எங்களுக்கு இப்படிச்செய்தாய்? இதோ, உன் தகப்பனும் நானும் விசாரத்தோடே உன்னைத் தேடினோமே என்றாள்.
49 அதற்கு அவர்: நீங்கள் ஏன் என்னைத் தேடினீர்கள்? என் பிதாவுக்கடுத்தவைகளில் நான் இருக்கவேண்டியதென்று நீங்கள் அறியீர்களா என்றார்.
50 தங்களுக்கு அவர் சொன்ன வார்த்தையை அவர்கள் உணர்ந்துகொள்ளவில்லை.
51 பின்பு, அவர் அவர்களுடனே கூடப்போய், நாசரேத்தூரில் சேர்ந்து, அவர்களுக்குக் கீழ்ப்படிந்திருந்தார். அவருடைய தாயார் இந்தச் சங்கதிகளையெல்லாம் தன் இருதயத்திலே வைத்துக்கொண்டாள்.
41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.
42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.
43 And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it.
44 But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day’s journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.
45 And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him.
46 And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.
47 And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.
48 And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.
49 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?
50 And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.
51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
0 A Psalm of David.
1 Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.
3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase them.
6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the Lord persecute them.
7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
9 And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
10 All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
12 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.
19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
22 This thou hast seen, O Lord: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
24 Judge me, O Lord my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.
27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.