Nova!

‘Ave’ fit ex ‘Eva.’

Gabriel of high degree,

He came down from Trinity To Nazareth in Galilee.

He met a maiden in a place,

He kneeled down afore her face,

He said:

‘Hail,

Mary,

full of grace!’

When the maid heard tell of this 

She was full of sore abashed Iwys,

And wened that she had done amiss.

Then said the angel:

‘Dread not you,

You shall conceive in all vertue 

A Child whose name shall be Jesu.’

‘It is not yet six month agone

Since Elizabeth conceived John,

As it was prophesied before.’

Then said the maiden verily:

‘I am your servant right truly.

Ecce ancilla Domini.’

 

喜訊！

由夏娃來的讚美，

加百列的讚揚，

因為三位一體他到了加利利的拿撒勒。

他在那地方遇見童女，

在她面前下跪，

並說：

「萬福

瑪利亞

滿被聖寵者！」

當童女聽到的時候

她滿有羞愧，

還以為做錯了。

然後天使說：

「不要懼怕，

最有美德的你將懷有

名為耶穌的孩子。」

「還未有過六個月

自伊利沙伯懷有約翰，

就如先知所說的。」

童女誠懇地回應：

「我就是你忠誠的僕人。

看啊，上主的女僕。」