elisabetthukku mariyaal endra sondhakkaara pen irundhaal. andha ilam pen galilēyaavil irundha naasarēth endra nagaratthil vaalndhaal. mara vēlai seidha yōsēppukkum mariyaalukkum thirumanam nichayam aagiyirundhadhu. elisabeth garppamaagi aaru maadhangal aanapōdhu, mariyaalidam gaabiriyēl thūdhar vandhaar. avar mariyaalidam, ‘mariyaalē, vaaltthukkal. yegōvaavin aasīrvaadham unakku kidaitthirukkiradhu’ endru sonnaar. avar ēn appadi sonnaar endru mariyaalukku puriyavillai. piragu gaabiriyēl avalidam, ‘nī garppamaagi oru aan kulandhaiyai petreduppaai. avarukku yēsu endru nī peyar vaikka vēndum. avar raajaavaaga aatchi seivaar. avarudaiya aatchi endrendrum irukkum’ endru sonnaar.

mariyaal avaridam, ‘naan oru kanni pen. enakku eppadi kulandhai pirakkum?’ endru kēttaal. adharku gaabiriyēl, ‘yegōvaavinaal mudiyaadhadhu edhuvumē illai. kadavuludaiya sakthi unmēl varum. nī oru maganai petreduppaai. unnudaiya sondhakkaara pen elisabetthum vayadhaana kaalatthil garppamaaga irukkiraal’ endru sonnaar. adharku mariyaal, ‘naan yegōvaavin adimai pen. nīngal solvadhu pōlavē nadakkattum’ endru sonnaal.

 elisabetthai paarkka malaiyilirundha oru nagaratthukku mariyaal pōnaal. avalukku mariyaal vaaltthu sonnapōdhu elisabetthin vayitril irundha kulandhai thulliyadhu. appōdhu, elisabeth kadavuludaiya sakthiyaal niraindhu, ‘mariyaalē, yegōvaa unnai aasīrvadhitthirukkiraar. mēsiyaavin ammaa en vīttukku vandhadhu enakku kidaittha baakkiyam’ endru sonnaal. adharku mariyaal, ‘yegōvaavai manadhaara pugalgirēn’ endraal. mariyaal mūndru maadhangalukku elisabetthōdu thangiyirundhaal. piragu, naasarētthil irundha than vīttukku kilambi pōnaal.

mariyaal garppamaaga iruppadhu yōsēppukku therindhadhum, avalai kalyaanam seidhukolla vēndaam endru ninaitthaar. aanaal, oru dhēvathūdhar avarudaiya kanavil vandhu, ‘mariyaalai kalyaanam seiya bayappadaadhē. aval endha thappum seiyavillai’ endru sonnaar. adhanaal, mariyaalai kalyaanam seidhukolla yōsēppu mudivu seidhaar.