P:  So eat and drink and be consoled.  And if thou meetest any mortal, say:  Lo!  I have vowed a fast unto the Beneficent, and may not speak this day to any mortal.

S:  So eat and drink and refresh the eye.  Then if you see any mortal, say:  Surely I have vowed a fast to the Beneficent Allah, so I shall not speak to any man today.

019.027 Y:  At length she brought the (babe) to her people, carrying him (in her arms).  They said:  “O Mary! truly an amazing thing hast thou brought!”

P:  Then she brought him to her own folk, carrying him.  They said:  O Mary!  Thou hast come with an amazing thing.

S:  And she came to her people with him, carrying him (with her).  They said:  O Marium! surely you have done a strange thing.

019.028 Y:  “O sister of Aaron!  Thy father was not a man of evil, nor thy mother a woman unchaste!”

P:  O sister of Aaron!  Thy father was not a wicked man nor was thy mother a harlot.

S:  O sister of Haroun! your father was not a bad man, nor, was your mother an unchaste woman.

019.029 Y:  But she pointed to the babe.  They said:  “How can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle?”

P:  Then she pointed to him.  They said:  How can we talk to one who is in the cradle, a young boy?

S:  But she pointed to him.  They said:  How should we speak to one who was a child in the cradle?

019.030 Y:  He said:  “I am indeed a servant of Allah:  He hath given me revelation and made me a prophet;”

P:  He spake:  Lo!  I am the slave of Allah.  He hath given me the Scripture and hath appointed me a Prophet,

S:  He said:  Surely I am a servant of Allah; He has given me the Book and made me a prophet;

019.031 Y:  “And He hath made me blessed wheresoever I be, and hath enjoined on me Prayer and Charity as long as I live;”

P:  And hath made me blessed wheresoever I may be, and hath enjoined upon me prayer and almsgiving so long as I remain alive,

S:  And He has made me blessed wherever I may be, and He has enjoined on me prayer and poor-rate so long as I live;

019.032 Y:  “(He) hath made me kind to my mother, and not overbearing or miserable;”

P:  And (hath made me) dutiful toward her who bore me, and hath not made me arrogant, unblest.

S:  And dutiful to my mother, and He has not made me insolent, unblessed;

019.033 Y:  “So peace is on me the day I was born, the day that I die, and the day that I shall be raised up to life (again)”!

P:  Peace on me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the day I shall be raised alive!

S:  And peace on me on the day I was born, and on the day I die, and on the day I am raised to life.

019.034 Y:  Such (was) Jesus the son of Mary:  (it is) a statement of truth, about which they (vainly) dispute.

P:  Such was Jesus, son of Mary:  (this is) a statement of the truth concerning which they doubt.