2 AQK ba na tse kiyami na ban kwara anu abi tum Arik ni abi ndum na yik na yiman kiki yami tsin ri nkpang ti nga, siba ban reng Arik. BSB BSB: just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
3 AQK Nema, ngga itu mung ni dzip koneni ananan ri ting nga, ngga ni yik yani wyer ngga bi tse ya ananan, wa nder nkpyaˈ Tiyofalas, BSB BSB: Therefore, having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,
4 AQK ti wa bi gi yasi ananan ni wyer ku reng didik kami bana ban wa. BSB BSB: so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.
6 AQK Gbaˈ wa mana basi andishira adidik iti Arik, ba dzip kiyami Atikop amoˈ boboˈ nibi tsin ma nibi tsir didik, BSB BSB: Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
7 AQK nema ba basi ne vɨvɨn baˈ, ti Alisabatu ba nyir baˈ, gbaˈ wa man bana tser. BSB BSB: But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
8 AQK Arika anung ama, Zakariya na dibi nam ndum ma ku tok ankpur kop Arik, ndum ma kani kamgong ti koma ni andishira man. BSB BSB: One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,
9 AQK Nnam mana abi tok ankpur, asi atun wu ba ku tsoˈ, Zakariya awa mi ati rir ta gbu nkawu, kop Arik ku Atikop. BSB BSB: he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
10 AQK Nkpang ku gbu nkawu ni shishim, andishir na bing, ta atir abum boboˈ ta dibi ben. BSB BSB: And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.
11 AQK Ni tum awu Arik awu Atikop siwa afar aru, ta tir nawu gar koˈri ba ku gbu nkawu ma. BSB BSB: Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.
12 AQK Mi Zakariya na yik wu si wyir kpa, si shishi ti wu. BSB BSB: When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and gripped with fear.
13 AQK Asi ni tum awu Arik adi wu, “Kɨr ti shishi baˈ Zakariya, bana ta ben mi, wa nibi awami Alisabatu ati nyir wa vɨvɨn, bati gyo wu ti Yohana, BSB BSB: But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.
14 AQK Wati nyer ti muar awowon, andishir nidum bati rak wa nyer nyir ma, BSB BSB: He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,
15 AQK Ati si nder nkpyaˈ iti Atikop, bati so amashir inabi ni kiki nung mi ayi baˈ. Ati shuma ni rim Tsetser, tsoˈ ri mi asi nne ku iyama. BSB BSB: for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He shall never take wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb.
16 AQK Ati gir ani Israˈila nidum ta kama koma ni Atikop Arik. BSB BSB: Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.
18 AQK Zakariya nadi ni tum awu Arik, “Ngga nam are tin gi? Ngga wa nika tser, uwa mung nati nvi waa masi.” BSB BSB: “How can I be sure of this?” Zechariah asked the angel. “I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.”
19 AQK Ni tum awu Arik nadi asi ngga Jibrilu, “Ngga tir iti ku Arik. Na tum ngga bi ban wa reng ku re, ati nam wa ki didik. BSB BSB: “I am Gabriel,” replied the angel. “I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.
20 AQK Ta sima, wati ti anfik atong, bawa ti gi reng baˈ, se arika wami kima ni Shuma, wa ti nag ta reng mung nyima baˈ, wati sin yik nvima.” BSB BSB: And now you will be silent and unable to speak until the day this comes to pass, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at their proper time.”
21 AQK Andishir ba song angup Zakariya, mi ba na yik ku na gong, ta shum ani yani kyaˈ wu ne ming kop Arik. BSB BSB: Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he took so long in the temple.
22 AQK Mi na ru bagi reng baˈ, si badi nati rimrar ming kop Arik. Si adibi reng ba ni koˈ, bagi reng ne nu baˈ. BSB BSB: When he came out and was unable to speak to them, they realized he had seen a vision in the temple. He kept making signs to them but remained unable to speak.
23 AQK Nkpang kami ndum ma kani ter, na kama koma kop. BSB BSB: And when the days of his service were complete, he returned home.
24 AQK Gong ku nvi, si uwama Alisabatu agir nne. Si sung ka arer yi kwa tung, ta di, BSB BSB: After these days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. She declared,
25 AQK “Atikop na tun ngga shisha ming andishir ta gi ayi to ngga ma, ta tsoˈ shisha agur ngga ma na andishir.” BSB BSB: “The Lord has done this for me. In these days He has shown me favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.”
27 AQK ta tum mu nebi vɨn wa nung, mi bana gi nurum baˈ, saˈ ma si Maryamu, mi ndishir nung na bun wu agyo wu ti Yusufu, ming kop Dawuda. BSB BSB: to a virgin pledged in marriage to a man named Joseph, who was of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.
28 AQK Asi ni tum Arik na koma na wu, ta di, “Aba tik wa, mi na tun wa, Atikop asi ndo niwa, wati yik ki didik” BSB BSB: The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
29 AQK Maryamu na wo tik yama, asi awa kpuradum, ta dibi shum tadi asi tik tama yasima. BSB BSB: Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.
30 AQK Asi ni tum awu Arik adi wu, kɨr ti shishi baˈ, Maryamu. Wati yik ki didik iti Arik. BSB BSB: So the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
31 AQK Ati wa, ti gir nne, ti nyir vɨvɨn wati gyoˈ saˈ ma ti Yesu. BSB BSB: Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
32 AQK Ati si kpyaˈ bati gyo wu ti Zu Arik awami na Shuyi. Atikop Arik ati nik ku iron yi etum ada ma Dawuda. BSB BSB: 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 AQK Ati gir kop Yakub song ni song, gir ma baya sini tong ter baˈ BSB BSB: and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”
35 AQK Asi ni tum Arik na ta nyima ta di, “Rim Tsetser ti ji itumi, Tsi Ma ti kung wa. Nema vɨvɨn awami wati nyir wu ma atisi tsetser, Zu Arik ni shuyi. BSB BSB: The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.
36 AQK To iva min awa Alisabatu, adi ba nyir baˈ, towa asi ni nne kwa tani ni tser ma.” BSB BSB: Look, even Elizabeth your relative has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is in her sixth month.
37 AQK “Arik, ba ankpyeng yami ati ban, ti bana nam ma baˈ.” BSB BSB: For no word from God will ever fail.”
39 AQK Invi yama Maryamu na koma andanda ntun yi gbu gar Yahudiya. BSB BSB: In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,
40 AQK Na rir kop Zakariya, ta tik Alisabatu. BSB BSB: where she entered the home of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.
41 AQK Mi Alisabatu na wo tik Maryamu, si vɨvɨn Alisabatu atu nne ma. Alisabatu na shuma ni Rim Tsetser. BSB BSB: When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
42 AQK Na gi kor ma kpankpang ta di, “Wa si ne anu didik ming amba, vɨvɨn ni si nne mi asi ne anu didik. BSB BSB: In a loud voice she exclaimed, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
43 AQK Asi ani, ki didik ama ti nyi tu mung, tiba di iyama Atikop amun ati nyi ni ngga? BSB BSB: And why am I so honored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
44 AQK Mi ngga ni wo tik mi na tong amung, asi vɨvɨn ni kur ming nne mung natu awowon ta nyer. BSB BSB: For as soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.
45 AQK Anu didik ka song awami na ta nyima, ni tum yi Atikop yami na tum wa ma naya tesi zup?” BSB BSB: Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.”
47 AQK ti rim mung ya nyer Arik ni ta shur, BSB BSB: and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
49 AQK Awa sini tsi nang, na nam ngga kiki kpinkpyaˈ, saˈ ma si tsetser. BSB BSB: For the Mighty One has done great things for me. Holy is His name.
50 AQK Tsoˈ ri nkaˈ ni nkaˈ, na ro susun abami bati shishi ma. BSB BSB: His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
51 AQK Na nam kiki kpinkpyaˈ ni koˈ ma, abi tsik asang ashum susun aman na sher ba var. BSB BSB: He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
52 AQK Na ji atu atum, iron yi etum man, ta aya gi abami baba si kinung baˈ. BSB BSB: He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
53 AQK Na nik abi gyong shir, ta dung abi sini ki koˈ ayok akukur. BSB BSB: He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
54 AQK Na rak gan ama Israˈila, na shum ta ro susun man. BSB BSB: He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,
55 AQK Na nam kiyami na ban anchichim mbor, Ibrahim nibi andishir ama song ni song” BSB BSB: as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.”
56 AQK Maryamu na song ni vaman Alisabatu yi kwa tar, ta sin na kama koma kop. BSB BSB: Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.
57 AQK Ti nkpang ku nyir, Alisabatu kani ti, asi awa nyir vin nurum. BSB BSB: When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.
58 AQK Abi song nga wu ne mun zuman nawo kiyami Atikop na ro susun mung, siba rak ngga nyer ra. BSB BSB: Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.
59 AQK Vɨvɨn nati nvi tandar siba nyi tiba sher wu, siba nik vina saˈ ada ma Zakariya, BSB BSB: On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
60 AQK Nema iyama vin na nadi, “O'o. Aba gyo wu ti Yohana.” BSB BSB: But his mother replied, “No! He shall be called John.”
61 AQK Siba diwu, “Nga ming amun zumin asi ni saˈ kama.” BSB BSB: They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who bears this name.”
62 AQK Si ba rip ada ma vin na ne yok tiba ban saˈ kami ba gyo wu ma. BSB BSB: So they made signs to his father to find out what he wanted to name the child.
63 AQK Si adi ba gir awa kitse ma, si tse, “Saˈ ma kasi Yohana.” Andishir akama to kpa ta vung nunu. BSB BSB: Zechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.
64 AQK Abuma asi anu ma ka bu, siwa vung reng ta gbar saˈ Arik. BSB BSB: Immediately Zechariah’s mouth was opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak, praising God.
65 AQK Si shishi ya vung abi song nga wu abuma. Andishir ba reng atu ayi kiyami ni nam koneni gar gbu Yahudiya. BSB BSB: All their neighbors were filled with awe, and people throughout the hill country of Judea were talking about these events.
66 AQK Boboˈ abami nawo reng kama, ta dibi shum ka susun aman tadi, “Vin na ma ati kasi ani?” Ti na gi koˈ Atikop kasi ndo nawu. BSB BSB: And all who heard this wondered in their hearts and asked, “What then will this child become?” For the Lord’s hand was with him.
67 AQK Ada ma Zakariya Rim Tsetser ni kung wu mi na nik anu, tadi, BSB BSB: Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:
68 AQK Anu didik ka nyi ri ne Atikop Arik ni Israˈila. Na nyi bi ta andishira ma shur. BSB BSB: “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
69 AQK Na gik ni ta kwara shur ne tsi atu mbor, ri kop gan ama Dawuda, BSB BSB: He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
70 AQK Ya simi na amin aban nkpang nga ari nunu yi abi reng ne antinte Arik abi si tsetser ri kukup, BSB BSB: as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,
71 AQK ati ta kwara shur ayok dzen zor ambor, ni boboˈ abami kak kwara ki. BSB BSB: salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,
72 AQK Nema na ro susun anchichim mbor, iba ku shum kiyami bana arop abing yisi tsetser, BSB BSB: to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
73 AQK arim ayami na she ada mbor Ibrahim, BSB BSB: the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
74 AQK ati ta kwara shur ayok dzen zor ambor, ti aba nam ndum ma sang nga shishi, BSB BSB: deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
75 AQK kwara bi song tsetser ti nam ki didik iti Arik, boboˈ nvi yi song mbor. BSB BSB: in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.
76 AQK “Wa vin vina ma, ati di wasi ni reng ne antinte Arik ni Shuyi. Wati ri Atikop iti, ti nam wu tsir. BSB BSB: And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him,
77 AQK Ati ban andishira aba gi tsir ku ta ba shur tiba tsoˈ zup mbombom man agura. BSB BSB: to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
78 AQK Asi mi Arik ro susun mbor awowon, der ma yi ta kwara shur ya ne far ru ri shu, BSB BSB: because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
79 AQK Ati der ra sher abi song ibuu, nebi song gyu yi kuu, ti aba gir kwara ta zip tsir ku shi keke.” BSB BSB: to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
80 AQK Mi vɨna na fur, si rim ma ya si gbangbang. Tiya song ankwang se nvi yami na gir tuma aruma ni Israˈila. BSB BSB: And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until the time of his public appearance to Israel.