2 CTH apuengcue hoi kahmawt ni teh kapanuekkhainaw hoi lawk dawk thaw katawknaw ni maimouh koe a dei tangcoung e patetlah tami moikapap ni ca lahoi thut hanelah a panki awh. BSB BSB: just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
3 CTH Kai ni hai apuengcue hoi ka kamtu e a konglamnaw pueng teh atang katang tie na panue thai nahanelah, 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 CTH hote konglamnaw teh nang koe pou hruek hane kawi lah ao telah ka pouk. BSB BSB: so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.
6 CTH ahnimouh roi teh kâpoelawknaw pueng a tarawi roi, tounhoehe lah ao teh, Cathut hmalah tamikalan lah ao roi. BSB BSB: Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
7 CTH Elizabeth teh carôe dawkvah ahnimouh roi teh ca tawn roi hoeh. A kum haiyah a cue poung roi toe. BSB BSB: But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
8 CTH Hatnavah, Zekhariah teh amae a huinaw hoi cungtalah atueng a pha toung dawkvah, Cathut hmalah vaihma thaw a tawk lahun nah, BSB BSB: One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,
9 CTH vaihmanaw e singyoe patetlah cungpam a khoe. Cathut e bawkim thung a kâen teh hmuitui hmai sawinae a sak. 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 CTH Hottelah Cathut koe a sak lahun navah taminaw pueng teh alawilah a ratoum awh. BSB BSB: And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.
11 CTH Hatnavah Cathut e kalvantami teh Zekhariah hmalah a kamnue teh hmuitui hmaisawi thuengnae aranglah a kangdue. BSB BSB: Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.
12 CTH Zekhariah ni a hmu navah a kalue teh a taki. BSB BSB: When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and gripped with fear.
13 CTH Kalvantami ni Zekhariah taket hanh, nange ratoumnae teh Cathut ni a thai toe. Na yu Elizabeth teh ca tongpa a khe han, a min teh Jawhan telah na phung han. 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 CTH Nang teh na konawm vaiteh na lunghawi han, hote ca tongpa na khe kecu dawk taminaw pueng hai a konawm awh han. BSB BSB: He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,
15 CTH Bangkongtetpawiteh, ahni teh Cathut hmalah ka talue e tami lah ao han. Misurtui hoi parui kawinaw pueng net mahoeh. A manu e von thung ao nahoi Kathoung Muitha hoi akawi han. 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 CTH Ahni ni Isarel catounnaw moikapap Cathut koe lah a kamlang sak han. BSB BSB: Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.
18 CTH Zekhariah ni kalvantami koevah hote hno a coung thai han doeh telah bangtelah hoi maw ka panue thai han. Bangkongtetpawiteh, kai teh, ka matawng toe, ka yu hai a matawng toe telah atipouh. 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 CTH Kalvantami ni kai teh Gabriel doeh, hete lunghawinae kamthang nang koe dei hanelah, na ka patoun e Cathut hmalah ka kangdout e doeh. 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 CTH Nang teh kaie lawk na tang hoeh dawkvah hete hno a kuep hoehnahlan totouh lawk dei thai laipalah, na lawk a a han. Kaie ka lawk teh atueng a pha toteh a kuep han telah a dei pouh. 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 CTH Taminaw ni Zekhariah teh ngaihawi laihoi a ring awh teh bangkongmaw bawkim thung atu sittouh a o vaw titeh a kângairukhai awh. BSB BSB: Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he took so long in the temple.
22 CTH Ahni teh bawkim thung hoi a tâco navah lawk a dei thai hoeh dawkvah, kamnuenae a hmu telah a panue awh. Zekhariah teh a lawk a a dawkvah a kut khok hoi ahnimanaw koe a yavai pouh 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 CTH Vaihma thaw a tawk e atueng abaw hnukkhu Zekhariah teh im lah a ban. BSB BSB: And when the days of his service were complete, he returned home.
24 CTH Hathnukkhu hoi a yu Elizabeth teh camo a neng dawkvah thapa yung panga touh imthungkhu a kamung. BSB BSB: After these days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. She declared,
25 CTH Cathut ni taminaw e hmalah kaie yeiraiponae pueng na la pouh toe a ti. 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 CTH Hote tangla teh Devit miphun a min Joseph ka kâphung e tami hoi kâhâ tangcoung e lah ao. A min teh Meri doeh. 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 CTH Kalvantami ni Meri koe a tho teh na konawm haw, yawhawinae ka coe e napui nang teh Cathut ni na okhai telah atipouh. BSB BSB: The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
29 CTH Meri ni hote lawk a thai navah a lungtâsue teh hote lawk teh bangpatet e lawk maw ati teh a kâpouk. BSB BSB: Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.
30 CTH Kalvantami ni hai Meri na lungpuen hanh. Nang teh Cathut koe minhmai kahawi na hmu toe. BSB BSB: So the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
31 CTH Nang teh camo na neng vaiteh ca tongpa na khe han, a min teh Jisuh telah na phung han. BSB BSB: Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
32 CTH Hote capa teh ka lentoe poung e tami lah ao vaiteh Lathueng Poung e Capa telah kaw lah ao han. Cathut ni ahni teh a na pa Devit e bawitungkhung a poe han. 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 CTH Ahni ni Jakop catounnaw hah pout laipalah a uk han. Ahnie uknaeram teh poutnae awm mahoeh telah atipouh. BSB BSB: and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”
35 CTH Kalvantami ni Kathoung Muitha nang dawk a pha toteh Lathueng Poung e bahu nang dawk ao han. Hatdawkvah khe lah kaawm e kathounge camo hah Cathut capa telah kaw lah ao han. 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 CTH Hothloilah cakaroe telah kaw e nange na hui Elizabeth teh camo a nengnae thapa yung taruk touh a pha toe. 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 CTH Cathut hanelah ka coung thai hoeh e hno buet touh hai awm hoeh telah bout a dei pouh. BSB BSB: For no word from God will ever fail.”
39 CTH Hathnukkhu Meri ni, Judah ram mon dawk kaawm e kho buet touh dawk karanglah a cei hnukkhu, BSB BSB: In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,
40 CTH Zekhariah im dawk a kâen teh Elizabeth a pato. BSB BSB: where she entered the home of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.
41 CTH Meri ni a patonae lawk Elizabeth ni a thai navah a von thung e camo teh a kâroe. Elizabeth teh Kathoung Muitha hoi akawi teh, BSB BSB: When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
42 CTH nang teh napuinaw pueng hlak yawkahawipoung e lah na o. Nange na von thung kaawm e camo hai a yawkahawi e tami doeh. BSB BSB: In a loud voice she exclaimed, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
43 CTH Ka Bawipa e a manu ni kai koe a pha navah yawhawinae bangkongmaw kai ni ka coe. BSB BSB: And why am I so honored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
44 CTH Nange na lawk kai ni ka thai navah kaie ka von thung e camo teh a lunghawi teh a coukdouk. BSB BSB: For as soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.
45 CTH Bawipa ni a dei e lawk a kuep mingming han doeh telah ka yuem e napui teh a yawkahawi e doeh telah a hram laihoi a dei. BSB BSB: Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.”
47 CTH ka muitha ni ka rungngangkung Cathut dawk a lunghawi. BSB BSB: and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
49 CTH Athaonae hoi kakawi e Cathut ni hno kalen kai hanlah na sak pouh toe. A min teh thoung raw naseh. BSB BSB: For the Mighty One has done great things for me. Holy is His name.
50 CTH Cathut ka taket e taminaw teh Bawipa e pahrennae ahnimouh dawk pou a kangning. BSB BSB: His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
51 CTH A kut hoi a hnotithainae teh a kamnue sak toe. Kâoupkâpawi e taminaw teh koung kathek kayak awh toe. BSB BSB: He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
52 CTH Bawitungkhungnaw dawk hoi khobawinaw a pabo teh, ka kârahnoum e taminaw a tawmdawm toe. BSB BSB: He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
53 CTH A von kahlamnaw ka boum ca lah a paca vaiteh, katangrengnaw a kuthrawng lah a ban sak toe. BSB BSB: He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
54 CTH Maimae mintoenaw ni a dei e patetlah, BSB BSB: He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,
55 CTH Abraham koehoi a catounnaw koe pahrennae pou a sak hanelah a pouk teh, amae san Isarelnaw a tawmdawm toe telah atipouh. BSB BSB: as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.”
56 CTH Meri teh Elizabeth koe thapa yung thum touh ao hnukkhu a ma im bout a ban. BSB BSB: Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.
57 CTH Elizabeth teh a khenae hnin thapa a kuep navah ca tongpa teh a khe. BSB BSB: When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.
58 CTH Cathut ni ka taluepoung e pahrennae Elizabeth koe a kamnue sak e hah imteng e a huikonaw ni a thai navah, ahni hoi cungtalah a konawm awh. BSB BSB: Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.
59 CTH Ataroe hnin vah, camo e vuensoma hanelah, a tho awh teh, a na pa e a min Zekhariah patetlah phung hane a kâdei awh. BSB BSB: On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
60 CTH A manu ni telah na phung mahoeh, Jawhan telah na phung han atipouh. BSB BSB: But his mother replied, “No! He shall be called John.”
61 CTH Ahnimouh ni hai, nangmae miphun dawk telah min phung e tami buet touh hai awmhoeh rah atipouh awh. BSB BSB: They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who bears this name.”
62 CTH Hathnukkhu, a na pa ni bangtelamaw phung han a ngai telah a pacei awh. BSB BSB: So they made signs to his father to find out what he wanted to name the child.
63 CTH A na pa ni hai calung a hei teh Jawhan telah a min a thut navah, taminaw pueng ni kângai a ru awh. BSB BSB: Zechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.
64 CTH Telah a thut tahma vah Zekhariah teh lawk bout a dei thai teh Cathut a pholen. BSB BSB: Immediately Zechariah’s mouth was opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak, praising God.
65 CTH Imteng kaawmnaw pueng ni a taki awh teh, hete a konglamnaw pueng teh Judah ram pueng koe koung a kamthang. BSB BSB: All their neighbors were filled with awe, and people throughout the hill country of Judea were talking about these events.
66 CTH Ka thai e naw pueng ni a lung thung a pâkuem awh teh, hete camo teh bangpatet e tami lah maw ao han titeh a kâpankhai awh. Bangkongtetpawiteh Bawipa e hnotithainae teh camo hoi cungtalah ao. 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 CTH Camo e a na pa Zekhariah teh, Kathoung Muitha hoi akawi teh profet lawk a dei, BSB BSB: Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:
68 CTH Isarelnaw e kahring Cathut teh yawhawinae awmseh. Bangkongtetpawiteh Bawipa ni amae a taminaw na kountouk teh ratangnae na sak pouh toe. BSB BSB: “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
69 CTH Talaivan pek kamtawng hoi amae profet kathoungnaw ni a dei e patetlah, BSB BSB: He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
70 CTH maimouh hanelah rungngangnae ki teh a sanpa Devit e catoun dawk hoi a tho sak toe. BSB BSB: as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,
71 CTH Hete hloutnae teh maimouh na ka taran e naw hoi ka maithoe e naw pueng, kut dawk hoi hloutnae doeh. BSB BSB: salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,
72 CTH Maimae mintoenaw koe lung na patawnae kamnue sak hane hoi, BSB BSB: to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
73 CTH maimanaw taran kut dawk hoi na rungngang vaiteh, BSB BSB: the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
74 CTH hringyung lam lungpuennae tawn laipalah thoungnae, lannae lahoi Cathut bawk thai nahan, BSB BSB: deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
75 CTH maimae na pa Abraham koe thoungnae lawk a kam e hah pahnim hoeh nahanelah doeh. BSB BSB: in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.
76 CTH Camo nang, nang hai Lathueng Poung e profet telah na kaw awh han. 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 CTH Bangkongtetpawiteh, maimae Cathut ni yonnae a ngaithoum teh rungngangnae dawk pha thainae a kong hah, amae taminaw koe pâpho vaiteh, Cathut e lamthung rakueng hanelah, nang teh hmalah na cei han. BSB BSB: to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
78 CTH Hote pahrennae lahoi kalvan hoi kanî raeng maimouh dawk a pha teh, BSB BSB: because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
79 CTH hmonae hoi duenae tâhlip dawk kaawm e naw koe a ang vaiteh, maimouh koe roumnae lamthung na patue awh han telah a dei. 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 CTH Hote camo teh, a roung takhang teh muitha thaonae hoi akawi. Isarel miphunnaw koe a kamnue hoehroukrak thingyeiyawn vah ao. 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.