2 GAZE ኩንስ አከ ወር ጀልቀባ ካሰኒ እጃን አርገኒፊ ተጃጅልቶተ ዱብቻ ቱረን ሱን ኑት ደበርሰኒ ኬነንት። BSB BSB: just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
3 GAZE ከናፉ ያ ቴዎፍሎስ ከበጀማ፣ አንስ ጀልቀቡማ ካሴ ዋን ሁንዱማ ስሪት ኤርገን ቆረዼ ቦዴ ሴና ሰነ ወል ዱራ ዱባን ሲፍ በሬሱን ዋን ጋሪ ነት ፈካቴረ። 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 GAZE ኩንስ አከ ወን አት በረቴ ሱን ዹጋ ተኤ አከ ቤክቱፍ። BSB BSB: so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.
6 GAZE ለማንሳኒዩ አጀጃፊ ሴረ ጎፍታ ሁንደ ሙዳ መሌ ኤጉዻን ፉለ ዋቃ ዱረት ቀጄልቶተ ቱረን። BSB BSB: Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
7 GAZE ገሩ ኤልሳቤጥ ዋን ዸብዱ ቱርቴፍ እጆሌ ህንቀበን ቱሬ፤ ለማንሳኒዩ ዱሎመኒ ቱረን። BSB BSB: But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
8 GAZE ዘካርያስስ ደበሬን ገሬሳ ጌኛን ኡቱ ፉለ ዋቃ ዱረት ተጃጅለ ሉቡማሳ ኬና ጅሩ፣ BSB BSB: One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,
9 GAZE አኩመ ዱዻ ሉቡማት አከ መነ ቁልቁሉማ ጎፍታ ሴኔ እጣነ ኣርሱፍ እጣዻን ፍለተሜ። 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 GAZE ዬሮ እጣን ኣርፈሙትስ ነሞትን ባይኤን አለት ከዸቻ ቱረን። BSB BSB: And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.
11 GAZE ኤርገማን ጎፍታስ እዶ ኣርሳ እጣናቲን ምርገ ዻበቴ ዘካርያስት ሙልአቴ። BSB BSB: Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.
12 GAZE ዘካርያስስ ዮሙ እሰ አርጌት ንርፈቴ፤ ሶዳንስ እሰ ቀበቴ። BSB BSB: When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and gripped with fear.
13 GAZE ኤርገማን ሱን ገሩ አከነ እሳን ጄዼ፤ “ያ ዘካርያስ፣ ህንሶዳትን፤ ከዸትናንኬ ዸገአሜረ። ኒቲንኬ ኤልሳቤጥ እልመ ሲፍ ዴስ፤ አትስ መቃሳ ዮሀንስ ጄዺ ሞጋስ። 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 GAZE አት እልሌፊ ገመቹ ንቀባተ፤ ነሞትን ባይኤንስ ዸለቹሳት ንገመዱ፤ BSB BSB: He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,
15 GAZE እን ፉለ ጎፍታ ዱረት ጉዳ ተኣቲ። ዳዺ ወይኒ ዮካን ዹጋቲ ነመ መቼሱ ዹጉ ጎንኩማ ህንቀቡ፤ ኡቱመ ገራ ሃዸሳ ኬሰ ጅሩስ ሀፉረ ቁልቁሉዻን ንጉተመ። 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 GAZE ሰበ እስራኤል ኬሳስ ነሞተ ባይኤ ገረ ጎፍታ፣ ገረ ዋቀሳኒት ንዴብሰ። BSB BSB: Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.
18 GAZE ዘካርያስስ፣ “አን አከምን ከነ ቤከ? አን ዱሎሜረ፤ ኡሙሪን ኒቲኮቲስ ዴሜረ” ጄዼ ኤርገማ ሰነ ጋፈቴ። 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 GAZE ኤርገማን ሱንስ አከነ ጄዼ ዴብሴፍ፤ “አን ገብርኤል እሰ ፉለ ዋቃ ዱረ ዻበቱዸ፤ አንስ ስት ዱበቹፊ ኦዱ ገመቺሳ ከነ ስት ህሙፍ ኤርገሜረ። 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 GAZE ኩኖ፣ አት ሰበቢ ዱቢኮ እሰ ዬሮሳት ምርከናኡ ህንአመንኒፍ ሀመ ጋፈ ወን ኩን ተኡት ንዱደ፤ ዱበቹስ ህንደንዴሱ።” 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 GAZE ኡመትንስ ዬሮ ሰነ ሰበቢ ዘካርያስ ዬሮ አከስ ዼረቱ መነ ቁልቁሉማ ኬሰ ቱሬፍ ድንቅፈቻ እሰ ኤጋ ቱሬ። BSB BSB: Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he took so long in the temple.
22 GAZE ገሩ ዘካርያስ ዮሙ ገድ በኤት ዋን እሳንት ዱበቹ ህንደንደኢኒፍ እሳን አከ እን መነ ቁልቁሉማ ኬሰት ሙልአተ ወዪ አርጌ ሁበተን፤ እንስ መለቶን እሳንት ህማ ቱሬ መሌ ዱበቹ ህንደንዴኜ። 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 GAZE እንስ ዮሙ ዬሮን ተጃጅለሳ ራወቴት ገረ መነሳት ዴብኤ። BSB BSB: And when the days of his service were complete, he returned home.
24 GAZE ኤርገሲ ኒቲንሳ ኤልሳቤጥ ኡልፎፍቴ ሀመ ጅአ ሸኒት መና ህንባኔ። BSB BSB: After these days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. She declared,
25 GAZE እሼንስ፣ “ጎፍታን ሰልጵነ ነሞተ ግዱት ነረ ቱሬ ነራ ካሱፍ ጄዼ ጉያ አርጁማን ነ ያደቴት ዋን ከነ ናፍ ጎዼ” ጄቴ። 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 GAZE እንስ ገረ ዱርበ ነምች ሰኚ ዳዊትራ ዸለቴ ከን መቃንሳ ዮሴፍ ጄዸሙ ቶኮፍ ካዽመምቴ ዹፌ። መቃን ዱርበ ቁልቁልቲ ሰናስ ማርያም ቱሬ። 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 GAZE ኤርገማን ዋቃ ሱንስ ገረሼ ዸቄ፣ “ያ እሼ ሱራ አርገቴ፤ ነጋን ሲፍ ሃተኡ! ጎፍታን ስ ወጅን ጅረ” ጄዼ። BSB BSB: The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
29 GAZE ማርያም ገሩ ዱቢ ኤርገማ ሰናቲን አከ መሌ ጄቀምቴ፣ “ኩን ነጋ አከሚቲ?” ጄቴ ያዴ። BSB BSB: Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.
30 GAZE ኤርገምች ገሩ አከነ እሼዻን ጄዼ፤ “ያ ማርያም፣ ህንሶዳትን፤ አት ዋቀ ብራ ሱራ አርገቴርታቲ። BSB BSB: So the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
31 GAZE ኩኖ ንኡልፎፍተ፤ እልመስ ንዴሰ፤ መቃሳስ ዬሱስ ጄቴ ሞጋፍተ። BSB BSB: Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
32 GAZE እንስ ጉዳ ንተአ፤ እልመ ዋቀ ዋን ሁንዳ ኦሊ ጄዸሜስ ንዋመመ። ዋቅን ጎፍታንስ ቴሶ አባሳ ዳዊት ንኬናፍ፤ 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 GAZE እን መነ ያቆብረት በረ በራን ንሞአ፤ ሞቱማንሳስ ዹመ ህንቀቡ።” BSB BSB: and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”
35 GAZE ኤርገማን ሱንስ አከነ ጄዼ ዴብሴፍ፤ “ሀፉር ቁልቁሉን ስረ ቡአ፤ ሁምን ዋቀ ዋን ሁንዳ ኦሊስ ስጎልቦበ። ከናፍ እን ቁልቁሉን ዸለቱ ሱን እልመ ዋቃ ንጄዸመ። 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 GAZE ኩኖ፣ ፍርኬ ኤልሳቤጥዩ ዱሉመሼ ኬሰ እልመ ኡልፎፍቴርት፤ እሼን ዸብዱ ጄዸማ ቱርቴ ሱን ጅአ ጀአፋ ቀበቴርት። 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 GAZE ወን ዋቃፍ ህንደንደአምኔ ህንጅሩቲ።” BSB BSB: For no word from God will ever fail.”
39 GAZE ዬሮ ሰነ ማርያም ካቴ አሪቲዻን ገረ መጋላ በዳ ብየ ይሁዳ ቶኮ ዸቅጤ። BSB BSB: In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,
40 GAZE እሼንስ መነ ዘካርያስ ሴንቴ ኤልሳቤጥን ነጋ ጋፈቴ። BSB BSB: where she entered the home of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.
41 GAZE ኤልሳቤጥስ ዮሙ ነጋ ማርያም ዸጌሴት ሙጫን ሱን ገደሜሰሼ ኬሰ ኡኡታሌ። ኤልሳቤጥስ ሀፉረ ቁልቁሉዻን ንጉተምቴ። BSB BSB: When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
42 GAZE እሼንስ ሰገሌሼ ኦል ፉዸቴ እይቴ አከነ ጄቴ፤ “አት ዱበርቶተ ኬሳ ኤብፈምቱዸ፤ ሙጫን አት ዴሱስ ኤብፈማዸ። BSB BSB: In a loud voice she exclaimed, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
43 GAZE ገሩ አከ ሃት ጎፍታኮ ገረኮ ዹፍቱፍ አርጁማን አከና አከምት ና ጎዸሜ? BSB BSB: And why am I so honored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
44 GAZE ኩኖ፣ አኩመ ሰገሌን ነጋኬቲ ጉረኮ ሴኔን ኡልፍ ገደሜሰኮ ኬሰ ጅሩ ገመቹዻን ኡታሌረ። BSB BSB: For as soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.
45 GAZE ወን ጎፍታን እሼት ዱበቴ አከ ራወተሙ ከን አመንቴ እሼን ኤብፈምቱዸ!” BSB BSB: Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.”
47 GAZE ሀፉርኮስ ፈይሳኮ ዋቀት ንገመደ፤ BSB BSB: and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
49 GAZE እን ሁምነ ቀቤስ ሱን ዋን ጉዳ ናፍ ጎዼራቲ፤ መቃንሳ ቁልቁሉዸ። BSB BSB: For the Mighty One has done great things for me. Holy is His name.
50 GAZE አራርሳስ ወረ እሰ ሶዳተኒፍ ዸሎታ ሀመ ዸሎታት እት ፉፈ። BSB BSB: His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
51 GAZE እን እሬሳቲን ሆጂወን ጉርጉዳ ሆጄቴረ፤ ኦፍ ቱልቶተስ ያደ ገራሳኒቲን ብትኔሴረ። BSB BSB: He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
52 GAZE ቡልችቶተ ቴሶሳኒራ ቡሴረ፤ ገድ ኦፍ ቀቤዪ ገሩ ኦል ካሴረ። BSB BSB: He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
53 GAZE ወረ ቤለአን ዋን ጋሪዻን ቁፍሴረ፤ ሶሬዪ ገሩ ሀርከ ዱዋ ዴብሴረ። BSB BSB: He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
54 GAZE እን አራረ ቀቤሰ ተኡሳ ያደቻ ገርብቸሳ እስራኤልን ገርጋሬረ፤ BSB BSB: He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,
55 GAZE ኩንስ አኩመ እን አቦቲኬኛፍ፣ አብረሃሚፊ ሰኚሳቲፍ በረ በራን ዋዳ ገሌት።” BSB BSB: as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.”
56 GAZE ማርያምስ ገረ ጅአ ሰዲ ኤልሳቤጥ ብረ ቱርቴ ገረ መነ ኦፊሼት ዴብቴ። BSB BSB: Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.
57 GAZE ኤልሳቤጥ ዬሮን ደኡምሰሼ ጌኛን እልመ ዴሴ። BSB BSB: When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.
58 GAZE ኦሎትንሼቲፊ ፍሮትንሼ አከ ጎፍታን አራረ ጉዳ እሼፍ ጎዼ ዸገአኒ እሼ ወጅን ገመደን። BSB BSB: Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.
59 GAZE እሳንስ ጉያ ሰዴተፋት ዳእመ ሰነ ዸግነ ቀቡ ዹፈን፤ ዘካርያስ ጄዸኒስ መቃ አባሳቲን እሰ ሞጋሱ ፌዸን። BSB BSB: On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
60 GAZE ሃትሳ ገሩ፣ “ለኪ! እን ዮሀንስ ጄዸሜ ዋመሙ ቀበ” ጄቴ። BSB BSB: But his mother replied, “No! He shall be called John.”
61 GAZE እሳንስ፣ “ፍሮተኬ ኬሰ ነምን መቃ አከና ቀቡ ቶኮዩ ህንጅሩ” ጄዸኒን። BSB BSB: They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who bears this name.”
62 GAZE ነሞትን ሱንስ አከ ዘካርያስ ኤኙ ጄዼ ዳእመ ሰነ ዋሙ በርባዱ ቤኩፍ ጄዸኒ መለቶን እሰ ጋፈተን። BSB BSB: So they made signs to his father to find out what he wanted to name the child.
63 GAZE እንስ ገበቴ እረት በሬሱ ከዸቴ፣ “መቃንሳ ዮሀንስ” ጄዼ በሬሴ፤ ሁንድሳኒስ ንድንቅፈተን። BSB BSB: Zechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.
64 GAZE ዮሙሱመ አፋንሳ በነሜ አረብንሳ ሂከሜ፤ እንስ ዋቀ ገለቴፈቹዻን ዱበቹ ጀልቀቤ። BSB BSB: Immediately Zechariah’s mouth was opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak, praising God.
65 GAZE ኦሎትንሳኒ ሁንድኑ ሶዳዻን ጉተመን፤ ወን ኩንስ በዳ ብየ ይሁዳ ሁንደ ኬሰት ኦዴፈሜ። BSB BSB: All their neighbors were filled with awe, and people throughout the hill country of Judea were talking about these events.
66 GAZE ወር ከነ ዸገአን ሁንድኑስ፣ “ዮስ ዳእምን ኩን ነመ አከሚ ተእነ ላተ?” ጄዸኒ ገራሳኒት ድንቅፈተን። ሀርክ ጎፍታ እሰ ወጅን ቱሬቲ። 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 GAZE ዘካርያስ አባን ዮሀንስ ሀፉረ ቁልቁሉዻን ጉተሜ አከነ ጄዼስ ራጂ ዱበቴ፦ BSB BSB: Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:
68 GAZE “ሰበቢ ዹፌ ሰበሳ ፉሬፍ ጎፍታን፣ ዋቅን እስራኤል ሃኤብፈሙ። BSB BSB: “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
69 GAZE እን መነ ገርብቸሳ መነ ዳዊት ኬሰት ጋንፈ ፈይና ኑፍ ካሴረ፤ BSB BSB: He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
70 GAZE አኩመ አፋን ራጆተሳ ቁልቁሎተ ዱሪቲን ዱበቴት BSB BSB: as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,
71 GAZE ዲኖተኬኘ ጀላ፣ ሀርከ ወረ ኑ ጅበን ሁንዱማ ኬሳስ ኑ ባሱፍ ጄዼ BSB BSB: salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,
72 GAZE አራረ አቦቲኬኛፍ ዋዳ ገሌ ራወቹዻፍ፣ ከኩሳ ቁልቁሉ፣ BSB BSB: to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
73 GAZE እን አባኬኘ አብረሃሚፍ ከከቴ ያደቹዻፍ፣ BSB BSB: the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
74 GAZE ሀርከ ዲኖተኬኛ ኬሳ ኑ ባሱዻፍ፣ አከ ኑ ሶዳ መሌ እሰ ተጃጅሉ ኑ ደንዴስሱዻፍ፣ BSB BSB: deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
75 GAZE አከ ኑ በረ ጅሬኘኬኛ ጉቱ ቁልቁልናፊ ቀጄልናን፣ ፉለሳ ዱረት ተጃጅሉፍ ዋን ከነ ጎዼ። BSB BSB: in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.
76 GAZE “ያ ሙጫኮ፣ አት ራጂ ዋቀ ዋን ሁንዱማ ኦሊ ንጄዸምተ፤ አት ከራሳ ቆጴሱፍ ፉለ ጎፍታ ዱረ ንዴምታቲ፤ 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 GAZE ኩንስ አከ አት ዺፈመ ጩቡ አርገቹሳኒቲን ቤኩምሰ ፈይና ሰበሳቲፍ ኬንቱፍ፤ BSB BSB: to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
78 GAZE ሰበቢ አራረ ዋቀኬኛ ከን ገረ ላፍናን ጉተሜ ከን በሪን ፈይና ሰሚራ እቲን ኑ በርኡ፣ BSB BSB: because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
79 GAZE ወረ ዱከነ ኬሰ፣ ጋድዱ ዱኣ ጀለ ጅረኒፍ አከ እፈ ኬኑፍ፤ ሚለኬኘስ ከራ ነጋረ ዴምስሱፍ።” 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 GAZE ሙጭችስ ጉደቴ ሀፉራን ጀባቻ ዴሜ፤ ሀመ ጉያ ሰበ እስራኤልት ሙልአቴትስ ገሞጂ ኬሰ ጅራቴ። 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.