2 GUXG ti kpaagi yaaba n tie kasiednba leni bi nuni hali micilma, ki tua U Tienu maama tuonsɔla. BSB BSB: just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
3 GUXG Lan wani, n mo kali, ki jagi, ki buali, ki bandi bonŋanla yaali n tieni hali mi cilma, ki ba diani, ki togdi a leni mi kpaagma, fini, n buado leni n nicɔlnka Teofili. 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 GUXG Yeni, a ba bandi ŋan ga ya bangima mɔmɔni cain. BSB BSB: so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.
6 GUXG Bi kuli bo tie nitegnkaaba U Tienu nintuali; bi kuli bo cɔlni U Tienu ñɔmabona, leni o yobdaano bali maama kuli, kaa pia kpiadma. BSB BSB: Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
7 GUXG Bi bo ki pia biga kelima Elisabeti bo tie ŋɔlga, ke bani bilie kuli ji bo podi o. BSB BSB: But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
8 GUXG Dayeli, Sakali den yidi salga U Tienu dieli nni, li den tie bi cagli salga yidma yogu i; BSB BSB: One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,
9 GUXG bi den cɔlni salga yidkaaba danbogda, ki lugdi o ke wan kua salga yidkaanu, ki ŋubni li ŋubli. 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 GUXG Li ŋubli salga yidma yognu, ku niwulgu kuli den se niipo, ki jaandi. BSB BSB: And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.
11 GUXG O diedo maleki den ludi o, ki legdi, ki sedi li ŋubli salga binbinli jienu po. BSB BSB: Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.
12 GUXG Sakali ṅ la o, o yama ṅ pudi, ti jawaandi ṅ cuo o. BSB BSB: When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and gripped with fear.
13 GUXG Ama, maleki ṅ maadi o: “Da jie, Sakali, ki dugni, U Tienu gbadi a jaandi. A denpua Elisabeti ba punbi, ki mali a po bonjaga, ŋan yini o Jan. 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 GUXG O ba tua a po pamancianli, ke bi niba boncianla ba mangi bi pala o madi po. BSB BSB: He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,
15 GUXG O ba tua niciamo O Diedo nintuali. O kan ñu daamɔngu, ki nan buali daapaama. O ba ya gbie leni U Tienu foŋanma, ki da ŋaani mi biima. 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 GUXG Isayeli yaaba boncianla ba guani O Diedo, bi tienu kani. BSB BSB: Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.
18 GUXG Sakali ṅ buali maleki: “Be n ba teni min bandi? Kelima mini nba n ciandi, ke n denpua mo podi boncianla”. 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 GUXG Maleki ṅ guani ki jiini o: Mini n tie Gabiyeli, ki ye U Tienu kani, ki tuuni o po. Wani n sɔni nni ke min caa u tondu, ki pa ŋa ya laabaalŋamo ne. 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 GUXG Lanwani, lan ba tieni maama n ne: A ba tua muulo, ki kan fidi ki maadi, hali ki tuoni ya daali ke min puni a ya laabaalŋamo ne yogu ba pundi, lan tieni ki dudi. 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 GUXG Lan kuli ṅ den tie ya yognu, bi niba den guu Sakali, ke li pagi ba leni wan waagi salga binbinli dieli nni. BSB BSB: Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he took so long in the temple.
22 GUXG Wan ji den ñani, o ji den kan fidi ki maadi leni li nitaanli. Bi ji den bandi ke o la bonlegdikaali salga binbinli dieli nni. Wani ji den tua muulo, ki ji maadi leni o nui. 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 GUXG Wan gbeni o salga yidma dana, ke o guani, ki kuni o denpo. BSB BSB: And when the days of his service were complete, he returned home.
24 GUXG Lan tieni danaba, o denpua Elisabeti ṅ punbi, ki tieni ŋmaali mu, ki ye deni, kaa ña. O den maadi o pali nni, BSB BSB: After these days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. She declared,
25 GUXG “ Ne tie O Diedo tuonli i. O diidi nni leni mi yanbuama, ki piini yaali n den tie n po fee, bi niba kuli siiga. 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 GUXG jifaano kani, ke o tie ja cikpenga, ke bi yi o Josefi, ke o tie o badciamo, Davidi puolŋuanu. Li jifaano den yi Maari. 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 GUXG Maleki ṅ kua o kani, ki yedi o: “Mangi a pali, fini yua ke U Tienu cabi a o ŋanbili; O Diedo ye leni a.” BSB BSB: The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
29 GUXG Mari yama ṅ yagi boncianla, li maama po; wan buali o pali nni lan ya fuodi niima nni. BSB BSB: Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.
30 GUXG Maleki ṅ maadi o: Da jie, Maari, kelima U Tienu n cabi a o ŋanbili. BSB BSB: So the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
31 GUXG Yaali n ba tieni n ne: Li kan kandi dana, a ba punbi, ki mali bonjaga, ki yini o Jesu. BSB BSB: Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
32 GUXG O ba tua niciamo, ban yini o “Tanpojoma Tienu Bijua” O Diedo U Tienu ba teni o o yaja, o badciamo Dafidi badkpagli. 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 GUXG O ba diedi ya buolu n ñani Jakobo kani hali ya yogu n ki pia juodma. BSB BSB: and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”
35 GUXG Maleki ṅ guani ki jiini o, “U Tienu foŋanma ba jiidi a po, ke Tanpojoma Tienu paaciamu ṅ fibni a leni o junjungu. Lan ya po i, ke bi ba yini ŋan ba mali ya biga U Tienu Biga. 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 GUXG Diidi, a kpiilo Elisabeti mo punbi, ki guu bonjaga yeni wan ciandi maama kuli, ke bi tua ke o ji kan baa biga; o ji ye o ŋmaaluobidi n yeni. 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 GUXG Kelima U Tienu ki pia wan gbali yaala. BSB BSB: For no word from God will ever fail.”
39 GUXG Li ki waagi ke Maari fii, ki ŋmaa tonma, ki gedi Jude juana dociamu nni. BSB BSB: In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,
40 GUXG Ki kua Sakali deni, ki fuondi Elisabeti. BSB BSB: where she entered the home of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.
41 GUXG Wan gbadi Maari fuondi ya yognu, ke o biga yugi ki ciidi o tugu nni, ke Elisabeti gbie leni U Tienu foŋanma. BSB BSB: When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
42 GUXG Ke o fiini u nialu, ki kpaandi, ki yedi: “A baa mi yedŋanma bi puoba kuli siiga, ke a tugu nni biga mo gbie leni mi yedŋanma. BSB BSB: In a loud voice she exclaimed, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
43 GUXG Be n teni ke n dagdi yeni li seli, ke O Diedo naa cua n kani ki bua la nni. BSB BSB: And why am I so honored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
44 GUXG Kelima diidi min gbadi ke a fuondi nni ya yognu, ke n biga jeli leni li pamanli n tugu nni. BSB BSB: For as soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.
45 GUXG U yenyienŋamu (mi yedŋama) ye leni fini yua n dugi ke U Tienu ṅ sɔni a po ya tondu ba tieni ki dudi” BSB BSB: Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.”
47 GUXG Ke n yantiali mangdi li pali, O Diedo U Tienu, n candaano po. BSB BSB: and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
49 GUXG Kelima U Tienu, U Paaciamu daano tieni n po yaali n yabi. BSB BSB: For the Mighty One has done great things for me. Holy is His name.
50 GUXG O ŋanma ba tandi nifiima ṅ tuu nifiima yaaba n cɔlni o po. BSB BSB: His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
51 GUXG O tandi o nuu leni u paaciamu, ki yadi yaaba ya pala n gbie leni ti japaadi' BSB BSB: He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
52 GUXG O tudi ki jiini bi paadanba bi badkpaga po. ki nan duoni talganba. BSB BSB: He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
53 GUXG O gbieni a konkonba leni a bonŋana, ki nan deli ki yaani bi ŋalmandanba i nuukuomi. BSB BSB: He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
54 GUXG Nn, O puni Isayeli, mi todma o pakɔnli kuli po, ki waani o ŋanma ya nibuolu n tie o tuonsɔnba po. BSB BSB: He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,
55 GUXG (Nani wan bo niani ti yajanba) Abalahama leni o puolŋuani hali ya yogu n ki pia gbenma. BSB BSB: as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.”
56 GUXG Maari kali leni Elisabeti nani ŋmaali taa yeni, ki guani ki kuni o denpo BSB BSB: Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.
57 GUXG Elisabeti madi ji bo nagi n yeni, ke o mali bonjaga. BSB BSB: When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.
58 GUXG O kuantalieba leni o kpiiba den bandi O Diedo ṅ tieni o po ya ŋanbli. ki tieni u badu leni o, ki waani bi pamanli ṅ dagdi maama. BSB BSB: Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.
59 GUXG O madi n ́pendi daaniili daali, ban cua ki ba kuani ki canpandga ku kɔnciagu. Bi den bua ban yini ki biga “Sakali” nani o báa n ́yi maama, BSB BSB: On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
60 GUXG ama ke o naá jiini ki maadi, “N N, O baa yi Jan i.” BSB BSB: But his mother replied, “No! He shall be called John.”
61 GUXG Ama ke bi maadi o, “Nilo ki ye i diegu nni ki gaani lan ya yeli” BSB BSB: They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who bears this name.”
62 GUXG Lan wani, ke bi buali bibáa mi muulma nni, wan bua yini ki biga maama. BSB BSB: So they made signs to his father to find out what he wanted to name the child.
63 GUXG O báa ń buali, ban teni o ki kpagdiankaaga (walga), wan diani ya lanbona ne, “O yeli tie Jan.” Lan tua bi kuli ya po pagili. BSB BSB: Zechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.
64 GUXG Lan yognu liga, o ñɔbu ń mubdi, o lanbu ń tabdi. Wan ji ya maadi, ki kpiagdi U Tienu. BSB BSB: Immediately Zechariah’s mouth was opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak, praising God.
65 GUXG Ti jawaandi den cuo yaaba n den gaani ki lindi ba. Li laabaali den yadi i kaani kuli, Jude juana dogi nni. BSB BSB: All their neighbors were filled with awe, and people throughout the hill country of Judea were talking about these events.
66 GUXG Yaaba n den gbadi li maama den maadi: “Ya biga ne ba tua be?” kelima U Tienu den ye leni o. 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 GUXG Sakali ki biga báa den gbie leni U Tienu foŋanma, ke o pua sawali, ki yedi: BSB BSB: Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:
68 GUXG Dondi mani O Diedo, Isayeli tienu, kelima, o todi o buolu, ki faabi u. BSB BSB: “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
69 GUXG Ti ya po, o candaano yua n gbie leni u paaciamu mali o tuonsɔnlo, o badciamo Dafidi puolŋuani siiga. BSB BSB: He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
70 GUXG Wan den sɔni o sawalpuaba yaaba n gbie leni U Tienu foŋanma, ke bi niani ti yajanba yaala hali mi cilma, tieni ki dudi. BSB BSB: as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,
71 GUXG Ke o ba faabi ti ti yibalinba nui nni, leni ti nantieba gbanmanu kani. BSB BSB: salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,
72 GUXG O tie bonli kuli ke li wangi o ŋancianma ti yajanba po, ki gɔa ki tiadi o n̄ɔnianu. BSB BSB: to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
73 GUXG Wan den niani ti yaja, Abalahama yaali tieni ki dudi. BSB BSB: the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
74 GUXG O poli ke o ya fie ti ti yibalinba nui nni, o ba cabi ti ki nunmanga, tin ya jaandi o kaa jie BSB BSB: deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
75 GUXG Ki tuuni o tuona, ki tie o buolŋamu, ki tie nitegnkaaba o nintuali daali kuli ti yenyienu nni. BSB BSB: in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.
76 GUXG Nn, Ke fini, ki biñidga, bi ba yini a Tanpojoma sawalpualo, kelima, a ba ga sanliiga, ki cuoni U Tienu nintuali, ki bobni o sanu 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 GUXG Ki teni o buolu ń bandi ke U Tienu puni u mi faabma, ki tieni u tuonbiidi po sugli. BSB BSB: to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
78 GUXG Kelima ti tienu gbie leni ti niñinpadi leni mi ŋanma. Lanyapo, ku yenpudkaagu ba ña tanpoli, ki yendi ti po. BSB BSB: because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
79 GUXG Ki yendi yaaba kuli n ye li biigli nni leni mi kuuma junjungu nni, ki pegdi ti taaŋmaadi mi yanduanma (li yanŋaali) sanu po 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 GUXG Ki biga den yabdi, ke o yantiali mo paagdi ki pugdi. O den ti juodi ki ye ki tinkuonga nni i, hali yeni ya yogu ke o ti legdi ki waani o yuli Isayeli buolu po. 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.