2 IYX Bo baleeli mo, mbii bwayeelili bisi mo kwaa babali bambaangi ba mamono misi, umata mu mbaandili na bakitii bayiisi ba mandaa ma Nziaambi. BSB BSB: just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
3 IYX Me ka bu naduki bubwe-bubwe moosi mamayilimi umata mu mbaandili, me natsimi ti bwafwaana, me sonuu kwaa we, mukuutu Teofili, mbii bu malandisini. 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 IYX Me nisa buu paa we yaaba bubwe, ngwanya a mandaa ma bayiisi we. BSB BSB: so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.
6 IYX Bo baboolo bali balibweeye nha kulu a Nziaambi, na bo bakiduku bubwe-bubwe, mikele mioosi na tumini dia Pfumu. BSB BSB: Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
7 IYX Ka bo a bali na mwaana pe, mundaa ti Elisabeti ali ikumbu, na bo baboolo ali aka binunu. BSB BSB: But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
8 IYX Iluumbu imosi, Zakaria akisa isala kia nde kia bungaanga ba Nziaambi nha kulu a Nziaambi, mundaa ti kii ali iluumbu kia kaba la bo mu usala. BSB BSB: One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,
9 IYX Weti bwali ipfu kia isala kia bangaanga ba Nziaambi, bo bati zeke. Nha mbisi a uta zeke, Zakaria abwi mu ipa, mu ukoto mu mbuu ya ngira ya Pfumu, mu utsuu malimbi ma mupalisa luki la tsulu yimbwe. 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 IYX Kaba loosi la baata lakuundi ku mbari mu taanga dia tsuyili a malimbi ma mupalisa luki la tsulu yimbwe. BSB BSB: And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.
11 IYX Itsundu-a-tsundu, tumu a Pfumu amonii kwaa Zakaria, atemini nha koo kia babaala kia diki la tsuyili a malimbi ma mupalisa luki la tsulu yimbwe. BSB BSB: Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.
12 IYX Bu Zakaria wamumoni, nde apamii na boomo bamubwiilili. BSB BSB: When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and gripped with fear.
13 IYX Ka tumu a Nziaambi aleeli kwaa nde: «Zakaria, aba na boomo pe, Nziaambi maayuu ndoombili a we, na mukari a we Elisabeti sa abutulu we mwaana wa baala. We sa luu nde kuumbu Yowani. 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 IYX We sa yaanga na uba na kinyi, baata balaa sa bayaanga mu mbutili a nde. BSB BSB: He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,
15 IYX Mundaa ti, nde sa aba wumunene nha kulu a Pfumu. Nde a unywa viinyi na mala makimi mamukolo pe, ka sa aluulu mu Muheebili wa Ngira, umata mu moonyo a nguu a nde. 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 IYX Nde sa akiingili baana ba Iseraeli balaa kwaa Pfumu, Nziaambi a bo. BSB BSB: Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.
18 IYX Ka Zakaria aleeli kwaa tumu: «Buni me kaayaaba ti mii mia ngwanya, mundaa ti me na mukari a me bisi aka binunu?» 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 IYX Tumu avutili, aleeli kwaa nde: «Me ni tumu Ngabriyeli, wu li mu utemene nha kiinzi kia Nziaambi. Nde maatsinduu me mu umoo na we na uleele ndaa yimbwe yi. 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 IYX Bu we heli usa imiini mu mandaa ma me, we sa ba baba, natee mandaa maa muyilimi mu taanga dia mo.» 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 IYX Mu diina taanga dii, baata babakikebe Zakaria bakimii bu adiingi nha mbuu ya ngira. BSB BSB: Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he took so long in the temple.
22 IYX Ka bu nde apali, nde a atuuyi utsuu na bo pe. Baata bayaabi ti, nde bayi monini a Nziaambi nha mbuu ya ngira: nde makulu asi biliimbi kwaa bo mu umweese ti nde ka baba. 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 IYX Bu biluumbu bia isala kia nde mu nzo a Nziaambi biakuyi, Zakaria avutii ku nzo a nde. BSB BSB: And when the days of his service were complete, he returned home.
24 IYX Biluumbu bu bialabii, mukari a nde, Elisabeti, ayolili yimi na asweemi batsuungi bataana. Nde aleeli kutso mutimi: BSB BSB: After these days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. She declared,
25 IYX «Mono mi Pfumu amaayiluu mu me, mu taanga di, nde maakuulu me mu ndaa yaba mu usa litsoro la me nha kulu a baata.» 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 IYX kwaa nduumbu yali keni babaala uyaaba pe. Kuumbu a nduumbu me ali Mari. Ali balasina nde mu makweele kwaa baala la kuumbu Yoosefi, wa mu likaanda la Daavidi. 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 IYX Tumu akoti mu nzo a nde, na wamuleeli: «Ba na kinyi, we luuli mu kolokolo! Pfumu li na we.» BSB BSB: The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
29 IYX Mari apamii kwa mifuri, mu mandaa maa. Nde atsimi mambiindili ma bwee la pili yi. BSB BSB: Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.
30 IYX Ka tumu aleeli kwaa nde: «Mari, aba na boomo pe, mundaa ti we bayi bweese kwaa Nziaambi. BSB BSB: So the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
31 IYX Mono, we sa yololo yimi na ubutu mwaana wa baala, we sa luu nde kuumbu Yiisu. BSB BSB: Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
32 IYX Nde sa aba muutu wumunene, na baata sa bata nde mwaana a Nziaambi wa ku kati a yula. Pfumu Nziaambi sa aha nde mbata a ipfumu kia kaa a nde Daavidi. 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 IYX Sa aba mutini a nzo a Yaakobi bilimi na bilimi, ipfumu kia nde a iba na manini pe.» BSB BSB: and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”
35 IYX Tumu avutili, aleeli kwaa nde: «Muheebili wa Ngira sa ayiri nha yulu a we, na lituu la Nziaambi wa ku kati a yula, sa lifuu we mu posi a nde. Ni mu buu, mwaana wu we kaabutu, sa aba wa Ngira na sa bata nde Mwaana a Nziaambi. 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 IYX Elisabeti, musi nzo a we, ka na yimi mu bununu ba nde. Nde sa abutu mwaana wa baala. Muutu wu bakita ikumbu, yimi la nde ka mu tsuungi wa basamina. 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 IYX Mundaa ti, Nziaambi a ubaakono ndaa so mosi pe.» BSB BSB: For no word from God will ever fail.”
39 IYX Biluumbu biaduki, Mari atemini, ayeni mawasa ku tsi ya milaanda ku ngaanda a Yuuda. BSB BSB: In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,
40 IYX Akoti mu nzo a Zakaria, na abii Elisabeti. BSB BSB: where she entered the home of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.
41 IYX Bu Elisabeti ayuyi bwee la Mari, mwaana atsuli mu kinyi mu moonyo a nde, na Elisabeti aluuli mu Muheebili wa Ngira, BSB BSB: When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
42 IYX na aloyi mu mifuri: «Nziaambi siemi we nha kati a bakaasa boosi, na lisieme la nde sa liba nha yulu a mwaana wu we kaabutu. BSB BSB: In a loud voice she exclaimed, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
43 IYX Me na ndi, paa nguu a Pfumu a me ayiri kwaa me? BSB BSB: And why am I so honored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
44 IYX Ka mono, bunzuyi muniingi a bwee la we, mwaana tsuli mu kinyi mu moonyo a me. BSB BSB: For as soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.
45 IYX Kinyi kwaa we. We siiri imiini ti, Pfumu sa akuusu mi nde aleeli!» BSB BSB: Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.”
47 IYX Muwuumu a me aluulu mu kinyi, mundaa ti: Nziaambi ni Muyobili a me. BSB BSB: and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
49 IYX Ka Nziaambi Puungu-lituu maayiluu mandaa ma manene mu me. Kuumbu a nde yili ya ngira. BSB BSB: For the Mighty One has done great things for me. Holy is His name.
50 IYX Ngebe a nde yili mu makubu na makubu, kwaa babubaankiinzanga nde. BSB BSB: His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
51 IYX Nde amweesi lituu mu mifuri mia nde, atsiali bangaa liwaa. BSB BSB: He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
52 IYX Nde abwiisi mitini mu mambata ma bipfumu bia bo, na anaangili babakuluu, mu usuusu bo nha mbata ya tsiomi. BSB BSB: He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
53 IYX Nde ayutisi babakwa nzala mu biloo bibibwe. Abingi bisini mioo na mioo. BSB BSB: He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
54 IYX Nde abaasili Iseraeli, ni booyi la nde: mu ulibili ngebe a nde moonyi, BSB BSB: He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,
55 IYX kwaa Abraami na bateeri ba nde, mu bilimi na bilimi, weti bu alasini kwaa bakaa ba bisi.» BSB BSB: as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.”
56 IYX Mari adiaali na Elisabeti helape batsuungi batata, tumake nde avutii ku nzo a nde. BSB BSB: Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.
57 IYX Taanga dia Elisabeti dia ubutu bu diatoori, nde abuti mwaana wa baala. BSB BSB: When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.
58 IYX Bambaayi ba nde ba bebele na basi nzo ba nde bu bayuyi ti Pfumu amweesi ngebe dia nde dialaa mu nde, bayaangi na nde. BSB BSB: Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.
59 IYX Mu iluumbu kia pwoombo, bo bayiri mundaa ukese imwamwaana. Batooni uluu kio kuumbu a taayi a nde Zakaria. BSB BSB: On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
60 IYX Ka nguu a imwamwaana aleeli: «Pia, a kuumbu yii pe, sa bata nde Yowani.» BSB BSB: But his mother replied, “No! He shall be called John.”
61 IYX Ka bo baleeli kwaa nde: «Mu basi nzo ba we, a uli na muutu ngaa kuumbu yii pe!» BSB BSB: They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who bears this name.”
62 IYX Ni mu buu, bo bafuuli taayi a mwaana mu biliimbi, ki kuumbu nde atooni uluu imwamwaana. BSB BSB: So they made signs to his father to find out what he wanted to name the child.
63 IYX Zakaria aloombi itsuru kia bala mu usonuu, na asonii: «Yowani ni kuumbu a nde.» Boosi bakimii. BSB BSB: Zechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.
64 IYX Nhaa-na-tsi, Zakaria abaandii utsuu. Nde abili Nziaambi mu ndaa yinene. BSB BSB: Immediately Zechariah’s mouth was opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak, praising God.
65 IYX Boomo babwiilili bambaayi ba nde ba bebele boosi. Mvuungu a mandaa maa moosi, yayeni mu tsi yoosi ya milaanda mia Yuuda. BSB BSB: All their neighbors were filled with awe, and people throughout the hill country of Judea were talking about these events.
66 IYX Bo boosi babayuyi mandaa maa, bakitsimi na bafulusunu: «Imwamwaana ki buni ikaaba?» Ngwanya, koo kia Pfumu kiali na nde. 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 IYX Zakaria, taayi a imwamwaana, aluuli mu Muheebili wa Ngira. Nde abaandii ubili, na aleeli: BSB BSB: Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:
68 IYX «Mbilili kwaa Pfumu, Nziaambi a Iseraeli, bu nde akiingii kwaa baata ba nde na wabakuuli. BSB BSB: “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
69 IYX Nde atsindii bisi Muyobili wa lituu, mosi wa mu nzo a Daavidi, booyi la nde, BSB BSB: He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
70 IYX mbii bu nde atsuuyi mu minywa mia mibili mia nde mia ngira, umata bele pe. BSB BSB: as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,
71 IYX Nde alasini kuulili a bisi nha mioo mia mitaata mia bisi na boosi ba bubaabele bisi, BSB BSB: salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,
72 IYX nde amweesi bweese ba nde kwaa bataayi ba bisi na a adiimbili pe lilasina la nde la ngira. BSB BSB: to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
73 IYX Mbii bu Nziaambi asi lilasina kwaa Abraami, ni taayi a bisi, BSB BSB: the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
74 IYX mu ndaa ukuulu bisi nha mioo mia mitaata, paa diamusalila kwahele a boomo, BSB BSB: deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
75 IYX paa diba bangira na balibweeye nha kiinzi kia nde, mu pasi iluumbu kia idiingi kia bisi. BSB BSB: in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.
76 IYX Ka we mwaana a me, we sa ba mubili a Nziaambi waku kati a yula, we sa tswaamina nha kulu a Pfumu, mu uyiluu kuulu a nde, 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 IYX mu uyaabisa baata ba nde ti, nde li mu uyiri mu uyobolo bo mu nyaalili a masumu ma bo. BSB BSB: to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
78 IYX Mu ngebe na libweeye la nde, Nziaambi a bisi sa ayalisa bisi mu liyalila la yula, lafwaanina na liyalila la nyanga ya ngwaali. BSB BSB: because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
79 IYX Mu uyalisa ba bali mu uba kutso pimisi na pwosi ya likwa, mu usuungusu taambi dia bisi mu kuulu a iyeenge.» 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 IYX Na mwaana akikulu na akihama mu muheebili. Nde ali mu tsi ya tsata, natee iluumbu ki amonii kwaa Iseraeli. 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.