2 JID Na-wa ba ka ba sru ni wo-mbu'a, rji ni biandi bana to ni shishi mba baba bi tindu lan tre-a. BSB BSB: just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
3 JID Mi toh abi nimu nitu mi ban ikpi ba shle ya toh rji ni mumla, mba ni ni nha nitu mba gyegyere niwu Uchu Tiyofilos. 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 JID Ni dun toh, hamma ni sron ha ikpi andi bana tsro ye. BSB BSB: so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.
6 JID Hambawu bana bi tie sissri Irji ie suron mba ni zren mba abhi ni shishi ma. Bata hu lantre Bachi nda ni hu ikpi bi wandi a nha dun ba ti'a. BSB BSB: Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
7 JID Bana he ni vivren wu ngrji mba na, Alisabatu anani ngrji na, u ba che hamba mba lonma. BSB BSB: But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
8 JID Inton Zakariya a ye ni dun kri ni shishi Irjin nda tie ndu Prist wa ndi chuu wu nclan ngrji ma a ku ni tu ma. BSB BSB: One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,
9 JID Ba hu njo ni chu Prist wandi a ni tie ndu ni mi-tra u Bachimbu, nda gon ton nitu mbru mba. 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 JID Ni-andi ahe ni mi, mbru ndiba ba ki ni rah nda si bre Irji mla ni nton wandi ton a si gon. BSB BSB: And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.
11 JID A kri toh Maleka Irji rju kri ni wo mla wu bubu gon ton-a. BSB BSB: Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.
12 JID Ni-andi Zakariya ku shishi niwu, a kma tie lo'me i sissri a vuu. BSB BSB: When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and gripped with fear.
13 JID I Maleka a hla niwu ndi, “Na klu sissri na, Zakariya, nitu ibre me a rhi ton. Iwame Alisabatu ni ngrji ivren'llon niwu. Wu yo ndema ndi 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 JID Isuron me ni si i wu ngyiri, u gbugbu ndi ba ngyiri ni ngrji ma'a. BSB BSB: He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,
15 JID A nii khikle ndji ni shishi Bachi. Ana so ihi mba mma wandi a sen na ihi na, Ruhu tsartsar wu Irji ni he ni wu rji ni mi nne yima. 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 JID Gra ndji bi Israila ba kma hi ni Bachi Irji mba. BSB BSB: Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.
18 JID Zakariya a hla ni Maleka ndi, “Mi tie ni he ni toh kpe yi? Mi chiche ndi i se wamu ba bran gbagbanmu ye.” 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 JID Maleka kma sa wu da tre ndi, “ahi me Gabriel wandi ani kri ni fron Irji. A ton me du mi ye tre niwu, ndi mi nji lantre ndindi nji wu. 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 JID Mla wo! Wu son ni ngbangbi, wuna la tre na, se kpe wa mi hla niwu a wri. Ani toki nitu wuna kpa nyime ni lantre wandi mi hla wu na, ikpe wandi a ni wri ni tsra ni nton ma 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 JID Ndji ba basiya gben Zakariya ndana rju na. Ba tie mamaki ni wu ton me nimi koh Irji. BSB BSB: Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he took so long in the temple.
22 JID Wa a rju ye niba, a tre wakran. Ba kri rhimmre ndi a to kpe ni mi koh Irji. A si tindu tsoro ba niwo, ama ndana tre na. 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 JID Ni-andi nton wu tindu ma a kle, a kma hi ni Kohma BSB BSB: And when the days of his service were complete, he returned home.
24 JID Ni vi ba kii, iwama Alisabatu a hwrji-nne wu wha ton ndana du ndji du ba toh na. A tre ndi, BSB BSB: After these days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. She declared,
25 JID ngye kpe wandi Bachi mu tie ni mu nda yame ni lo suron nda chu shan rju ni mu ni shishi ndji. 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 JID du hi ni Maryamu, ih'pu Dawuda, wandi ba na haa zi ni ndi ri ni nde Yusufu. Maryamu ana rhi he toh lilon ni son ma. 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 JID A ye tre ni wu ndi, “Mi chiwu, wu wandi ba kpa nyime ni wu gra, Bachi he ni wu. BSB BSB: The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
29 JID Itre a kpau tsi shishi, wa kma rhimmre nitu bibi ichi wandi a chiwu'a BSB BSB: Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.
30 JID Maleka a hla ni wu “Na tie sissri na, Maryamu, Irji a kma yawu ni lo suron. BSB BSB: So the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
31 JID Ya yi, wu hwrji-nne ni ngrji vren. Wu yo ndema ndi Yesu. BSB BSB: Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
32 JID Ani khikle ndji, ba yo vren khikle'a Bachi u shulu. Bachi Irji ni nuu tu chu bachi 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 JID Ani tie mulki wandi a na kle na nitu koh Yakubu, i ngbungblu wandi ani son nitu mba bana kle na. BSB BSB: and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”
35 JID Maleka a sa niwu ndi, “ Ruhu Tsatsra ni ku ni tume i gbengble Irji wu shulu ni kasuu. Vren Tsatsra wandi wu ngrji ba yow ndi Vivren Irji. 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 JID Toh, imlame Alisabatu a he ni nne vivren lilon ngame ni chichema. U wha ma wu tanne yi - wawu wandi bana tre ndi ana ngrji na. 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 JID Ekpe na ne wandi Irji na toh tie na.” BSB BSB: For no word from God will ever fail.”
39 JID Maryamu a lu lunde ni vi baki nda sima hi ni gbu bi ko tu-ngblu ba, ni gbu wu Judea. BSB BSB: In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,
40 JID A ka rhi ni koh Zakariya nda chi Alisabatu. BSB BSB: where she entered the home of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.
41 JID Ni wandi Alisabatu wo chi wu Maryamu'a, kpran vren wandi a he ni nnema a luza i Ruhu Tsatsra a lu rhi ni Alisabatu BSB BSB: When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
42 JID A lu ni khikle lan nda tre gbangban ndi “lulu he nitu me, ni mi mba, mba ni ibi wu mi nne me. BSB BSB: In a loud voice she exclaimed, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
43 JID Nge tie ndu dun bachi mu dun ye ni me? BSB BSB: And why am I so honored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
44 JID Ni wandi lan tre chi me a rhi ni nton mu, vi kpran vren wandi a he nimi nnemu a lu zah wu ngyiri. BSB BSB: For as soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.
45 JID A tie lulu ni wu wandi a kpanyme ndi ikpi biwandi Bachi Irji a dun be blah niwu ba wrhu to ki. BSB BSB: Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.”
47 JID Ie drimu ni ngyiri kpukpome ni Irji wandi a kpame chuwo. BSB BSB: and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
49 JID Wawuyi a tie khikle ndu nimu, indu ma hi tsatsra. BSB BSB: For the Mighty One has done great things for me. Holy is His name.
50 JID Lo suron ni wruhle ma ni ha ikba hi ni ikba wu bi andi ba klu sissri ma'a. BSB BSB: His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
51 JID A chu ngbengble ni ngba woma tsro, nda vra bi nzutu ni tu mre wu suron mba. BSB BSB: He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
52 JID A gbran mri bi tu chu grji ni bubu son mba, nda nzu biwandi bana he nitu kpe na lu. BSB BSB: He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
53 JID A juu bi iyon ni ikpi bi ndindi nda zu bi iwu du ba hi hamani kpe. BSB BSB: He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
54 JID A zo Israila, mri u ndu ma, ni duba rhimre nda wruhle BSB BSB: He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,
55 JID (na wandi a tre niba timba) ni Ibrahim baba ih'pu ma kase kase. BSB BSB: as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.”
56 JID Maryamu ason mla u wha tra ni Alisabatu rhi nda kma hi ni koma. BSB BSB: Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.
57 JID Nton ngrji Alisabatu a tie, waa a ngrji vren ma, vren lon. BSB BSB: When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.
58 JID kpukpan son ma baba mlah ma ba wo khikle kpe ndi Bachi Irji tie, ni lo suron ma niwu, nda ngrji ni wu. BSB BSB: Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.
59 JID A he niki, ni viwu tandra, ba ye bubu gyen mbru ni vivren'a. Ba ta zinde tima Zakariya niwu. BSB BSB: On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
60 JID Iyhima a sa bawu ndi, “Aian, nde ma nih Yohana.” BSB BSB: But his mother replied, “No! He shall be called John.”
61 JID Ba hla niwu ndi “bi na he ni mla mbi rhi ni nde mba na.” BSB BSB: They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who bears this name.”
62 JID Ba tre ni wo ni tima ndi do hla nde wa ba yo vren'a. BSB BSB: So they made signs to his father to find out what he wanted to name the child.
63 JID Tima a mye duba nu igble wu nha, wa nha ndi, “ndema hi Yohana.” Ndji ba wawu mba ba tie sissri (mamaki). BSB BSB: Zechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.
64 JID Nhuma a kri bwu hari (immediately) i nl'pma a si, wa a tre nda ngyiri ni Irji. BSB BSB: Immediately Zechariah’s mouth was opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak, praising God.
65 JID Sissri a vu ndji bi wandi bana hye ba ba. Ba vu tre kpi bi yi zren ka gon ngblu ngbugblu Judea. BSB BSB: All their neighbors were filled with awe, and people throughout the hill country of Judea were talking about these events.
66 JID Wawu ndji biya ba wo'a, ba yo zi ni suron nda tre “i vren yi ni hye ni he?” Nitu woh Irji a he niwu. 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 JID Tima Zakariya, shu ni Ruhu tsatsra, hla ikpe andi ni he'a BSB BSB: Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:
68 JID “nda tre ndi gbresan ni Bachi, Irji wu Israila, wawu yi a ye zo nda khle ndu kpa-chuwo ni ndji ma. BSB BSB: “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
69 JID A nzu njon kpata chuwo ni tawu ni koh ndji wu nduma Dawuda, BSB BSB: He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
70 JID me andi a tre ni nhyu tsatsra anabi rhi ni sen. BSB BSB: as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,
71 JID kpatachuwo rju ni wo bi yota ni shishi mba ni wo bi-andi ba kamba nita. BSB BSB: salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,
72 JID Ani tie toki nitu do tsro ta lo suron ma mba timbu, niki rhimre ni tsatsra yo nhyu, BSB BSB: to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
73 JID ni shirji ni trema ni Ibrahim, bachi mbu. BSB BSB: the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
74 JID A shirji ndi a ni nuta biwandi a chuta chuwo ni bi kamba nita, ikini tindu niwu hama ni sissri, BSB BSB: deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
75 JID ni tsatsra ti bi, ni shishima wawu ni vrevre mbu. BSB BSB: in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.
76 JID A wu vivren ba yo'u ndi anabi wu Bachi Khikle ni shulu, wuhi kri ni shishi Bachi ni mla nkoma ti nda mla ndji tie ni ye ma, 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 JID nda nu ta to kpe wu kpachuwo ni ndji ma, ni kpa wruhle lahtre mba. BSB BSB: to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
78 JID Ikpe ani he toki ni lo suron Irji mba, nitu kima nza Irji rji ni shulu ani ye zota, BSB BSB: because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
79 JID do kpan ni bi wandi ba he ni bwu mba iwhu i qu. Ani tie kima nda yota ni nkon wu si. 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 JID Vivren a lu gbron nda he ni sen kpa dri, ndaka son ni tsutsu miji gben vi wandi a rju kri ndende ni Israila. 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.