2 JNI Kasi anime sa wa nyan duru, an deba sa wa tari ajeni, we ana kadura wani. BSB BSB: just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
3 JNI Barki anime ani mi ma, sa ma gunguzuno memerum timum ti riri ti tuba sa mi ma nyettiki i inde hu unu udandang 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 JNI Bati irusi kadere ki mum besa abezizi shi. BSB BSB: so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.
6 JNI Vat uwe ana biyyau bi Ugomo Asere wani, anu tarsa u inso u tize ta Asere. BSB BSB: Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
7 JNI Ani me waa zin vana ba, barki sa Alisabatu ma kem uyoo ba vat uwe waa mu una. BSB BSB: But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
8 JNI Yaa cukuno sa Zakariya ma raa ahira Asere ma zinu cira ukatuma ka kadura kage sa a nya me. BSB BSB: One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,
9 JNI Kasi sa aka zauka debe sa madi hang kadura me, aka zauka a nyimo zauka barki katuma ku Ugomo Asere barki upunsa umucungo. 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 JNI Vat ni ori na nabu wadi wuzi biringara amatara ingi azin nu punsa umucungo. BSB BSB: And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.
11 JNI Aname Bibe bi kadura ka Asere ba eh me bi tonno a tari ti nare ta hira u agadi ahira upunsa u wito unice. BSB BSB: Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.
12 JNI Sa Zakariya ma iri me ma wu zabot biyau bi meki me. BSB BSB: When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and gripped with fear.
13 JNI Ani me bibe bi kadura ka Asere bi gun me, “Kati u kunna biyau ba, Zakariya, barki a kunna biringara bi we me. une uwe me madi yoo vana adi nya me niza Yuhana. 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 JNI Udi kunna mang nan shew, anu gbardang wadi kunna urunta uyoo umeme. BSB BSB: He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,
15 JNI Madi cukuno unu udangdang a hira Asere madi da sa me ubere ba, nani bire bi sizasiza bini kara ba, madi myinca in bi be usuro apuru a inome. 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 JNI Adi kurzo a Isarailawa gbardang a hira Ugomo uwe me Asere. BSB BSB: Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.
18 JNI Zakariya magun bibe bikadura ka Asere, “Indi wu aneni in rusi ani me? mi be ucokoro, une um uwari.” 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 JNI Bibe bi kadura ka Asere, bi kabirka bi gun me, “Mi mani Jibirailu, debe sa ma tunzino aje Asere. A tumum in buki we, tize turunta. 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 JNI Ira, udi cukuno ubabana udda boo tize ba, se rono be sa timum tigeme tidi myinca. Ane ani barki daki ya hem in tize tum ba, sa tidi myinca anyimo uganiya uhuma.” 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 JNI Uganiya anu waa zin nu be u Zakariya. waa innu simira sa ma ziki uganiya gbardang a nyimo udenge Asere. BSB BSB: Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he took so long in the temple.
22 JNI Sa ma suri, dama kem ache u boo utize nan we ba. Wa rusi ma iri imum a tiroo sa ma rani a nyimo udenge Asere. Maa wuzi kasi ubabana sarki tize. 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 JNI Sa tiye ti katuma kame me ka aki, ma dusa akura ameme. BSB BSB: And when the days of his service were complete, he returned home.
24 JNI Usuro atiye ti geme, une umeme Alisabatu ma wu apuru tipeu cibi ma ciki nihunzi me. Magu, BSB BSB: After these days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. She declared,
25 JNI “Imum be sa Asere ma wuzum bati ma karum mu'i aje anabu. 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 JNI Ahira aku bura ku mare manyani niza me Isubu uni nikura ni Dauda mani, niza niku bura me Maryamu. 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 JNI Ma eh magun kubura me, “Ni isi, hu sa wa kem ukaba Asere mazi nan hu.” BSB BSB: The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
29 JNI Anime, ubasa u kubura me uhun ne me barki agburang magu “niyaya ni isi nazige me.” BSB BSB: Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.
30 JNI Bibeu bi kadura ka Asere bi gu, “Kati ukunna biyau ba, Maryamu, hu wa kem uhem ahira Asere. BSB BSB: So the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
31 JNI Ira, udi wu apuru u yoo vana udi nya me niza 'Yeso'. BSB BSB: Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
32 JNI Madi wu niza adi tisa me vana ugomo udadang. Ugomo Asere madi nya me ukpanku wa acoo me Dauda. 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 JNI Madi wuzi tigomo akura a Yakubu sarki umarsa, tigomo ti manyanga ma meme tida mara ba.” BSB BSB: and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”
35 JNI Bibeu bi kadura ka Asere bi kabirka bi gun me, “Bibeu biriri bi di eh we in nikara nu Ugomo Asere. Ane ani unu ulau sa udi yoo me adi tisa me vana Asere. 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 JNI Ira, uhenu uweme Alisabatu ma wuna apuru anyimo a tiwari, upeu utasi wa zigeme in na apuru sa a tisa me unu wabi. 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 JNI Rusa ire imum ida tekime nikara na Asere ba.” BSB BSB: For no word from God will ever fail.”
39 JNI Mariyamu ma hiri dibe dibe ati ye tigino me ma ha anyimo ani pana ni nipin nu Yahudiya. BSB BSB: In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,
40 JNI Ma dusa akura a Zakariya maka iso Alisabatu. BSB BSB: where she entered the home of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.
41 JNI Sa Alisabatu ma kunna ni isi ni Maryamu, vana umeme anyimo apuru ma hinna, anime Alisabatu ma myinca in bibeu bi lau. BSB BSB: When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
42 JNI Ma yeze ni myirang ni meme in nikara magu, “Hu unu imum iriri ini anyimo aneh, imum iriri ini a zo iburu ini ba apuru aweme. BSB BSB: In a loud voice she exclaimed, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
43 JNI Nyanini ya kem sa a'ino Asere am ma aye ahira am? BSB BSB: And why am I so honored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
44 JNI Ira, uganiya sa ni isi niwe me na ribem a titui, vana apuru amme ma hinna inni riba irum. BSB BSB: For as soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.
45 JNI Imumu ihuma ini me sa ma hem agi timum sa abuki me ta suri ahira Asere.” BSB BSB: Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.”
47 JNI Bibeu bum ba kunna mang inna Asere unu bura um. BSB BSB: and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
49 JNI Barki anime meme ugomo udangdang sa ma wuzam anyimo aniza nu meme ni lau. BSB BSB: For the Mighty One has done great things for me. Holy is His name.
50 JNI Ubenki umeme uda marsa me ba uzika ucara u hana ucara sa wa nonzo me. BSB BSB: His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
51 JNI Ma bezi nikara in tari tume, ma samirka ande sa wazin nu wetere unu basa umuriba muwe me. BSB BSB: He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
52 JNI Maa tuzo ahana atigomo a makpanku mawe me maduku yaze ande sa wa sizikiwe. BSB BSB: He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
53 JNI Maa rin ina nu mukomo inti mum tiriri, anu u kem, ma gidi we wa dusan tari ti hura. BSB BSB: He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
54 JNI Ma benki urere u meme Isaraila, bati ma ringi, ma bezi me iriba ineze. BSB BSB: He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,
55 JNI (kasi sa maa buki anka coo aru) uhana Ibrahim nan nikura numeme sarki umarsa.” BSB BSB: as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.”
56 JNI Mariyamu ma cukuno nan Alisabatu ti peu ti taru maduku kuri akura ameme. BSB BSB: Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.
57 JNI Aname sa tiye tu yoo uvana u Alisabatu ta wuu ma yoo vana uruma. BSB BSB: When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.
58 JNI Anu utura ume me nan nanu akura aweme wa kunna agi Asere a bezi me iriba ineze kang, wa kunna mang nan me. BSB BSB: Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.
59 JNI Sa a cukuno anime rono uwitutari wa eh wa gbari vana me, wada nyame niza “Zakariya” usuro acoo me. BSB BSB: On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
60 JNI Daki aneba a inome magu, “Manyarum, adi tisame Yuhana” BSB BSB: But his mother replied, “No! He shall be called John.”
61 JNI Wa gunme, “Uye mazoni sa a tisame inni za nigeme anyumo anu henu uweme”. BSB BSB: They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who bears this name.”
62 JNI WA wuzi ure ugunguzino niya niza nini acoo ma nyara a nyame. BSB BSB: So they made signs to his father to find out what he wanted to name the child.
63 JNI Acoo me ma ikiwe imumbe sa madi nyettike nizameni, “Ma nynyettike yuhana” imumme i nyawe biyau vat uwe. BSB BSB: Zechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.
64 JNI Sa ma poko anyo ameme ni lem me ni dusa derti, ma buu tiza nan ni nonzo na sere. BSB BSB: Immediately Zechariah’s mouth was opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak, praising God.
65 JNI Biyau bi meki anume ta dusa piit apana a ma nyanga ma Yahudawa. BSB BSB: All their neighbors were filled with awe, and people throughout the hill country of Judea were talking about these events.
66 JNI Ande sa wa kunna tize tiginome wa inki tini amu riba vat, wagusi, “Nyanini vana ugeme madi cukuno fee?” Barki sa tari ta Asere tizi nanme. 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 JNI “Ni nonzo na Asere, Asere a Isarailawa, barki sa ma aye ubenki nan nuguguzino u bura anabu. BSB BSB: Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:
68 JNI Asere anu Israila azi gongon, barki ma kem makuri ma nya nice barki anu a meme. BSB BSB: “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
69 JNI Ma yezen duru ni hure nu bura uru a nyumo ani kura ni Dawuda, BSB BSB: He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
70 JNI Kasi imum be sa ma buki usuru a nyoo una kadurame sa ma rani datti. BSB BSB: as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,
71 JNI Madi eh duru in nunu bura a tari ta nu nyara u huza uru vat sa da wa hem in haru ba. BSB BSB: salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,
72 JNI Madi wuzi anime bati ma bezi anka coo uru iruba ineze nan ni mum be sa wa barka ire-re wa inki, BSB BSB: to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
73 JNI Imum be sa wamu barka nan Ibrahim a coo uru. BSB BSB: the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
74 JNI Ma tonikon duru, indabe sa a burin duru a tari tanu nyara uhuza uru, tidi tarsime sarki biyyau, BSB BSB: deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
75 JNI Ahira a lau, tidi cukunoni tau vat ti yei turu. BSB BSB: in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.
76 JNI Eh, nan hu, vaname, adi gum me una kadura ka hira a dandang, ane ani udi nani ahira a Asere bati ubarka tina, ukuri ubarka anabu barki u aye umeme, 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 JNI Ubuki anabu abanga ubenki nan nu visa u sizikime uweme. BSB BSB: to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
78 JNI Udi cukunoo anime barki ubenki sa Asere wa wuzin duru usuru uwui ahira ana za ma eh u benki uru, BSB BSB: because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
79 JNI Ti bezi ma saa ahira ande sa wa ciki ama rew nan nu hurtu iwono. madi wuzi anime bati ma tarsi in tibuna turu u hana ahira ati cukum ti mang”. 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 JNI Aname sa vaname ma unna ma wu nikara abi beu, ma ciki ani jaa uka biki tiyei to suru umeme anyumo anu a Isaraila. 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.