2 KOS Elos simusla ma su fwackme nu sesr sin mwet ma sifacna liye ma inge ac sulkakinelik ke tufahna mutawauk me. BSB BSB: just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
3 KOS Ke ma inge, leum fulat luk, ke sripen nga liksreni na lohang in lutlut ke ma inge ke mutawauk me, nga sifacna nunku mu ac wona ngan takunla nu sum ma sikyak uh. 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 KOS Nga oru ma inge kom in mau etu na pwaye ke ma nukewa ma lutiyuk kom kac. BSB BSB: so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.
6 KOS Eltal kewa moulkin moul na suwohs ye mutun God, ac arulana oaru in akos ma sap ac oakwuk nukewa lun Leum God. BSB BSB: Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
7 KOS Wangin tulik natultal, mweyen Elizabeth el tia ku in orek tulik, ac el ac Zechariah tukenina matuoh. BSB BSB: But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
8 KOS Sie len ah Zechariah el oru orekma in tol lal ke sun pacl lun u lal in kulansap in Tempul. BSB BSB: One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,
9 KOS In oana oakwuk nu sin mwet tol uh, srisrngiyuki ke fa mu ac ma kunal in akosak mwe keng fin loang uh. Ouinge el utyak nu in Tempul lun Leum God, 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 KOS ac mwet puspis elos pre likinum uh ke ao in kisa mwe keng uh. BSB BSB: And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.
11 KOS Sie lipufan lun Leum God sikyang nu sel, ac tu layen layot ke loang uh, yen mwe keng uh akokyak we. BSB BSB: Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.
12 KOS Ke Zechariah el liyalak el arulana lut ac sangengla. BSB BSB: When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and gripped with fear.
13 KOS Na lipufan sac fahk nu sel, “Zechariah, nimet sangeng. God El lohng pre lom. Elizabeth, mutan kiom, el ac fah oswela sie wen nutum. Kom ac fah sang inel John. 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 KOS Kom ac fah arulana engan, ac mwet puspis ac fah wi pac engan ke el ac isusla. BSB BSB: He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,
15 KOS El ac fah sie mwet saok ye mutun Leum God. El ac fah tia nim wain, ku kutena mwe nim ku. El ac fah sesseslana ke Ngun Mutal, mutawauk ke el isusla me, 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 KOS ac el ac fah forokla mwet puspis sin mwet Israel nu sin Leum God lalos. BSB BSB: Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.
18 KOS Na Zechariah el fahk nu sin lipufan sac, “Nga ac etu fuka lah ac ouingan? Nga matuoh, ac mutan kiuk uh matuoh pac.” 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 KOS Na lipufan sac fahk, “Nga pa Gabriel. Nga tu ye mutun God, su supweyume in tuh kaskas nu sum, ac fahkot pweng wo se inge nu sum. 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 KOS Tusruktu kom tia lulalfongi kas luk, su ac fah akpwayeiyuk in pacl fal. Ke sripen selulalfongi lom, kom ac fah tia ku in sramsram. Kom ac mutana tia kaskas nwe ke na akpwayeiyuk ma nga fahk nu sum inge.” 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 KOS In pacl se inge, mwet uh mutana soanel Zechariah, ac suk lah efu ku el utyak arulana pahtlac in Tempul. BSB BSB: Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he took so long in the temple.
22 KOS Ke el oatula, el tia ku in kaskas nu selos, ouinge elos akilen mu el liye sie aruruma in Tempul. Ke el tia ku in kaskas nu selos, el orekmakin na paol ac srisrsrisr nu selos. 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 KOS Ke safla pacl in kulansap lal Zechariah in Tempul uh, el folokla nu lohm sel ah. BSB BSB: And when the days of his service were complete, he returned home.
24 KOS Tia paht toko, Elizabeth, mutan kial, el pitutuyak ac tiana illa liki lohm sel ke malem limekosr. BSB BSB: After these days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. She declared,
25 KOS Ac el fahk, “Inge nga etu tuh Leum God El kasreyu. El eisla mwekin luk likiyu ye mutun mwet uh.” 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 KOS Oasr sap soko el us nu sin sie mutan fusr virgin, su ako in payuk nu sin mukul se pangpang Joseph, su ma in fwilin tulik natul Tokosra David. Inen mutan fusr sac pa Mary. 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 KOS Lipufan sac tuku nu yorol ac fahk, “Paing kom! Leum God El wi kom, ac El arulana akinsewowoye kom!” BSB BSB: The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
29 KOS Mary el arulana fohsak ke kas lun lipufan sac, ac el suk na lah mea kalmen ma el fahk uh. BSB BSB: Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.
30 KOS Na lipufan sac fahk nu sel, “Mary, nikmet sangeng, tuh kom ohi yurin God. BSB BSB: So the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
31 KOS Kom ac fah pitutuyak ac oswela sie wen, ac kom fah sang inel Jesus. BSB BSB: Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
32 KOS El ac fah arulana fulat — ac fah pangpang el Wen nutin God Fulatlana. Leum God El ac fah oru tuh elan sie tokosra oana David, papa matu tumal, 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 KOS ac el ac fah leum fin fwilin tulik natul Jacob nwe tok. Tokosrai lal ac fah wangin saflaiya!” BSB BSB: and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”
35 KOS Ac lipufan sac topuk ac fahk, “Ngun Mutal ac fah tuku nu fom, ac ku lun God ac fah oan fom. Ke sripa se inge, wen mutal se inge ac fah pangpang Wen nutin God. 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 KOS Esamul Elizabeth, sie nina in sou lom an. Tuh fwack mu el tia ku in isus, a inge el pitutu malem onkosr lac, el finne arulana matuoh. 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 KOS Mweyen wangin ma God El kofla in oru.” BSB BSB: For no word from God will ever fail.”
39 KOS Tiana paht tukun ma inge, Mary el akola ac sulaklak na som nu in sie siti srisrik inmasrlon eol in acn Judea. BSB BSB: In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,
40 KOS El utyak nu in lohm sel Zechariah ac paingul Elizabeth. BSB BSB: where she entered the home of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.
41 KOS Ke pacl se Elizabeth el lohng kusen paing lal Mary, tulik se insial ah mokuikui, ac Elizabeth el sesseslana ke Ngun Mutal, BSB BSB: When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
42 KOS ac fahk nu sel Mary ke pusra lulap, “Kom pa insewowo emeet sin mutan nukewa uh, ac insewowo tulik se su kom ac oswela an! BSB BSB: In a loud voice she exclaimed, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
43 KOS Efu ku ouiya na yohk se inge in sikyak nu sik, tuh nina kien Leum luk in tuku nu yuruk? BSB BSB: And why am I so honored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
44 KOS Ke pacl se na nga lohngak ke kom paingyu ah, tulik se insiuk inge srosro ke engan. BSB BSB: For as soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.
45 KOS Fuka lupan insewowo lom ke kom lulalfongi lah kas lun Leum God nu sum ac fah akpwayeyuk!” BSB BSB: Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.”
47 KOS Ngunik engan ke sripen God, Mwet Lango luk, BSB BSB: and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
49 KOS Ke sripen orekma yohk su God Kulana El oru nu sik. Inel mutallana; BSB BSB: For the Mighty One has done great things for me. Holy is His name.
50 KOS Liki fwil nu ke fwil El akkalemye pakoten lal nu selos su sunakunul. BSB BSB: His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
51 KOS El asroela po kulana lal, Ac kunauselik pwapa lun mwet inse fulat. BSB BSB: He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
52 KOS El akpusiselye tokosra kulana liki tron lalos, Ac El akfulatye mwet pusisel. BSB BSB: He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
53 KOS El akkihpye mwet masrinsral ke ma wo, Ac supwalik mwet kasrup uh pisinpo. BSB BSB: He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
54 KOS El sruokyana wulela lal nu sin mwet matu lasr, Ac tuku in kasru Israel, mwet kulansap lal. BSB BSB: He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,
55 KOS El esam in akkalemye pakoten lal nu sel Abraham Ac fwilin tulik nukewa natul nwe tok!” BSB BSB: as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.”
56 KOS Mary el muta yorol Elizabeth malem tolu, na el folokla nu yen sel. BSB BSB: Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.
57 KOS Sun pacl lal Elizabeth in isusla, ac el oswela sie wen. BSB BSB: When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.
58 KOS Mwet tulan lal ac sou lal lohngak lah Leum God El arulana akinsewowoyal, ac elos welul engan. BSB BSB: Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.
59 KOS Ke tulik sac el sun len oalkosr matwal, elos tuku in tuh kosreyukla el, ac elos akoo in sang inel Zechariah, in folokin inen papa tumal ah. BSB BSB: On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
60 KOS Tusruktu nina kial ah fahk mu, “Mo! Inel pa John.” BSB BSB: But his mother replied, “No! He shall be called John.”
61 KOS Ac elos fahk nu sel, “Wangin sou lom ma us ine sacn!” BSB BSB: They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who bears this name.”
62 KOS Na elos kaskas srisrsrisr nu sin papa tumal ac siyuk sel lah ac su inen tulik sac. BSB BSB: So they made signs to his father to find out what he wanted to name the child.
63 KOS Zechariah el siyuk sie ma elan sim kac, ac el simusla mu, “Inel pa John.” Elos nukewa arulana lut. BSB BSB: Zechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.
64 KOS In pacl sacna Zechariah el sifilpa ku in kaskas, ac el mutawauk in kaksakin God. BSB BSB: Immediately Zechariah’s mouth was opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak, praising God.
65 KOS Mwet tulan lalos nukewa arulana sangeng, ac pungen ma inge fahsrelik nu infulan eol nukewa in acn Judea. BSB BSB: All their neighbors were filled with awe, and people throughout the hill country of Judea were talking about these events.
66 KOS Mwet nukewa su lohng ke ma inge elos nunku kac ac siyuk, “Tulik se inge fin kapak el ac mau mwet fuka se?” Mweyen kalem na lah ku lun God oan facl. 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 KOS Zechariah, papa tumal John, el sessesla ke Ngun Mutal, ac el fahkak kas inge sin God me: BSB BSB: Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:
68 KOS “Lela kut in kaksakin Leum God lun Israel! El tuku tari in kasru mwet lal ac aksukosokyalosla. BSB BSB: “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
69 KOS El ase nu sesr sie Mwet Lango kulana, Sie sin fwilin tulik natul David, mwet kulansap lal. BSB BSB: He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
70 KOS El nuna wulela sin mwet palu mutal lal oemeet mu BSB BSB: as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,
71 KOS El ac molikutla liki mwet lokoalok lasr, Liki ku lalos nukewa su kwase kut. BSB BSB: salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,
72 KOS El tuh fahk mu El ac akkalemye pakoten lal nu sin mwet matu lasr somla, Ac esam pac wulela mutal lal. BSB BSB: to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
73 KOS Ke sie wulela oa su El orala nu sel Abraham, papa matu tumasr, El wuleang in BSB BSB: the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
74 KOS Tulekutla liki inpoun mwet lokoalok lasr, Tuh kut in kulansupwal ac tia sangeng, BSB BSB: deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
75 KOS Ac tuh kut in mutal ac suwoswos ye mutal Ke lusenna moul lasr. BSB BSB: in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.
76 KOS “Wen nutik, ac fah pangpang kom mwet palu lun God Fulatlana. Kom ac fah fahsr meet liki Leum In akoela inkanek lal, 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 KOS In fahkak nu sin mwet lal lah elos ac fah moliyukla Mweyen El ac nunak munas nu selos ke ma koluk lalos. BSB BSB: to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
78 KOS God lasr El pakoten ac mongfisrasr. El ac fah oru tuh kalmen molela lal in takak ac srekuti, BSB BSB: because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
79 KOS Ac in tololosyak nukewa su muta in lohsr ac ngunin misa, In kol niasr nu ke inkanek lun misla.” 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 KOS Tulik sac kapak ac kui in manol ac in ngunal. El muta yen mwesis nwe ke pacl se el sikyang nu sin mwet Israel. 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.