2 NWW Bhatyeka handa mutughombilitwe na bhaabhonite kwa meho ghabhe kuhuma ku ulongohi ghwa lihengo lya Yesu abho ndo andumitumi bhaayilandamihite mihalu ayo. BSB BSB: just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
3 NWW Mbole ya kughulolekeha maha nlando ghula kuhuma ku ulongohi ghwake, mmona ibhegha maha nighutyekele kwa nningo, ghwenga nnongo Tofili, 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 NWW ngati na ghwenga ghupate kumanya yila hoto ya ghala gha ghuhunditwe. BSB BSB: so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.
6 NWW Sakalia na nhumbu ghwake Elisabeti bhoha abhili bhakitama kwa kughatughila ghakaghapala Chapanga paakighayitikila malaghilo na ngwiliho ya Bambo kyanga libhaya, BSB BSB: Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
7 NWW peni bhakibha na mwana ng'obhe, kiyaha Elisabeti kakibha ng'obhe na makakala gha kulela na abha abhili bhakibha aghohi muno. BSB BSB: But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
8 NWW Linjubha limu payibheghite samu yake ya kutendekeha lihengo lya undundame mu Kitutubhi kya Chapanga, BSB BSB: One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,
9 NWW bhakinhaghula kwa njunga handa yibheghite hitohe hya andundame, na kakiyingila mu Kitutubhi kya Chapanga, ngati kakantutumihe luhumba Bambo. 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 NWW Pakabheghite mu lihengo lya kututumiha luhumba, lumati lwa bhandu lukibha lukinnyupa Chapanga panji. BSB BSB: And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.
11 NWW Hinu lihoka ghwa Chapanga kakinbwitukila Sakalia, kakiyima ku nnilo ghwa likuta lya kuntutumiha luhumba Bambo. BSB BSB: Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.
12 NWW Sakalia pakammonite kakiyituka na kakiyingilwa na lyogha, BSB BSB: When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and gripped with fear.
13 NWW peni yula lihoka lya Chapanga liking'ombela, “Ghukotoke kuyoghopa Sakalia nyupo hyako yiyihwanika, na nhumbu ghwako Elisabeti katapapa mwana nnume, na lihina lyake ankema Yohane. 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 NWW Ghwenga ghwabhegha na chekwa na bhandu atangalo bhatayelelwa kwakya kubhelekwa kwa mwene. BSB BSB: He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,
15 NWW Kiyaha katabhegha nkulu paulongohi ghwa Bambo, katanywegha ng'obhe difwai ebu ughimbi peni katamemekwa na Nhuki ghwa Chapanga kuhumila mulutumbo lwa ma ghwake. 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 NWW Na ywombe katabhabhuyiha bhandu atangalo bha Aisilaeli kwa Bambo Chapanga ghwabhe. BSB BSB: Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.
18 NWW Sakalia kakilighombela lila lihoka lya Chapanga, “Ndamanya bhuli kukita nnando aghwo ndo hoto? Kiyaha nenga na nhumbu ghwangu tubhegha twa aghohi.” 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 NWW Yula lihoka lya Chapanga likinnyanga, “Nenga ndo Gabilieli, nndumitumi ghwa Chapanga, naghilwa kwa ghwenga ngati nighughombele mihalo ya maha ayi. 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 NWW Hinu kiyaha, ghunguhyubhalila ng'obhe mihalu ayi yiipala kutulukila mung'ebhu yake, habhu ghwaabhegha ghwanga kulongela mbaka paghatulukila.” 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 NWW Peniapwo bhandu bhakibha bhangunnindila Sakalia panji, kunu paakangacha kya kukabhalila kuhuma mu kitutubhi kya Chapanga. BSB BSB: Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he took so long in the temple.
22 NWW Pakahumite panji kakihotola ng'obhe kuyobhela nabho, kakiapegha naho kwa mabhoko, bhene bhakimanya kukita kabhona mabhono mu kitutubhi kya Chapanga. 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 NWW Hinu manjubha gha kutumikila mahengo gha undundame ghakipela na kakibhuya ukaya kwake. BSB BSB: And when the days of his service were complete, he returned home.
24 NWW Mbole ya manjubha ghala nndala ghwake Elisabeti kakiyima ndumbo, naywo kakibhuka ng'obhe ukaya kwake kwa myehi nhano. BSB BSB: After these days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. She declared,
25 NWW Kakilongela “Ali ndo lyakandendilite Bambo, kannola na kayibhuha honi ya nenga ya kulepelwa kupapa kwa bhandu.” 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 NWW kwa nhinja kamwali yumu ywakaluhitwe na mundu yumo lihina lyake Yosefu ghwa lukolo lwa Daudi. Lihina lya ayo nhinja likibhegha Malia. 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 NWW Na yula ndumitumi ghwa kunani ghwa Chapanga kakinhikila Malia na kakinng'ombela, “Mwika ghwenga ghunonelitwe na Bambo kabhegha papamu na ghwenga!” BSB BSB: The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
29 NWW Malia kakibhughanika muno kwa kya nhalo ghula na kakilikonyekeha mwene mu mwoyo ghwake, “Jambuho ayi fwambulo yake niki?” BSB BSB: Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.
30 NWW Ndo lihoka lya Chapanga likinnyanga, “Malia ghukotoke kuyoghopa, Kiyaha Chapanga kakupegha ghumaha ghwake. BSB BSB: So the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
31 NWW Nnole, ghwayima ndumbo, na ghutalela mwana nnume na ghwankema lihina lyake Yesu. BSB BSB: Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
32 NWW Mwene katabhegha ywa kuhyubhalilwa na bhaankema Mwana ghwa Chapanga ywakabhegha unani mwa hyoha, Bambo Chapanga katantenda kabhe Mutwa kwa kummbegha kiteho kya ghubhutwa kya tate ghwake Daudi. 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 NWW Katakitabhala kibheleko kya Yakobu mumanjubha ghoha na Ghubhutwa ghwake ghwabhegha ghwa nga kupela.” BSB BSB: and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”
35 NWW Lihoka lya Chapanga likinnyanga, “Nhuki ghwa Chapanga kataghuhikila, na likalama lya Chapanga ywakabhegha unani mwa hyoha lyaakugubika, hinu ywaapala kubhelekwa katabhegha Ywakabhaghulitwe kwakya Chapanga, Mwana ghwa Chapanga. 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 NWW Ghumanye naha, nnongo ghwako Elisabeti kabha na ndumbo mu ughohi ghwake na hinu ndo mwehi ghwa sita kwa yula ywakamanyikwa kukita ywa nga kulela, 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 NWW kiyaha kahone lilagho lyanga kuhotolwa kwa Chapanga.” BSB BSB: For no word from God will ever fail.”
39 NWW Mbole ya manjubha gha mandina, Malia kakibha mumwanja na kakiyumbatika mbaka pa kitami kimo kuhitumbi hya Yudea. BSB BSB: In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,
40 NWW Kakiyingila mu kitutubhi kya Sakalia na kunnjambua Elisabeti. BSB BSB: where she entered the home of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.
41 NWW Elisabeti pakayihwite lilobhe lya Malia, mwana ywakabheghite mu lutumbo lwake kakilighalambula, ndo makakala gha Nhuki ghwa Chapanga ghakinhikila Malia. BSB BSB: When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
42 NWW Kakilongela kwa lilobhe likulu, “Ghunonelwa ghwenga kupitingana kwa adala bhoha naywo yughupala kumpapa kanonelwa! BSB BSB: In a loud voice she exclaimed, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
43 NWW Nenga ndo ghani, mbaka ma ghwa Bambo ghwangu kanhikile? BSB BSB: And why am I so honored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
44 NWW Kamu panyihwite lilobhe lyako lya kunnjambuha nonono ghwa mu lutumbo lwangu kakiyelelwa na kulighalambula. BSB BSB: For as soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.
45 NWW Ghunonelwa ghwenga ghuhyubhalilite lila lyakaghombite Bambo kukita lyahotoleghwa.” BSB BSB: Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.”
47 NWW Na nhuki ghwangu ghubhegha na chekwa kwa Chapanga ywakannopolite nenga, BSB BSB: and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
49 NWW Kiyaha Chapanga yunamakakala kanndendela mihalu mikulu, Lihina libhaghulitwe kwakya Chapanga ndo lihina lyanga kulihwana na mahina ghangi. BSB BSB: For the Mighty One has done great things for me. Holy is His name.
50 NWW Lipyanda lyako ghunguatendela bha aghutundamila, Kuhuma ubheleko mbaka ubheleko. BSB BSB: His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
51 NWW Kiyaha katenda mihalo ya mihabho kwa kibhoko kyake, Kabhapwilinganiha bhanaluhimba mumahala gha myoyo yabhe. BSB BSB: He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
52 NWW Kabhahuluha atabhala muhiteho hya ghubhutwa ghwabhe, peni kabhayinula bhala adokwa. BSB BSB: He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
53 NWW Kabhayukutiha bhaabheghite na njala kilibhi kya maha, na bhana utopelo kaabhuha kyanga kilibhi kwa mabhoko gha yaghi. BSB BSB: He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
54 NWW Kantangatila nndumitumi ghwake Isilaeli, pakikulungwa kuapegha lipyanda lyake, BSB BSB: He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,
55 NWW kakulungwa kuabhoneha lipyanda kwa Abulahamu na ubheleko ghwake ghoha mbaka manjubha ghoha.” BSB BSB: as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.”
56 NWW Malia kakitama na Elisabeti mu myehi mindatu, mbole kakibhuya ukaya kwake. BSB BSB: Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.
57 NWW Manjubha gha kupapa kwake Elisabeti ghakihika na kakipapa mwana nnume. BSB BSB: When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.
58 NWW Paayihwite agheghela na aghanja bhake kukita Bambo kanntendela lipyanda likulu, bhakiyelelwa papamu naywo. BSB BSB: Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.
59 NWW Ndo linjubha lya nhano na ndatu bhakihika kudumula unyagho yula mwana, na bhakipala kunkema Sakalia, lihina lya tate ghwake. BSB BSB: On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
60 NWW Peni ma ghwake kakilema, na kakilongela, “Ng'obhe, Lihina lyake kaakemwa Yohane.” BSB BSB: But his mother replied, “No! He shall be called John.”
61 NWW Bhene bhakinnyanga, “Kahone mundu yumo mu lukolo lwako yuna lihina alyo!” BSB BSB: They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who bears this name.”
62 NWW Ndo bhakinntendela naho Sakalia tate ghwa yula mwana ngati bhamanye mwene katapala kunkema mwana lihina lyoki. BSB BSB: So they made signs to his father to find out what he wanted to name the child.
63 NWW Mwene kakiyupa lihamba lya kutyekela na kakityeka naha, “Lihina lyake Yohane.” Bhandu bhoha bhakikangacha. BSB BSB: Zechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.
64 NWW Pindulu kakiyanda kukambuka kangi na kakinnonela Chapanga. BSB BSB: Immediately Zechariah’s mouth was opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak, praising God.
65 NWW Andamani bhake bhoha bhakiyingilwa na lyogha, na lilagho alyo ghukikwila munnima ghwoha ghwa hitumbi hya Yudea. BSB BSB: All their neighbors were filled with awe, and people throughout the hill country of Judea were talking about these events.
66 NWW Ywoheli yula ywakayihwite mihalo ayi kakihwachila mu mwoyo ghwake na kakikonyekeha “Hinu mwana aywo katabhegha mundu ghwa kya bhuli?” Kiyaha makakala gha Bambo ghabhegha papamu naywo. 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 NWW Sakalia tate ghwake yula mwana, kakiyingililwa na makakala gha Nhuki ghwa Chapanga na kakilondola naha, BSB BSB: Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:
68 NWW “Tunnonele Bambo, Chapanga ghwa Akaisilaeli, Kiyaha kabhahika kuatangatila bhandu bhake na kuakombola. BSB BSB: “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
69 NWW Mwene kakitupegha nlopohi yuna makakala kuhuma mu ubheleko ghwa nndumitumi ghwake Daudi, BSB BSB: He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
70 NWW kakilongela kwa ngulu ya ambuye bhakabhaghulitwe kwakya Chapanga kutandila makachu, BSB BSB: as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,
71 NWW kukita katatulopoha kwa amyanja bhetu na kutuhumiha mu makakala gha bhala bhoha bhaatulema. BSB BSB: salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,
72 NWW Kakilongela kataabhonela lipyanda atate bhetu, na kaalikulungwa ninganilo liibhaghulitwe na Chapanga. BSB BSB: to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
73 NWW Kilapo kyakanlapilite Abulahamu hukulu ghwetu, BSB BSB: the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
74 NWW kutulopoha kuhuma mu makakala gha amyanja bhetu ngati tuntumikile kyanga lyogha, BSB BSB: deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
75 NWW Ngati tubheghe bhakabhaghulitwe na Chapanga na ayitikila bha malaghilo ghake, mumanjubha ghoha gha ubhumi ghwetu. BSB BSB: in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.
76 NWW Ghwenga mwana ghwangu, ghwakemwa mbuye ghwa Chapanga ywakabhegha unani ghwa hyoha kiyaha ghwabhegha pa ulongohi gwa Bambo na kutendekeha njila kwa kya Bambo. 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 NWW Kubhalandamiha bhandu kukita bhatalopolehwa, kwa kulekekehwa ulemwa ghwabhe. BSB BSB: to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
78 NWW Upalo ghwa Chapanga na lipyanda lyake lyatutenda tubheghe bhakabhaghulitwe na Chapanga, handa nkenge palutuyakila unani mwetu. BSB BSB: because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
79 NWW Kwa twenga tuutama mu kihwili kya lubhindu kya kiho, bhwelo alo lutubhutukila na kutulongoha mu ubhumi ghwa uhihimilo.” 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 NWW Yula mwana kakikula na kuyonjokeheka makakala munhuki. Kakitama ku kibhala mbaka linjubha lila pakabwitukilite kwa Akaaisilaeli. 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.