2 PLJ Wu rǝsh bar ju mǝ kum gwa, bi dǝ munju shin bar ju na ger gǝzǝn terka kan den ritǝn gip dlom gǝmi kan wu yari jen shirǝm kǝ Yam gwa, wi ni wu bi mi. BSB BSB: just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
3 PLJ Den untuwo, ar ni na gam gǝni a zhit bar kup na ne gǝs kǝ pitǝn gǝzǝn, ar ni a shin ar ndari'e a rǝshi'i bar kup ndekes, mǝn nartǝn Tiyopilus, 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 PLJ kǝ dǝ kǝ mom ge shirǝm kǝ bar ju kan kulci'i kup gwa. BSB BSB: so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.
6 PLJ Kup gǝzǝn mǝn bǝrti Yam kan pi mbuni dǝmi cina dǝ Yam gwani, wu kop doka kǝ Yam kup asǝm na gǝse. BSB BSB: Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
7 PLJ Ama wira na mimir da'a domici Alisabatuwo njikǝn ni, win ju ngap wu korsi wi. BSB BSB: But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
8 PLJ Gasi gon, nan Zakariya ra den pi mbap gǝs kǝ mǝn keri bar ju ɗiri Yam den am kǝ mbarǝm cina dǝ Yami, nan an ɗir den kungiya gǝzǝn gwa, BSB BSB: One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,
9 PLJ den bi al'ada kandatu ne kǝ dǝ mǝn keri bar ju ɗiri Yam den am kǝ mbarǝm wu kop gwa, ba zǝzar ti kǝ tǝ te gip Bom kǝ Yam dǝ tǝ la kunu mǝn tǝmi kasǝri. 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 PLJ Mbarǝm na womti eso wu ra kari, wu den shirǝm na Yam, nan den la'i kunu mǝn tǝmi kasǝri gwa. BSB BSB: And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.
11 PLJ Kan mǝn kartǝn kǝ Yam ba ɗǝl kar Zakariya, dlor den am shimli kǝ ba la'i kunu mǝn tǝmi kasǝri. BSB BSB: Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.
12 PLJ Nan Zakariya shin tǝwo, ar ni mbatl tari ti kan bǝrti ba nǝm ti. BSB BSB: When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and gripped with fear.
13 PLJ Ama mǝn kartǝn kǝ Yami wul ti'e, <<Ba kǝ kum bǝrti da'a, Zakariya, Yam kum lirtǝn gi wi. Nagǝr gi Alisabatu ba gǝri'i nya, ki ne ti sun'e 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 PLJ Ti dǝmi'i bar kǝ ghol mbatl na kumi tǝmi, mbarǝm na womti ba pi ghol mbatl na gǝri gǝsi, BSB BSB: He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,
15 PLJ ti dǝm mǝn nartǝn cina dǝ Babom Yami. Ti tla ɗu da'a na bar mǝn hutǝn kup, bar mǝn kemi gheri gami. Yam ba la'i ti na Ruhu gǝsi tun te tu dǝ naska. 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 PLJ Ti pali mbarǝm kǝ Isra'ila na womti ɗir kar Babom Yam gǝzǝni. BSB BSB: Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.
18 PLJ Zakariya wul mǝn kartǝn kǝ Yami'e, <<Imni a mani momi argon tu kǝ yari ba pi rawu? Ami korsi ni nagǝr gǝn ngapo sheti ghon gǝs womti wi.>> 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 PLJ Mǝn kartǝn kǝ Yami nǝmi ti, tǝ wule, <<Ami ni'e Jibra'ilu, a dlǝr cina dǝ Yami, arni kan ba karǝm dǝ a shirǝm nan ki, a yari'i zo shirǝm kǝni. 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 PLJ Kǝkǝno ki sa shot, ki'i mani shirǝm da'a, se gas tu kan bar tu ni piwi gwa, den kǝ la shirǝm gǝn mbatl da'a, muntu ba dǝm hoyi den kanda tu a yari gwa.>> 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 PLJ Mbarǝm ba dlǝr wu den ɓuti dǝ Zakariya ɗǝl teri, wu den damtǝn den ununu kem tǝ ɗǝl ter gip Bom kǝ Yam bǝle da'a. BSB BSB: Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he took so long in the temple.
22 PLJ Nan tǝ ɗǝl tero, tǝ'i mani shirǝm nan wur da'a. Wu mom'e tǝ shin ni ruya gip Bom kǝ Yami kan tǝ nǝm shirǝm nan wur na ame, ama tǝ'i mani shirǝm da'a. 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 PLJ Nan pǝt mbap gǝs pawo, ar ni tǝ pal rǝn bomka. BSB BSB: And when the days of his service were complete, he returned home.
24 PLJ Den kar kǝ untuwo, kan nagǝr gǝs Alisabatu ba zam tu'e, ar ni tǝ ghundǝr gam gǝska kǝ kyar nantam gip bomi. BSB BSB: After these days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. She declared,
25 PLJ Alisabatu wule,<<Yam ni pim untu, Gip muri jino Babom Yam shin guna gǝni, tǝ ɗǝlim shamka gip mbarǝme.>> 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 PLJ kar nye gǝr kan mom moni wi da'a, muntu Isubu gǝs gal kǝ Dauda ri o da ti gwa, tǝ pǝn gip mbatl gǝs tǝ gudlǝmi nan ti gwa, sun kǝ nye gǝri'e 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 PLJ Mǝn kartǝn kǝ Yami ri kar ti tǝ wul ti'e, <<Dǝ shirmi ika! Babom Yam ba kum tǝmi gi, Babom Yam ra nan ki.>> BSB BSB: The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
29 PLJ Nan Maryamu kum shirmitǝn tuwo ar dlǝkǝn ti hoyi, tǝ den damtǝn den'e unu shirmitǝn utu untu. BSB BSB: Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.
30 PLJ Ama mǝn kartǝn kǝ Yami wul ti'e, <<Ba dǝ bǝrti ci'i da'a Maryamu, kǝ zam cirtǝn cina dǝ Yam wi. BSB BSB: So the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
31 PLJ Ki zam tu'e, ki gǝr nya, ki ne ti sun'e Yesu. BSB BSB: Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
32 PLJ Ti dǝm bar mbarǝme, ba wul ti’e nya bar gun kǝ to yamka, Babom Yam ba bi ti dandi kǝ bas 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 PLJ Ti pi mulki gam bom kǝ Yakubu bat na patǝni, mulki gǝs ba pa da'a!>> BSB BSB: and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”
35 PLJ Mǝn kartǝn kǝ Yami nǝmi ti, tǝ wule, <<Ruhu kǝ Yam ba sur den ki, iko kǝ Bar Gun kǝ to Yamka baa ghum kika. Ra untuwo, nya tu ki gǝriwo ti nǝra na wani pitǝn da'a, ba wul ti'e Nya Yami. 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 PLJ Ar tu erǝm gi Alisabatu nan ba wule ti njikǝn ni ma na korsitǝn gǝsi, kǝkǝn untu tǝra na tu kyar mukka. 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 PLJ Argon ra da'a kan Yam ba mbu pi da gwa.>> BSB BSB: For no word from God will ever fail.”
39 PLJ Murka njemo, ar ni Maryamu tli na zhotǝne tǝ ri gip bǝn gon gip atl tlǝndǝr kǝ mǝn Yahuda, BSB BSB: In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,
40 PLJ las tu Zakariya ra gwa, tǝ te gip bomi, tǝ shirmi Alisabatu. BSB BSB: where she entered the home of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.
41 PLJ Nan Alisabatu kum shirmitǝn kǝ Maryamuwo, ar ni nya kǝ te tu gǝska jiti ti, kan ba la'i Alisabatu na Ruhu kǝ Yami. BSB BSB: When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
42 PLJ Tǝ shirǝm na bar yar tǝ wule, <<Ki mǝn albarka ni gip mǝtli, nya tu ki gǝriwo mǝn albarkani! BSB BSB: In a loud voice she exclaimed, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
43 PLJ Unun kem zo bar kǝn zamǝn untu, nan nasi Babom gǝn ba ɗir ra karǝm gwa wu? BSB BSB: And why am I so honored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
44 PLJ Nan shirmitǝn gi su kǝm damo, arni nya kǝ te tu gǝnka jiti ti na ghol mbatli. BSB BSB: For as soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.
45 PLJ Mǝn albarka ni'e muntu nǝm'e shirǝm tu Yam yari tiwo, ar ba pi untu gwa.>> BSB BSB: Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.”
47 PLJ Ruhu gǝn ba pi pighol mbatl gip Yam mǝn ɗǝli gǝni. BSB BSB: and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
49 PLJ den bar ju kan Yam mǝn nartǝn pim gwa, sun gǝso dlǝran ni ar ra. BSB BSB: For the Mighty One has done great things for me. Holy is His name.
50 PLJ Guna gǝs ba ri den mǝn ju ba bi ti nartǝn gwa, zhan ar kop zhan. BSB BSB: His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
51 PLJ Ya pi kiri mbap na am gǝs mǝn ndǝrtǝn, tǝ gǝzan mǝn dlari gamka na kup arjen ju ba se wur gip mbatl gǝzǝn gwa. BSB BSB: He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
52 PLJ Ya shu gunka den dandi gǝzǝni, kan tǝ ɗǝɗa mun ju kan mom nan wur dagwa. BSB BSB: He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
53 PLJ Tǝ la'i tu kǝ mǝn kumi guzum na mbuni bari, kan ti za mǝn bar kǝ am am koni. BSB BSB: He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
54 PLJ Tǝ ne am zher gǝs Isra'ila ra, tǝ tune na gudlǝm shirǝm gǝs kǝ kumi guna'i BSB BSB: He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,
55 PLJ den tǝ pi ga gigi gǝmi Ibǝrahim na mimir gǝs kǝ kumi guna gǝzǝn an ri patǝn bari.>> BSB BSB: as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.”
56 PLJ Maryamu dǝm na Alisabatu wule kǝ kyar myakan kan tǝ pal rǝn bomka. BSB BSB: Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.
57 PLJ Nan pǝt mbi rawi kan Alisabatu ba gǝr nya gǝso, ar ni tǝ gǝr nye moni BSB BSB: When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.
58 PLJ Berǝm dǝmi na mǝn gǝs nan wu kum zo bar tu Yam pi tǝwo, ar ni wu pi ghol mbatl nan ti. BSB BSB: Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.
59 PLJ Nan muri wuzupse la'i wo, ar ni wu ɗir kǝ dǝ wu sǝr nyayi. Wu ndu far'e wu ne ti sun kǝ bas Zakariya, BSB BSB: On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
60 PLJ ama nas nge gǝs tǝ wule, <<O'o, dǝ la ti bi'e Yohana.>> BSB BSB: But his mother replied, “No! He shall be called John.”
61 PLJ Wu wul ti'e, <<Murgon ra gip mǝn gi na sun tu daa.>> BSB BSB: They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who bears this name.”
62 PLJ Ar ni wu pi bas ame, kǝ dǝ wu mom unu sun ni tǝ ndu'e dǝ ne nyayi. BSB BSB: So they made signs to his father to find out what he wanted to name the child.
63 PLJ Tǝ liri ba rǝshi, ar ni tǝ rǝshi, <<Sun gǝs'e Yohana.>> Bar tu dlǝkǝn mbarǝm ju ra lasi gwa. BSB BSB: Zechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.
64 PLJ Bartu, ar ni bi kǝ Zakariya ɓuli, tǝ shirǝme, kan tǝ nǝm ɗǝɗa Yami. BSB BSB: Immediately Zechariah’s mouth was opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak, praising God.
65 PLJ Kan bǝrti ba nǝm berǝm dǝmi gǝzǝn kup, mbarǝm ba nǝm yari shirǝm den bar tu nan pi untu gwa, kup gip atl mǝn tlǝndǝr kǝ mǝn Yahuda. BSB BSB: All their neighbors were filled with awe, and people throughout the hill country of Judea were talking about these events.
66 PLJ Kup muntu kum shirǝm tuwo, tǝ wul tor gip mbatl gǝs'e, <<Imni nya tu bari kǝ dǝmiwe?>> Den wu momi am kǝ Yam ra nan ti. 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 PLJ Bas Zakariya laa na Ruhu kǝ Yami, ar ni tǝ yari shirǝm kǝ Yam tǝ wule, BSB BSB: Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:
68 PLJ <<Mǝ ɗǝɗani Babom Yam kǝ Isra'ila den tǝ ɗir kar mbarǝm gǝs tǝ ɗǝli wuri. BSB BSB: “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
69 PLJ Tǝ bi mi mǝn ɗǝli gǝmi mǝn iko gip bom kǝ zher gǝs Dauda. BSB BSB: He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
70 PLJ Kanda tu tǝ yari terka bi dǝ mǝn yari shirǝm kǝ Yam mǝn tsarki. BSB BSB: as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,
71 PLJ Den mii zam ɗǝltǝn wi am dǝ mǝn nge gǝmi, na mǝn ju ba ndu mi da gwa. BSB BSB: salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,
72 PLJ Yam gode kori gǝmi guna gere, kan tǝ tune na gudlum shirǝm gǝs kǝ far mǝn tsarki nan tǝ pi wur gwa. BSB BSB: to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
73 PLJ Gudlum shirǝm tu nan tǝ yari kori gǝmi kǝ far Ibǝrahim. BSB BSB: the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
74 PLJ Tǝ ɗǝli mi am dǝ mǝn nge gǝmi, kǝ dǝ mǝ bote ti bat na bǝrti. BSB BSB: deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
75 PLJ Mǝ dǝm ni dlǝran na pitǝn dlat cina dǝ Yam gip muri gǝmi kup. BSB BSB: in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.
76 PLJ Ki nya gǝn eso, ba la kibi'e mǝn yari shirǝm kǝ bar Gun kǝ to yamka. Ki ri cina dǝ Babomi, kǝ kǝrkǝmi ti guntǝpe. 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 PLJ Ki yari mbarǝm gǝs kandatu wi zam tǝp ɗǝltǝn gip dun mbatl tǝp kǝ ba ho’i warwat pitǝn gǝzǝnka gwa. BSB BSB: to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
78 PLJ Gip womti shini guna kǝ Yam gǝmi, cirtǝn kǝ pǝt kan ba ɗǝl tor gǝsi ba ɗǝl sur yam an cir den mi, BSB BSB: because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
79 PLJ ar ba cir den mǝn dǝmi gip dǝmǝni, na gip gos kǝ mǝshtǝni, ar baa kop nan mi den tǝp kǝ dǝmi zhilili.>> 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 PLJ Yohana nyayi nari, tǝ dǝm na ndǝrtǝn gip ruhu, tǝ dǝm gǝs rǝn gip lǝpka se gastu kan tǝ ɗǝl ɗir gip mbarǝm kǝ pi mbarǝm kǝ Isra'ila wazu gwa. 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.