2 PONPDN Duen ir, me kasokasoi ong kit, me saunkakede o papa pan masan sang ni tapi o, BSB BSB: just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
3 PONPDN I ap pil lamedar, me mau, i en inting wong komui, Maing Tiopilus, pwe i lelepokki karos sang ni tapi o kokodo. 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 PONPDN Pwe komui en asa duen meakan me komui aleer, me pung melel. BSB BSB: so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.
6 PONPDN Ira karos me pung mon Kot, o ira ineneweita ni en Kaun a kusoned o tiak kan karos. BSB BSB: Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
7 PONPDN A sota naira seri, pwe Elisapet li dapwan amen, o ira karos likailapalar. BSB BSB: But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
8 PONPDN A kadekadeo ni a kapwaiada a dodok en samero mon Kot ni ansau o, me a pwin pwaisaneki, BSB BSB: One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,
9 PONPDN Duen a kin wiaui ren samero kan, o ansau en isik mairong lao leler, a kotilong ong nan im en kaudok en Kaun o. 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 PONPDN A pokon kalaimun mi liki, wiawia kapakap ni klok en isis. BSB BSB: And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.
11 PONPDN A tounlang en Kaun amen pwara dong i, kotikot ni pali maun en pei saraui en potik. BSB BSB: Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.
12 PONPDN Sakarias lao masani, ap lusikida o masapwekada. BSB BSB: When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and gripped with fear.
13 PONPDN A tounlang o masani ong i: Sakarias, der masak, pwe om kapakap pwaidar, om paud Elisapet pan naitikeda seri ol amen, a koe pan ki ong mar a Ioanes. 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 PONPDN O a pan kare ong uk peren o popol, o me toto pan perenki a ipwidi. BSB BSB: He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,
15 PONPDN Pwe a pan lapalap ren Kaun o, a sota pan nim wain, pil so eu song en soko; a pan dir en Ngen saraui nan kupur en in a. 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 PONPDN A me toto ren nain Israel akan, me a pan kawuki ong Kaun ar Kot. BSB BSB: Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.
18 PONPDN A Sakarias masani ong tounlang o: Da me i en asaki me wet? Pwe i ol laudalar amen, o ai paud pil likailapalar. 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 PONPDN A tounlang sapeng masani ong i: Ngai Kapriel, me kin ariri Kot, o me pakadarado, en lokaia ong uk, o wa dong uk rongamau pukat. 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 PONPDN Kilang, koe pan lotong la, o sasa lokaia lao lel ran o, me mepukat pan pwaida, pweki om sota kamelele ai kasoi, me pan pwaida ni a ansau. 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 PONPDN A pokon o auiaui Sakarias, puriamuiki a pwapwand nan im en kaudok. BSB BSB: Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he took so long in the temple.
22 PONPDN A lao pedoi sang, a solar kak masan ong irail. Irail ap dedeki, me a udial manaman eu nan im en kaudok o. A olol ong irail o lotonglar. 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 PONPDN Kadekadeo ran akan en a dodok lao nikier, a kotin purelang sap we koieilang im a. BSB BSB: And when the days of his service were complete, he returned home.
24 PONPDN Murin ran pukat a paud Elisapet liseanda o mimieta nan deu a saunipong limau indada: BSB BSB: After these days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. She declared,
25 PONPDN Iduen Kaun o kotin wiai ong ia ni ran oko, ni a kotin masan dong ia, pwen kotiki sang ia kanamenok pai ren aramas. 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 PONPDN Ren seripein makelekel amen, me kisin nin ong ol amen, me mar a Iosep, kisan kadaudok en Dawid; seripein makelekel o adaneki Maria. 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 PONPDN Tounlang o kotilong ong nan deu a masani ong i: Kaselelia Maing, kom meid pai, Kaun o kotikot re omui! Kom meid pai nan pung en li akan! BSB BSB: The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
29 PONPDN A lao kilanger i, o rongadar a masan, ap masapwekadar madamadaua: Duen song en ranamau o. BSB BSB: Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.
30 PONPDN A tounlang masani ong i: Maria, ender masak, pwe komui me konekonelar ren Kot. BSB BSB: So the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
31 PONPDN A kilang, komui pan liseanda o naitikeda seri ol amen, a komui pan ki ong mar a Iesus. BSB BSB: Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
32 PONPDN Nan i me pan lapalap, o a pan maraneki Sapwilim en Kaun lapalap, o Kaun Kot pan kotiki ong i mol en sam a Dawid. 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 PONPDN O a pan kakaunda kadaudok en Iakop kokolata, o sapwilim a wei sota pan imwila. BSB BSB: and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”
35 PONPDN Tounlang o kotin sapeng masani ong i: Ngen saraui pan kotin ti po omui o roson en Kaun lapalap pan kipa komui di, i me saraui o, me pan ipwi sang komui, pan maraneki: Sapwilim en Kot. 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 PONPDN O masani, ri om Elisapet pil liseandar ni a likailapala, a pan naitikeda seri ol amen, a kawonu en saunipong ansau wet; iei i me dapwan, 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 PONPDN Pwe sota meakot, me Kot sota kak ong. BSB BSB: For no word from God will ever fail.”
39 PONPDN I ran oko Maria madang kotila pon nana o nan kanim en Iuda eu, BSB BSB: In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,
40 PONPDN Ap pedelong ong nan im en Sakarias o ranamau ong Elisapet. BSB BSB: where she entered the home of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.
41 PONPDN Kadekadeo Elisapet lao ronger en Maria a ranamau ong i, seri o ap mokideda nan kaped a; a Elisapet ap direkila Ngen saraui, BSB BSB: When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
42 PONPDN O ngil laudeda masani: Komui meid pai ren li akan, o meid iasanai ipwin kupur omui! BSB BSB: In a loud voice she exclaimed, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
43 PONPDN A iaduen pai wet a ko sang ia, pwe in en ai Kaun koti dong ia? BSB BSB: And why am I so honored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
44 PONPDN Masani, ni ai ronger omui ranamau, seri o ap mokideda nan kaped i aki a peren. BSB BSB: For as soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.
45 PONPDN O komui meid pai, pweki komui poson! Pwe a pan pwaida, me Kaun o kotin masani ong komui. BSB BSB: Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.”
47 PONPDN O ngen i perenki Kot ai Saunkamaur. BSB BSB: and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
49 PONPDN Pwe a kotin wiaer song en manaman ong ia, me lapalap o mar a me saraui. BSB BSB: For the Mighty One has done great things for me. Holy is His name.
50 PONPDN A kotin kalangan ong di karos kokolata, ong irail me kin lan i. BSB BSB: His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
51 PONPDN O a kotin wia kida lim a manaman akan. O a kotin karawan pasang, me kin lemai nan mongiong arail. BSB BSB: He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
52 PONPDN A kotin sikin wei saupeidi kan sang mol ar, ap id kasapwilada me tikitik kan. BSB BSB: He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
53 PONPDN A kotin kamede kida kapwa me men mangadar akan, ap kotin kadarala kaip me kapwapwa kan. BSB BSB: He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
54 PONPDN A kotin upor kin sapwilim a ladu Israel, o kotin tamataman a kalangan, BSB BSB: He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,
55 PONPDN Duen a kotin masani ong sam atail akan, ong Apraam o kadaudok a kokolata. BSB BSB: as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.”
56 PONPDN A Maria kotikot re a saunipong silu, ap purelang im a. BSB BSB: Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.
57 PONPDN Ari, ansaun Elisapet leler pwen naitik, a naitikeda seri ol amen. BSB BSB: When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.
58 PONPDN O men imp a kan o sau i rongadar, me Kaun o kotin kupura i, rap iang i peren kida. BSB BSB: Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.
59 PONPDN Kadekadeo auel en ran o re pwara dong sirkomsais seri o; ir ari ki ong mar en sam a Sakarias. BSB BSB: On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
60 PONPDN A in a sapeng indada: O kaidin, pwe a pan maraneki Ioanes. BSB BSB: But his mother replied, “No! He shall be called John.”
61 PONPDN Irail ap indang i: Nan sota sau om men me maraneki met. BSB BSB: They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who bears this name.”
62 PONPDN Irail ap olol ong sam a, duen me a mauki, seri en adaneki. BSB BSB: So they made signs to his father to find out what he wanted to name the child.
63 PONPDN I ari poeki slet eu, ap intingiedier o masani: A pan adaneki Ioanes. Irail karos ap puriamuiki. BSB BSB: Zechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.
64 PONPDN A madang silang i wasok pasang o tenap a sapadokada; i ari masani o kapinga Kot. BSB BSB: Immediately Zechariah’s mouth was opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak, praising God.
65 PONPDN A masak kipadi karos, me kaukauson imp ar, o wiawia pukat lolok sili pon nana en Iudäa karos. BSB BSB: All their neighbors were filled with awe, and people throughout the hill country of Judea were talking about these events.
66 PONPDN A karos me rongadar, kin nekinekid nan mongiong arail, indada: Da me seri men et pan wiala? Pwe lim en Kaun o kotin iang i. 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 PONPDN A sam a Sakarias direkila Ngen saraui ap kokopada masani: BSB BSB: Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:
68 PONPDN Kapinga ong Kaun Kot en Israel, pwe a kotidier ren sapwilim a aramas akan dore ir ala. BSB BSB: “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
69 PONPDN O kotin wiadang kitail kamaur patail sang nan kadaudok en sapwilim a ladu Dawid. BSB BSB: He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
70 PONPDN Duen a kotin masanier ren sapwilim a saukop saraui kan, sang tapin kaua kokodo, BSB BSB: as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,
71 PONPDN Me a pan kotin dore kitail la sang ren atail imwintiti o sang nan pa en me kailong kin kitail, BSB BSB: salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,
72 PONPDN O kotin kalangan ong sam atail akan, o kotin kupureda a inau saraui, BSB BSB: to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
73 PONPDN O kaula eu, me a kotin kauki ong sam atail Apraam, en kotiki ong kitail. BSB BSB: the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
74 PONPDN Pwe sen dore sang nan pa en atail imwintiti, ap papa i so masak, BSB BSB: deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
75 PONPDN Nin tiak lelapok o pung mon silang i ran karos kokolata. BSB BSB: in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.
76 PONPDN A koe nai seri pan adaneki: Saukop en me lapalap o, pwe koe pan tiong mon silang en Kaun o, pwen kaonopada sapwilim a al akan. 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 PONPDN Pwen kawewe ong sapwilim a aramas kamaur, iei lapwa pan dip ar akan; BSB BSB: to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
78 PONPDN Pweki en atail Kot a kalangan melel, me marain dakaraki dong kitail sang poa. BSB BSB: because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
79 PONPDN Pwen kamaraini toun pali rotorot o mot en mela, o kainen ong nä atail nan al en popol. 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 PONPDN A seri o kakairida, o kelail ni ngen e, o a kin mimi nan sap tan, lao a pan sansal ong 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.