2 SAV ɓa kooɗ naandsuk ciŋ ɓooɓi maasoh ina amboh ŋ cambohaaɗa te ɓooɓeem mirndohha nik ɓi na taambkohe woo kiŋ Kooh. BSB BSB: just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
3 SAV Mi nak, ŋ meeksohiɗ baahiɗ findi in ceem jen raakoh ŋ cambohaana po ŋ reehɗohaana, weɗi tah po ŋ namiɗ ɗa waaɗ teeɓ ngaŋ fiis, findi in ceem taambtiɗohohe. 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 SAV Ŋ fiisiɗ in ceem jen ne fu min inah ne, ini fu jangɗu, wa ɗaa. BSB BSB: so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.
6 SAV Ɓa kanak jen ɓa nikee ɓo' yurhiɗ ŋ fiki Kooh ; ɓa meeɗta taambiɗ in ci Heɗ ɓoo nakoh jen na waasiŋ ɗe te ali ɓo' raakeeɗi woyaah ɓa. BSB BSB: Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
7 SAV Waaye ɓa raakeeɗi kuɓu laam Elisabet jaasiree jaasir, te ɓa kanak jen, ɓa nikee yakak. BSB BSB: But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
8 SAV Wa raakka mbeh, Sakariya seeƴkeeɗa wuu Kooh sagu ne e cuuɓaŋ Abiya raakɗohee seeƴka ŋ neeh caam. BSB BSB: One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,
9 SAV Findi ɓa meeɗa tumoh, seeƴkiɗoh ca markiskeeɗa ne Kooh teeɓ ɓa ɓoyi joy aas ŋ Ɗiska Hooliɗaŋ Kahnaŋ Kooh Heɗ ɓoo, ne a fuuɗ cuuraay nga, wa hennda nga ɗe. 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 SAV Ŋ jamanoona cuuraaya na fuuɗohse, tel mboolnda jen ŋ hara kiimeeɗa Kooh. BSB BSB: And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.
11 SAV Malaaka Heɗ ɓoo teeɓukka Sakariya, a nikee ŋ ñaahmaŋ seeƴkohaana na suusohse cuuraaya. BSB BSB: Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.
12 SAV Sakariya hot ɗe hot rek, a feyuusa, a tiitta. BSB BSB: When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and gripped with fear.
13 SAV Malaakaana woosa ɗe ne : « Kana neƴƴoh Sakariya, kiimiŋ ɗa teyɗukuuɗ : ɓitiifu Elisabet hey raake kuɓu ƴaar yi fu na hee teeke Yahya. 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 SAV A hey soosɗe keeñiŋ ɗa te ɓi ɓo' laayiɗ hey sume ŋ raakuukiŋ ɗe. BSB BSB: He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,
15 SAV Laam a hey nikee ɓo' yakiɗ ŋ fiki Heɗ ɓoo, a heyɗi ane biiñ mbaa sangara wiiriis, te a rimkan riifiɗ na Fuuɗsi Hoolohngaani, Fuuɗsiŋ Kooh. 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 SAV Ɓi ɓo' laayiɗ ŋ Israayel, a hey ɓa dokne ŋ Heɗi, Koohiŋ ɓa. BSB BSB: Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.
18 SAV Sakariya meekissa malaakaana ne : « Ŋ min inhoh na ne ineem wa keeh ? Laam ŋ yakak te ɓitiiso ɓitfiɗ. » 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 SAV Malaakaana loffa ɗe ne : « Ñam Jibriil, yi nik na Kooh. A yi woos so ne ŋ gap ɗa in ci neɓiɗ cii. 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 SAV Fu kosɗi woo kiŋ ngo, wa tahiɗ po fu hey muume, fu minissanɗi jomb po mbaɗna ini ŋ woo ɗa raakan ŋ jamanoonaŋ wa. » 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 SAV Waam raak ɓooɓa sekeeɗa Sakariya, ɓa feyuusa ŋ maaña a maañ ŋ Ɗiska Hooliɗa. BSB BSB: Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he took so long in the temple.
22 SAV Wa a pul, a minɗi woo, ɓooɓa inahha ne in hayɗohiɗ ɗe findi heeƴ ŋ ɗiska. A nikka muum, a woyee na ɓa woo muum. 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 SAV Wa mbeh ca a joyee panguk reeh, a haadda kahan ce. BSB BSB: And when the days of his service were complete, he returned home.
24 SAV Wa maañɗi ɓitiice Elisabet ammba rook, a ɗemmba naa caɓin yatuus. A woyeeɗa ŋ ɗooƴ ce an : BSB BSB: After these days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. She declared,
25 SAV « Inii, a Heɗ ɓoo tuma, a baahohiɗ to po, a paƴɗiɗ to kaciikiŋ ngo ŋ ɓooɓi. » 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 SAV A tuuƴ ɗe ŋ cafaƴ inhaaɗi ƴaar na woyse Maryaama. Maryaama yeem, fiira nguɗee cakiim nga ɗe teeksee Suseef te a ɓaahee ŋ cuuɓiŋ Dawuuda. 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 SAV Malaakaana reɓpa, a woosa ɗe ne : « Mi yii kañiɗ ɗa Maryaama, fu yi baahohu ; Heɗ ɓoo a yi na ɗa. » BSB BSB: The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
29 SAV Kañɗoheem feyya Maryaama, a liiɓeeɗa ini wa joy tokis. BSB BSB: Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.
30 SAV Malaakaana woosa ɗe ne : « Kana neƴƴoh Maryaama, Kooh baahohiɗ ɗa. BSB BSB: So the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
31 SAV Fu hey ambe rook, fu raak kuɓu ƴaar ; yi fu na hee teeke Yeesu. BSB BSB: Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
32 SAV A hey nike ɓo' yakak, a hey ɓeeɗkasse Kuɓkiŋ Kooh yi ŋ ɗafka ɗafka, te Kooh Heɗ Ɓoo hey ɗe eɗe Nguuriŋ caac ɓa Dawuuda. 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 SAV A hey adgohe cuuɓiŋ Yaŋhooɓa po faw te Nguuriŋ ɗe moosanɗi reeh. » BSB BSB: and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”
35 SAV Malaakaana loffa ɗe ne : « Fuuɗsi Hoolohngaani, Fuuɗsiŋ Kooh hey haye nga ɗa, hatiliŋ Kooh yi ŋ ɗafka ɗafka hey ɗa saangne. Ineem weɗi tah po kuɓki hoolɗi fu na hee raake hey ɓeeɗkohse Kuɓkiŋ Kooh. 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 SAV Marka, Elisabet yi ndaamu nga ɗa, a rook ; a hey raake kuɓu ƴaar ŋ kiɓitfiŋ ɗe wii. A yi ɓooɓi woyee ne, a jaasir jaasir, moona a rook po wa raakiɗ caɓin yasna-yino. 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 SAV Laam raakɗi ini wooñ Kooh. » BSB BSB: For no word from God will ever fail.”
39 SAV Ŋ neeh caam, Maryaama arra kaɗ ŋ kur, ŋ tangoocaŋ Yudee. BSB BSB: In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,
40 SAV Wa a ree, a aassa kahan Sakariya, a kañiɗta Elisabet. BSB BSB: where she entered the home of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.
41 SAV Elisabet kerah kerah kañɗohaŋ Maryaama rek, kuɓkiŋ ɗe yoonnda ŋ ɗooƴ rookiŋ ɗe. Elisabet riiffa na Fuuɗsi Hoolohngaani BSB BSB: When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
42 SAV a woosa Maryaama ŋ ɗafka ne : « A fu uupiɗ barke ŋ ɓitiɓ ci jen te kuɓki fu na hee raake barke'iɗ. BSB BSB: In a loud voice she exclaimed, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
43 SAV A mi ya ɓa po yaayiŋ Heɗ ɓoo hee so marke ? BSB BSB: And why am I so honored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
44 SAV Wi ŋ kerah kañɗohiŋ ɗa, kuɓki ŋ rookiŋ ngo yoonnda, sagu sum. BSB BSB: For as soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.
45 SAV Suma, fu yi kos ne ini Heɗ ɓoo woo ɗa hey raake. » BSB BSB: Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.”
47 SAV Keeñiŋ ngo soosiɗ ŋ Kooh Mucɗohiŋ ngo. BSB BSB: and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
49 SAV Laam, Koohi Min tumɗiɗ to in yakiɗ. Tiikiŋ ɗe Hooliɗ. BSB BSB: For the Mighty One has done great things for me. Holy is His name.
50 SAV Yirmandeeniŋ ɗe genan gen ngaŋ ɓooɓi neek ɗe gomal nu gomal. BSB BSB: His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
51 SAV A teeɓohiɗ doolndiŋ ɗe. A pasarohha ɓooɓi yaksiɗkiɗ ci. BSB BSB: He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
52 SAV A folla buur. A kurkiɗta ɓooɓi eɗfiɗ ci. BSB BSB: He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
53 SAV A onnda aɗkiɗ ci kañam baahiɗ. A aannja raakiɗ ci yaah ɓarang. BSB BSB: He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
54 SAV A hirpiɗ Israayel ci ñaam ciŋ ɗe. A alkohɗi teeɓoh yirmandeeniŋ ɗe BSB BSB: He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,
55 SAV ŋ Ibrahiima na ɓi puloh nga ɗe gomal nu gomal findi a gapohee wa caac ciŋ ɓoo. » BSB BSB: as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.”
56 SAV Maryaama ɓooffa ŋ ɗiskaŋ Elisabet ŋ ini ɗal ree caɓin kaahay, wala wa uupa, ƴutta a haadda. BSB BSB: Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.
57 SAV Wa noha Elisabet joy ɓasloh ree, a raakka kuɓu ƴaar. BSB BSB: When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.
58 SAV Gentoh ciŋ ɗe na ɓaah ciŋ ɗe kerahha ne Heɗ ɓoo baahohiɗ ɗe ŋ ineem, ɓa ambsukohha na ɗe, ɓa neɓuusa nga. BSB BSB: Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.
59 SAV Wa mbeha a ɓasloh dokuk, ɓa hayya ne ɓa nguɗ kuɓka. Ɓa waaɗta ɗe teek ŋ baab ɓa Sakariya BSB BSB: On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
60 SAV waaye Elisabet woosa ɓa ne : « Muk, a teeksan Yahya. » BSB BSB: But his mother replied, “No! He shall be called John.”
61 SAV Ɓa woosa ɗe ne : « Moo, ɗu raakɗi ali ɓaahi teeku ɗaa. » BSB BSB: They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who bears this name.”
62 SAV Ɓa meekseeɗa Sakariya na yaah findi a waaɗ ne kuɓkiŋ ɗe teeku. BSB BSB: So they made signs to his father to find out what he wanted to name the child.
63 SAV A nakohha waakɗu fiisoha, ɓa eɗta ɗe, a fiissa nga ne : « A teeku Yahya. » Ɓooɓa jen feyuusa. BSB BSB: Zechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.
64 SAV Ŋ ɗiska ɗiska, Sakariya minissa jomb, a woyeeɗa baahkiŋ Kooh. BSB BSB: Immediately Zechariah’s mouth was opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak, praising God.
65 SAV Ɓooɓa genee na ɗe feyuusa ŋ ina raake, ɓa laamtoheeɗaa ŋ kur caŋ tangoocaŋ Yudee jen. BSB BSB: All their neighbors were filled with awe, and people throughout the hill country of Judea were talking about these events.
66 SAV Hatiliŋ Heɗ ɓoo hunee na kuɓka, tahha po, ɓa kerhee naandsukaŋ ineem jen, ɓa liiɓeeɗa an : « Kuɓkii joy ye nik ? » 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 SAV Baabiŋ kuɓki, Sakariya, wa a kaɗ po a minissa jomb, Fuuɗsi Hoolohngaani, Fuuɗsiŋ Kooh riiffa ɗe, a woyeeɗa woo ci puloh ŋ Kooh an : BSB BSB: Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:
68 SAV « Heɗ ɓoo Koohiŋ Israayel ƴeekaah ŋ ini a hirip ɓooɓiŋ ɗe, a muciɗta ɓa. BSB BSB: “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
69 SAV A komiɗ ɓoo Mucɗoh raakiɗ hatil ŋ cuuɓiŋ ñaamiŋ ɗe Dawuuda, BSB BSB: He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
70 SAV findi a gapohee wa maañiɗ, a taambiɗtaa ŋ nguɓ caŋ woosuuɗ caŋ ɗe, te ɓa jen ɓa hooliɗ, BSB BSB: as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,
71 SAV ne a hey ɓoo saɓsohe na sangiɗ ciŋ ɓoo, a muciɗ ɓoo ŋ yaah ciŋ ɓi sang ɓoo jen. BSB BSB: salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,
72 SAV A teeɓ caac ciŋ ɓoo baahkiŋ ɗe, a naandsuk ambtiɗohiŋ ɗe hool, BSB BSB: to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
73 SAV findi a giñɗohee wa caac ɓoo Ibrahiima, BSB BSB: the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
74 SAV ne a hey ɓoo pulɗe ŋ ɓi sang ɓoo, po ɓoo ñaamkee ɗe te ɓoo neƴƴohanɗi, BSB BSB: deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
75 SAV ɓoo nikan ɓo' hooliɗ, yurhiɗ ŋ fikiice ŋ kipes kiŋ ɓoo jen. BSB BSB: in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.
76 SAV Te fu kuɓu, fu nikan woosuuɗiŋ Kooh yi ŋ ɗafka ɗafka, laam, a fu adgan, fu paɗiɗ Heɗ ɓoo waasiŋ ɗe. 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 SAV Fu inhiɗ ɓooɓiŋ ɗe ne, ɓa hey ɗaasse bakaaɗ ciŋ ɓa, ɓa muc. BSB BSB: to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
78 SAV Laam, Koohiŋ ɓoo keeñkohiɗ ɓoo te a baahiɗ. Weɗi tah, a hey ɓoo woosohe siñaari na hee pulohe ŋ ɗafki, mand na nohi na hane pul, BSB BSB: because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
79 SAV ne wa siñaariɗ ɓoo, ɗiski ɓoo ɓoof ŋ ñuusiŋ kakaan ki, a deg ɓoo ŋ waas jam. » 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 SAV Ŋ ineem, njaanja yakeeɗa, liiɓiŋ ɗe ɓaatkeeɗa, a gennda ŋ nduufa po wa a teeɓ Israayel ci haf ce. 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.