2 SBY balalemba mbuli ncobalambilwa kuli bakamboni balabona bintu ibyo mpobyalatatikila kwinshika. abo ebalikukambauka Mulumbe uwo. BSB BSB: just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
3 SBY Pabintu byonse ibi ndalepushisha mwabuya, kufuma pacindi ncobyalatatika kwinshika, neco ndayeye kwambeti ndimulembele mbuli mobyakonkanilana. 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 SBY Ndenshici kwambeti mwinshibe cakubinga pali byonse mbyobalamwambila. BSB BSB: so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.
6 SBY Bonse babili balikuba bantu beshikunyumfwila Lesa, kayi bali kukonkela Milawo ne byonse Lesa mbyalikuyandeti babinse. BSB BSB: Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
7 SBY Nomba nkabalikukutepo mwana, pakwinga Lisabeti walikuba cumba kayi balikuba balacekulu. BSB BSB: But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
8 SBY Busuba nabumbi, Sakaliya walikusebensa ncito yakendi yabushimilumbo mu Ng'anda ya Lesa. Pakwinga bwalikuba busuba bwalikoto lyakendi. BSB BSB: One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,
9 SBY Lino kwelana ne cinga ca beshimilumbo, balasala Sakaliya kwambeti ayenga mu Ng'anda ya Lesa kuya kutenta lubani. 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 SBY Pacindi Sakaliya mpwalikutenta lubani, likoto lya bantu balikuba pansa kabapaila. BSB BSB: And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.
11 SBY Lino mwakutayeyela Sakaliya walabona mungelo wa Mwami, kali wemana kulubasu lwalulyo lwanteme pali kutentelwa lubani. BSB BSB: Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.
12 SBY Sakaliya walakankamana nekutina. BSB BSB: When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and gripped with fear.
13 SBY Nsombi mungelo uyo walamwambileti, “Kotatina Sakaliya, Lesa lanyumfu kupaila kwakobe, neco mukashobe lisabeti nakakusemene mwana mutuloba ukamutumbe lineti 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 SBY Nakakukondweleshe ne kukusangalasha cikamba, kayi bantu bangi naboyo nibakakondwe pacebo cakusemwa kwakendi. BSB BSB: He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,
15 SBY Pakwinga mwana uyo nakabe mukulene pamenso a Lesa, kayi nteshi akanwenga waini nambi byeshikukola. Nakakutenga ngofu sha Mushimu Uswepa nkacili mulibunda. 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 SBY Uyu muntu nakenshisheti ba Isilayeli bangi bakabwele kuli Mwami Lesa wabo. BSB BSB: Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.
18 SBY Sakaliya walepusha mungelo uyo, “Nomba nganjishibaconi kwambeti ncolambanga nicikenshike? Pakwinga ame ndacekulu neye mukashame lacekulu.” 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 SBY Mungelo usa walakumbuleti, ame njame Gabiliyeli. Nkute kwimana pamenso a Lesa cindi conse. Nendi elantumu kwambeti nkwambile bintu ibi. 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 SBY Nomba pakwinga uliya kushoma mulumbe uyu ngondamba weti ukenshike pacindi celela, nube cibulu nteti ucikonshenga kwamba, mpaka ibi bintu bikenshike. 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 SBY Pacindi ico bantu balikupembelela Sakaliya balakankamana nkabepushanyeti nicani lamanta cindi citali mu Ng'anda ya Lesa? BSB BSB: Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he took so long in the temple.
22 SBY Lino mpwalapula pansa nkalikucikonsha kwamba nabo. Nomba nabo balenshiba kwambeti labono cimboni mboni, popelapo walatatika kwamba ne makasa mbuli cibulu, neco walapitilisha kuba cibulu. 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 SBY Mpwalapwa masuba akusebensa mu Ng'anda ya Lesa, Sakaliya walaya kucomwabo. BSB BSB: And when the days of his service were complete, he returned home.
24 SBY Panyuma pakendi Lisabeti walemita, lino nkalikupulapula mu ng'anda kwamyenshi isanu nkambeti, BSB BSB: After these days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. She declared,
25 SBY “Lesa lino lanyumfwili inkumbo pakunyinshileci lafunyu insoni shakame pamenso abantu.” 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 SBY Walaya ku mulindu walikukwiweti Maliya. Maliya walikuba wamamikilwa kumutuloba lina lyakendi ni Yosefe wa mumukowa wa Dafeti. 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 SBY Mungelo mpwalashika kuli Maliya walambeti, mitende obe walelekwa ne Lesa. Lesa uli ne njobe. BSB BSB: The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
29 SBY Maliya mpwalanyumfwa maswi a mungelo walatilimuka walipusha mumoyo wakendi eti, “Nikupa mitende kwamushobo cini uku?” BSB BSB: Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.
30 SBY Popelapo mungelo walamwambileti, “Kotatina, Maliya; Pakwinga Lesa lakunyumfwili inkumbo. BSB BSB: So the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
31 SBY Bona nukemite ne kusema mwana mutuloba ukamutumbeti Yesu. BSB BSB: Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
32 SBY “Nakabe mukulene kayi nakakwiweti mwanendi Lesa wakwilu wapitapo. Mwami Lesa nakamupe cipuna ca bwami ca Dafeti. 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 SBY Nakabe Mwami wa ba Islaeli kucindi conse ne bwendeleshi bwakendi nteshi bukapwepo!” BSB BSB: and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”
35 SBY Mungelo walakumbuleti, Mushimu Uswepa nukese palinjobe nengofu sha Lesa wapita byonse nishikakufwekelele. Neco mwana eshi akasemwe nakakwiweti waswepa, Mwanendi Lesa. 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 SBY “Bona mukwenu Lisabeti usa walikwambweti nkaseme, lino lapembelenga kuya kuba ne mwana mutuloba mubucembele bwakendi. Pakwinga ukute myenshi isanu ne umo kakute libunda. 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 SBY Pakwinga paliya ceshi cikamwalile Lesa.” BSB BSB: For no word from God will ever fail.”
39 SBY Mpopalapita masuba ang'ana, Maliya walanyamuka bulwendo bwakufwambana kuya kumusena wa milundu, kumunshi wa Yudeya. BSB BSB: In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,
40 SBY Walengila mung'anda ya Sakaliya nekumupa mutende Lisabeti. BSB BSB: where she entered the home of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.
41 SBY Pacindi Lisabeti mpwalanyumfwa mutende wa Maliya, mwana walatatika kunyanyala mwakukondwa mulibunda mwakendi. Lisabeti walesushiwa ne ngofu sha Mushimu Uswepa, BSB BSB: When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
42 SBY kayi walolobesha ne kwambeti, “Ukute colwe pakati pa batukashi bonse, kayi mwanobe weshi akasemwe walelekwa. BSB BSB: In a loud voice she exclaimed, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
43 SBY Anu njame bani kwambeti mfwakashilwe ne banyina Mwami wakame? BSB BSB: And why am I so honored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
44 SBY Pakwinga mpondalanyumfowa mutende wenu, mwana walatatika kunyanyala mwakukondwa mulibunda mwakame. BSB BSB: For as soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.
45 SBY Ukute colwe pakwinga walashoma kwambeti makani Lesa ayo ngowalambilwa nakubinga nakenshike.” BSB BSB: Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.”
47 SBY Kayi mushimu wakame wakondwa muli Lesa Mupulushi wakame. BSB BSB: and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
49 SBY Pakwinga nendi Lesa wangofu shonse lanjinshili bintu binene, lina lyakendi lyaswepa. BSB BSB: For the Mighty One has done great things for me. Holy is His name.
50 SBY Kayi inkumbo shakendi shili pali bonse bantu abo bakute kumulemeka kufuma kumusemano kushika kumusemano naumbi. BSB BSB: His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
51 SBY Likasa lyakendi lilenshi bintu binene byangofu byeshi kukankamanisha, lamwaya bantu bakute miyeyo ya kulisumpula. BSB BSB: He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
52 SBY Lafunyu Bami bangofu shinene pabipuna byabo, nekusumpula abo beshi kulicepesha. BSB BSB: He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
53 SBY Lapa bantu bakute nsala bintu bingi kwambeti bekute, Lababweshe babile kwakubula kubapapo kantu kalikonse. BSB BSB: He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
54 SBY Lanyamfwa Islaeli musebenshi wakendi kayi uliya kuluba kumwinshila inkumbo BSB BSB: He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,
55 SBY mbuli ncalalaya bamashali betu bakulukulu, Abulahamu ne bashikulu bakendi mpaka muyayaya.” BSB BSB: as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.”
56 SBY Maliya walekala ne Lisabeti myenshi yanda kukwana itatu, panyuma pakendi walabwelela kucomwabo. BSB BSB: Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.
57 SBY Lino cindi cakwambeti Lisabeti atumbuke calakwana, walasema mwana mutuloba. BSB BSB: When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.
58 SBY Beshikamukowa ne banendi mpobalanyufwa mbuli Mwami ncalamubela inkumbo Lisabeti balakondwa pamo bonse ne ndiye. BSB BSB: Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.
59 SBY Mwana usa mpwalakwanisha nsondo ne busuba bumo balesa kwambeti bamwelule, kayi bamutumbe lina lyabaishi ba Sakaliya, BSB BSB: On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
60 SBY nsombi banyina balakana kwambeti, “Welela kukwiweti Yohane.” BSB BSB: But his mother replied, “No! He shall be called John.”
61 SBY Balo bantu balamukumbuleti, “Nomba kuliyawa ukute lina lyamushoboyo kubeshi kamukowa.” BSB BSB: They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who bears this name.”
62 SBY Lino balambila baishi ne makasa, ne kubepusheti, “Mulandanga tumutumbe lina cini?” BSB BSB: So they made signs to his father to find out what he wanted to name the child.
63 SBY Popelapo Sakaliya walasebensesha makasa pakusenga cakulembelapo, ne kulembeti, “Lina lyakendi ni Yohane.” Bantu bonse balakankamana. BSB BSB: Zechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.
64 SBY Mpwalapwishowa kulemba Sakaliya walatatika kwamba, nekutatika kulumbaisha Lesa. BSB BSB: Immediately Zechariah’s mouth was opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak, praising God.
65 SBY Bantu bonse balatina abo balikuba bekala pepi nendiye. Neco lulumbi ulo lwalamwaika mucishi conse ca tulundu twa mu Yudeya. BSB BSB: All their neighbors were filled with awe, and people throughout the hill country of Judea were talking about these events.
66 SBY Bonse abo balanyufwa mulumbe uyo bali kabayeya mumyoyo yabo kayi ne kulipusheti, “Uyu mwana nakabe wamushobo cini?” Pakwinga cilabonekelenga limo kwambeti ngofu sha Lesa shili pali endiye. 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 SBY Lino Sakaliya baishi Yohane, walesushiwa ne ngofu sha Mushimu Uswepa nekutatika kwambeti, BSB BSB: Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:
68 SBY “Alumbaishiwe Mwami Lesa wa ba Islaeli, Pakwinga Lesa lanyamfwa bantu bakendi ne kubapulusha. BSB BSB: “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
69 SBY Latupa mupulushi ukute ngofu, walafuma mulibunda lya Dafeti musebenshi wa Lesa. BSB BSB: He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
70 SBY Ibi walabyambila limo kupitila mubashinshimi bakendi baswepa bakeendi, BSB BSB: as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,
71 SBY Kwambeti nakatupulushe kufuma mumakasa abalwani betu, ne kuli abo bonse batupata. BSB BSB: salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,
72 SBY Walambeti, nakanyumfwile inkumbo bamashali betu bakeendi, kayi nteshi akalubeko cipangano cakendi caswepa. BSB BSB: to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
73 SBY Ncalalumbila kumushali wetu Abulahamu ne kumushomesheti, BSB BSB: the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
74 SBY nakatupulushe mumakasa abalwani betu, kwambeti tukamusebensele mwakubula buyowa, BSB BSB: deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
75 SBY Kayi tube baswepa nekuba balulama pamenso akendi, masuba onse abuyumi bwetu. BSB BSB: in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.
76 SBY Lino mwana obe, nukakwiweti mushinshimi wa Lesa wa wangofu shonse, Pakwinga obe nukabe pantangu pa Mwami, akumubambila nshila. 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 SBY Nukenshibishe bantu bakendi kwambeti, nibakapulushiwe kayi nekulekelelwa bwipishi bwabo. BSB BSB: to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
78 SBY Mwami Lesa wetu ukute nkumbo nakatupe mumuni wa kwilu ulyeti kutubuluka kwa kumaca. BSB BSB: because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
79 SBY nukabe mumuni weti ukamunikile bantu bonse bekala mu mushinshe wa lufu, nekututangunina mulumuno.” 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 SBY Usa mwana Yohani walakula nekushimpa mumushimu. Walekala mucinyika kushikila busuba mpwalabonekela patuba kubantu mu Isilaeli. 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.