3 TAW Yad gos nepin, nad takaw nep agñɨbal ak nepan. Yad pen tap okok ned gak tek, pelpel takaw jɨj anɨb ak pɨyow nɨŋɨd nepin ak nɨm, abe ñu kɨl tɨkɨnɨgebin. Takaw jɨj nɨŋɨd yɨbɨl ak nɨgɨnɨmɨn agɨl, nep ñu kɨl tɨkɨnɨgebin. 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,
6 TAW Kɨli bel God takaw adek ak mɨdupsek nɨŋɨd kɨdek gɨl mɨdel, God nɨgek takaw olap ma yek. BSB BSB: Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
7 TAW Pen Sekalaya bin ne Elisabet ñapay wom. Kɨli bel ñapay olap ma tɨkɨlek, pɨsnep yɨbɨl mɨlep lɨlek. BSB BSB: But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
8 TAW Ñɨn akal Sekalaya bɨne ayɨp wog jɨmñɨl gelɨgɨpal okok, God nop sɨbogep wog gɨnɨg gelɨgɨpal, kɨli tɨkjakɨl mɨdelak. Bɨ an yɨb aplanɨmuŋ, God agnɨgep kal awl mɨgan bɨ sɨbogep nop, ameb kal mɨgan amɨl tap kuy tep owep ak dagɨlɨnɨmuŋ agɨl kɨli jakɨl nɨg mɨdelak. Abayja bɨne okok God nop sɨbogep ñɨn ak apek nɨŋɨd, kɨli gelɨgɨpal anɨb okok jak nɨg mɨdelak, Sekalaya yɨb ak aplanak. BSB BSB: One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,
10 TAW Binbɨ kuŋay yɨbɨl God agnɨgep kal awl seŋayaŋ mɨdɨl God nop agɨlɨg mɨdelak nɨŋɨd, ne amɨl tap kuy tep owep dagɨlɨnɨg kal mɨgan amnak. BSB BSB: And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.
11 TAW Pen God ensel ne olap apɨl tap kuy tep owep dagɨl lep abañ adek anɨb ak, ñɨn yɨpɨd kɨd okok ken yek. BSB BSB: Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.
12 TAW Sekalaya nɨŋɨd, ju dɨl pɨlɨkek BSB BSB: When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and gripped with fear.
13 TAW ensel ak nop agak, Ma pɨlɨkɨnɨmɨn agak. God nop apan ak, nep nɨgup. Bin nak Elisabet ñɨ olap tɨkɨnɨgab agak. Tɨkek, yɨb nop Jon agɨnɨmɨn agak. 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 TAW Nep ke tep gek, mɨñmɨñ awl yɨbɨl gɨnɨgaban agak. Ne ownɨgab ak, binɨb kuŋay yɨbɨl mɨñmɨñ gɨnɨgabal agak. BSB BSB: He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,
15 TAW Ne bɨawl yɨbɨl ak God wɨdɨn mɨdup adek sɨŋak yenɨgab agak. Ñɨg wayn ogɨnap sek, ñɨg kɨles ogɨnap sek ma ñɨŋɨnɨmuŋ agak. Bin nad ne ñapay kogmeg mɨdek, God Kawnan ne ak ñapay nab ayaŋ amɨl ayɨp yenɨgab agak. 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 TAW Yislel binɨb God nop kelɨgɨpal okok, kɨlop agtep gek tep ak adɨkɨd God Bɨawl kɨli yɨl ownɨgabal agak. BSB BSB: Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.
18 TAW Ensel ak anɨb agek, Sekalaya agak, Chɨl mɨlep yɨbɨl lɨpul. Anɨb ak nad tɨtay de yad nɨŋɨd anɨb agɨnɨm, Nad nɨŋɨd apan agɨnɨm agak. 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 TAW Agek, ensel ak nop agak, Yad Gabliel. Yad God ayɨp pelnep mɨdobul agak. Ne yɨp agyokek apɨl, takaw teplep anɨb ak nep agñɨnɨg dad opin agak. 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 TAW Nad takaw yad ma nepan tek, yalɨb nep ak mɨŋel gek takaw agɨlɨg ma yenɨgaban agak. Yokɨp nep mɨd mɨd, ñɨ ak tɨkɨl dapɨl, tepayaŋ takaw agɨnɨgaban agak. 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 TAW Pen Sekalaya ne God agnɨgep kal awl mɨgan ak am pelnep yek, binɨb seŋayaŋ yelak ak gos kuŋay yɨbɨl nɨgɨlak. BSB BSB: Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he took so long in the temple.
22 TAW Kɨdek seŋayaŋ apɨl, takaw olap ma agak. Yɨp anɨgɨl anɨgɨl gup agɨl, ñɨn anep yomek, kɨli nɨŋɨd anɨb agɨlak, Ne kal mɨgan ayaŋ am mɨdɨl, tap olap ke nɨŋɨd owup agɨlak. Ne takaw ma agak, yokɨp nep yek. 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 TAW Pen kɨdek wog gep ñɨn ak gɨjuwɨl, kal ne amnak. BSB BSB: And when the days of his service were complete, he returned home.
24 TAW Kɨdek mɨd dad amɨl, bin ne Elisabet ñapay kogmeg yek agak, Ned bin ñapay wom yelɨgɨpin, yɨp nebeŋ gup agak. Mɨñɨl pen Bɨawl ak yɨp mapen nɨŋɨd kod mɨdek, ñapay kogmeg mɨden yɨp tep gup, nebeŋ ma gup agak. Anɨb agɨl takan anep mamɨd ak we gɨl yolɨgup. BSB BSB: After these days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. She declared,
27 TAW Taun Nasalet anɨb ak, bin pɨlaj olap yolɨgup, yɨb ne Maliya. Bin pɨlaj anɨb ak bɨ olap ayɨp ma kɨnelɨgɨpil. Pen bin anɨb ak Josep nop lɨlak. Bɨ anɨb nop, bɨnonɨm Depid tɨkɨl tɨk dad amɨl tɨkɨlak. God ensel Gabliel nop agyokek bin pɨlaj anɨb ak yek ak amnak. 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 TAW Amɨl agak, Maliya mɨdeban? God nep dɨtep gup agak. Ne ayɨp mɨdebil agak. BSB BSB: The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
29 TAW Anɨb agek, Maliya takaw anɨb ak nɨŋɨd, yɨp taynen anɨb agup agɨl gos kuŋay nep nɨgak. BSB BSB: Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.
30 TAW Nɨgek ensel ak nop agak, Maliya. Ma pɨlɨkɨnɨmɨn. God nep dɨtep yɨbɨl gup agak. BSB BSB: So the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
31 TAW Nad ñapay kogmeg yenɨgaban, ñɨ olap tɨkɨnɨgaban agak. Tɨkɨl, yɨb nop Jisas agɨnɨmɨn agak. BSB BSB: Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
32 TAW Pen ne bɨawl yɨbɨl yenɨgab agak. God adek alaŋ mɨdeb ne agɨnɨgab, Ñɨ yad agɨnɨgab agak. God gek, ne nɨsed yes Depid, bɨnonɨm yolɨgup tek ak mɨdenɨgab agak. 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 TAW Nɨbop Jekop tɨkɨl tɨk dad amɨl tɨkɨpal mɨdebɨm okok, mɨdupsek pelnep yɨbɨl kod yenɨgab ma kelɨgɨnɨgab agak. BSB BSB: and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”
35 TAW Agek ensel ak nop agak, God Kawnan ak nep apɨl, God adek alaŋ mɨdɨl kɨles ne ak nep yu gɨñɨnɨgab agak. Ñapay suŋtep yɨbɨl ak tɨkɨnɨgaban ak, God ne agɨnɨgab, Ñɨ yad agɨnɨgab agak. 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 TAW Nɨgan. Namud Elisabet ne bin mɨlep yɨbɨl lup, kɨli ne bin ñapay wom agelɨgɨpal ak pen, mɨñɨl ne ñapay kogmeg mɨdeb takan anep kagol ayaŋ agak. 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 TAW God tap mageptek olap ma mɨdeb. Tap okok mɨdupsek gɨnɨgab anep mɨdeb agak. BSB BSB: For no word from God will ever fail.”
39 TAW Won olap mɨdɨl Maliya amnin agɨl, tap ne okok dɨl tɨkjakɨl kasek Judiya plopens man dum okok kanɨb pal ak am am, BSB BSB: In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,
40 TAW Sekalaya kal ak amjakak. Amjakɨl kal mɨgan ayaŋ amɨl nɨmud Elisabet nop agak, Nad mɨdeban agak? BSB BSB: where she entered the home of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.
41 TAW Agek nɨŋɨd, nɨmud Elisabet ñapay nab ayaŋ yek ak kaskas gak. Pen God Kawnan ak ap Elisabet nop bak lek, BSB BSB: When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
42 TAW Elisabet takaw awl agɨl, Maliya nop agak, God bin ogɨnap kɨlop kod mɨdeb ak pen, nep gɨtep gup ke tep mɨdeban agak. Ñapay kogmeg nab ayaŋ mɨdeb ak abe kod mɨdeb nop gɨtep gup agak. BSB BSB: In a loud voice she exclaimed, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
43 TAW Yad taydɨl tek mɨden, Bɨawl chɨn ak nonɨm ak yad yɨl apek nɨgebin agak? BSB BSB: And why am I so honored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
44 TAW Nad apɨl, yɨp Mɨdeban age, won anɨb ak ñapay kogmeg yad ak mɨñmɨñ gɨl kaskas gup agak. BSB BSB: For as soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.
45 TAW Pen God nep agup tek gɨnɨgab agɨl nepan ak, tep yɨbɨl agɨl mɨñmɨñ gɨnɨmɨn agak. BSB BSB: Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.”
47 TAW Kawnan yad abe God nop mɨñmɨñ gup, ne bɨ kasɨn gep yad agak. BSB BSB: and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
49 TAW God bɨawl tap okok mɨdupsek gup ak, yɨp dɨtep yɨbɨl gup agak. Ne bɨ suŋtep yɨbɨl, anɨb ak ke yɨbɨl mɨdeb agak. BSB BSB: For the Mighty One has done great things for me. Holy is His name.
50 TAW Binɨb takaw nop nɨŋɨd, ñawl dɨl kɨdek gɨnɨgabal okok, kɨlop mapen nɨŋɨd dɨnɨgab agak. Ñapay kɨli tɨkel tɨkel amnɨgab okok takaw nɨŋɨd kɨdek gɨnɨgabal okok, kɨlop abe dɨnɨgab agak. BSB BSB: His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
51 TAW Ne bɨ ñɨn palawl yɨbɨl agak. Binɨb kɨli chɨn ke binɨb awl mɨdobun apal okok, kɨlop yuk yokup agak. BSB BSB: He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
52 TAW Anɨb ak, binɨb yɨb mɨdeb okok keke amnɨlak agak. Binɨb yɨb ma mɨdeb okok kɨli tep ak dɨpal agak. BSB BSB: He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
53 TAW Pen binɨb tap ma mɨdebal okok kɨlop tap kuŋay nep ñub agak. Binɨb tap kuŋay mɨdeb okok yokɨp agyokek abal agak. BSB BSB: He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
54 TAW God ne based yes sɨkop kɨlop takaw bɨlel agak ak sawl ma gak agak. Chɨn Yislel binɨb wog gɨñeb ne okok, chɨnop pelnep mapen nɨŋɨd kod yolɨgup agak. Based Eblaham sek, based chɨn ogɨnap sek, ñapay tɨkel tɨkel amnɨgab okok, kɨlop kod yenɨgayn agɨl agak tek chɨnop gup agak. BSB BSB: He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,
56 TAW Maliya takaw anɨb ak agɨl, nɨmud Elisabet ayɨp takan omɨŋal nokom mɨdɨl, kɨdek adɨkɨd kal ne amnak. BSB BSB: Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.
57 TAW Elisabet ñapay tɨkep ñɨn ak owak nɨŋɨd, ñɨne won ak tɨkak. BSB BSB: When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.
58 TAW God nop mapen nɨŋɨd kod yek, bin mɨlep yɨbɨl lɨl ñapay tɨkak anɨb ak, binɨb ne okok nɨŋɨd ne ayɨp mɨñmɨñ awl yɨbɨl gɨlak. BSB BSB: Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.
59 TAW Pen ñɨ ak tɨkɨl ñɨn anep kugul ak mɨdɨl, ñɨn jel ak kɨli apɨl wak nope tɨbɨlɨkɨnɨg agɨlak, Ñɨ anɨb awl nap Sekalaya yɨb ak tɨŋɨl yɨj gɨl, yɨb nop ak lep agɨlak. BSB BSB: On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
60 TAW Agel nonɨm agak, Mel. Yɨb nop Jon agep agak. BSB BSB: But his mother replied, “No! He shall be called John.”
61 TAW Agek binɨb ne okok agɨlak, Bɨne okok, Jon yɨb olap ma mɨdeb agɨlak. BSB BSB: They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who bears this name.”
62 TAW Anɨb agɨl, nap Sekalaya nop ñɨn anep yomɨl agnɨgɨlak, Nad yɨb nɨm akal nop lɨnɨgaban agɨlak. BSB BSB: So they made signs to his father to find out what he wanted to name the child.
63 TAW Agnɨgel, nap ñɨn anep yomɨl agak, Yɨp mab bog bad olap dɨl, tap ñu kɨl gep olap sek dowɨm agak. Agek dad apel, adek anɨb ak yɨb tɨkɨl, Yɨb nop ak Jon agak. Anɨgɨl tɨkek nɨŋɨd, kɨli gos kuŋay yɨbɨl nep nɨgɨlak. BSB BSB: Zechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.
64 TAW Pen won anɨb ak, Sekalaya yalɨb mɨŋel gak ak kelɨgɨl, ned takaw agolɨgup tek agɨlɨg, God yɨb nop ak dad aplanak. BSB BSB: Immediately Zechariah’s mouth was opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak, praising God.
65 TAW Binɨb yelak okok, gak anɨb ak nɨŋɨd kɨli pɨlɨkɨlak. Takaw anɨb ak yɨg dad Judiya plopens dum okok mɨdupsek yɨbɨl amnɨlak. BSB BSB: All their neighbors were filled with awe, and people throughout the hill country of Judea were talking about these events.
66 TAW Binɨb okok takaw anɨb ak nɨŋɨd gos pal awl yɨbɨl lɨlɨg agnɨg agnɨg gɨl agɨlak, God gek ñapay anɨgɨl tɨkup ak, kɨdek taydɨl tek yenɨgab agɨlak. Kɨli nɨgɨlak, Bɨawl ak ne ayɨp yek. 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 TAW Jon nap Sekalaya, God Kawnan ne ak gos ñek, God nop takaw teplep ogɨnap nɨŋɨd kɨlop agñak, BSB BSB: Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:
68 TAW God Bɨawl chɨn Yislel nɨb mɨdeb agak. Ne apɨl binɨb ne ak gɨñub, anɨgɨl chɨnop dup agak. Anɨb ak yɨb nop ak dad aplanɨgun agak. BSB BSB: “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
69 TAW Anɨgak ak, bɨ God gos ñek agñeb okok bɨlel agɨlak tek agak. Based Depid, God nop wog gɨñeb bɨ ak, ñapay tɨkek, kɨli pen tɨk dad amɨl apɨl gɨl, nop tɨkɨnɨgebal agak. Bɨawl bɨ kɨles tɨmel olap agyokek tɨkɨnɨgebal agak. Bɨ anɨb ak, bɨ chɨnop kasɨn gɨnɨgab agak. BSB BSB: He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
71 TAW Bɨ penpen ñagep okok sek, bɨ gos tɨmel nepal okok sek, chɨnop gɨ tɨmel gɨnɨgab ak pen, bɨawl chɨnop dɨnɨgab agak. BSB BSB: salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,
72 TAW Ne kɨlop mapen nɨŋɨd dɨtep gup anɨb ak, based sɨkop kɨlop sawl ma gup, gɨnɨgayn agɨl agak tek nep gup agak. BSB BSB: to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
73 TAW Ne based Eblaham nop takaw aglɨl agak. BSB BSB: the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
74 TAW Anɨb agak, Yad nɨbop kasɨn gen binɨb penpen ñagep okok, nɨbop ma ñagɨnɨgabal agak. Ma pɨlɨkɨnɨgabɨm agak. Gos yɨp ak nɨŋɨd, wog yɨp ak gɨl, binɨb teplep yad okok nep mɨdɨl, mɨnek mɨnek mɨdtep gɨnɨgabɨm agak. Binɨb suŋtep yɨbɨl mɨdɨl, wɨdɨn mɨdup yad adek ak, mɨdtep gɨnɨgabɨm agak. BSB BSB: deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
76 TAW Pen ñɨ yad agak. God Bɨawl yɨbɨl ak ne nep agɨnɨgab, Bɨ God gos ñek agñeb yad agɨnɨgab agak. Taynen? Nad ned amɨl, binɨb okok kɨlop agtep ge, kɨli Bɨawl anop kod mɨdaknɨŋ, kɨdek ne ownɨmuŋ agak. 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 TAW Nad kɨlop agtep ge, kɨli nɨgɨnɨgabal, ne tap si tap tɨmel gɨpal okok tɨg walɨg gɨyokɨl, kɨlop kasɨn gɨnɨgab agak. BSB BSB: to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
78 TAW God Bɨawl tep binɨb mapen nɨgup ak, mɨlek tep wɨsɨp alaŋ nɨb ak chɨnop yokɨnɨgab agak. Maynab okok ajɨl, gɨdam pakɨl, kumnɨgabun tek lup ak kelɨgɨl, mɨñɨl kanɨb tep gup adek ak ajonɨgabun agak. BSB BSB: because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
80 TAW Pen Sekalaya ñɨne Jon, ne awl gɨl gos ne abe kɨles tɨmel gɨl gak. Am man nep binɨb ma yelak nab okok mɨd mɨd, Yislel binɨb yelak wɨdɨn adek sɨŋak owak. 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.