2 TCZCHONG Ama hon amittah a mu seijui masaho thulhut amangcha uvin ahi. BSB BSB: just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
3 TCZCHONG Thil jouse abul'a pat phatah a kholchil ahitoh lhon'in, keiman jong chingthei tah a nangma dinga jihdoh ding kakigel lhah ahitai, jana sangpen chang Theophilus, 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 TCZCHONG chutia chu thutah na-na kihil jouse chu ahimong nai ti nanopna ding ahi. BSB BSB: so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.
6 TCZCHONG Zechariah le Elizabeth chu Pathen mitmun achonpha lhon'in, Pakai dan thupeh le chonna dan jouse chingthei tah a jui ahi lhon'e. BSB BSB: Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
7 TCZCHONG Elizabeth in nao avop theilou jeh chun cha aneilhon pon, chule ani lhon'in hateh in ateh gel lhontai. BSB BSB: But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
8 TCZCHONG Nikhat Zechariah chun Hou-In sungah Pathen kin abolin, ajeh chu chuche hapta sunga chu mopohna chang ahi. BSB BSB: One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,
9 TCZCHONG Thempuho chonna ngai banga, ama chu Hou-In muntheng sunga lut a chule thil namtui hal dinga lhendoh hi ahi. 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 TCZCHONG Thil namtui akihal jing laiyin, mipi tamtah pamlangah ading'un taona amang uve. BSB BSB: And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.
11 TCZCHONG Zechariah muntheng sunga aumpet in Pakai vantil khat ahengah ahung kilah in, maicham phung jetlam achun adingin ahi. BSB BSB: Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.
12 TCZCHONG Zechariah in hichu amu phat in akithing'in hatah in akicha tan ahi. BSB BSB: When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and gripped with fear.
13 TCZCHONG Ahivangin vantil chun aseijin, “Kicha hih in Zechariah! Pathen'in nataona asangtai. Na inneipi Elizabeth in chapa khat nahinpeh ding, chule amin John nasah ding ahi. 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 TCZCHONG Nangman kipana lentah nanei ding, chule mi tampi ama pen a kipah ding ahi, BSB BSB: He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,
15 TCZCHONG ijeh inem itile ama chu Pakai mitmua hung len ding. Aman ju kiti le khamna thei thil kiti atohkhah thei louding. Ama chu apen masang jenga jong Lhagao Theng dimset ding ahi. 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 TCZCHONG Chule aman Israel mi tamtah Pakai a Pathen'u henga alehei ding ahi. BSB BSB: Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.
18 TCZCHONG Zechariah chun vantil jah a aseijin, “Hitobang hi aso ding ken iti kahet thei ding ham? Tun keima kateh tan, chule ka inneipi jong kum tamtah alhing tai,” tin adong tai. 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 TCZCHONG Chuin vantil chun aseijin, “Keima Gabriel kahi! Pathen angsung tah a ding kahi. Ama ahi keima nahenga hiche Kipana Thupha podinga eihin sol ah; 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 TCZCHONG Ahinlah tun, nangman kasei na tahsan pon, chujeh a nangma nathipbeh ding chule nao apen tokah a paothei louva naum ding ahitai. Ajeh chu ka thusei chengse hi aphat cha guilhung tei ding ahi,” ati. 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 TCZCHONG Achutilai chun mipi hon Zechariah chu ahung potdoh ding angah jingun, ipi bol'a hibanga hi sot den hitam tin alungdong gam tauvin ahi. BSB BSB: Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he took so long in the temple.
22 TCZCHONG Achainakeiya ahung potdoh phat chun ama apaodoh thei tapon ahi. Chuin ama hon amaiso le apaothei louva kon chun Hou-In muntheng sunga chu mu anei hinte ti ahedoh un ahi. 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 TCZCHONG Zechariah in Hou-In a athempu natoh hapta alhin phat in inlam'a akile tan ahi. BSB BSB: And when the days of his service were complete, he returned home.
24 TCZCHONG Phat chomkhat jouvin ajinu Elizabeth chu ahung gai paiyin chule lha nga jen potdoh louvin aum thipbeh tan ahi. BSB BSB: After these days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. She declared,
25 TCZCHONG “Pakai iti phat hitam!” tin aphongdoh in “Aman ka chaneilou jeh a jumna eilah mang peh tai,” ati. 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 TCZCHONG nungah theng Mary hengah asol'in ahi. Amanu chu Joseph kiti Leng David insung khailhah pasal khat toh kicheng dinga got a um ahitai. 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 TCZCHONG Gabriel chu amanu hengah akilah in aseitai, “Chibai, sahluttah nu! Pakaijin naumpi,” ati. BSB BSB: The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
29 TCZCHONG Lungdong le lung kika lahlah pum in Mary in vantil thusei chu ipi tina ahi agel tai. BSB BSB: Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.
30 TCZCHONG “Kicha hih in, Mary,” tin vantil chun aseitan ahi, “Ajeh chu nangman Pathen lunglhaina nakimutai!” BSB BSB: So the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
31 TCZCHONG “Nangma gaiyin natin chapa khat nahin ding chule amin Jesu nasah ding ahi. BSB BSB: Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
32 TCZCHONG Ama hung len ding chule Chungnung pen Chapa kiti ding ahi. Pakai Pathen'in apu David laltouna apeh ding ahi. 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 TCZCHONG Chule Israel chunga tonsot a vai apoh ding, alenggam in beitih aneilou ding ahi!” ati. BSB BSB: and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”
35 TCZCHONG Vantil chun adonbut in, “Lhagao Theng na chunga hung chu ding, chule chungnung pen thaneina in na lekhu ding ahi. Hijeh a chu naosen apeng ding chu atheng hi ding chule ama chu Pathen Chapa kiti ding ahi. 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 TCZCHONG Ipi aval um ding ham, nasopinu Elizabeth in jong ateh nungin nao avop tai! Mi hon aching'ah ahi atiuvin, hinlah tun chapa khat avop in lhagup alhingtai. 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 TCZCHONG Ajeh chu Pathen dingin ima ahimo aumpoi” ati. BSB BSB: For no word from God will ever fail.”
39 TCZCHONG Ni phabep jouvin Mary jong Judea gam thinglhang lang, BSB BSB: In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,
40 TCZCHONG Zechariah chenna khoa chun acheloi chel'in ahi. Amanu insung alut in Elizabeth chu chibai aboh e. BSB BSB: where she entered the home of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.
41 TCZCHONG Mary'n chibai aboh gin ajah chun Elizabeth naosen chu a-oisung a chun ahung kichom in, chule Elizabeth chu Lhagao Theng adimset tan ahi. BSB BSB: When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
42 TCZCHONG Elizabeth in kipanan ka cheng ahinlon Mary jah a chun aseitai, “Pathen'in numei jouse chunga phatthei naboh ahitai, chule na cha jong anunnom'e. BSB BSB: In a loud voice she exclaimed, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
43 TCZCHONG Ipi jeh a hibanga jana kachan a ka Pakai nu in eihung vil ham? BSB BSB: And why am I so honored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
44 TCZCHONG Nei lemna awcheng kajah chun kasunga naocha kipah in ahung kichom'e. BSB BSB: For as soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.
45 TCZCHONG Anun nom nahi, ajeh chu Pakaijin asei chu abol ding ahi ti na tahsan e,” ati. BSB BSB: Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.”
47 TCZCHONG Kalhagao eihuhhing pu Pathen chunga iti kipa thanom hitam! BSB BSB: and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
49 TCZCHONG Ajeh chu Hatchungnungpa chu atheng ahi, chule aman keima din thil loupi abol'e BSB BSB: For the Mighty One has done great things for me. Holy is His name.
50 TCZCHONG Aman ahepina akhang akhang'in ama gingte amusah jinge. BSB BSB: His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
51 TCZCHONG Aban thahat chun kichat um tah-tah thil abol'e! Aman mikiletsah le hoitho ho athecheh ji'e. BSB BSB: He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
52 TCZCHONG Leng chapa te alaltou nauva kon'in aloilhan mi kineosah te adomsang ji'e. BSB BSB: He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
53 TCZCHONG Aman agilkel te thilpha phan avah in chule ahao te khutgoh keovin asoldoh ji'e BSB BSB: He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
54 TCZCHONG Aman asoh Israel akithopin khoto dingin ageldoh e. BSB BSB: He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,
55 TCZCHONG Ajeh chu aman hiche kitepna hi iputeu, Abraham, chule achate dinga asem ahi.” BSB BSB: as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.”
56 TCZCHONG Mary chu Elizabeth kom'a lhathum tobang aum jouvin a'inlam ah akile tai. BSB BSB: Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.
57 TCZCHONG Elizabeth chu anaoso phat alhin phat in amanun chapa khat ahingin ahi. BSB BSB: When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.
58 TCZCHONG Chuleh aheng akom le asopi chengin Pakaijin akhotona ho ajahdoh phat un, mijouse amanu toh akipah khom cheh tauve. BSB BSB: Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.
59 TCZCHONG Naosen chu niget alhin in, amaho abon'un cheptansah dingin ahung'un ahi. Ama hon apa banga amin Zechariah sah ding agouvin, BSB BSB: On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
60 TCZCHONG ahivangin Elizabeth in, “Ahipoi, amin John ahi,” atitai. BSB BSB: But his mother replied, “No! He shall be called John.”
61 TCZCHONG “Ipi natim?” tin amaho ahung eojah jengun “Na insung uvah hitobang min chu aum khapoi,” atiuve. BSB BSB: They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who bears this name.”
62 TCZCHONG Hijeh chun naosen min chu apan ipi akisah nom am ti mit-heiyin adongun ahi. BSB BSB: So they made signs to his father to find out what he wanted to name the child.
63 TCZCHONG Aman lekhasutna pheng athum'in, mijouse lungdong in alhan “Amin John ahi” tin ahinjih e. BSB BSB: Zechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.
64 TCZCHONG Chutah chun Zechariah jong ahung paothei tan chule Pathen avahchoi pan tai. BSB BSB: Immediately Zechariah’s mouth was opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak, praising God.
65 TCZCHONG Akimvel'a cheng chengse din kichatna alhung tan chule Judea thinglhang gam sungse ah thilsoh umchan chu akithejal soh tai. BSB BSB: All their neighbors were filled with awe, and people throughout the hill country of Judea were talking about these events.
66 TCZCHONG Chuche thilsoh jajouse chun athilsoh ho chu alungin aching geh un, “Hiche chapang hi ipibep ahungsoh tadem?” atiuvin ahi. 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 TCZCHONG Chuin apa Zechariah chu Lhagao Theng adimset tan chule hiche gaothu hi aphongdoh in ahi: BSB BSB: Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:
68 TCZCHONG “Vahchoiyun Pakai, Israel Pathen chu; ajeh chu aman amite avil'in alhatdoh tai BSB BSB: “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
69 TCZCHONG Aman huhhing hattah khat asoh David khailhah a kon'in eipeuve. BSB BSB: He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
70 TCZCHONG Athemgao thengte henga malaiya akitepna banga BSB BSB: as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,
71 TCZCHONG Tua eiho igal mite uva kon le eihotbolte uva konna huhdoh a um ding ihitauve. BSB BSB: salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,
72 TCZCHONG Aman ipu ipateu khotonan akitepna thengho ageldoh jingin– BSB BSB: to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
73 TCZCHONG Akitepna ipuluiyu Abraham kom'a ana kitepna bangtah in BSB BSB: the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
74 TCZCHONG i-gal miteuva kon'in eihuhdoh uve, Pathen kichatna beihel'a ijen theina diuvin BSB BSB: deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
75 TCZCHONG Then na le chondihna a ihin laiseuva dingin BSB BSB: in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.
76 TCZCHONG “Chule kachapa, nangma chungnung pen themgao kiti ding nahi; ajeh chu nangman Pakai lampi semtoh sa nakoi ding ahi. 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 TCZCHONG Nangman amite, achonset nau ngaidam na'a konna huhhingna akimudoh nadiu naseipeh ding ahi. BSB BSB: to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
78 TCZCHONG Pathen mikhotona nemheo vanga jingkhovah chu van'a konna eiho chunga hung kisukeh go ahitai. BSB BSB: because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
79 TCZCHONG Muthim'a touho le thina lim'a touho vah pedinga, chule chamna lampi komu peh dinga ahi,” ati. 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 TCZCHONG John chu ahung khanglen in chule lhagaovin ahung hatdoh in ahi. Chule Israel kom'a lhangphonga natoh apat kahsen ama gamthip lah dungah aumin ahi. 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.