2 TDX manahake ty nitaroña’ iareo ama’ay, ie nivalolombeloñe boak’am-baloha’e nimpitoroñe i tsaray ama’ay, BSB BSB: just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
3 TDX le satriko ka, ie hinotsohotsoko boak’ am-baloha’e i hene rezay, ty hanokitse talily soa filahatse ho azo, ry roandria Teofilo, 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 TDX hahafohina’o ty hatò’ i tsara nañohañe azoy. BSB BSB: so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.
6 TDX Songa vantañe añatrefan’ Añahare iereo roroe; tsy amam-pitsikoañe ty fañaveloa’iareo amo lily naho fepè’ Iehovào. BSB BSB: Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
7 TDX Tsy nanañ’ anake fa betsiterake t’i Elizabeta vaho sambe nigain-kantetse ie roroe. BSB BSB: But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
8 TDX Aa ie nitoroñe ami’ty naham-pisoroñe aze añatrefan’Añahare ami’ty fifandimbezam-pirimboña’e t’i Zakaria; BSB BSB: One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,
9 TDX le amy lilim-pisoroñañey, nitsatok’ ama’e ty hañemboke, le nimoak’ an-kibohon’ Añahare ao, 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 TDX vaho hene nilolok’ alafe’e ao i màroy amy fotoam-pañembohañey. BSB BSB: And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.
11 TDX Nisodeha ama’e amy zao ty anjeli’ i Talè, nijohañe an-kavana’ i kitrelim-pañembohañey. BSB BSB: Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.
12 TDX Nianifañe t’i Zakaria te nahaoniñe, nihohokòhoke, vaho nidoiña’ ty firevendreveñañe. BSB BSB: When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and gripped with fear.
13 TDX Le hoe ty asa’ i anjeliy tama’e; Ko hemban-drehe Zakaria fa jinanjiñe i halali’oy le hisama-dahy ama’o t’i Elizabeta tañanjomba’o vaho toñono ty hoe Jaona ty añara’e. 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 TDX Ho fale naho ehake irehe vaho maro ty hirebek’ amy hisamaha’ey, BSB BSB: He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,
15 TDX amy t’ie ho ra’elahy añatrefa’ Iehovà, naho tsy hinon-divay ndra toake, vaho ie mbe an-kovin-drene’e ao ro ho lifore’ i Arofo Masiñey. 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 TDX Maro amo ana’ Israeleo ty hampitolihe’e amy Iehovà Andrianañahare’ey. BSB BSB: Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.
18 TDX Aa hoe t’i Zakaria tamy anjeliy; Aia ty haharendrehako t’ie to? Bey iraho naho migain-kantetse ka ty valiko. 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 TDX Tinoi’ i anjeliy ty hoe, Izaho n’o Gabriele mpijohañe añatrefan’ Añahareo; niraheñe hivolañ’ ama’o, hitaroñe o talili-soa zao. 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 TDX Fe inao! ho moan-drehe, tsy hahasaontsy ampara’ t’ie tafetetse, ami’te tsy natokisa’o o volakoo, ie ho heneke amy nifantañañey. 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 TDX Nandiñe i Zakaria ondatio, nilatsa t’ie tambatse amy toetse miavakey ao. BSB BSB: Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he took so long in the temple.
22 TDX Ie niavotse, le tsy nahasaontsy am’ iereo naho nioni’ iereo te niboahan-draha añ’ anjomba miavak’ ao, ie nanondrotondro am’iareo, fa le lia’e nimoañe. 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 TDX Ie amy zao, naho niheneke o andro fitoroña’eo, le nimpoly mb’añ’ anjomba’e añe. BSB BSB: And when the days of his service were complete, he returned home.
24 TDX Añe i andro rezay le niareñe t’i Elizabeta, vali’e, vaho nipalitse lime volañe, fa hoe ty asa’e: BSB BSB: After these days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. She declared,
25 TDX Zao ty nanoe’ Iehovà amako amy andro nivazoho’ey, hañafaha’e amako ty sirika’ondatio. 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 TDX mb’ami’ty somondrara nifofoe’ t’indaty atao Iosefe, anjomba’ i Davide, Marie ty añara’ i somondraray. 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 TDX Niheo ama’e i anjeliy nanao ty hoe; Akore ry isoheñe! mitahy azo t’Iehovà. BSB BSB: The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
29 TDX Nitsonevotse amy zao re amy tsara’ey, le nitsakore i fañontanea’ey. BSB BSB: Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.
30 TDX Ko hemban-drehe, Marie, hoe i anjeliy fa nanjò fañisohañe aman’ Añahare. BSB BSB: So the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
31 TDX Oniño t’ie hiareñ’ an-koviñ’ ao le hisama-dahy, vaho hatao’o Iesoà ty añara’e BSB BSB: Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
32 TDX Ho fanalolahy re, le ho toñoneñe ty hoe: Ana’ i Andindimoneñey naho hatolo’ Iehovà Andrianañahare aze ty fiambesa’ i Davide rae’e; 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 TDX le ho fehe’e nainae’e ty anjomba’ Iakobe vaho tsy ho modo i fifehea’ey. BSB BSB: and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”
35 TDX Aa le hoe ty natoi’ i anjeliy aze; Hitotsak’ ama’o i Arofo Masiñey, hañalok’ azo ty haozara’ i Andindimoneñey; le ho toñoneñe ty hoe, Anan’ Añahare, i Masiñe hasama’oy. 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 TDX Inao te niaren-dahy ka t’i Elizabeta longo’o ndra te bey; fa enem-bolañe henaneo i natao betsiterakey, 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 TDX Toe tsy eo ty tsy lefen’ Añahare. BSB BSB: For no word from God will ever fail.”
39 TDX Niongake amy andro rezay t’i Marie, nikapikapike mb’an-tanàñe ambohibohi’ Iehodà mb’eo; BSB BSB: In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,
40 TDX le nimoak’ añ’ anjomba’ i Zakaria ao vaho nañontane i Elizabeta. BSB BSB: where she entered the home of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.
41 TDX Ie jinanji’ i Elizabeta i fañontanea’ i Mariey, le nivoañe ty ajaja an-tro’e ao; mbore nilifore’ i Arofo Masiñey t’i Elizabeta. BSB BSB: When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
42 TDX Le ty hoe ty napaza’e; Haha amy ze atao ampela irehe vaho soatata ty anake hasama’o. BSB BSB: In a loud voice she exclaimed, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
43 TDX Ia ka iraho, te nitilihe’ ty rene’ i Talèkoy? BSB BSB: And why am I so honored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
44 TDX Hete! ie nimoak’ an-tsofiko ao i feom-pañontanea’oy le nisondrakak’an-kaehake ty ajaja an-troko ato. BSB BSB: For as soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.
45 TDX En-droa, haha i niantoke te ho henefeñe ama’e o raha nitsarae’ Iehovày. BSB BSB: Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.”
47 TDX vaho mirebek’ aman’Añahare mpandrombak’ ahy ty troko; BSB BSB: and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
49 TDX Nanao raha fiain-tane amako i Maozatsey—masiñe ty tahina’e. BSB BSB: For the Mighty One has done great things for me. Holy is His name.
50 TDX Ferenaiña’e pak’an-tariratse an-tariratse o mañeveñe ama’eo. BSB BSB: His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
51 TDX Nampiboaha’e haozarañe ty fità’e; naparatsia’e o mpiebotsebotse am-pitsakorean-tro’eo. BSB BSB: He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
52 TDX Nafotsa’e amo fiambesam-bolo- nahe’eo o fanalolahio, vaho naonjo’e o mpirèkeo. BSB BSB: He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
53 TDX Nanjàñe’e raha soa o nisalikoo, fe nampolie’e hara’e o mpañalealeo. BSB BSB: He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
54 TDX Nimbae’e t’Israele mpitoro’e, hahatiahia’e i fiferenaiñañe BSB BSB: He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,
55 TDX nitsarae’e amy Abraàme naho amo tarira’e nainai’eoy, i nampitamà’e an-droaen-tikañey. BSB BSB: as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.”
56 TDX Telo volañe varàñe ty nitoboha’ i Marie ama’e ao vaho nimpoly mb’añ’anjomba’e añe. BSB BSB: Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.
57 TDX Henek’ amy zao o andro nahatoly i Elizabetao, le nisama-dahy. BSB BSB: When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.
58 TDX Jinanji’ ondaty mpitrao-tanàñe ama’eo naho o longo’eo t’ie niferenaiña’ Iehovà, le nitrao-kafaleañe ama’e. BSB BSB: Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.
59 TDX Ie ami’ty andro faha-valo, le nasese ho savareñe i ajajay, vaho ho natao’ iereo Zakaria ty añara’e amy te izay ty tahinan-drae’e, BSB BSB: On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
60 TDX fa hoe ka ty natoin-drene’e; Aiy! hatao ty hoe Jaona re. BSB BSB: But his mother replied, “No! He shall be called John.”
61 TDX Aa hoe ty asa’ iareo tama’e; Leo raik’ aman-drolongo’o tsy nitoñoneñe amy tahinañe zay. BSB BSB: They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who bears this name.”
62 TDX Le nañatsikatsik’ an-drae’e iereo, ami’ty hoe: Ia ty satri’o hitokavañ’ aze. BSB BSB: So they made signs to his father to find out what he wanted to name the child.
63 TDX Nipay fanokiran-dre vaho nanokitse ty hoe: I Jaona ty añara’e. Aa le hene nidaba. BSB BSB: Zechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.
64 TDX Nisokak’ ami’ty manao zao ty falie’e naho nibalake i famele’ey vaho nisaontsy am-pandrengeañe an’ Andrianañahare. BSB BSB: Immediately Zechariah’s mouth was opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak, praising God.
65 TDX Hene nangebahebake o mpimoneñe nañohoke iareoo, vaho nirehafeñe mb’eo mb’eo ambohibohi’ Iehodà ao irezay. BSB BSB: All their neighbors were filled with awe, and people throughout the hill country of Judea were talking about these events.
66 TDX Songa nitsakore ty hoe añ’ arofo ao ze nahaoniñe: Ty ajaja ho akore v’itoio? Le nitahy aze ty fità’ Iehovà. 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 TDX Lifotse i Arofo Masiñey amy zao t’i Zakaria rae’e vaho nitoky ty ti-hoe: BSB BSB: Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:
68 TDX Andriañeñe t’Iehovà Andrianañahare’ Israele, fa nitilihe’e vaho jineba’e ondati’eo. BSB BSB: “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
69 TDX Nampitroara’e tsifam-pandrombahañe tika añ’anjomba’ i Davide mpitoro’e ao, BSB BSB: He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
70 TDX Nitsara am-palie’ o mpitoky miavakeo i teo nainai’e am-pifotora’ ty voatse toiy, BSB BSB: as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,
71 TDX t’ie ho rombaheñe amo rafelahin- tikañeo, naho am-pità’ o malaiñe an-tikañeo, BSB BSB: salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,
72 TDX Hiferenaiña’e o roazan-tikañeo, naho ho tiahi’e i fañina’e miavakey, BSB BSB: to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
73 TDX i fanta nifantà’e amy Abraàme raentikañey, BSB BSB: the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
74 TDX t’ie hatolo’e amantikañe, ie fa vinotso’e amo rafelahintikañeo, hitoroñ’ aze tsy an-kahembañañe, BSB BSB: deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
75 TDX am-piavahañe naho an-kavantañañe añatrefa’e amo hene andro iveloman-tikañeo. BSB BSB: in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.
76 TDX Le ihe, anako, ty hatao Mpitoki’ i Andindimoneñey, amy te Ihe ty hiaolo i Talè hañajary ty lala homba’e, 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 TDX hampahaoniñe ondati’eo ty fandrombahañe ie hinahan-kakeo, BSB BSB: to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
78 TDX ami’ty fiferenaiñan’ Añaharen-tika— ie nampitilihe’e an-tika i fanjiriha’e boak’ añ’aboy, BSB BSB: because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
79 TDX Hanolora’e hazavàñe o mpitoboke añ’ieñe ao naho an-talinjon-kavilasio, hiaoloa’e mb’an-dalan-kanintsiñe mb’eo o fandian-tikañeo. 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 TDX Nitombo i ajajay le nihaozatse an-troke vaho nitoets’am-babangoañe añe ampara’ ty andro niboaha’e am’Israele. 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.