2 WLO Manga incia aburi opea ipetulatulaakana mia mosakusiiakea tee matana karona manga kajadia minaaka i bhaa-bhaana mpuu. Manga sakusii sumai uka o bhatuana Aulataʼala mopakawaakana Firimanina. BSB BSB: just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
3 WLO Iaku samia padhamo kuparakisaaia tee kutilikia bhari-bharia minaaka i auwalina. Sumaimo sii-sii, kuunda kuburia uka tee kusausaua to Opuku Teofilus momulia. 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 WLO Kupewau mboo sumai mamudhaakana umataua opea mopadhana iadhariakana Opuku satotuuna abanara mpuu. BSB BSB: so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.
6 WLO Rua miaia o mia mosaalihi i aroana Aulataʼala. Manga incia adhadhi ataʼati tee atotuu-totuu aose bhari-bharia parinta tee hukumuna Kawasana Opu. BSB BSB: Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
7 WLO Maka manga incia inda tee anana roonamo Elisabet akomba. Tee ruamiaia amancuanamo. BSB BSB: But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
8 WLO Saangu wakutuu, akawamo o palina rombongana imamu Abia, Zakharia akarajaa tugasina amembali imamu i aroana Aulataʼala. BSB BSB: One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,
9 WLO Mboomo kananeana manga imamu, manga incia tabeana aʼundia porikana to apatotapuaka incema o imamu bhemopesuana motugasina i nuncana Baitulla tee motununa dhupa iwe sumai. Tee o Zakharia motopilina i undia sumai. 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 WLO Wakutuuna tangasaana tunuana dhupa, bhari-bharia mia modhaangiana i sambalina Baitulla adoʼa. BSB BSB: And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.
11 WLO Sabutuna o malaaʼekatina Kawasana Opu apatiumbamo karona i Zakharia. Malaaʼekati sumai akakaro i weta kaanana mejana tunuana dhupa. BSB BSB: Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.
12 WLO Wakutuuna Zakharia akamata malaaʼekati sumai, incia atokidhamo tee amaeka. BSB BSB: When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and gripped with fear.
13 WLO Kasiimpo malaaʼekati sumai apogau, "E Zakharia, bholi umaeka! Aulataʼala arangomea o doʼamu, tee o Elisabet bhawinemu bheapalaahiri samia ana umane, tee tabeana usarongiakea 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 WLO Ingkoo bheumasanaamo mpuu tee ukaunde-unde tee abhari mia bheasanaa rampaakana anaana incia sumai bhealaahiri naile itu. BSB BSB: He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,
15 WLO Incia bheamembali mia maoge i matana Kawasana Opu, tee incia inda bheasumpu angguru atawa giu imalangoaka. Minaaka wakutuu i nuncana kompona inana, incia bheakuasaimea Rohina Aulataʼala Momangkilona. 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 WLO Abhari miana Israel iadharina ambuli i Aulataʼala, Kawasana Opuna manga. BSB BSB: Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.
18 WLO Kasiimpomo apogaumo Zakharia i malaaʼekati sumai, "Tuaapa bhekumataua ande giu incia sii amembali? Sababuna kumancuanamo tee bhawineku amancuanamo uka." 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 WLO Alawanimo malaaʼekati sumai kooni, "Iaku sii Jabaraili, tumpuana Aulataʼala, tee Incia padhamo atumpuaku mamudhaakana kupogau tee kupakawaaka lele malape sii to ingkoo. 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 WLO Opea ipogauakaku sii bheamembali ande akawamo wakutuuna, maka roonamo ingkoo inda uparacaea, bheubhea; inda amembali upogau sampe opea ipogauakaku sii amembali." 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 WLO Wakutuu incia sumai, manga mia abhari i sambali aantagimo Zakharia. Manga incia amentemo roonamo amangenge mpuu i nuncana Baitulla. BSB BSB: Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he took so long in the temple.
22 WLO Wakutuuna alimba, incia indamo amembali apogauaka opeopea i manga incia tee amaʼanaimea manga ande incia akamatamo sala saangu pokamata i nuncana Baitulla kasiimpo Zakharia adhawuakamea tanda i manga incia, roonamo incia sadhaadhaana abhea. 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 WLO Sapadhana kangengena akarajaa tugasina, ambulimo incia i bhanuana. BSB BSB: And when the days of his service were complete, he returned home.
24 WLO Inda mangenge Elisabet, bhawinena, abhawa-bhawamo tee kangengena lima mbula incia inda apatokamata karona, oonina, BSB BSB: After these days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. She declared,
25 WLO "Siimo saangu i pewauna Kawasana Opu to iaku. Sii-sii Incia atilikiakumo tee apanaindaia o kaeaku i aroana mia roonamo kukomba." 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 WLO Jabaraili atumpua i samia kabuabua indapo momatauna umane, sarona Siti Mariam. Siti Mariam sumai padhamo apoporae tee Yusuf, siwuluna Raja Daud. 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 WLO Wakutuuna malaaʼekati sumai apesua i bhanuana Siti Mariam, incia aposalamu, "Salamu, ingkoo ibarakatina Kawasana Opu! Kawasana Opu apobhawa tee ingkoo." BSB BSB: The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
29 WLO Siti Mariam atokidhamo arango pogau incia sumai, kasiimpo apogaumo i nuncana ngangarandana, "Opea maʼanana salamu sii?" BSB BSB: Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.
30 WLO Apogaumo malaaʼekati sumai tee incia kooni, "Bholi umaeka, Siti Mariam, roonamo ingkoo upotibhaakamo rahumati minaaka i Aulataʼala. BSB BSB: So the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
31 WLO Ingkoo bheubhawa-bhawa tee upalaahiri samia anaana umane tee usarongiakea Isa. BSB BSB: Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
32 WLO Incia bheamembali mia maoge tee bheasarongiakea Anana Aulataʼala Momalangana. Kawasana Opu, Aulataʼala bheadhawuakea pamarintana to Incia mboomo pamarintana Raja Daud, opuana. 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 WLO Tee Incia bheaparintangi siwuluna Yakub saʼumurua tee pamarintana inda bheakoʼaahiri." BSB BSB: and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”
35 WLO Lawanimo malaaʼekati sumai, "Rohina Aulataʼala Momangkilona bheaumba to ingkoo tee kuasana Aulataʼala Momalangana bheasalimbumbuko. Sababuna anaana bheipalaahirimu itu asarongiakea Momangkilona, Anana Aulataʼala. 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 WLO Satotuuna Elisabet, witinaimu, sii-sii tangasaana abhawa-bhawa nama mbulamo, garaaka incia amancuanamo tee o mia apogauakea incia akomba. 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 WLO Roonamo ande to Aulataʼala inda dhaangia inda momembalina." BSB BSB: For no word from God will ever fail.”
39 WLO Sapadhana incia sumai, Siti Mariam alingkamo i saangu kampo i Yudea i tana gunu. BSB BSB: In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,
40 WLO Incia alingka i bhanuana Zakharia tee wakutuuna apesua incia aposalamu tee Elisabet. BSB BSB: where she entered the home of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.
41 WLO Wakutuuna Elisabet arango salamuna Siti Mariam, anaana i nuncana kadhumana alumpamo. Kasiimpo Elisabet akuasaia Rohina Aulataʼala Momangkilona BSB BSB: When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
42 WLO apogaumo tee apekaogea suarana kooni, "Abarakatikomo i tanga-tangana bhari-bharia bhawine! Abarakatia uka o anaana i nuncana kadhumamu itu! BSB BSB: In a loud voice she exclaimed, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
43 WLO Incema buaka iaku sii sampe inana Kawasana Opuku aumba asoloaku? BSB BSB: And why am I so honored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
44 WLO Sababuna wakutuuna uposalamu atorango i talingaku, anaana i nuncana kadhumaku alumpamo rampaakanamo aunde mpuu. BSB BSB: For as soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.
45 WLO Masanaamo mpuu ingkoo, roonamo uparacaea bhari-bharia ipogauakana Kawasana Opu to karomu itu bheamembali!" BSB BSB: Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.”
47 WLO tee rohiku akaunde-undemo mpuu roonamo Aulataʼala Mopasalaamatiaku, BSB BSB: and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
49 WLO roonamo Aulataʼala Mokokuasana apewaumo giu momaoge to iaku -- pekangkiloa sarona! BSB BSB: For the Mighty One has done great things for me. Holy is His name.
50 WLO Tee rahumatina abarakati manga mia momaekana tee Incia saʼumurua. BSB BSB: His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
51 WLO Incia apatokamataaka kuasana tee pewauana limana tee apapogaa-gaa manga mia momalangana incana. BSB BSB: He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
52 WLO Manga raja apasapomea minaaka i kauncuramakana tee mia moporitambena bheaangkatakea kauncuramakana. BSB BSB: He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
53 WLO Mia momaarana apekambosua tee sagala giu momalapena tee o mia morangkaea atumpua alingka tee ruambalia limana. BSB BSB: He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
54 WLO Incia atulungi Israel, bhatuana, roonamo Incia audhani rahumatina BSB BSB: He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,
55 WLO ijanjiakana Kawasana Opu to opuata, Nabii Ibrahim tee manga siwuluna sampe saʼumurua." BSB BSB: as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.”
56 WLO Siti Mariam amboore i bhanuana Elisabet kera-kera talu mbula kangengena, kasiimpomo incia ambuli i bhanuana. BSB BSB: Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.
57 WLO Kasiimpomo akawamo bulana, Elisabet apalaahirimo o ana umane. BSB BSB: When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.
58 WLO Wakutuu manga sarimbanuana tee manga witinaina arangomo ande o Kawasana Opu asusuakamea rahumatina momaogena mpuu i Elisabet, aundemo manga mopobhawana tee incia. BSB BSB: Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.
59 WLO Kamondona walu eo, aumbamo manga to atandaki anaana sumai. Manga incia gauna asarongiakea Zakharia, mboomo sarona amana, BSB BSB: On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
60 WLO maka inana apogau, "Bholi, incia tabeana atosarongiaka Yahya." BSB BSB: But his mother replied, “No! He shall be called John.”
61 WLO Manga incia apogau, "I nuncana witinaimu inda samia uka mokosarona mboo sumai." BSB BSB: They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who bears this name.”
62 WLO Kasiimpo manga incia adhawu tanda i Zakharia tee saro opea bheadhawuakea to anana sumai" BSB BSB: So they made signs to his father to find out what he wanted to name the child.
63 WLO Zakharia aemani saangu bhatu kaburia minaaka i manga incia kasiimpo aburi mboo sii kooni, "Sarona Yahya." Manga incia aposamente. BSB BSB: Zechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.
64 WLO I wakutuu incia sumai uka Zakharia amembalimo apogau tee indamo abhea, kasiimpo incia apogau tee apujimo Aulataʼala. BSB BSB: Immediately Zechariah’s mouth was opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak, praising God.
65 WLO Manga sarimbanuana aposamaeka tee lele incia sumai atorangomo i saangua tana mokogunuana i lipu Yudea. BSB BSB: All their neighbors were filled with awe, and people throughout the hill country of Judea were talking about these events.
66 WLO Bhari-bharia mia morangona giu incia sumai aposaabhamo i nuncana ngangarandana manga kooni, "Bheamembali opea anana incia sumai naile itu?" Sababuna Kawasana Opu apobhawa tee incia. 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 WLO Zakharia, amana anaana sumai, akuasaia Rohina Aulataʼala Momangkilo, kasiimpo incia apakawaaka kasamea mominaakana i Kawasana Opu. Incia apogau, BSB BSB: Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:
68 WLO "Maimo tapujiaka Kawasana Opu, Aulataʼalana lipuna Israel! Incia aumbamo atulungi uumatina tee apabebasia manga. BSB BSB: “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
69 WLO Incia apatotapuakamo to ingkita Samia Momangapasalaamatina Mokokuasana minaaka i tanga-tangana siwuluna Raja Daud, bhatuana, BSB BSB: He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
70 WLO Mboomo mopadhana ifirimaniakana alaloi manga nabiina momangkilo minaaka i zamani momangenge. BSB BSB: as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,
71 WLO Inciamo momangapasalaamatina minaaka i manga musuta, tee minaaka i limana manga mia momangabancina. BSB BSB: salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,
72 WLO Aulataʼala apewau mboo sumai to asusuaka kaasina to opu-opuata tee audhani pojanjiana momangkilo. BSB BSB: to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
73 WLO Roonamo Aulataʼala padhamo ajanji tee apotunda mboo sumai tee Nabii Ibrahim opuata, BSB BSB: the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
74 WLO To mangapasalaamati minaaka i limana manga musuta, mamudhaakana ingkita inda tamaeka talaiani Incia, BSB BSB: deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
75 WLO tee mboo sumai tamembali tadhadhi mangkilo tee mobanarana i aroana saʼumurua dhadhita. BSB BSB: in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.
76 WLO E anaku, Ingkoo bheutosarongi Nabiina Aulataʼala Momalanga. Ingkoo bheuporikanaaka Kawasana Opu to upasiapuaka dhala to Incia. 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 WLO Ingkoo bheupakawaakea i manga uumatina tuaapa carana mamudhaakana manga amembali asalaamati, roonamo Aulataʼala aʼamponi dosana manga incia. BSB BSB: to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
78 WLO Roonamo rahumati tee kaasina Aulataʼalata, saangu eo mobhaauna bheaumbamo -- Eona Kasalaamati minaaka i sorogaa, bheasuluwi ingkita mboomo matanaeo mobhetena minaaka i kalangaana. BSB BSB: because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
79 WLO Tee mboo sumai, Aulataʼala bheatulungi ingkita momboorena i nuncana kalalanda tee momaekana ajalana. Caheana Kawasana Opu bheamangatonda i dhalana, tee mangasusuaka dhala moporopena i kasanaa tee dhadhi malape." 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 WLO Anana Zakharia sumai ahandamo amaoge tee rohina ahandamo amakaa. Incia amboore i tana matuu sampe akawa wakutuuna to apatiumbaaka karona i lipuna Israel. 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.