2 YAF Básonikama bwosu bátuzimbwala betu, batu bana bámona mambu mana yi mesu ma thona tuka ku luyandiku, amana phi babana basadi ba ndinga ya Nzambi. BSB BSB: just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
3 YAF Ihana ni kwena meni phi, phyudiki bwa bukheti, meni dina dyosu, buna dyálutila, tuka ku luyandiku yi kuna tsuka, ihana mbonibwa bwa bukheti mu kukusonikina ngeyi muzitu Thyofila, 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 YAF tsadibwa ndangu wazaya hika tsikiningi ya malongi mana wátambula. BSB BSB: so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.
6 YAF Bákala bawu bodi batu basungama ku thwala ya Nzambi, bakala lemvuka phi buna bufwani ku mitsiku yi malongi moosu ma Pfumu. BSB BSB: Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
7 YAF Kaasi bákalaku yi mwana, mukuma Dizebeti kisita kákala, amana bawu bodi phi binunu bákala. BSB BSB: But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
8 YAF Kilumbu kimosi, Zakadiya kakala sala bisalu byandi bya kinganga ku thwala ya Nzambi mukuma dyákala tangwa dya mukanzu wa yandi mu kusalakya. BSB BSB: One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,
9 YAF Bwosu yákala tsadidi ya banganga Nzambi, hanga babetini zeki mu kumusola ndangu kakota mu kikumbu kya Nzambi, kayoka phi pfwabidi. 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 YAF Mulumba-lumba wa batu wosu wakala lombila ku phenza, mu tangwa dya kuyoka pfwabidi. BSB BSB: And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.
11 YAF Hanga wanzyo mosi wa Pfumu wumulubwakidi Zakadiya: wutelamiki kuna lweka lwa kitata lwa mesa mana ma kuyokila pfwabidi. BSB BSB: Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.
12 YAF Zakadiya buna kamúmona, hanga mabanza mamuvwalangani, bweya bumukwatini. BSB BSB: When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and gripped with fear.
13 YAF Kaasi wanzyo wumuzimbwadi: «Yukaku bweya, Zakadiya, mukuma Nzambi wuyuki lombilu lwaku: mukhetu waku, Dizebeti, mwana wa yakala kakúbutila; wamúheka khumbu, Yowani. 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 YAF Kakála tho ya kyesi kya lawu yi tsambu kikuma kya ngeyi, amana batu balawu phi basángwala kikuma kya lubutuku lwandi. BSB BSB: He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,
15 YAF Mukuma yandi kakála mutu wa mbuta ku thwala ya Pfumu. Kanwikiku vinu keti malafu ma kufundika lo. Kakála wabasa yi Kitembu kyatoma tuka mu vumu dya ngudi wandi. 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 YAF Kavútula batu ba lawu ba Kiseledi kwena Pfumu Nzambi wa bawu. BSB BSB: Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.
18 YAF Kaasi Zakadiya wuzonzi kwena wanzyo: «Abweti yizáyila ni mambu mana menina ma kyedika? Mukuma meni yekina mbuta, mukhetu wama phi wekina mbuta.» 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 YAF Wanzyo wumuvutwadi: «Meni yenina Ngabudyela; wuna wisi telama ku thwala ya Nzambi mu kumusadila; yandi kathumini ndangu yikuzimbwala amana yikunatina Musamu wa Bukheti wawu. 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 YAF Kaasi ngeyi, wukwikidiku mu ndinga za meni zina zakwísa lungila mu tangwa dyandi; ihana ni kamama wakítuka, kilumbu yikuna malúngila mambu mama.» 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 YAF Muna tangwa meni dina, batu bakala hingila Zakadiya, hanga bekayituka bwosu kázingidila mu kati dya kikumbu. BSB BSB: Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he took so long in the temple.
22 YAF Kaasi ha kálubuka, kálendaku kubazonzisa amana batu babakisa ni mbona mesu kámoni mu kikumbu. Kakala basongila mu bidimbu, kuna yandi mutu, wusadi kamama. 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 YAF Ha kámanisa, Zakadiya, tangwa dyandi dina kafwana kasala bisalu mu nzu ya Nzambi, hanga wuvutuki ku nzu yandi. BSB BSB: And when the days of his service were complete, he returned home.
24 YAF Kunima dya matangwa, mukhetu wandi Dizebeti wáyimita vumu amana wuswami ngonda tanu muna nzu. Wudizonzidi yandi meni ni BSB BSB: After these days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. She declared,
25 YAF «Tala mambu kasadi Pfumu kikuma kya meni: buthwena, wutambwasini kukhutumuna mu dyambu dina dyakala pheka tsoni ku mesu ma batu.» 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 YAF kwena ndumba wa mukhetu mosi bázitikila mu kimbayi kwena yakala mosi bakala tela Yozefu. Mutu yandu kákala mosi muna butuka dya kyamvu Tavidi. Khumbu ya ndumba wa mukhetu wuna Madiya. 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 YAF Wanzyo wákota muna nzu yandi, wumuzimbwadi phi: «Mboti Madiya! Pfumu wukusadidi mamboti ma lawu, yandi kenina yi ngeyi.» BSB BSB: The angel appeared to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”
29 YAF Madiya buna káyuka mambu mana, wekina yangalakanu; wekadihyula thendula ya mboti meni yina. BSB BSB: Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.
30 YAF Hanga wanzyo wumuzimbwadini: «Tekitaku, Madiya, mukuma Nzambi wukusadidi mambu ma bukheti. BSB BSB: So the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
31 YAF Ka thama ku, vumu wayímita, wabúta mwana mosi wa yakala amana wamúheka khumbu, Yesu. BSB BSB: Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
32 YAF Kakála mutu wa mbuta amana bamútela ni mwana wa Nzambi wa Phungu wuluti. Pfumu Nzambi kamúheka, yandi, kiti kya kipfumu kya khaka wandi Tavidi 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 YAF amana yandi, kayadiki mu matangwa moosu muna kikanda kya Yakobi, kipfumu kyandi kyakálaku yi tsuka.» BSB BSB: and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”
35 YAF Wanzyo wumuvutwadini: «Kitembu Kyatoma kakúkulumukina amana ngolu za Nzambi wa Phungu wuluti zakúfidinga hanga kivula. Ihana ni Mwana wuna wabútuka, bamútediki: watoma, Mwana wa Nzambi. 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 YAF Kiwutu kyaku Dizebeti, yandi phi ku vumu kenina, mwana wa yakala kabúta, mbatanana kinunu; yandi wuna bakala tela ni kisita, buthwena, vumu dilungisini ngonda sambanu. 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 YAF Mukuma heku kima kyakonda lendakana kwena Nzambi.» BSB BSB: For no word from God will ever fail.”
39 YAF Muna bilumbu byálanda, Madiya wubwi mu nzila wendi tswasu ku malondi ma Yuteya. BSB BSB: In those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,
40 YAF Wákota muna nzu ya Zakadiya amana wámuheka Dizebeti mboti. BSB BSB: where she entered the home of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.
41 YAF Muna tangwa meni dina káyuka, yandu, mboti ya Madiya, mwana wuzatukini muna vumu dyandi. Dizebeti kákala wabasa yi Kitembu Kyatoma BSB BSB: When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
42 YAF amana wuzimbudi mu ndinga ya ngolu: «Nzambi wukusakumuni kuluta bakhetu boosu, mwana wuna wabúta phi kenina wa kusakumuna. BSB BSB: In a loud voice she exclaimed, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
43 YAF Nani yenina meni ndangu, ngudi wa Pfumu wama, kisa thala? BSB BSB: And why am I so honored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
44 YAF Mukuma, tala, muna tangwa meni dina ngyukiki mboti yaku, mwana wuningani mu kyesi muna kati dya meni. BSB BSB: For as soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.
45 YAF Mu kyedika, mu kyesi wenina, mukuma wukwikidini mambu mana kazonzikini Pfumu kikuma kya ngeyi ni malúngila.» BSB BSB: Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.”
47 YAF Moya wama, wenina wabasa yi kyesi kikuma kya Nzambi muhuludi wama; BSB BSB: and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
49 YAF mukuma Nzambi mukwa ngolu zoosu wutsadidi mambu ma mbuta. Khumbu yandi yenina yatoma, BSB BSB: For the Mighty One has done great things for me. Holy is His name.
50 YAF matangwa moosu kisi songila khenda zandi kwena batu bana bisi muzitisa. BSB BSB: His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
51 YAF Wusongidi ngolu za koku dyandi: wukudi batu bana benina yi mbundu za lulendu, BSB BSB: He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
52 YAF Wubakatudi bapfumu mu biti bya bawu bya kipfumu amana wubahingisi kwena batu badikulumuna bakala mu ndonga ya theti. BSB BSB: He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
53 YAF Wuhani mamboti ma lawu kwena batu bana bakala mawu nzala, amana wubakukwasi bamvwama moku ma khatu. BSB BSB: He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
54 YAF Wisa yakidila kikanda kya Kiseledi, musadi wandi: kázimbakanaku mu kusongila khenda zandi BSB BSB: He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,
55 YAF kwena Bulahami yi kikanda kyandi, mu matangwa moosu bwosu kásila kwena bakhaka betu.» BSB BSB: as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.”
56 YAF Madiya wánanga yi Dizebeti, ngonda tatu, ku nima wávutuka kuhata dyandi. BSB BSB: Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.
57 YAF Ha dyálunga tangwa dya kubuta, Dizebeti wábuta mwana wa yakala. BSB BSB: When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.
58 YAF Bakwa mukombu wandi yi biwutu byandi bu bayuka ni Pfumu, wumusongidi khenda zandi mu mambu ma mbuta, ma bukheti kamusadidini, básangwala lawu ha kimosi yi yandi. BSB BSB: Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.
59 YAF Kilumbu kya nana ha kyálunga, ku nima lubutuku, bisa ndangu bamukotisa mwana mukhanda; bazodi bamuheka khumbu ya tata wandi Zakadiya. BSB BSB: On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
60 YAF Kaasi ngudi wandi, kuna kákala, wuzimbudi: «Loni, khumbu yandi yakála Yowani.» BSB BSB: But his mother replied, “No! He shall be called John.”
61 YAF Bawu bamuvutwadini: «Muna kikanda kyaku mweku mutu wenina yi khumbu yina!» BSB BSB: They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who bears this name.”
62 YAF Hanga bahyudi, mu bidimbu, kwena tata keti khi khumbu kazodi bamuheka mwana. BSB BSB: So they made signs to his father to find out what he wanted to name the child.
63 YAF Zakadiya wálomba dibaya wusonikini: «Khumbu yandi Yowani.» Batu boosu báyituka. BSB BSB: Zechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.
64 YAF Muna tangwa meni dina, Zakadiya wávutukila kuzonza: wekamukumisa Nzambi mu ndinga ya ngolu. BSB BSB: Immediately Zechariah’s mouth was opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak, praising God.
65 YAF Bakwa mukombu boosu báyuka bweya amana mu kinzunga kina kyosu kya malondi ma Yuteya, báyandika kudimenika mambu mana másalama. BSB BSB: All their neighbors were filled with awe, and people throughout the hill country of Judea were talking about these events.
66 YAF Batu boosu bana bakalama yuka, báyandika kuyindula muna mbundu ya bawu yi kudihyulaka: «Buthwena bwabu, nani kakwisa kituka mwana meni yandu?» Mu kyedika ngolu za Pfumu, wakala zawu mwana wuna. 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 YAF Zakadiya, tata wa mwana meni yandu, kakala wabasa yi Kitembu Kyatoma; wáyandika kubikula bwabu: BSB BSB: Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:
68 YAF «Lukumu kwena Pfumu, Nzambi wa kikanda kya Kiseledi, mukuma yandi kisa, ndangu kayakidila kikanda kyandi amana kahululakya phi. BSB BSB: “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
69 YAF Kahangi wisi lubula Muhuludi wa ngolu kikuma kya betu, mu kati kya kikanda kya kyamvu Tavidi, musadi wandi. BSB BSB: He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
70 YAF Mamana katekila zonza kwena bambikudi bandi ba Nzambi: BSB BSB: as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,
71 YAF luhulusu lumosi lwisi tukatula kwena bambeni betu yi mu luyalu lwa batu bana bisi tumenga. BSB BSB: salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,
72 YAF Wásongila kyadi kyandi kwena bakhaka betu amana kázimbakanaku kuyukana kwandi kwatoma. BSB BSB: to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
73 YAF Ihana ni Nzambi wázenga ndefi kwena Bulahami, tata wetu, BSB BSB: the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
74 YAF ni wátuhulula mu luyalu lwa bambeni, ndangu twamusadila konda bweya, BSB BSB: deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
75 YAF ndangu twalenga kala batu ba Nzambi yi batu ba masonga ku thwala yandi mu bilumbu byosu bya luzingu lwetu. BSB BSB: in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.
76 YAF Amana kwena ngeyi mwana wama, bakutediki ni mbikudi wa Nzambi wa Phungu wuluti, mukuma wahíta ku thwala Pfumu mu kwenda muyidikila nzila 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 YAF yi kusamuna kwena kikanda kyandi ni wisi bahulula mu kubalolula masumu ma bawu. BSB BSB: to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
78 YAF Nzambi wa betu, wabasa yi lungongu yi kyadi: katúkenzula mu mwini wandi wuna wisi tuka ku zilu bwosu kisi lubuka tangwa, BSB BSB: because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
79 YAF Kikuma kya kukenzula baba benina mu phipa yi mu kivula kya lufwa, mu kutwadisa bitambi byetu mu nzila ya ngemba.» 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 YAF Mwana kakala kola, kakala phi ngolu mu kitembu. Kakala zingila mu nganga tii yi kuna kilumbu kina kisa disongila kwena batu ba kikanda kya Kiseledi. 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.