1Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled⚓ among us, 2just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word. 3With this in mind, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I too decided to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, 4so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.
The Birth of John the Baptist Foretold
5In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron. 6Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly. 7But they were childless because Elizabeth was not able to conceive, and they were both very old. 8Once when Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God, 9he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord and burn incense. 10And when the time for the burning of incense came, all the assembled worshipers were praying outside. 11Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense. 12When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and was gripped with fear. 13But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John. 14He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth, 15for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before he is born. 16He will bring back many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God. 17And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.” 18Zechariah asked the angel, “How can I be sure of this? I am an old man and my wife is well along in years.” 19The angel said to him, “I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news. 20And now you will be silent and not able to speak until the day this happens, because you did not believe my words, which will come true at their appointed time.” 21Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he stayed so long in the temple. 22When he came out, he could not speak to them. They realized he had seen a vision in the temple, for he kept making signs to them but remained unable to speak. 23When his time of service was completed, he returned home. 24After this his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. 25“The Lord has done this for me,” she said. “In these days he has shown his favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.”
The Birth of Jesus Foretold
26In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.” 29Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. 30But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. 31You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. 32He 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, 33and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.” 34“How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?” 35The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on 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. 36Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month. 37For no word from God will ever fail.” 38“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her.
Mary Visits Elizabeth
39At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, 40where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. 41When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. 42In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! 43But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. 45Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!”
Mary’s Song
46And Mary said: “My soul glorifies the Lord 47and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, 48for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed, 49for the Mighty One has done great things for me— holy is his name. 50His mercy extends to those who fear him, from generation to generation. 51He has performed mighty deeds with his arm; he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts. 52He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble. 53He has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty. 54He has helped his servant Israel, remembering to be merciful 55to Abraham and his descendants forever, just as he promised our ancestors.” 56Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home.
The Birth of John the Baptist
57When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son. 58Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they shared her joy. 59On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah, 60but his mother spoke up and said, “No! He is to be called John.” 61They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who has that name.” 62Then they made signs to his father, to find out what he would like to name the child. 63He asked for a writing tablet, and to everyone’s astonishment he wrote, “His name is John.” 64Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue set free, and he began to speak, praising God. 65All the neighbors were filled with awe, and throughout the hill country of Judea people were talking about all these things. 66Everyone who heard this wondered about it, asking, “What then is this child going to be?” For the Lord’s hand was with him.
Zechariah’s Song
67His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied: 68“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come to his people and redeemed them. 69He has raised up a horn⚓ of salvation for us in the house of his servant David 70(as he said through his holy prophets of long ago), 71salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us— 72to show mercy to our ancestors and to remember his holy covenant, 73the oath he swore to our father Abraham: 74to rescue us from the hand of our enemies, and to enable us to serve him without fear 75in holiness and righteousness before him all our days. 76And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him, 77to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins, 78because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven 79to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.” 80And the child grew and became strong in spirit⚓ ; and he lived in the wilderness until he appeared publicly to Israel.
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1Ơ achuaih Theu-phulơ ơi! Bữn clứng cũai khoiq táq puai mứt pahỡm alới dŏq chĩc tễ máh ranáq Yê-su. Máh parnai ki khoiq toâq pỡ hái chơ. 2Máh cũai ki dáng tễ ranáq Yê-su cỗ alới bữn sâng tễ cũai ca lứq hữm án tễ dâu. Chơ, cũai ki atỡng máh parnai o ki yỗn hái ễn dáng. 3Dâu lứq, cứq khoiq rien samoât samơi lứq tễ nheq máh ŏ́c cũai ki atỡng. Yuaq ngkíq, cứq yoc ễ chĩc máh ŏ́c ki yỗn mới. 4Cứq táq ngkíq ễq mới dáng samoât samơi tễ máh ŏ́c noau khoiq atỡng mới.
Ranễng Yiang Sursĩ Atỡng Tễ Yang Ca Táq Batễm
5Bo dỡi Hê-rôt cỡt puo tâng cruang Yudê, bữn manoaq tễ tỗp tễng rit sang Yiang Sursĩ ramứh Sa-chari. Án la tễ tŏ́ng toiq Abia, la cũai tễng rit sang Yiang Sursĩ tễ mbŏ́q. Lacuoi Sa-chari ramứh Ê-li-sabet la tễ tŏ́ng toiq Arôn. 6Alới bar náq nâi la cũai tanoang o yáng moat Yiang Sursĩ. Alới trĩh samoât samơi máh ŏ́c Yiang Sursĩ patâp, cớp tỡ bữn noau têq tếq alới táq lôih. 7Alới tỡ bữn bữn con, yuaq Ê-li-sabet la cũai cũt, cớp alới bar náq khoiq thâu hỡ. 8-9Tỗp tễng rit sang Yiang Sursĩ bữn rit tampễq táq ranáq cỡt tỗp. Bữn muoi tangái tỗp Sa-chari rưoh Sa-chari na séng, yỗn án mut tễng rit sang yáng moat Yiang Sursĩ. Alới yỗn án mut tacât crơng phuom tâng prông tâng clống Dống Sang Toâr. 10Bo Sa-chari mut tacât crơng phuom, bữn clứng cũai ỡt rôm câu yáng tiah. 11Chơ bữn ranễng Yiang Sursĩ tễ paloŏng toâq pỡ Sa-chari. Ranễng ki tayứng coah atoam prông dốq noau tacât crơng phuom. 12Toâq Sa-chari hữm ranễng ki, án sâng dớt lứq cớp án ngcŏh. 13Ma ranễng ki atỡng án neq: “Sa-chari ơi! Mới chỗi ngcŏh ntrớu. Yiang Sursĩ khoiq roap chơ santoiq mới câu. Ê-li-sabet, lacuoi mới, nỡ‑ra án canỡt muoi lám con samiang. Cóq anhia amứh con ki ramứh Yang. 14Nỡ‑ra mứt pahỡm mới sâng bũi ỡn lứq cỗ nhơ mới bữn con samiang. Cớp clứng cũai sâng bũi tê toâq tangái con samiang ki canỡt, 15yuaq Yiang Sursĩ pasếq án clữi tễ cũai canŏ́h. Cóq án chỗi nguaiq blŏ́ng sariau ntrớu. Cớp án bữn Raviei Yiang Sursĩ cỡt sốt tâng mứt pahỡm án tễ tangái mpiq án canỡt án. 16Nỡ‑ra án táq yỗn clứng lứq cũai I-sarel píh sa‑âm loah Yiang Sursĩ, Ncháu alới. 17Nỡ‑ra án bữn mứt pahỡm cớp chớc samoât Ê-li, la cũai tang bỗq Yiang Sursĩ. Án pỡq nhũang Ncháu. Án táq yỗn mpoaq cớp con cỡt loah muoi mứt. Cớp án táq yỗn alới ca tỡ bữn trĩh ngê Yiang Sursĩ píh táq ranáq tanoang o ễn. Án chuai máh cũai ralêq loah mứt pahỡm dŏq Ncháu têq ndỡm alới.” 18Sa-chari blớh ranễng ki neq: “Nŏ́q cứq têq dáng ŏ́c ki lứq pĩeiq? Cứq cớp lacuoi cứq khoiq thâu chơ.” 19Ma ranễng ki ta‑ỡi án neq: “Ramứh cứq la Capriel. Cứq la ranễng Yiang Sursĩ ca dốq tayứng yáng moat án. Án ớn cứq toâq atỡng yỗn mới dáng tễ ramứh o nâi. 20Sanua mới cỡt ngong toau toâq tangái máh ramứh nâi toâq, yuaq mới tỡ bữn noap parnai cứq. Ngư máh ramứh nâi toâq, ki santruoq ariang cứq khoiq pai.” 21Bo ki bữn clứng cũai ỡt acoan Sa-chari yáng tiah. Alới sâng salễh Sa-chari ỡt dũn tâng dống sang ki. 22Tữ Sa-chari loŏh, án tỡ têq táq ntỡng muoi ŏ́c ntrớu. Ngkíq, alới dáng án khoiq hữm Yiang Sursĩ sapáh baih tâng dống sang. Cớp Sa-chari atỡng alới toâq atĩ sâng, yuaq bỗq án táq ntỡng tỡ luoh noâng. 23Moâm Sa-chari táq ranáq tâng dống sang, chơ án chu pỡ dống án. 24Vớt máh tangái ki Ê-li-sabet lacuoi Sa-chari, ỡt mumiaq. Chơ Ê-li-sabet ỡt níc tâng dống, tỡ bữn pỡq chu léq sám sỡng casâi. 25Cớp án pai neq: “Sanua cứq bũi ỡn lứq Yiang Sursĩ yỗn cứq ỡt mumiaq, yỗn cứq tỡ bữn casiet táq noâng yáng moat cũai canŏ́h cỗ cứq ŏ́q con.”
Ranễng Yiang Sursĩ Atỡng Tễ Sễt Yê-su
26Ê-li-sabet ỡt mumiaq khoiq tapoât casâi chơ. Tâng casâi ki Yiang Sursĩ ớn ranễng án, Capriel, pỡq chu vil Na-sarễt tâng cruang Cali-lê. 27Án dững parnai Yiang Sursĩ toâq pỡ manoaq cumũr ca tỡ nai bếq cớp samiang yũah. Ramứh án la Mari. Mpiq mpoaq án khoiq par‑ữq yỗn án racoâiq cớp manoaq ramứh Yô-sep. Yô-sep la tễ tŏ́ng toiq Davĩt, la puo cũai I-sarel tễ mbŏ́q. 28Ranễng Yiang Sursĩ ki toâq pỡ Mari, cớp án pai neq: “Bán tê Mari. Yiang Sursĩ lứq ỡt cớp mới, cớp án yỗn mới bữn ŏ́c bốn lứq!” 29Tữ Mari sâng parnai ranễng ki pai, án sâng dớt cớp croŏq lứq. Án tỡ dáng ntrớu ranễng ki ễ pai chóq án. 30Ranễng ki atỡng án neq: “Mari ơi! Mới chỗi ngcŏh ntrớu, yuaq Yiang Sursĩ khoiq rưoh mới yỗn bữn ŏ́c bốn. 31Tỡ bữn dũn mới ỡt mumiaq; chơ mới canỡt muoi lám con samiang. Cóq mới amứh án la Yê-su. 32Nỡ‑ra án cỡt sốt, cớp noau dŏq án la Con Yiang Sursĩ ca sốt clữi nheq tễ canŏ́h. Lứq Yiang Sursĩ, Ncháu hái, chóh yỗn án cỡt puo machớng achúc achiac án Davĩt tễ mbŏ́q tê. 33Án lứq cỡt puo máh tŏ́ng toiq Yacốp mantái níc. Án cỡt puo toau sốt nheq dỡi!” 34Mari ta‑ỡi ranễng ki neq: “Nŏ́q têq ramứh nâi toâq pỡ cứq? Cứq tỡ yũah bếq parnơi cớp cũai samiang aléq?” 35Ma ranễng ta‑ỡi án neq: “Ntun nâi Raviei Yiang Sursĩ ỡt cớp mới. Cớp Yiang Sursĩ ca sốt clữi nheq tễ canŏ́h lứq kĩaq pasếq níc mới. Ngkíq mới bữn con bráh o lứq. Noau dŏq con mới la Con Yiang Sursĩ. 36Mới sanhữ tễ ỡi mới Ê-li-sabet. Án la cũai khoiq thâu chơ, cớp noau pai án la cũai cũt. Ma sanua án ỡt mumiaq muoi lám con samiang. Án ỡt mumiaq khoiq tapoât casâi chơ. 37Yiang Sursĩ têq táq nheq dũ ranáq.” 38Chơ Mari ta‑ỡi neq: “Cứq la cũai táq ranáq Yiang Sursĩ. Cứq sễq máh ramứh mới pai yỗn lứq toâq pỡ cứq.” Vớt ki ranễng pỡq tễ Mari.
Mari Pỡq Sa‑óh Ê-li-sabet
39Tâng máh tangái ki, Mari thrũan pỡq chu muoi vil tâng dũal cóh pỡ cruang Yudê. Án pỡq chái lứq ễq yỗn toâq pỡ vil ki. 40Tữ án toâq, án mut tâng dống Sa-chari, cớp án cubán Ê-li-sabet. 41Bo Ê-li-sabet sâng Mari cubán án, ngkíq con tâng púng án rachâu. Cớp Raviei Yiang Sursĩ cỡt sốt tâng mứt pahỡm Ê-li-sabet. 42Chơ Ê-li-sabet pai casang lứq neq: “Yiang Sursĩ lứq yỗn mới bữn ŏ́c bốn hỡn nheq tễ mansễm canŏ́h! Cớp con cớt cớt tâng púng mới lứq bữn ŏ́c bốn tê! 43Yuaq nŏ́q mpiq Ncháu cứq toâq sa‑óh cứq? Ŏ́c nâi la toâr lứq yỗn cứq! 44Bo cứq sâng parnai mới cubán cứq, con cớt cớt tâng púng cứq rachâu, yuaq án sâng bũi tê. 45Bốn lứq mới, yuaq mới sa‑âm máh parnai Yiang Sursĩ atỡng mới lứq cỡt rapĩeiq!”
Mari Khễn Yiang Sursĩ
46Chơ Mari pai neq: “Cứq khễn Ncháu cứq nheq rangứh. 47Cớp mứt pahỡm cứq sâng bũi hỡr, yuaq Yiang Sursĩ la Yiang ca chuai amoong cứq. 48Cứq la cũai cớt cớt lứq táq ranáq án, ma noâng án nhêng cớp chuai cứq. Tễ sanua toau toâq ntun, dũ dỡi cũai dŏq cứq la cũai bữn ŏ́c bốn, 49yuaq Yiang Sursĩ ca bữn chớc toâr lứq, táq ranáq o yỗn cứq. Ramứh án la bráh o lứq. 50Án ayooq táq máh cũai ca yám án, tễ dỡi mbŏ́q toau toâq dỡi chumát. 51Án khoiq táq ranáq toâr lứq toâq atĩ án toâp. Cớp án khoiq tuih máh cũai ca chanchớm alới toâr hỡn cớp o hỡn tễ cũai canŏ́h. 52Alới ca sốt toâr, án khoiq táq yỗn alới cỡt tỡ bữn sốt noâng. Ma alới ca cacớt, án khoiq achỗn alới cỡt toâr. 53Máh cũai ŏ́q, án khoiq yỗn alới bữn dũ crơng o. Ma máh alới ca sốc, án yỗn alới chu atĩ miat. 54Án tỡ bữn khlĩr máh ŏ́c parkhán án khoiq parkhán cớp achúc achiac hếq. Cớp án khoiq chuai máh cũai I-sarel ca táq ranáq án. 55Án ayooq táq A-praham cớp máh tŏ́ng toiq A-praham mantái níc!” 56Moâm Mari pai máh santoiq ki, chơ án ỡt cớp Ê-li-sabet bữn pái casâi. Vớt ki án chu loah pỡ dống án.
Ê-li-sabet Sễt Yang
57Chơ toâq ngư Ê-li-sabet sễt con án, án sễt muoi lám con samiang. 58Máh cũai tâng vil ki, cớp máh sễm ai án khoiq sâng tễ ranáq Yiang Sursĩ sarũiq táq Ê-li-sabet. Ngkíq, alới pruam sâng bũi tê cớp Ê-li-sabet. 59Toâq con cớt cớt ki bữn tacual tangái, alới pỡq táq rit cứt yỗn con alới. Alới yoc ễ amứh án la Sa-chari, tũoiq ramứh mpoaq án. 60Ma mpiq án pai neq: “Tỡ bữn! Hái dŏq ramứh án la Yang.” 61Ma máh cũai ki pai neq: “Ma tâng sâu mới tỡ bữn noau bữn ramứh ngkíq!” 62Chơ alới blớh mpoaq con ki toâq atĩ. Alới blớh án ntrớu án ễ amứh con án. 63Sa-chari sễq muoi khlễc pian cacớt; chơ án chĩc tâng pian ki neq: “Ramứh án la Yang.” Ngkíq nheq cũai ki sâng dớt lứq! 64Bo ki toâp Sa-chari têq táq ntỡng loah, cớp án khễn Yiang Sursĩ. 65Máh cũai tâng vil ki sâng dớt lứq. Cớp ranáq ki trŏ́h la‑ữt la‑ữi dũ ntốq tâng máh dũal cóh tâng cruang Yudê. 66Máh cũai ca sâng tễ ramứh ki, alới cayớm dŏq tâng mứt, cớp manoaq blớh manoaq neq: “Carnễn nâi nỡ‑ra án cỡt nŏ́q?” Yuaq Yiang Sursĩ lứq ỡt cớp án.