Luke 1
1 Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us,
Aicae salakah kaom tangtang hmuen kawng thuihaih maeto pacoeng maeto kamtomh poe ah suek hanah paroeai ca tarik kaminawk oh o boeh,
2 even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us,
nihcae loe tangsuek na hoi hnukung ah oh o, tamthanglok toksah kaminawk mah, aicae khae thuih ih lok baktih toengah;
3 it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus;
kahoih koek Theophila, tangsuek na hoi kaom hmuennawk to kakoep ah thaikop boih moe, hmuen kaom maeto pacoeng maeto kamtomh poe ah, nangcae khaeah tarik nahaeloe hoi tih, tiah poekhaih ka tawnh,
4 that you might know the certainty concerning the things in which you were instructed.
to tiah ni ang patuk o ih lok to kahoihah na panoek o tih.
5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
Judea siangpahrang, Herod dung ah, Zakaria, tiah ahmin kaom qaima maeto oh, anih loe Abijah ih acaeng ah oh moe, a zu Elizabeth loe Aaron ih acaeng ah oh.
6 They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.
Nihnik loe Sithaw hmaa ah katoeng kami ah oh hoi moe, Angraeng mah paek ih kaalok hoi sak han koi toknawk boih coek koi kaom ai ah a sak hoi.
7 But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years.
Elizabeth loe caa kak pongah nawkta tawn hoi ai, nihnik loe saning coeh hoi parai boeh.
8 Now while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his division
Anih mah angmah ih kaminawk hoi Sithaw hmaa ah qaima toksakhaih tue phak naah,
9 according to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
qaimanawk mah sakzong ih atawk baktih toengah, Angraeng tempul thungah akun moe, hmuihoih thlaekhaih loe anih ih tok ah oh.
10 The whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.
Hmuihoih thlaek nathuem ah, paroeai kaminawk loe tasa bangah lawkthuih o.
11 An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
To naah anih khaeah Angraeng ih van kami maeto amtueng moe, hmuihoih thlaekhaih hmaicam bantang bangah angdoet pae.
12 Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.
Zakaria mah anih to hnuk naah zit moe, tasoehhaih hoiah oh.
13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard. Your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.
Toe van kami mah anih khaeah, Zakaria, zii hmah: na lawkthuihaih Sithaw mah thaih boeh; na zu Elizabeth mah capa maeto na sah pae tih, anih ih ahmin to Johan, tiah sak han oh.
14 You will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth.
Anghoehaih hoi oephaih to na tawn tih; anih tapen pongah paroeai kaminawk loe anghoe o tih.
15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.
Anih loe Angraeng mikhnuk ah kalen ah om ueloe, misurtui hoi paqui thaih koi hmuen roe nae mak ai; anih loe amno zok thung hoi kamtong Kacai Muithla hoiah koi tih.
16 He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God.
Anih mah paroeai Israel kaminawk to angmacae ih Angraeng khaeah angqoisak tih.
17 He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord.”
Anih mah ampanawk ih palungthin to a caanawk khaeah angqoisak tih, lok tahngai ai kaminawk to katoeng kaminawk ih palunghahaih loklam bangah angqoisak ueloe, Angraeng hanah kaminawk omsak coek tih, anih loe Elijah ih palungthin, thacakhaih hoiah Angraeng hmaa ah caeh tih, tiah a naa.
18 Zacharias said to the angel, “How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.”
Zakaria mah van kami khaeah, Hae hmuen hae kawbangmaw ka panoek thai tih? Kai loe mitong boeh moe, ka zu doeh mitong boeh, tiah a naa.
19 The angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God. I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.
To naah van kami mah anih khaeah, Kai loe Sithaw hmaa ah angdoe, Gabriel ah ka oh; lok kang thuih moe, kahoih hae anghoehaih tamthangnawk patuek han ih ni nang khaeah ang patoeh.
20 Behold, you will be silent and not able to speak until the day that these things will happen, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time.”
Khenah, atue phak naah akoep han koi kang thuih ih loknawk to na tang ai pongah, hae hmuennawk ohhaih ni pha ai karoek to, lok na aa tih, tiah a naa.
21 The people were waiting for Zacharias, and they marveled that he delayed in the temple.
Kaminawk mah Zakariah to zing o, anih loe tempul thungah akra parai boeh pongah dawnrai o.
22 When he came out, he could not speak to them. They perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple. He continued making signs to them, and remained mute.
Anih tasa bang tacawt naah loe, kaminawk khaeah lokthui thai ai boeh: anih loe lok apae ai, kaminawk khaeah ban hoiah ni angmathaih a sak pae: to pongah kaminawk mah anih loe tempul thungah hnuksakhaih a hnuk kalang mue, tiah poek o.
23 When the days of his service were fulfilled, he departed to his house.
Anih loe a toksakhaih boeng pacoengah, angmah im ah amlaem.
24 After these days Elizabeth his wife conceived, and she hid herself five months, saying,
To ninawk boeng pacoengah a zu Elizabeth to zokpom; anih loe khrah pangato thung imthung ah anghawk,
25 “Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men.”
anih mah ang khet nathuem ah, kaminawk salakah kai kasae thuihaih to takhoe ving hanah, Angraeng mah kai hanah hae hmuen hae sak boeh, tiah a thuih.
26 Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,
Elizabeth zokpomhaih khrah tarukto phak naah, Sithaw mah van kami Gabriel to Kalili prae, Nazareth vangpui ah kaom,
27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of David’s house. The virgin’s name was Mary.
David imthung takoh Joseph, tiah ahmin kaom kami mah hamh ih tangla cuem khaeah patoeh; tangla kacuem ih ahmin loe Meri.
28 Having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!”
Anih khaeah van kami to caeh moe, Kasang koek tahamhoih hnu kami, anghoe ah! Sithaw loe nang hoi nawnto oh: nang loe nongpatanawk thungah tahamhoih kami ah na oh, tiah a naa.
29 But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered what kind of salutation this might be.
Meri mah anih to hnuk naah, dawnrai, a palung thung hoiah kawbaktih kami tapringhaih lok maw vai, tiah poek.
30 The angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
Toe van kami mah anih khaeah, Meri, Zii hmah: nang loe Sithaw mah palung tong ih kami ah na oh boeh.
31 Behold, you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a son, and shall name him ‘Jesus.’
Khenah, zok na pomh ueloe, caa nongpa maeto na sah tih, anih ih ahmin loe JESU, tiah sak han oh.
32 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,
Anih loe paroeai len tih, Sang koek Capa, tiah kawk o tih: Angraeng Sithaw mah Ampa David ih angraeng tangkhang to anih khaeah paek tih:
33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob for the ages (aiōn g165). There will be no end to his Kingdom."
Anih mah Jakob imthung to dungzan ah uk tih; a prae loe boenghaih om mak ai, tiah a naa. (aiōn g165)
34 Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?”
To naah Meri mah van kami khaeah, Hae hmuen loe kawbangmaw angcoeng thai tih? Nongpa hoi ka om ai bae, tiah a naa.
35 The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.
Van kami mah anih khaeah, Kacai Muithla na nuiah om tih, Kasang koek sakthaihaih tha mah na oh haih tih: to pongah nang khaeah tapen han koi Ciimcai Capa loe Sithaw Capa, tiah kawk tih.
36 Behold, Elizabeth your relative also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.
Khenah, nam nawkamya ah kaom Elizabeth doeh mitong pacoengah caa nongpa maeto pomh boeh: anih loe caa kak, toe vaihi zokpomhaih khrah tarukto oh boeh.
37 For nothing spoken by God is impossible.”
Sithaw han angcoeng thai ai hmuen tidoeh om ai, tiah a naa.
38 Mary said, “Behold, the servant of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.
To naah Meri mah, Khenah, kai loe Angraeng ih toksah nongpata ah ni ka oh; na thuih ih lok baktih toengah ka nuiah om nasoe, tiah a naa. To pacoengah van kami mah anih to caehtaak.
39 Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah,
Meri loe angthawk moe, Judea prae mae nuiah kaom vangpui maeto ah karangah caeh;
40 and entered into the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth.
Zakariah ih imthung ah akun moe, Elizabeth to lok tapring.
41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
Meri mah tapring ih lok to Elizabeth mah thaih naah, a zok thung ih nawkta to angtawt; to naah Elizabeth loe Kacai Muithla hoiah koi:
42 She called out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
anih mah, Nang loe nongpatanawk thungah tahamhoih kami ah na oh, na zok thung ih athaih doeh tahamhoih.
43 Why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
Tipongah maw ka Angraeng ih amno ah ohhaih to kai khaeah ang paek?
44 For behold, when the voice of your greeting came into my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy!
Khenah, nang tapringhaih lok to ka thaih naah, anghoe loiah ka zok thung ih nawkta to amloep tahang.
45 Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord!”
Angraeng khae hoi thuih ih loknawk loe anih khaeah akoep tih, tiah tanghaih tawn nongpata loe tahamhoih, tiah tha hoiah a hangh.
46 Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord.
Meri mah, Ka hinghaih pakhra mah Angraeng to pakoeh moe,
47 My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,
pahlongkung Sithaw khaeah palung anghoehaih ka tawnh.
48 for he has looked at the humble state of his servant. For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed.
Poek kahnaem a tamna nongpata to anih mah khet boeh: khenah, vaihi hoi kamtong kaminawk boih mah tahamhoih kami, tiah na kawk o tih.
49 For he who is mighty has done great things for me. Holy is his name.
Thacak kami mah kai hanah kalen parai hmuennawk to ang sak pae boeh; anih ih ahmin loe ciimcai.
50 His mercy is for generations and generations on those who fear him.
Anih palungnathaih loe anih zithaih tawn kaminawk nuiah adung maeto pacoeng maeto khoek to oh.
51 He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
Anih mah a ban thacakhaih to amtuengsak moe, poeksang kaminawk to anghaehsak phaeng.
52 He has put down princes from their thrones, and has exalted the lowly.
Thacak kaminawk to angmacae ih angraeng tangkhang nui hoiah pakhrak tathuk moe, poek pahnaem kaminawk to tapom tahang.
53 He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty.
Zok amthlam kaminawk to kahoih hmuennawk hoiah zok amhahsak moe, angraengnawk to bangkrai ah patoeh ving.
54 He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy,
A palungnathaih to pahnet ai pongah a tamna Israel to abomh;
aicae ampanawk khaeah a thuih ih lok baktih toengah, Abraham hoi a caanawk khaeah doeh boeng ai ah a thuih, tiah thuih. (aiōn g165)
56 Mary stayed with her about three months, and then returned to her house.
Meri loe Elizabeth hoi khrah thumto oh pacoengah, angmah im ah amlaem.
57 Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she gave birth to a son.
Elizabeth nawkta tapenhaih tue phak naah loe, anih mah caa nongpa maeto sak.
58 Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her.
Kawkruk maw Angraeng mah a palungnathaih anih nuiah amtuengsak, tiah imtaeng kaminawk hoi angmah ih nawkamyanawk mah thaih o naah, anih to anghoe o haih.
59 On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
Ni tazetto naah loe tangzat hin aah hanah nawkta to a caeh o haih; nihcae mah anih ih ahmin loe ampa ih ahmin palawk hanah Zakariah, tiah sak han oh, tiah a thuih o.
60 His mother answered, “Not so; but he will be called John.”
Amno mah, to tih na ai ni; anih ih ahmin loe Johan, tiah sak han oh, tiah a naa.
61 They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name.”
Nihcae mah anih khaeah, Na caengnawk thungah hae baktih ahmin hae om ai, tiah a naa o.
62 They made signs to his father, what he would have him called.
To pongah nihcae mah nawkta ih ahmin kawbangmaw sak han, tiah ampa khaeah ban hoi angmathaih a sak pae moe, a dueng o.
63 He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, “His name is John.” They all marveled.
To naah anih mah ca trikhaih thlung kangphaek to hnik moe, Anih ih ahmin loe Johan, tiah tarik: to naah nihcae dawnrai o boih.
64 His mouth was opened immediately and his tongue freed, and he spoke, blessing God.
Akra ai ah anih ih pakha to am-ongh pae moe, palai doeh name pae roep, anih loe lok apaeh moe, Sithaw to pakoeh.
65 Fear came on all who lived around them, and all these sayings were talked about throughout all the hill country of Judea.
To tiah hmuen to oh pacoengah nihcae taengah kaom kaminawk boih nuiah zithaih to phak: hae tiah kaom hmuen kawng to Judea prae mae nuiah kaom kaminawk boih mah thuih o.
66 All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, “What then will this child be?” The hand of the Lord was with him.
To lok thaih kaminawk boih mah, Angraeng ih ban anih nuiah oh pongah, hae nawkta loe kawbaktih nawkta ah maw om tih vai? tiah palung thung hoiah a poek o.
67 His father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,
Ampa Zakariah loe Kacai Muithla hoiah koi moe,
68 “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people;
Israel kaminawk ih Sithaw loe tahamhoihaih om nasoe; anih loe angmah ih kaminawk khaeah paqaih moe, angmah ih kaminawk to akrang boeh,
69 and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David
a tamna David imthung ah aicae hanah pahlonghaih takii maeto tacawtsak boeh;
long amtong tangsuek na hoiah angmah ih kaciim tahmaanawk ih pakha hoi thuih ih lok baktih toengah: (aiōn g165)
71 salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us;
aicae loe aimacae misa hoi aicae hnuma kaminawk boih ih ban thung hoiah a loih o tih;
72 to show mercy toward our fathers, to remember his holy covenant,
aicae ampanawk khaeah lokkam ih palungnathaih to amtuengsak moe, angmah ih kaciim lokmaihaih to pahnet han ai ah,
73 the oath which he swore to Abraham our father,
anih loe aicae ampa Abraham khaeah lokkamhaih to sak boeh:
74 to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear,
zithaih tawn ai ah a hing o na thung, ciimcaihaih hoi toenghaih hoiah anih ih tok to a sak o hanah, aimacae misa ban thung hoiah aicae to na loisak tih.
75 in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.
76 And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,
Nawkta, nang loe, Kasang koek ih tahmaa ah na oh, tiah kawk o tih: nang loe Anih ih loklam paroep hanah Angraeng hmaa ah na caeh tih;
77 to give knowledge of salvation to his people by the remission of their sins,
nihcae zaehaihnawk tahmenhaih rang hoiah Anih ih kaminawk khaeah pahlonghaih kawng panoeksak hanah,
78 because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the dawn from on high will visit us,
van ranui ih ni bae baktih toengah, aicae Sithaw palungnathaih loe aicae khaeah ni baktiah bae tih boeh;
79 to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
khoving thung hoi duekhaih tahlip tlim ah anghnu kaminawk to aanghaih paek moe, misa angdaehhaih loklam ah aicae khok takansakhaih ni loe angzoh boeh, tiah lok taphong.
80 The child was growing and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.
Nawkta loe poekhaih palungthin thacakhaih hoiah qoeng tahang, anih loe Israel kaminawk khaeah amtueng ai karoek to praezaek ah khosak.
