Luka 1
1 Bi niba boncianla jagi ke ban diani, ki togdi ya bontienkaala n tieni ti siiga nni,
Seeing that many have taken it in hand to draw up an account of those matters which have been fully established among us,
2 ti kpaagi yaaba n tie kasiednba leni bi nuni hali micilma, ki tua U Tienu maama tuonsɔla.
just as they reported them to us, who were from beginning eye- witnesses and ministers of the word,
3 Lan wani, n mo kali, ki jagi, ki buali, ki bandi bonŋanla yaali n tieni hali mi cilma, ki ba diani, ki togdi a leni mi kpaagma, fini, n buado leni n nicɔlnka Teofili.
it seemed good to me also accurately, from the very beginning, to write them to you in order, most excellent Theophilus,
4 Yeni, a ba bandi ŋan ga ya bangima mɔmɔni cain.
so that you may know the certainty of the story which you have been taught by the word of mouth.
5 herodi ṅ bo tie Jude badciamo ya yogu, salga yidka bo ye, ki yi Sakali, ki tie Abia salga yidkaaba cagli yua. O denpua bo tie Aron puolŋuanu, ki yi Elisabeti
In the reign of Herod, King of Judea, there was a certain priest, named Zachariah, belonging to the class of Abijah. He had a wife named Elizabeth,
6 Bi kuli bo tie nitegnkaaba U Tienu nintuali; bi kuli bo cɔlni U Tienu ñɔmabona, leni o yobdaano bali maama kuli, kaa pia kpiadma.
who was a descendant of Aaron. They were both righteous in the sight of the Lord, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the law, blameless.
7 Bi bo ki pia biga kelima Elisabeti bo tie ŋɔlga, ke bani bilie kuli ji bo podi o.
Now they had no child, for Elizabeth was barren, and both were far advanced in years.
8 Dayeli, Sakali den yidi salga U Tienu dieli nni, li den tie bi cagli salga yidma yogu i;
Now while Zachariah was acting as priest before God in the due course of his class, it fell to his lot, according to the custom of priesthood,
9 bi den cɔlni salga yidkaaba danbogda, ki lugdi o ke wan kua salga yidkaanu, ki ŋubni li ŋubli.
to enter into the sanctuary of the Lord and to burn incense.
10 Li ŋubli salga yidma yognu, ku niwulgu kuli den se niipo, ki jaandi.
And the whole multitude of the people were without, praying at the hour of incense.
11 O diedo maleki den ludi o, ki legdi, ki sedi li ŋubli salga binbinli jienu po.
Then there appeared to him an angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
12 Sakali ṅ la o, o yama ṅ pudi, ti jawaandi ṅ cuo o.
And as he saw him Zachariah was troubled, and fear fell upon him.
13 Ama, maleki ṅ maadi o: “Da jie, Sakali, ki dugni, U Tienu gbadi a jaandi. A denpua Elisabeti ba punbi, ki mali a po bonjaga, ŋan yini o Jan.
But the Angel said to him. "Do not be afraid, Zachariah, because your petition has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John.
14 O ba tua a po pamancianli, ke bi niba boncianla ba mangi bi pala o madi po.
"And he shall be to you a joy and an exultation, and many shall rejoice over his birth.
15 O ba tua niciamo O Diedo nintuali. O kan ñu daamɔngu, ki nan buali daapaama. O ba ya gbie leni U Tienu foŋanma, ki da ŋaani mi biima.
"For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, "He shall drink neither wine nor strong drink, "He shall be filled with the Holy Spirit from the hour of his birth,
16 Isayeli yaaba boncianla ba guani O Diedo, bi tienu kani.
"And shall win many of the sons of Israel to the Lord, their God.
17 O ba sɔni o tuonli ki dudi U Tienu nunbu nni leni Elia fuoma leni o paaciamu, ki cedi bibaanba leni bi bila ṅ guani ki mangi leni bi yaba, ki todi yaaba n ki tie nicɔlnkaaba, ban togdi bi nitegnkaaba maalma, ki ji bobni, ki tua ya nibuolu n ye U Tienu po.
"He shall go before Him in the wisdom and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, and so to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him."
18 Sakali ṅ buali maleki: “Be n ba teni min bandi? Kelima mini nba n ciandi, ke n denpua mo podi boncianla”.
"How shall I be sure of this?" said Zachariah to the Angel. "For I am an old man and my wife is advanced in years."
19 Maleki ṅ guani ki jiini o: Mini n tie Gabiyeli, ki ye U Tienu kani, ki tuuni o po. Wani n sɔni nni ke min caa u tondu, ki pa ŋa ya laabaalŋamo ne.
"I am Gabriel," answered the angel, "who stand in the presence of God; and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring and to bring you this good news.
20 Lanwani, lan ba tieni maama n ne: A ba tua muulo, ki kan fidi ki maadi, hali ki tuoni ya daali ke min puni a ya laabaalŋamo ne yogu ba pundi, lan tieni ki dudi.
"And now you shall be silent and unable to speak until the day the day when this has taken place; because you did not believe my words - Words which will be fulfilled at their appointed time."
21 Lan kuli ṅ den tie ya yognu, bi niba den guu Sakali, ke li pagi ba leni wan waagi salga binbinli dieli nni.
Meanwhile the people were waiting for Zachariah and wondering why he stayed so long in the sanctuary.
22 Wan ji den ñani, o ji den kan fidi ki maadi leni li nitaanli. Bi ji den bandi ke o la bonlegdikaali salga binbinli dieli nni. Wani ji den tua muulo, ki ji maadi leni o nui.
And when he came out he could not speak to them, and then they knew that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary. He kept making signs to them and remained dumb.
23 Wan gbeni o salga yidma dana, ke o guani, ki kuni o denpo.
As soon as his term of priestly service was ended he went home;
24 Lan tieni danaba, o denpua Elisabeti ṅ punbi, ki tieni ŋmaali mu, ki ye deni, kaa ña. O den maadi o pali nni,
and after those days Elizabeth, his wife, Conceived, and she hid herself five months, saying.
25 “Ne tie O Diedo tuonli i. O diidi nni leni mi yanbuama, ki piini yaali n den tie n po fee, bi niba kuli siiga.
"This has the Lord done for me. He has now deigned to take the away my reproach among men."
26 ŋmaali luoba ṅ pendi, Elisabeti tugpunbdi puoli, U Tienu ṅ sɔni maleki Gabyeli Galile dociamu nni, ke bi yi li dogu Nasareti.
Six months later the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee, called Nazareth,
27 jifaano kani, ke o tie ja cikpenga, ke bi yi o Josefi, ke o tie o badciamo, Davidi puolŋuanu. Li jifaano den yi Maari.
to a maiden betrothed to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. Her name was Mary.
28 Maleki ṅ kua o kani, ki yedi o: “Mangi a pali, fini yua ke U Tienu cabi a o ŋanbili; O Diedo ye leni a.”
The angel went in and said to her. "Joy to you, highly favored one! "The Lord is with you."
29 Mari yama ṅ yagi boncianla, li maama po; wan buali o pali nni lan ya fuodi niima nni.
Mary was greatly agitated at his word, and was revolving in her mind what this salutation could mean.
30 Maleki ṅ maadi o: Da jie, Maari, kelima U Tienu n cabi a o ŋanbili.
when the angel said to her. "Fear not Mary, for you have found grace with God.
31 Yaali n ba tieni n ne: Li kan kandi dana, a ba punbi, ki mali bonjaga, ki yini o Jesu.
"And behold, you shall conceive in your womb and bear a son; and you shall call his name Jesus.
32 O ba tua niciamo, ban yini o “Tanpojoma Tienu Bijua” O Diedo U Tienu ba teni o o yaja, o badciamo Dafidi badkpagli.
"He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High. "And the Lord God will give him the throne of his forefather David,
"and he shall reign over the House of Jacob forever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end." (aiōn g165)
34 Maari ṅ maadi maleki, li ba tieni ledi, kelima n tie powandiali i, n ki bani ja?
And Mary said to the angel. "How can this be? For I have no husband?"
35 Maleki ṅ guani ki jiini o, “U Tienu foŋanma ba jiidi a po, ke Tanpojoma Tienu paaciamu ṅ fibni a leni o junjungu. Lan ya po i, ke bi ba yini ŋan ba mali ya biga U Tienu Biga.
"The Holy Spirit shall come upon you," said the angel, "and the power of the most High shall overshadow you, and therefore the holy offspring which is born, shall be called the son of God.
36 Diidi, a kpiilo Elisabeti mo punbi, ki guu bonjaga yeni wan ciandi maama kuli, ke bi tua ke o ji kan baa biga; o ji ye o ŋmaaluobidi n yeni.
"And behold your kinswoman, Elizabeth, she also has conceived a son in her old age, and this was the sixth month with her that was called barren.
37 Kelima U Tienu ki pia wan gbali yaala.
"For no word of God shall be void of power."
38 Maari ṅ maadi: “N tie O Diedo tuonsɔnlo i, ŋan yedi nni yaala ṅ tieni ki dudi nani lan buali maama. Ke maleki ñani ki ŋa o.
Then Mary said. "Behold I am Lord’s slave. Let it be to me as you have said." Then the angel departed from her.
39 Li ki waagi ke Maari fii, ki ŋmaa tonma, ki gedi Jude juana dociamu nni.
Soon after this Mary set out and hastened unto the hill-country to a town in Judah;
40 Ki kua Sakali deni, ki fuondi Elisabeti.
and there she came into the house of Zachariah, and greeted Elizabeth.
41 Wan gbadi Maari fuondi ya yognu, ke o biga yugi ki ciidi o tugu nni, ke Elisabeti gbie leni U Tienu foŋanma.
And when Elizabeth heard her salutation, the babe leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth herself was filled with the Holy Spirit,
42 Ke o fiini u nialu, ki kpaandi, ki yedi: “A baa mi yedŋanma bi puoba kuli siiga, ke a tugu nni biga mo gbie leni mi yedŋanma.
and called out with a loud cry. "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is your unborn child!
43 Be n teni ke n dagdi yeni li seli, ke O Diedo naa cua n kani ki bua la nni.
"But why is this honor done me, that the mother of my Lord should come me?
44 Kelima diidi min gbadi ke a fuondi nni ya yognu, ke n biga jeli leni li pamanli n tugu nni.
"For behold when the sound of your salutation reached my ears, the babe leaped with joy within my womb.
45 U yenyienŋamu (mi yedŋama) ye leni fini yua n dugi ke U Tienu ṅ sɔni a po ya tondu ba tieni ki dudi”
"And blessed is she who believed that the Lord’s words spoken to her would be fulfilled."
46 Lan yognu, Ke Maari yedi: “N naano yiini O Diedo kpiagdi.
And Mary said. "My soul doth magnify the Lord,
47 Ke n yantiali mangdi li pali, O Diedo U Tienu, n candaano po.
"My spirit exults in the God, who is my Saviour,
48 Kelima o tuo ki tibni ki diidi mini talga, o tuonsɔnlo. Lan ya po, lan fii lan faa, leni yogu kuli, bi ba yini nni o cabŋandaano.
"For he has regarded the humiliation of his slave, And from this hour all ages will count me blessed.
49 Kelima U Tienu, U Paaciamu daano tieni n po yaali n yabi.
"For he who is mighty has done great things for me; And holy is his name.
50 O ŋanma ba tandi nifiima ṅ tuu nifiima yaaba n cɔlni o po.
"His mercy is unto generations and generations on those who reverence him.
51 O tandi o nuu leni u paaciamu, ki yadi yaaba ya pala n gbie leni ti japaadi'
"He has showed strength with his arm. "He has scattered proud in the imagination of their hearts;
52 O tudi ki jiini bi paadanba bi badkpaga po. ki nan duoni talganba.
"he has put down princes from their thrones, and has exalted those of low degree.
53 O gbieni a konkonba leni a bonŋana, ki nan deli ki yaani bi ŋalmandanba i nuukuomi.
"The hungry he has filled with good things, But the rich he has sent empty away.
54 Nn, O puni Isayeli, mi todma o pakɔnli kuli po, ki waani o ŋanma ya nibuolu n tie o tuonsɔnba po.
"He has helped Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy,
55 (Nani wan bo niani ti yajanba) Abalahama leni o puolŋuani hali ya yogu n ki pia gbenma. (aiōn g165)
"As he spoke to our forefathers, to Abraham and his offspring forever." (aiōn g165)
56 Maari kali leni Elisabeti nani ŋmaali taa yeni, ki guani ki kuni o denpo
So Mary stayed with Elizabeth about three months and returned home.
57 Elisabeti madi ji bo nagi n yeni, ke o mali bonjaga.
Now when the time of Elizabeth’s delivery was come, she gave birth to a son;
58 O kuantalieba leni o kpiiba den bandi O Diedo ṅ tieni o po ya ŋanbli. ki tieni u badu leni o, ki waani bi pamanli ṅ dagdi maama.
and her neighbors and kinsfolk heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy toward her; and they rejoiced with her,
59 O madi n ́pendi daaniili daali, ban cua ki ba kuani ki canpandga ku kɔnciagu. Bi den bua ban yini ki biga “Sakali” nani o báa n ́yi maama,
and came on the eighth day to circumcise the child. They were about to call him "Zachariah," after his father,
60 ama ke o naá jiini ki maadi, “N N, O baa yi Jan i.”
when his mother said, "No, he is to be called John."
61 Ama ke bi maadi o, “Nilo ki ye i diegu nni ki gaani lan ya yeli”
Said they, "You have no relatives of that name!"
62 Lan wani, ke bi buali bibáa mi muulma nni, wan bua yini ki biga maama.
Then they asked his father by signs what he wished to call the child.
63 O báa ń buali, ban teni o ki kpagdiankaaga (walga), wan diani ya lanbona ne, “O yeli tie Jan.” Lan tua bi kuli ya po pagili.
So he asked for a writing tablet and wrote down, "His name is John."
64 Lan yognu liga, o ñɔbu ń mubdi, o lanbu ń tabdi. Wan ji ya maadi, ki kpiagdi U Tienu.
Every one was surprised, and at once his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, blessing God.
65 Ti jawaandi den cuo yaaba n den gaani ki lindi ba. Li laabaali den yadi i kaani kuli, Jude juana dogi nni.
And there came a great fear upon all in the neighborhood; and throughout the hill country of Judea all these sayings were much talked about.
66 Yaaba n den gbadi li maama den maadi: “Ya biga ne ba tua be?” kelima U Tienu den ye leni o.
All the story laid it up in their hearts, saying "What, then, will this child be?" For the Lord’s hands was with him.
67 Sakali ki biga báa den gbie leni U Tienu foŋanma, ke o pua sawali, ki yedi:
And his father, Zachariah, was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying.
68 Dondi mani O Diedo, Isayeli tienu, kelima, o todi o buolu, ki faabi u.
"Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, For he has visited and redeemed his people,
69 Ti ya po, o candaano yua n gbie leni u paaciamu mali o tuonsɔnlo, o badciamo Dafidi puolŋuani siiga.
"And has raised up a mighty Deliverer for us In the house of his servant David,
70 Wan den sɔni o sawalpuaba yaaba n gbie leni U Tienu foŋanma, ke bi niani ti yajanba yaala hali mi cilma, tieni ki dudi. (aiōn g165)
"As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets Which have been since the world began (aiōn g165)
71 Ke o ba faabi ti ti yibalinba nui nni, leni ti nantieba gbanmanu kani.
To deliver us from our enemies, and from the power Of all who hate us.
72 O tie bonli kuli ke li wangi o ŋancianma ti yajanba po, ki gɔa ki tiadi o n̄ɔnianu.
"He showed mercy to our forefathers, He remembered his holy covenant,
73 Wan den niani ti yaja, Abalahama yaali tieni ki dudi.
"The oath which he swore to Abraham, our forefather,
74 O poli ke o ya fie ti ti yibalinba nui nni, o ba cabi ti ki nunmanga, tin ya jaandi o kaa jie
"That he we should be delivered out of the Hand of our enemies, And should serve him without fear,
75 Ki tuuni o tuona, ki tie o buolŋamu, ki tie nitegnkaaba o nintuali daali kuli ti yenyienu nni.
"In holiness and righteousness before him All our days.
76 Nn, Ke fini, ki biñidga, bi ba yini a Tanpojoma sawalpualo, kelima, a ba ga sanliiga, ki cuoni U Tienu nintuali, ki bobni o sanu
"And thou, child, shalt be called the Prophet of the Most High, For thou shalt go before the Lord to prepare the way
77 Ki teni o buolu ń bandi ke U Tienu puni u mi faabma, ki tieni u tuonbiidi po sugli.
"To give to his people a knowledge of salvation Through the remission of their sins,
78 Kelima ti tienu gbie leni ti niñinpadi leni mi ŋanma. Lanyapo, ku yenpudkaagu ba ña tanpoli, ki yendi ti po.
"Through the heart of mercy of our God, Whereby the Dayspring from on high shall visit us,
79 Ki yendi yaaba kuli n ye li biigli nni leni mi kuuma junjungu nni, ki pegdi ti taaŋmaadi mi yanduanma (li yanŋaali) sanu po
"To give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, And to guide our feet into the paths of peace."
80 Ki biga den yabdi, ke o yantiali mo paagdi ki pugdi. O den ti juodi ki ye ki tinkuonga nni i, hali yeni ya yogu ke o ti legdi ki waani o yuli Isayeli buolu po.
And the child grew, and became strong in the Spirit, and remained in the desert till the day of his showing to Israel.
