¹O Theophilus: But narodo zumade te ramon pa so kerdilia mashkar amende,

¹Seeing that many did take in hand to set in order a narration of the matters that have been fully assured among us,

²ai won ramosarde so kerdilia sar sas amenge, kodola kai dikhle de anda gor, ai kai sas lenge phendo te phenen e vorba le Devleski.

²as they did deliver to us, who from the beginning became eye-witnesses, and officers of the Word, —

³Ai akana me lem o gor mishto te zhanav so godi kerdilia de anda gor, miazilia mange mishto lasho te ramov tumenge pa kadala dieli kai sas.

³it seemed good also to me, having followed from the first after all things exactly, to write to thee in order, most noble Theophilus,

⁴Me kerav kadia saxke tume te sai len po gor o chachimos kai sas tumenge phendo.

⁴that thou mayest know the certainty of the things wherein thou wast instructed.

⁵Kana o Herod sas o amperato ande Judea, sas iek rashai kai bushol Zechariah, wo sas andal rasha kai busholas Abijah. Leski rhomni busholas Elizabeth, ai woi sas andai vitsa le rashaske kai busholas Aaron, o baro rashai.

⁵There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Abijah, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elisabeth;

⁶Won le dui zhene sas vorta angla Del, ai kerdia mishto sa le zakonuria ai sa le krisa le Devleski.

⁶and they were both righteous before God, going on in all the commands and righteousnesses of the Lord blameless,

⁷Nas le glati ke e Elizabeth nashti avelas le glate, ai vi le dui zhene sas phure.

⁷and they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and both were advanced in their days.

⁸Iek dies o Zechariah kerelas peski buchi le rashaski angla Del.

⁸And it came to pass, in his acting as priest, in the order of his course before God,

⁹Ke pala zakono le rashango, o Zacharias sas alosardia te zhal ande tampla te phabarelas e thumwiia pe altari.

⁹according to the custom of the priesthood, his lot was to make perfume, having gone into the sanctuary of the Lord,

¹⁰Sa o narodo rhugilaspe avri ka chaso kai phabarenas e Thumwiia.

¹⁰and all the multitude of the people were praying without, at the hour of the perfume.

¹¹Ek angelo le Devlesko antunchi sikadilo ka Zachariah, wo beshelas pe chachi rik kai sas o altari kai phabarenas e Thumwiia.

¹¹And there appeared to him a messenger of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of the perfume,

¹²Kana o Zechariah dikhlia o angelos, wo sas nekezhisailo ai darailo.

¹²and Zacharias, having seen, was troubled, and fear fell on him;

¹³Numa o angelo phendia leske, "Na dara o Zechariah! O Del ashundia cho rhugimos, ai Elizabeth, chi rhomni dela tu iek shav kai akharesa les Iovano.

¹³and the messenger said unto him, `Fear not, Zacharias, for thy supplication was heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear a son to thee, and thou shalt call his name John,

¹⁴Ai tu avesa defial raduime, ai but narodo raduilape kana kerdiola!

¹⁴and there shall be joy to thee, and gladness, and many at his birth shall joy,

¹⁵Ke baro manush avela anglal iakha Devleske, ai shoxar chi pela mol ai chi iek pimos kai si alkolsa. Avela pherdo le Swuntone Duxoske kana kerdiola.

¹⁵for he shall be great before the Lord, and wine and strong drink he may not drink, and of the Holy Spirit he shall be full, even from his mother`s womb;

¹⁶Anelas palpale buten andal Zhiduvuria ka lenge Del.

¹⁶and many of the sons of Israel he shall turn to the Lord their God,

¹⁷Wo zhala mai anglal lestar le duxosa ai la putierasa le profetoske o Elijah te thon pale andek than le daden ai le shaven ai te anen palpale kodolen kai chi pachaie o mui ka goji le manushenge kai sas chache; wo lasharela narodos vorta angla Del."

¹⁷and he shall go before Him, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn hearts of fathers unto children, and disobedient ones to the wisdom of righteous ones, to make ready for the Lord, a people prepared.`

¹⁸O Zechariah phenel le angeloske, "Sar te zhanav ke so phenes si chaches? Ke phuro sim ai vi murhi rhomni."

¹⁸And Zacharias said unto the messenger, `Whereby shall I know this? for I am aged, and my wife is advanced in her days?`

¹⁹Ai o angelo del les atweto, "Me sim o Gabriel, me beshav angla Del, vo tradia ma te dav tusa duma ai te anav tuke kadia lashi vorba.

¹⁹And the messenger answering said to him, `I am Gabriel, who have been standing near before God, and I was sent to speak unto thee, and to proclaim these good news to thee,

²⁰Num chi pachaian murhe vorbi, kai savon avena pe kana avela e vriama. Anda kodia si te kerdios muto ai nashti desa duma zhi ka dies kai avela pe so phendem tuke."

²⁰and lo, thou shalt be silent, and not able to speak, till the day that these things shall come to pass, because thou didst not believe my words, that shall be fulfilled in their season.`

²¹Ande kodia vriama le kolaver narodo azhukerenas o Zechariah, ai chudinaspe sostar beshel kadia but vriama kotse andre tampla.

²¹And the people were waiting for Zacharias, and wondering at his tarrying in the sanctuary,

²²Kana anklisto avri nashti delas lensa duma, ai o narodo aliardia ke O Del sikadiasas leske vari so ande tampla. Wo sikavelas lenge le vastensa numa nashti delas duma.

²²and having come out, he was not able to speak to them, and they perceived that a vision he had seen in the sanctuary, and he was beckoning to them, and did remain dumb.

²³Kana o Zechariah getosardia peski vriama kai trobulas te podail ande tampla, gelo peste khere.

²³And it came to pass, when the days of his service were fulfilled, he went away to his house,

²⁴Xantsi vriama pala kodia e Elizabeth leski rhomni pharisas, ai garadile panzh shon ando kher.

²⁴and after those days, his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying —

²⁵Woi motholas ande peste, "Eta, so kerdia O Del mange, manglia te ankalavel ma akana so sas mange lazhav anglal manush!"

²⁵`Thus hath the Lord done to me, in days in which He looked upon [me], to take away my reproach among men.`

²⁶Ai ando shovto shon O Del tradia o angelo kai bushol Gabriel andek foro kai bushol Galilee ando Nazareth.

²⁶And in the sixth month was the messenger Gabriel sent by God, to a city of Galilee, the name of which [is] Nazareth,

²⁷Kai iek shei bari kai trobulas te ansurilpe ieke manushesa kai bushol Josef, wo sas andai vitsa le amperatoski o David, o anav kodola zhuvliako kay sas shei bari busholas Maria.

²⁷to a virgin, betrothed to a man, whose name [is] Joseph, of the house of David, and the name of the virgin [is] Mary.

²⁸O angelo gelo late khere ai phendia lake, "Pacha tuke, tu kai O Del andia mishtimos, O Del tusa."

²⁸And the messenger having come in unto her, said, `Hail, favoured one, the Lord [is] with thee; blessed [art] thou among women;`

²⁹E Maria daraili xantsi palal vorbia kai phendia lake, ai gindilas pa so phendia lake o angelo,

²⁹and she, having seen, was troubled at his word, and was reasoning of what kind this salutation may be.

³⁰O angelo phendia lake, "Na dara, Maria, ke drago sanas le Devleske.

³⁰And the messenger said to her, `Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God;

³¹Si te aves phari ai avela tu iek shav kai desa les o anav Jesus.

³¹and lo, thou shalt conceive in the womb, and shalt bring forth a son, and call his name Jesus;

³²Baro avela ai akharena les O Shav le Devlesko kai si opre. O Del kerela anda leste amperato, sar sas o David, kodo kai sas mai anglal lestar.

³²he shall be great, and Son of the Highest he shall be called, and the Lord God shall give him the throne of David his father,

³³Ai poronchila po narodo kai si ande Israel kai bushon zhiduvuria sagda, ai leski amperetsia shoxar chi getolpe!"

³³and he shall reign over the house of Jacob to the ages; and of his reign there shall be no end.`

³⁴E Maria phendia le angeloske, "Sar sai kerdiola so mothos mange, ke shei bari sim?"

³⁴And Mary said unto the messenger, `How shall this be, seeing a husband I do not know?`

³⁵O angelo dia atweto, "O Swunto Duxo avela pe tute, ai e putiera le Devleski. Vusharela tu sar iek vushalin, anda kodia avela akhardo Swunto O Shav le Devlesko ek glata kai kerdiola.

³⁵And the messenger answering said to her, `The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee, therefore also the holy-begotten thing shall be called Son of God;

³⁶Ai eta, Elizabeth chi vara, vi woi azhukerel iek shav. Marka ke si phuri, mothonas ke nashti avela glate, ai akana ka pesko shovto shon la.

³⁶and lo, Elisabeth, thy kinswoman, she also hath conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her who was called barren;

³⁷Ke kanchi nai so O Del nashti kerel."

³⁷because nothing shall be impossible with God.`

³⁸Antunchi Maria phendia, "Me sim e sluga Devleski, te avel mange sar tu phenes", ai o angelo gelotar.

³⁸And Mary said, `Lo, the maid-servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to thy saying,` and the messenger went away from her.

³⁹Ande kodia vriama e Maria sigo gelitar karing le plaia andek gav kai sas ande Judea.

³⁹And Mary having arisen in those days, went to the hill-country, with haste, to a city of Judea,

⁴⁰Geli ando kher ka Zechariah ai dia dies lasho kai Elizabeth.

⁴⁰and entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth.

⁴¹Kana Elizabeth ashundia so phendia lake e Maria, o glata mishtisailo ande late. Elizabeth pherdo sas le Swuntone Duxosa.

⁴¹And it came to pass, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe did leap in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit,

⁴²Ai tsipisardia zurales. "O Del swuntsosardia tu mai but ke sar sa le zhuvlia ai lesko swuntsomos beshel pe glata kai avela tu!

⁴²and spake out with a loud voice, and said, `Blessed [art] thou among women, and blessed [is] the fruit of thy womb;

⁴³Kon si me, kai e dei murhi Devleski avel mande?

⁴³and whence [is] this to me, that the mother of my Lord might come unto me?

⁴⁴Ke dikhes kana ashundem ke dian ma dies lasho o glata mishtisailo raduimastar ande mande.

⁴⁴for, lo, when the voice of thy salutation came to my ears, leap in gladness did the babe in my womb;

⁴⁵Tu raduime san kai pachaian tu so sas tuke phendo katar O Del ai kerdiola!"

⁴⁵and happy [is] she who did believe, for there shall be a completion to the things spoken to her from the Lord.`

⁴⁶E Maria phendia, "Murho ilo naisil o barimos le Devlesko;

⁴⁶And Mary said, `My soul doth magnify the Lord,

⁴⁷Murho ilo pherdo raduimos lo pala Del murho skepitori.

⁴⁷And my spirit was glad on God my Saviour,

⁴⁸O Del dikhlia pe mande, leski sluga kai nai kanch! Numa akana ai sagda sa o manush akharena ma raduime.

⁴⁸Because He looked on the lowliness of His maid-servant, For, lo, henceforth call me happy shall all the generations,

⁴⁹Ke O Del kai si les e putiera kerdia mange lasho dieli. Lesko anav si Swunto.

⁴⁹For He who is mighty did to me great things, And holy [is] His name,

⁵⁰Sikavel leski mila sagda ka kodola kai daran lestar, katar e vitsa po vitsa.

⁵⁰And His kindness [is] to generations of generations, To those fearing Him,

⁵¹Kerdia bare dieli leske vastesa, le zuralesa lia pal manush le barimata kai sas le ande ilo.

⁵¹He did powerfully with His arm, He scattered abroad the proud in the thought of their heart,

⁵²Lia le amperaton anda penge amperetsia ai dia iek than kai si opre kal manush kai si lashe.

⁵²He brought down the mighty from thrones, And He exalted the lowly,

⁵³Wo dia but lashimos ka kodola kai sas bokhale, ai tradia palpale le barvalen le vastensa mange.

⁵³The hungry He did fill with good, And the rich He sent away empty,

⁵⁴Wo garado leski vorba kai shinado sas ka le Zhidovon, ai avilo te zhutil leske naroduria le Zhidovon.

⁵⁴He received again Israel His servant, To remember kindness,

⁵⁵Chi busterdia te sikavel leski mila karing o Abraham ai kodola kai sas mai palal lestar sagda.

⁵⁵As He spake unto our fathers, To Abraham and to his seed — to the age.`

⁵⁶E Maria beshli peska varasa Elizabeth trin shon, porme gelitar peste khere.

⁵⁶And Mary remained with her about three months, and turned back to her house.

⁵⁷Kana e vriama avili kai Elizabeth trobulas te avel la iek glata sas la iek shav.

⁵⁷And to Elisabeth was the time fulfilled for her bringing forth, and she bare a son,

⁵⁸O narodo kai beshelas pashai Elizabeth ai lake naimuria dine po gor ke O Del dias la kodo mishtimos, vi won raduisaile lasa.

⁵⁸and the neighbours and her kindred heard that the Lord was making His kindness great with her, and they were rejoicing with her.

⁵⁹Kana o tsinorho sas kurkesko avile te shinen kotor anda lesko boriko; ai mangenas te del anav peske dadesko Zechariah,

⁵⁹And it came to pass, on the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child, and they were calling him by the name of his father, Zacharias,

⁶⁰numa leski dei phendia, "Nichi, Iovano busholas." Numa phende lake,

⁶⁰and his mother answering said, `No, but he shall be called John.`

⁶¹"Na khonik ande chi familia kai si les kado anav!"

⁶¹And they said unto her — `There is none among thy kindred who is called by this name,`

⁶²Antunchi phushle le vastensa le dades, te zhanen sar mangel te akharel o shav.

⁶²and they were making signs to his father, what he would wish him to be called,

⁶³O Zechariah manglia iek skafidi te ramol ai ramosardia, "Iovano busholas." ai savorhe chudisaile!

⁶³and having asked for a tablet, he wrote, saying, `John is his name;` and they did all wonder;

⁶⁴Strazo o Zechariah sai delas duma ai liape te naisil le Devles zurales.

⁶⁴and his mouth was opened presently, and his tongue, and he was speaking, praising God.

⁶⁵Katar godi antunchi sa narodo kai beshelas pasha leste daraile, ai sa e viasta pa so kerdili geli kruglom karing le plaia ande Judea.

⁶⁵And fear came upon all those dwelling around them, and in all the hill-country of Judea were all these sayings spoken of,

⁶⁶Kon godi ashunelas so kerdilia denas pe goji ai denas pe duma, so avela kodia glata e putiera le Devleski sas chaches lesa.

⁶⁶and all who heard did lay them up in their hearts, saying, `What then shall this child be?` and the hand of the Lord was with him.

⁶⁷O Zechariah, o dat la glatako sas pherdo le Swuntone Duxosa, ai dia duma E Vorba le Devleski.

⁶⁷And Zacharias his father was filled with the Holy Spirit, and did prophesy, saying,

⁶⁸Luvudime te avel le Devles, O Del le Zhidovongo, ke andia te lia sama pe pesko narodo ai skepisardia les.

⁶⁸`Blessed [is] the Lord, the God of Israel, Because He did look upon, And wrought redemption for His people,

⁶⁹Dia ame iek putiera ai iek skepitori amenge kai sam andai vitsa le amperatoski o David leski sluga.

⁶⁹And did raise an horn of salvation to us, In the house of David His servant,

⁷⁰Kadia si kai phendias, de mult katar swuntso profeturia:

⁷⁰As He spake by the mouth of His holy prophets, Which have been from the age;

⁷¹Phendiasas te skepil ame katar amare duzhmaia; ai katar e putiera katar kodola kai sam lenge griatsa.

⁷¹Salvation from our enemies, And out of the hand of all hating us,

⁷²Inker sikavela peski mila amenge sar si kadia kodolenge kai sas mai anglal amendar, ai serela pe peski swinto vorba kai phendiasas te beshel amensa;

⁷²To do kindness with our fathers, And to be mindful of His holy covenant,

⁷³Ke O Del phendiasas le Abramoske kadala dieli kai sas mai anglal amendar.

⁷³An oath that He sware to Abraham our father,

⁷⁴Te ankalavel ame katar e putiera amare duzhmange, ai te podaisaras le Devles bi darako;

⁷⁴To give to us, without fear, Out of the hand of our enemies having been delivered,

⁷⁵Te sai avas swintsi ai vorta angla Del, swako dies ande amaro traio.

⁷⁵To serve Him, in holiness and righteousness Before Him, all the days of our life.

⁷⁶Ai tu, murho tsinorho, avesa akhardo o profeto le Devlesko kai si opre, ke phiresa angla Del te lashares lesko drom;

⁷⁶And thou, child, Prophet of the Highest Shalt thou be called; For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, To prepare His ways.

⁷⁷Ai te sikaves leske narodoske ke skepila le kana iertila lenge bezexa.

⁷⁷To give knowledge of salvation to His people In remission of their sins,

⁷⁸Ke amaro Del lasholo, ai kerela te strefial pe amende iek vediara kai avel opral.

⁷⁸Through the tender mercies of our God, In which the rising from on high did look upon us,

⁷⁹Te sikavel e vediara kodolenge kai si ando tuniariko ai kai si ande vushalin la martiake, te ingerel amare punrhe po drom la pachako."

⁷⁹To give light to those sitting in darkness and death-shade, To guide our feet to a way of peace.`

⁸⁰Ai tsinorho bariolas ai o Swunto Duxo le Devlesko lel les zor ande leste. Wo beshlo ande pusta zhi ka dies kai sikadilo kal Zhiduvuria.

⁸⁰And the child grew, and was strengthened in spirit, and he was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.