10 Wanthu wentse akhapemba kunja panthawe yakutentha ntsembe yakununcira.
11 Ndipo kabodzi na kabodzi adawoneka anjo m'bodzi wa Mulungu aciima kuboko lace ladidi pamphatso ya ntsembe yakununcirayo.
12 Pomwe Zakaliya adawona anjoyo, iye adadzidzimuka acibva mantha.
13 Tsono anjoyo adamuuza kuti: Zakaliya! Leka kubva mantha. Mkumbiro wako wabveka. Mkazako Zabere an'dzakubalira mwana wa mwamuna. Un'dzamupasa dzina lakuti Juwau.
14 Iwepo un'dzakomedwa ucikondwa na kubadwa kwace, ndipo wanthu azinji an'dzakomedwambo.
15 Iye an'dzakhala mkulu pamaso paMbuya. Iye an'dzamwa lini vinyu ayai cakumwa cinango cakuledzeresa. Pomwe iye akadzabadwa an'dzakhala wakudzazidwa kale na Mzimu Wakucena.
16 Iye an'dzabweresa pomwe wanthu wa kuIjirayeri kuna Mbuya Mulungu wawo.
17 Iye an'dzabakapita mumzimu na mpambvu ninga mpolofeta Eriya, kuti adzasandulize mitima ya azibaba kuti adzayanjane pomwe na wana wawo, na kudzapfundzisa anyakupanduka kuti adzafambe munjira yakulungama. Na tenepo an'dzakondzerera wanthu kuna Mbuya.
18 Ndipo Zakaliya adam'bvundza anjo ule aciti: “Ningadziwe tani bzimwebzi? Thangwe ine-pano ndine nkhalamba ndipo mkazangu ana magole mazinji.”
19 Anjoyo adamutawira aciti: Ine-pano ndine Kabiriyeri. Nimbakhala pabodzi na Mulungu. Ndatumidwa kuti ndidzakuuze mafala yabwinoya.
20 Ndipo un'dzakhala bewewe, un'dzalewa-lewa lini pomwe mpaka pantsiku yomwe bzin'dzacitika bzimwebzi thangwe ulibe kubvuma mafala yanguya yomwe yan'dzatewezeka kutsogoloko.
21 Wanthu akhamudikhira Zakaliyayo acidabwa thangwe iye adacedwa mnyumba mwa Mulungumo.
22 Pomwe iye adabula mnyumbamo akhalewa-lewa lini ndipo wanthu adadziwisisa kuti iye adawona cinthu cakudabwisa. Iye akhalewa-lewa na manja basi thangwe akhadasanduka bewewe.
23 Pomwe ntsiku zace za basa zidamala, iye adabwerera kumui.
24 Pakupita ntsiku zimwezo, mkazace Zabere adatenga mimba, ndipo adabisala mpaka minyezi mixanu, acimbalewa kuti:
25 “Ibzi ndibzo Mbuya wandicitira, tsapano palibe cinthu comwe cindipasa manyazi kuna wanthu.”
26 Ndipo mwezi wacitanthatu wace, adatumidwa anjo Kabiriyeri kumzinda wa Nazalee dziko la Galileya.
27 Kumweko kukhana dende lomwe likhadabvundziridwa na mwamuna dzina lace Zuze wa dzindza la Davide. Dzina lace akhali Maliya.
28 Pomwe adafika pana Maliyapo adalewa kuti: “Kondwa ndiwe, wankhombo. Mbuya ana iwepo!”
29 Maliya adaneseka kwene-kwene na mafalayo. Ndipo adakumbukira mumtima mwace mamukoyo.
30 Anjo ule adapitiriza kulewa aciti: Maliya! Leka kubva mantha! Iwepo wasimbidwa na Mulungu.
31 Un'dzatenga mimba ucidzabala mwana omwe un'dzam'cemera kuti Jezu.
32 Iye an'dzakhala mkulu acidzacemeredwa Mwana wa Iye Wakudzulu. Ndipo Mbuya Mulungu an'dzam'pasa umambo bwa babace Davide.
