LUKA 1:16-25

¹⁶Iye an'dzabweresa pomwe wanthu wa kuIjirayeri kuna Mbuya Mulungu wawo.

¹⁷Iye 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.

¹⁸Ndipo Zakaliya adam'bvundza anjo ule aciti: “Ningadziwe tani bzimwebzi? Thangwe ine-pano ndine nkhalamba ndipo mkazangu ana magole mazinji.”

¹⁹Anjoyo adamutawira aciti: Ine-pano ndine Kabiriyeri. Nimbakhala pabodzi na Mulungu. Ndatumidwa kuti ndidzakuuze mafala yabwinoya.

²⁰Ndipo un'dzakhala bewewe, un'dzalewa-lewa lini pomwe mpaka pantsiku yomwe bzin'dzacitika bzimwebzi thangwe ulibe kubvuma mafala yanguya yomwe yan'dzatewezeka kutsogoloko.

²¹Wanthu akhamudikhira Zakaliyayo acidabwa thangwe iye adacedwa mnyumba mwa Mulungumo.

²²Pomwe iye adabula mnyumbamo akhalewa-lewa lini ndipo wanthu adadziwisisa kuti iye adawona cinthu cakudabwisa. Iye akhalewa-lewa na manja basi thangwe akhadasanduka bewewe.

²³Pomwe ntsiku zace za basa zidamala, iye adabwerera kumui.

²⁴Pakupita 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.”