LUKA 1:18-30

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.”

²⁶Ndipo mwezi wacitanthatu wace, adatumidwa anjo Kabiriyeri kumzinda wa Nazalee dziko la Galileya.

²⁷Kumweko kukhana dende lomwe likhadabvundziridwa na mwamuna dzina lace Zuze wa dzindza la Davide. Dzina lace akhali Maliya.

²⁸Pomwe adafika pana Maliyapo adalewa kuti: “Kondwa ndiwe, wankhombo. Mbuya ana iwepo!”

²⁹Maliya adaneseka kwene-kwene na mafalayo. Ndipo adakumbukira mumtima mwace mamukoyo.

³⁰Anjo ule adapitiriza kulewa aciti: Maliya! Leka kubva mantha! Iwepo wasimbidwa na Mulungu.