18 Mphapo Zakariya abvundzisa anju mbalonga kuti: “Ndinapidziwa tani pinthu penepi kuti ndimo mwenedi? Thangwi ine na nkazanga, tonsene ndife mankhalamba.”
19 Anju antawira tenepa: “Ine ndine Gabhiriyeli, ndiri pa maso pa Mulungu midzidzi yonsene. Iye andituma ndilonge na iwe toera ndikupase mphangwa izi zadidi.
20 Cincino iwe unakhala bewewe. Unacimwana kulonga mpaka ntsiku inacitika penepi. Thangwi wapokanya mafala anga, anadza kafuna kucitika n'dzidzi wace ungakwana.”
21 Mukhacitika penepyo, mbumba yonsene ikhadikhira Zakariya, mbwenye ikhadzumatirwa na kuona kudembuka kukhacita iye mu Nyumba ya Mulungu.
22 Pa kubuluka kwace Zakariya mu Nyumba ya Mulungu, abuluka mbali bewewe mbakhacimwana kulonga. Penepo mbumba yonsene yadzindikira kuti piripo pikhadaoneswa iye na Nzimu wa Mulungu n'kati mwa Nyumba ya Mulungu. Na tenepo, Zakariya akhakwanisa kulonga na mbumba na manja basi.
23 Pidamala izo ntsiku zace za basa mu Nyumba ya Mulungu, Zakariya abuluka mbaenda ku nyumba kwace.
24 Pakumala penepo, Zabere nkazi wa Zakariya akhala na pa thupi. Na tenepo, amala myezi mixanu, mbakhakhala pa nyumba.
25 Iye akhalonga tenepa: “Izi ndi nkhombo za Mbuya! Cincino Iye andionambo toera kundimwaza manyadzo patsogolo pa mbumba.”
26 Zabere pikhakhala iye na pa thupi ya myezi mitanthatu, Mulungu atuma anju Gabhiriyeli, kuti aende ku nzinda ubodzi unacemerwa Nazareti ku dziko ya Galileya,
27 kuti aende kalonge na mwali m'bodzi anacemerwa Mariya, akhadasembwa na Zuze, mwana wa dzindza ya mambo Dhavidhi.
28 Anju afendedzera Mariya, am'mwanyika mbampanga tenepa: “Makolokoto iwe wakudzala na nkhombo! Mbuya ali na iwe.”
29 Apo Mariya na kupibva, adzumatirwa pikulu kakamwe, mbakhasaka kudziwa kuti mamwanyikiro enewa asalonganji?
30 Mbwenye anju ampanga kuti: “Leka kugopa Mariya, thangwi Mulungu asafuna kukupasa nkhombo zace!
