Luka 1:18-30

¹⁸Mphapo Zakariya abvundzisa anju mbalonga kuti: “Ndinapidziwa tani pinthu penepi kuti ndimo mwenedi? Thangwi ine na nkazanga, tonsene ndife mankhalamba.”

¹⁹Anju antawira tenepa: “Ine ndine Gabhiriyeli, ndiri pa maso pa Mulungu midzidzi yonsene. Iye andituma ndilonge na iwe toera ndikupase mphangwa izi zadidi.

²⁰Cincino iwe unakhala bewewe. Unacimwana kulonga mpaka ntsiku inacitika penepi. Thangwi wapokanya mafala anga, anadza kafuna kucitika n'dzidzi wace ungakwana.”

²¹Mukhacitika penepyo, mbumba yonsene ikhadikhira Zakariya, mbwenye ikhadzumatirwa na kuona kudembuka kukhacita iye mu Nyumba ya Mulungu.

²²Pa 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.

²³Pidamala izo ntsiku zace za basa mu Nyumba ya Mulungu, Zakariya abuluka mbaenda ku nyumba kwace.

²⁴Pakumala penepo, Zabere nkazi wa Zakariya akhala na pa thupi. Na tenepo, amala myezi mixanu, mbakhakhala pa nyumba.

²⁵Iye akhalonga tenepa: “Izi ndi nkhombo za Mbuya! Cincino Iye andionambo toera kundimwaza manyadzo patsogolo pa mbumba.”

²⁶Zabere pikhakhala iye na pa thupi ya myezi mitanthatu, Mulungu atuma anju Gabhiriyeli, kuti aende ku nzinda ubodzi unacemerwa Nazareti ku dziko ya Galileya,

²⁷kuti aende kalonge na mwali m'bodzi anacemerwa Mariya, akhadasembwa na Zuze, mwana wa dzindza ya mambo Dhavidhi.

²⁸Anju afendedzera Mariya, am'mwanyika mbampanga tenepa: “Makolokoto iwe wakudzala na nkhombo! Mbuya ali na iwe.”

²⁹Apo Mariya na kupibva, adzumatirwa pikulu kakamwe, mbakhasaka kudziwa kuti mamwanyikiro enewa asalonganji?

³⁰Mbwenye anju ampanga kuti: “Leka kugopa Mariya, thangwi Mulungu asafuna kukupasa nkhombo zace!