LUKA 1:8-20

⁸Ntsiku inango, Zakaliya akhali mnyumba ya Mulungu, acimbacita basa lace la ubaba bwa ntsembe thangwe likhali pfoti la dzindza lace.

⁹Nakuti ukhali msambo wa azibaba wa ntsembe kumbacita pfoti-pfoti la kutentha ntsembe mNyumba ya Mbuya.

¹⁰Wanthu wentse akhapemba kunja panthawe yakutentha ntsembe yakununcira.

¹¹Ndipo kabodzi na kabodzi adawoneka anjo m'bodzi wa Mulungu aciima kuboko lace ladidi pamphatso ya ntsembe yakununcirayo.

¹²Pomwe Zakaliya adawona anjoyo, iye adadzidzimuka acibva mantha.

¹³Tsono anjoyo adamuuza kuti: Zakaliya! Leka kubva mantha. Mkumbiro wako wabveka. Mkazako Zabere an'dzakubalira mwana wa mwamuna. Un'dzamupasa dzina lakuti Juwau.

¹⁴Iwepo un'dzakomedwa ucikondwa na kubadwa kwace, ndipo wanthu azinji an'dzakomedwambo.

¹⁵Iye an'dzakhala mkulu pamaso paMbuya. Iye an'dzamwa lini vinyu ayai cakumwa cinango cakuledzeresa. Pomwe iye akadzabadwa an'dzakhala wakudzazidwa kale na Mzimu Wakucena.

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.