Luke 1:55-75

⁵⁵E keep e wod wa e gii ta we ole people. E show mussy ta Abraham an all e chullun faeba!”

⁵⁶Mary stay dey wid Lizzybet bout shree mont. Den e gone home.

⁵⁷De time come fa Lizzybet fa go een, an e hab son.

⁵⁸E neighba dem an e kin yeh say de Lawd done hab mussy pon Lizzybet. E gim chile. An all dem rejaice wid um.

⁵⁹Eight day atta de chile been bon, dey come togeda fa circumcise de chile. Dey been gwine gim name Zechariah, like e fada.

⁶⁰Cep e modda Lizzybet tell um say, “No! E name spose fa be John.”

⁶¹Wen Lizzybet say dat, de people tell um say, “Bot ya ain got no kin people name John!”

⁶²So dey mek sign ta e fada Zechariah fa aks um wa e wahn de chile name fa be.

⁶³Zechariah mek sign ta dem, aks fa sompin fa write pon. Den e write down say, “E name John.” All de people been stonish.

⁶⁴Same time Zechariah boice come back, an e staat fa taak. E da praise God.

⁶⁵All de neighba wa yeh Zechariah been scruck. Dey taak bout dis ting, an de nyews git roun all oba Judea een de hill country.

⁶⁶An all dem wa yeh dis ting, study bout um say, “Wa dis chile yah gwine be?” Cause fa true de Lawd powa been dey pon um.

⁶⁷Zechariah, John fada, been full op wid de Holy Sperit, an e tell God wod. E say,

⁶⁸“Leh we praise de Lawd, de God ob de Israel people! Cause e done come fa hep e people. E done set um free.

⁶⁹E done sen we scrong poson wa gwine sabe we. An dis Poson blongst ta de fambly ob David, de ole people leada wa saab God.

⁷⁰God own prophet dem, dey promise fom way back.

⁷¹Dey say, ‘Dis poson gwine sabe we fom we enemy. E gwine sabe we fom de powa ob all dem people wa hate we.’

⁷²God hab mussy pon we, jes like e been tell we ole people. E stillyet memba de greement wa e esef done mek wid um.

⁷³E promise we ole people leada Abraham an mek a wow.

⁷⁴E say e gwine sabe we fom we enemy dem so we ain gwine be scaid fa saab um.

⁷⁵We gwine be God own people, da waak scraight fo um all de time we lib.