Lukka 1:55-75

⁵⁵(mbuli mbakaamba kuli basikale besu) kuli Abraham alunyungu lwakwe.”

⁵⁶Meli wakakkala a Elizabeti kwamyeezi yotatwe mpawo wabweda kung'anda yakwe.

⁵⁷Lino chakasikachiindi chakuti Elizabeti atumbuke aboobo wakatumbuka mwana mulombe.

⁵⁸Basimabambanwa antoomwe abasinzubo zyakwe bakamvwa kuti Leza wakamutondeezya luzyalo, mpawo bakabotelwa aamwi anguwe.

⁵⁹Mpawo mubuzuba bwamusanu aatatu bakasika kuzopalula mwana. Bakalikuyanda kumuuzika kuti “Zekaliya” zina lyawisi.

⁶⁰Pesi banyina bakasandula bati “Pe. ulayitwa kuti ngu Joni.”

⁶¹Bakati kulinguwe, taakwe pe kuluzubo lwesu loonse ulazina eeli.”

⁶²Mpawo bakaambuula awisi anzila yakutondeeka kababuzya kuti uyanda kuti mwana awuzikwe zina lili.

⁶³Wisi wakakumbila aakulembela, mpawo wakalemba kuti, “Izina lyakwe ngu Joni.” Boonse zyakabagambya eezi.

⁶⁴Mpawaawo mulomo wakwe wakajulika mpawo lulimi lwakwe lwakaangunuka. Wakaambula akulumbayizya Leza.

⁶⁵Kuoyoowa kwakabasikila boonse bakalikukkala afwiifwi ambabo. Impuwo yoonse eeyi yakazula kumalundu achisi cha Judiya.

⁶⁶Boonse bakazimwa bakazibamba mumyoyo yabo, kabati, “Ooyu mwana uzooba nyamaanzi?” Nkaambo kuboko kwa Leza kwakali aanguwe.

⁶⁷Wisi Zekaliya wakazula Muuya Uusalala mpawo wakasinsima, kati,

⁶⁸“Atembawulwe Mwami, Leza wa Izilayeli, nkaambo wasika kuzogwasya alimwi weeta lufuko kubantu bakwe.

⁶⁹Wakatunyampwida lwija lwalufutuko mung'anda yamulanda wakwe Devidi,

⁷⁰mbuli mbakaambula amilomo yabasinsimi bakwe basalala bakale.

⁷¹Ulatufutula kuzwa kulibasinkondoma akulibaabo batusulide.

⁷²Uzoochita eezi mukutondezya luzyalo kumataata esu akuyeeya chizuminano chakwe chisalala,

⁷³chikonke nchaakachita kuli Abbulahamu taatesu.

⁷⁴Wakakonka kuti swe, nitwakafutgulwa kuzwa kumaanza abasinkondoma, tuzomubelekele kaututayoowi pe,

⁷⁵mubusalali amubululami kunembo lyakwe mumazuba esu woonse.