1 D ad badan waxay ku dadaaleen inay soo hagaajiyaan sheeko ku saabsan wixii dhexdayada lagu sameeyey oo la hubsaday,

Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us,

2 s iday noo ogeysiiyeen kuwii tan iyo bilowgii arkay oo Ereygii u shaqeeyey.

even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us,

3 S idaa darteed anigana waxaa ila wanaagsanayd inaan, anigoo tan iyo bilowgii wax walba oo dhacay aad u gartay, si hagaagsan kuugu qoro, Te'ofilosow sharaf weyn lahow,

it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus;

4 i naad garatid hubniintii hadalkii lagu baray. Dhalashada Yooxanaa Baabtiisaha Waa La Sii Sheegay

that you might know the certainty concerning the things in which you were instructed.

5 W akhtigii Herodos ahaa boqorkii Yahuudiya, waxaa jiray wadaad la odhan jiray Sakariyas, oo ka mid ahaa safkii Abiya; haweenaydiisuna waxay ka mid ahayd hablihii reer Haaruun, magaceedana waxaa la odhan jiray Elisabed.

There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

6 L abadooduba xaq bay ku ahaayeen Ilaah hortiisa, oo qaynuunnadii iyo xukummadii Rabbiga ayay eedla'aan ku socon jireen.

They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.

7 I lmo ma ay lahayn, waayo, Elisabed madhalays bay ahayd, oo labadooduba way da'weynaayeen.

But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years.

8 W axaa dhacay, intuu shuqulkii wadaadnimadii safkiisa dartiis samaynayay Ilaah hortiisa,

Now while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his division,

9 s ida caadadii wadaadnimadu u ahayd, in shuqulkiisu ahaa inuu foox shido goortuu macbudka Rabbiga galay.

according to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.

10 S aacaddii fooxa ayaa dadkii badnaa oo dhammu dibadda ku tukanayeen.

The whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.

11 M arkaasaa waxaa isaga u soo muuqatay malaa'igtii Rabbiga oo taagnayd meeshii fooxa lagu shido midigteeda.

An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.

12 G oortuu Sakariyas arkay ayuu naxay, wuuna cabsaday.

Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.

13 L aakiin malaa'igtii baa ku tidhi, Ha baqin, Sakariyasow, waayo, baryadaadii waa la maqlay; afadaada Elisabedna wiil bay kuu dhali doontaa, magiciisana waxaad u bixin doontaa Yooxanaa.

But the angel said to him, “Don’t be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard, and your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

14 W axaad heli doontaa farxad iyo rayrayn; dad badanna dhalashadiisa ayay ku farxi doonaan,

You will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice at his birth.

15 w aayo, Rabbiga hortiisa nin weyn buu ku ahaan doonaa, mana cabbi doono khamri ama wax lagu sakhraamo. Waxaana xataa uurka hooyadiis kaga buuxsami doona Ruuxa Quduuskaa.

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.

16 R eer binu Israa'iil badidoodana ayuu Rabbiga Ilaahooda ah ku soo jeedin doonaa.

He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord, their God.

17 I saguna wuxuu ku hor mari doonaa ruuxii iyo xooggii Eliyaas inuu aabbayaasha qalbiyadooda ku soo jeediyo carruurta, iyo inuu caasiyiinta ku soo celiyo xigmadda kuwa xaqa ah, inuu Rabbiga u diyaargareeyo dad hagaagsan.

He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord.”

18 S akariyas wuxuu malaa'igtii ku yidhi, Sidee baan waxan u garan doonaa? Waayo, anigu oday baan ahay, afadayduna waa da'weynaatay.

Zacharias said to the angel, “How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.”

19 M alaa'igtii baa u jawaabtay oo ku tidhi, Anigu waxaan ahay Jibriil oo Ilaah hortiisa istaaga. Waxaa la ii soo diray inaan kula hadlo oo aan warkan wanaagsan kuu keeno.

The angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God. I was sent to speak to you, and to bring you this good news.

20 B al eeg, waad aamusnaan doontaa, mana hadli kari doonto, ilaa maalinta waxyaalahan dhici doonaan, waayo, waad rumaysan weyday hadalladayda wakhtigooda la oofin doono.

Behold, you will be silent and not able to speak, until the day that these things will happen, because you didn’t believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time.”

21 D adkuna waxay sugayeen Sakariyas, oo waxay la yaabeen siduu macbudka ugu raagay.

The people were waiting for Zacharias, and they marveled that he delayed in the temple.

22 M arkuu soo baxay ayuu la hadli kari waayay, markaasay garteen inuu macbudka wax ku arkay. Kolkaasuu gacanta ugu sii tilmaamayay iyaga, isagoo sii carrab la'.

When he came out, he could not speak to them, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple. He continued making signs to them, and remained mute.

23 K olkii maalmihii shuqulkiisii wadaadnimadu dhammaadeen ayuu wuxuu tegey gurigiisii.

When the days of his service were fulfilled, he departed to his house.

24 M aalmahaas dabadeed afadiisa Elisabed ayaa uuraysatay, oo shan bilood ayay isqarisay iyadoo leh.

After these days Elizabeth, his wife, conceived, and she hid herself five months, saying,

25 S idaasaa Rabbigu iigu sameeyey maalmihii uu i eegay inuu ceebtayda dadka dhexdooda iiga qaado. Dhalashada Ciise Masiix Waa La Sii Sheegay

“Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men.”

26 B ishii lixaad Ilaah baa malaa'ig Jibriil u soo diray magaalada Galili oo Naasared la odhan jiray

Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

27 i laa gabadh bikrad ah oo u doonanayd nin la odhan jiray Yuusuf oo dhashii Daa'uud ahaa; gabadhana waxaa la odhan jiray Maryan.

to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of David’s house. The virgin’s name was Mary.

28 M alaa'igtii baa u soo gashay, oo waxay ku tidhi, Nabad, adigoo nimcaysan, Rabbiga ayaa kula jira.

Having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!”

29 M arkaasay hadalkii ka naxday, oo waxay isku tidhi, Maxay tahay salaantan?

But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered what kind of salutation this might be.

30 M alaa'igtii baa ku tidhi, Ha baqin, Maryamay, waayo, nimco ayaad Ilaah ka heshay.

The angel said to her, “Don’t be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

31 B al eeg, waad uuraysan doontaa, oo wiil baad umuli doontaa, magiciisana waxaad u bixin doontaa Ciise.

Behold, you will conceive in your womb, and give birth to a son, and will call his name ‘Jesus.’

32 N in weyn buu ahaan doonaa, waxaana loogu yeedhi doonaa Wiilka Kan ugu sarreeya, Rabbiga Ilaaha ahuna wuxuu siin doonaa carshigii awowgiis Daa'uud.

He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David,

33 W eligiiba wuxuu boqor u ahaan doonaa dadkii Yacquub, boqornimadiisuna ma idlaan doonto.

and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom.”

34 K olkaasaa Maryan waxay malaa'igtii ku tidhi, Sidee baa waxanu ku noqon doonaan? Anigu ninna garan maayo.

Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?”

35 M alaa'igtii waa u jawaabtay oo ku tidhi, Ruuxa Quduuska ah ayaa kugu soo degi doona, oo xooggii Kan ugu sarreeya ayaa hoosiis kuu noqon doona, sidaa darteed kan quduuska ah oo kaa dhalan doona waxaa loogu yeedhi doonaa Wiilka Ilaah.

The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.

36 B al eeg, ina-adeertaa Elisabedna wiil bay uuraysatay iyadoo da'weyn; oo tanuna waxay tii madhalays loogu yeedhi jiray u tahay bisheedii lixaad.

Behold, Elizabeth, your relative, also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.

37 W aayo, wax aan Ilaah kari doonin ma jiro.

For nothing spoken by God is impossible.”

38 M aryan ayaa tidhi, Waa i kan, waxaan ahay addoontii Rabbiga. Sidaad u hadashay ha ii noqoto. Markaasaa malaa'igtii ka tagtay. Maryan Waxay Booqatay Elisabed; Gabaygii Maryan Ee Ammaanta Ahaa

Mary said, “Behold, the servant of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word.” The angel departed from her.

39 M aalmahaas Maryan baa kacday, oo waxay dhaqso u tagtay dhulkii buuraha lahaa ilaa magaalo ka mid ah reer Yahuudah,

Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah,

40 o o waxay gashay gurigii Sakariyas, oo salaantay Elisabed.

and entered into the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth.

41 O o waxaa dhacay goortii Elisabed salaantii Maryan maqashay in ilmihii uurkeeda ku boodbooday; Elisabedna waxaa ka buuxsamay Ruuxa Quduuska ah.

When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

42 M arkaasay cod dheer ku qaylisay oo tidhi, Dumarka dhexdooda waad ku barakaysan tahay, oo midhaha uurkaaga waa barakaysan yahay.

She called out with a loud voice, and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

43 X aggee waxanu iiga yimaadeen in Sayidkayga hooyadiis iigu timaado?

Why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

44 B al eeg, markii codkii salaantaadu dhegahayga ku dhacay, ilmaha uurkayga ku jira ayaa farxad la boodbooday.

For behold, when the voice of your greeting came into my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy!

45 W axaa barakaysan tii rumaysatay; waayo, waxyaalihii xagga Rabbiga looga sheegay ayay dhici doonaan.

Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord!”

46 M aryanna waxay tidhi, Naftaydu Rabbigay weynaynaysaa,

Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord.

47 R uuxayguna wuxuu ku reyreeyey Ilaaha Badbaadiyahayga ah.

My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,

48 W aayo, wuxuu eegay hoosaysnimada addoontiisa, Bal eeg, tan iyo hadhow qarniyada oo dhammu waxay iigu yeedhi doonaan tan barakaysan.

for he has looked at the humble state of his servant. For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed.

49 W aayo, kan xoogga leh ayaa waxyaalo waaweyn ii sameeyey; Magiciisuna waa Quduus,

For he who is mighty has done great things for me. Holy is his name.

50 T an iyo ab ka ab naxariistiisu waxay gaadhaa Kuwa isaga ka cabsada.

His mercy is for generations of generations on those who fear him.

51 W uxuu xoog ku sameeyey gacantiisa, Oo kuwii fikirradii qalbigoodii ku kibray ayuu kala firdhiyey.

He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

52 K uwii xoogga lahaa ayuu carshiyadoodii ka soo dejiyey Oo kuwii hooseeyey ayuu sarraysiiyey.

He has put down princes from their thrones. And has exalted the lowly.

53 K uwii gaajaysnaa ayuu wax wanaagsan ka dhergiyey, Kuwii hodanka ahaana iyagoo madhan ayuu diray.

He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty.

54 M idiidinkiisii Israa'iil ayuu caawiyey Inuu xusuusto inuu u naxariisto

He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy,

55 I braahim iyo farcankiisii weligoodba (Siduu awowayaasheennii ula hadlay).

As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his offspring forever.”

56 M aryan waxay iyada la joogtay abbaaraha saddex bilood, markaasay gurigeeda ku noqotay. Dhalashadii Yooxanaa Baabtiisaha; Aabbihiis Gabaygiisii Ammaanta Ahaa

Mary stayed with her about three months, and then returned to her house.

57 H adda Elisabed wakhtigii ay umuli lahayd ayaa la joogay, oo wiil bay dhashay.

Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she gave birth to a son.

58 D erisyadeedii iyo xigaalkeedii ayay maqleen siduu Rabbigu naxariistiisii ugu weyneeyey iyada, wayna la farxeen.

Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her, and they rejoiced with her.

59 W axaa dhacay inay maalintii siddeedaad u yimaadeen inay wiilkii gudaan, oo waxayna u bixiyeen magicii aabbihiis Sakariyas.

On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.

60 K olkaasaa hooyadiis u jawaabtay oo ku tidhi, Sidaas ma aha; waxaase loogu yeedhi doonaa Yooxanaa.

His mother answered, “Not so; but he will be called John.”

61 W axay ku yidhaahdeen, Xigaalkaaga kuma jiro qof magacaas loo bixiyey.

They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name.”

62 W axay aabbihiis gacan ugu tilmaameen oo weyddiiyeen wuxuu doonayay in loogu yeedho.

They made signs to his father, what he would have him called.

63 M arkaasuu wuxuu weyddiistay loox oo ku qoray, isagoo leh, Magiciisu waa Yooxanaa. Wayna wada yaabeen.

He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, “His name is John.” They all marveled.

64 K olkiiba afkiisii ayaa furmay, oo carrabkiisiina waa debcay, markaasuu hadlay oo Ilaah ammaanay.

His mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue freed, and he spoke, blessing God.

65 D adkii agtooda joogay oo dhammu way wada cabsadeen, oo hadalladan oo dhan waa lagaga hadlayay dalkii buuraha lahaa oo Yahuudiya oo dhan.

Fear came on all who lived around them, and all these sayings were talked about throughout all the hill country of Judea.

66 K uwa waxyaalahaas maqlay oo dhan ayaa qalbigooda geliyey oo waxay yidhaahdeen, Haddaba ilmahanu muxuu noqon doonaa? Waayo, gacantii Rabbiga ayaa la jirtay isaga.

All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, “What then will this child be?” The hand of the Lord was with him.

67 M arkaasaa aabbihiis Sakariyas waxaa ka buuxsamay Ruuxa Quduuska ah, waxna wuu sii sheegay isagoo leh,

His father, Zacharias, was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,

68 H a ammaanmo Rabbiga ah Ilaaha Israa'iil, Waayo, dadkiisii ayuu soo booqday oo furtay.

“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people;

69 B adbaadiye xoog leh ayuu inoogu kiciyey Gurigii midiidinkiisa Daa'uud,

and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David

70 ( Siduu afkii nebiyadiisii quduuska ahaa tan iyo bilowgii uga hadli jiray),

(as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been from of old),

71 I nuu inaga badbaadiyo cadaawayaasheenna iyo gacanta kuwa ina neceb oo dhan,

salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us;

72 I yo inuu u naxariisto awowayaasheen, Iyo inuu axdigiisii quduuska ahaa xusuusto,

to show mercy towards our fathers, to remember his holy covenant,

73 O o ahaa dhaartii uu awoweheennii Ibraahim ugu dhaartay,

the oath which he spoke to Abraham, our father,

74 I nuu ina siiyo innagoo cadaawayaasheenna gacmahooda laynaga bixiyey Inaynu baqdinla'aan isaga ugu hawshoonno

to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear,

75 Q uduusnimada iyo xaqnimada isaga hortiisa cimrigeenna oo dhan.

In holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.

76 A diguna, ilma yahow, waxaa laguugu yeedhi doonaa nebigii Kan ugu sarreeya, Waayo, waxaad hor mari doontaa Rabbiga hortiisa inaad jidadkiisa diyaargaraysid;

And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,

77 O o aad dadkiisa ogeysiisid badbaadada Ee dembidhaafkooda ah,

to give knowledge of salvation to his people by the remission of their sins,

78 E e laga hela naxariista weyn ee Ilaaheenna, Tan qorraxda soo baxda xagga sare inaga soo booqan doonta,

because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the dawn from on high will visit us,

79 I nay iftiimiso kuwa fadhiya gudcurka iyo hooskii dhimashada, Iyo inay cagaheenna jidkii nabadda ku kaxayso,

to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

80 W iilkuna waa koray oo ruuxuu ka xoogoobay, wuxuuna joogay cidlada ilaa maalintii uu Israa'iil istusi lahaa.

The child was growing, and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.