Luke 2
1 Ni nton ri ni sen, Kaisar Agustus a yo doka ndu ba bla ndji bi gbungblu ba wawu.
And it chaunced in thoose dayes: yt ther went oute a comaundment from Auguste the Emperour that all the woorlde shuld be taxed.
2 Wa a mumlan bla kena, u kiri niyus na Gona umeme suriya.
And this taxynge was ye fyrst and executed when Syrenius was leftenaut in Syria.
3 U ko ba nha ba lu hi ni gbumba na ka nha inde ba.
And every man went vnto his awne citie to be taxed.
4 Isuwu, me a lunde hi ni Galili; Ibgu Nazarat hi ni gbu Yahudiya, Igbu Dawuda, ni wa ba yo ni Batalami, nitu wa a rji ni koh nan hi mlan Dawuda.
And Ioseph also ascended from Galile oute of a cite called Nazareth into Iurie: vnto ye cite of David which is called Bethleem because he was of the housse and linage of David
5 Ahi nha nde ma ba Maryamu wa a nna'u wa ahe nne.
to be taxed with Mary his spoused wyfe which was with chylde.
6 U ba rhi he niki ri u inton ngrji vren ma ye.
And it fortuned whyll they were there her tyme was come that she shuld be delyvered.
7 waa ngrji vren llon, nna nye'u ni guglo ngbanja nklon na nban ka ka wu yo ni mi nju yawo, nitu wa mikoh ana he wa ba ka yo na, ba bi tsri mu ni gbu'a.
And she brought forth her fyrst begotten sonne and wrapped him in swadlynge cloothes and layed him in a manger because ther was no roume for them within in the ynne.
8 Bi krju ntma bi wa ba son in klan kima na ni ya ba ni chu ba he.
And ther were in the same region shepherdes abydinge in the felde and watching their flocke by nyght.
9 U Maleka Irji a rju ni bawu u kpan u rji ka grji kah ba, u ba ka nkbo sissri
And loo: the angell of ye lorde stode harde by the and the brightnes of ye lorde shone rounde aboute them and they were soare afrayed.
10 U Maleka kah hla ni bawu, “ndu ba na tie sissrina, a ndi wawu nji tre ndindi ma ye wa ni yo ndi wawu ndu ba ngyiri.
But the angell sayd vnto them: Be not afrayed. For beholde I bringe you tydinges of greate ioye yt shal come to all ye people:
11 Luwa ba ngrji Macheto ni gbu Dauda, Inde Kristi Bachi!
for vnto you is borne this daye in the cite of David a saveoure which is Christ ye lorde.
12 Bi yi ba alama wa ba tsro yi'a: Bi toh kpran vren ba yo'u nimi ikpi a kakru ni nju yawo.”
And take this for a signe: ye hall fynde ye chylde swadled and layed in a mager.
13 Ni yiu riro me, gbugbu ndji ni shulu ni Maleku ba gbre Irji san na ni tre andi,
And streight waye ther was with the angell a multitude of hevenly sowdiers laudynge God and sayinge:
14 “Khikle ruron hi u Irji ni shulu, u dun si he ni ngbungblu ni ba ndji wa suron Irji ku si ni ba.”
Glory to God an hye and peace on the erth: and vnto men reioysynge.
15 U Maleka ba kma hi kpamba ni shulu, u bi krju ntma ba tre ni kpamba ndi, “ki hi zizan ni Batalami ndi toh ikpe yi wa a tie'a, wa Irji dun ta ki toh.”
And it fortuned assone as the angels were gone awaye fro them in to heven the shepherdes sayd one to another: let vs goo eve vnto Bethleem and se this thynge that is hapened which the Lorde hath shewed vnto vs.
16 U ba zren gbagbla me hi na ka toh Maryamu mba Isuwu ni vuvren wa ba ka yo ni nju'a
And they cam with haste and founde Mary and Ioseph and the babe layde in a mager.
17 U wa ba toh'u a, ba bla hla kpie wa ba wo nitu vren'a.
And when they had sene it they publisshed a brode the sayinge which was tolde them of that chylde.
18 Wawu mba wu biwa ba wo tre Maleka ba tie sissri.
And all that hearde it wondred at those thinges which were tolde the of the shepherdes.
19 Maryamu son si rhimre itre wa a wo ba wawu na nji ni suron ma.
But Mary kept all thoose sayinges and pondered them in hyr hert.
20 I gu u krju ntma kma hi na ni ngyiri na ni gbre shi san ni kpie wa ba wo na ka toh na wa ba hla ni bawu'a.
And the shepherdes retourned praysinge and laudinge God for all that they had herde and sene evyn as it was told vnto them.
21 Ni klekle ivi u tandra ba gen mbru niwu, na zi nde ma ni Yesu, inde wa Maleka zi niwu wa ri he ni mi nne yima'a ri ba ka ngrji'u.
And when ye eyght daye was come yt the chylde shuld be circucised his name was called Iesus which was named of the angell before he was conceaved in the wombe.
22 Uvi tsrakake mba a ke ni doka Musa, Isuwu mba Maryamu ba nji'u hi ni koh Irji ni Urushelima ndu ba nji'u hi ni shishi Bachi.
And when the tyme of their purificacio (after the lawe of Moyses) was come they brought him to Hierusalem to present hym to ye Lorde
23 Ni wa ba nha nha ni doka Irji ye'a, Ivren lon wa ba ngrji'a ba nji'u hi no Irji.
(as yt is written in the lawe of the Lorde: every man that fyrst openeth the matrix shalbe called holy to the Lorde)
24 U ba no hadaya u Ingyu hari ko Tatabara hari, ni ya nda doka Irji a hla.
and to offer (as it ys sayde in the lawe of the Lorde) a payre of turtle doves or two yonge pigions.
25 Ni Wurishelima, igu ri a he niki ba yo'wu Simion, wa nda a he khriki nani tie ndindi me. Na ni yo shishi u lo suron ni ndji bi Isrela, u Ruhu Irji he ni wu.
And beholde ther was a ma in Hierusalem whose name was Simeon. And the same ma was iuste and feared God and longed for the consolacion of Israel and the holy goost was in him.
26 U nda hla niwu ye nda a na qu na, ama se a ni toh Bachi Kristi.
And an answer was geven him of the holy goost that he shulde not se deethe before he had sene the lordes Christ.
27 Ruhu Irji a nji'u Simion hi ni tra u bre Bachi, wa ba tie vuvren nhan nhan'n mba Yesu, ni ndu ba tie kpe wa doka tre Irji hla.
And he came by inspiracion into the temple. And when the father and mother brought in the chylde Iesus to do for him after the custome of the lawe
28 U Simion a krju nba rji na ngyiri ni Irji na tre.
then toke he him vp in his armes and sayde.
29 I wu wa uhe ni ko ge u ka ndu gran mehi piyan me ni kpe wa wu tre.
Lorde Now lettest thou thy seruaut departe in peace accordinge to thy promes.
30 Ni kpa chu wa me klan mi toh njanji tre,
For myne eyes have sene ye saveour sent fro ye
31 ni wa u mlan tie ni ngbugbu lu ba wawu.
Wich thou hast prepared before the face of all people.
32 I nkpa wa ani tro ba inko mea ni kuma no ni nko Isrela.
A light to lighten the gentyls and the glory of thy people Israel.
33 Ba iyima mba ittima ba tie sissri (mamaki) ikpe wa ba wo ba tre nitu ma.
And his father and mother mervelled at those thinges which were spoke of him.
34 U Simion a tie lulu yo ni bawu nda hla ni Maryamu iyima ndi, “U to, Vivren yi, wawu yi ni dun bari dun ba joku, bari gbugbu ba lunde ni mi Isrela, wa ani tsro gban u wa indji ba kamba -
And Simeon blessed them and sayde vnto Mary his mother: beholde this chyld shalbe the fall and resurreccio of many in Israel and a signe which shalbe spoke agaynste.
35 Ni dun iwen ndu kpireu dri na no mre ndu wa ani nharan mi suron ndji wawu.
And morover the swearde shall pearce thy soule yt the thoughtes of many hertes maye be opened.
36 U Anabi rhi, ahi iwa, ba yo'u ni Hanatu. Ahi vren Fanuwel rji nimi L'be u Asha. Wa a che kpokpome. A sohn ni lon ma ise tangban niwa a gran ni vren wa,
And ther was a Prophetesse one Anna the doughter of Phanuel of the tribe of Aser: which was of a greate age and had lyved with an husbande. vii. yeres from her virginite.
37 u lon ma a qu wa ka son ni kbo ise wulon inkyu tandra ni nza. Ani hi ni nko bre Irji chachu chachu ni chu mba ni mble ani bre Irji ni vu hlan ma.
And she had bene a wedowe aboute. iiii. scoore and. iiii. yere which went never oute of the temple but served God with fastinge and prayer nyght and daye.
38 Ni ki me, a ngyiri ni Irji, na tetra vren ni ndi ba wa wu bi wa ba si gben kpachuwo (fansar) Wurishelima.
And the same came forth that same houre and praysed the Lorde and spake of him to all that loked for redempcion in Hierusalem.
39 Ni wa ndji ba kle ko nge wawu na wa ndi bla tre Irji hla'a, u ba ka kma hi ni Galili ni gbumba Nazaret.
And assone as they had performed all thinges accordinge to the lawe of the Lorde they returned into Galile to their awne cite Nazareth.
40 Ivren sen ni tie ninkon u mre ma ndindi ni babran kpukpome, ndindi (Alheri) u Irji he ni wu.
And the chylde grewe and wexed stronde in sprete and was filled with wysdome and the grace of God was with hym.
41 Ba tie ma ba hi Wurishelima ko wa ni ise ni ngan (Idin Ketarewa).
And his father and mother went to Hierusalem every yeare at the feeste of ester.
42 Wa-a tie si wulon don ha, u ba rji hi ya da ba hi ni Idin.
And when he was. xii. yere olde they went vp to Hierusalem after the custome of the feeste.
43 Ka ba kle tie ro'a na kma si hi, u vren'a Yesu, wa zu kukri ni kogon ri ni mi Wurishelima a na ni toh ba iyima na.
And when they had fulfilled the dayes as they returned home the chylde Iesus boode styll in Hierusalem vnknowynge to his father and mother.
44 Ba zren ya ndi a he nimi ba ndji wa ba si hi baba'a, u ba zren u vi rhi. Nda lu ni wa'u nimi ba mlan mba ni kpukpan mba.
For they supposed he had bene in the copany and therfore came a days iorney and sought him amoge their kynsfolke and acquayntaunce.
45 U wa ba na to'u na, ba kma hi si wa'u ni Wurishelima.
And when they founde hym not they went backe agayne to Hierusalem and sought him.
46 U ni vi u tra mba, ba to'u nimi koh Irji, a son ni tsutsu ba bi tsro, asi sren ton si wo ba nda si mye ba.
And it fortuned after. iii. dayes that they founde him in the teple sittinge in the middes of the doctours both hearynge them and posinge them.
47 Biwa basi wo wu wawumba ba tie sissri (mamaki) ni toh tre wa ahe niwu.
And all that hearde him mervelled at his wit and answers.
48 U ba ka toh, na tie sissri iyima myen inge ba sa u tie nna ki ni ta wu bu tie me, kisi wa wu, ni suron nfu.
And when they sawe him they were astonyed. And his mother sayde vnto him: sonne why hast thou thus dealte with vs? Beholde thy father and I have sought the sorowenge.
49 A mye ba, “bi si wa me ni nge, bina toh ndi abi dun mi son ni koh tti mu na?”
And he sayde vnto the: how is it yt ye sought me? Wist ye not that I must goo aboute my fathers busines?
50 U bana toh tu tre wa a tre ni ba na,
And they vnderstode not ye sayinge that he spake to them.
51 Wa kma huba hi ni koh ni Nazarat na ni wo tre mba. U iyi ma a nji kpe wa atie gbangba nimi suron ma wawu.
And he went with them and came to Nazareth and was obedient to the. But his mother kept all these thinges in her hert.
52 U Yesu gburon ni hon ni tiya ni toh tre ni tagoma, Irji mba ni ndji me.
And Iesus increased in wisdom and age and in favoure with god and man.
