Luka
1: 1 Kuberako benshi bafashe mukiganza kugirango bakore itangazo
muri ibyo bintu byizerwa rwose muri twe,
1: 2 Nkuko babitugejejeho, kuva kera
ababyiboneye, n'abakozi b'ijambo;
1: 3 Nanjye numvaga ari byiza kuri njye, kuko nari maze gusobanukirwa byose
ibintu kuva mbere yambere, kugirango nkwandikire kuri gahunda, nziza cyane
Theophilus,
1: 4 Kugira ngo umenye neza ibyo bintu ufite, aho ufite
yahawe amabwiriza.
1: 5 Mu gihe cya Herode, umwami wa Yudaya, umutambyi runaka
witwa Zakariya, inzira ya Abia: kandi umugore we yari uwo
abakobwa ba Aroni, yitwaga Elisabeth.
1: 6 Kandi bombi bari abakiranutsi imbere y'Imana, bagendera mu mategeko yose
n'amategeko ya Nyagasani nta makemwa.
1: 7 Ntibabyara, kuko Elisabeth yari ingumba, kandi bombi
ubu bari bakubiswe neza mumyaka.
1: 8 Mu gihe yicishaga umurimo wa padiri mbere
Imana ikurikije inzira yayo,
1: 9 Dukurikije umuco w’ibiro bya padiri, umugabane we wagombaga gutwikwa
imibavu igihe yinjiraga mu rusengero rw'Uwiteka.
1:10 Rubanda rwose rusenga basenga nta gihe
imibavu.
1:11 Abonekera umumarayika wa Nyagasani uhagaze iburyo
uruhande rw'urutambiro rw'imibavu.
1 Zakariya amubonye, arahagarika umutima, ubwoba bumutera ubwoba.
1:13 Umumarayika aramubwira ati: "Witinya Zakariya, kuko isengesho ryawe ari
yumvise; n'umugore wawe Elisabeth azakubyarira umuhungu, uzahamagara
yitwa Yohani.
1:14 Uzagira umunezero n'ibyishimo; kandi benshi bazishimira ibye
kuvuka.
1:15 Kuko azaba mukuru mu maso ya Nyagasani, kandi ntazanywa
vino cyangwa ibinyobwa bikomeye; kandi azuzura Umwuka Wera, ndetse
kuva mu nda ya nyina.
1:16 Kandi benshi mu Bisirayeli azahindukirira Uhoraho Imana yabo.
1:17 Kandi azajya imbere ye mu mwuka n'imbaraga za Eliya, kugira ngo ahindukire
imitima ya ba se kubana, no kutumvira ubwenge
w'intabera; gutegura ubwoko bwiteguye Uwiteka.
1:18 Zakariya abwira marayika ati: "Ibyo nzabimenya nte?" kuko ndi
umusaza, numugore wanjye yakubiswe neza mumyaka.
1:19 Umumarayika aramusubiza aramubwira ati: Ndi Gaburiyeli, uhagaze mu Uwiteka
kuboneka kw'Imana; kandi noherejwe kuvugana nawe, no kukwereka ibyo
inkuru nziza.
1:20 Kandi dore uzaba ikiragi, ntushobora kuvuga, kugeza umunsi
ko ibyo bizakorwa, kuko utizera ibyanjye
magambo, azasohozwa mugihe cyabo.
1:21 Abantu bategereza Zakariya, batangazwa nuko yatinze
kirekire mu rusengero.
1:22 Asohoka, ntiyashobora kuvugana na bo, barabimenya
ko yabonye iyerekwa mu rusengero, kuko yabasabye, kandi
yagumye atavuga.
1:23 Bimaze iminsi, umurimo we ukimara kuba
arangije, asubira iwe.
1:24 Nyuma y'iyo minsi, umugore we Elisabeth asama inda, yihisha atanu
amezi, avuga,
1:25 Uku ni ko Uwiteka yangiriye mu minsi yandebye, kugeza
Nkureho igitutsi cyanjye mu bantu.
1:26 Mu kwezi kwa gatandatu, umumarayika Gaburiyeli yoherejwe avuye ku Mana mu mujyi
y'i Galilaya, yitwa Nazareti,
1:27 Ku nkumi yashakanye n'umugabo witwa Yozefu, wo mu rugo rwa
Dawidi; inkumi yitwaga Mariya.
1:28 Umumarayika aramusanga, aramubwira ati: “Uraho, uri uri hejuru cyane
gutoneshwa, Uwiteka ari kumwe nawe: urahirwa mubagore.
1:29 Amubonye, ahangayikishwa n'amagambo ye, amuterera muri we
tekereza uburyo bwo gusuhuza ibi bigomba kuba.
1:30 Umumarayika aramubwira ati: "Witinya Mariya, kuko wabonye ubutoni."
hamwe n'Imana.
1:31 Kandi, uzasama inda yawe, ukabyara umuhungu, kandi
azamwita YESU.
1:32 Azaba mukuru, kandi azitwa Umwana w'Isumbabyose: na
Uwiteka Imana izamuha intebe ya se Dawidi:
1:33 Azategeka inzu ya Yakobo ubuziraherezo; n'ubwami bwe
ntizizagira iherezo.
1:34 Mariya abwira marayika ati: "Ibyo bizagenda bite, kuko ntazi a
umuntu?
1:35 Umumarayika aramusubiza ati: "Umwuka Wera azaza."
wowe, n'imbaraga z'Isumbabyose zizagutwikira: bityo rero
icyo kintu cyera kizavuka kuri wewe kizitwa Umwana wa
Mana.
1:36 Dore mubyara wawe Elisabeth, asama inda muri we
ubusaza: kandi uku ni ukwezi kwa gatandatu hamwe na we, witwaga ingumba.
1:37 Kubanga n'Imana ntakintu kidashoboka.
1:38 Mariya ati: "Dore umuja wa Nyagasani; bibe kuri njye nkurikije
ijambo ryawe. Umumarayika aramugenda.
1:39 Mariya arahaguruka muri iyo minsi, yinjira mu misozi yihuta,
mu mujyi wa Yuda;
1:40 Yinjira mu nzu ya Zakariya, asuhuza Elizabeti.
1:41 "Elisabeth yumvise indamutso ya Mariya,
uruhinja rwasimbutse mu nda ye; na Elisabeth yuzuye ahera
Umuzimu:
1:42 Avuga n'ijwi rirenga, ati: "Urahirwa."
bagore, kandi hahirwa imbuto z'inda yawe.
1:43 Kandi ibyo biva he, kugira ngo nyina w'Umwami wanjye ansange?
1:44 Erega dore ijwi ryindamutso yawe rikimara kumvikana mu matwi yanjye,
uruhinja rwasimbutse mu nda yanjye kubera umunezero.
1:45 Kandi hahirwa uwizera, kuko hazabaho imikorere ya
ibyo bintu yabwiwe na Nyagasani.
1:46 Mariya ati: "Umutima wanjye uhimbaza Uwiteka,
1:47 Umwuka wanjye wishimiye Imana Umukiza wanjye.
1:48 Kuko yitegereje umutungo muto w'umuja we, kuko, kuva
guhera ubu ibisekuruza byose bizanyita umugisha.
1:49 Kuko umunyembaraga yangiriye ibintu bikomeye; kandi ni uwera
izina.
1:50 Kandi imbabazi ziwe ziri ku bamutinya ibisekuruza bikurikirana.
1:51 Yerekanye imbaraga n'ukuboko kwe; Yatatanyije abibone muri Uhoraho
kwiyumvisha imitima yabo.
1:52 Yamanuye abanyembaraga ku ntebe zabo, abashyira hejuru
impamyabumenyi.
1:53 Yuzuza abashonje ibintu byiza; n'abatunzi yohereje
ubusa.
1:54 Yafashe umugaragu we Isiraheli, yibuka imbabazi zayo;
1:55 Nkuko yabibwiye ba sogokuruza, Aburahamu n'urubyaro rwe ubuziraherezo.
1:56 Mariya abana na we amezi agera kuri atatu, asubira iwe
inzu.
1:57 Elisabeth igihe cyuzuye kirageze ko akizwa; na we
yabyaye umuhungu.
1:58 Abaturanyi be na babyara be bumva uburyo Uwiteka yerekanye ibikomeye
kumugirira imbabazi; nuko bamwishimira.
1:59 Bukeye, ku munsi wa munani baza gukebwa
umwana; bamwita Zakariya, nyuma y'izina rya se.
1:60 Nyina aramusubiza ati: "Ntabwo aribyo. ariko azitwa Yohana.
1:61 Baramubwira bati: "Nta n'umwe mu muryango wawe wahamagawe."
iri zina.
1:62 Bashyira se ibimenyetso, uko yamuhamagaye.
1:63 Asaba ameza yo kwandika, arandika ati: "Yitwa Yohana."
Batangaza bose.
1:64 Ako kanya umunwa we urakinguka, ururimi rwe rurarekura, na we
yavuze, asingiza Imana.
1:65 Abatuye hafi yabo bose ubwoba, n'amagambo yose
bavuzaga mu mahanga mu gihugu cyose cy'imisozi ya Yudaya.
1:66 Ababumvise bose babashyira mu mitima yabo, bavuga bati: Niki
uburyo bw'umwana buzaba! Ukuboko k'Uwiteka kwari kumwe na we.
1:67 Se Zakariya yuzuye Umwuka Wera, arahanura,
kuvuga,
Hahirwa Uwiteka Imana ya Isiraheli; kuko yasuye kandi acungura ibye
abantu,
1:69 Kandi yazamuye ihembe ry'agakiza kuri twe mu nzu ye
umugaragu Dawidi;
1:70 Nkuko yabivuze akanwa k'abahanuzi be bera, kuva kera
isi yatangiye:
1:71 Ko dukizwa abanzi bacu, no kuboko kwibyo byose
kutwanga;
1:72 Gukora imbabazi zasezeranijwe ba sogokuruza, no kwibuka uwera
isezerano;
1:73 Indahiro yarahiye data Aburahamu,
1:74 Ko azaduha, ko dukurwa mu kuboko kwa
abanzi bacu barashobora kumukorera nta bwoba,
1:75 Mubwera no gukiranuka imbere ye, iminsi yose yubuzima bwacu.
1:76 Namwe mwana, uzitwa umuhanuzi w'Isumbabyose, kuko ari wowe
Ujye imbere y'Uwiteka gutegura inzira ze;
1:77 Guha ubwoko bwe ubumenyi bw'agakiza kubabarirwa
ibyaha,
1:78 Kubw'imbabazi zirangwa n'ubwuzu z'Imana yacu; aho iminsi yo kuva iva hejuru
Yadusuye,
1:79 Guha umucyo abicaye mu mwijima no mu gicucu cy'urupfu,
kuyobora ibirenge byacu munzira y'amahoro.
1:80 Umwana arakura, akomera mu mwuka, aba mu butayu
kugeza umunsi yeretse Isiraheli.