Ubutumwa bwiza bwanditswe na Luka

1 Nyakubahwa Tewofili, nabonye ko abantu benshi bagerageje kwandika inkuru ivuga ibintu by’ukuri byabayeho kandi natwe twemera,+ 2 kuko twabibwiwe n’ababyiboneye kuva bigitangira,+ kandi bagatangaza ubwo butumwa.+ 3 Nanjye rero, niyemeje kubikwandikira uko bikurikirana neza, kuko byose nabigenzuye mbyitondeye kuva bigitangira, kandi nkabona ko bihuje n’ukuri.+ 4 Ibyo bizatuma umenya neza udashidikanya ko ibyo wigishijwe ari ukuri.+

5 Igihe Herode*+ yari umwami wa Yudaya, hariho umutambyi witwaga Zekariya wo mu itsinda rya Abiya.+ Yari afite umugore witwa Elizabeti, wakomokaga kuri Aroni. 6 Imana yabonaga ko bombi ari abakiranutsi. Bakurikizaga amategeko ya Yehova,* bakubahiriza amabwiriza ye yose kandi bakaba inyangamugayo. 7 Ariko nta mwana bari bafite, kuko Elizabeti atabyaraga,* kandi we n’umugabo we bari bashaje.

8 Icyo gihe itsinda rye ni ryo ryari ritahiwe, kandi yakoraga umurimo w’ubutambyi+ imbere y’Imana. 9 Nuko igihe cye cyo gutwika umubavu* kiragera, nk’uko amategeko arebana n’umurimo w’ubutambyi yakurikizwaga,+ maze yinjira ahera h’urusengero rwa Yehova.+ 10 Icyo gihe abantu bose bari bari gusengera hanze, mu gihe cyo gutwika imibavu. 11 Nuko umumarayika wa Yehova aramubonekera, ahagarara iburyo bw’igicaniro cyatwikirwagaho imibavu. 12 Zekariya amubonye, arahangayika agira ubwoba bwinshi. 13 Ariko uwo mumarayika aramubwira ati: “Zekariya, wigira ubwoba, kuko Imana yumvise kwinginga kwawe. Uzabyarana n’umugore wawe Elizabeti umwana w’umuhungu, kandi uzamwite Yohana.+ 14 Uzagira ibyishimo n’umunezero mwinshi, kandi abantu benshi bazishimira ko yavutse,+ 15 kuko Yehova azamugira umuntu ukomeye.+ Ariko ntagomba kunywa divayi cyangwa ibindi bisindisha,+ kuko azuzuzwa umwuka wera kuva akiri mu nda ya mama we.+ 16 Azatuma Abisirayeli benshi bagarukira Yehova Imana.+ 17 Nanone azagenda imbere y’Imana afite umwuka n’imbaraga nk’ibyo Eliya yari afite.+ Azatuma imitima y’Abisirayeli ihinduka imere nk’iy’abana,+ kandi atume abatumvira bahinduka bagire ubwenge nk’abakiranutsi. Ibyo azabikora kugira ngo afashe abantu kwitegura Yehova.+

18 Nuko Zekariya abwira uwo mumarayika ati: “Ibyo nabyemezwa n’iki? Dore ndashaje kandi n’umugore wanjye arashaje.” 19 Uwo mumarayika aramubwira ati: “Ndi Gaburiyeli+ uhagarara imbere y’Imana,+ kandi yantumye kuvugana nawe kugira ngo nkubwire iyo nkuru nziza. 20 Nuko rero, ntuzongera kuvuga, kugeza umunsi ibyo bizabera, kuko utizeye ko ibyo nkubwiye bizaba igihe cyagenwe kigeze.” 21 Hagati aho, abantu bari bakomeje gutegereza Zekariya, kandi bari batangajwe n’ukuntu yatinze cyane ahera h’urusengero. 22 Igihe yasohokaga ntiyashoboye kuvugana na bo. Nuko bamenya ko yari yabonekewe, ubwo yari ahera h’urusengero. Akomeza kujya abacira amarenga kandi kuvuga bikomeza kumunanira. 23 Iminsi ye yo gukora umurimo wera* irangiye, arataha ajya iwe.

24 Nyuma y’iyo minsi, umugore we Elizabeti aratwita. Nuko amara amezi atanu atagira aho ajya. Muri iyo minsi yabaga avuga ati: 25 “Yehova yankoreye ibintu byiza rwose. Yanyitayeho kugira ngo ankureho igisebo.”*+

26 Igihe Elizabeti yari amaze amezi atandatu atwite, marayika Gaburiyeli+ yatumwe n’Imana mu mujyi w’i Galilaya witwaga Nazareti, 27 ku mukobwa w’isugi+ wari ufite fiyanse witwaga Yozefu wo mu muryango wa Dawidi. Uwo mukobwa yitwaga Mariya.+ 28 Nuko uwo mumarayika ageze imbere y’uwo mukobwa aramubwira ati: “Gira amahoro wowe ukundwa cyane! Yehova ari kumwe nawe.” 29 Ariko ayo magambo aramuhangayikisha cyane, atangira kwibaza impamvu amushuhuje atyo. 30 Nuko uwo mumarayika aramubwira ati: “Mariya we, wigira ubwoba kuko Imana igukunda cyane. 31 Ugiye kuzatwita* kandi uzabyara umwana w’umuhungu,+ uzamwite Yesu.+ 32 Uwo mwana azaba umuntu ukomeye.+ Azitwa Umwana w’Isumbabyose,+ kandi Yehova Imana azamuha ubwami bwa sekuruza Dawidi.+ 33 Azaba Umwami ategeke abakomoka kuri Yakobo iteka ryose, kandi Ubwami bwe ntibuzagira iherezo.”+

34 Ariko Mariya abaza uwo mumarayika ati: “Ubwo se bizashoboka bite, kandi ntaragirana imibonano mpuzabitsina n’umugabo?”+ 35 Uwo mumarayika aramusubiza ati: “Uzahabwa umwuka wera,+ kandi imbaraga z’Isumbabyose zizakuzaho. Iyo ni na yo mpamvu umwana uzavuka azitwa uwera,+ akitwa n’Umwana w’Imana.+ 36 Dore Elizabeti mwene wanyu na we atwite umwana w’umuhungu, nubwo ashaje. Yari yarabuze urubyaro, none ubu afite inda y’amezi atandatu, 37 kuko nta cyo Imana yavuze kitazashoboka.”*+ 38 Nuko Mariya aravuga ati: “Dore ndi umuja wa Yehova! Bibe nk’uko ubivuze.” Hanyuma uwo mumarayika amusiga aho aragenda.

39 Muri iyo minsi, Mariya ahita ajya mu gihugu cy’imisozi miremire, mu mujyi wa Yuda, 40 yinjira mu nzu ya Zekariya maze asuhuza Elizabeti. 41 Elizabeti yumvise Mariya amusuhuza, umwana wari mu nda ye arasimbagurika. Nuko Elizabeti yuzuzwa umwuka wera, 42 maze arangurura ijwi aravuga ati: “Wahawe umugisha mu bagore, kandi umwana uri mu nda yawe na we yahawe umugisha! 43 Ubu se koko nkanjye ndi nde ku buryo mama w’umwami wanjye yansura? 44 Igihe wansuhuzaga, numvise ijwi ryawe, maze umwana uri mu nda yanjye ahita asimbagurika abitewe n’ibyishimo byinshi. 45 Ugira umugisha wowe wizeye ibyo bintu, kuko ibyo wumvise biturutse kuri Yehova byose bizaba mu buryo bwuzuye.”

46 Nuko Mariya aravuga ati: “Reka nsingize Yehova,+ 47 kandi nzakomeza kwishima cyane, bitewe n’Imana ari yo Mukiza wanjye,+ 48 kuko yanyitegereje ikanyitaho nubwo ndi umuntu woroheje.+ Uhereye ubu, abo mu bihe byose bazanyita uwahawe umugisha,+ 49 kuko Imana ikomeye yankoreye ibintu bihebuje, kandi izina ryayo ni iryera.+ 50 Uko ibihe bisimburana, ihora igirira impuhwe abayubaha.+ 51 Ikoresha imbaraga zayo, igatatanya abishyira hejuru mu mitima yabo.+ 52 Yacishije bugufi abakomeye ibakura ku ntebe z’ubwami,+ maze ishyira hejuru aboroheje.+ 53 Abashonje yabahaye ibyiza barahaga,+ kandi abari bafite ubutunzi irabirukana, bagenda nta cyo bajyanye. 54 Yatabaye Abisirayeli ari bo bagaragu bayo, kubera ko igira impuhwe,+ 55 nk’uko yari yarabisezeranyije sogokuruza Aburahamu n’abamukomokaho.”+ 56 Nuko Mariya amarana na Elizabeti amezi agera kuri atatu, hanyuma asubira iwabo.

57 Igihe Elizabeti yagombaga kubyarira kiragera, maze abyara umwana w’umuhungu. 58 Nuko abaturanyi na bene wabo bumva ko Yehova yamugiriye impuhwe nyinshi, maze bishimana na we.+ 59 Ku munsi wa munani baza gukeba* uwo mwana,+ kandi bari bagiye kumwita Zekariya, ari ryo zina rya papa we. 60 Ariko mama we arababwira ati: “Oya, ahubwo ari bwitwe Yohana!” 61 Babyumvise baramubwira bati: “Nta n’umwe muri bene wanyu wigeze yitwa iryo zina.” 62 Hanyuma bakoresha amarenga maze babaza papa we izina yashakaga ko umwana yitwa. 63 Abasaba akabaho yandikaho ngo: “Turamwita Yohana.”+ Nuko bose baratangara. 64 Muri ako kanya akanwa ke karabumbuka, n’ururimi rwe rwongera gukora neza, maze atangira kuvuga+ asingiza Imana. 65 Nuko abari batuye hafi aho bose bagira ubwoba, kandi iyo nkuru itangira gukwirakwira ahantu hose mu gihugu cy’imisozi miremire cya Yudaya. 66 Abantu bose babyumvaga bakomezaga kubitekerezaho, bakabazanya bati: “Mu by’ukuri se uyu mwana, azaba umuntu umeze ute?” Yehova yari ari kumwe na we rwose.

67 Nuko Zekariya, ari we papa wa Yohana, yuzura umwuka wera maze arahanura ati: 68 “Yehova Imana ya Isirayeli nasingizwe,+ kuko yitaye ku bagaragu be kandi akabakiza.+ 69 Yaduhaye umukiza ufite imbaraga*+ ukomoka mu muryango w’umugaragu w’Imana Dawidi.+ 70 Ibyo yabivuze binyuze ku bahanuzi ba kera,+ 71 avuga ko tuzakizwa abanzi bacu tugakizwa n’abatwanga bose.+ 72 Imana izatugirira impuhwe nk’uko yabisezeranyije ba sogokuruza kandi izibuka isezerano ryayo ryera.+ 73 Iryo sezerano yarihaye sogokuruza Aburahamu.+ 74 Imana nimara kuducungura ikadukiza abanzi bacu, tuzayikorera tudatinya, 75 bityo tube indahemuka kandi dukore ibikwiriye mu buzima bwacu bwose. 76 Ariko wowe mwana wanjye, uzitwa umuhanuzi w’Isumbabyose, kuko Yehova azakohereza mbere ukamutegurira inzira,+ 77 kugira ngo umenyeshe abantu be ko bazababarirwa ibyaha maze bagakizwa.+ 78 Ibyo bazabigeraho bitewe n’uko Imana igira impuhwe zirangwa n’ubwuzu. Kuba Imana igira impuhwe bizatuma tubona umucyo uvuye mu ijuru umeze nk’uwo mu rukerera, 79 maze umurikire abari mu mwijima n’abari mu karere k’igicucu cy’urupfu+ kandi utuyobore utugeze mu mahoro.”

80 Nuko uwo mwana akomeza gukura kandi agira imbaraga biturutse ku mwuka wera. Akomeza kwibera mu butayu, kugeza igihe yatangiriye kubwiriza Abisirayeli.