The Thing Dem Da Luke Write
1 Plenty people na try to collect and write about the true thing dem da happen da we also believe. 2 And other people who na see what happen and preach about God message also tell us about it. 3 So honorable The·oph′i·lus, I myself na decide to write about this thing dem to you one by one just how they happen. Because I na check everything from the beginning and see da they correct. 4 I do all this thing dem so you can really know da all the thing dem they teach you by mouth, da true.
5 The time Herod* wor king for Ju·de′a, one priest name Zech·a·ri′ah wor part of the group of priest dem they name after A·bi′jah. His wife wor from Aaron family line, and her name wor Elizabeth. 6 Two of them wor faithful to God, and they use to obey all the law dem and all the thing dem da Jehovah* say. 7 But they wor not having any child, because Elizabeth wor not able to born, and two of them wor really old.
8 Da wor Zech·a·ri′ah group time to do their work in the temple. So when he wor doing his priest work before God, 9 da wor his time to burn incense just how the priest dem use to do da time. So he enter Jehovah* temple. 10 And all the people wor praying outside when the time reach to burn incense. 11 Jehovah* angel appear to him, and the angel wor standing on the right side of the altar where they can burn incense. 12 When Zech·a·ri′ah saw the angel he got confuse and he wor scare bad way. 13 But the angel tell him say: “Don’t be scare, Zech·a·ri′ah, because God na hear your prayer da you say with your whole heart, and your wife Elizabeth will born boy child, and you mon name him John. 14 You will really be happy, and plenty people will be happy when she born him, 15 because he will be great in Jehovah* eye. But he mon never drink wine or any liquor, and holy spirit will be on him even before they born him. 16 And he will help plenty people in Israel to come back to Jehovah* their God. 17 God will send your son in front of him with the same spirit and power E·li′jah wor having, to help the father dem to change their hearts and be like children. And to help people who can’t obey to act wise like righteous people, so da he can prepare the people for Jehovah.”*
18 Then Zech·a·ri′ah tell the angel say: “How I can be sure da this thing dem will happen? Because I old, and my wife old too.” 19 Then the angel tell him say: “My name Ga′bri·el, and I always before God, and he send me to tell you this good news. 20 But you will not be able to talk until the day all this thing dem happen, because you not believe the thing dem I say. This thing dem will happen when the time reach.” 21 All this time, the people wor waiting for Zech·a·ri′ah, and they wor surprise da he wor staying long in the temple. 22 When he came outside, he wor not able to talk to them. So they got to know da he saw vision in the temple. He continue throwing signs to them, but he wor not able to talk. 23 When the time for him to serve in the temple finish, he went back home.
24 After some time, his wife Elizabeth got pregnant, and she not leave the house for five months. She say: 25 “See the good thing Jehovah* na do for me. He remember me so I can’t be shame in front of people.”
26 When she wor six months pregnant, God send angel Ga′bri·el to one city in Gal′i·lee they call Naz′a·reth, 27 to one virgin. One man name Joseph from David family line promise to marry her, the virgin name wor Mary. 28 And the angel came to her and say: “Hello Mary, God na really bless you, and Jehovah* with you.” 29 But she wor really worry about what the angel say, and she try to understand the way he speak to her. 30 So the angel tell her say: “Don’t be scare Mary, because God happy with you. 31 And you will get pregnant and born boy child, and you mon name him Jesus. 32 This child will be important and they will call him Son of the Most High, and Jehovah* will give him his great grandfather* David throne. 33 And he will rule as King over Jacob house forever, and his kingship will never end.”
34 But Mary tell the angel say: “How this one will happen, since my hand not in man business?” 35 But the angel tell her say: “The Most High will send his holy spirit on you, and his power will protect you. Because of this, the child will be holy and they will call him God Son. 36 And see! Your relative Elizabeth pregnant with boy child in her old age. The woman who they say can’t born, she six months pregnant now. 37 Because anything God say will surely happen.” 38 Then Mary say: “See! I Jehovah* slave girl! Let it happen to me just how you say it will happen.” After da, the angel left from there.
39 After da, Mary travel quick-quick to one city in Judah da wor in one area da get plenty mountains. 40 Then she enter Zech·a·ri′ah house and speak to Elizabeth. 41 As soon Elizabeth hear Mary voice, the baby da wor in her stomach jump, and the holy spirit move Elizabeth 42 to talk with loud voice and say: “You bless pass all the other women dem, and blessing on the child you will born! 43 I can’t believe da I get the honor for my Lord ma to come visit me. 44 See! As soon I hear your voice, the baby in my stomach wor happy and jump. 45 The woman who believe this thing dem will be happy, because all the thing dem da Jehovah* tell her will surely happen.”
46 And Mary say: “I praise Jehovah,* 47 and I will continue to be really happy because of God my Savior. 48 Because he remember his humble slave girl. And from now on all generations will say I bless, 49 because the powerful God na do wonderful thing dem for me, and his name holy. 50 And from generation to generation he will show mercy to people who worship him. 51 He na do powerful thing dem with his hand,* and he na scatter people who show da they proud by what they can plan in their hearts. 52 He na move big-big people from in power, and make humble people great. 53 He na really satisfy the poor people with good-good thing dem, and he make the rich people to go with empty hand. 54 He na come to help his servant Israel. He do this one to show da he always remember his promise to show mercy 55 to Abraham and to his children dem forever, just how he tell our great grandpa dem.” 56 Mary stay with Elizabeth for about three months, then she went back home.
57 Then the time reach for Elizabeth to deliver, and she born boy child. 58 And the neighbors and her relative dem hear da Jehovah* really show her mercy, then they and Elizabeth wor happy. 59 When the eight day reach, they came to circumcise the baby, and they wanted to name him after his pa Zech·a·ri′ah. 60 But his ma tell them say: “No! We will call him John.” 61 So they tell her say: “Nobody in your family get this name.” 62 Then they throw sign to his pa and ask him what kindna name he want give the boy. 63 So he ask for something to write on, then he write: “His name John.” Then all of them wor surprise. 64 Right away he start talking and praising God. 65 And all the people living around there wor really surprise, and they started talking about it all around in Ju·de′a. 66 And all the people da hear about it continue thinking about it and they wor saying: “Who this child will really be?” They say this one because Jehovah* wor really with the child.
67 Then the holy spirit move his pa Zech·a·ri′ah and he say: 68 “Praise Jehovah* the God of Israel, because he na remember his people and save them. 69 And he na give us one powerful savior who from his servant David family line, 70 just how he say it through his holy prophet dem way back. 71 He promise to save us from our enemy dem and from the people da hate us. 72 He will show us mercy just how he promise our great grandpa dem, and he will remember his holy convenant. 73 Da what he promise our great grandpa Abraham. 74 After God save us from our enemy dem, he will let us worship him without fear, 75 so da we will stick to him and do the right thing all the days of our life. 76 But for you, my child, they will call you prophet for the Most High, because Jehovah* will send you in front of him to prepare his roads, 77 to make his people dem to know da he will save them by forgiving their sins. 78 Our God will do all this thing dem because he really get sorrowful heart. And because of da, we will see light from heaven da will shine on us just like day na break, 79 to give light to people who living in darkness and people who living in area where death cover like shadow, and to show us how to walk on the road of peace.”
80 And the young child got big and God spirit help him to be strong, and he continue to live in the desert until the time he show hisself to the Israelites.