Since numerous ones have taken into hand to compose an account about the things that have happened among us, 2 as we received them from [those] who first were witnesses and servants of the word, 3 it seemed good also to me, after following all things closely from the beginning, to write them as chronological account for you, glorious Theophilus, 4 for you to know the firm foundation of the things about which you have been instructed.
5 In the days of Herod, king of Judea, [there] was a priest called Zechariah, of the division of Abiah, and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and laws in a perfect manner. 7 But [there] was not [any] child with them, for Elizabeth could not conceive, and both had [an age of] many years. 8 I lú túle *ciltieryanna, ar carnes i *airimo molie epe Eru. 9 Hatiénen şanwali, ve i *airimoron lé náne, lantane senna mene mir i Héruo yána urtien *nisque. 10 Ar i quanda rimbe i lieo tarne hyamiesse i ettesse i lúmesse urtiéva *nisque.
