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, 3it 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.
5In 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.
