ಲೂಕನು 2:1
ಆ ದಿನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಆದದ್ದೇನಂದರೆ ಲೋಕವೆಲ್ಲಾ ಖಾನೇಷುಮಾರಿ ಬರೆಯಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಬೇಕೆಂದು ಕೈಸರನಾದ ಔಗುಸ್ತನಿಂದ ಆಜ್ಞೆಯು ಹೊರಟಿತು.
| And | Ἐγένετο | egeneto | ay-GAY-nay-toh |
| it came to pass | δὲ | de | thay |
| in | ἐν | en | ane |
| ταῖς | tais | tase | |
| those | ἡμέραις | hēmerais | ay-MAY-rase |
| days, | ἐκείναις | ekeinais | ake-EE-nase |
| out went there that | ἐξῆλθεν | exēlthen | ayks-ALE-thane |
| a decree | δόγμα | dogma | THOGE-ma |
| from | παρὰ | para | pa-RA |
| Caesar | Καίσαρος | kaisaros | KAY-sa-rose |
| Augustus, | Αὐγούστου | augoustou | a-GOO-stoo |
| all that | ἀπογράφεσθαι | apographesthai | ah-poh-GRA-fay-sthay |
| the | πᾶσαν | pasan | PA-sahn |
| world | τὴν | tēn | tane |
| should be taxed. | οἰκουμένην | oikoumenēn | oo-koo-MAY-nane |