路加福音 3
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
施洗者约翰的传道
3 凯撒提庇留执政第十五年，本丢·彼拉多任犹太总督，希律做加利利的分封王，他的弟弟腓力做以土利亚和特拉可尼两地的分封王，吕撒聂做亚比利尼的分封王， 2 亚那和该亚法当大祭司。当时，撒迦利亚的儿子约翰住在旷野，上帝向他说话。 3 他就到约旦河附近宣讲悔改的洗礼，使人的罪得到赦免。 4 这正应验了以赛亚先知书上的话：“在旷野有人大声呼喊，
“‘预备主的道，
修直祂的路。
5 一切山谷将被填满，
大山小丘将被削平，
弯曲的道路要被修直，
崎岖的路径要被铺平。
6 世人都要看见上帝的救恩。’”
7 约翰对前来接受他洗礼的人群说：“你们这些毒蛇的后代！谁指示你们逃避那将临的烈怒呢？ 8 你们要结出与悔改相称的果子。不要心里说，‘我们是亚伯拉罕的子孙。’我告诉你们，上帝可以从这些石头中兴起亚伯拉罕的子孙。 9 现在斧头已经放在树根上了，不结好果子的树都要被砍下丢在火里。”
10 众人问道：“那么，我们该怎么办呢？”
11 约翰回答说：“有两件衣服的，应当分一件给没有的；食物充裕的，应当分些给饥饿的。”
12 有些税吏也来受洗，并问约翰：“老师，我们该怎么办呢？”
13 约翰说：“除了规定的税以外，一分钱也不可多收。”
14 有些军人问：“我们该怎么办呢？”约翰说：“不可敲诈勒索，自己有粮饷就当知足。”
15 当时的百姓正期待着基督的来临，大家心里都在猜想，也许约翰就是基督。 16 约翰对众人说：“我是用水给你们施洗，但有一位能力比我更大的快来了，我就是给祂解鞋带也不配。祂要用圣灵和火给你们施洗。 17 祂手里拿着簸箕，要清理祂的麦场，把麦子收进仓库，用不灭的火烧尽糠秕。” 18 约翰向众人传福音，讲了许多劝勉的话。
19 分封王希律娶了自己弟弟的妻子希罗底，又做了许多恶事，因而受到约翰的指责， 20 可是他却恶上加恶，将约翰关进监牢里。
耶稣受洗
21 众人都受了洗，耶稣也接受了洗礼。祂正在祷告的时候，天开了， 22 圣灵像鸽子一样降在祂身上，又有声音从天上传来：“你是我的爱子，我甚喜悦你。”
耶稣的家谱
23 耶稣开始传道的时候，年纪约三十岁，照人的看法，
祂是约瑟的儿子，
约瑟是希里的儿子，
24 希里是玛塔的儿子，
玛塔是利未的儿子，
利未是麦基的儿子，
麦基是雅拿的儿子，
雅拿是约瑟的儿子，
25 约瑟是玛他提亚的儿子，
玛他提亚是亚摩斯的儿子，
亚摩斯是拿鸿的儿子，
拿鸿是以斯利的儿子，
以斯利是拿该的儿子，
26 拿该是玛押的儿子，
玛押是玛他提亚的儿子，
玛他提亚是西美的儿子，
西美是约瑟的儿子，
约瑟是犹大的儿子，
犹大是约亚拿的儿子，
27 约亚拿是利撒的儿子，
利撒是所罗巴伯的儿子，
所罗巴伯是撒拉铁的儿子，
撒拉铁是尼利的儿子，
尼利是麦基的儿子，
28 麦基是亚底的儿子，
亚底是哥桑的儿子，
哥桑是以摩当的儿子，
以摩当是珥的儿子，
珥是约细的儿子，
29 约细是以利以谢的儿子，
以利以谢是约令的儿子，
约令是玛塔的儿子，
玛塔是利未的儿子，
30 利未是西缅的儿子，
西缅是犹大的儿子，
犹大是约瑟的儿子，
约瑟是约南的儿子，
约南是以利亚敬的儿子，
31 以利亚敬是米利亚的儿子，
米利亚是迈南的儿子，
迈南是玛达他的儿子，
玛达他是拿单的儿子，
拿单是大卫的儿子，
32 大卫是耶西的儿子，
耶西是俄备得的儿子，
俄备得是波阿斯的儿子，
波阿斯是撒门的儿子，
撒门是拿顺的儿子，
33 拿顺是亚米拿达的儿子，
亚米拿达是兰的儿子，
兰是希斯仑的儿子，
希斯仑是法勒斯的儿子，
法勒斯是犹大的儿子，
34 犹大是雅各的儿子，
雅各是以撒的儿子，
以撒是亚伯拉罕的儿子，
亚伯拉罕是他拉的儿子，
他拉是拿鹤的儿子，
35 拿鹤是西鹿的儿子，
西鹿是拉吴的儿子，
拉吴是法勒的儿子，
法勒是希伯的儿子，
希伯是沙拉的儿子，
36 沙拉是该南的儿子，
该南是亚法撒的儿子，
亚法撒是闪的儿子，
闪是挪亚的儿子，
挪亚是拉麦的儿子，
37 拉麦是玛土撒拉的儿子，
玛土撒拉是以诺的儿子，
以诺是雅列的儿子，
雅列是玛勒列的儿子，
玛勒列是该南的儿子，
该南是以挪士的儿子，
38 以挪士是塞特的儿子，
塞特是亚当的儿子，
亚当是上帝的儿子。
Luke 3
GOD’S WORD Translation
John Prepares the Way(A)
3 It was the fifteenth year in the reign of the Emperor Tiberius. Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea. Herod ruled Galilee, and his brother Philip ruled Iturea and Trachonitis. Lysanias was the ruler of Abilene. 2 It was at the time when Annas and Caiaphas were chief priests that God spoke to John, son of Zechariah, in the desert. 3 John traveled throughout the region around the Jordan River. He told people about a baptism of repentance [a] for the forgiveness of sins. 4 As the prophet Isaiah wrote in his book,
“A voice cries out in the desert:
‘Prepare the way for the Lord!
Make his paths straight!
5 Every valley will be filled.
Every mountain and hill will be leveled.
The crooked ways will be made straight.
The rough roads will be made smooth.
6 All people will see the salvation that God gives.’ ”
7 Crowds of people were coming to be baptized by John. He would say to them, “You poisonous snakes! Who showed you how to flee from God’s coming anger? 8 Do those things that prove that you have turned to God and have changed the way you think and act. Don’t say, ‘Abraham is our ancestor.’ I guarantee that God can raise up descendants for Abraham from these stones. 9 The ax is now ready to cut the roots of the trees. Any tree that doesn’t produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into a fire.”
10 The crowds asked him, “What should we do?”
11 He answered them, “Whoever has two shirts should share with the person who doesn’t have any. Whoever has food should share it too.”
12 Some tax collectors came to be baptized. They asked him, “Teacher, what should we do?”
13 He told them, “Don’t collect more money than you are ordered to collect.”
14 Some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?”
He told them, “Be satisfied with your pay, and never use threats or blackmail to get money from anyone.”
15 People’s hopes were rising as they all wondered whether John was the Messiah. 16 John replied to all of them, “I baptize you with water. But the one who is more powerful than I is coming. I am not worthy to untie his sandal straps. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 17 His winnowing [b] shovel is in his hand to clean up his threshing floor.[c] He will gather the wheat into his barn, but he will burn the husks in a fire that can never be put out.”
18 With many other encouraging words, he told the Good News to the people.
19 John spoke out against the ruler Herod because Herod had married his own sister-in-law, Herodias. He also spoke out against Herod for all the evil things he had done. 20 So Herod added one more evil to all the others; he locked John in prison.
The Baptism of Jesus(B)
21 When all the people were baptized, Jesus, too, was baptized. While he was praying, heaven opened, 22 and the Holy Spirit came down to him in the form of a dove. A voice from heaven said, “You are my Son, whom I love. I am pleased with you.”
23 Jesus was about 30 years old when he began ⌞his ministry⌟.
The Ancestors of Jesus
Jesus, so people thought, was the son of Joseph, son of Eli,
24 son of Matthat, son of Levi, son of Melchi, son of Jannai, son of Joseph,
25 son of Mattathias, son of Amos, son of Nahum, son of Esli, son of Naggai,
26 son of Maath, son of Mattathias, son of Semein, son of Josech, son of Joda,
27 son of Joanan, son of Rhesa, son of Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, son of Neri,
28 son of Melchi, son of Addi, son of Cosam, son of Elmadam, son of Er,
29 son of Joshua, son of Eliezer, son of Jorim, son of Matthat, son of Levi,
30 son of Simeon, son of Judah, son of Joseph, son of Jonam, son of Eliakim,
31 son of Melea, son of Menna, son of Mattatha, son of Nathan, son of David,
32 son of Jesse, son of Obed, son of Boaz, son of Salmon, son of Nahshon,
33 son of Amminadab, son of Admin, son of Arni, son of Hezron, son of Perez, son of Judah,
34 son of Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham, son of Terah, son of Nahor,
35 son of Serug, son of Reu, son of Peleg, son of Eber, son of Shelah,
36 son of Cainan, son of Arphaxad, son of Shem, son of Noah, son of Lamech,
37 son of Methuselah, son of Enoch, son of Jared, son of Mahalaleel, son of Cainan,
38 son of Enos, son of Seth,
son of Adam,
son of God.
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