基督的先驱

凯撒提比略在位第十五年,本丢彼拉多犹太总督,希律加利利的分封王,他的弟弟[a]菲利普以土利亚特拉克尼地区的分封王,卢萨尼亚阿比利尼的分封王, 亚纳该亚法任大祭司——那时,神的话语在旷野临到撒迦利亚的儿子约翰 他就来到约旦河周围所有的地区宣讲为罪得赦免而悔改的洗礼。 正如先知以赛亚书上所记载的话[b]

“在旷野有声音呼喊着:
‘你们当预备主的道,
当修直[c]他的路!
一切山谷将被填满,
山岭小丘将被削平;
扭曲的道将要修直,
崎岖的路将要铺平。
所有的人[d]都将看见神的救恩。’”[e]

约翰对那些出来受他洗礼的人群说:“你们这些毒蛇的子孙!谁指示你们逃避那将要来临的震怒呢? 你们应当结出果子,与悔改的心相称!你们不要自己里面一开始就说‘我们有亚伯拉罕为先祖。’我告诉你们:神能从这些石头中给亚伯拉罕兴起儿女来。 现在斧子已经放在树根上,所有不结好果子的树都要被砍下来,被丢进火里。”

10 众人问他,说:“那么,我们该做什么呢?”

11 约翰回答说:“有两件衣服[f]的,当分给那没有的;有食物的,也当如此做。”

12 一些税吏也来受洗[g]。他们问约翰:“老师,我们该做什么呢?”

13 约翰对他们说:“除了给你们规定的以外,不要多收。”

14 有些当兵的[h]也问他,说:“那么我们呢?我们该做什么呢?”

约翰说:“不要敲诈任何人,也不要勒索人[i],当以自己的粮饷为满足。”

15 当时,民众都在心里对约翰有期待并猜想,或许他就是基督。 16 约翰就回答大家,说:“我用水[j]给你们施洗[k],但有一位比我更强有力的要来,我就是为他解鞋带也不配。他要用圣灵和火[l]给你们施洗。 17 他手里拿着扬谷的锨,要扬净他的打谷场,把麦子收进他的仓库,却把糠秕用不灭的火烧掉。” 18 这样,约翰又用很多别的话劝民众,向他们传福音。 19 分封王希律为了他弟弟[m]的妻子希罗迪娅的事,以及自己所做的一切恶事,受到约翰的责备。 20 希律在这一切事上又加了一件,就是把约翰关在监狱里。

耶稣受洗

21 有一次,当民众都来受洗的时候,耶稣也受了洗。他正在祷告,天开了, 22 圣灵好像鸽子,有形有体地[n]降临在他身上,并且有声音从天上传来,说:

“你是我的爱子,
我喜悦你。”

耶稣基督的家谱

23 耶稣开始传道[o]的时候,大约三十岁。照人看来,

他是约瑟的儿子,约瑟希里的儿子,
24 希里玛塔特的儿子,玛塔特利未的儿子,
利未麦基的儿子,麦基雅拿的儿子,
雅拿约瑟的儿子, 25 约瑟玛塔提亚的儿子,
玛塔提亚亚摩斯的儿子,亚摩斯拿鸿的儿子,
拿鸿以斯利的儿子,以斯利拿该的儿子,
26 拿该玛押的儿子,玛押玛塔提亚的儿子,
玛塔提亚西美的儿子,西美约瑟的儿子,
约瑟犹大的儿子, 27 犹大约亚拿的儿子,
约亚拿利撒的儿子,利撒所罗巴伯的儿子,
所罗巴伯撒拉铁的儿子,撒拉铁尼利的儿子,
28 尼利麦基的儿子,麦基亚底的儿子,
亚底哥桑的儿子,哥桑以摩当的儿子,
以摩当的儿子, 29 约细的儿子,
约细以利以谢的儿子,以利以谢约令的儿子,
约令玛塔特的儿子,玛塔特利未的儿子,
30 利未西缅的儿子,西缅犹大的儿子,
犹大约瑟的儿子,约瑟约南的儿子,
约南以利亚敬的儿子, 31 以利亚敬米利亚的儿子,
米利亚迈南的儿子,迈南玛塔达的儿子,
玛塔达拿单的儿子,拿单大卫的儿子,
32 大卫耶西的儿子,耶西俄备得的儿子,
俄备得波阿斯的儿子,波阿斯撒门的儿子,
撒门拿顺的儿子, 33 拿顺亚米拿达的儿子,
亚米拿达亚特民的儿子,亚特民[p]亚兰[q]的儿子,
亚兰希斯仑的儿子,希斯仑法勒斯的儿子,
法勒斯犹大的儿子, 34 犹大雅各的儿子,
雅各以撒的儿子,以撒亚伯拉罕的儿子,
亚伯拉罕塔拉的儿子,塔拉拿鹤的儿子,
35 拿鹤西鹿的儿子,西鹿拉吴的儿子,
拉吴法勒的儿子,法勒希伯的儿子,
希伯沙拉的儿子, 36 沙拉该南的儿子,
该南亚法撒的儿子,亚法撒的儿子,
挪亚的儿子,挪亚拉迈的儿子,
37 拉迈玛土撒拉的儿子,玛土撒拉以诺的儿子,
以诺雅列的儿子,雅列玛勒列的儿子,
玛勒列该南的儿子, 38 该南以挪士的儿子,
以挪士塞特的儿子,塞特亚当的儿子,
亚当是神的儿子。

Footnotes

  1. 路加福音 3:1 弟弟——原文直译“兄弟”。
  2. 路加福音 3:4 正如先知以赛亚书上所记载的话——原文直译“正如先知以赛亚之话语的书中所记载的那样”。
  3. 路加福音 3:4 修直——或译作“修平”。
  4. 路加福音 3:6 人——原文直译“肉体”。
  5. 路加福音 3:6 《以赛亚书》40:3-5。
  6. 路加福音 3:11 衣服——或译作“衬袍”。
  7. 路加福音 3:12 受洗——或译作“受浸”。
  8. 路加福音 3:14 当兵的——或译作“服兵役的”。
  9. 路加福音 3:14 勒索人——或译作“诬告”。
  10. 路加福音 3:16 用水——或译作“在水里”。
  11. 路加福音 3:16 施洗——或译作“施浸”。
  12. 路加福音 3:16 用圣灵和火——或译作“在圣灵和火里”。
  13. 路加福音 3:19 有古抄本附“菲利普”。
  14. 路加福音 3:22 好像鸽子,有形有体地——原文直译“形状仿佛鸽子”。
  15. 路加福音 3:23 传道——辅助词语。
  16. 路加福音 3:33 有古抄本没有“亚特民的儿子,亚特民是”。
  17. 路加福音 3:33 亚兰——有古抄本作“亚珥尼”。

A Baptism of Life-Change

1-6 In the fifteenth year of the rule of Caesar Tiberius—it was while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea; Herod, ruler of Galilee; his brother Philip, ruler of Iturea and Trachonitis; Lysanias, ruler of Abilene; during the Chief-Priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas—John, Zachariah’s son, out in the desert at the time, received a message from God. He went all through the country around the Jordan River preaching a baptism of life-change leading to forgiveness of sins, as described in the words of Isaiah the prophet:

Thunder in the desert!
“Prepare God’s arrival!
Make the road smooth and straight!
Every ditch will be filled in,
Every bump smoothed out,
The detours straightened out,
All the ruts paved over.
Everyone will be there to see
The parade of God’s salvation.”

7-9 When crowds of people came out for baptism because it was the popular thing to do, John exploded: “Brood of snakes! What do you think you’re doing slithering down here to the river? Do you think a little water on your snakeskins is going to deflect God’s judgment? It’s your life that must change, not your skin. And don’t think you can pull rank by claiming Abraham as ‘father.’ Being a child of Abraham is neither here nor there—children of Abraham are a dime a dozen. God can make children from stones if he wants. What counts is your life. Is it green and flourishing? Because if it’s deadwood, it goes on the fire.”

10 The crowd asked him, “Then what are we supposed to do?”

11 “If you have two coats, give one away,” he said. “Do the same with your food.”

12 Tax men also came to be baptized and said, “Teacher, what should we do?”

13 He told them, “No more extortion—collect only what is required by law.”

14 Soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?”

He told them, “No harassment, no blackmail—and be content with your rations.”

15 The interest of the people by now was building. They were all beginning to wonder, “Could this John be the Messiah?”

16-17 But John intervened: “I’m baptizing you here in the river. The main character in this drama, to whom I’m a mere stagehand, will ignite the kingdom life, a fire, the Holy Spirit within you, changing you from the inside out. He’s going to clean house—make a clean sweep of your lives. He’ll place everything true in its proper place before God; everything false he’ll put out with the trash to be burned.”

18-20 There was a lot more of this—words that gave strength to the people, words that put heart in them. The Message! But Herod, the ruler, stung by John’s rebuke in the matter of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, capped his long string of evil deeds with this outrage: He put John in jail.

21-22 After all the people were baptized, Jesus was baptized. As he was praying, the sky opened up and the Holy Spirit, like a dove descending, came down on him. And along with the Spirit, a voice: “You are my Son, chosen and marked by my love, pride of my life.”

Son of Adam, Son of God

23-38 When Jesus entered public life he was about thirty years old, the son (in public perception) of Joseph, who was—

son of Heli,

son of Matthat,

son of Levi,

son of Melki,

son of Jannai,

son of Joseph,

son of Mattathias,

son of Amos,

son of Nahum,

son of Esli,

son of Naggai,

son of Maath,

son of Mattathias,

son of Semein,

son of Josech,

son of Joda,

son of Joanan,

son of Rhesa,

son of Zerubbabel,

son of Shealtiel,

son of Neri,

son of Melchi,

son of Addi,

son of Cosam,

son of Elmadam,

son of Er,

son of Joshua,

son of Eliezer,

son of Jorim,

son of Matthat,

son of Levi,

son of Simeon,

son of Judah,

son of Joseph,

son of Jonam,

son of Eliakim,

son of Melea,

son of Menna,

son of Mattatha,

son of Nathan,

son of David,

son of Jesse,

son of Obed,

son of Boaz,

son of Salmon,

son of Nahshon,

son of Amminadab,

son of Admin,

son of Arni,

son of Hezron,

son of Perez,

son of Judah,

son of Jacob,

son of Isaac,

son of Abraham,

son of Terah,

son of Nahor,

son of Serug,

son of Reu,

son of Peleg,

son of Eber,

son of Shelah,

son of Kenan,

son of Arphaxad,

son of Shem,

son of Noah,

son of Lamech,

son of Methuselah,

son of Enoch,

son of Jared,

son of Mahalaleel,

son of Kenan,

son of Enos,

son of Seth,

son of Adam,

son of God.

John the Baptist Prepares the Way(A)

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, (B)Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, [a]while (C)Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, the word of God came to (D)John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. (E)And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance (F)for the remission of sins, as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying:

(G)“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord;
Make His paths straight.
Every valley shall be filled
And every mountain and hill brought low;
The crooked places shall be made straight
And the rough ways smooth;
And (H)all flesh shall see the salvation of God.’ ”

John Preaches to the People(I)

Then he said to the multitudes that came out to be baptized by him, (J)“Brood[b] of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Therefore bear fruits (K)worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore (L)every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”

10 So the people asked him, saying, (M)“What shall we do then?”

11 He answered and said to them, (N)“He who has two tunics, let him give to him who has none; and he who has food, (O)let him do likewise.”

12 Then (P)tax collectors also came to be baptized, and said to him, “Teacher, what shall we do?”

13 And he said to them, (Q)“Collect no more than what is appointed for you.”

14 Likewise the soldiers asked him, saying, “And what shall we do?”

So he said to them, “Do not [c]intimidate anyone (R)or accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.”

15 Now as the people were in expectation, and all reasoned in their hearts about John, whether he was the Christ or not, 16 John answered, saying to all, (S)“I indeed baptize you with water; but One mightier than I is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose. He will (T)baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 17 His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and (U)gather the wheat into His barn; but the chaff He will burn with unquenchable fire.”

18 And with many other exhortations he preached to the people. 19 (V)But Herod the tetrarch, being rebuked by him concerning Herodias, his [d]brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done, 20 also added this, above all, that he shut John up in prison.

John Baptizes Jesus(W)

21 When all the people were baptized, (X)it came to pass that Jesus also was baptized; and while He prayed, the heaven was opened. 22 And the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from heaven which said, “You are My beloved Son; in You I am (Y)well pleased.”

The Genealogy of Jesus Christ(Z)

23 Now Jesus Himself began His ministry at (AA)about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) (AB)the son of Joseph, the son of Heli, 24 the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Janna, the son of Joseph, 25 the son of Mattathiah, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, 26 the son of Maath, the son of Mattathiah, the son of Semei, the son of Joseph, the son of Judah, 27 the son of Joannas, the son of Rhesa, the son of (AC)Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, 28 the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmodam, the son of Er, 29 the son of Jose, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, 30 the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonan, the son of Eliakim, 31 the son of Melea, the son of Menan, the son of Mattathah, the son of (AD)Nathan, (AE)the son of David, 32 (AF)the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon, 33 the son of Amminadab, the son of Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, 34 the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, (AG)the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, 35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah, 36 (AH)the son of Cainan, the son of (AI)Arphaxad, (AJ)the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, 37 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan, 38 the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, (AK)the son of God.

Footnotes

  1. Luke 3:2 NU, M in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas
  2. Luke 3:7 Offspring
  3. Luke 3:14 Lit. shake down for money
  4. Luke 3:19 NU brother’s wife

Now in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Ituraea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, [the] word of God came upon John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.

And he came into all the district round the Jordan, preaching [the] baptism of repentance for [the] remission of sins,

as it is written in [the] book of [the] words of Esaias the prophet: Voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of [the] Lord, make straight his paths.

Every gorge shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low, and the crooked [places] shall become a straight [path], and the rough places smooth ways,

and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

He said therefore to the crowds which went out to be baptised by him, Offspring of vipers, who has forewarned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Produce therefore fruits worthy of repentance; and begin not to say in yourselves, We have Abraham for [our] father, for I say unto you that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

And already also the axe is applied to the root of the trees; every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into [the] fire.

10 And the crowds asked him saying, What should we do then?

11 And he answering says to them, He that has two body-coats, let him give to him that has none; and he that has food, let him do likewise.

12 And tax-gatherers came also to be baptised, and they said to him, Teacher, what should we do?

13 And he said to them, Take no more [money] than what is appointed to you.

14 And persons engaged in military service also asked him saying, And we, what should we do? And he said to them, Oppress no one, nor accuse falsely, and be satisfied with your pay.

15 But as the people were in expectation, and all were reasoning in their hearts concerning John whether *he* might be the Christ,

16 John answered all, saying, *I* indeed baptise you with water, but the mightier than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am not fit to unloose; *he* shall baptise you with [the] Holy Spirit and fire;

17 whose winnowing-fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his threshing-floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.

18 Exhorting then many other things also he announced [his] glad tidings to the people.

19 But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him as to Herodias, the wife of his brother, and as to all the wicked things which Herod had done,

20 added this also to all [the rest], that he shut up John in prison.

21 And it came to pass, all the people having been baptised, and Jesus having been baptised and praying, that the heaven was opened,

22 and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form as a dove upon him; and a voice came out of heaven, *Thou* art my beloved Son, in thee I have found my delight.

23 And Jesus himself was beginning to be about thirty years old; being as was supposed son of Joseph; of Eli,

24 of Matthat, of Levi, of Melchi, of Janna, of Joseph,

25 of Mattathias, of Amos, of Naoum, of Esli, of Naggai,

26 of Maath, of Mattathias, of Semei, of Joseph, of Juda,

27 of Joannes, of Resa, of Zorobabel, of Salathiel, of Neri,

28 of Melchi, of Addi, of Cosam, of Elmodam, of Er,

29 of Joses, of Eliezer, of Joreim, of Matthat, of Levi,

30 of Simeon, of Juda, of Joseph, of Jonan, of Eliakim,

31 of Meleas, of Menan, of Mattatha, of Nathan, of David,

32 of Jesse, of Obed, of Booz, of Salmon, of Naasson,

33 of Aminadab, of Aram, of Esrom, of Phares, of Juda,

34 of Jacob, of Isaac, of Abraham, of Terah, of Nachor,

35 of Seruch, of Ragau, of Phalek, of Eber, of Sala,

36 of Cainan, of Arphaxad, of Sem, of Noe, of Lamech,

37 of Methusala, of Enoch, of Jared, of Maleleel, of Cainan,

38 of Enos, of Seth, of Adam, of God.