John the Baptist Preaches

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when (A)Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and (B)Herod was tetrarch of Galilee and his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene, in the high priesthood of (C)Annas and (D)Caiaphas, (E)the word of God came to John, the son of Zechariah, in the wilderness. And he came into all (F)the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance [a]for the forgiveness of sins; as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet:

(G)The voice of one calling [b]out in the wilderness,
Prepare the way of the Lord,
Make His paths straight!
(H)Every ravine will be filled,
And every mountain and hill will be lowered;
The crooked will become straight,
And the rough roads smooth;
(I)And all [c]flesh will (J)see the salvation of God!’”

So he was saying to the crowds who were going out to be baptized by him, “(K)You [d]offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Therefore produce fruits that are consistent with repentance, and (L)do not start saying [e]to yourselves, ‘(M)We have Abraham as our father,’ for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children for Abraham. But indeed the axe is already being laid at the root of the trees; so (N)every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”

10 And the crowds were questioning him, saying, “(O)Then what are we to do?” 11 And he would answer and say to them, “The one who has two [f]tunics is to (P)share with the one who has none; and the one who has food is to do likewise.” 12 Now even (Q)tax collectors came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what are we to do?” 13 And he said to them, “[g]Collect no more than what you have been ordered to.” 14 And soldiers also were questioning him, saying, “What are we to do, we as well?” And he said to them, “Do not extort money from anyone, nor [h](R)harass anyone, and (S)be content with your wages.”

15 Now while the people were in a state of expectation and they all were thinking carefully in their hearts about John, (T)whether he himself perhaps was the [i]Christ, 16 (U)John responded to them all, saying, “As for me, I baptize you with water; but He is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to untie the straps of His sandals; He will baptize you [j]with the Holy Spirit and fire. 17 His (V)winnowing fork is in His hand to thoroughly clear His threshing floor, and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with (W)unquenchable fire.”

18 So with many other exhortations he preached the gospel to the people. 19 But when (X)Herod the tetrarch was reprimanded by him regarding (Y)Herodias, his brother’s wife, and regarding all the evil things which (Z)Herod had done, 20 Herod also added this to them all: (AA)he locked John up in prison.

Jesus Is Baptized

21 (AB)Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized, and while He was (AC)praying, heaven was opened, 22 and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in bodily form like a dove, and a voice came from heaven: “(AD)You are My beloved Son, in You I am well pleased.”

Genealogy of Jesus

23 (AE)When He began His ministry, Jesus Himself was about thirty years old, being, as was commonly held, the son of (AF)Joseph, [k]the son of [l]Eli, 24 the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, 25 the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of [m]Hesli, the son of Naggai, 26 the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda, 27 the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, (AG)the son of Zerubbabel, the son of [n]Shealtiel, the son of Neri, 28 the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er, 29 the son of [o]Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, 30 the son of Simeon, the son of [p]Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, 31 the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, 32 (AH)the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of [q]Salmon, the son of [r]Nahshon, 33 the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of [s]Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, 34 the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, (AI)the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, 35 the son of Serug, the son of [t]Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of [u]Heber, the son of Shelah, 36 the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, (AJ)the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, 37 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, 38 the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

Footnotes

  1. Luke 3:3 Or with reference to
  2. Luke 3:4 Or out, Prepare in the wilderness the way
  3. Luke 3:6 I.e., mankind
  4. Luke 3:7 Or brood
  5. Luke 3:8 Or among
  6. Luke 3:11 A long shirt worn next to the skin
  7. Luke 3:13 Lit Do
  8. Luke 3:14 Or blackmail
  9. Luke 3:15 I.e., Messiah
  10. Luke 3:16 The Gr here can be translated in, with, or by
  11. Luke 3:23 Lit of Eli, and so throughout the genealogy
  12. Luke 3:23 Also spelled Heli
  13. Luke 3:25 Also spelled Esli
  14. Luke 3:27 Gr Salathiel; names of people in the Old Testament are given in their Old Testament form through v 38
  15. Luke 3:29 Gr Jesus
  16. Luke 3:30 Gr Judas
  17. Luke 3:32 Gr Sala
  18. Luke 3:32 Gr Naasson
  19. Luke 3:33 Gr Arni
  20. Luke 3:35 Gr Ragau
  21. Luke 3:35 Gr Eber

Yohana Mbatizaji Aanza Kuhubiri

Katika mwaka wa kumi na tano wa utawala wa Kaisari Tiberio, Neno la Mungu lilimfikia Yohana mwana wa Zakaria alipokuwa nyikani. Wakati huo Pontio Pilato alikuwa mtawala wa Yudea; Her ode mtawala wa Galilaya, nduguye Filipo mtawala wa Iturea na Tra koniti; na Lisania alikuwa mtawala wa Abilene. Anasi na Kayafa walikuwa makuhani wakuu.

Yohana akazunguka sehemu zote za kando kando ya mto Yordani akihubiri kwamba watu watubu na kubatizwa ili wasamehewe dhambi zao. Kama ilivyoandikwa katika kitabu cha nabii Isaya: “Sauti ya mtu aitae nyikani, ‘Mtayarishieni Bwana njia , nyoosheni sehemu zote atakazopita, jazeni kila bonde, sawazisheni milima yote. Na watu wote watamwona Mwokozi aliyetumwa na Mungu.’ ”

Yohana akawaambia wale waliokuja ili awabatize, “Enyi watoto wa nyoka! Ni nani aliyewaonya muepuke hukumu ya Mungu ita kayokuja? Kama kweli mmetubu, basi onyesheni kwa matendo yenu. Wala msidhani kuwa mtasamehewa kwa kuwa ninyi ni uzao wa Ibra himu. Nawaambia wazi, Mungu anaweza kabisa kumpa Ibrahimu watoto kutoka katika haya mawe! Na hivi sasa hukumu ya Mungu, kama shoka kwenye shina la mti, iko juu yenu. Kila mti usiozaa matunda mazuri utakatwa katwa na kutupwa motoni.”

10 Watu wakamwuliza, “Inatupasa tufanyeje basi?” 11 Aka waambia: “Aliye na nguo mbili amgawie asiye na nguo; kama una chakula wape wenye njaa.”

12 Watoza kodi nao pia walikuja ili wabatizwe; wakamwuliza, “Bwana, na sisi inatupasa tufanyeje?”

13 Akawajibu: “ Msimdhulumu mtu kwa kudai kodi zaidi ya ile iliyoamriwa.”

14 Na baadhi ya askari wakamwuliza, “Na sisi je, tufanye nini?” Akawajibu: “Msichukue fedha za watu kwa kutumia nguvu; msiwashtaki watu kwa kuwasingizia makosa; bali mtosheke na misha hara yenu!”

15 Siku hizo watu walikuwa na matazamio makubwa. Wakawa wakijiuliza mioyoni mwao kama Yohana ndiye Kristo.

16 Yohana aliwajibu akawaambia, “Mimi nawabatiza kwa maji. Lakini anayekuja ni mkuu kuliko mimi, sistahili hata kuwa mtumwa wake. Yeye atawabatiza kwa Roho Mtakatifu na kwa moto.

17 “Yuko tayari na pepeto lake mkononi, tayari kusafisha mahali pake pa kukusanyia mazao. Nafaka safi ataiweka ghalani lakini makapi atayachoma kwa moto usiozimika.”

18 Yohana alitumia mifano mingine mingi kuwaonya watu na kuwatangazia Habari Njema. 19 Lakini Yohana alipomkanya Herode kuhusu uhusiano wake na Herodia mke wa kaka yake, na maovu men gine aliyofanya, 20 Herode aliongezea uovu huo kwa kumfunga

Kubatizwa Kwa Bwana Yesu

21 Baada ya watu wote kubatizwa, Yesu naye alibatizwa. Na alipokuwa akiomba, mbingu zilifunguka. 22 Roho Mtakatifu akash uka juu yake kama hua; na sauti ikasikika kutoka mbinguni ikisema: “Wewe ni Mwanangu mpendwa, ninapendezwa nawe.”

Ukoo Wa Bwana Yesu

23 Yesu alikuwa na umri wa miaka kama thelathini hivi ali poanza kazi ya kuhubiri. Yesu alijulikana kama mtoto wa Yusufu. Yusufu alikuwa mwana wa Eli, 24 Eli alikuwa mwana wa Mathati, Mathati alikuwa mwana wa Lawi, Lawi alikuwa mwana wa Melki, Melki alikuwa mwana wa Yanai, Yanai alikuwa mwana wa Yusufu 25 Yusufu alikuwa mwana wa Matathia, Matathia alikuwa mwana wa Amosi, Amosi alikuwa mwana wa Nahumu, Nahumu alikuwa mwana wa Esli, Esli ali kuwa mwana wa Nagai, 26 Nagai alikuwa mwana wa Maathi, Maathi alikuwa mwana wa Matathia, Matathia alikuwa mwana wa Semeini, Semeini alikuwa mwana wa Yoseki, Yoseki alikuwa mwana wa Yoda, 27 Yoda alikuwa mwana wa Yoanani, Yoanani alikuwa mwana wa Resa, Resa alikuwa mwana wa Zerubabeli, Zerubabeli alikuwa mwana wa Shealtieli, Shealtieli alikuwa mwana wa Neri, 28 Neri alikuwa mwana wa Melki, Melki alikuwa mwana wa Adi, Adi alikuwa mwana wa Kosamu, Kosamu alikuwa mwana wa Elmadamu, Elmadamu alikuwa mwana wa Eri, 29 Eri alikuwa mwana wa Yoshua, Yoshua alikuwa mwana wa Eliezeri, Eliezeri alikuwa mwana wa Yorimu, Yorimu alikuwa mwana wa Mathati, Mathati alikuwa mwana wa Lawi, 30 1Lawi alikuwa mwana wa Simeoni, Simeoni alikuwa mwana wa Yuda, Yuda alikuwa mwana wa Yusufu, Yusufu alikuwa mwana wa Yonamu, Yonamu alikuwa mwana wa Eliakimu, Eliakimu alikuwa mwana wa Melea, 31 Melea alikuwa mwana wa Mena, Mena alikuwa mwana wa Matatha, Matatha alikuwa mwana wa Nathani, Nathani alikuwa mwana wa Daudi, 32 Daudi alikuwa mwana wa Yese, Yese alikuwa mwana wa Obedi, Obedi alikuwa mwana wa Boazi, Boazi alikuwa mwana wa Salmoni, Salmoni alikuwa mwana wa Nashoni, 33 Nashoni alikuwa mwana wa Aminadabu, Aminadabu alikuwa mwana wa Aramu, Aramu alikuwa mwana wa Hesroni, Hesroni alikuwa mwana wa Peresi, Peresi alikuwa mwana wa Yuda, 34 Yuda alikuwa mwana wa Yakobo, Yakobo alikuwa mwana wa Isaki, Isaki alikuwa mwana wa Abrahamu, Abrahamu alikuwa mwana wa Tera, Tera alikuwa mwana wa Nahori, 35 Nahori alikuwa mwana wa Serugi, Serugi alikuwa mwana wa Ragau, Ragau alikuwa mwana wa Pelegi, Pelegi alikuwa mwana wa Eberi, Eberi alikuwa mwana wa Sala, 36 Sala alikuwa mwana wa Kenani, Kenani alikuwa mwana wa Arfaksadi, Arfaksadi alikuwa mwana wa Shemu, Shemu alikuwa mwana wa Nuhu, Nuhu alikuwa mwana wa Lameki, 37 Lameki alikuwa mwana wa Methusela, Methusela alikuwa mwana wa Henoko, Henoko alikuwa mwana wa Yaredi, Yaredi alikuwa mwana wa Mahalaleli, Mahalaleli alikuwa mwana wa Kenani, 38 Kenani alikuwa mwana wa Enoshi, Enoshi alikuwa mwana wa Sethi, Sethi alikuwa mwana wa Adamu,