Luke 3
1 Tiberius Caesar in ngam a uk zawk kum sawm le kum nga a cin ciang in, Pontius Pilate sia Judah ngam ukpa hi a, Herod sia Galilee ngam ukpa a hihi, taciang Herod nau Philip sia Ituraea le Trachonitis ngam ukpa a hihi, taciang Lysanias sia Abilene ngam ukpa a hihi,
Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
2 Annas le Caiaphas te sia thiampi sangbel hi uh a, tua hun sung in duisung ah a om Zechariah tapa John tung ah Pathian thu theng hi.
in the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
3 Tua ahikom John sia Jordan ngun dung khuano te theampo ah maw ki sikkik na tuiphumna tungtawn in mawmaina thu hil hi.
And he came into all the region round about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins;
4 Kamsangpa Isaiah i kammal te laibu sung ah a ki atsa bang in, duisung ah a au aw khat in, Topa i lampi puakhol vun, lampi te na tangsak vun.
as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight.
5 A kom na theampo dim vun a, mual sang le mualdung te theampo niamsak vun; a kingkoai theampo tangsak vun a, lampi ham theampo nealsak vun;
Every valley shall be filled, And every mountain and hill shall be brought low; And the crooked shall become straight, And the rough ways smooth;
6 Taciang mi theampo in Pathian i ngupna mu tu uh hi, ci hi.
And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
7 Ama kung ah tui ki phum tu in hongpai mihonpi te kung ah, maw, ngul suan te, hong theng tu thin-ukna pan suakta tu in kua in note kidopna hong pia ziam? ci hi.
He said therefore to the multitudes that went out to be baptized of him, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
8 Taciang mawna ki sikkik nataw a kiphu in nga pha te nga tavun, kote in ka pa uh Abraham nei khu hi: ci heak vun, banghangziam cile Pathian in hi suangtum te sia Abraham suan suaksak thei hi, hong ci khi hi.
Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
9 Tu in thingkung te a bul ah heipui ki koi zo hi: nga pha a nga ngawl thingkung peuma phuk tu a, meisung ah khia hi.
And even now is the axe also laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
10 Taciang mipi te in, tabang hithongle banglaw tu khu ziam? ci in dong uh hi.
And the multitudes asked him, saying, What then must we do?
11 Ama in, puansil ni a nei sia in a nei ngawl te pia tahen; an a nei sia in tabangma in vawt tahen, ci in zo hi.
And he answered and said unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath food, let him do likewise.
12 Siadong te zong tui ki phum tu in hongpai uh a, Syapa awng, kote bangbang ngamta tu khu ziam? ci uh hi.
And there came also publicans to be baptized, and they said unto him, Master, what must we do?
13 Taciang ama in, a kiciangtan za sang in a tamzaw khon heak vun, ci hi.
And he said unto them, Extort no more than that which is appointed you.
14 Ngalkap te in zong tabangma in, kote e, bangbang ngamta tu khu ziam? ci in dong uh hi. Amate kung ah, zawthawk thu taw mite tung ah bangma ngamta heak vun, a manngawl pi in mite mawsiat heak vun; na nga uh thaman taw lungkim vun, ci hi.
And soldiers also asked him, saying, And we, what must we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither exact [anything] wrongfully; and be content with your wages.
15 Mite in lametna a nei tek uh bangma in, John sia Christ a hile hi ngawl, mi theampo in amate thinsung ah ngaisun tek uh hi.
And as the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether haply he were the Christ;
16 Tua ahikom John in amate teng tung ah, keima in a tatak in tui taw tuiphumna hong pia khi hi; ahihang keima sang in a vanglianzaw khat hongpai tu hi, a peangdap khau sutsak tu nangawn ka kilawm bua hi: Ama in Tha Thiangtho le mei taw baptisma hong pia tu hi:
John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but there cometh he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and [with] fire:
17 A khut sung ah tangkheaplaw toai a, tangzap tu hi, tang pha te beam sung ah thun tu a; tangsi te sia a mit ngei ngawl meitaw hal tu hi, ci in zo kik hi.
whose fan is in his hand, throughly to cleanse his threshing-floor, and to gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.
18 Ama hanthotna sung ah thudang tampi te zong mite tung ah pualak hi.
With many other exhortations therefore preached he good tidings unto the people;
19 Ahizong ngam uk Herod sia a naupa Philip i a zi, Herodias thu le a pha ngawl a vawt nate hang in John in tek hi,
but Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother’s wife, and for all the evil things which Herod had done,
20 Taciang Herod in John sia thongtaksak a, tabang in mawna dang vawt thua belap hi.
added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
21 Ngual theampo tui a ki phum zawk uh ciang in, Jesus zong tui ki phum a, thu a nget laitak in van ki hong hi,
Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that, Jesus also having been baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
22 Tha Thiangtho sia vakhu bang in a tung ah tuaksuk hi, taciang van pan in aw khat hong theng a, Nangma sia ka it mama Ka Tapa ni hi; na tung ah ka lungkim mama hi, ci hi.
and the Holy Ghost 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 am well pleased.
23 Tua hun in Jesus sia kum sawmthum hong cing hi, Ama sia mihing ngaisut na bang in Joseph tapa hi a, Joseph sia Heli tapa hi,
And Jesus himself, when he began [to teach], was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the [son] of Heli,
24 Heli sia Matthat tapa hi, Matthat sia Levi tapa hi, Levi sia Melchi tapa hi, Melchi sia Janna tapa hi, Janna sia Joseph tapa hi,
the [son] of Matthat, the [son] of Levi, the [son] of Melchi, the [son] of Jannai, the [son] of Joseph,
25 Joseph sia Mattathias tapa hi, Mattathias sia Amos tapa hi, Amos sia Nahum tapa hi, Nahum sia Esli tapa hi, Esli sia Nagge tapa hi,
the [son] of Mattathias, the [son] of Amos, the [son] of Nahum, the [son] of Esli, the [son] of Naggai,
26 Nagge sia Maath tapa hi, Maath sia Mattathias tapa hi, Mattathias sia Semei tapa hi, Semei sia Joseph tapa hi, Joseph sia Judah tapa hi,
the [son] of Maath, the [son] of Mattathias, the [son] of Semein, the [son] of Josech, the [son] of Joda,
27 Judah sia Joanan tapa hi, Joanan sia Rhesa tapa hi, Rhesa sia Zerubbabel tapa hi, Zerubbabel sia Shealtiel tapa hi, Shealtiel sia Neri tapa hi,
the [son] of Joanan, the [son] of Rhesa, the [son] of Zerubbabel, the [son] of Shealtiel, the [son] of Neri,
28 Neri sia Melchi tapa hi, Melchi sia Addi tapa hi, Addi sia Cosam tapa hi, Cosam sia Elmodam tapa hi, Elmodam sia Er tapa hi,
the [son] of Melchi, the [son] of Addi, the [son] of Cosam, the [son] of Elmadam, the [son] of Er,
29 Er sia Jose tapa hi, Jose sia Eliezer tapa hi, Eliezer sia Jorim tapa hi, Jorim sia Matthat tapa hi, Matthat sia Levi tapa hi,
the [son] of Jesus, the [son] of Eliezer, the [son] of Jorim, the [son] of Matthat, the [son] of Levi,
30 Levi sia Simeon tapa hi, Simeon sia Judah tapa hi, Judah sia Joseph tapa hi, Joseph sia Jonan tapa hi, Jonan sia Eliakim tapa hi,
the [son] of Symeon, the [son] of Judas, the [son] of Joseph, the [son] of Jonam, the [son] of Eliakim,
31 Eliakim sia Melea tapa hi, Melea sia Menan tapa hi, Menan sia Mattatha tapa hi, Mattatha sia Nathan tapa hi, Nathan sia David tapa hi,
the [son] of Melea, the [son] of Menna, the [son] of Mattatha, the [son] of Nathan, the [son] of David,
32 David sia Jesse tapa hi, Jesse sia Obed tapa hi, Obed sia Boaz tapa si. Boaz sia Salmon tapa hi, Salmon sia Nahshon tapa hi,
the [son] of Jesse, the [son] of Obed, the [son] of Boaz, the [son] of Salmon, the [son] of Nahshon,
33 Nahshon sia Amminadab tapa hi, Amminadab sia Aram tapa hi, Aram sia Hezron tapa hi, Hezron sia Pharez tapa hi, Pharez sia Judah tapa hi,
the [son] of Amminadab, the [son] of Arni, the [son] of Hezron, the [son] of Perez, the [son] of Judah,
34 Judah sia Jacob tapa hi, Jacob sia Isaac tapa hi, Isaac sia Abraham tapa hi, Abraham sia Terah tapa hi, Terah sia Nahor tapa hi,
the [son] of Jacob, the [son] of Isaac, the [son] of Abraham, the [son] of Terah, the [son] of Nahor,
35 Nahor sia Serug tapa hi, Serug sia Reu tapa hi, Reu sia Peleg tapa hi, Peleg sia Heber tapa hi, Heber sia Shelah tapa hi,
the [son] of Serug, the [son] of Reu, the [son] of Peleg, the [son] of Eber, the [son] of Shelah,
36 Shelah sia Cainan tapa hi, Cainan sia Arphaxad tapa hi, Arphaxad sia Shem tapa hi, Shem sia Noah tapa hi, Noah sia Lamek tapa hi,
the [son] of Cainan, the [son] of Arphaxad, the [son] of Shem, the [son] of Noah, the [son] of Lamech,
37 Lamek sia Methuselah tapa hi, Methuselah sia Enok tapa hi, Enok sia Jared tapa hi, Jared sia Mahalalel tapa hi, Mahalalel sia Kenan tapa hi,
the [son] of Methuselah, the [son] of Enoch, the [son] of Jared, the [son] of Mahalaleel, the [son] of Cainan,
38 Kenan sia Enosh tapa hi, Enosh sia Seth tapa hi, Seth sia Adam tapa hi, Adam sia Pathian tapa a hihi.
the [son] of Enos, the [son] of Seth, the [son] of Adam, the [son] of God.
