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 Judea, 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.
during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to 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.
He came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for 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 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 will be filled. Every mountain and hill will be brought low. The crooked will become straight, and the rough ways smooth.
6 Taciang mi theampo in Pathian i ngupna mu tu uh hi, ci hi.
All flesh will see God’s salvation.’”
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 who went out to be baptized by him, “You 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.
Therefore produce fruits worthy of repentance, and don’t begin to say among yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father;’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones!
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.
Even now the ax also lies at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that doesn’t produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”
10 Taciang mipi te in, tabang hithongle banglaw tu khu ziam? ci in dong uh hi.
The multitudes asked him, “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.
He answered them, “He who has two coats, let him give to him who has none. He who has 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.
Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what must we do?”
13 Taciang ama in, a kiciangtan za sang in a tamzaw khon heak vun, ci hi.
He said to them, “Collect no more than that which is appointed to 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.
Soldiers also asked him, saying, “What about us? What must we do?” He said to them, “Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. 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.
As the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he was 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 them all, “I indeed baptize you with water, but he comes who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to loosen. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and 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.
His winnowing fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor, and will gather the wheat into his barn; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
18 Ama hanthotna sung ah thudang tampi te zong mite tung ah pualak hi.
Then with many other exhortations he preached good news to 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 this also to them 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 when all the people were baptized, Jesus also had been baptized and was praying. The sky 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 Spirit descended in a bodily form like a dove on him; and a voice came out of the sky, saying “You are my beloved Son. In you 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,
Jesus himself, when he began to teach, was about thirty years old, 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 Joseph, the son of Judah,
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 Elmodam, 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 Jose, 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 Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonan, 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 Menan, 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 Aram, 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.
