Luke 3
1 NOW in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Iturea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene:
Mme e rile mo ngwageng ya lesome le botlhano ya puso ya ga kgosi kgolo Teberio Kaefase, molaetsa wa tla mo go Johane (morwa Sakarea) ka a ne a nna kwa ntle mo dikakeng (Pilatwe e ne e le mmusi mo Judea ka lobaka loo; Herode e le mmusi mo Galalea, monnawe Filipo e le mmusi mo Iturea le Trakoniti; Lusaniase e le mmusi mo Abilene; Anase le Kaeafase e le baperesiti ba bagolo ba Sejuta).
2 when Annas and Caiaphas were high-priests, the word of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness;
3 and he came into all the country on the confines of Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
Hong Johane a tsamaya gongwe le gongwe mo ditlhakoreng tsoopedi tsa noka ya Jorodane, a rera gore batho ba tshwanetse go kolobediwa go supa gore ba sokologetse mo Modimong, ebile ba sokologile mo dibeng tsa bone, gore ba tle ba itshwarelwe.
4 as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah, saying, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths strait:
Mo mafokong a ga moporofiti Isaia, Johane e ne, “E le lentswe le le kuang mo sekakeng, le re baakanyang tsela e Morena o tlaa tsamayang mo go yone! Mo katolosetseng tsela.
5 every valley shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill shall be levelled, and the crooked ways made strait, and the rough roads smooth:
Ritibatsang dithaba! Katelang melatswana! Tlhamalatsang ditsela tse di kgopo! Rethefatsang le tsone tse di dikhuti!
6 and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.”
Ke gone batho botlhe ba tlaa bonang Mmoloki yo o tswang legodimong.”
7 He said, therefore, to the multitudes who came out to be baptised by him, Ye broods of vipers, who hath warned you to fly from the approaching wrath?
Se ke sekai sa thero ya ga Johane mo dikokoanong tsa batho ba ba neng ba tsile kolobetsong: “Losika lwa dinoga ke lona! Lo leka go falola molete kwa ntle ga go sokologela mo Modimong ka boammaaruri! Ke gone ka moo lo batlang go kolobediwa!
8 Produce then fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say in yourselves, We have a father, even Abraham; for I say unto you, That God is able out of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
Tsamayang pele lo ye go itshupa ka mokgwa o lo tshelang ka one gore ke boammaaruri lo ikwatlhaile. Le gone lo se ka lwa akanya gore lo falotse ka gore lo losika lwa ga Aberahame. Moo ga go a lekana. Modimo o ka ntsha bana ba ga Aberahame mo majeng a a sekaka a!
9 But now is the ax laid even to the root of the trees; every tree therefore that produceth not good fruit, is cut down and cast into the fire.
“Selepe sa katlholo ya gagwe se tlhomilwe mo godimo ga lona, se baakanyeditswe go kgaola medi ya lona le go lo kgaolela fa fatshe. Ee, setlhare sengwe le sengwe se se sa ungweng loungo lo lo siameng se tlaa rengwa se be se latlhelwa mo molelong.”
10 And the multitudes asked him, saying, What then shall we do?
Mme batho ba ba kokoaneng ba fetola bare, “O batla gore re direng?” Hong a ba fetola a re,
11 And he answering said to them, He that hath two coats, let him give to him that hath none; and he that hath provisions, let him do in like manner.
“Fa o na le dikobo di le pedi,” naya yo o tlhokang e nngwe. Fa o na le dijo tse dingwe di abele ba ba bolailweng ke tlala.
12 Then came also the farmers of the taxes to be baptised, and they said unto him, Master, what shall we do?
Le e leng bone bakgethisi tota ba ba itsegeng ka bosula jwa bone ba tla go kolobediwa mme ba botsa ba re, “Re tlaa go tlhomamisetsa jang gore re latlhile dibe tsa rona?”
13 He said unto them, Exact nothing more than is appointed for you.
Johane a re, “Ke tlaa itse jang boammaaruri jwa lona. Tlhomamisang gore lo seka lwa phutha makgetho a a fetang a mmuso wa Seroma o o lo kopang gore lo a kokoanye.”
14 And the military men also asked him, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Extort nothing by force; nor turn informers; and be content with your pay.
Mme masole mangwe a botsa a re, “A le rona? Jaanong ka ga rona?” Johane a fetola a re, “Lo seka lwa gapa madi ka patiko le thubakanyo; lo se pateletse ope ka ga se lo itseng a sa se dire; mme itumeleleng tuelo ya lona!”
15 Now when the people were in expectation, and many reasoned in their hearts respecting John, whether he were the Messiah,
Batho botlhe ba solofetse Mesia go tla ka bonako, ebile ba gakaletse go itse gore a Johane ke ene kgotsa nnyaa. E e ne e le potso ya lobaka lwa oura, mme ba ne ba tsaya kgang ka yone gongwe le gongwe.
16 John addressed himself to them all, saying, I indeed baptise you with water; but one mightier than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie: he shall baptise you with the Holy Ghost and with fire;
Johane a araba potso e a re, “Ka nna legale ke lo kolobetsa ka metsi; mme mongwe o e tla yo o nang le nonofo e kgolo go feta yame; yo ke sa tshwanelang le fa e le go nna motlhanka wa gagwe mme ene o tlaa lo kolobetsa ka molelo ka Mowa o o Boitshepo.
17 whose winnowing fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor, and collect the wheat into his granary; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
O tlaa kgaoganya mmoko le mabele, a tshube mmoko ka molelo o o sa khutleng mme a boloke mabele.”
18 Thus in many and various discourses exhorting them, he preached the glad tidings of the gospel to the people.
A dirisa ditlhagiso di le dintsi fa a ntse a bolelela batho mafoko a a molemo a Modimo.
19 Now Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him, on account of Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the other wicked actions which he had done,
(Mme ya re Johane a sena go bona Herode mmusi wa Galalea molato, ka go nyala Herodease, mosadi wa ga monnawe, le ka ga diphoso tse dintsi tse o di dirileng, Herode a tsenya Johane mo kgolegelong, ka go dira jalo a ba a oketsa sebe se, mo go tse dingwe tse dintsi tsa gagwe).
20 added this also to all the rest, and shut up John in prison.
21 Now it came to pass, at the time when John was baptising all the people, that Jesus also was baptised, and as he prayed, the heaven was opened,
Erile ka letsatsi lengwe Jesu ka boene a tlhakana le boidiidi jwa batho ba ba neng ba kolobediwa ke Johane. Mme e rile fa a sena go kolobediwa, a rapela, mme magodimo a bulega,
22 and the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily form, like a dove, upon him, and a voice came from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased.
mme Mowa o o Boitshepo o le mo setshwanong sa lephoi wa tlhomama mo godimo ga gagwe, mme lentswe le le tswang legodimong la re, “O Morwaake yo o rategang thata. Ee, o boitumelo jwa me.”
23 And Jesus himself was about thirty years of age when he began his ministry, being (as was supposed the son of Joseph) of Heli,
Jesu o ne a na le dingwaga di ka nna masome mararo fa a simolola tirelo ya gagwe. O na a itsege e le morwa Josefe.
24 of Matthat, of Levi, of Melchi, of Janna, of Joseph,
Josefe rraagwe e ne e le Eli; Eli rraagwe e ne e le Lefi; Lefi rraagwe e ne e le Meleki; Meleki rraagwe e ne e le Janai; Janai rraagwe e ne e le Josefe;
25 of Mattathias, of Amos, of Naum, of Esli, of Nagge,
Josefe rraagwe e ne e le Mathatio; Mathatio rraagwe e ne e le Amose; Amose rraagwe e ne e le Nahume; Nahume rraagwe e ne e le Eseli; Eseli rraagwe e ne le Nagai;
26 of Maath, of Mattathias, of Semei, of Joseph, of Juda,
Nagai rraagwe e ne e le Maathe; Maathe rraagwe e ne e le Mathatio; Mathatio rraagwe e ne e le Semeine; Semeine rraagwe e ne e le Joseke; Joseke rraagwe e ne e le Joda;
27 of Joanna, of Rhesa, of Zerubbabel, of Salathiel, of Neri,
Joda rraagwe e ne e le Joane; Joane rraagwe e ne e le Resa; Resa rraagwe e ne e le Sorobabela; Sorobabela rraagwe e ne e le Salatheile; Salathiele rraagwe e ne e le Neri;
28 of Melchi, of Addi, of Cosam, of Elmodam, of Er,
Neri rraagwe e ne e le Meleki; Meleki rraagwe e ne e le Adi; Adi rraagwe e ne e le Kosame; Kosame rraagwe e ne e le Elemadame; Elemadame rraagwe e ne e le Ere;
29 of Jose, of Eliezer, of Jorim, of Matthat, of Levi,
Ere rraagwe e ne e le Joshua; Joshua rraagwe e ne e le Eliesere; Eliesere rraagwe e ne e le Jorime; Jorime rraagwe e ne e le Mathate; Mathate rraagwe e ne e le Lefi;
30 of Simeon, of Judah, of Joseph, of Jonan, of Eliakim,
Lefi rraagwe e ne e le Simione; Simione rraagwe e ne e le Juda; Juda rraagwe e ne e le Josefe; Josefe rraagwe e ne e le Joname; Joname rraagwe e ne e le Eliakime;
31 of Melea, of Menan, of Mattatha, of Nathan, of David,
Eliakime rraagwe e ne e le Melea; Melea rraagwe e ne e le Mene; Mene rraagwe e ne e le Matatha; Matatha rraagwe e ne e le Nathame; Nathame rraagwe e ne e le Dafide;
32 of Jesse, of Obed, of Booz, of Salmon, of Naasson,
Dafide rraagwe e ne e le Jese; Jese rraagwe e ne e le Obede; Obede rraagwe e ne e le Boase; Boase rraagwe e ne e le Sala; Sala rraagwe e ne e le Naasone;
33 of Aminadab, of Aram, of Esrom, of Phares, of Judah,
Naasone rraagwe e ne e le Aminadabe; Aminadabe rraagwe e ne e le Admine; Admine rraagwe e ne e le Areni; Areni e ne e le rraagwe Eserome; Eserome e ne e le rraagwe Perese; Perese rraagwe e ne e le Juda;
34 of Jacob, of Isaac, of Abraham, of Terah, of Nachor,
Juda rraagwe e ne e le Jakobe; Jakobe rraagwe e ne e le Isake; Isake rraagwe e ne e le Aberahame; Aberahame rraagwe e ne e le Thara; Thara rraagwe e ne e le Nagore;
35 of Saruch, of Ragau, of Phalec, of Heber, of Sala,
Nagore rraagwe e ne e le Seruge; Seruge rraagwe e ne e le Ragau; Ragau rraagwe e ne e le Faleke; Faleke rraagwe e ne e le Ebere; Ebere rraagwe e ne e le Sala;
36 of Cainan, of Arphaxad, of Sem, of Noe, of Lamech,
Sala rraagwe e ne e le Kainame; Kainame rraagwe e ne e le Arpagasadi; Arpagasadi rraagwe e ne e le Sheme; Sheme rraagwe e ne e le Lamege;
37 of Methusaleh, of Enoch, of Jared, of Maleleel, of Cainan,
Lamege rraagwe e ne e le Methusela; Methusela rraagwe e ne e le Enoke; Enoke rraagwe e ne e le Jareke; Jareke rraagwe e ne e le Mahalele; Mahalele rraagwe e ne e le Kainame;
38 of Enos, of Seth, of Adam, the son of God.
Kainame rraagwe e ne e le Enose; Enose rraagwe e ne e le Sethe; Sethe rraagwe e ne e le Adamo; Adamo rraagwe e ne e le Modimo.
