< Luke 3 >

1 And in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, in the presidency of Pontius Pilate in Judaea, while Herod was Tetrarch in Galilee, and Philip his brother Tetrarch in Ituraea and in the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias Tetrarch of Abilene,
Chaka cha kumi na tano cha ulamusi wa Kaisali, yaani mwenye jwankulu che Tibelio, Pontio Pilato ŵaliji jwankulu jwa musi wa ku Yudea. Che Helode ŵaliji jwankulu jwa ku Galilaya ni nkulugwe che Filipo ŵaliji jwankulu jwa ku Itulea ni ku Tilakoniti. Ni che Lisania ŵaliji jwankulu jwa ku Abilene.
2 in the high priesthood of Annas and of Caiaphas; the word of God was upon John the son of Zachariah, in the wilderness.
Katema che Anasi ni che Kayafa paŵaliji achakulu ŵambopesi, liloŵe lya Akunnungu lyaichilile che Yohana mwana ju che Sakalia kwipululu kula.
3 And he came into all the region about the Jordan, proclaiming the baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
Nipele che Yohana ŵajawile mbande syose sisili mumpika mwa lusulo lwa Yolodani. Ŵaliji nkutangasya kuti ŵandu aleche kwaleŵela Akunnungu ni kubatiswa kuti Akunnungu ŵalechelesye sambi syao.
4 As it is written in the book of the discourses of Isaiah the prophet, who said: The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord; and make straight paths in the plain for our God.
Mpela itite pakulembekwa mu malembo ga jwakulondola jwa Akunnungu che Isaya kuti, “Mundu akunyanyisya mwipululu, ‘Mwakolochesye Ambuje litala lyao, ngolosye mwakusaka kupita.
5 All valleys shall be filled up, and all mountains and hills be lowered; and the hillock shall be levelled down, and the rough place become smooth.
Machemba gose gauchilwe, ikwesya ni itumbi iŵe yekolosye uchenene, papapindiche pagolochekwe, ni matala gagali ni tusimbo gakolochekwe uchenene.
6 And all flesh shall see the life which is of God.
Ni ŵandu wose chauwone ukulupusyo kutyochela kwa Akunnungu.’”
7 And he said to the multitudes, who came to him to be baptized: Ye progeny of vipers, who hath instructed you to flee from the future wrath?
Che Yohana ŵaasalile ŵandu ŵajinji uŵaiche achisakaga kubatiswa achitiji, “Ŵanyamwe uŵelesi wa lijoka! Ŵaani ŵansalile kuti chinkombole kuutila uchimwa wa Akunnungu wauŵandichile kwika?
8 Bring forth, therefore, fruits comporting, with repentance. And begin not to say in yourselves: We have Abraham for our father; for I say to you, that God can, from these stones, raise up sons to Abraham.
Mpela ila itela ya isogosi yaikusachilwa kusogola ni ŵanyamwe nnosye kwa isambo kuti nnesile sambi, nkatanda sambano kulisalila mmitima jenu kuti, ‘Tukwete ambuje ŵetu che Iblahimu!’ Ngunsalila kuti, Akunnungu akupakombola kugapanganya maganga ga gaŵe uŵelesi u che Iblahimu.
9 And lo, the ax is put to the root of trees. Every tree therefore that beareth not good fruits, is hewed down, and falleth into the fire.
Sambano jino liŵago lili chile kata michiga ja itela, nipele, chitela chachili chose changasogola isogosi yambone chichigwisikwe ni kujasikwa pa mooto.”
10 And the multitudes asked him, and said: What, then, shall we do?
Mpingo wa ŵandu ula wausisye, “Sambano tupanganye ichichi?”
11 He answered and said to them: Whoever hath two tunics, let him give one to him that hath none; and whoever hath food, let him do the same.
Che Yohana ŵajanjile, “Ŵaali ni minjilo jiŵili ŵagaŵile ŵanganakola mwinjilo ni ŵaali ni yakulya apanganye iyoyo peyo.”
12 And publicans also came to be baptized. And they said to him: Teacher, what shall we do?
Nombe ŵakukumbikanya nsongo ŵaiche achisakaga kubatiswa, ŵausisye, “Jwakwiganya, noweji tupanganye ichichi?”
13 And he said to them: Exact no more than ye are required to exact.
Nombe ŵaasalile, “Nkapochela nsongo kupunda iŵannajisye.”
14 And those serving in war inquired of him, and said: And what shall we do? He said to them: Be insolent to no one, and oppress no one, and let your pay satisfy you.
Nombe ŵangondo ŵausisye, “Noweji tupanganye ichichi?” Nombe ŵajanjile, “Nkapokola mbiya kwa mundu jwalijose jula atamuno nkammechetela jwalijose jula ya unami. Njikute ni mbote syenu pesyo.”
15 And while the people were thinking of John, and all pondered in their heart, whether he were the Messiah;
Ŵandu wose ŵaliji nkulolela kwika kwa Nkulupusyo, ŵaliusyaga mmitima jao i che Yohana achitiji panepa ŵelewo ni Kilisito Nkulupusyo jwaŵalanjile Akunnungu.
16 John answered and said to them: Behold, I baptize you with water; but after me cometh one mightier than I, the strings of whose shoes I am not worthy to untie; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
Che Yohana ŵaajanjile wose, “Uneji ngumbatisya ni meesi, nambo atakwika jwali ni machili kuumbunda une, none nganguŵajilwa kugopola migoji ja italawanda yao. Ŵelewo chachimbatisya kwa Mbumu jwa Akunnungu ni kwa mooto.
17 He holdeth his winnowing shovel in his hand, and he will make clean his threshing floor; and the wheat he gathereth into his garners, and the chaff he will burn with fire not extinguished.
Ŵelewo akwete lupeta mmakono mwao ali chile kupeta ngano, chakumbikanye ngano jambone ni kutaga mu ngokwe ni ikambi kuitinisya pa mooto wangasimika.”
18 And many other things also, he taught and proclaimed to the people.
Kwa maloŵe gane gamajinji che Yohana ŵachisisye ŵandu kuleka sambi kwa kwalalichila Ngani Jambone.
19 But Herod the Tetrarch, because he was reproved by John, on account of Herodias the wife of his brother Philip, and on account of all the evil things he had done,
Nambo che Yohana ŵanjamwiche jwankulu che Helode ligongo lya kwajigala che Helodia ŵankwawo nkulugwe ni kwatenda ŵankwawo ni yose yangalumbana iŵaitesile.
20 added this also to them all, that he shut up John in prison.
Che Helode ŵapundangenye ungalimate kwa kwataŵa che Yohana mu nyuumba jakutaŵilwa.
21 And it occurred, when all the people were baptized, that Jesus also was baptized. And as he prayed, the heavens were opened;
Ŵandu wose paŵamasile kubatiswa, nombe Che Yesu ŵabatiswe. Paŵaliji nkupopela, kwinani kwaugwiche,
22 and the Holy Spirit descended upon him, in the bodily likeness of a dove: and there was a voice from heaven, which said: Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I have delight.
ni Mbumu jwa Akunnungu ŵantuluchile achiŵaga mpela njuŵa. Ni liloŵe lyapikaniche kutyochela kwinani lichitiji, “Mmwejo ni mwanangu nonyelwe nomwe.”
23 And Jesus was about thirty years old. And he was accounted the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,
Che Yesu paŵatandite masengo gao ŵaŵandichile yaka selasini ni ŵandu ŵaganisisye kuti ŵelewo ŵaliji mwanagwao che Yusufu mwana ju che Heli.
24 the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Janna, the son of Joseph,
Che Heli ŵaliji mwana ju che Matati ni che Matati ŵaliji mwana ju che Lawi ni che Lawi ŵaliji mwana ju che Meliki ni che Meliki mwana ju che Yanai ni che Yanai ŵaliji mwana ju che Yusufu ni,
25 the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,
che Yusufu ŵaliji mwana ju che Matatia ni che Matatia ŵaliji mwana ju che Amosi ni che Amosi ŵaliji mwana ju che Nahumu ni che Nahumu ŵaliji mwana ju che Hesli ni che Hesli ŵaliji mwana ju che Nagai ni,
26 the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Shimei, the son of Joseph, the son of Judah,
che Nagai ŵaliji mwana ju che Maati ni che Maati ŵaliji mwana ju che Matatia ni che Matatia ŵaliji mwana ju che Semeini ni che Semeini ŵaliji mwana ju che Yoseki ni che Yoseki ŵaliji mwana ju che Yuda ni,
27 the son of Joanna, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zorubbabel, the son of Salathiel, the son of Neri,
che Yuda ŵaliji mwana ju che Yohana ni che Yohana ŵaliji mwana ju che Lesa ni che Lesa ŵaliji mwana ju che Selubabeli ni che Selubabeli ŵaliji mwana ju che Sealitieli ni che Shelitieli ŵaliji mwana ju che Neli ni,
28 the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmodam, the son of Er,
che Neli ŵaliji mwana ju che Meliki ni che Meliki ŵaliji mwana ju che Adi ni che Adi ŵaliji mwana ju che Kosamu ni che Kosamu ŵaliji mwana ju che Elimadamu ni che Elimadamu ŵaliji mwana ju che Eli ni,
29 the son of Joses, the son of Eliezer, the son of Joram, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,
che Eli ŵaliji mwana ju che Yoshua ni che Yoshua ŵaliji mwana ju che Elieseli ni che Elieseli ŵaliji mwana ju che Yolimu ni che Yolimu ŵaliji mwana ju che Matati ni che Matati ŵaliji mwana ju che Lawi ni,
30 the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,
che Lawi ŵaliji mwana ju che Simoni ni che Simoni ŵaliji mwana ju che Yuda ni che Yuda ŵaliji mwana ju che Yusufu ni che Yusufu ŵaliji mwana ju che Yonamu ni che Yonamu ŵaliji mwana ju che Eliakimu ni,
31 the son of Melcah, the son of Mainan, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,
che Eliakimu ŵaliji mwana ju che Melea ni che Melea ŵaliji mwana ju che Mena ni che Mena ŵaliji mwana ju che Matata ni che Matata ŵaliji mwana ju che Natani ni che Natani ŵaliji mwana ju che Daudi ni,
32 the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon
che Daudi ŵaliji mwana ju che Yese ni che Yese ŵaliji mwana ju che Obedi ni che Obedi ŵaliji mwana ju che Boasi ni che Boasi ŵaliji mwana ju che Salumoni ni che Salumoni ŵaliji mwana ju che Nashoni ni
33 the son of Amminadab, the son of Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Pharez, the son of Judah
che Nashoni ŵaliji mwana ju che Aminadabu ni che Aminadabu ŵaliji mwana ju che Adimini ni che Adimini ŵaliji mwana ju che Alini ni che Alini ŵaliji mwana ju che Esloni ni che Esloni ŵaliji mwana ju che Pelesi ni che Pelesi ŵaliji mwana ju che Yuda ni
34 the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
che Yuda ŵaliji mwana ju che Yakobo ni che Yakobo ŵaliji mwana ju che Isaka ni che Isaka ŵaliji mwana ju che Iblahimu ni che Iblahimu ŵaliji mwana ju che Tela ni che Tela ŵaliji mwana ju che Naholi ni
35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Salah,
che Naholi ŵaliji mwana ju che Selugi ni che Selugi ŵaliji mwana ju che Leu ni che Leu ŵaliji mwana ju che Pelegi ni che Pelegi ŵaliji mwana ju che Ebeli ni che Ebeli ŵaliji mwana ju che Sala ni
36 the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
che Sala ŵaliji mwana ju che Kainamu ni che Kainamu ŵaliji mwana ju che Alufakisadi ni che Alufakisadi ŵaliji mwana ju che Shemu ni che Shemu ŵaliji mwana ju che Nuhu ni che Nuhu ŵaliji mwana ju che Lameki ni
37 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mehalaleel, the son of Cainan,
che Lameki ŵaliji mwana ju che Metusela ni che Metusela ŵaliji mwana ju che Enoki ni che Enoki ŵaliji mwana ju che Yaledi ni che Yeledi ŵaliji mwana ju che Mahalaleli ni che Mahalaleli ŵaliji mwana ju che Kainamu ni
38 the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
che Kainamu ŵaliji mwana ju che Enoshi ni che Enoshi ŵaliji mwana ju che Seti ni che Seti ŵaliji mwana ju che Adamu ni che Adamu ŵaliji jwa Akunnungu.

< Luke 3 >