Lúkas 3
1 Á fimmtánda stjórnarári Tíberíusar keisara, komu boð frá Guði til Jóhannesar (Sakaríassonar) þar sem hann hafðist við úti í eyðimörkinni. Þegar þetta gerðist var Pílatus landstjóri í Júdeu, Heródes héraðsstjóri í Galíleu og bróðir hans, Filippus, í Átúreu og Trakónítis. Lýsanías var yfir Ablílene og Annas og Kaífas voru æðstuprestar.
In the fiftenthe yeare of the raygne of Tiberius the Emperoure Pontius Pylate beinge leftenaut of Iurie and Herode beinge Tetrach of Galile and his brother Philip Tetrach in Iturea and in the region of Traconites and Lysanias the Tetrach of Abyline
when Anna and Cayphas were the hye prestes: the worde of God came vnto Iohn ye sonne of zacharias in the wildernes.
3 Þá lagði Jóhannes leið sína til ýmissa staða beggja megin Jórdanar og bauð fólkinu að láta skírast og sýna með því að það hefði snúið sér frá syndinni og til Guðs, til að fá fyrirgefningu.
And he came in to all the coostes aboute Iordan preachynge the baptyme of repentaunce for the remission of synnes
4 Þannig lýsti Jesaja spámaður Jóhannesi: „Rödd hrópar í auðninni: „Ryðjið Drottni veg! Fyllið upp dalina!
at it is written in the boke of the sayinges of Esaias ye Prophet which sayeth: The voyce of a cryar in wyldernes prepare the waye of the Lorde make hys pathes strayght.
5 Jafnið fjöllin við jörðu! Gerið brautirnar beinar!
Every valley shalbe fylled and every moutayne and hyll shalbe brought lowe. And crocked thinges shalbe made streight: and the rough wayes shalbe made smoth:
6 Og mannkynið allt mun sjá hjálpræði Guðs!““
and all flesshe shall se the saveour sent of God.
7 Hér er lítið sýnishorn af því sem Jóhannes sagði við fólkið þegar það kom til að láta skírast: „Þið höggormsafkvæmi! Þið viljið skírast, svo að þið komist hjá því að taka afleiðingum synda ykkar, en samt viljið þið ekki snúa ykkur til Guðs af heilum hug!
Then sayde he to the people that were come to be baptysed of him: O generacion of vipers who hath taught you to flye from the wrath to come?
8 Nei, farið fyrst og sýnið með líferni ykkar að þið hafið í raun og veru tekið nýja stefnu. Þið skuluð ekki halda að ykkur sé borgið vegna þess að þið eruð afkomendur Abrahams, nei, það nægir ekki. Guð getur skapað Abrahamssyni af þessu grjóti!
Bringe forth due frutes of repentaunce and begynne not to saye in youre selves we have Abraham to oure father. For I saye vnto you: God is able of these stones to reyse vp chyldren vnto Abraham.
9 Öxi dómarans er reidd gegn ykkur og þið verðið höggvin upp frá rótum. Sérhvert tré, sem ekki ber góðan ávöxt, verður fellt og því kastað í eldinn.“
Now also ys the axe leyd vnto the rote of the trees: so yt every tree which bringeth not forth good frute shalbe hewe doune and caste in to ye fyre.
10 „Hvað viltu að við gerum?“spurði fólkið.
And the people axed him sayinge: What shall we do then?
11 „Sá sem á tvær skyrtur, gefi aðra fátækum og ef þið eigið umframbirgðir af mat, þá gefið þær hungruðum, “svaraði hann.
He answered and sayde vnto them: He that hath two coottes let him parte with him that hath none: and he that hath meate let him do lyke wyse.
12 Jafnvel skattheimtumenn, sem þekktir voru fyrir að stela, komu til að láta skírast. Þeir spurðu: „Með hverju getum við sýnt að við höfum iðrast synda okkar?“
Then came ther Publicans to be baptised and sayde vnto him: Master what shall we do?
13 „Með því að vera heiðarlegir, “svaraði Jóhannes. „Gætið þess að taka ekki hærri skatta af fólkinu en rómversku yfirvöldin krefjast.“
And he sayde vnto the: requyre no more then that which ys appoynted vnto you.
14 „En við, “sögðu nokkrir hermenn, „hvað með okkur?“Jóhannes svaraði: „Reynið ekki að komast yfir peninga með ógnunum og ofbeldi. Dæmið engan ranglega og látið ykkur nægja laun ykkar.“
The soudyoures lyke wyse demaunded of hym sayinge: and what shall we do? And he sayde to them: Do violence to noo ma: nether trouble eny man wrongfully: but be content with youre wages.
15 Nú hafði vaknað eftirvænting hjá fólkinu og töldu margir jafnvel að Jóhannes væri Kristur.
As the people were in a doute and all men disputed in their hertes of Iohn whether he were very Christ:
16 En Jóhannes sagði: „Ég skíri aðeins með vatni, en bráðlega kemur sá sem hefur miklu meira vald en ég. Sannleikurinn er sá að ég er ekki einu sinni verður þess að vera þræll hans. Hann mun skíra ykkur með heilögum anda og eldi.
Ihon answered and sayde to them all: I baptyse you wt water but a stronger then I cometh after me whose shue latchet I am not worthy to vnlouse: he will baptise you with the holy goost and with fyre:
17 Hismið mun hann skilja frá korninu og brenna það í óslökkvandi eldi, en geyma kornið og setja í hlöður sínar.“
which hath his fanne in his hond and will pourge his floore and will gader the corne into his barne: but the chaffe wyll he bourne with fyre that never shalbe quenched.
18 Margar slíkar viðvaranir flutti Jóhannes fólkinu um leið og hann boðaði því gleðitíðindin.
And many other thinges in his exhortacion preached he vnto the people.
19 (En þegar Jóhannes gagnrýndi Heródes, landstjóra Galíleu, opinberlega fyrir að kvænast Heródías, konu bróður síns, og fyrir marga aðra óhæfu, lét Heródes varpa honum í fangelsi og jók þar með enn við syndir sínar.)
Then Herode the Tetrach (when he was rebuked of him for Herodias his brother Philippes wyfe and for all the evyls which Herod had done)
added this above all and leyd Iohn in preson.
21 Dag einn bættist Jesús í þann stóra hóp, sem tók skírn hjá Jóhannesi. Á meðan hann var að biðjast fyrir, opnuðust himnarnir,
And yt fortuned as all the people receaved baptyme (and when Iesus was baptised and dyd praye) that heave was opened
22 og heilagur andi kom yfir hann í dúfulíki. Þá heyrðist rödd af himni sem sagði: „Þú ert minn elskaði sonur, sem ég hef velþóknun á.“
and the holy goost came doune in a bodely shape lyke a dove vpo him and a voyce came fro heve sayinge: Thou arte my dere sonne in the do I delyte.
23 Jesús var um þrítugt, þegar hann hóf starf sitt meðal fólksins. Almennt var litið á Jesú sem son Jósefs, Jósef var sonur Elí,
And Iesus him silfe was about thirty yere of age when he begane beinge as men supposed the sonne of Ioseph. which Ioseph was the sonne of Heli
24 Elí var sonur Mattats, Mattat var sonur Leví, Leví var sonur Melkí, Melkí var sonur Jannaí, Jannaí var sonur Jósefs,
which was the sonne of Mathat which was the sonne of Levi: which was the sonne of Melchi: which was the sonne of Ianna: which was the sonne of Ioseph:
25 Jósef var sonur Mattatíasar, Mattatías var sonur Amosar, Amos var sonur Naúms, Naúm var sonur Eslí, Eslí var sonur Naggaí,
which was the sonne of Matatthias: which was the sonne of Amos: which was the sonne of Nahum: which was the sonne of Esli: which was the sonne of Nagge:
26 Naggaí var sonur Maats, Maat var sonur Mattatíasar, Mattatías var sonur Semeíns, Semeín var sonur Jóseks, Jósek var sonur Jóda,
which was the sonne of Maath: which was the sonne of Matathias: which was the sonne of Semei: which was the sonne of Ioseph: which was the sonne of Iuda:
27 Jóda var sonur Jóhanans, Jóhanan var sonur Hresa, Hresa var sonur Serúbabels, Serúbabel var sonur Sealtíels, Sealtíel var sonur Nerí,
which was the sonne of Iohanna: which was the sonne of Rhesya: which was the sonne of zorobabel: which was the sonne of Salathiel: which was the sonne of Neri:
28 Nerí var sonur Melkí, Melkí var sonur Addí, Addí var sonur Kósams, Kósam var sonur Elmadams, Elmadam var sonur Ers,
which was the sonne of Melchi: which was the sonne of Addi: which was the sonne of Cosam: which was the sonne of Helmadam: which was the sonne of Her:
29 Ers var sonur Jesú, Jesús var sonur Elíesers, Elíeser var sonur Jóríms, Jórím var sonur Mattats, Mattat var sonur Leví,
which was the sonne of Ieso: which was the sonne of Helieser: which was the sonne of Ioram: which was the sonne of Mattha: which was the sonne of Levi:
30 Leví var sonur Símeons, Símeon var sonur Júda, Júda var sonur Jósefs, Jósef var sonur Jónams, Jónam var sonur Eljakíms,
which was the sonne of Simeon: which was the sonne of Iuda: which was the sonne of Ioseph: which was the sonne of Ionam: which was the sonne of Heliachim:
31 Eljakím var sonur Melea, Melea var sonur Menna, Menna var sonur Mattata, Mattata var sonur Natans, Natan var sonur Davíðs,
which was the sonne of Melea: which was the sonne of Menam: which was the sonne of Mathathan: which was the sonne of Nathan: which was the sonne of David:
32 Davíð var sonur Ásaí, Ásaí var sonur Óbeðs, Óbeð var sonur Bóasar, Bóas var sonur Salmons, Salmon var sonur Nahsons,
which was the sonne of Iesse: which was the sonne of Obed: which was the sonne of Boos: which was the sonne of Salmon: which was the sonne of Naason:
33 Nahson var sonur Ammínadabs, Ammínadab var sonur Arní, Arní var sonur Esroms, Esrom varsonur Peres, Peres var sonur Júda,
which was the sonne of Aminadab: which was the sonne of Aram: which was the sonne of Esrom: which was the sonne of Phares: which was the sonne of Iuda:
34 Júda var sonur Jakobs, Jakob var sonur Ásaks, Ásak var sonur Abrahams, Abraham var sonur Tara, Tara var sonur Nakórs,
which was the sonne of Iacob: which was the sonne of Ysaac: which was the sonne of Abraham: which was the sonne of Tharra: which was the sonne of Nachor:
35 Nakór var sonur Serúks, Serúk var sonur Reús, Reú var sonur Peleks, Pelek var sonur Ebers, Eber var sonur Sela,
which was the sonne of Saruch: which was the sonne of Ragau: which was the sonne of Phalec: which was the sonne of Heber: which was the sonne of Sala:
36 Sela var sonur Kenans, Kenan var sonur Arpaksads, Arpaksad var sonur Sems, Sem var sonur Nóa,
which was the sonne of Cainan: which was the sonne of Arphaxat: which was the sonne of Sem: which was the sonne of Noe: which was the sonne of Lameth:
37 Nói var sonur Lameks, Lamek var sonur Metúsala, Metúsala var sonur Enoks, Enok var sonur Jareds, Jared var sonur Mahalalels, Mahalalel var sonur Kenans,
which was the sonne of Mathusala: which was the sonne of Enoch: which was the sonne of Iareth: which was the sonne of Malalehel. which was the sonne of Cainan:
38 Kenan var sonur Enoss, Enos var sonur Sets, Set var sonur Adams og faðir Adams var Guð.
which was the sonne of Enos: which was the sonne of Seth: which was the sonne of Adam: which was the sonne of God.
