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1 anantaraM tibiriyakaisarasya rAjatvasya panjcadazE vatsarE sati yadA pantIyapIlAtO yihUdAdEzAdhipati rhErOd tu gAlIlpradEzasya rAjA philipanAmA tasya bhrAtA tu yitUriyAyAstrAkhOnItiyApradEzasya ca rAjAsIt luSAnIyanAmA avilInIdEzasya rAjAsIt
Now in the fifteenth year of the rule of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being ruler of Judaea, and Herod being king of Galilee, his brother Philip king of the country of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias king of Abilene,
2 hAnan kiyaphAzcEmau pradhAnayAjAkAvAstAM tadAnIM sikhariyasya putrAya yOhanE madhyEprAntaram Izvarasya vAkyE prakAzitE sati
When Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, the word of the Lord came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the waste land.
3 sa yarddana ubhayataTapradEzAn samEtya pApamOcanArthaM manaHparAvarttanasya cihnarUpaM yanmajjanaM tadIyAH kathAH sarvvatra pracArayitumArEbhE|
And he came into all the country round about Jordan, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed.
4 yizayiyabhaviSyadvaktRgranthE yAdRzI lipirAstE yathA, paramEzasya panthAnaM pariSkuruta sarvvataH| tasya rAjapathanjcaiva samAnaM kurutAdhunA|
As it says in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.
5 kAriSyantE samucchrAyAH sakalA nimnabhUmayaH| kAriSyantE natAH sarvvE parvvatAzcOpaparvvatAH| kAriSyantE ca yA vakrAstAH sarvvAH saralA bhuvaH| kAriSyantE samAnAstA yA uccanIcabhUmayaH|
Every valley will be lifted up, and all the mountains and hills made low, and the twisted will be made straight, and the rough ways smooth;
6 IzvarENa kRtaM trANaM drakSyanti sarvvamAnavAH| ityEtat prAntarE vAkyaM vadataH kasyacid ravaH||
And all flesh will see the salvation of God.
7 yE yE lOkA majjanArthaM bahirAyayustAn sOvadat rE rE sarpavaMzA AgAminaH kOpAt palAyituM yuSmAn kazcEtayAmAsa?
So he said to the people who went out to him for baptism: You offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come?
8 tasmAd ibrAhIm asmAkaM pitA kathAmIdRzIM manObhi rna kathayitvA yUyaM manaHparivarttanayOgyaM phalaM phalata; yuSmAnahaM yathArthaM vadAmi pASANEbhya EtEbhya Izvara ibrAhImaH santAnOtpAdanE samarthaH|
Make clear by your acts that your hearts have been changed; and do not say to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father: for I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children of Abraham.
9 aparanjca tarumUlE'dhunApi parazuH saMlagnOsti yastaruruttamaM phalaM na phalati sa chidyatE'gnau nikSipyatE ca|
And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; and every tree which does not have good fruit will be cut down and put into the fire.
10 tadAnIM lOkAstaM papracchustarhi kiM karttavyamasmAbhiH?
And the people put questions to him, saying, What have we to do?
11 tataH sOvAdIt yasya dvE vasanE vidyEtE sa vastrahInAyaikaM vitaratu kiMnjca yasya khAdyadravyaM vidyatE sOpi tathaiva karOtu|
And he made answer and said to them, He who has two coats, let him give to him who has not even one; and he who has food, let him do the same.
12 tataH paraM karasanjcAyinO majjanArtham Agatya papracchuH hE gurO kiM karttavyamasmAbhiH?
Then tax-farmers came to him for baptism and said to him, Master, what have we to do?
13 tataH sOkathayat nirUpitAdadhikaM na gRhlita|
And he said to them, Do not make an attempt to get more money than the right amount.
14 anantaraM sEnAgaNa Etya papraccha kimasmAbhi rvA karttavyam? tataH sObhidadhE kasya kAmapi hAniM mA kArSTa tathA mRSApavAdaM mA kuruta nijavEtanEna ca santuSya tiSThata|
And men of the army put questions to him, saying, And what have we to do? And he said to them, Do no violent acts to any man, and do not take anything without right, and let your payment be enough for you.
15 aparanjca lOkA apEkSayA sthitvA sarvvEpIti manObhi rvitarkayAnjcakruH, yOhanayam abhiSiktastrAtA na vEti?
And while the people were waiting, and all men were questioning in their hearts about John, if he was the Christ or not,
16 tadA yOhan sarvvAn vyAjahAra, jalE'haM yuSmAn majjayAmi satyaM kintu yasya pAdukAbandhanaM mOcayitumapi na yOgyOsmi tAdRza EkO mattO gurutaraH pumAn Eti, sa yuSmAn vahnirUpE pavitra Atmani majjayiSyati|
John made answer, saying to them all, Truly, I give you baptism with water, but one is coming who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit, and with fire:
17 aparanjca tasya hastE zUrpa AstE sa svazasyAni zuddharUpaM prasphOTya gOdhUmAn sarvvAn bhANPAgArE saMgrahISyati kintu bUSANi sarvvANyanirvvANavahninA dAhayiSyati|
In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned in the fire which will never be put out.
18 yOhan upadEzEnEtthaM nAnAkathA lOkAnAM samakSaM pracArayAmAsa|
And so comforting them with these and other words, he gave the good news to the people;
19 aparanjca hErOd rAjA philipnAmnaH sahOdarasya bhAryyAM hErOdiyAmadhi tathAnyAni yAni yAni kukarmmANi kRtavAn tadadhi ca
But Herod the king, because John had made a protest on account of Herodias, his brother's wife, and other evil things which Herod had done,
20 yOhanA tiraskRtO bhUtvA kArAgArE tasya bandhanAd aparamapi kukarmma cakAra|
Did this most evil thing of all, and had John shut up in prison.
21 itaH pUrvvaM yasmin samayE sarvvE yOhanA majjitAstadAnIM yIzurapyAgatya majjitaH|
Now it came about that when all the people had been given baptism, Jesus, having had baptism with them, was in prayer, when, the heaven being open,
22 tadanantaraM tEna prArthitE mEghadvAraM muktaM tasmAcca pavitra AtmA mUrttimAn bhUtvA kapOtavat taduparyyavarurOha; tadA tvaM mama priyaH putrastvayi mama paramaH santOSa ityAkAzavANI babhUva|
The Holy Spirit came down in the form of a dove, and a voice came from heaven, saying, You are my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
23 tadAnIM yIzuH prAyENa triMzadvarSavayaska AsIt| laukikajnjAnE tu sa yUSaphaH putraH,
And Jesus at this time was about thirty years old, being the son (as it seemed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,
24 yUSaph ElEH putraH, ElirmattataH putraH, mattat lEvEH putraH, lEvi rmalkEH putraH, malkiryAnnasya putraH; yAnnO yUSaphaH putraH|
The son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,
25 yUSaph mattathiyasya putraH, mattathiya AmOsaH putraH, AmOs nahUmaH putraH, nahUm iSlEH putraH iSlirnagEH putraH|
The son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,
26 nagirmATaH putraH, mAT mattathiyasya putraH, mattathiyaH zimiyEH putraH, zimiyiryUSaphaH putraH, yUSaph yihUdAH putraH|
The son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,
27 yihUdA yOhAnAH putraH, yOhAnA rISAH putraH, rISAH sirubbAbilaH putraH, sirubbAbil zaltIyElaH putraH, zaltIyEl nErEH putraH|
The son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,
28 nErirmalkEH putraH, malkiH adyaH putraH, addI kOSamaH putraH, kOSam ilmOdadaH putraH, ilmOdad EraH putraH|
The son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,
29 Er yOzEH putraH, yOziH ilIyESaraH putraH, ilIyESar yOrImaH putraH, yOrIm mattataH putraH, mattata lEvEH putraH|
The son of Jesus, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,
30 lEviH zimiyOnaH putraH, zimiyOn yihUdAH putraH, yihUdA yUSuphaH putraH, yUSuph yOnanaH putraH, yAnan ilIyAkImaH putraH|
The son of Symeon, the son of Judas, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,
31 iliyAkImH milEyAH putraH, milEyA mainanaH putraH, mainan mattattasya putraH, mattattO nAthanaH putraH, nAthan dAyUdaH putraH|
The son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,
32 dAyUd yizayaH putraH, yizaya ObEdaH putra, ObEd bOyasaH putraH, bOyas salmOnaH putraH, salmOn nahazOnaH putraH|
The son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon,
33 nahazOn ammInAdabaH putraH, ammInAdab arAmaH putraH, arAm hiSrONaH putraH, hiSrON pErasaH putraH, pEras yihUdAH putraH|
The son of Amminadab, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
34 yihUdA yAkUbaH putraH, yAkUb ishAkaH putraH, ishAk ibrAhImaH putraH, ibrAhIm tErahaH putraH, tErah nAhOraH putraH|
The son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
35 nAhOr sirugaH putraH, sirug riyvaH putraH, riyUH pElagaH putraH, pElag EvaraH putraH, Evar zElahaH putraH|
The son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,
36 zElah kainanaH putraH, kainan arphakSadaH putraH, arphakSad zAmaH putraH, zAm nOhaH putraH, nOhO lEmakaH putraH|
The son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
37 lEmak mithUzElahaH putraH, mithUzElah hanOkaH putraH, hanOk yEradaH putraH, yErad mahalalElaH putraH, mahalalEl kainanaH putraH|
The son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,
38 kainan inOzaH putraH, inOz zEtaH putraH, zEt AdamaH putra, Adam Izvarasya putraH|
The son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
