Lu-ca 3
1 Năm thứ mười lăm đời Sê-sa Ti-be-rơ, khi Bôn-xơ Phi-lát làm quan tổng đốc xứ Giu-đê, Hê-rốt làm vua chư hầu xứ Ga-li-lê, Phi-líp em vua ấy làm vua chư hầu xứ Y-tu-rê và tỉnh Tra-cô-nít, Ly-sa-ni-a làm vua chư hầu xứ A-by-len,
Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Iturea, and the country of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilina;
2 An-ne và Cai-phe làm thầy cả thượng phẩm, thì có lời Ðức Chúa Trời truyền cho Giăng, con Xa-cha-ri, ở nơi đồng vắng.
Under the high priests Annas and Caiphas; the word of the Lord was made unto John, the son of Zachary, in the desert.
3 Giăng bèn dạo qua hết thảy miền lân cận sông Giô-đanh, giảng dạy phép báp-tem về sự ăn năn để được tha tội,
And he came into all the country about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of penance for the remission of sins;
4 như lời đã chép trong sách đấng tiên tri Ê-sai rằng: Có tiếng kêu la trong đồng vắng: Hãy dọn đường Chúa, ban bằng các nẻo Ngài.
As it was written in the book of the sayings of Isaias the prophet: A voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.
5 Mọi nơi sũng thấp sẽ lấp cho đầy, Các núi các gò thì bị hạ xuống; Ðường quanh quẹo thì làm cho ngay, Ðường gập ghềnh thì làm cho bằng;
Every valley shall be filled; and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight; and the rough ways plain;
6 Và mọi xác thịt sẽ thấy sự cứu của Ðức Chúa Trời.
And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
7 Vậy, Giăng nói cùng đoàn dân đến để chịu mình làm phép báp-tem rằng: Hỡi dòng dõi rắn lục, ai đã dạy các ngươi tránh khỏi cơn thạnh nộ ngày sau?
He said therefore to the multitudes that went forth to be baptized by him: Ye offspring of vipers, who hath shewed you to flee from the wrath to come?
8 Thế thì, hãy kết quả xứng đáng với sự ăn năn; và đừng tự nói rằng: Áp-ra-ham là tổ phụ chúng ta; vì ta nói cùng các ngươi, Ðức Chúa Trời có thể khiến từ những đá nầy sanh ra con cái cho Áp-ra-ham được.
Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of penance; and do not begin to say, We have Abraham for our father. For I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
9 Cái búa đã để kề gốc cây; hễ cây nào không sanh trái tốt thì sẽ bị đốn và chụm.
For now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit, shall be cut down and cast into the fire.
10 Chúng bèn hỏi Giăng rằng: Vậy thì chúng tôi phải làm gì?
And the people asked him, saying: What then shall we do?
11 Người đáp rằng: Ai có hai áo, hãy lấy một cái cho người không có; và ai có đồ ăn cũng nên làm như vậy.
And he answering, said to them: He that hath two coats, let him give to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do in like manner.
12 Cũng có những người thâu thuế đến để chịu phép báp-tem; họ hỏi rằng: Thưa thầy, chúng tôi phải làm gì?
And the publicans also came to be baptized, and said to him: Master, what shall we do?
13 Người nói rằng: Ðừng đòi chi ngoài số luật định.
But he said to them: Do nothing more than that which is appointed you.
14 Quân lính cũng hỏi rằng: Còn chúng tôi phải làm gì? Người nói rằng: Ðừng hà hiếp, đừng phỉnh gạt ai hết, những hãy bằng lòng về lương hướng mình.
And the soldiers also asked him, saying: And what shall we do? And he said to them: Do violence to no man; neither calumniate any man; and be content with your pay.
15 Bởi dân chúng vẫn trông đợi, và ai nấy đều tự hỏi trong lòng nếu Giăng phải là Ðấng Christ chăng,
And as the people were of opinion, and all were thinking in their hearts of John, that perhaps he might be the Christ;
16 nên Giăng cất tiếng nói cùng mọi người rằng: Phần ta làm phép báp-tem cho các ngươi bằng nước; song có một Ðấng quyền phép hơn ta sẽ đến, ta không đáng mở dây giày Ngài. Chính Ngài sẽ làm phép báp-tem cho các ngươi bằng Ðức Thánh Linh và bằng lửa.
John answered, saying unto all: I indeed baptize you with water; but there shall come one mightier that I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to loose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
17 Tay Ngài sẽ cầm nia mà giê thật sạch sân lúa mình, và thâu lúa mì vào kho; nhưng đốt trấu trong lửa chẳng hề tắt.
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his barn; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.
18 Trong khi Giăng rao truyền Tin Lành, thì cũng khuyên bảo dân chúng nhiều điều nữa.
And many other things exhorting, did he preach to the people.
19 Song Hê-rốt, vua chư hầu, đã bị Giăng can gián về việc Hê-rô-đia vợ của em mình, cùng về các điều ác vua đã làm,
But Herod the tetrarch, when he was reproved by him for Herodias, his brother’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done;
20 thì lại thêm một điều ác nữa, là bắt Giăng bỏ tù.
He added this also above all, and shut up John in prison.
21 Vả, khi hết thảy dân chúng đều chịu phép báp-tem, Ðức Chúa Jêsus cũng chịu phép báp-tem. Ngài đương cầu nguyện thì trời mở ra,
Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that Jesus also being baptized and praying, heaven was opened;
22 Ðức Thánh Linh lấy hình chim bò câu ngự xuống trên Ngài; lại có tiếng từ trên trời phán rằng: Ngươi là Con yêu dấu của ta, đẹp lòng ta mọi đường.
And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape, as a dove upon him; and a voice came from heaven: Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
23 Khi Ðức Chúa Jêsus khởi sự làm chức vụ mình thì Ngài có độ ba mươi tuổi. Theo ý người ta tin, thì Ngài là con Giô-sép, Giô-sép con Hê-li,
And Jesus himself was beginning about the age of thirty years; being (as it was supposed) the son of Joseph, who was of Heli, who was of Mathat,
24 Hê-li con Mát-tát, Mát-tát con Lê-vi, Lê-vi con Mên-chi, Mên-chi con Gia-nê, Gia-nê con Giô-sép,
Who was of Levi, who was of Melchi, who was of Janne, who was of Joseph,
25 Giô-sép con Ma-ta-thia, Ma-ta-thia con A-mốt, A-mốt con Na-hum, Na-hum con Ếch-li, Ếch-li con Na-ghê,
Who was of Mathathias, who was of Amos, who was of Nahum, who was of Hesli, who was of Nagge,
26 Na-ghê con Ma-át, Ma-át con Ma-ta-thia, Ma-ta-thia con Sê-mê-in, Sê-mê-in con Giô-sếch, Giô-sếch con Giô-đa,
Who was of Mahath, who was of Mathathias, who was of Semei, who was of Joseph, who was of Juda,
27 Giô-đa con Giô-a-nan, Giô-a-nan, con Rê-sa, Rê-sa con Xô-rô-ba-bên, Xô-rô-ba-bên con Sa-la-thi-ên, Sa-la-thi-ên con Nê-ri,
Who was of Joanna, who was of Reza, who was of Zorobabel, who was of Salathiel, who was of Neri,
28 Nê-ri con Mên-chi, Mên-chi con A-đi, A-đi con Cô-sam, Cô-sam con Eân-ma-đan, Eân-ma-đan con Ê-rơ,
Who was of Melchi, who was of Addi, who was of Cosan, who was of Helmadan, who was of Her,
29 Ê-rơ con Giê-su, Giê-su con Ê-li-ê-se, Ê-li-ê-se con Giô-rim, Giô-rim con Mát-thát, Mát-thát con Lê-vi,
Who was of Jesus, who was of Eliezer, who was of Jorim, who was of Mathat, who was of Levi,
30 Lê-vi con Si-mê-ôn, Si-mê-ôn con Giu-đa, Giu-đa con Giô-sép, Giô-sép con Giô-nam, Giô-nam con Ê-li-a-kim, Ê-li-a-kim con Mê-lê-a,
Who was of Simeon, who was of Judas, who was of Joseph, who was of Jona, who was of Eliakim,
31 Mê-lê-a con Men-na, Men-na con Mát-ta-tha, Mát-ta-tha con Na-than, Na-than con Ða-vít,
Who was of Melea, who was of Menna, who was of Mathatha, who was of Nathan, who was of David,
32 Ða-vít con Gie-sê, Gie-sê con Giô-bết, Giô-bết con Bô-ô, Bô-ô con Sa-la, Sa-la con Na-ách-son, Na-ách son con A-mi-na-đáp,
Who was of Jesse, who was of Obed, who was of Booz, who was of Salmon, who was of Naasson,
33 A-mi-na-đáp con Át-min, Át-min con A-rơ-ni, A-rơ-ni con Ếch-rôm, Ếch-rôn con Pha-rê, Pha-rê con Giu-đa,
Who was of Aminadab, who was of Aram, who was of Esron, who was of Phares, who was of Judas,
34 Giu-đa con Gia-cốp, Gia-cốp con Y-sác, Y-sác con Áp-ra-ham, Áp-ra-ham con Tha-rê, Tha-rê con Na-cô,
Who was of Jacob, who was of Isaac, who was of Abraham, who was of Thare, who was of Nachor,
35 Na-cô con Sê-rúc, Sê-rúc con Ra-gao, Ra-gao, con Pha-léc, Pha-léc con Hê-be, Hê-be con Sa-la,
Who was of Sarug, who was of Ragau, who was of Phaleg, who was of Heber, who was of Sale,
36 Sa-la con Cai-nam, Cai-nam cho A-bác-sát, A-bác-sát con Sem, Sem con Nô-ê, Nô-ê con La-méc,
Who was of Cainan, who was of Arphaxad, who was of Sem, who was of Noe, who was of Lamech,
37 La-méc con Ma-tu-sê-la, ma-tu-sê-la con Hê-nóc, Hê-nóc con Gia-rết, Gia-rết con Mê-lê-lê-ên, Mê-lê-lê-ên con Cai-nam,
Who was of Mathusale, who was of Henoch, who was of Jared, who was of Malaleel, who was of Cainan,
38 Cai-nam con Ê-nót, Ê-nót con Sết, Sết con A-đam, A-đam con Ðức Chúa Trời.
Who was of Henos, who was of Seth, who was of Adam, who was of God.
