Luke 3
1 Tiberius Caesar in ngam a uk zawk kum sawm le kum nga a cin ciang in, Pontius Pilate sia Judah ngam ukpa hi a, Herod sia Galilee ngam ukpa a hihi, taciang Herod nau Philip sia Ituraea le Trachonitis ngam ukpa a hihi, taciang Lysanias sia Abilene ngam ukpa a hihi,
Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip, tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias, tetrarch of Abilene;
2 Annas le Caiaphas te sia thiampi sangbel hi uh a, tua hun sung in duisung ah a om Zechariah tapa John tung ah Pathian thu theng hi.
during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zachariah, in the Desert.
3 Tua ahikom John sia Jordan ngun dung khuano te theampo ah maw ki sikkik na tuiphumna tungtawn in mawmaina thu hil hi.
And Johnwent into all the region about the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
4 Kamsangpa Isaiah i kammal te laibu sung ah a ki atsa bang in, duisung ah a au aw khat in, Topa i lampi puakhol vun, lampi te na tangsak vun.
As it is written in the book of the prophet Isaiah. The voice of one crying in the desert, Prepare the way for God, make straight paths for him.
5 A kom na theampo dim vun a, mual sang le mualdung te theampo niamsak vun; a kingkoai theampo tangsak vun a, lampi ham theampo nealsak vun;
Every ravine shall be filled up, Every hill and mountain shall be laid low, The crooked shall be made straight, And the rough roads smooth;
6 Taciang mi theampo in Pathian i ngupna mu tu uh hi, ci hi.
And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
7 Ama kung ah tui ki phum tu in hongpai mihonpi te kung ah, maw, ngul suan te, hong theng tu thin-ukna pan suakta tu in kua in note kidopna hong pia ziam? ci hi.
So Johnused to say to the crowd of those who were going out to be baptized by him. "You breed of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
8 Taciang mawna ki sikkik nataw a kiphu in nga pha te nga tavun, kote in ka pa uh Abraham nei khu hi: ci heak vun, banghangziam cile Pathian in hi suangtum te sia Abraham suan suaksak thei hi, hong ci khi hi.
Then bring forth fruit befitting your penitence, and do not begin to say to yourselves, "We have Abraham as our father." I tell you that God is able to raise up sons to Abraham out of these stones.
9 Tu in thingkung te a bul ah heipui ki koi zo hi: nga pha a nga ngawl thingkung peuma phuk tu a, meisung ah khia hi.
And now truly the axe is already laid at the root of the trees. So every tree which is not bearing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire."
10 Taciang mipi te in, tabang hithongle banglaw tu khu ziam? ci in dong uh hi.
And the crowd began to ask him questions. "What shall we do then?" they asked. In reply he said to them.
11 Ama in, puansil ni a nei sia in a nei ngawl te pia tahen; an a nei sia in tabangma in vawt tahen, ci in zo hi.
"If you have two shirts share with him who has none; and let him who has food do the same."
12 Siadong te zong tui ki phum tu in hongpai uh a, Syapa awng, kote bangbang ngamta tu khu ziam? ci uh hi.
There came to him publicans also to be baptized, and they said to him, "Master, what must we do?"
13 Taciang ama in, a kiciangtan za sang in a tamzaw khon heak vun, ci hi.
And he said to them, "Exact no more than the sum allowed you."
14 Ngalkap te in zong tabangma in, kote e, bangbang ngamta tu khu ziam? ci in dong uh hi. Amate kung ah, zawthawk thu taw mite tung ah bangma ngamta heak vun, a manngawl pi in mite mawsiat heak vun; na nga uh thaman taw lungkim vun, ci hi.
The soldiers also repeatedly questioned him, saying, "And we, what shall we do?" "Do not intimidate any one," he replied, "nor lay false charges, and be content with your pay."
15 Mite in lametna a nei tek uh bangma in, John sia Christ a hile hi ngawl, mi theampo in amate thinsung ah ngaisun tek uh hi.
And while the people were in expectation, and all men were debating in their hearts about John,
16 Tua ahikom John in amate teng tung ah, keima in a tatak in tui taw tuiphumna hong pia khi hi; ahihang keima sang in a vanglianzaw khat hongpai tu hi, a peangdap khau sutsak tu nangawn ka kilawm bua hi: Ama in Tha Thiangtho le mei taw baptisma hong pia tu hi:
whether perhaps he were the Christ, Johnanswered, saying to all of them. "I indeed am baptizing you in water, but One is coming after me, mightier than I, whose shoe-latchet I am not worthy to unloose. He shall baptize you in the Holy Ghost and in fire.
17 A khut sung ah tangkheaplaw toai a, tangzap tu hi, tang pha te beam sung ah thun tu a; tangsi te sia a mit ngei ngawl meitaw hal tu hi, ci in zo kik hi.
He has his fan in his hand to cleanse his threshing-floor thoroughly, and to gather the wheat into his storehouse, but the chaff will he burn with unquenchable fire."
18 Ama hanthotna sung ah thudang tampi te zong mite tung ah pualak hi.
With many other exhortations then Johndeclared the gospel to the people;
19 Ahizong ngam uk Herod sia a naupa Philip i a zi, Herodias thu le a pha ngawl a vawt nate hang in John in tek hi,
but Herod, the Tetrarch, when reproved by him because of Herodias, his brother’s wife, and because of all the wicked deeds that he had done,
20 Taciang Herod in John sia thongtaksak a, tabang in mawna dang vawt thua belap hi.
added yet this above them all that he shut up Johnin prison.
21 Ngual theampo tui a ki phum zawk uh ciang in, Jesus zong tui ki phum a, thu a nget laitak in van ki hong hi,
Now after all the people had been baptized, and Jesus himself had been baptized and was praying,
22 Tha Thiangtho sia vakhu bang in a tung ah tuaksuk hi, taciang van pan in aw khat hong theng a, Nangma sia ka it mama Ka Tapa ni hi; na tung ah ka lungkim mama hi, ci hi.
heaven opened, and the Holy Spirit, in bodily form like a dove, descended upon him. and a voice came out of heaven, saying. "Thou art my Son, dearly beloved; in thee is my delight."
23 Tua hun in Jesus sia kum sawmthum hong cing hi, Ama sia mihing ngaisut na bang in Joseph tapa hi a, Joseph sia Heli tapa hi,
And Jesus himself when he began to teach was about thirty years of age. He was the son (as it was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,
24 Heli sia Matthat tapa hi, Matthat sia Levi tapa hi, Levi sia Melchi tapa hi, Melchi sia Janna tapa hi, Janna sia Joseph tapa hi,
son of Matthat, son of Levi, son of Melchi,
25 Joseph sia Mattathias tapa hi, Mattathias sia Amos tapa hi, Amos sia Nahum tapa hi, Nahum sia Esli tapa hi, Esli sia Nagge tapa hi,
son of Matthias, son of Nahum, son of Esli,
26 Nagge sia Maath tapa hi, Maath sia Mattathias tapa hi, Mattathias sia Semei tapa hi, Semei sia Joseph tapa hi, Joseph sia Judah tapa hi,
son of Mahath, son of Matthias, son of Semein, son of Joseph, son of Joda,
27 Judah sia Joanan tapa hi, Joanan sia Rhesa tapa hi, Rhesa sia Zerubbabel tapa hi, Zerubbabel sia Shealtiel tapa hi, Shealtiel sia Neri tapa hi,
son of Johann, son of Resa, son of Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, son of Neri,
28 Neri sia Melchi tapa hi, Melchi sia Addi tapa hi, Addi sia Cosam tapa hi, Cosam sia Elmodam tapa hi, Elmodam sia Er tapa hi,
son of Melchi, son of Addi, son of Cosam, son of Elmadam, son of Er,
29 Er sia Jose tapa hi, Jose sia Eliezer tapa hi, Eliezer sia Jorim tapa hi, Jorim sia Matthat tapa hi, Matthat sia Levi tapa hi,
son of Joshua, son of Eliezar, son of Jorim, son of Mathat, son of Levi,
30 Levi sia Simeon tapa hi, Simeon sia Judah tapa hi, Judah sia Joseph tapa hi, Joseph sia Jonan tapa hi, Jonan sia Eliakim tapa hi,
son of Symeon, son of Judah, son of Joseph, son of Jonan, son of Eliakim,
31 Eliakim sia Melea tapa hi, Melea sia Menan tapa hi, Menan sia Mattatha tapa hi, Mattatha sia Nathan tapa hi, Nathan sia David tapa hi,
son of Melea, son of Menna, son of Mattatha, son of Nathan, son of David,
32 David sia Jesse tapa hi, Jesse sia Obed tapa hi, Obed sia Boaz tapa si. Boaz sia Salmon tapa hi, Salmon sia Nahshon tapa hi,
son of Jesse, son of Obed, son of Boaz, son of Salmon, son of Nahshon,
33 Nahshon sia Amminadab tapa hi, Amminadab sia Aram tapa hi, Aram sia Hezron tapa hi, Hezron sia Pharez tapa hi, Pharez sia Judah tapa hi,
son of Amminadab, son of Admin, son of Arni, son of Hezron, son of Perez, son of Judah,
34 Judah sia Jacob tapa hi, Jacob sia Isaac tapa hi, Isaac sia Abraham tapa hi, Abraham sia Terah tapa hi, Terah sia Nahor tapa hi,
son of Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham, son of Terah, son of Nahor,
35 Nahor sia Serug tapa hi, Serug sia Reu tapa hi, Reu sia Peleg tapa hi, Peleg sia Heber tapa hi, Heber sia Shelah tapa hi,
son of Serug, son of Reu, son of Peleg, son of Eber, son of Shelah,
36 Shelah sia Cainan tapa hi, Cainan sia Arphaxad tapa hi, Arphaxad sia Shem tapa hi, Shem sia Noah tapa hi, Noah sia Lamek tapa hi,
son of Cainan, son of Arpachshad, son of Shem, son of Noah, son of Lamech,
37 Lamek sia Methuselah tapa hi, Methuselah sia Enok tapa hi, Enok sia Jared tapa hi, Jared sia Mahalalel tapa hi, Mahalalel sia Kenan tapa hi,
son of Methuselah, son of Enoch, son of Jared, son of Mahalel, son of Kenan,
38 Kenan sia Enosh tapa hi, Enosh sia Seth tapa hi, Seth sia Adam tapa hi, Adam sia Pathian tapa a hihi.
son of Enos, son of Seth, son of Adam, son of God.
