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 Cesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Trachonitis,
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.
and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, Annas and Caiaphas being high priests, the word of God came unto John the Son of Zacharias in the wilderness:
3 Tua ahikom John sia Jordan ngun dung khuano te theampo ah maw ki sikkik na tuiphumna tungtawn in mawmaina thu hil hi.
and he went into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance in order to 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 Esaias the prophet, saying, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight:
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 valley shall be raised, and every mountain and hill shall be lowered, and the crooked ways shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth:
6 Taciang mi theampo in Pathian i ngupna mu tu uh hi, ci hi.
and all men 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.
Therefore said he to the multitudes that came to be baptised by him, O generation of vipers, who hath 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.
Bring forth therefore fruits becoming penitents, and do not say within yourselves, "We have Abraham for our father," for I tell you that God can of these stones raise up children to Abraham.
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 the ax is laid to the root of the trees: every tree therefore which doth not yield good fruit, is cut down and cast into the fire.
10 Taciang mipi te in, tabang hithongle banglaw tu khu ziam? ci in dong uh hi.
And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?
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.
And he saith unto them, Let him that hath two coats, give one to him that hath none, and let him that hath food do the like.
12 Siadong te zong tui ki phum tu in hongpai uh a, Syapa awng, kote bangbang ngamta tu khu ziam? ci uh hi.
And there came publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?
13 Taciang ama in, a kiciangtan za sang in a tamzaw khon heak vun, ci hi.
And He said unto them, Exact no more than what is appointed 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.
And the soldiers also asked him, saying, And what shall we do? and He said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely, 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.
Now as the people were in suspense, and were all thinking in their hearts concerning John, whether he were the Christ or not,
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:
John answered and said to them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but a mightier than I is coming, whose shoes I am not worthy to untie: He will baptize you with the holy Spirit, and with 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.
whose fan is in his hand, and He will thoroughly cleanse his floor, and will gather the wheat into his granary, but will burn up the chaff in unquenchable fire.
18 Ama hanthotna sung ah thudang tampi te zong mite tung ah pualak hi.
And many other things by way of exhortation did he preach unto 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 being reproved by him on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, and for all the wicked things which Herod did,
20 Taciang Herod in John sia thongtaksak a, tabang in mawna dang vawt thua belap hi.
added this likewise to all the rest, that he shut up John in 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, when all the people were baptized, and Jesus was baptized and 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.
the heaven was opened, and the holy Spirit descended in a corporeal form, like a dove upon Him, and there came a voice from heaven saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased.
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 was then about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son 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,
the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the 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,
the son of Janna, the son of Joseph, the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Naum, the 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,
the son of Naggai, the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semei, the son of Joseph, the son of Juda,
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,
the son of Joanna, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zorobabel, the son of Salathiel, the son of Neri, the son of Melchi,
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,
the son of Addi, the son of Kosam, the son of Elmodam,
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,
the son of Er, the son of Joses, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the 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,
the son of Simeon, the son of Juda, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonan, the 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,
the son of Melea, the son of Menan, the son of Mattatha,
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,
the son of Nathan, the son of David, the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Booz, the son of Salmon,
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,
the son of Naasson, the son of Aminadab, the son of Aram, the son of Esrom, the son of Phares,
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,
the son of Juda, the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Thara, the son of Nachor,
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,
the son of Saruch, the son of Ragau, the son of Phalec, the son of Heber, the son of Sala, the son of Cainan,
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,
the son of Arphaxad, the son of Sem, the son of Noe,
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,
the son of Lamech, the son of Mathusala, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Maleleel, the son of Cainan,
38 Kenan sia Enosh tapa hi, Enosh sia Seth tapa hi, Seth sia Adam tapa hi, Adam sia Pathian tapa a hihi.
the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of GOD.
