Luke 3
1 Nowe in the fifteenth yeere of the reigne of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being gouernour of Iudea, and Herod being Tetrarch of Galile, and his brother Philip Tetrarch of Iturea, and of the countrey of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the Tetrarch of Abilene,
Katika mwaka wa kumi na tano wa utawala wa Kaisari Tiberio, Pontio Pilato akiwa mtawala wa Uyahudi, Herode akiwa mfalme wa Galilaya, Filipo ndugu yake akiwa mfalme wa Iturea na nchi ya Trakoniti, na Lisania akiwa mfalme wa Abilene,
2 (When Annas and Caiaphas were the hie Priestes) the worde of God came vnto Iohn, the sonne of Zacharias in the wildernes.
nao Anasi na Kayafa wakiwa makuhani wakuu, neno la Mungu likamjia Yohana, mwana wa Zekaria huko jangwani.
3 And hee came into all the coastes about Iordan, preaching the baptisme of repentance for the remission of sinnes,
Akaenda katika nchi yote kandokando ya Mto Yordani, akihubiri ubatizo wa toba kwa ajili ya msamaha wa dhambi.
4 As it is written in the booke of the sayings of Esaias the Prophet, which saith, The voyce of him that crieth in the wildernes is, Prepare ye the way of the Lord: make his paths straight.
Kama ilivyoandikwa katika kitabu cha nabii Isaya: “Sauti ya mtu aliaye nyikani, ‘Itengenezeni njia ya Bwana, yanyoosheni mapito yake.
5 Euery valley shalbe filled, and euery mountaine and hill shall be brought lowe, and crooked things shalbe made straight, and the rough wayes shalbe made smoothe.
Kila bonde litajazwa, kila mlima na kilima vitashushwa. Njia zilizopinda zitanyooshwa, na zilizoparuza zitasawazishwa.
6 And all flesh shall see the saluation of God.
Nao watu wote watauona wokovu wa Mungu.’”
7 Then said he to the people that were come out to be baptized of him, O generations of vipers, who hath forewarned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Yohana akauambia ule umati wa watu uliokuwa unakuja ili kubatizwa naye, “Ninyi watoto wa nyoka! Ni nani aliyewaonya kuikimbia ghadhabu inayokuja?
8 Bring foorth therefore fruites worthy amendment of life, and beginne not to say with your selues, We haue Abraham to our father: for I say vnto you, that God is able of these stones to raise vp children vnto Abraham.
Basi zaeni matunda yastahiliyo toba. Wala msianze kusema mioyoni mwenu kuwa, ‘Sisi tunaye Abrahamu, baba yetu.’ Kwa maana nawaambia kuwa Mungu anaweza kumwinulia Abrahamu watoto kutoka mawe haya.
9 Nowe also is the axe layed vnto the roote of the trees: therefore euery tree which bringeth not foorth good fruite, shalbe hewen downe, and cast into the fire.
Hata sasa shoka limeshawekwa tayari kwenye shina la kila mti. Basi kila mti usiozaa matunda mazuri hukatwa na kutupwa motoni.”
10 Then the people asked him, saying, What shall we doe then?
Ule umati wa watu ukamuuliza, “Inatupasa tufanyeje basi?”
11 And he answered, and said vnto them, He that hath two coates, let him part with him that hath none: and hee that hath meate, let him doe likewise.
Yohana akawaambia, “Aliye na kanzu mbili amgawie asiye nayo, naye aliye na chakula na afanye vivyo hivyo.”
12 Then came there Publicanes also to bee baptized, and saide vnto him, Master, what shall we doe?
Watoza ushuru nao wakaja ili wabatizwe, wakamuuliza, “Bwana na sisi inatupasa tufanyeje?”
13 And hee saide vnto them, Require no more then that which is appointed vnto you.
Akawaambia, “Msichukue zaidi ya kiwango mlichopangiwa.”
14 The souldiers likewise demaunded of him, saying, And what shall we doe? And he saide vnto them, Doe violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely, and be content with your wages.
Askari nao wakamuuliza, “Je, nasi inatupasa tufanye nini?” Akawaambia, “Msimdhulumu mtu wala msimshtaki mtu kwa uongo, bali mridhike na mishahara yenu.”
15 As the people waited, and all men mused in their heartes of Iohn, if he were not that Christ,
Watu walikuwa na matazamio makubwa. Wakawa wanajiuliza mioyoni mwao iwapo Yohana angeweza kuwa ndiye Kristo.
16 Iohn answered, and saide to them all, In deede I baptize you with water, but one stronger then I, commeth, whose shoes latchet I am not worthy to vnloose: hee will baptize you with the holy Ghost, and with fire.
Yohana akawajibu akawaambia, “Mimi nawabatiza kwa maji. Lakini atakuja aliye na nguvu kuniliko mimi, ambaye sistahili hata kufungua kamba za viatu vyake. Yeye atawabatiza kwa Roho Mtakatifu na kwa moto.
17 Whose fanne is in his hande, and hee will make cleane his floore, and will gather the wheate into his garner, but the chaffe will hee burne vp with fire that neuer shalbe quenched.
Pepeto lake liko mkononi, tayari kusafisha sakafu yake ya kupuria na kuikusanya ngano ghalani, lakini makapi atayateketeza kwa moto usiozimika.”
18 Thus then exhorting with many other things, he preached vnto the people.
Basi, kwa maonyo mengine mengi Yohana aliwasihi na kuwahubiria watu Habari Njema.
19 But when Herod the Tetrarch was rebuked of him, for Herodias his brother Philips wife, and for all the euils which Herod had done,
Lakini Yohana alipomkemea Mfalme Herode kuhusu uhusiano wake na Herodia, mke wa ndugu yake, na maovu mengine aliyokuwa amefanya,
20 He added yet this aboue all, that he shut vp Iohn in prison.
Herode aliongezea jambo hili kwa hayo mengine yote: alimfunga Yohana gerezani.
21 Nowe it came to passe, as all the people were baptized, and that Iesus was baptized and did pray, that the heauen was opened:
Baada ya watu wote kubatizwa, Yesu naye akabatizwa. Naye alipokuwa akiomba, mbingu zilifunguka.
22 And the holy Ghost came downe in a bodily shape like a doue, vpon him, and there was a voyce from heauen, saying, Thou art my beloued Sonne: in thee I am well pleased.
Roho Mtakatifu akashuka juu yake kwa umbo kama la hua, nayo sauti kutoka mbinguni ikasema: “Wewe ni Mwanangu mpendwa; nami nimependezwa nawe sana.”
23 And Iesus himselfe began to bee about thirtie yeere of age, being as men supposed the sonne of Ioseph, which was the sonne of Eli,
Yesu alikuwa na umri wa miaka thelathini alipoanza huduma yake. Alikuwa akidhaniwa kuwa mwana wa Yosefu, Yosefu alikuwa mwana wa Eli,
24 The sonne of Matthat, the sonne of Leui, the sonne of Melchi, the sonne of Ianna, the sonne of Ioseph,
Eli alikuwa mwana wa Mathati, Mathati alikuwa mwana wa Lawi, Lawi alikuwa mwana wa Melki, Melki alikuwa mwana wa Yanai, Yanai alikuwa mwana wa Yosefu,
25 The sonne of Mattathias, the sonne of Amos, the sonne of Naum, the sonne of Esli, the sonne of Nagge,
Yosefu alikuwa mwana wa Matathia, Matathia alikuwa mwana wa Amosi, Amosi alikuwa mwana wa Nahumu, Nahumu alikuwa mwana wa Esli, Esli alikuwa mwana wa Nagai,
26 The sonne of Maath, the sonne of Mattathias, the sonne of Semei, the sonne of Ioseph, the sonne of Iuda,
Nagai alikuwa mwana wa Maathi, Maathi alikuwa mwana wa Matathia, Matathia alikuwa mwana wa Semeini, Semeini alikuwa mwana wa Yoseki, Yoseki alikuwa mwana wa Yoda,
27 The sonne of Ioanna, the sonne of Rhesa, the sonne of Zorobabel, the sonne of Salathiel, the sonne of Neri,
Yoda alikuwa mwana wa Yoanani, Yoanani alikuwa mwana wa Resa, Resa alikuwa mwana wa Zerubabeli, Zerubabeli alikuwa mwana wa Shealtieli, Shealtieli alikuwa mwana wa Neri,
28 The sonne of Melchi, the sonne of Addi, the sonne of Cosam, the sonne of Elmodam, the sonne of Er,
Neri alikuwa mwana wa Melki, Melki alikuwa mwana wa Adi, Adi alikuwa mwana wa Kosamu, Kosamu alikuwa mwana wa Elmadamu, Elmadamu alikuwa mwana wa Eri,
29 The sonne of Iose, the sonne of Eliezer, the sonne of Iorim, the sonne of Matthat, the son of Leui,
Eri alikuwa mwana wa Yoshua, Yoshua alikuwa mwana wa Eliezeri, Eliezeri alikuwa mwana wa Yorimu, Yorimu alikuwa mwana wa Mathati, Mathati alikuwa mwana wa Lawi,
30 The sonne of Simeon, the sonne of Iuda, the sonne of Ioseph, the sonne of Ionan, the sonne of Eliacim,
Lawi alikuwa mwana wa Simeoni, Simeoni alikuwa mwana wa Yuda, Yuda alikuwa mwana wa Yosefu, Yosefu alikuwa mwana wa Yonamu, Yonamu alikuwa mwana wa Eliakimu, Eliakimu alikuwa mwana wa Melea,
31 The sonne of Melea, the sonne of Mainan, the sonne of Mattatha, the sonne of Nathan, the sonne of Dauid,
Melea alikuwa mwana wa Mena, Mena alikuwa mwana wa Matatha, Matatha alikuwa mwana wa Nathani, Nathani alikuwa mwana wa Daudi,
32 The sonne of Iesse, the sonne of Obed, the sonne of Booz, the sonne of Salmon, the sonne of Naasson,
Daudi alikuwa mwana wa Yese, Yese alikuwa mwana wa Obedi, Obedi alikuwa mwana wa Boazi, Boazi alikuwa mwana wa Salmoni, Salmoni alikuwa mwana wa Nashoni,
33 The sonne of Aminadab, the sonne of Aram, the sonne of Esrom, the sonne of Phares, the sonne of Iuda,
Nashoni alikuwa mwana wa Aminadabu, Aminadabu alikuwa mwana wa Aramu, Aramu alikuwa mwana wa Hesroni, Hesroni alikuwa mwana wa Peresi, Peresi alikuwa mwana wa Yuda,
34 The sonne of Iacob, the sonne of Isaac, the sonne of Abraham, the sonne of Thara, the sonne of Nachor,
Yuda alikuwa mwana wa Yakobo, Yakobo alikuwa mwana wa Isaki, Isaki alikuwa mwana wa Abrahamu, Abrahamu alikuwa mwana wa Tera, Tera alikuwa mwana wa Nahori,
35 The sonne of Saruch, the sonne of Ragau, the sonne of Phalec, the sonne of Eber, the sonne of Sala,
Nahori alikuwa mwana wa Serugi, Serugi alikuwa mwana wa Reu, Reu alikuwa mwana wa Pelegi, Pelegi alikuwa mwana wa Eberi, Eberi alikuwa mwana wa Sala,
36 The sonne of Cainan, the sonne of Arphaxad, the sonne of Sem, the sonne of Noe, the sonne of Lamech,
Sala alikuwa mwana wa Kenani, Kenani alikuwa mwana wa Arfaksadi, Arfaksadi alikuwa mwana wa Shemu, Shemu alikuwa mwana wa Noa, Noa alikuwa mwana wa Lameki,
37 The sonne of Mathusala, the sonne of Enoch, the sonne of Iared, the sonne of Maleleel, the sonne of Cainan,
Lameki alikuwa mwana wa Methusela, Methusela alikuwa mwana wa Enoki, Enoki alikuwa mwana wa Yaredi, Yaredi alikuwa mwana wa Mahalaleli, Mahalaleli alikuwa mwana wa Kenani,
38 The sonne of Enos, the sonne of Seth, the sonne of Adam, the sonne of God.
Kenani alikuwa mwana wa Enoshi, Enoshi alikuwa mwana wa Sethi, Sethi alikuwa mwana wa Adamu, Adamu alikuwa mwana wa Mungu.
