¹And in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar — Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother, tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene —

¹ጢባርዮስ ቄሣርም በነገሠ በአሥራ አምስተኛይቱ ዓመት፥ ጴንጤናዊው ጲላጦስም በይሁዳ ሲገዛ፥ ሄሮድስም በገሊላ የአራተኛው ክፍል ገዥ፥ ወንድሙ ፊልጶስም በኢጡርያስ በጥራኮኒዶስም አገር የአራተኛው ክፍል ገዥ፥ ሊሳኒዮስም በሳቢላኒስ የአራተኛው ክፍል ገዥ ሆነው ሳሉ፥

²Annas and Caiaphas being chief priests — there came a word of God unto John the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness,

²ሐናና ቀያፋም ሊቃነ ካህናት ሳሉ፥ የእግዚአብሔር ቃል ወደ ዘካርያስ ልጅ ወደ ዮሐንስ በምድረ በዳ መጣ።

³and he came to all the region round the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of reformation — to remission of sins,

³በነቢዩ በኢሳይያስ ቃል መጽሐፍ። የጌታን መንገድ አዘጋጁ ጥርጊያውንም አቅኑ እያለ በምድረ በዳ የሚጮኽ ሰው ድምፅ፤ ዐዘቅቱ ሁሉ ይሙላ ተራራውና ኮረብታውም ሁሉ ዝቅ ይበል፥ ጠማማውም የቀና መንገድ ይሁን፥ ሸካራውም መንገድ ትክክል ይሁን፤ ሥጋም የለበሰ ሁሉ የእግዚአብሔርን ማዳን ይይ ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ ለኃጢአት ስርየት የንስሐን ጥምቀት እየሰበከ በዮርዳኖስ ዙሪያ ወዳለችው አገር ሁሉ መጣ።

⁴as it hath been written in the scroll of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying, `A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths;

⁷ስለዚህ ከእርሱ ሊጠመቁ ለወጡት ሕዝብ እንዲህ ይላቸው ነበር። እናንተ የእፉኝት ልጆች፥ ከሚመጣው ቍጣ እንድትሸሹ ማን አመለከታችሁ?

⁵every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall become straightness, and the rough become smooth ways;

⁸እንግዲህ ለንስሐ የሚገባ ፍሬ አድርጉ፤ በልባችሁም። አብርሃም አባት አለን ማለትን አትጀምሩ፤ ከእነዚህ ድንጋዮች ለአብርሃም ልጆች ሊያስነሣለት እግዚአብሔር እንዲችል እላችኋለሁና።

⁶and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.`

⁹አሁንስ ምሳር ደግሞ በዛፎች ሥር ተቀምጦአል፤ እንግዲህ መልካም ፍሬ የማያደርግ ዛፍ ሁሉ ይቆረጣል ወደ እሳትም ይጣላል።

⁷Then said he to the multitudes coming forth to be baptised by him, `Brood of vipers! who did prompt you to flee from the coming wrath?

¹⁰ሕዝቡም። እንግዲህ ምን እናድርግ? ብለው ይጠይቁት ነበር።

⁸make, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have a father — Abraham; for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham;

¹¹መልሶም። ሁለት ልብስ ያለው ለሌለው ያካፍል፥ ምግብም ያለው እንዲሁ ያድርግ ይል ነበር።

⁹and already also the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree, therefore, not making good fruit is cut down, and to fire it is cast.`

¹²ቀራጮችም ደግሞ ሊጠመቁ መጥተው። መምህር ሆይ፥ ምን እናድርግ? አሉት።

¹⁰And the multitudes were questioning him, saying, `What, then, shall we do?`

¹³ከታዘዘላችሁ አብልጣችሁ አትውሰዱ አላቸው።

¹¹and he answering saith to them, `He having two coats — let him impart to him having none, and he having victuals — in like manner let him do.`

¹⁴ጭፍሮችም ደግሞ። እኛ ደግሞ ምን እናድርግ? ብለው ይጠይቁት ነበር። እርሱም። በማንም ግፍ አትሥሩ ማንንም በሐሰት አትክሰሱ፥ ደመወዛችሁም ይብቃችሁ አላቸው።

¹²And there came also tax-gatherers to be baptised, and they said unto him, `Teacher, what shall we do?`

¹⁵ሕዝቡም ሲጠብቁ ሳሉ ሁሉም በልባቸው ስለ ዮሐንስ። ይህ ክርስቶስ ይሆንን? ብለው ሲያስቡ ነበር፥

¹³and he said unto them, `Exact no more than that directed you.`

¹⁶ዮሐንስ መልሶ። እኔስ በውኃ አጠምቃችኋለሁ፤ ነገር ግን የጫማውን ጠፍር መፍታት ከማይገባኝ ከእኔ የሚበረታ ይመጣል፤ እርሱ በመንፈስ ቅዱስና በእሳት ያጠምቃችኋል፤

¹⁴And questioning him also were those warring, saying, `And we, what shall we do?` and he said unto them, `Do violence to no one, nor accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.`

¹⁷መንሹም በእጁ ነው፥ አውድማውንም ፈጽሞ ያጠራል፥ ስንዴውንም በጎተራው ይከታል፥ ገለባውን ግን በማይጠፋ እሳት ያቃጥለዋል አላቸው።

¹⁵And the people are looking forward, and all are reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether or not he may be the Christ;

¹⁸ስለዚህ ሕዝቡን በብዙ ሌላ ምክር እየመከራቸው ወንጌልን ይሰብክላቸው ነበር፤

¹⁶John answered, saying to all, `I indeed with water do baptise you, but he cometh who is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to loose the latchet of his sandals — he shall baptise you with the Holy Spirit and with fire;

¹⁹የአራተኛው ክፍል ገዥ ሄሮድስ ግን፥ ስለ ሄሮድያዳ ስለ ወንድሙ ስለ ፊልጶስ ሚስትና ሄሮድስ ስላደረገው ሌላ ክፋት ሁሉ ዮሐንስ ስለ ገሠጸው፥

¹⁷whose winnowing shovel [is] in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor, and will gather the wheat to his storehouse, and the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.`

²⁰ይህን ደግሞ ከሁሉ በላይ ጨምሮ ዮሐንስን በወኅኒ አገባው።

¹⁸And, therefore, indeed with many other things, exhorting, he was proclaiming good news to the people,

²¹ሕዝቡም ሁሉ ከተጠመቁ በኋላ ኢየሱስ ደግሞ ተጠመቀ። ሲጸልይም ሰማይ ተከፈተ፥

¹⁹and Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him concerning Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, and concerning all the evils that Herod did,

²²መንፈስ ቅዱስም በአካል መልክ እንደ ርግብ በእርሱ ላይ ወረደ፤ የምወድህ ልጄ አንተ ነህ፥ በአንተ ደስ ይለኛል የሚል ድምፅም ከሰማይ መጣ።

²⁰added also this to all, that he shut up John in the prison.

²³ኢየሱስም ሊያስተምር ሲጀምር ዕድሜው ሠላሳ ዓመት ያህል ሆኖት ነበር እንደመሰላቸው የዮሴፍ ልጅ ሆኖ፥ የኤሊ ልጅ፥

²¹And it came to pass, in all the people being baptised, Jesus also being baptised, and praying, the heaven was opened,

²⁴የማቲ ልጅ፥ የሌዊ ልጅ፥ የሚልኪ ልጅ፥

²²and the Holy Spirit came down in a bodily appearance, as if a dove, upon him, and a voice came out of heaven, saying, `Thou art My Son — the Beloved, in thee I did delight.`

²⁵የዮና ልጅ፥ የዮሴፍ ልጅ፥ የማታትዩ ልጅ፥ የአሞጽ ልጅ፥ የናሆም ልጅ፥ የኤሲሊም ልጅ

²³And Jesus himself was beginning to be about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed, son of Joseph,

²⁶የናጌ ልጅ፥ የማአት ልጅ፥ የማታትዩ ልጅ የሴሜይ ልጅ፥ የዮሴፍ ልጅ፥

²⁴the [son] of Eli, the [son] of Matthat, the [son] of Levi, the [son] of Melchi, the [son] of Janna, the [son] of Joseph,

²⁷የዮዳ ልጅ፥ የዮናን ልጅ፥ የሬስ ልጅ፥ የዘሩባቤል ልጅ፥ የሰላትያል ልጅ፥ የኔሪ ልጅ፥

²⁵the [son] of Mattathias, the [son] of Amos, the [son] of Naum, the [son] of Esli,

²⁸የሚልኪ ልጅ፥ የሐዲ ልጅ፥ የዮሳስ ልጅ፥ የቆሳም ልጅ፥ የኤልሞዳም ልጅ፥ የኤር ልጅ፥

²⁶the [son] of Naggai, the [son] of Maath, the [son] of Mattathias, the [son] of Semei, the [son] of Joseph, the [son] of Juda,

²⁹የዮሴዕ ልጅ፥ የኤልዓዘር ልጅ የዮራም ልጅ፥ የማጣት ልጅ፥ የሌዊ ልጅ፥

²⁷the [son] of Joanna, the [son] of Rhesa, the [son] of Zerubbabel, the [son] of Shealtiel,

³⁰የስምዖን ልጅ፥ የይሁዳ ልጅ፥ የዮሴፍ ልጅ፥

²⁸the [son] of Neri, the [son] of Melchi, the [son] of Addi, the [son] of Cosam, the [son] of Elmodam, the [son] of Er,

³¹የዮናን ልጅ፥ የኤልያቄም ልጅ፥ የሜልያ ልጅ፥ የማይናን ልጅ፥ የማጣት ልጅ፥ የናታን ልጅ

²⁹the [son] of Jose, the [son] of Eliezer, the [son] of Jorim, the [son] of Matthat,

³²የዳዊት ልጅ፥ የእሴይ ልጅ፥ የኢዮቤድ ልጅ፥ የቦዔዝ ልጅ፥ የሰልሞን ልጅ፥

³⁰the [son] of Levi, the [son] of Simeon, the [son] of Juda, the [son] of Joseph, the [son] of Jonan, the [son] of Eliakim,

³³የነአሶን ልጅ፥ የአሚናዳብ ልጅ፥ የአራም ልጅ፥ የአሮኒ ልጅ፥ የኤስሮም ልጅ፥

³¹the [son] of Melea, the [son] of Mainan, the [son] of Mattatha, the [son] of Nathan,

³⁴የፋሬስ ልጅ፥ የይሁዳ ልጅ፥ የያዕቆብ ልጅ፥ የይስሐቅ ልጅ፥ የአብርሃም ልጅ፥ የታራ ልጅ፥

³²the [son] of David, the [son] of Jesse, the [son] of Obed, the [son] of Booz, the [son] of Salmon, the [son] of Nahshon,

³⁵የናኮር ልጅ፥ የሴሮህ ልጅ፥ የራጋው ልጅ፥ የፋሌቅ ልጅ፥ የአቤር ልጅ፥ የሳላ ልጅ፥

³³the [son] of Amminadab, the [son] of Aram, the [son] of Esrom, the [son] of Pharez,

³⁶የቃይንም ልጅ፥ የአርፋክስድ ልጅ፥ የሴም ልጅ፥ የኖኅ ልጅ፥ የላሜህ ልጅ፥

³⁴the [son] of Judah, the [son] of Jacob, the [son] of Isaac, the [son] of Abraham, the [son] of Terah, the [son] of Nahor,

³⁷የማቱሳላ ልጅ፥ የሄኖክ ልጅ፥ የያሬድ ልጅ፥

³⁵the [son] of Serug, the [son] of Reu, the [son] of Peleg, the [son] of Eber,

³⁸የመላልኤል ልጅ፥ የቃይናን ልጅ፥ የሄኖስ ልጅ፥ የሴት ልጅ፥ የአዳም ልጅ፥ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ።

³⁶the [son] of Salah, the [son] of Cainan, the [son] of Arphaxad, the [son] of Shem, the [son] of Noah, the [son] of Lamech,

³⁷the [son] of Methuselah, the [son] of Enoch, the [son] of Jared, the [son] of Mahalaleel,

³⁸the [son] of Cainan, the [son] of Enos, the [son] of Seth, the [son] of Adam, the [son] of God.