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፥

¹Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

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

²in the highpriesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

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።

³And he came into all the region round about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins;

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

⁴as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight.

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

⁵Every valley shall be filled, And every mountain and hill shall be brought low; And the crooked shall become straight, And the rough ways smooth;

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

⁶And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

¹⁰ሕዝቡም። እንግዲህ ምን እናድርግ? ብለው ይጠይቁት ነበር።

⁷He said therefore to the multitudes that went out to be baptized of him, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

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

⁸Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

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

⁹And even now the axe also lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

¹³ከታዘዘላችሁ አብልጣችሁ አትውሰዱ አላቸው።

¹⁰And the multitudes asked him, saying, What then must we do?

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

¹¹And he answered and said unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath food, let him do likewise.

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

¹²And there came also publicans to be baptized, and they said unto him, Teacher, what must we do?

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

¹³And he said unto them, Extort no more than that which is appointed you.

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

¹⁴And soldiers also asked him, saying, And we, what must we do? And he said unto them, Extort from no man by violence, neither accuse [any one] wrongfully; and be content with your wages.

¹⁸ስለዚህ ሕዝቡን በብዙ ሌላ ምክር እየመከራቸው ወንጌልን ይሰብክላቸው ነበር፤

¹⁵And as the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether haply he were the Christ;

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

¹⁶John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but there cometh he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and [in] fire:

²⁰ይህን ደግሞ ከሁሉ በላይ ጨምሮ ዮሐንስን በወኅኒ አገባው።

¹⁷whose fan is in his hand, thoroughly to cleanse his threshing-floor, and to gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.

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

¹⁸With many other exhortations therefore preached he good tidings unto the people;

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

¹⁹but Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother's wife, and for all the evil things which Herod had done,

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

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

²⁴የማቲ ልጅ፥ የሌዊ ልጅ፥ የሚልኪ ልጅ፥

²¹Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that, Jesus also having been baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,

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

²²and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form, as a dove, upon him, and a voice came out of heaven, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.

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

²³And Jesus himself, when he began [to teach], was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the [son] of Heli,

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

²⁴the [son] of Matthat, the [son] of Levi, the [son] of Melchi, the [son] of Jannai, the [son] of Joseph,

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

²⁵the [son] of Mattathias, the [son] of Amos, the [son] of Nahum, the [son] of Esli, the [son] of Naggai,

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

²⁶the [son] of Maath, the [son] of Mattathias, the [son] of Semein, the [son] of Josech, the [son] of Joda,

³⁰የስምዖን ልጅ፥ የይሁዳ ልጅ፥ የዮሴፍ ልጅ፥

²⁷the [son] of Joanan, the [son] of Rhesa, the [son] of Zerubbabel, the [son] of Shealtiel, the [son] of Neri,

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

²⁸the [son] of Melchi, the [son] of Addi, the [son] of Cosam, the [son] of Elmadam, the [son] of Er,

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

²⁹the [son] of Jesus, the [son] of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the [son] of Matthat, the [son] of Levi,

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

³⁰the [son] of Symeon, the [son] of Judas, the [son] of Joseph, the [son] of Jonam, the [son] of Eliakim,

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

³¹the [son] of Melea, the [son] of Menna, the [son] of Mattatha, the [son] of Nathan, the [son] of David,

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

³²the [son] of Jesse, the [son] of Obed, the [son] of Boaz, the [son] of Salmon, the [son] of Nahshon,

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

³³the [son] of Amminadab, the [son] of Arni, the [son] of Hezron, the [son] of Perez, the [son] of Judah,

³⁷የማቱሳላ ልጅ፥ የሄኖክ ልጅ፥ የያሬድ ልጅ፥

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

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

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

³⁶the [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, the [son] of Cainan,

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