¹Huan, Tiberia Kaisar a vaihawm kum sawm leh kum nga kumin, Pontia Pilat Judia gamukpa ahi a, Herod Galili gam kumpipa ahi a, a unau Philip Ituria leh Trakoniti gam kumpipa ahi a, Lusania Abiline gam kumpipa ahi a.

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

²Ana leh Kaiapha siampu Lianpen ahi ua, huailaiin Gamdai ah Zakaria tapa Johan kiangah Pathian thu hongtunga.

²in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.

³Huan, amah bel Jordan lui gei kim gam tengteng ah a hoha, thil hihkhial ngaihdamna dingin kisikna baptisma thu a gen jela.

³He came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for remission of sins.

⁴Jawlnei Isai thu bu ah, Gamdaia mi kikou aw gingin, Toupa lamlian sial unla, a lampite tangsak un,

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

⁵Guam chih sun dim ahi dinga, tang chih, mual chih, hihniam ahi ding; lampi kawite tansak ahi dinga, lampi phokte mamsak ahi ding;

⁵Every valley will be filled. Every mountain and hill will be brought low. The crooked will become straight, and the rough ways smooth.

⁶Huan, mi tengtengin Pathian hotdamna a mu ding uh, a chi, chih gelh bangin.

⁶All flesh will see God’s salvation.’” Isaiah 40:3-5

⁷Huan aman, baptisma tang ding a kianga mipi hongsukte kiangah, Gul suante aw, thangpaihna hongtung ding taisan dinga kua ahia honvauhilh?

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

⁸Huchiin kisik minpu takin gah un, Abraham ei honsuangpa ahi aka, na lungsim un chi kei un; Pathianin hiai suang khawng Abraham suante din a dingsak thei chih ka honhilh ahi.

⁸Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and don’t begin to say among yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father;’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones!

⁹Tu mahmah inzong heipi sing bul tengah koih ahita; huchiin, sing chih gah hoiha gah lou peuhmah phukin a oma, mei ah paihin a om, a chi a.

⁹Even now the axe also lies at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that doesn’t bring forth good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire.”

¹⁰Huan, mipiten a kiangah, Bang ka hih ding ua leh? a chi ua, a dong ua.

¹⁰The multitudes asked him, “What then must we do?”

¹¹Huan, aman, a kiang uah, Kuapeuh puannak nih neiin a neilou kiang ah hawm hen; kuapeuh an neiin huchibangmahin hih hen, a chi a, a dawnga.

¹¹He answered them, “He who has two coats, let him give to him who has none. He who has food, let him do likewise.”

¹²Huan, siahkhonmite leng baptisma tang dingin a hong ua, a kiangah, Sinsakpa, bang ka hih ding ua? a chi ua.

¹²Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what must we do?”

¹³Huan, aman a kiang uah, Honseh sak val uh vakhon kei un, a chi a.

¹³He said to them, “Collect no more than that which is appointed to you.”

¹⁴Huan, sepaihten leng a kiang ah, Kou leng bang ka hih ding ua? a chi ua, a dong ua. Huan aman a kiang uah, Kuamah hiamgamin hih kei unla, diklou piin kuamah hek kei unla, na loh uah lungkim un, a chi a.

¹⁴Soldiers also asked him, saying, “What about us? What must we do?” He said to them, “Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages.”

¹⁵Huan, miten a lamet ua, mi tengtengin Johan tung thu a lungtang ua, Kris ahi kha zenzen de aw? chia a ngaihtuah laiun,

¹⁵As the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he was the Christ,

¹⁶Johanin a dawnga, a vek ua kiangah, Ken jaw tuiin ka hon baptis a, himahleh keimah sanga mi thupijaw a hong pai ding, a khedap khau phel tak leng ka hi kei; aman tuh Kha Siangthou leh meiin nou a honbaptis ding.

¹⁶John answered them all, “I indeed baptize you with water, but he comes who is mightier than I, the latchet of whose sandals I am not worthy to loosen. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire,

¹⁷A khutin a phazah a tawia, a phual a jap siang vilvelna ding leh a buhpanga buh sunna dingin; a si tuh mei mit theilouin a hal mang ding, a chi hi.

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

¹⁸Huan, hasotna thu dang tampiin mite kiangah Tanchin Hoih a hilh jela.

¹⁸Then with many other exhortations he preached good news to the people,

¹⁹Himahleh, kumpipa Herod-in bel a nau ji Herodia tungthu ah leh a thil hihkhelh tunga Johanin a taihilh jiakin,

¹⁹but Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias, his brother’s TR reads “brother Philip’s” instead of “brother’s” wife, and for all the evil things which Herod had done,

²⁰a thil hihkhelh tengteng behlapin amah tuh suangkulh ah a khumta hi.

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

²¹Huan, hichi ahia, mi tengtengin baptisma a tan khit un, Jesun leng baptisma a tankhitin, a thum a, van a hongkihonga,

²¹Now it happened, when all the people were baptized, Jesus also had been baptized, and was praying. The sky was opened,

²²Kha Siangthou tuh sa puin vakhu bangin a hongsuk a, a tungah a tuta a; huan, van akipanin aw a hongpawt a, Nang ka Tapa deihtak na hi; na tungah ka kipak mahmah, a chi a.

²²and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form as a dove on him; and a voice came out of the sky, saying “You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased.”

²³Huan, Jesun thu a hilh pat tung laiin amah tuh kum sawm thum khawng a hita, mi ngaihin jaw Joseph tapa ahi a, huai tuh Heli tapa ahi a,

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

²⁴huai tuh Matthat tapa ahi a, huai tuh Levi tapa ahi a, huai tuh Melki tapa ahi a, huai tuh Janna tapa ahi a, huai tuh Joseph tapa ahi a,

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

²⁵huai tuh Matthathi tapa ahia, huai huai tuh Amos tapa ahi a, huai tuh Nahum tapa ahia, huai tuh Esli tapa ahi a, huai tuh Naggai tapa ahi a,

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

²⁶huai tuh Maathi tapa ahi a, huai tuh Matthathi tapa ahi a, huai tuh Semmei tapa ahi a, huai tuh Josek tapa ahi a, huai tuh Joda tapa ahi a,

²⁶the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Joseph, the son of Judah,

²⁷huai tuh Joanan tapa ahi a, huai tuh Rhesa tapa ahi a, huai tuh Zerubbabel tapa ahia, huai tuh Salathiel tapa ahi a, huai tuh Neri tapa ahi a,

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

²⁸huai tuh Melki tapa ahi a, huai tuh Addi tapa ahi a, huai tuh Kosam tapa ahi a, huai tuh Elmadam tapa ahi a, huai tuh Er tapa ahi a,

²⁸the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmodam, the son of Er,

²⁹huai tuh Jose tapa ahi a, huai tuh Eliazer tapa ahi a, huai tuh Jorim tapa ahi a, huai tuh Matthat tapa ahi a,

²⁹the son of Jose, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,

³⁰huai tuh Levi tapa ahi a; huai tuh Simeon tapa ahi a, huai tuh Juda tapa ahi a, huai tuh Joseph tapa ahi a, huai tuh Jonam tapa ahi a, huai tuh Eliakim tapa ahi a,

³⁰the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonan, the son of Eliakim,

³¹huai tuh Melia tapa ahia, huai tuh Menna tapa hia, huai tuh Mattatha tapa ahi a, huai tuh Nathan tapa ahia, huai tuh David tapa ahi a,

³¹the son of Melea, the son of Menan, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,

³²huai tuh Jesai tapa ahi a, huai tuh Obed tapa ahi a, huai tuh Boaz tapa ahi a, huai tuh Salmon tapa ahi a, huai tuh Nahson tapa ahi a,

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

³³huai tuh Aminadab tapa ahi a, huai tuh Aram tapa ahi a, huai tuh Esrom tapa ahi a, huai tuh Perezi tapa ahi a, huai tuh Juda tapa ahi a,

³³the son of Amminadab, the son of Aram, NU reads “Admin, the son of Arni” instead of “Aram” the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,

³⁴huai tuh Jakob tapa ahia, huai tuh Isaak tapa ahi a, huai tuh Abraham tapa ahi a, huai tuh Tera tapa ahi a, huai tuh Nahor tapa ahi.

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

³⁵Huai tuh Seruk tapa ahi a, huai tuh Reu tapa ahi a, huai tuh Peleg tapa ahi a, huai tuh Eber tapa ahi a, huai tuh Selah tapa ahi a,

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

³⁶huai tuh Kainan tapa ahi a, huai tuh Arphaksad tapa ahi a, huai tuh Sem tapa ahi a, huai tuh Noa tapa ahi a, huai tuh Lamek tapa ahi a,

³⁶the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,

³⁷huai tuh Matthusel tapa ahi a, huai tuh Enok tapa ahi a, huai tuh Jared tapa ahi a, huai tuh Mahalalil tapa ahi a, huai tuh Kainan tapa ahi a,huai tuh Enos tapa ahi a, huai tuh Set tapa ahi a, huai tuh Adam tapa ahi a, huai tuh Pathian tapa ahi.

³⁷the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,

³⁸huai tuh Enos tapa ahi a, huai tuh Set tapa ahi a, huai tuh Adam tapa ahi a, huai tuh Pathian tapa ahi.

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