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,

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፥

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

¹⁰ሕዝቡም። እንግዲህ ምን እናድርግ? ብለው ይጠይቁት ነበር።

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!

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

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.”

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

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

¹³ከታዘዘላችሁ አብልጣችሁ አትውሰዱ አላቸው።

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.”

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

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

¹⁸ስለዚህ ሕዝቡን በብዙ ሌላ ምክር እየመከራቸው ወንጌልን ይሰብክላቸው ነበር፤

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,

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

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.”

²⁰ይህን ደግሞ ከሁሉ በላይ ጨምሮ ዮሐንስን በወኅኒ አገባው።

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

²⁴የማቲ ልጅ፥ የሌዊ ልጅ፥ የሚልኪ ልጅ፥

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.”

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

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

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

²⁴the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, 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 Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,

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

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

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

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

³⁰የስምዖን ልጅ፥ የይሁዳ ልጅ፥ የዮሴፍ ልጅ፥

²⁸the 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, the son of Levi,

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

³⁰the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, 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 Menan, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,

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

³²the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, 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, NU reads “Admin, the son of Arni” instead of “Aram” the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,

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

³⁴the 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, the son of Shelah,

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

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.