Now 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,
As 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.
Therefore produce 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!
Soldiers 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.”
又有兵丁問他說:「我們當做甚麼呢?」約翰說:「不要以強暴待人,也不要訛詐人,自己有錢糧就當知足。」
3:15
ወኀለዩኵሉሕዝብበልቦሙወመሰሎሙዮሐንስከመውእቱክርስቶስ።
As the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he was the Christ,
John answered them all, “I indeed baptize you with water, but he comes who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to loosen. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire.
His winnowing 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.”
他手裏拿着簸箕,要揚淨他的場,把麥子收在倉裏,把糠用不滅的火燒盡了。」
3:18
ወቦባዕድኒብዙኅዘመሀሮሙለሕዝብወገሠጾሙ።
Then with many other exhortations he preached good news to the people,
and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form like a dove on him; and a voice came out of the sky, saying “You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased.”
聖靈降臨在他身上,形狀彷彿鴿子;又有聲音從天上來,說:「你是我的愛子,我喜悅你。」
3:23
ወየአክልሠላሳክረምቱለእግዚእኢየሱስወይመስሎሙወልደዮሴፍውእቱ።
Jesus himself, when he began to teach, was about thirty years old, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,
耶穌開頭傳道,年紀約有三十歲。依人看來,他是約瑟的兒子;約瑟是希里的兒子;
3:24
ወልደዔሊወልደማቲወልደሌዊወልደሜልኪወልደዮናወልደዮሴፍ።
the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,
希里是瑪塔的兒子;瑪塔是利未的兒子;利未是麥基的兒子;麥基是雅拿的兒子;雅拿是約瑟的兒子;
3:25
ወልደማታትዩወልደአሞጽወልደናሆምወልደኤስሎምወልደናጌ።
the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,