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,
3:2
ወአመሐናወቀያፋሊቃነካህናትመጽአቃለእግዚአብሔርላዕለዮሐንስወልደዘካርያስበገዳም።
亞那和該亞法作大祭司。那時,撒迦利亞的兒子約翰在曠野裏,上帝的話臨到他。
during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.
3:3
ወዖደአድያመዮርዳኖስወሰበከጥምቀተለንስሓበዘይትኀደግኀጢአት።
他就來到約旦河一帶地方,宣講悔改的洗禮,使罪得赦。
He came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for remission of sins.
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.”
3:15
ወኀለዩኵሉሕዝብበልቦሙወመሰሎሙዮሐንስከመውእቱክርስቶስ።
百姓指望基督來的時候,人都心裏猜疑,或者約翰是基督。
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.”
3:18
ወቦባዕድኒብዙኅዘመሀሮሙለሕዝብወገሠጾሙ።
約翰又用許多別的話勸百姓,向他們傳福音。
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.”
3:23
ወየአክልሠላሳክረምቱለእግዚእኢየሱስወይመስሎሙወልደዮሴፍውእቱ።
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;
Jesus himself, when he began to teach, was about thirty years old, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,
3:24
ወልደዔሊወልደማቲወልደሌዊወልደሜልኪወልደዮናወልደዮሴፍ።
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;
the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,