Luka 3
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Yohana Mbatizaji Aanza Kuhubiri
3 Katika mwaka wa kumi na tano wa utawala wa Kaisari Tiberio, Neno la Mungu lilimfikia Yohana mwana wa Zakaria alipokuwa nyikani. Wakati huo Pontio Pilato alikuwa mtawala wa Yudea; Her ode mtawala wa Galilaya, nduguye Filipo mtawala wa Iturea na Tra koniti; na Lisania alikuwa mtawala wa Abilene. 2 Anasi na Kayafa walikuwa makuhani wakuu.
3 Yohana akazunguka sehemu zote za kando kando ya mto Yordani akihubiri kwamba watu watubu na kubatizwa ili wasamehewe dhambi zao. 4 Kama ilivyoandikwa katika kitabu cha nabii Isaya: “Sauti ya mtu aitae nyikani, ‘Mtayarishieni Bwana njia , nyoosheni sehemu zote atakazopita, 5 jazeni kila bonde, sawazisheni milima yote. 6 Na watu wote watamwona Mwokozi aliyetumwa na Mungu.’ ”
7 Yohana akawaambia wale waliokuja ili awabatize, “Enyi watoto wa nyoka! Ni nani aliyewaonya muepuke hukumu ya Mungu ita kayokuja? 8 Kama kweli mmetubu, basi onyesheni kwa matendo yenu. Wala msidhani kuwa mtasamehewa kwa kuwa ninyi ni uzao wa Ibra himu. Nawaambia wazi, Mungu anaweza kabisa kumpa Ibrahimu watoto kutoka katika haya mawe! 9 Na hivi sasa hukumu ya Mungu, kama shoka kwenye shina la mti, iko juu yenu. Kila mti usiozaa matunda mazuri utakatwa katwa na kutupwa motoni.”
10 Watu wakamwuliza, “Inatupasa tufanyeje basi?” 11 Aka waambia: “Aliye na nguo mbili amgawie asiye na nguo; kama una chakula wape wenye njaa.”
12 Watoza kodi nao pia walikuja ili wabatizwe; wakamwuliza, “Bwana, na sisi inatupasa tufanyeje?”
13 Akawajibu: “ Msimdhulumu mtu kwa kudai kodi zaidi ya ile iliyoamriwa.”
14 Na baadhi ya askari wakamwuliza, “Na sisi je, tufanye nini?” Akawajibu: “Msichukue fedha za watu kwa kutumia nguvu; msiwashtaki watu kwa kuwasingizia makosa; bali mtosheke na misha hara yenu!”
15 Siku hizo watu walikuwa na matazamio makubwa. Wakawa wakijiuliza mioyoni mwao kama Yohana ndiye Kristo.
16 Yohana aliwajibu akawaambia, “Mimi nawabatiza kwa maji. Lakini anayekuja ni mkuu kuliko mimi, sistahili hata kuwa mtumwa wake. Yeye atawabatiza kwa Roho Mtakatifu na kwa moto.
17 “Yuko tayari na pepeto lake mkononi, tayari kusafisha mahali pake pa kukusanyia mazao. Nafaka safi ataiweka ghalani lakini makapi atayachoma kwa moto usiozimika.”
18 Yohana alitumia mifano mingine mingi kuwaonya watu na kuwatangazia Habari Njema. 19 Lakini Yohana alipomkanya Herode kuhusu uhusiano wake na Herodia mke wa kaka yake, na maovu men gine aliyofanya, 20 Herode aliongezea uovu huo kwa kumfunga
Kubatizwa Kwa Bwana Yesu
21 Baada ya watu wote kubatizwa, Yesu naye alibatizwa. Na alipokuwa akiomba, mbingu zilifunguka. 22 Roho Mtakatifu akash uka juu yake kama hua; na sauti ikasikika kutoka mbinguni ikisema: “Wewe ni Mwanangu mpendwa, ninapendezwa nawe.”
Ukoo Wa Bwana Yesu
23 Yesu alikuwa na umri wa miaka kama thelathini hivi ali poanza kazi ya kuhubiri. Yesu alijulikana kama mtoto wa Yusufu. Yusufu alikuwa mwana wa Eli, 24 Eli alikuwa mwana wa Mathati, Mathati alikuwa mwana wa Lawi, Lawi alikuwa mwana wa Melki, Melki alikuwa mwana wa Yanai, Yanai alikuwa mwana wa Yusufu 25 Yusufu alikuwa mwana wa Matathia, Matathia alikuwa mwana wa Amosi, Amosi alikuwa mwana wa Nahumu, Nahumu alikuwa mwana wa Esli, Esli ali kuwa mwana wa Nagai, 26 Nagai alikuwa mwana wa Maathi, Maathi alikuwa mwana wa Matathia, Matathia alikuwa mwana wa Semeini, Semeini alikuwa mwana wa Yoseki, Yoseki alikuwa mwana wa Yoda, 27 Yoda alikuwa mwana wa Yoanani, Yoanani alikuwa mwana wa Resa, Resa alikuwa mwana wa Zerubabeli, Zerubabeli alikuwa mwana wa Shealtieli, Shealtieli alikuwa mwana wa Neri, 28 Neri alikuwa mwana wa Melki, Melki alikuwa mwana wa Adi, Adi alikuwa mwana wa Kosamu, Kosamu alikuwa mwana wa Elmadamu, Elmadamu alikuwa mwana wa Eri, 29 Eri alikuwa mwana wa Yoshua, Yoshua alikuwa mwana wa Eliezeri, Eliezeri alikuwa mwana wa Yorimu, Yorimu alikuwa mwana wa Mathati, Mathati alikuwa mwana wa Lawi, 30 1Lawi alikuwa mwana wa Simeoni, Simeoni alikuwa mwana wa Yuda, Yuda alikuwa mwana wa Yusufu, Yusufu alikuwa mwana wa Yonamu, Yonamu alikuwa mwana wa Eliakimu, Eliakimu alikuwa mwana wa Melea, 31 Melea alikuwa mwana wa Mena, Mena alikuwa mwana wa Matatha, Matatha alikuwa mwana wa Nathani, Nathani alikuwa mwana wa Daudi, 32 Daudi alikuwa mwana wa Yese, Yese alikuwa mwana wa Obedi, Obedi alikuwa mwana wa Boazi, Boazi alikuwa mwana wa Salmoni, Salmoni alikuwa mwana wa Nashoni, 33 Nashoni alikuwa mwana wa Aminadabu, Aminadabu alikuwa mwana wa Aramu, Aramu alikuwa mwana wa Hesroni, Hesroni alikuwa mwana wa Peresi, Peresi alikuwa mwana wa Yuda, 34 Yuda alikuwa mwana wa Yakobo, Yakobo alikuwa mwana wa Isaki, Isaki alikuwa mwana wa Abrahamu, Abrahamu alikuwa mwana wa Tera, Tera alikuwa mwana wa Nahori, 35 Nahori alikuwa mwana wa Serugi, Serugi alikuwa mwana wa Ragau, Ragau alikuwa mwana wa Pelegi, Pelegi alikuwa mwana wa Eberi, Eberi alikuwa mwana wa Sala, 36 Sala alikuwa mwana wa Kenani, Kenani alikuwa mwana wa Arfaksadi, Arfaksadi alikuwa mwana wa Shemu, Shemu alikuwa mwana wa Nuhu, Nuhu alikuwa mwana wa Lameki, 37 Lameki alikuwa mwana wa Methusela, Methusela alikuwa mwana wa Henoko, Henoko alikuwa mwana wa Yaredi, Yaredi alikuwa mwana wa Mahalaleli, Mahalaleli alikuwa mwana wa Kenani, 38 Kenani alikuwa mwana wa Enoshi, Enoshi alikuwa mwana wa Sethi, Sethi alikuwa mwana wa Adamu,
Luke 3
King James Version
3 Now 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 Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
4 As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
5 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
7 Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
8 Bring 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.
9 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
10 And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?
11 He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
12 Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?
13 And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.
14 And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
15 And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;
16 John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
17 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
18 And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.
19 But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
20 Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
21 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
24 Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph,
25 Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge,
26 Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Juda,
27 Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri,
28 Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er,
29 Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi,
30 Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim,
31 Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David,
32 Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson,
33 Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda,
34 Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor,
35 Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala,
36 Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,
37 Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,
38 Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
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