The Preaching of John the Baptist
(Matthew 3.1-12Mark 1.1-8John 1.19-28)1 It was the fifteenth year of the rule of Emperor Tiberius; Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod was ruler of Galilee, and his brother Philip was ruler of the territory of Iturea and Trachonitis; Lysanias was ruler of Abilene, 2 and Annas and Caiaphas were High Priests. At that time the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the desert. 3 So John went throughout the whole territory of the Jordan River, preaching, “Turn away from your sins and be baptized, and God will forgive your sins.” 4 As it is written in the book of the prophet Isaiah:
“Someone is shouting in the desert:
‘Get the road ready for the Lord;
make a straight path for him to travel!
5 Every valley must be filled up,
every hill and mountain leveled off.
The winding roads must be made straight,
and the rough paths made smooth.
6 The whole human race will see God's salvation!’”
7 Crowds of people came out to John to be baptized by him. “You snakes!” he said to them. “Who told you that you could escape from the punishment God is about to send? 8 Do those things that will show that you have turned from your sins. And don't start saying among yourselves that Abraham is your ancestor. I tell you that God can take these rocks and make descendants for Abraham! 9 The ax is ready to cut down the trees at the roots; every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown in the fire.”
10 The people asked him, “What are we to do, then?”
11 He answered, “Whoever has two shirts must give one to the man who has none, and whoever has food must share it.”
12 Some tax collectors came to be baptized, and they asked him, “Teacher, what are we to do?”
13 “Don't collect more than is legal,” he told them.
14 Some soldiers also asked him, “What about us? What are we to do?”
He said to them, “Don't take money from anyone by force or accuse anyone falsely. Be content with your pay.”
15 People's hopes began to rise, and they began to wonder whether John perhaps might be the Messiah. 16 So John said to all of them, “I baptize you with water, but someone is coming who is much greater than I am. I am not good enough even to untie his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 17 He has his winnowing shovel with him, to thresh out all the grain and gather the wheat into his barn; but he will burn the chaff in a fire that never goes out.”
18 In many different ways John preached the Good News to the people and urged them to change their ways. 19 But John reprimanded Governor Herod, because he had married Herodias, his brother's wife, and had done many other evil things. 20 Then Herod did an even worse thing by putting John in prison.
The Baptism of Jesus
(Matthew 3.13-17Mark 1.9-11)21 After all the people had been baptized, Jesus also was baptized. While he was praying, heaven was opened, 22 and the Holy Spirit came down upon him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my own dear Son. I am pleased with you.”
The Ancestors of Jesus
(Matthew 1.1-17)23 When Jesus began his work, he was about thirty years old. He was the son, so people thought, of Joseph, who was the son of Heli, 24 the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, 25 the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, 26 the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda, 27 the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, 28 the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er, 29 the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, 30 the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, 31 the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, 32 the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon, 33 the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, 34 the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, 35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah, 36 the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, 37 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Kenan, 38 the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
Yaayaa Batiseerilaa la kawandoo
(Matiyu 3:1-12Maaka 1:1-8Yohana 1:19-28)1 Rooma mansa* Tiberiyus la maraloo sanji taŋ niŋ luulunjaŋo la, Pontiyus Payileti le mu Yudeya tundoo la kumandaŋo ti nuŋ, Herodi le ye Kalilee bankoo mara, a dookewo Filipi ye Itureya niŋ Tirakoniti tundoolu mara, aduŋ Lisaniyas le ye Abilene tundoo mara. 2 Kabiriŋ Annas niŋ Kayifas mu piriisi* kuntii baalu ti, wo waatoo le mu, Alla la kumoo naata Yaayaa kaŋ, Jakariya dinkewo, meŋ sabatita keñewuloo* kono.
3 Yaayaa ye Yoridani Boloŋo maafaŋolu bee taama. A ka ñiŋ ne kawandi ko, “Ali tuubi, ali ye ali koo dii ali la junuboolu la, ali ye batisee*, fo Alla si yamfa ali la junuboolu la.” 4 A keta le ko a be safeeriŋ Annabilayi Yesaya la kitaaboo kono ñaameŋ:
“Moo kumakaŋo be sari kaŋ keñewuloo kono:
‘Ali mbeedoo parendi Maariyo ye,
ali a la silandiŋolu tembendi.
5 Wulumbaŋolu bee ye saareŋ,
konko baalu niŋ konkoriŋolu bee ye jii.
Sila jenkeriŋolu ye tiliŋ,
sila kaatibaloolu ye tembe.
6 Aduŋ hadamadiŋolu bee be Alla la kiisoo je la le.’ ”
7 Wo kamma la, Yaayaa diyaamuta kafu baa ye, mennu naata a kaŋ ka batisee. A ko, “Alitolu daŋari koorewo, jumaa le ye ali dandalaa ka bori Alla la kamfaa ma, meŋ ka naa? 8 Ali daajikoo yitandi, meŋ mu tuubi tooñaa ti. Ali kana a miira ali faŋ ye ko, ali mumu mu Iburayima le ti. Ŋa a fo ali ye, Alla si ñiŋ beroolu taa noo le ka ì ke Iburayima koomalankoolu ti. 9 Saayiŋ teeraŋo be laariŋ yirisuloolu to le fokabaŋ. Wo kamma la yiri-wo-yiri meŋ maŋ diŋ betoo diŋ, wo be kuntu la le, aduŋ a be fayi la dimbaa kono le ka jani.”
10 Bituŋ wo kafu baa ye Yaayaa ñininkaa ko, “Saayiŋ ǹ ñanta muŋ ne ke la?” 11 A ye ì jaabi ko, “Meŋ ye dendika fula soto, a si kiliŋo dii doo la, meŋ maŋ feŋ soto. Moo meŋ ye domori feŋolu soto, a ñanta a ke la wo le ñaama.” 12 Duwaañoolu fanaa naata Yaayaa kaŋ ne ka batisee. Ì ko a ye ko, “Karammoo, ntolu ñanta muŋ ne ke la?” 13 A ko ì ye ko, “Ali kana naamujoo tambindi, luwaa ye a landi ñaameŋ.” 14 Kelediŋolu fanaa ye Yaayaa ñininkaa ko, “Ntolu duŋ, ǹ ñanta muŋ ne ke la?” A ko ì ye ko, “Ali kana moolu la feŋolu diyaakuyaa taa, waraŋ silandiroo kono. Ali si wasa ali la joolu la.”
15 Moolu be i yillaariŋ a ma baake le. Ì bee tarata i miira kaŋ ì sondomoolu kono Yaayaa la kuwo la, fo tumandoo ate le mu Alimasiihu* ti baŋ. 16 Bari Yaayaa ye ì bee jaabi ko, “N ka ali batisee niŋ jiyo le la, bari meŋ ka naa, wo le la kuwo warata ka tambi nte la. M maŋ jari hani ka a la samatoolu firiŋ. Ate be ali batisee la niŋ Noora Kuliŋo le la, aniŋ dimbaa. 17 A la feerilaŋo be a buloo kono le ka kesoolu niŋ fuufulewolu bo ñoo to. Wo to le a be kesoolu ke la a la buntuŋo kono, bari a be fuufulewolu jani la dimbaa le la, meŋ buka faa noo.” 18 Aduŋ a la yaamari jamaa kono, Yaayaa ka kibaari betoo le kawandi moolu ye.
19 Bari Yaayaa ye Mansa Herodi jalayi, kaatu a ye a kotoomaa Filipi la musoo Herodiyas taa a bulu le, a ye a futuu, aduŋ a ye kuu jawu jamaa fanaa le ke. 20 Ñiŋ kuu kuruŋolu bee kaŋ, a naata Yaayaa soroŋ bunjawoo kono.
Yeesu la batisewo
(Matiyu 3:13-17Maaka 1:9-11)21 Kabiriŋ moolu bee batiseeta, Yeesu fanaa batiseeta. Kabiriŋ a duwaata, saŋo yeleta, 22 aduŋ Noora Kuliŋo jiita naŋ a kaŋ, meŋ muluŋo be ko puraa. Bituŋ kumakaŋo naata bo saŋo santo ko, “Ite le mu n Kanu Dinkewo ti, n jusoo laata meŋ na kuwo la baake.”
Yeesu bonsuŋolu la saataroo
(Matiyu 1:1-17)23 Kabiriŋ Yeesu be a la dookuwo dati la, a siyo be sanji taŋ saba maafaŋo le la. Moolu ye a miira, Yusufa dinkewo le mu.
Yusufa mu Heli dinkewo le ti. 24 Heli mu Matati dinkewo le ti. Matati mu Lewi dinkewo le ti. Lewi mu Meliki dinkewo le ti. Meliki mu Yannayi dinkewo le ti. Yannayi mu Yusufa dinkewo le ti. 25 Yusufa mu Matatiyas dinkewo le ti. Matatiyas mu Amosi dinkewo le ti. Amosi mu Nahumu dinkewo le ti. Nahumu mu Esili dinkewo le ti. Esili mu Nakayi dinkewo le ti. 26 Nakayi mu Maati dinkewo le ti. Maati mu Matatiyas dinkewo le ti. Matatiyas mu Semeyini dinkewo le ti. Semeyini mu Yoseki dinkewo le ti. Yoseki mu Yoda dinkewo le ti. Yoda mu Yowanani dinkewo le ti. 27 Yowanani mu Resa dinkewo le ti. Resa mu Serubabeli dinkewo le ti. Serubabeli mu Seyalitiyeli dinkewo le ti. Seyalitiyeli mu Neri dinkewo le ti. 28 Neri mu Meliki dinkewo le ti. Meliki mu Adi dinkewo le ti. Adi mu Kosamu dinkewo le ti. Kosamu mu Elimadamu dinkewo le ti. Elimadamu mu Eri dinkewo le ti. Eri mu Yosuwa dinkewo le ti. 29 Yosuwa mu Eliyesa dinkewo le ti. Eliyesa mu Yorimu dinkewo le ti. Yorimu mu Matati dinkewo le ti. Matati mu Lewi dinkewo le ti. 30 Lewi mu Simeyoni dinkewo le ti. Simeyoni mu Yahuuda dinkewo le ti. Yahuuda mu Yusufa dinkewo le ti. Yusufa mu Yonamu dinkewo le ti. Yonamu mu Eliyakimu dinkewo le ti. 31 Eliyakimu mu Meleya dinkewo le ti. Meleya mu Menna dinkewo le ti. Menna mu Matata dinkewo le ti. Matata mu Natani dinkewo le ti. Natani mu Mansa Dawuda dinkewo le ti.
32 Dawuda mu Yese dinkewo le ti. Yese mu Obedi dinkewo le ti. Obedi mu Bowasi dinkewo le ti. Bowasi mu Salimoni dinkewo le ti. Salimoni mu Nasoni dinkewo le ti. 33 Nasoni mu Amminadabu dinkewo le ti. Amminadabu mu Adimini dinkewo le ti. Adimini mu Arini dinkewo le ti. Arini mu Hesironi dinkewo le ti. Hesironi mu Peresi dinkewo le ti. Peresi mu Yahuuda dinkewo le ti. 34 Yahuuda mu Yaakuba dinkewo le ti. Yaakuba mu Isiyaaka dinkewo le ti. Isiyaaka mu Iburayima dinkewo le ti.
Iburayima mu Tera dinkewo le ti. Tera mu Nahori dinkewo le ti. 35 Nahori mu Seruki dinkewo le ti. Seruki mu Reyu dinkewo le ti. Reyu mu Peleki dinkewo le ti. Peleki mu Eberi dinkewo le ti. Eberi mu Sela dinkewo le ti. 36 Sela mu Kayinani dinkewo le ti. Kayinani mu Aripakisadi dinkewo le ti. Aripakisadi mu Semu dinkewo le ti. Semu mu Nuha dinkewo le ti. Nuha mu Lameki dinkewo le ti. 37 Lameki mu Metusela dinkewo le ti. Metusela mu Enoki dinkewo le ti. Enoki mu Yaredi dinkewo le ti. Yaredi mu Mahalaleli dinkewo le ti. Mahalaleli mu Kenani dinkewo le ti. 38 Kenani mu Enosi dinkewo le ti. Enosi mu Seti dinkewo le ti. Seti mu Adama dinkewo le ti. Adama mu Alla la daaroo le ti.
