Luke 3

Umsebenzi kaJohane uMbhabhathizi

1Kwathi ngomnyaka wetshumi lanhlanu wokubusa kukaTiberiyosi uKesari ^a, uPontiyusi Pilatu engumbusi weJudiya ^b, loHerodi ^c engumtetrarki* weGalili ^d, loFiliphu umfowabo engumtetrarki weIturiya lelizweni iTrakoniti, loLisaniya engumtetrarki weAbilene ^e, 2uAnasi ^f loKayafasi bengabapristi abakhulu ^g, ilizwi likaNkulunkulu lafika kuJohane ^h indodana kaZakariya ⁱ enkangala ^j. 3Wasesiza esigabeni sonke seJordani esizingelezeleyo, etshumayela ubhabhathizo lokuphenduka kube yikuthethelelwa kwezono ^k; 4njengokulotshiweyo egwalweni lwamazwi kaIsaya umprofethi, ukuthi: Ilizwi lomemezayo enkangala lithi: Lungisani indlela yeNkosi; qondisani indledlana zayo. 5Sonke isigodi sizagqitshwa, layo yonke intaba loqaqa kuzakwehliswa; njalo kuzaqondiswa amazombazombe, lamaxhakaxhaka ezindlela azalungiswa ^l; 6layo yonke inyama ^m izabona usindiso lukaNkulunkulu ⁿ.

7Ngakho wathi emaxukwini aphumela ukubhabhathizwa nguye: Nzalo yezinyoka, ngubani olixwayise ukubalekela ulaka oluzayo? 8Ngakho thelani izithelo ezifanele ukuphenduka; njalo lingaqali ukuthi phakathi kwenu ^o: SiloAbrahama ongubaba wethu; ngoba ngithi kini: UNkulunkulu ulamandla okumvusela uAbrahama abantwana kulamatshe ^p. 9Lakhathesi lehloka selibekiwe empandeni zezihlahla; ngakho sonke isihlahla esingatheli isithelo esihle siyaganyulwa siphoselwe emlilweni.

10Amaxuku asembuza, athi: Pho thina sizakwenzani ^q? 11Wasephendula wathi kubo: Olezembatho ezimbili, kamuphe ongelaso; lolokudla kenze njalo ^r. 12Kwasekufika labathelisi ukuze babhabhathizwe ^s, basebesithi kuye: Mfundisi, sizakwenzani ^t? 13Wasesithi kubo: Lingabizi okwedlula elikumiselweyo ^u. 14Lamabutho lawo ambuza, athi: Thina-ke sizakwenzani ^v? Wasesithi kuwo: Lingenzi udlakela ▼

▼ udlakela: kumbe,  lingesabisi umuntu

emuntwini, njalo lingacali ngamanga ^x; njalo yeneliswani yimivuzo yenu ^y.

15Kwathi abantu belindile, futhi bonke bezibuza enhliziyweni zabo ngoJohane, ukuthi kambe yena angaba enguKristu ^z, 16uJohane waphendula, esithi kubo bonke: Mina-ke ngilibhabhathiza ngamanzi; kodwa uyeza olamandla kulami, engingafanele ukuthukulula umchilo wamanyathela akhe ^aa; yena uzalibhabhathiza ngoMoya oNgcwele langomlilo; 17okhomane lwakhe lokwela lusesandleni sakhe, njalo uzahlambululisisa isibuya sakhe, abesebuthela amabele esiphaleni sakhe ^ab, kodwa amakhoba uzawatshisa ngomlilo ongacitshekiyo.

18Langokulaya ngezinye izinto ezinengi, watshumayela ivangeli ebantwini. 19Kodwa ^ac uHerodi umtetrarki ^ad, owayesolwe nguye ngoHerodiyasi umkaFiliphu umfowabo ^ae, langakho konke okubi ayekwenzile uHerodi, 20wengezelela lalokhu phezu kwakho konke, ukuthi wamvalela uJohane entolongweni.

Ukubhabhathizwa kukaJesu

21Kwasekusithi sebebhabhathiziwe bonke abantu, laye uJesu esebhabhathiziwe ^af, ekhuleka ^ag, izulu lavulwa, 22uMoya oyiNgcwele wasesehlela phezu kwakhe elesimo somzimba onjengowejuba, lelizwi lavela ezulwini, lisithi: Wena uyiNdodana yami ethandekayo, ngithokoza ngawe.

Okhokho bakaJesu

23Yena uJesu waseqala ukuba leminyaka engaba ngamatshumi amathathu ^ah, yena (njengokwakunakanwa) eyindodana kaJosefa ^ai, kaEli, 24kaMathati, kaLevi, kaMeliki, kaJanayi, kaJosefa, 25kaMatathiya, kaAmosi, kaNahume, kaEseli, kaNagayi, 26kaMahati, kaMatathiya, kaSemeyi, kaJosefa, kaJuda, 27kaJohana, kaResa ^aj, kaZerubhabheli ^ak, kaSalatiyeli ^al, kaNeri, 28kaMeliki, kaAdi, kaKosamu, kaElimodamu, kaEri, 29kaJose, kaEliyezeri, kaJorima, kaMathati, kaLevi, 30kaSimeyoni, kaJuda, kaJosefa, kaJonanu, kaEliyakhimi, 31kaMeleya, kaMena, kaMathata, kaNathani ^am, kaDavida ^an, 32kaJese, kaObedi, kaBowosi, kaSalimoni, kaNashoni, 33kaAminadaba, kaAramu, kaEsiromu, kaFaresi, kaJuda, 34kaJakobe, kaIsaka, kaAbrahama, kaThara, kaNahori, 35kaSarugi, kaRagawu, kaFaleki, kaEberi, kaSala ^ao, 36kaKayinani, kaArpakishadi ^ap, kaShemu, kaNowe, kaLameki, 37kaMethusala, kaEnoki, kaJaredi, kaMaleleyeli, kaKayinani, 38kaEnosi, kaSeti, kaAdamu ^aq, kaNkulunkulu ^ar.