1 Now in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Ituraea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
2 in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, {the} word of God came upon John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.
3 And he came into all the district round the 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: Voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of {the} Lord, make straight his paths.
5 Every gorge shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low, and the crooked {places} shall become a straight {path}, and the rough places smooth ways,
6 and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
7 He said therefore to the crowds which went out to be baptised by him, Offspring of vipers, who has forewarned you to flee from the coming wrath?
8 Produce therefore fruits worthy of repentance; and begin not to say in yourselves, We have Abraham for {our} father, for I say unto you that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
9 And already also the axe is applied to the root of the trees; every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into {the} fire.
10 And the crowds asked him saying, What should we do then?
11 And he answering says to them, He that has two body-coats, let him give to him that has none; and he that has food, let him do likewise.
12 And tax-gatherers came also to be baptised, and they said to him, Teacher, what should we do?
13 And he said to them, Take no more {money} than what is appointed to you.
14 And persons engaged in military service also asked him saying, And we, what should we do? And he said to them, Oppress no one, nor accuse falsely, and be satisfied with your pay.
15 But as the people were in expectation, and all were reasoning in their hearts concerning John whether *he* might be the Christ,
16 John answered all, saying, *I* indeed baptise you with water, but the mightier than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am not fit to unloose; *he* shall baptise you with {the} Holy Spirit and fire;
17 whose winnowing-fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his threshing-floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
18 Exhorting then many other things also he announced {his} glad tidings to the people.
19 But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him as to Herodias, the wife of his brother, and as to all the wicked things which Herod had done,
20 added this also to all {the rest}, that he shut up John in prison.
21 And it came to pass, all the people having been baptised, and Jesus having been baptised and praying, that the heaven was opened,
22 and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form as a dove upon him; and a voice came out of heaven, *Thou* art my beloved Son, in thee I have found my delight.
23 And Jesus himself was beginning to be about thirty years old; being as was supposed son of Joseph; of Eli,
24 of Matthat, of Levi, of Melchi, of Janna, of Joseph,
25 of Mattathias, of Amos, of Naoum, of Esli, of Naggai,
26 of Maath, of Mattathias, of Semei, of Joseph, of Juda,
27 of Joannes, of Resa, of Zorobabel, of Salathiel, of Neri,
28 of Melchi, of Addi, of Cosam, of Elmodam, of Er,
29 of Joses, of Eliezer, of Joreim, of Matthat, of Levi,
30 of Simeon, of Juda, of Joseph, of Jonan, of Eliakim,
31 of Meleas, of Menan, of Mattatha, of Nathan, of David,
32 of Jesse, of Obed, of Booz, of Salmon, of Naasson,
33 of Aminadab, of Aram, of Esrom, of Phares, of Juda,
34 of Jacob, of Isaac, of Abraham, of Terah, of Nachor,
35 of Seruch, of Ragau, of Phalek, of Eber, of Sala,
36 of Cainan, of Arphaxad, of Sem, of Noe, of Lamech,
37 of Methusala, of Enoch, of Jared, of Maleleel, of Cainan,
38 of Enos, of Seth, of Adam, of God.
1 Na i te tekau ma rima o nga tau o te rangatiratanga o Taipiria Hiha, i a Ponotia Pirato e kawana ana i Huria, i a Herora e tetaraki ana i Kariri, i tona teina hoki, i a Piripi, e tetaraki ana i Ituria, i te whenua hoki o Tarakonaiti, ko Raihania e tetaraki ana i Apirini,
2 Ko Anaha raua ko Kaiapa nga tohunga nui, ka puta te kupu a te Atua ki a Hoani tama a Hakaraia ki te koraha.
3 Na ka haere mai ia ki nga wahi katoa e patata ana ki Horano, ka kauwhau i te iriiri ripeneta hei murunga hara;
4 I pera ano ia me te mea i tuhituhia ki te pukapuka o nga korero a Ihaia poropiti, He reo no tetahi i te koraha e karanga ana, Whakapaia te huarahi o te Ariki, whakatikaia ona ara;
5 Ka whakakiia nga awaawa katoa, ka whakahoroa nga maunga me nga pukepuke katoa; e meinga hoki kia tika nga wahi kopikopiko, ko nga wahi taratara hei ara maeneene.
6 A e kite nga kikokiko katoa i te whakaoranga a te Atua.
7 Na reira ka mea ia ki nga mano i haere kia iriiria e ia, E te uri nakahi, na wai koutou i whakamahara kia rere i te riri meake puta mai?
8 Na whakaputaina nga hua e rite ana ki o te ripeneta; kei anga kei mea i roto i a koutou, Ko Aperahama to tatou matua: ko taku kupu hoki tenei ki a koutou, E ahei ana ano i te Atua te whakaara tamariki ake ma Aperahama i roto i enei kohatu.
9 Na inaianei ano kei te pa te toki ki te pakiaka o nga rakau: ki te kahore tetahi rakau e hua i te hua pai, ka tuaina, ka maka ki te ahi.
10 Na ka ui nga mano ki a ia, ka mea, Me aha ra matou?
11 Na ka whakahoki ia, ka mea ki a ratou, Ko te tangata i nga koti e rua, kia hoatu ki te tangata kahore ona; me te tangata he kai tana, kia pera ano.
12 Na ka haere mai hoki nga pupirikana kia iriiria, ka mea ki a ia, E te kaiwhakaako, me aha matou?
13 Ka mea ia ki a ratou, Kei nui ake i nga mea i whakaritea ma koutou ta koutou e tango ai.
14 Ka ui ano hoki nga hoia ki a ia, ka mea, Me aha hoki matou? Na ko tana meatanga ki a ratou, Kaua e tukinotia tetahi, kaua e muru noa i tetahi mea; kati ano ma koutou ko o koutou utu.
15 Na, i te iwi e tatari ana e whakaaroaro katoa ana i roto i o ratou ngakau ki a Hoani, mehemea ko te Karaiti ia;
16 Ka whakahoki a Hoani, ka mea ki a ratou katoa, Ko ahau nei, he iriiri taku i a koutou ki te wai; kei te haere mai ia tetahi he kaha rawa ake i ahau, e kore ahau e tau hei wewete i te here o ona hu: mana koutou e iriiri ki te Wairua Tapu, ki te k apura.
17 Ko tana mea tahi kei tona ringa, hei tino tahi i tana patunga witi, hei kohi hoki i te witi ki roto ki tana whare witi: ko te papapa ia e tahuna ki te kapura e kore e tineia.
18 He maha atu ano ana kupu whakahau i kauwhau ai ia i te rongopai ki te iwi.
19 Otira, na tona riringa i a Herora tetaraki mo Heroriaha, mo te wahine a tona tuakana, a Piripi, a mo nga kino katoa hoki i meinga e Herora;
20 Ka apititia atu e Herora tenei ki runga i era katoa, tutakina ana e ia a Hoani ki te whare herehere.
21 Na, ka poto katoa te iwi te iriiri, i a Ihu kua oti te iriiri, a i a ia e inoi ana, ka tuwhera te rangi,
22 A ka heke iho te Wairua Tapu, ka heke tinana iho, ano he kukupa, ki runga ki a ia, a ka puta mai he reo no te rangi, e mea ana, Ko koe taku Tama i aroha ai, taku i ahuareka ai.
23 Na ko Ihu, i a ia i timata ai ki te whakaako, kei te toru tekau ona tau, a ki ta te tangata ki, he tama ia na Hohepa, tama a Heri,
24 Ko ia he tama na Matata, tama a Riwai, tama a Mereki, tama a Iana, tama a Hohepa,
25 Tama a Matatiaha, tama a Amoho, tama a Nahumu, tama a Eheri, tama a Nakai,
26 Tama a Maata, tama a Matiaha, tama a Hemei, tama a Hohepa, tama a Hura,
27 Tama a Hoana, tama a Reha, tama a Herupapera, tama a Haratiera, tama a Neri,
28 Tama a Mereki, tama a Ari, tama a Kohama, tama a Eremorama, tama a Ere,
29 Tama a Hohe, tama a Erietere, tama a Horimi, tama a Matata, tama a Riwai,
30 Tama a Himiona, tama a Hura, tama a Hohepa, tama a Honana, tama a Eriakimi,
31 Tama a Merea, tama a Menana, tama a Matata, tama a Natana, tama a Rawiri,
32 Tama a Hehe, tama a Opere, tama a poaha, tama a Haramono, tama a Nahona,
33 Tama a Aminarapa, tama a Arame tama a Heteromo, tama a Parete, tama a Hura,
34 Tama a Hakopa, tama a Ihaka, tama a Aperahama, tama a Tera, tama a Nahora,
35 Tama a Haruku, tama a Rakau, tama a Pereke, tama a Epere, tama a Haraha,
36 Tama a Kainana, tama a Arapahata, tama a Hema, tama a Noa, tama a Rameka,
37 Tama a Matuhara, tama a Enoka, tama ia Iarere, tama a Marereere, tama a Kainana,
38 Tama a Enoha, tama a Heta, tama a Arama, a te tama a te Atua.