DB1 | The Preaching of John the Baptist Lk.3.1-9 | NEB Contents | notes| 3 | New English Bible (New Testament) | Passage | New Testament in Greek (UBS.Ed.26) |
| 3 1 | IN THE FIFTEENTH YEAR of the Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judaea, when Herod was prince of Galilee, his brother Philip prince of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias prince of Abilene, | The Preaching of John the Baptist Lk.3.1-9 (Bethabara) | Mt.3.1-12 | Mk.1.1-8 | Jn.1.19-28 | ἐν ἐτει δὲ πεντεκαιδεκάτῳ τῆς ἡγεμονίας τιβερίου Καίσαρος, ἡγεμονεύοντος Ποντίου Πιλάτου τῆς Ἰουδαίας, καὶ τετρααρχοῦντος τῆς Γαλιλαίας Ἡρῴδου, Φιλίππου δὲ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτο ῦ τετρααρχοῦντος τῆς Ἰτουραιας καὶ Τραχωνίτιδος χώρας, καὶ Λυσανίου τῆς Ἀβ |
| 2 | during the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness. | ἐπὶ ἀρχιερέως Ἅννα καὶ Καϊάφα, ἐγένετο ῥῆμα θεοῦ ἐπὶ Ἰωάννην τὸν Ζαχαρίου υἱὸν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ. | |
| 3 | And he went all over the Jordan valley proclaiming a baptism in token of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, | καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν περίχωρον τοῦ Ἰορδάνου κηρύσσων βάπτισμα μετανοίας εἰς ἀφεσιν ἀμαρτιῶν, | |
| 4 | as it is written in the book of the prophecies of Isaiah:
"Prepare a way for the Lord; Clear a straight path for him. | - The voice of one crying in the wilderness Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. Lk.3.4-6 | Is.40.3-5 | ὡς γέγραπται ἐν βίβλῳ λόγων Ἠσαΐου τοῦ προφήτου, Φωνὴ βοῶντος ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, |
| 5 | Every ravine shall be filled in, And every mountain and hill levelled; The corners shall be straightened, And the rough ways made smooth; | πᾶσα φάραγξ πληρωθήσεται καὶ πᾶν ὄρος καὶ βουνὸς ταπεινωθήσεται, καὶ ἔσται τὰ σκολιὰ εἰς εὐθείαν καὶ αἱ τραχεῖαι εἰς ὁδοὺς λείας· | |
| 6 | And all mankind shall see God's deliverance." ' | καὶ ὄψεται πᾶσα σὰρξ τὸ σωτήριον τοῦ θεοῦ. | |
| 7 | Crowds of people came out to be baptized by him, and he said to them: 'You vipers' brood! Who warned you to escape from the coming retribution? | Ἔλεγεν οὖν τοῖς ἐκπορευομένοις ὀχλοις βαπτισθῆναι ὑπ' αὐτοῦ, Γεννήματα ἐχιδνῶν, τίς ὑπέδειξεν ὑμῖν φυγεῖν ἀπὸ τῆς μελλούσης ὀργῆς; | |
| 8 | Then prove your repentance by the fruit it bears; and do not begin saying to yourselves, "We have Abraham for our father." I tell you that God can make children for Abraham out of these stones here. | ποιήσατε οὖν καρποὺς ἀξίους τῆς μετανοίας· καὶ μὴ ἀρξησθε λέγειν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς, Πατέρα ἐχομεν τὸν Ἀβραάμ, λέγω γὰρ ὑμῖν ὅτι δύναται ὁ θεὸς ἐκ τῶν λίθων τούτων ἐγεῖραι τε κνα τῷ Ἀβραάμ. | |
| 9 | Already the axe is laid to the roots of the trees; and every tree that fails to produce good fruit is cut down and thrown on the fire.' | ἠδη δὲ καὶ ἡ ἀξίνη πρὸς τὴν ῥίζαν τῶν δένδρων κεῖται· πᾶν οὖν δένδρον μὴ ποιοῦν καρπὸν καλὸν ἐκκόπτεται καὶ εἰς πῦρ βάλλεται. | |