Luka
3: 1 Noneho mu mwaka wa cumi na gatanu w'ingoma ya Tiberiyo Sezari, Ponsiyo
Pilato aba guverineri wa Yudaya, Herode aba umutware w'i Galilaya,
na murumuna we Philip tetrarch wa Ituraea no mukarere ka
Trachonitis, na Lysaniya tetrarch ya Abilene,
3: 2 Anasi na Kayifa bari abatambyi bakuru, ijambo ry'Imana ryageze
Yohani mwene Zakariya mu butayu.
3: 3 Yinjira mu gihugu cyose hafi ya Yorodani, abwiriza umubatizo wa
kwihana kubabarirwa ibyaha;
3: 4 Nkuko byanditswe mu gitabo cy'amagambo y'umuhanuzi Esaayi, agira ati:
Ijwi ry'umuntu urira mu butayu, Tegura inzira y'Uwiteka
Nyagasani, kora inzira ze.
3: 5 Ikibaya cyose kizuzura, imisozi n'umusozi byose bizaba byuzuye
yazanwe hasi; kandi igoramye izagororwa, n'inzira zitoroshye
bizoroha;
3: 6 Kandi abantu bose bazabona agakiza k'Imana.
3: 7 Hanyuma abwira rubanda rusohoka ngo rubatizwe, yewe
ibisekuru by'inzoka, yakuburiye guhunga uburakari ujya
ngwino?
3: 8 Noneho uzane imbuto zikwiriye kwihana, ntutangire kuvuga
muri mwebwe, Dufite Aburahamu kuri data, kuko ndabibabwiye.
Ko Imana ishoboye aya mabuye kurera abana kuri Aburahamu.
3: 9 Noneho ishoka irashyirwa mu mizi y'ibiti: igiti cyose
niyo mpamvu itera imbuto nziza iracibwa, ikaterwa
mu muriro.
3:10 Abantu baramubaza bati: "Noneho dukore iki?"
3:11 Arabasubiza ati: "Ufite amakoti abiri, atange."
kuri we udafite; kandi ufite inyama, na we abigenze atyo.
3:12 Haca haza abasoreshwa kugira ngo babatizwe, baramubwira bati: Databuja, iki
Tuzabikora?
3:13 Arababwira ati: "Ntimukarengere ibyo mwashinzwe."
3:14 Abasirikare na bo baramusaba bati: "None dukore iki?"
Arababwira ati: “Ntimukagirire nabi urugomo, kandi ntimugashinje
kubeshya; kandi unyurwe n'umushahara wawe.
3:15 Nkuko abantu bari bategereje, abantu bose bazirikana mumitima yabo
ya Yohana, yaba Kristo, cyangwa atari we;
3:16 Yohana arabasubiza ati: "Ndabatizwa rwose n'amazi;
ariko umwe ufite imbaraga kundusha ndaje, latchet yinkweto zanjye sindi
akwiriye kurekura: azabatizwa n'Umwuka Wera hamwe na
umuriro:
3:17 Umufana we uri mu kuboko kwe, kandi azahanagura hasi hasi, kandi
Azegeranya ingano mu bubiko bwe; ariko icyatsi azagitwika
umuriro utazima.
3:18 Kandi ibindi bintu byinshi mu guhugura kwe yabwirije abantu.
3:19 Herode umutware, amucyaha kubera Herode umuvandimwe we
Umugore wa Filipo, n'ibibi byose Herode yakoze,
3:20 Yongeyeho ibi hejuru ya byose, ko yafunze Yohana muri gereza.
3:21 Abantu bose barabatizwa, Yesu na we araza
kubatizwa, no gusenga, ijuru ryakinguwe,
3:22 Umwuka Wera amanuka mu buryo bw'umubiri nk'inuma kuri we, kandi
ijwi riva mu ijuru, rivuga riti: 'Uri Umwana wanjye nkunda; muri wewe I.
ndishimye cyane.
3:23 Yesu ubwe atangira kuba afite imyaka igera kuri mirongo itatu, nkuko byari bimeze
ukekwa) mwene Yozefu, akaba mwene Heli,
3:24 Ninde mwene Mathati, mwene Lewi, ari we Uwiteka
mwene Melchi, akaba umuhungu wa Janna, akaba umuhungu wa Yozefu,
3:25 Ninde mwene Matatiyasi, mwene Amosi, wari
mwene Naum, mwene Esli, mwene Nagge,
3:26 Ninde mwene Mati, akaba mwene Matatiya, ari we
mwene Semeyi, akaba umuhungu wa Yozefu, akaba umuhungu wa
Yuda,
3:27 Ninde mwene Yowana, mwene Rhesa, ari we Uwiteka
mwene Zorobabeli, akaba umuhungu wa Salathiel, akaba umuhungu wa
Neri,
3:28 Ninde mwene Melchi, mwene Addi, ari we Uwiteka
mwene Kosamu, umuhungu wa Elmodamu, mwene Er,
3:29 Ninde mwene Yose, mwene Eliyezeri, ari we Uwiteka
mwene Yorimu, akaba umuhungu wa Mathati, mwene Lewi,
3:30 Ninde mwene Simeyoni, mwene Yuda, ari we Uwiteka
mwene Yozefu, akaba umuhungu wa Yonani, mwene Eliyakimu,
3:31 Ninde mwene Meleya, mwene Menani, ari we Uwiteka
mwene Matata, akaba umuhungu wa Natani, akaba umuhungu wa
David,
3:32 Ninde mwene Yese, mwene Obedi, akaba umuhungu
wa Booz, akaba umuhungu wa Salimoni, mwene Naasson,
3:33 Ninde mwene Aminadabu, mwene Aramu, ari we Uwiteka
mwene Esromu, akaba umuhungu wa Farasi, akaba umuhungu wa Yuda,
3:34 Ninde mwene Yakobo, akaba mwene Isaka, ari we Uwiteka
mwene Aburahamu, akaba umuhungu wa Thara, mwene Nachori,
3:35 Ninde mwene Saruki, akaba umuhungu wa Ragau, ari we Uwiteka
mwene Faleki, akaba umuhungu wa Heber, mwene Sala,
3:36 Ninde mwene Kayiniya, akaba mwene Arfaxadi, ari we
mwene Sem, akaba mwene Noe, mwene Lameki,
3:37 Ninde mwene Mathusala, mwene Henoki, wari
mwene Jared, akaba umuhungu wa Maleleeli, akaba umuhungu wa
Kayini,
3:38 Ninde mwene Enosi, mwene Seti, akaba umuhungu
ya Adamu, wari umwana w'Imana.