Negore regumi namashanu rokubata kwaTiberio Kesari, Pontio Pirato ari mubati weJudhea, Herodhe ari mubati weGarirea, Firipo munun’una wake, ari mubati weIturea neTrakoniti, Risanio ari mubati weAbirene,Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
Anasi naKayafasi vari vaPirisita vakuru, shoko raMwari rakavuya kunaJohane, mwanakomana waZakaria, murenje.Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
Iye akaenda munyika yose yakapoteredza yaJoridani, akaparidza rubhabhatidzo rwokutendevuka nekanganwiro yezvivi;And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
sezvazvakanyorwa mubhuku yamashoko aIsaya muporofita, zvichinzi: Inzwi rounodana murenje, Gadzirai nzira yaShe, Ruramisai migwagwa yake.As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
Mipata yose ichafusirwa, Makomo ose nezvikomo zvose zvichaderedzwa; Zvakakombama zvicharuramiswa, Pasakaenzana pachaitiwa nzira dzakaenzaniswa;Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
Nyama yose ichavona ruponeso rwaMwari.And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
Naizvozvo wakati kuvazhinji vaivuya kuzobhabhatidzwa naye: Imi vana venyoka, ndianiko wakakunyeverai kuti mutize kutsamwa kunovuya?Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Naizvozvo berekai zvibereko zvakafanira kutendevuka; musatanga kureva mumoyo menyu, muchiti: Abhurahamu ndibaba vedu; nokuti ndinoti kwamuri: Mwari ungamutsira Abhurahamu vana pamabwe awa.Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Zvino sanhu ratoiswa pamudzi wemiti; naizvozvo muti mumwe nomumwe usingabereki zvibereko zvakanaka, unotemwa, ukakandirwa mumoto.And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Vanhu vazhinji vakamubvunza, vachiti: Zvino todiniko?And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?
Akapindura akati,kwavari: Une nguvo mbiri ngaagovane nousina; nounezvokudya ngaaite saizvozvo.He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
Navateresi vakavuya vo kuzobhabhatidzwa, vakati: mudzidzisi, todiniko?Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?
Akati kwavari: Musareva mari kupfuvura pamakarairwa napo.And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.
Navarwi vo vakamubvunza, vachiti: Nesu vo todiniko? Akati kwavari: Musatorera munhu chinhu nesimba, kana kupomera munhu nhema; mutende nomubairo wenyu.And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
Zvino vanhu vakati vachatarira, vose vachirangarira mumoyo mavo pamusoro paJohane, kuti zvimwe ndiKristu,And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;
Johane akapindura, akati kunavose: Ini ndinokubhabhatidzai nemvura, asi uyu unovuya, unesimba kupfuvureni, wandisina kufanira kusunungura rukanda rweshangu dzake; iye uchakubhabhatidzai noMweya Mutsvene nemoto.John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
Rusero rwake ruri muruvoko rwake; uchanatsa buriro rake kwazvo; uchavunganidzira zviyo mudura rake; asi hundi uchaipisa nomoto usingadzimwi.Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
Akaparidzira vanhu Evhangeri, achivaraira namamwe mashoko mazhinji;And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.
asi Herodhe mubati, wakati arairwa naye pamusoro paHerodhiasi, mukadzi womunun’una wake, nezvakaipa zvose zvaakanga aita iye Herodhe,But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
wakawedzera pamusoro pezvose chinhu ichi, kuti wakapfigira Johane mutorongo.Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
Vanhu vose vakati vabhabhatidzwa, naiye Jesu abhabhatidzwa vo, achinyengetera, denga rikazarurwa.Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
Mweya Mutsvene akaburukira pamusoro pake nomufananidzo wakaita sowenjiva, inzwi rikabva kudenga, richiti: Ndiwe Mwanakomana wangu, unodikanwa; ndinokufarira.And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
Zvino iye Jesu wakanga anamakore anenge makumi matatu, nguva yaakatanga kudzidzisa, ari, pakufunga kwavanhu, mwanakomana waJosefa, mwanakomana waHeri,And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
mwanakomana waMatati, mwanakomana waRevhi, mwanakomana waMerki, mwanakomana waJanasi, mwanakomana waJosefa,Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph,
mwanakomana waMatatiasi, mwanakomana waAmosi, mwanakomana waNaumi, mwanakomana waEsri, mwanakomana waNagai,Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge,
mwanakomana waMaati, mwanakomana waMatatiasi, mwanakomana waSemeion, mwanakomana waJoseki, mwanakomana waJoda,Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Juda,
mwanakomana waJoanani, mwanakomana waResa, mwanakomana waZorobhabheri, mwanakomana waSaratieri, mwanakomana waNerai,Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri,
mwanakomana waMerki, mwanakomana waAdi, mwanakomana waKosamu,mwanakomana waEmadamu, mwanakomana waEri,Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er,
mwanakomana waJesu, mwanakomana waEriazeri, mwanakomana waJorimu, mwanakomana waMatati, mwanakomana waRevhi,Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi,
mwanakomana waSimeoni, mwanakomana waJudha, mwanakomana waJosefa, mwanakomana waJonamu, mwanakomana waEriakimu,Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim,
mwanakomana waMerea, mwanakomana waMena, mwanakomana waMatata, mwanakomana waNatatamu, mwanakomana waDhavhidhi,Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David,
mwanakomana waJese, mwanakomana waJobedhi, mwanakomana waBoosi, mwanakomana waSara, mwanakomana waNasoni,Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson,
mwanakomana waaAmininabi, mwanakomana waAdamini, mwanakomana waArni, mwanakomana waEsromi, mwana waFarisi, mwanakomana waJudha,Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda,
mwanakomana waJakobho, mwanakomana waIsaka, mwanakomana waAbhurahamu, mwanakomana waTara, mwanakomana waNahori,Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor,
mwanakomana waSeruki, mwanakomana waRagau, mwanakomana waFareki, mwanakomana waEberi, mwanakomana waSarah,Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala,
Mwanakomana waKainami, mwamakomana waArfakasadi, mwanakomana waSemu, mwanakomana waNoa, mwanakomana waRameki,Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,
mwanakomana waMatusara, mwanakomana waEnock, mwanakomana waJareti, mwanakomana waMarereeri, mwanakomana waKainami,Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,
mwanakomana waEnosi, mwanakomana waSeti, mwanakomana waAdhama, mwanakomana waMwari.Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
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