3:1 - They have ruled Tiberius for fifteen years.
3:2 - The high priests Annas and Caiaphas, Gods word was given to John the son of Zacharias in the wild.
3:3 - And he went to all the countries surrounding Jordan to preach the baptism of repentance for peoples sins;
3:4 - It’s written in the book of Esaias the prophet that the voice of someone yelling in the wilderness says to make way for the Lord and get ready for his coming.
3:5 - Everything was made equal.
3:6 - And everyone will witness the salvation provided by God.
3:7 - Then he said to the crowd which had come to have him baptize them: Oh, you hypocritical snakes, who warned you to run from the wrath which is about to descend upon you?
3:8 - Bring me evidence that you deserve forgiveness, and do not say to yourselves that since Abraham is your father you are forgiven: for I assure you, God is able to punish Abraham’s children.
3:9 - Now the axe falls upon the roots of trees: any tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
3:10 - So they asked him, What should we do?
3:11 - He said to them, The man that has two coats should give one to the man with no coat and a man with meat should give meat to those who have none.
3:12 - Then the tax collectors came to be baptized, asking: Master, what should we do?
3:13 - He said to them, Don’t take more than you are supposed to you.
3:14 - And the soldiers also asked, what will we do? And he told them, do violence to no one, nor lie about them; be happy with your income.
3:15 - The people were expecting great things to happen, so when they saw John the Baptist and watched what he was doing, they began to wonder if he was the Messiah.
3:16 - John replied, I baptize you with water, but someone greater that me is coming whose shoelaces I am unworthy to untie and he will baptize you in the Holy Ghost:
3:17 - He has his fan at hand, he can clean his floor completely and he will gather all of his wheat, but all of his chaff will burn with a fire that is unstoppable.
3:18 - He preached to the people, advising them about many things.
3:19 - But Herod, being reproved about Herodias and the wife of his brother (Philip) and for all the evil which Herod had committed,
3:20 - In addition to all this, and foremost among all the rest, he was to imprison John.
3:21 - After everyone was baptized Jesus was also baptized, and then the heavens were opened.
3:22 - The Holy Ghost floated down in the form of a bird, and the sky rang with these words: You are my Son, my pride and my love.
3:23 - Jesus approached the age of thirty, as he was supposedly the son of Joseph, who was the son of Heli
3:24 - Who was Matthat’s son. Matthat himself was the son of Levi and the grandson of Melchi. And Melchi’s father was Janna and his grandfather Joseph,
3:25 - He was the son of Mattathias, whose father was Amos, whose father was Naum, whose father was Esli, whose father was Nagge.
3:26 - The son of Maath, who is the son of Mattathias, is the son of Semei, who happened to be the son of Joesph, that was the son of Jude,
3:27 - He was the son of Joanna, who was the fourth generation decendant of Neri.
3:28 - Who was the son of Melchi whose father was Addi and whose grandfather was Cosam. Cosam, in turn, was Elmodam’s son and Er’s grandson.
3:29 - Who was Jose’s son and Eliezer’s grandson. Elizier’s father was Jorim, his grandfather was Matthat and his great-grandfather was Levi,
3:30 - Eliakim fathered Jonan who fathered Joseph, who fathered Juda, who fathered Simeon.
3:31 - Who was Melea’s son and Menan’s grandson. Menan himself was the son of Mattaha and the grandson of Nathan. And Nathan in turn was David’s son
3:32 - Who was the son of Jesse, who was the son of Obed, who was the son of Booz, who was the son of Salmon, who was the son of Naasson,
3:33 - He was the son of Aminadab, who was the son of Aram, who was the son of Esrom, who was the son of Phares, who was the son of Juda.
3:34 - Who was Jacob’s son, who was Isaac’s son, who was Abraham’s song, who was Thara’s son, who was Nachor’s son
3:35 - The son of Saruch, who was the son of Ragau, who was the son of Phalec, who was the son of Heber, who was the son of Sala,
3:36 - The son of Cainan, who was the son of Arphaxad, who was the son of Sem, who was the son of Noe, who was the son of Lamech,
3:37 - Cainan had a son, Maleleel, who had a son Jared, who then had Enoch and Enoch had a son Mathusala.
3:38 - Who was the son of Enos, who was the son of Seth, who was the son of Adam, who was the son of God.