The Thing Dem Da Luke Write
3 In the year da make it 15 year from the time Ti·be′ri·us Caesar wor ruling, Pontius Pilate wor governor for Ju·de′a. Herod* wor ruler for Gal′i·lee, his brother Philip wor district ruler for It·u·rae′a and Trach·o·ni′tis, and Ly·sa′ni·as wor ruler for Ab·i·le′ne. 2 Da time An′nas wor one of the chief priests and Ca′ia·phas wor high priest, and God give message to John, Zech·a·ri′ah son, the time he wor in the wilderness.
3 So he went to all the area around the Jordan River. He wor preaching so da people can get baptize to show da they na repent for God to forgive their sins. 4 Da just what the prophet Isaiah write in the book, he say: “They hear loud voice in the wilderness saying: ‘Prepare the road for Jehovah!* Make his roads straight. 5 They mon full up all the valley, and break all the mountains and hills down and make it flat. They mon make all the bend-bend road dem straight, and make all the rough road dem smooth. 6 And everybody will see how God will save people.’”
7 So he started telling the people who wor coming for him to baptize them, he say: “You children of snakes da get poison, who tell yor to run away from the punishment da coming? 8 So do the thing dem da show da you na repent. Don’t tell yourself say, ‘Abraham da our pa.’ To tell yor the truth, God able to use this rock dem to make children for Abraham. 9 Yes, the ax ready to cut the trees down from the root. So any tree da not bear good fruit, they will cut it down and throw it in the fire.”
10 And the people dem wor asking him: “So wetin we mon do?” 11 Then he tell them say: “Let the person who get two clothes give one to the person who not get any clothes, and let the person who get something to eat do the same thing.” 12 Even people who wor tax collectors came to him to get baptize. And they ask him: “Teacher, wetin we mon do?” 13 He tell them say: “Yor mon not tell the people dem to pay anything more than the tax they suppose to pay.” 14 Also, the soldier people wor asking him: “Wetin we mon do?” And he tell them say: “Don’t take money from anybody by force or lie on anybody, but be satisfy with the thing dem you get.”
15 Da time the people wor expecting the Christ, so they wor saying in their hearts: “I wonder John da the Christ?” 16 John tell all of them say: “For me, I baptizing yor with water, but the person who coming after me get power more than me. I not even fit to take off his sandals from on his foot. He will baptize yor with holy spirit and fire. 17 He get something in his hand da he will use to move the chaff* from the grain. And he will clean the place he can use to move the chaff from the grain good-good. He will put the wheat in his warehouse and burn the chaff with fire da can’t go off.”
18 He also say plenty other thing dem to encourage the people and he continue to preach the good news to them. 19 But John counsel Herod who wor ruling da area, because of his brother wife He·ro′di·as and because of all the bad-bad thing dem he na do. 20 Another bad thing Herod do da to put John in jail.
21 When John wor baptizing the people, he also baptize Jesus. When Jesus wor praying, the heaven open, 22 and the holy spirit appear just like dove and came down on him, and one voice from heaven say: “You my son, I really love you and I happy with you.”
23 Jesus wor about 30 years old when he started his preaching work, and people knew his pa to be
Joseph,
Joseph pa da He′li,
24 He′li pa da Mat′that,
Mat′that pa da Le′vi,
Le′vi pa da Mel′chi,
Mel′chi pa da Jan′na·i,
Jan′na·i pa da Joseph,
25 Joseph pa da Mat·ta·thi′as,
Mat·ta·thi′as pa da A′mos,
A′mos pa da Na′hum,
Na′hum pa da Es′li,
Es′li pa da Nag′ga·i,
26 Nag′ga·i pa da Ma′ath,
Ma′ath pa da Mat·ta·thi′as,
Mat·ta·thi′as pa da Sem′e·in,
Sem′e·in pa da Jo′sech,
Jo′sech pa da Jo′da,
27 Jo′da pa da Jo·an′an,
Jo·an′an pa da Rhe′sa,
Rhe′sa pa da Ze·rub′ba·bel,
Ze·rub′ba·bel pa da She·al′ti·el,
She·al′ti·el pa da Ne′ri,
28 Ne′ri pa da Mel′chi,
Mel′chi pa da Ad′di,
Ad′di pa da Co′sam,
Co′sam pa da El·ma′dam,
El·ma′dam pa da Er,
29 Er pa da Jesus,
Jesus pa da E·li·e′zer,
E·li·e′zer pa da Jo′rim,
Jo′rim pa da Mat′that,
Mat′that pa da Le′vi,
30 Le′vi pa da Sym′e·on,
Sym′e·on pa da Judas,
Judas pa da Joseph,
Joseph pa da Jo′nam,
Jo′nam pa da E·li′a·kim,
31 E·li′a·kim pa da Me′le·a,
Me′le·a pa da Men′na,
Men′na pa da Mat′ta·tha,
Mat′ta·tha pa da Nathan,
Nathan pa da David,
32 David pa da Jes′se,
Jes′se pa da O′bed,
O′bed pa da Bo′az,
Bo′az pa da Sal′mon,
Sal′mon pa da Nah′shon,
33 Nah′shon pa da Am·min′a·dab,
Am·min′a·dab pa da Ar′ni,
Ar′ni pa da Hez′ron,
Hez′ron pa da Pe′rez,
Pe′rez pa da Judah,
34 Judah pa da Jacob,
Jacob pa da Isaac,
Isaac pa da Abraham,
Abraham pa da Te′rah,
Te′rah pa da Na′hor,
35 Na′hor pa da Se′rug,
Se′rug pa da Re′u,
Re′u pa da Pe′leg,
Pe′leg pa da E′ber,
E′ber pa da She′lah,
36 She′lah pa da Ca·i′nan,
Ca·i′nan pa da Ar·pach′shad,
Ar·pach′shad pa da Shem,
Shem pa da Noah,
Noah pa da La′mech,
37 La′mech pa da Me·thu′se·lah,
Me·thu′se·lah pa da E′noch,
E′noch pa da Ja′red,
Ja′red pa da Ma·ha′la·le·el,
Ma·ha′la·le·el pa da Ca·i′nan,
38 Ca·i′nan pa da E′nosh,
E′nosh pa da Seth,
Seth pa da Adam,
Adam pa da God.