1 Ἐν ἔτει δὲ πεντεκαιδεκάτῳ τῆς ἡγεμονίας Τιβερίου Καίσαρος, ἡγεμονεύοντος Ποντίου Πειλάτου τῆς Ἰουδαίας, καὶ τετρααρχοῦντος τῆς Γαλιλαίας Ἡρῴδου, Φιλίππου δὲ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ τετρααρχοῦντος τῆς Ἰτουραίας καὶ Τραχωνίτιδος χώρας, καὶ Λυσανίου τῆς Ἀβιληνῆς τετρααρχοῦντος, en etei de pentekaidekatō tēs hēgemonias tiberioy kaisaros, hēgemoneyontos pontioy peilatoy tēs ioydaias, kai tetraarchoyntos tēs galilaias hērōdoy, philippoy de toy adelphoy aytoy tetraarchoyntos tēs itoyraias kai trachōnitidos chōras, kai lysanioy tēs abilēnēs tetraarchoyntos,
2 ἐπὶ ἀρχιερέως Ἅννα καὶ Καϊάφα, ἐγένετο ῥῆμα θεοῦ ἐπὶ Ἰωάννην τὸν Ζαχαρίου υἱὸν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ. epi archiereōs hanna kai kaiapha, egeneto hrēma theoy epi iōannēn ton zacharioy yhion en tē erēmō.
3 καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν περίχωρον τοῦ Ἰορδάνου κηρύσσων βάπτισμα μετανοίας εἰς ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν, kai ēlthen eis pasan tēn perichōron toy iordanoy kēryssōn baptisma metanoias eis aphesin hamartiōn,
4 ὡς γέγραπται ἐν βίβλῳ λόγων Ἡσαΐου τοῦ προφήτου· φωνὴ βοῶντος ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ· ἑτοιμάσατε τὴν ὁδὸν κυρίου, εὐθείας ποιεῖτε τὰς τρίβους αὐτοῦ· hōs gegraptai en biblō logōn hēsaioy toy prophētoy· phōnē boōntos en tē erēmō· hetoimasate tēn hodon kyrioy, eytheias poieite tas triboys aytoy·
5 πᾶσα φάραγξ πληρωθήσεται καὶ πᾶν ὄρος καὶ βουνὸς ταπεινωθήσεται, καὶ ἔσται τὰ σκολιὰ εἰς εὐθείας καὶ αἱ τραχεῖαι εἰς ὁδοὺς λείας· pasa pharagx plērōthēsetai kai pan oros kai boynos tapeinōthēsetai, kai estai ta skolia eis eytheias kai ahi tracheiai eis hodoys leias·
6 καὶ ὄψεται πᾶσα σὰρξ τὸ σωτήριον τοῦ θεοῦ. kai opsetai pasa sarx to sōtērion toy theoy.
7 Ἔλεγεν οὖν τοῖς ἐκπορευομένοις ὄχλοις βαπτισθῆναι ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ· γεννήματα ἐχιδνῶν, τίς ὑπέδειξεν ὑμῖν φυγεῖν ἀπὸ τῆς μελλούσης ὀργῆς; elegen oyn tois ekporeyomenois ochlois baptisthēnai hyp’ aytoy· gennēmata echidnōn, tis hypedeixen hymin phygein apo tēs melloysēs orgēs ;
8 ποιήσατε οὖν καρποὺς ἀξίους τῆς μετανοίας· καὶ μὴ ἄρξησθε λέγειν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς· πατέρα ἔχομεν τὸν Ἀβραάμ· λέγω γὰρ ὑμῖν ὅτι δύναται ὁ θεὸς ἐκ τῶν λίθων τούτων ἐγεῖραι τέκνα τῷ Ἀβραάμ. poiēsate oyn karpoys axioys tēs metanoias· kai mē arxēsthe legein en heaytois· patera echomen ton abraam· legō gar hymin hoti dynatai ho theos ek tōn lithōn toytōn egeirai tekna tō abraam.
9 ἤδη δὲ καὶ ἡ ἀξίνη πρὸς τὴν ῥίζαν τῶν δένδρων κεῖται· πᾶν οὖν δένδρον μὴ ποιοῦν καρπὸν καλὸν ἐκκόπτεται καὶ εἰς πῦρ βάλλεται. ēdē de kai hē axinē pros tēn hrizan tōn dendrōn keitai· pan oyn dendron mē poioyn karpon kalon ekkoptetai kai eis pyr balletai.
10 Καὶ ἐπηρώτων αὐτὸν οἱ ὄχλοι λέγοντες· τί οὖν ποιήσωμεν; kai epērōtōn ayton ohi ochloi legontes· ti oyn poiēsōmen ;
11 ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς· ὁ ἔχων δύο χιτῶνας μεταδότω τῷ μὴ ἔχοντι, καὶ ὁ ἔχων βρώματα ὁμοίως ποιείτω. apokritheis de elegen aytois· ho echōn dyo chitōnas metadotō tō mē echonti, kai ho echōn brōmata homoiōs poieitō.
12 ἦλθον δὲ καὶ τελῶναι βαπτισθῆναι καὶ εἶπαν πρὸς αὐτόν· διδάσκαλε, τί ποιήσωμεν; ēlthon de kai telōnai baptisthēnai kai eipan pros ayton· didaskale, ti poiēsōmen ;
13 ὁ δὲ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς· μηδὲν πλέον παρὰ τὸ διατεταγμένον ὑμῖν πράσσετε. ho de eipen pros aytoys· mēden pleon para to diatetagmenon hymin prassete.
14 ἐπηρώτων δὲ αὐτὸν καὶ στρατευόμενοι λέγοντες· τί ποιήσωμεν καὶ ἡμεῖς; καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς· μηδένα διασείσητε, μηδένα συκοφαντήσητε, καὶ ἀρκεῖσθε τοῖς ὀψωνίοις ὑμῶν. epērōtōn de ayton kai strateyomenoi legontes· ti poiēsōmen kai hēmeis ; kai eipen pros aytoys· mēdena diaseisēte, mēdena sykophantēsēte, kai arkeisthe tois opsōniois hymōn.
15 Προσδοκῶντος δὲ τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ διαλογιζομένων πάντων ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν περὶ τοῦ Ἰωάννου, μήποτε αὐτὸς εἴη ὁ Χριστός, prosdokōntos de toy laoy kai dialogizomenōn pantōn en tais kardiais aytōn peri toy iōannoy, mēpote aytos eiē ho christos,
16 ἀπεκρίνατο λέγων πᾶσιν ὁ Ἰωάννης· ἐγὼ μὲν ὕδατι βαπτίζω ὑμᾶς· ἔρχεται δὲ ὁ ἰσχυρότερός μου, οὗ οὐκ εἰμὶ ἱκανὸς λῦσαι τὸν ἱμάντα τῶν ὑποδημάτων αὐτοῦ, αὐτὸς ὑμᾶς βαπτίσει ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ καὶ πυρί· apekrinato legōn pasin ho iōannēs· egō men hydati baptizō hymas· erchetai de ho ischyroteros moy, ohy oyk eimi hikanos lysai ton himanta tōn hypodēmatōn aytoy, aytos hymas baptisei en pneymati hagiō kai pyri·
17 οὗ τὸ πτύον ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ διακαθᾶραι τὴν ἅλωνα αὐτοῦ καὶ συναγαγεῖν τὸν σῖτον εἰς τὴν ἀποθήκην αὐτοῦ, τὸ δὲ ἄχυρον κατακαύσει πυρὶ ἀσβέστῳ. ohy to ptyon en tē cheiri aytoy diakatharai tēn halōna aytoy kai synagagein ton siton eis tēn apothēkēn aytoy, to de achyron katakaysei pyri asbestō.
18 Πολλὰ μὲν οὖν καὶ ἕτερα παρακαλῶν εὐηγγελίζετο τὸν λαόν· polla men oyn kai hetera parakalōn eyēggelizeto ton laon·
19 ὁ δὲ Ἡρώδης ὁ τετραάρχης, ἐλεγχόμενος ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ περὶ Ἡρῳδιάδος τῆς γυναικὸς τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ περὶ πάντων ὧν ἐποίησεν πονηρῶν ὁ Ἡρώδης, ho de hērōdēs ho tetraarchēs, elegchomenos hyp’ aytoy peri hērōdiados tēs gynaikos toy adelphoy aytoy kai peri pantōn hōn epoiēsen ponērōn ho hērōdēs,
20 προσέθηκεν καὶ τοῦτο ἐπὶ πᾶσιν, κατέκλεισεν τὸν Ἰωάννην ἐν φυλακῇ. prosethēken kai toyto epi pasin, katekleisen ton iōannēn en phylakē.
21 Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ βαπτισθῆναι ἅπαντα τὸν λαὸν καὶ Ἰησοῦ βαπτισθέντος καὶ προσευχομένου ἀνεῳχθῆναι τὸν οὐρανόν, egeneto de en tō baptisthēnai hapanta ton laon kai iēsoy baptisthentos kai proseychomenoy aneōchthēnai ton oyranon,
22 καὶ καταβῆναι τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον σωματικῷ εἴδει ὡς περιστερὰν ἐπ’ αὐτόν, καὶ φωνὴν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ γενέσθαι, σὺ εἶ ὁ υἱός μου ὁ ἀγαπητός, ἐν σοὶ εὐδόκησα. kai katabēnai to pneyma to hagion sōmatikō eidei hōs peristeran ep’ ayton, kai phōnēn ex oyranoy genesthai, sy ei ho yhios moy ho agapētos, en soi eydokēsa.
23 Καὶ αὐτὸς ἦν Ἰησοῦς ἀρχόμενος ὡσεὶ ἐτῶν τριάκοντα, ὢν υἱός, ὡς ἐνομίζετο, Ἰωσὴφ τοῦ Ἡλεὶ kai aytos ēn iēsoys archomenos hōsei etōn triakonta, ōn yhios, hōs enomizeto, iōsēph toy hēlei
24 τοῦ Μαθθὰθ τοῦ Λευεὶ τοῦ Μελχεὶ τοῦ Ἰανναὶ τοῦ Ἰωσὴφ toy maththath toy leyei toy melchei toy iannai toy iōsēph
25 τοῦ Ματταθίου τοῦ Ἀμὼς τοῦ Ναοὺμ τοῦ Ἐσλεὶ τοῦ Ναγγαὶ toy mattathioy toy amōs toy naoym toy eslei toy naggai
26 τοῦ Μάαθ τοῦ Ματταθίου τοῦ Σεμεεὶν τοῦ Ἰωσὴχ τοῦ Ἰωδὰ toy maath toy mattathioy toy semeein toy iōsēch toy iōda
27 τοῦ Ἰωανὰν τοῦ Ῥησὰ τοῦ Ζοροβαβὲλ τοῦ Σαλαθιὴλ τοῦ Νηρεὶ toy iōanan toy hrēsa toy zorobabel toy salathiēl toy nērei
28 τοῦ Μελχεὶ τοῦ Ἀδδεὶ τοῦ Κωσὰμ τοῦ Ἐλμαδὰμ τοῦ Ἢρ toy melchei toy addei toy kōsam toy elmadam toy ēr
29 τοῦ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Ἐλιέζερ τοῦ Ἰωρεὶμ τοῦ Μαθθὰθ τοῦ Λευεὶ toy iēsoy toy eliezer toy iōreim toy maththath toy leyei
30 τοῦ Συμεὼν τοῦ Ἰούδα τοῦ Ἰωσὴφ τοῦ Ἰωνὰμ τοῦ Ἐλιακεὶμ toy symeōn toy ioyda toy iōsēph toy iōnam toy eliakeim
31 τοῦ Μελεὰ τοῦ Μεννὰ τοῦ Ματταθὰ τοῦ Ναθὰμ τοῦ Δαυεὶδ toy melea toy menna toy mattatha toy natham toy dayeid
32 τοῦ Ἰεσσαὶ τοῦ Ἰωβὴδ τοῦ Βόος τοῦ Σαλὰ τοῦ Ναασσὼν toy iessai toy iōbēd toy boos toy sala toy naassōn
33 τοῦ Ἀμιναδὰβ τοῦ Ἀδμεὶν τοῦ Ἀρνεὶ τοῦ Ἐσρὼμ τοῦ Φάρες τοῦ Ἰούδα toy aminadab toy admein toy arnei toy esrōm toy phares toy ioyda
34 τοῦ Ἰακὼβ τοῦ Ἰσαὰκ τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ τοῦ Θάρα τοῦ Ναχὼρ toy iakōb toy isaak toy abraam toy thara toy nachōr
35 τοῦ Σεροὺχ τοῦ Ραγαῦ τοῦ Φαλὲκ τοῦ Ἔβερ τοῦ Σαλὰ toy seroych toy ragay toy phalek toy eber toy sala
36 τοῦ Καϊνὰμ τοῦ Ἀρφαξὰδ τοῦ Σὴμ τοῦ Νῶε τοῦ Λάμεχ toy kainam toy arphaxad toy sēm toy nōe toy lamech
37 τοῦ Μαθουσαλὰ τοῦ Ἐνὼχ τοῦ Ἰάρετ τοῦ Μελελεὴλ τοῦ Καϊνὰμ toy mathoysala toy enōch toy iaret toy meleleēl toy kainam
38 τοῦ Ἐνὼς τοῦ Σὴθ τοῦ Ἀδὰμ τοῦ θεοῦ. toy enōs toy sēth toy adam toy theoy.