en_tn_lite_do_not_use/luk/03/17.md

His winnowing fork is in his hand

"He is holding a winnowing fork because he is ready." John speaks of the Christ coming to judge people as if he were a farmer who is ready to separate wheat grain from chaff. Alternate translation: "He is ready to judge people like a farmer who is ready"

winnowing fork

This is a tool for tossing wheat into the air to separate the wheat grain from the chaff. The grain falls back down and the light-weight chaff is blown away by the wind. This tool is similar to a pitchfork.

to thoroughly clear off his threshing floor

Farmers would harvest the wheat and stack it on the threshing floor. They would "clear off" the floor by threshing the wheat and putting the grain in the storehouse. Alternate translation: "to finish threshing his grain"

to gather the wheat

"to gather the wheat grains". This is the part of the wheat that is stored and used for food.

will burn up the chaff

The chaff is not useful for anything, so people burn it up.