¹施洗约翰（可1:3-8；路3:2-17；约1:19-28）

¹And in those days cometh John the Baptist, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea,

²说：“天国近了，你们应当悔改。”

²and saying, `Reform, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens,`

³以赛亚先知所说：“在旷野有呼喊者的声音：‘预备主的道，修直他的路！’”就是指着这约翰说的。

³for this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, `A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths.`

⁴约翰身穿骆驼毛的衣服，腰束皮带，吃的是蝗虫和野蜜。

⁴And this John had his clothing of camel`s hair, and a girdle of skin round his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and honey of the field.

⁵耶路撒冷、犹太全地和约旦河一带的人都出来到他那里去，

⁵Then were going forth unto him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about the Jordan,

⁶承认自己的罪，在约旦河里受了他的洗。

⁶and they were baptized in the Jordan by him, confessing their sins.

⁷约翰看见许多法利赛人和撒都该人也来受他的洗，就对他们说：“毒蛇所生的啊，谁指示你们逃避那将要来的忿怒呢？

⁷And having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming about his baptism, he said to them, `Brood of vipers! who did shew you to flee from the coming wrath?

⁸应当结出果子来，与悔改的心相称。

⁸bear, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation,

⁹你们心里不要以为：‘我们有亚伯拉罕作我们的祖宗。’我告诉你们，　神能从这些石头中给亚伯拉罕兴起后裔来。

⁹and do not think to say in yourselves, A father we have — Abraham, for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham,

¹⁰现在斧头已经放在树根上，所有不结好果子的树，就砍下来，丢在火里。

¹⁰and now also, the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree therefore not bearing good fruit is hewn down, and to fire is cast.

¹¹我用水给你们施洗，表示你们悔改；但在我以后要来的那一位，能力比我更大，我就是替他提鞋也没有资格。他要用圣灵与火给你们施洗。

¹¹`I indeed do baptize you with water to reformation, but he who after me is coming is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to bear the sandals, he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire,

¹²他手里拿着簸箕，要扬净麦场，把麦子收进仓里，却用不灭的火把糠秕烧尽。”

¹²whose fan [is] in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor, and will gather his wheat to the storehouse, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.`

¹³耶稣受洗（可1:9-11；路3:21-22）那时，耶稣从加利利来到约旦河约翰那里，要受他的洗。

¹³Then cometh Jesus from Galilee upon the Jordan, unto John to be baptized by him,

¹⁴约翰想要阻止他，说：“我应该受你的洗，你却到我这里来吗？”

¹⁴but John was forbidding him, saying, `I have need by thee to be baptized — and thou dost come unto me!`

¹⁵耶稣回答：“暂且这样作吧。我们理当这样履行全部的义。”于是约翰答应了他。

¹⁵But Jesus answering said to him, `Suffer now, for thus it is becoming to us to fulfill all righteousness,` then he doth suffer him.

¹⁶耶稣受了洗，立刻从水中上来；忽然，天为他开了，他看见　神的灵，好像鸽子降下来，落在他身上；

¹⁶And having been baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water, and lo, opened to him were the heavens, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him,

¹⁷又有声音从天上来，说：“这是我的爱子，我所喜悦的。”

¹⁷and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, `This is My Son — the Beloved, in whom I did delight.`