¹በዚያም ወራት መጥምቁ ዮሐንስ። መንግሥተ ሰማያት ቀርባለችና ንስሐ ግቡ ብሎ በይሁዳ ምድረ በዳ እየሰበከ መጣ።

¹Now in those days comes John the baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,

³በነቢዩ በኢሳይያስ። የጌታን መንገድ አዘጋጁ ጥርጊያውንም አቅኑ እያለ በምድረ በዳ የሚጮህ ሰው ድምፅ የተባለለት ይህ ነውና።

²and saying, Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn nigh.

⁴ራሱም ዮሐንስ የግመል ጠጉር ልብስ ነበረው፥ በወገቡም ጠፍር ይታጠቅ ነበር፤ ምግቡም አንበጣና የበረሀ ማር ነበረ።

³For this is he who has been spoken of through Esaias the prophet, saying, Voice of him that crieth in the wilderness: prepare ye the way of [the] Lord, make straight his paths.

⁵ያን ጊዜ ኢየሩሳሌም ይሁዳም ሁሉ በዮርዳኖስም ዙሪያ ያለ አገር ሁሉ ወደ እርሱ ይወጡ ነበር፤

⁴And John himself had his garment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and wild honey.

⁶ኃጢአታቸውንም እየተናዘዙ በዮርዳኖስ ወንዝ ከእርሱ ይጠመቁ ነበር።

⁵Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the country round the Jordan,

⁷ዳሩ ግን ከፈሪሳውያንና ከሰዱቃውያን ብዙዎች ወደ ጥምቀቱ ሲመጡ ባየ ጊዜ፥ እንዲህ አላቸው። እናንተ የእፉኝት ልጆች፥ ከሚመጣው ቍጣ እንድትሸሹ ማን አመለከታችሁ?

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

⁸እንግዲህ ለንስሐ የሚገባ ፍሬ አድርጉ፤

⁷But seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of vipers, who has forewarned you to flee from the coming wrath?

⁹በልባችሁም። አብርሃም አባት አለን እንደምትሉ አይምሰላችሁ፤ እላችኋለሁና። ከነዚህ ድንጋዮች ለአብርሃም ልጆች ሊያስነሣለት እግዚአብሔር ይችላል።

⁸Produce therefore fruit worthy of repentance.

¹⁰አሁንስ ምሳር በዛፎች ሥር ተቀምጦአል፤ እንግዲህ መልካም ፍሬ የማያደርግ ዛፍ ሁሉ ይቈረጣል ወደ እሳትም ይጣላል።

⁹And do not think to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for [our] father; for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

¹¹እኔስ ለንስሐ በውኃ አጠምቃችኋለሁ፤ ጫማውን እሸከም ዘንድ የማይገባኝ ከእኔ በኋላ የሚመጣው ግን ከእኔ ይልቅ ይበረታል፤ እርሱ በመንፈስ ቅዱስ በእሳትም ያጠምቃችኋል፤

¹⁰And already the axe is applied to the root of the trees; every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

¹²መንሹም በእጁ ነው፥ አውድማውንም ፈጽሞ ያጠራል፥ ስንዴውንም በጎተራው ይከታል፥ ገለባውን ግን በማይጠፋ እሳት ያቃጥለዋል።

¹¹*I* indeed baptise you with water to repentance, but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not fit to bear; *he* shall baptise you with [the] Holy Spirit and fire;

¹³ያን ጊዜ ኢየሱስ በዮሐንስ ሊጠመቅ ከገሊላ ወደ ዮርዳኖስ መጣ።

¹²whose winnowing fan [is] in his hand, and he shall thoroughly purge his threshing-floor, and shall gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.

¹⁴ዮሐንስ ግን። እኔ በአንተ ልጠመቅ ያስፈልገኛል አንተም ወደ እኔ ትመጣለህን? ብሎ ይከለክለው ነበር።

¹³Then comes Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptised of him;

¹⁵ኢየሱስም መልሶ። አሁንስ ፍቀድልኝ፤ እንዲህ ጽድቅን ሁሉ መፈጸም ይገባናልና አለው። ያን ጊዜ ፈቀደለት።

¹⁴but John urgently forbad him, saying, *I* have need to be baptised of thee; and comest *thou* to me?

¹⁶ኢየሱስም ከተጠመቀ በኋላ ወዲያው ከውኃ ወጣ፤ እነሆም፥ ሰማያት ተከፈቱ የእግዚአብሔርም መንፈስ እንደ ርግብ ሲወርድ በእርሱ ላይም ሲመጣ አየ፤

¹⁵But Jesus answering said to him, Suffer [it] now; for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffers him.

¹⁷እነሆም፥ ድምፅ ከሰማያት መጥቶ። በእርሱ ደስ የሚለኝ የምወደው ልጄ ይህ ነው አለ።

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

¹⁷and behold, a voice out of the heavens saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I have found my delight.