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

¹In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,

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

²“Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!”

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

³For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, make ready the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight.” Isaiah 40:3

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

⁴Now John himself wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

⁶ኃጢአታቸውንም እየተናዘዙ በዮርዳኖስ ወንዝ ከእርሱ ይጠመቁ ነበር።

⁵Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him.

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

⁶They were baptized or, immersed by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

⁸እንግዲህ ለንስሐ የሚገባ ፍሬ አድርጉ፤

⁷But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, or, immersion he said to them, “You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

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

⁸Therefore bring forth fruit worthy of repentance!

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

⁹Don’t think to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father,’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.

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

¹⁰“Even now the axe lies at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that doesn’t bring forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.

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

¹¹I indeed baptize or, immerse you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit. TR and NU add “and with fire”

¹³ያን ጊዜ ኢየሱስ በዮሐንስ ሊጠመቅ ከገሊላ ወደ ዮርዳኖስ መጣ።

¹²His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.”

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

¹³Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.

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

¹⁴But John would have hindered him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and you come 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, “Allow it now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed him.

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

¹⁶Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him.

¹⁷Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”