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

¹V tých dňoch prišiel Ján Krstiteľ a kázal na Judskej púšti

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

²a hovoril: Čiňte pokánie! Lebo sa priblížilo nebeské kráľovstvo.

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.

³Lebo toto je ten predpovedaný skrze proroka Izaiáša, ktorý povedal: Hlas volajúceho na púšti: Prihotovte cestu Pánovu, čiňte priame jeho chodníky!

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.

⁴A ten istý Ján mal svoj odev z veľblúdej srsti a kožený opasok okolo svojich bedier, a jeho pokrmom boly kobylky a poľný med.

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

⁵Vtedy vychádzal k nemu Jeruzalem i celé Judsko a celé okolie jordánske,

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

⁶a krstení boli od neho v rieke Jordáne vyznávajúc svoje hriechy.

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?

⁷A keď videl i mnoho farizejov a sadúceov, že idú k jeho krstu, povedal im: Vreteničie plemä, ktože vám ukázal, aby ste utiekli budúcemu hnevu?

⁸Produce therefore fruit worthy of repentance.

⁸Neste tedy ovocie, hodné pokánia,

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.

⁹a nedomnievajte sa, že môžete v sebe hovoriť: Veď otca máme Abraháma! Lebo vám hovorím, že Bôh môže z týchto kameňov vzbudiť Abrahámovi deti.

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.

¹⁰A už aj je sekera priložená na koreň stromov; každý tedy strom, ktorý nenesie dobrého ovocia, sa vytína a hádže na oheň.

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;

¹¹Ja vás krstím vodou na pokánie; ale ten ktorý prichádza po mne, je mocnejší ako ja, ktorého obuv nosiť nie som hoden - ten vás bude krstiť Svätým Duchom a ohňom,

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.

¹²ktorý má svoju vejačku vo svojej ruke a prečistí svoje humno a shromaždí svoju pšenicu do sypárne, ale plevy bude páliť neuhasiteľným ohňom.

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

¹³Vtedy prišiel Ježiš od Galilee k Jordánu, k Jánovi, aby bol pokrstený od neho.

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

¹⁴Ale Ján mu veľmi bránil a hovoril: Mne je treba, aby som bol pokrstený od teba, a ty ideš ku mne?

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

¹⁵Ale Ježiš odpovedal a riekol mu: Nechaj teraz, lebo tak nám sluší, aby sme naplnili všetku spravedlivosť. Vtedy ho nechal.

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:

¹⁶A keď bol Ježiš pokrstený, hneď vystúpil z vody, a hľa, otvorily sa mu nebesia, a videl Ducha Božieho, ktorý sostupoval akoby holubica a prichádzal na neho.

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

¹⁷A hľa, bolo počuť hlas z nebies, ktorý hovoril: Toto je ten môj milovaný Syn, v ktorom sa mi zaľúbilo.