¹Ande kodia vriama o Iovano o baptisto dias duma ande pusta ande Judea.

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

²Ai phenelas, "Kein tume anda tumare bezexa ke e amperetsia le Devleski avel."

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

³O profeto Esaia phenelas pa Iovano, kana phendia, "Ek glaso kai del mui ande pusta. Keren drom le Devleske, keren leske vorta drom!"

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.`

⁴Le tsalia le Iovanoske sas kerde andal bal la gemulake ai phiravelas prastia morchaki; lesko xabe sas grimptsuria ai divlo avjin.

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.

⁵O narodo avelas leste anda Jerusalem, anda sa e Judea ai anda sa o Jordan.

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

⁶Phende peske bezexale, ai o Iovano o baptisto bolelas le ando pai kai bushol Jordan.

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

⁷Kana o Iovano dikhlia ke but Farizeanuria ai Saduseanuria avile leste te bolenpe, phendia lenge, "Tume vitsa sapeski, kon phendias tumenge ke sai skepin katar e xoli le Devleski kai si te avel?

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?

⁸Keren so sikavel ke chaches amboldian tume katar tumare bezexa te avel fruta tumendar. Ai na gindin ke vorta san kana phenen tumenge, '' Abraham si amaro dat'' ke me phenav tumenge ke o Del sai kerel anda kadala bax shave le Abrahamoske.

⁸bear, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation,

¹⁰"O tover ka le vuni la krengake; ke che godi krenga chi dela lashi fruta avela shindi, ai shudini ande iag.

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,

¹¹Me bolav tumen ando pai te sikadiol ke keisailian ai amboldian tume katar tumare bezexa, numa avel iek pala mande, kai si mai baro mandar; me chi mov dosta te inkerav leske papucha. Wo bolela tume ando Swunto Duxo ai iagasa.

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.

¹²Si les so trobul ai gata lo te xulavel o jiv , o jiv thola ande pesko bano ai le suluma phabarela ande iag kai shoxar chi merela."

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,

¹³Antunchi o Jesus avilo anda Galilee ka pai o Jordan te belel les o Iovano.

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.`

¹⁴O Iovano aterdiolas les ai phendia, "Me trobul te avav boldo tutar. Ai tu aves mande te bolav me tut!"

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

¹⁵O Jesus phendias leske, "Mek te kerdiol kadia, ke trobul te keras so godi si vorta angla Del." Antunchi o Iovano boldia les.

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

¹⁶Kana o Jesus boldilo, avilo opre anda pai. Ai strazo phuterdilo o cheri angla leste ai dikhlia o Duxo le Devlesko sar ek gulumbo xulelas ai avilo pe leste.

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

¹⁷Ai ek glaso avilo anda rhaio, ai phendia, "kado si murho Shav kai si mange de sa drago, kasa sim de sa raduime."

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,

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