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

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

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

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

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

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.`

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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?

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?

⁸Neste tedy ovocie, hodné pokánia,

⁸bear, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation,

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

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,

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

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.

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,

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,

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

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.`

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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