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

¹Men i de Dage fremstår Johannes Døberen og prædiker i Judæas Ørken og siger:

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

²"Omvender eder, thi Himmeriges Rige er kommet nær."

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

³Thi han er den, om hvem der er talt ved Profeten Esajas, som siger: "Der er en Røst af en, som råber i Ørkenen: Bereder Herrens Vej, gører hans Stier jævne!"

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

⁴Men han, Johannes, havde sit Klædebon af Kamelhår og et Læderbælte om sin Lænd; og hans Føde var Græshopper og vild Honning.

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

⁵Da drog Jerusalem ud til ham og hele Judæa og hele Omegnen om Jordan.

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

⁶Og de bleve døbte af ham i Floden Jordan, idet de bekendte deres Synder.

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?

⁷Men da han så mange af Farisæerne og Saddukæerne komme til hans Dåb, sagde han til dem: "I Øgleunger! hvem har lært eder at fly fra den kommende Vrede?

⁸Therefore bring forth fruit worthy of repentance!

⁸Bærer da Frugt, som er Omvendelsen værdig,

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.

⁹og mener ikke at kunne sige ved eder selv: Vi have Abraham til Fader; thi jeg siger eder, at Gud kan opvække Abraham Børn af disse Sten.

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.

¹⁰Men Øksen ligger allerede ved Roden af Træerne; så bliver da hvert Træ, som ikke bærer god Frugt, omhugget og kastet i Ilden.

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”

¹¹Jeg døber eder med Vand til Omvendelse, men den, som kommer efter mig, er stærkere end jeg, han, hvis Sko jeg ikke er værdig at bære; han skal døbe eder med den Helligånd og Ild.

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.”

¹²Hans Kasteskovl er i hans Hånd, og han skal gennemrense sin Lo og samle sin Hvede i Laden; men Avnerne skal han opbrænde med uslukkelig Ild."

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

¹³Da kommer Jesus fra Galilæa til Jordan til Johannes for at døbes af ham.

¹⁴But John would have hindered him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?”

¹⁴Men Johannes vilde formene ham det og sagde: "Jeg trænger til at døbes af dig, og du kommer til mig!"

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.

¹⁵Men Jesus svarede og sagde til ham: "Tilsted det nu; thi således sømmer det sig for os at fuldkomme al Retfærdighed." Da tilsteder han ham det.

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.

¹⁶Men da Jesus var bleven døbt, steg han straks op af Vandet, og se, Himlene åbnedes for ham, og han så Guds Ånd dale ned som en Due og komme over ham.

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

¹⁷Og se, der kom en Røst fra Himlene, som sagde: "Denne er min Søn, den elskede, i hvem jeg har Velbehag."