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

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

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

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

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

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

⁴Now John himself wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food 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 people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him.

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

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

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

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?

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?

⁸Therefore bring forth fruit worthy of repentance!

⁸Neste tedy ovocie, hodné pokánia,

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.

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

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.

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

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”

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,

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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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