For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, make the way of the Lord ready! Make his paths straight!”
這人就是先知以賽亞所說的。他說:「在曠野有人聲喊着說: 預備主的道, 修直他的路!」
3:4
ወልብሱለዮሐንስእምፀጕረገመልወቅናቱዘአዲምውስተሐቌሁወሲሳዩአንበጣወመዓረገዳም።
Now John himself wore clothing made of camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
這約翰身穿駱駝毛的衣服,腰束皮帶,吃的是蝗蟲、野蜜。
3:5
ወይመጽኡኀቤሁኵሎሙሰብአኢየሩሳሌምወኵሎሙሰብአይሁዳወኵሉአድያሚሃለዮርዳኖስ።
Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him.
那時,耶路撒冷和猶太全地,並約旦河一帶地方的人,都出去到約翰那裏,
3:6
ወያጠምቆሙበፈለገዮርዳኖስእንዘይትአመኑኀጣውኢሆሙ።
They were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, “You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
“I indeed baptize you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.
His 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.”
他手裏拿着簸箕,要揚淨他的場,把麥子收在倉裏,把糠用不滅的火燒盡了。」
3:13
አሜሃመጽአእግዚእኢየሱስእምገሊላውስተዮርዳኖስከመይጠመቅእምዮሐንስበፈለገዮርዳኖስ።
Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.
當下,耶穌從加利利來到約旦河,見了約翰,要受他的洗。
3:14
ወዮሐንስሰአበዮእንዘይብልአነእፈቅድእምኀቤከእጠመቅወአንተኑትመጽእኀቤየ።
But John would have hindered him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?”
Jesus, 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.
耶穌受了洗,隨即從水裏上來。天忽然為他開了,他就看見上帝的靈彷彿鴿子降下,落在他身上。
3:17
ወናሁመጽአቃልእምሰማይዘይብልዝንቱውእቱወልድየዘአፈቅርዘቦቱሠመርኩ።
Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”