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!”
3:4
ወልብሱለዮሐንስእምፀጕረገመልወቅናቱዘአዲምውስተሐቌሁወሲሳዩአንበጣወመዓረገዳም።
這約翰身穿駱駝毛的衣服,腰束皮帶,吃的是蝗蟲、野蜜。
Now John himself wore clothing made of camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
3:5
ወይመጽኡኀቤሁኵሎሙሰብአኢየሩሳሌምወኵሎሙሰብአይሁዳወኵሉአድያሚሃለዮርዳኖስ።
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,
Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him.
3:6
ወያጠምቆሙበፈለገዮርዳኖስእንዘይትአመኑኀጣውኢሆሙ።
承認他們的罪,在約旦河裏受他的洗。
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.”
3:13
አሜሃመጽአእግዚእኢየሱስእምገሊላውስተዮርዳኖስከመይጠመቅእምዮሐንስበፈለገዮርዳኖስ።
當下,耶穌從加利利來到約旦河,見了約翰,要受他的洗。
Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.
3:14
ወዮሐንስሰአበዮእንዘይብልአነእፈቅድእምኀቤከእጠመቅወአንተኑትመጽእኀቤየ።
約翰想要攔住他,說:「我當受你的洗,你反倒上我這裏來嗎?」
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.
3:17
ወናሁመጽአቃልእምሰማይዘይብልዝንቱውእቱወልድየዘአፈቅርዘቦቱሠመርኩ።
從天上有聲音說:「這是我的愛子,我所喜悅的。」
Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”