Matteus 3
nuBibeln (Swedish Contemporary Bible)
Johannes döparen banar väg för Jesus
(Mark 1:2-8; Luk 3:1-18; Joh 1:19-28)
3 Vid den tiden började Johannes döparen förkunna ute i den judiska ödemarken. 2 Han sa: ”Vänd om! Himmelriket är nära.” 3 Det var honom det talades om genom profeten Jesaja, när han sa:
”En röst ropar i ödemarken:
’Bana väg för Herren!
Jämna vägen för honom![a]’ ”
4 Johannes hade kläder som var gjorda av kamelhår, och han hade ett läderbälte runt midjan. Den mat han åt var gräshoppor och vildhonung. 5 Folk från Jerusalem, från alla delar av Judeen och från hela Jordandalen kom ut till honom, 6 och när de hade bekänt sina synder döpte han dem i Jordanfloden.
7 Men när Johannes såg att många fariseer och saddukeer[b] kom för att bli döpta, sa han till dem: ”Ni huggormsyngel, tror ni att ni kan klara er undan den kommande vreden? 8 Nej, handla[c] som det anstår en som är omvänd! 9 Inbilla er inte att ni bara kan säga: ’Abraham är vår stamfar.’ Jag säger er att Gud kan förvandla de här stenarna till Abrahams ättlingar! 10 Yxan är redan satt till roten på träden. Varje träd som inte bär god frukt ska huggas ner och kastas i elden.
11 Jag döper er med vatten till omvändelse. Men efter mig kommer en som är starkare än jag. Jag är inte ens värdig att ta av honom hans sandaler.[d] Han ska döpa er i den heliga Anden och eld. 12 Han har kastskoveln i sin hand, färdig att rensa upp sin tröskplats och samla vetet i ladan, men agnarna ska han bränna upp i en eld som aldrig slocknar.”
Jesus blir döpt
13 Jesus lämnade nu Galileen och kom till Jordanfloden för att bli döpt av Johannes, 14 men Johannes ville inte döpa honom. Han sa: ”Det kan inte vara rätt. Jag behöver bli döpt av dig.” 15 Men Jesus svarade: ”Gör det ändå, för vi behöver uppfylla all rättfärdighet.” Då döpte Johannes honom.
16 När Jesus hade blivit döpt, steg han genast upp ur vattnet. Då öppnade sig himlen och han[e] såg Guds Ande komma ner som en duva och stanna över honom. 17 Och en röst från himlen sa: ”Detta är min älskade Son, han är min glädje.”
Footnotes
- 3:3 Se Jes 40:3. Den hebreiska texten använder här det heliga gudsnamnet (JHWH), som Nya testamentet här, liksom i flera andra sammanhang, tillämpar på Jesus.
- 3:7 Fariseer och saddukeer var två religiösa partier bland judarna. Fariseerna var mycket noga med att följa hela Moses lag och hade dessutom lagt till egna regler och föreskrifter. Saddukeerna var mest intresserade av politik och var lojala mot romarna. De trodde varken på uppståndelsen, änglar eller andar.
- 3:8 Ordagrant: Bär då sådan frukt.
- 3:11 Detta var en slavs uppgift.
- 3:16 Det är oklart vem han syftar på, men enligt Joh 1:33-34 såg Johannes döparen hur Guds Ande sänkte sig över Jesus.
Matthew 3
EasyEnglish Bible
John the Baptist prepares a way for Jesus
3 While Jesus still lived in Nazareth, a man called John the Baptist was speaking a message from God. He was doing this in the wilderness in Judea.[a] 2 He told people, ‘You have done many wrong things. You must turn away from them and change how you live. Do this now, because the kingdom of heaven has come very near.’
3 God's prophet Isaiah spoke about this man John long ago. He said:
‘Somebody's voice is shouting in the wilderness,
“The Lord will come soon, so prepare a way for him to follow.
Make the paths straight for him.” ’[b]
4 John wore clothes made from the hair of a camel. He also wore a belt made from leather. His usual food was locusts and honey from the wilderness.[c]
5 Many people went to listen to John. They lived in Jerusalem and all over the country called Judea and many other places near the Jordan River. 6 The people told God about all the wrong things that they had done. Then John baptized them in the Jordan River.[d]
7 Many Pharisees and Sadducees came to John.[e] They wanted John to baptize them. He said to them, ‘You are like dangerous snakes. God is angry. You are trying to run away from him. But he will soon punish people like you. 8 You have to show that you are sorry. Change how you live. Stop doing things that God does not like. 9 Do not say to yourselves, “We are in the family of Abraham. God will surely not punish us.” Listen! God can take these stones and make children for Abraham out of them! 10 You are like trees that have bad fruit. God has an axe ready to use. He will cut down every tree that does not make good fruit. He will throw those trees into the fire.
11 I baptize you with water. This shows that you want to change the way that you live. But another person will come soon.[f] He is greater than I am. I am not good enough even to carry his shoes for him. This other person will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. 12 He is like a farmer that brings the wheat home from his field. He uses a special tool to throw the wheat up in the air. He does this to make the wheat seeds separate from what remains. Then he cleans his yard. He carefully stores all the seeds to keep them safe. But he burns everything else in a great fire that nobody can put out.’
John baptizes Jesus
13 Then Jesus went from Galilee to the Jordan River. He wanted John to baptize him. 14 But John tried to stop him. He said to Jesus, ‘I should ask you to baptize me. You should not ask me to baptize you.’
15 Jesus replied, ‘This time, do what I ask you to do. We must do everything correctly, as God wants it.’ So John did what Jesus asked him to do.
16 When John baptized him, Jesus came up out of the water. At that moment, the skies opened. Jesus saw God's Spirit coming down. He came down like a dove and he stayed on Jesus. 17 Then a voice spoke from heaven, which said, ‘This man is my Son and I love him. He makes me very happy.’
Footnotes
- 3:1 Judea was part of Israel.
- 3:3 See Isaiah 40:3. Isaiah was telling people about a man called John. John told the people to get ready for Jesus to come. People mend roads before a king travels along them. Isaiah used this as a picture. It helped the people to understand how to prepare themselves for Jesus.
- 3:4 A camel is a large animal that lives in the wilderness. It can carry heavy things on its back like a horse. The insects that John ate were called locusts. An insect called a bee makes honey. It is sweet like sugar.
- 3:6 John baptized people who wanted to stop doing wrong things. These people told God that they were sorry. They were sorry about the wrong things that they had done. God then forgave them.
- 3:7 The Pharisees were a group of Jews. They thought that they obeyed all God's rules. They thought that they did not do any wrong things. Sadducees were an important group of Jewish leaders at the time of Jesus.
- 3:11 Jesus is the important person who is coming. John is using a story to teach the people about the work that Jesus will do.
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