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¶ Lè sa a, Jan Batis parèt nan dezè Jide a. Li t'ap mache bay mesaj sa a.

Li t'ap di: Tounen vin jwenn Bondye. Paske, Bondye ki wa nan syèl la ap vin pran pouvwa a nan men l'.

Se sou Jan pwofèt Ezayi t'ap pale lè l' te di: Se vwa yon nonm k'ap rele nan dezè a: Pare gran wout Seyè nou an. Plani chemen an byen plani pou li.

Jan te gen yon rad fèt ak pwal chamo sou li, li te mare ren l' ak yon sentiwon an po. Li te manje krikèt ak gato myèl li te jwenn nan bwa.

Moun soti lavil Jerizalèm, nan tout peyi Jide a ak nan tout vwazinaj larivyè Jouden an, yo tout te vin jwenn Jan.

Yo te konfese peche yo devan tout moun. Apre sa, Jan te batize yo nan larivyè Jouden an.

¶ Lè Jan wè te gen anpil farizyen ak sadiseyen ki t'ap vin jwenn li pou resevwa batèm nan men l', li di yo: Bann vèmen! Ki moun ki fè nou konnen nou kapab chape anba kòlè Bondye k'ap vini an?

Fè bagay ki pou fè wè lavi nou chanje tout bon.

Pa konprann nou ka di nan kè nou: Se pitit pitit Abraram nou ye. Paske, mwen p'ap kache di nou sa: Bondye kapab pran wòch sa yo, li fè yo tounen pitit pou Abraram.

10 Epitou, rach la tou pare pou koupe rasin pyebwa yo. Nenpòt pyebwa ki pa bay bon donn, yo pral koupe sa jete nan dife.

11 Mwen menm, mwen batize nou nan dlo, pou fè wè nou tounen vin jwenn Bondye. Men, moun k'ap vin apre mwen an gen plis pouvwa anpil pase m'. Mwen pa bon ase menm pou m' ta wete sapat ki nan pye li. Se li menm ki va batize nou nan Sentespri ak nan dife.

12 Li gen laye l' nan men li. L'ap vannen tout grenn ki sou glasi a. La ranmase grenn ki bon yo, la mete yo nan galata li; men, l'ap boule pay la nan yon dife ki p'ap janm mouri.

13 ¶ Lè sa a, Jezi soti nan peyi Galile, li vin larivyè Jouden, bò kote Jan pou Jan batize li.

14 Men, Jan pa t' dakò pou sa menm. Li di l': Se ou ki pou ta batize m', epi se ou menm ki vin jwenn mwen pou m' batize ou?

15 Jezi reponn li: Kite sa fèt konsa koulye a. Se konsa pou nou fè tou sa Bondye mande. Jan pa t' kenbe tèt avè l' ankò.

16 Fini Jan fin batize l', Jezi soti nan dlo a. Menm lè a, syèl la louvri, Jezi wè Lespri Bondye a desann sou fòm yon ti pijon vin sou li.

17 Lè sa a, yon vwa soti nan syèl la, li di: Sa se pitit mwen renmen anpil la. Li fè kè m' kontan anpil.

John the Baptist Prepares the Way(A)

In those days John the Baptist(B) came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven(C) has come near.” This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah:

“A voice of one calling in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
    make straight paths for him.’”[a](D)

John’s(E) clothes were made of camel’s hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist.(F) His food was locusts(G) and wild honey. People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region of the Jordan. Confessing their sins, they were baptized(H) by him in the Jordan River.

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: “You brood of vipers!(I) Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?(J) Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.(K) And do not think you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’(L) I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. 10 The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.(M)

11 “I baptize you with[b] water for repentance.(N) But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with[c] the Holy Spirit(O) and fire.(P) 12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”(Q)

The Baptism of Jesus(R)

13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John.(S) 14 But John tried to deter him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”

15 Jesus replied, “Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John consented.

16 As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened,(T) and he saw the Spirit of God(U) descending like a dove and alighting on him. 17 And a voice from heaven(V) said, “This is my Son,(W) whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”(X)

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 3:3 Isaiah 40:3
  2. Matthew 3:11 Or in
  3. Matthew 3:11 Or in