3:1 ⧉ ⤴︎ Ἐν δὲ ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις παραγίνεται Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτιστὴς κηρύσσων ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τῆς Ἰουδαίας
In diebus autem illis venit Joannes Baptista praedicans in deserto Judaeae ,
ወበውእቱ መዋዕል መጽአ ዮሐንስ መጥምቅ እንዘ ይሰብክ በገዳመ ይሁዳ ዘዮርዳኖስ ።
In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,
3:2 ⧉ ⤴︎ λέγων , μετανοεῖτε , ἤγγικεν γὰρ ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν .
et dicens : Poenitentiam agite : appropinquavit enim regnum caelorum .
እንዘ ይብል ነስሑ እስመ ቀርበት መንግሥተ ሰማያት ።
“Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!”
3:3 ⧉ ⤴︎ οὗτος γάρ ἐστιν ὁ ῥηθεὶς διὰ Ἡσαΐου τοῦ προφήτου λέγοντος · φωνὴ βοῶντος ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ , ἑτοιμάσατε τὴν ὁδὸν κυρίου , εὐθείας ποιεῖτε τὰς τρίβους αὐτοῦ .
Hic est enim , qui dictus est per Isaiam prophetam dicentem : Vox clamantis in deserto : Parate viam Domini ; rectas facite semitas ejus .
እስመ ዝንቱ ውእቱ ዘተብህለ በኢሳይያስ ነቢይ እንዘ ይብል «ቃለ ዐዋዲ ዘይሰብክ በገዳም ወይብል ጺሑአ ፍኖቶ ለእግዚአብሔር ወዐርዩ መጽያሕቶ ።»
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 ⧉ ⤴︎ αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ Ἰωάννης εἶχεν τὸ ἔνδυμα αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τριχῶν καμήλου καὶ ζώνην δερματίνην περὶ τὴν ὀσφὺν αὐτοῦ , ἡ δὲ τροφὴ ἦν αὐτοῦ ἀκρίδες καὶ μέλι ἄγριον .
Ipse autem Joannes habebat vestimentum de pilis camelorum , et zonam pelliceam circa lumbos suos : esca autem ejus erat locustae , et mel silvestre .
ወልብሱ ለዮሐንስ እምፀጕረ ገመል ወቅናቱ ዘአዲም ውስተ ሐቌሁ ወሲሳዩ አንበጣ ወመዓረ ገዳም ።
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 ⧉ ⤴︎ τότε ἐξεπορεύετο πρὸς αὐτὸν Ἱεροσόλυμα καὶ πᾶσα ἡ Ἰουδαία καὶ πᾶσα ἡ περίχωρος τοῦ Ἰορδάνου ,
Tunc exibat ad eum Jerosolyma , et omnis Judaea , et omnis regio circa Jordanem ;
ወይመጽኡ ኀቤሁ ኵሎሙ ሰብአ ኢየሩሳሌም ወኵሎሙ ሰብአ ይሁዳ ወኵሉ አድያሚሃ ለዮርዳኖስ ።
Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him.
3:6 ⧉ ⤴︎ καὶ ἐβαπτίζοντο ἐν τῷ Ἰορδάνῃ ποταμῷ ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ ἐξομολογούμενοι τὰς ἁμαρτίας αὐτῶν .
et baptizabantur ab eo in Jordane , confitentes peccata sua .
ወያጠምቆሙ በፈለገ ዮርዳኖስ እንዘ ይትአመኑ ኀጣውኢሆሙ ።
They were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.
3:7 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἰδὼν δὲ πολλοὺς τῶν Φαρισαίων καὶ Σαδδουκαίων ἐρχομένους ἐπὶ τὸ βάπτισμα εἶπεν αὐτοῖς , γεννήματα ἐχιδνῶν , τίς ὑπέδειξεν ὑμῖν φυγεῖν ἀπὸ τῆς μελλούσης ὀργῆς ;
Videns autem multos pharisaeorum , et sadducaeorum , venientes ad baptismum suum , dixit eis : Progenies viperarum , quis demonstravit vobis fugere a ventura ira ?
ወሶበ ርእየ ብዙኃነ እምፈሪሳውያን ወሰዱቃውያን እንዘ ይመጽኡ ውስተ ጥምቀቱ ጽሚተ ይቤሎሙ ኦ ትውልደ አራዊተ ምድር መኑ አመረክሙ ከመ ታምሥጡ እመቅሠፍት ወእመንሱት ወእመዐት ዘይመጽእ ።
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?
3:8 ⧉ ⤴︎ ποιήσατε οὖν καρπὸν ἄξιον τῆς μετανοίας ·
Facite ergo fructum dignum poenitentiae .
ግበሩኬ እንከ ፍሬ ሠናየ ዘይደልወክሙ ለንስሓ ።
Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance!
3:9 ⧉ ⤴︎ καὶ μὴ δόξητε λέγειν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς , πατέρα ἔχομεν τὸν Ἀβραάμ , λέγω γὰρ ὑμῖν ὅτι δύναται ὁ θεὸς ἐκ τῶν λίθων τούτων ἐγεῖραι τέκνα τῷ Ἀβραάμ .
Et ne velitis dicere intra vos : Patrem habemus Abraham . Dico enim vobis quoniam potens est Deus de lapidibus istis suscitare filios Abrahae .
ወኢይምሰልክሙ ዘታመሥጡ በብሂለ አብ ብነ አብርሃም እብለክሙ ከመ ይክል እግዚአብሔር እምእላንቱ አእባን አንሥኦ ውሉድ ለአብርሃም ።
Don’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.
3:10 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἤδη δὲ ἡ ἀξίνη πρὸς τὴν ῥίζαν τῶν δένδρων κεῖται · πᾶν οὖν δένδρον μὴ ποιοῦν καρπὸν καλὸν ἐκκόπτεται καὶ εἰς πῦρ βάλλεται .
Jam enim securis ad radicem arborum posita est . Omnis ergo arbor , quae non facit fructum bonum , excidetur , et in ignem mittetur .
እስመ ናሁ ወድአ ማሕፄ ተሠይመ ውስተ ጕንደ ዕፀው ይንበር ኵሉኬ ዕፅ ዘኢይፈሪ ፍሬ ሠናየ ይትገዘም ወውስተ እሳት ይትወደይ ።
Even now the ax lies at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.
3:11 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἐγὼ μὲν ὑμᾶς βαπτίζω ἐν ὕδατι εἰς μετάνοιαν · ὁ δὲ ὀπίσω μου ἐρχόμενος ἰσχυρότερός μού ἐστιν , οὗ οὐκ εἰμὶ ἱκανὸς τὰ ὑποδήματα βαστάσαι · αὐτὸς ὑμᾶς βαπτίσει ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ καὶ πυρί ·
Ego quidem baptizo vos in aqua in poenitentiam : qui autem post me venturus est , fortior me est , cujus non sum dignus calceamenta portare : ipse vos baptizabit in Spiritu Sancto , et igni .
አንሰኬ አጠምቀክሙ በማይ ለንስሓ ወዘእምድኅሬየሰ ይመጽእ ውእቱ ይጸንዕ እምኔየ ዘኢይደልወኒ እጹር አሣእኖ ወውእቱ ያጠምቀክሙ በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ወበእሳት ።
“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.
3:12 ⧉ ⤴︎ οὗ τὸ πτύον ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ , καὶ διακαθαριεῖ τὴν ἅλωνα αὐτοῦ , καὶ συνάξει τὸν σῖτον αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν ἀποθήκην , τὸ δὲ ἄχυρον κατακαύσει πυρὶ ἀσβέστῳ .
Cujus ventilabrum in manu sua : et permundabit aream suam : et congregabit triticum suum in horreum , paleas autem comburet igni inextinguibili .
ዘመሥኤ ውስተ እዴሁ ዘቦቱ ያነጽሕ ዐውደ እክሉ ወያስተጋብእ ሥርናዮ ውስተ መዛግብቲሁ ወሐሠሮሰ ያውዒ በእሳት ዘኢይጠፍእ ።
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 ⧉ ⤴︎ Τότε παραγίνεται ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἀπὸ τῆς Γαλιλαίας ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰορδάνην πρὸς τὸν Ἰωάννην τοῦ βαπτισθῆναι ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ .
Tunc venit Jesus a Galilaea in Jordanem ad Joannem , ut baptizaretur ab eo .
አሜሃ መጽአ እግዚእ ኢየሱስ እምገሊላ ውስተ ዮርዳኖስ ከመ ይጠመቅ እም ዮሐንስ በፈለገ ዮርዳኖስ ።
Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.
3:14 ⧉ ⤴︎ ὁ δὲ διεκώλυεν αὐτὸν λέγων · ἐγὼ χρείαν ἔχω ὑπὸ σοῦ βαπτισθῆναι , καὶ σὺ ἔρχῃ πρός με ;
Joannes autem prohibebat eum , dicens : Ego a te debeo baptizari , et tu venis ad me ?
ወዮሐንስሰ አበዮ እንዘ ይብል አነ እፈቅድ እምኀቤከ እጠመቅ ወአንተኑ ትመጽእ ኀቤየ ።
But John would have hindered him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?”
3:15 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν , ἄφες ἄρτι , οὕτως γὰρ πρέπον ἐστὶν ἡμῖν πληρῶσαι πᾶσαν δικαιοσύνην . τότε ἀφίησιν αὐτόν .
Respondens autem Jesus , dixit ei : Sine modo : sic enim decet nos implere omnem justitiam . Tunc dimisit eum .
ወአውሥአ እግዚእ ኢየሱስ ወይቤሎ ኅድግ ምዕረሰ እስመ ከመዝ ተድላ ለነ ወይደልወነ ከመ ንፈጽም ኵሎ ጽድቀ ወእምዝ ኀደጎ ።
But Jesus, answering, said to him, “Allow it now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed him.
3:16 ⧉ ⤴︎ βαπτισθεὶς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εὐθὺς ἀνέβη ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕδατος · καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀνεῴχθησαν οἱ οὐρανοί , καὶ εἶδεν πνεῦμα θεοῦ καταβαῖνον ὡσεὶ περιστερὰν ἐρχόμενον ἐπ’ αὐτόν ·
Baptizatus autem Jesus , confestim ascendit de aqua , et ecce aperti sunt ei caeli : et vidit Spiritum Dei descendentem sicut columbam , et venientem super se .
ወተጠሚቆ እግዚእ ኢየሱስ ሶቤሃ ወፅአ እማይ ወናሁ ተርኅወ ሎቱ ሰማይ ወርእየ መንፈሰ እግዚአብሔር እንዘ ይወርድ በአምሳለ ርግብ ወነበረ ዲቤሁ ።
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 ⧉ ⤴︎ καὶ ἰδοὺ φωνὴ ἐκ τῶν οὐρανῶν λέγουσα , οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱός μου ὁ ἀγαπητός , ἐν ᾧ εὐδόκησα .
Et ecce vox de caelis dicens : Hic est Filius meus dilectus , in quo mihi complacui .
ወናሁ መጽአ ቃል እምሰማይ ዘይብል ዝንቱ ውእቱ ወልድየ ዘአፈቅር ዘቦቱ ሠመርኩ ።
Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”