Mateo 3
1 Bada dembora hartan ethor cedin Ioannes baptista, predicatzen çuela Iudeaco desertuan:
And in those days cometh John the Baptist, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea,
2 Eta cioela, Emenda çaitezte: ecen ceruètaco resumá hurbil da.
and saying, 'Reform, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens,'
3 Ecen haur da Esaias Prophetáz erran içan cena, cioela, Desertuan oihuz dagoenaren voza da, Appain eçaçue Iaunaren bidea, çucen itzaçue haren bidescác.
for this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, 'A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths.'
4 Ioannes hunec bada çuen bere abillamendua camellu biloz, eta larruzco guerricoa bere guerruncean inguru: eta haren viandá cen othiz eta bassa eztiz.
And this John had his clothing of camel's hair, and a girdle of skin round his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and honey of the field.
5 Orduan ethor cedin harengana Ierusaleme eta Iudea gucia, eta Iordanaren inguruco comarca gucia.
Then were going forth unto him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about the Jordan,
6 Eta batheyatzen ciraden harenganic Iordanean, bere bekatuac confessatzen cituztela.
and they were baptized in the Jordan by him, confessing their sins.
7 Ikussiric bada anhitz Phariseuetaric eta Sadduceuetaric ethorten ciradela haren baptismora, erran ciecén, Vipera castá, norc auisatu çaituzte hira ethortecoari ihes daguioçuen?
And having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming about his baptism, he said to them, 'Brood of vipers! who did shew you to flee from the coming wrath?
8 Eguin itzaçue bada fructuac emendamenduaren digneac.
bear, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation,
9 Eta ezteçaçuela presumi ceuroc baithan erraitera, Abraham dugu aita: ecen badiotsuet, Iaincoac harri hautaric-ere Abrahami haour suscita ahal dieçaqueola.
and do not think to say in yourselves, A father we have — Abraham, for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham,
10 Bada ia aizcorá arborén errora eçarria da: beraz arbore fructu onic eguiten eztuen gucia piccatzen da eta sura egoizten.
and now also, the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree therefore not bearing good fruit is hewn down, and to fire is cast.
11 Eguia da, nic batheyatzen çaituztet vrez emendamendutara: baina ene ondoan ethorten dena, ni baino borthitzago da, ceinen çapatén ekarteco ezpainaiz digne: harc batheyaturen çaituzté Spiritu sainduaz eta suz.
'I indeed do baptize you with water to reformation, but he who after me is coming is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to bear the sandals, he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire,
12 Bere bahea bere escuan du, eta garbituren du bere larraina: eta bilduren du bere oguibihia granerera: baina lastoa choil erreren du behinere hiltzen ezten suan.
whose fan [is] in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor, and will gather his wheat to the storehouse, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.'
13 Orduan ethor cedin Iesus Galileatic Iordanera Ioannesgana, harenganic batheya ledinçát.
Then cometh Jesus from Galilee upon the Jordan, unto John to be baptized by him,
14 Baina Ioannesec haguitz empatchatzen çuen hura, cioela, Nic behar diat hireganic batheyatu, eta hi ethorten aiz enegana?
but John was forbidding him, saying, 'I have need by thee to be baptized — and thou dost come unto me!'
15 Eta ihardesten çuela Iesusec erran cieçón, Vtzac oraingotz: ecen hunela complitu behar diagu iustitia gucia. Orduan vtzi ceçan eguitera.
But Jesus answering said to him, 'Suffer now, for thus it is becoming to us to fulfil all righteousness,' then he doth suffer him.
16 Eta Iesus batheyatu cenean, bertan ilki cedin vretic: eta huná, irequi içan çaizcan ceruäc, eta ikus ceçan Iaincoaren Spiritua vsso columba baten guissán iausten eta haren gainera ethorten
And having been baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water, and lo, opened to him were the heavens, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him,
17 Eta huná vozbat cerutic, cioela, Haur da ene Seme maitea, ceinetan neure atseguin ona hartzen baitut.
and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, 'This is My Son — the Beloved, in whom I did delight.'
