Matthæus 3
1 Men i de Dage fremstår Johannes Døberen og prædiker i Judæas Ørken og siger:
And in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the waste land of Judaea,
2 "Omvender eder, thi Himmeriges Rige er kommet nær."
Saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin; for the kingdom of heaven is near.
3 Thi han er den, om hvem der er talt ved Profeten Esajas, som siger: "Der er en Røst af en, som råber i Ørkenen: Bereder Herrens Vej, gører hans Stier jævne!"
For this is he of whom Isaiah the prophet said, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.
4 Men han, Johannes, havde sit Klædebon af Kamelhår og et Læderbælte om sin Lænd; og hans Føde var Græshopper og vild Honning.
Now John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather band about him; and his food was locusts and honey.
5 Da drog Jerusalem ud til ham og hele Judæa og hele Omegnen om Jordan.
Then Jerusalem and all Judaea went out to him, and all the people from near Jordan;
6 Og de bleve døbte af ham i Floden Jordan, idet de bekendte deres Synder.
And they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying openly that they had done wrong.
7 Men da han så mange af Farisæerne og Saddukæerne komme til hans Dåb, sagde han til dem: "I Øgleunger! hvem har lært eder at fly fra den kommende Vrede?
But when he saw a number of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come?
8 Bærer da Frugt, som er Omvendelsen værdig,
Let your change of heart be seen in your works:
9 og mener ikke at kunne sige ved eder selv: Vi have Abraham til Fader; thi jeg siger eder, at Gud kan opvække Abraham Børn af disse Sten.
And say not to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; because I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children for Abraham.
10 Men Øksen ligger allerede ved Roden af Træerne; så bliver da hvert Træ, som ikke bærer god Frugt, omhugget og kastet i Ilden.
And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; every tree then which does not give good fruit is cut down, and put into the fire.
11 Jeg døber eder med Vand til Omvendelse, men den, som kommer efter mig, er stærkere end jeg, han, hvis Sko jeg ikke er værdig at bære; han skal døbe eder med den Helligånd og Ild.
Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire:
12 Hans Kasteskovl er i hans Hånd, og han skal gennemrense sin Lo og samle sin Hvede i Laden; men Avnerne skal han opbrænde med uslukkelig Ild."
In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned up in the fire which will never be put out.
13 Da kommer Jesus fra Galilæa til Jordan til Johannes for at døbes af ham.
Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be given baptism by him.
14 Men Johannes vilde formene ham det og sagde: "Jeg trænger til at døbes af dig, og du kommer til mig!"
But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who have need of baptism from you, and do you come to me?
15 Men Jesus svarede og sagde til ham: "Tilsted det nu; thi således sømmer det sig for os at fuldkomme al Retfærdighed." Da tilsteder han ham det.
But Jesus made answer, saying to him, Let it be so now: because so it is right for us to make righteousness complete. Then he gave him baptism.
16 Men da Jesus var bleven døbt, steg han straks op af Vandet, og se, Himlene åbnedes for ham, og han så Guds Ånd dale ned som en Due og komme over ham.
And Jesus, having been given baptism, straight away went up from the water; and, the heavens opening, he saw the Spirit of God coming down on him as a dove;
17 Og se, der kom en Røst fra Himlene, som sagde: "Denne er min Søn, den elskede, i hvem jeg har Velbehag."
And a voice came out of heaven, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
