Matthew 3
1 While [Jesus was still in Nazareth town], John, [whom the people called] the Baptizer, went to a desolate place in Judea [district].
ਤਦਾਨੋਂ ਯੋਹ੍ੰਨਾਮਾ ਮੱਜਯਿਤਾ ਯਿਹੂਦੀਯਦੇਸ਼ਸ੍ਯ ਪ੍ਰਾਨ੍ਤਰਮ੍ ਉਪਸ੍ਥਾਯ ਪ੍ਰਚਾਰਯਨ੍ ਕਥਯਾਮਾਸ,
2 He was preaching [to the people who came there]. He kept saying, “[You need to] turn away from your sinful behavior, because God [MET] will soon begin to rule [over people, and he will reject you if you do not turn away from your sinful life].”
ਮਨਾਂਸਿ ਪਰਾਵਰ੍ੱਤਯਤ, ਸ੍ਵਰ੍ਗੀਯਰਾਜਤ੍ਵੰ ਸਮੀਪਮਾਗਤਮ੍|
3 John was the person who [fulfilled] what was said by Isaiah the prophet {what Isaiah the prophet [predicted] when he said}, long ago: In a desolate area ([people will hear someone/someone will be heard]) shouting [to the people who pass by], Prepare [yourselves to receive] the Lord when he comes! [Make yourselves ready so that you will be prepared when he comes] [MET, DOU], just like people [improve and] straighten out the road [for an important official!]
ਪਰਮੇਸ਼ਸ੍ਯ ਪਨ੍ਥਾਨੰ ਪਰਿਸ਼਼੍ਕੁਰੁਤ ਸਰ੍ੱਵਤਃ| ਤਸ੍ਯ ਰਾਜਪਥਾਂਸ਼੍ਚੈਵ ਸਮੀਕੁਰੁਤ ਸਰ੍ੱਵਥਾ| ਇਤ੍ਯੇਤਤ੍ ਪ੍ਰਾਨ੍ਤਰੇ ਵਾਕ੍ਯੰ ਵਦਤਃ ਕਸ੍ਯਚਿਦ੍ ਰਵਃ||
4 John wore [coarse] clothing made from camel’s hair. And [as the prophet Elijah did long ago], he wore a leather belt around his waist. His food was [only] grasshoppers and honey [that he found] in that desolate area.
ਏਤਦ੍ਵਚਨੰ ਯਿਸ਼ਯਿਯਭਵਿਸ਼਼੍ਯਦ੍ਵਾਦਿਨਾ ਯੋਹਨਮੁੱਦਿਸ਼੍ਯ ਭਾਸ਼਼ਿਤਮ੍| ਯੋਹਨੋ ਵਸਨੰ ਮਹਾਙ੍ਗਰੋਮਜੰ ਤਸ੍ਯ ਕਟੌ ਚਰ੍ੰਮਕਟਿਬਨ੍ਧਨੰ; ਸ ਚ ਸ਼ੂਕਕੀਟਾਨ੍ ਮਧੁ ਚ ਭੁਕ੍ਤਵਾਨ੍|
5 [People who lived in] Jerusalem [city] [MTY], many [HYP] [people who lived in other places in] Judea [district] [MTY], and many [HYP] [people who lived in] the area around the Jordan [River] [MTY] came to John [to hear him preach].
ਤਦਾਨੀਂ ਯਿਰੂਸ਼ਾਲਮ੍ਨਗਰਨਿਵਾਸਿਨਃ ਸਰ੍ੱਵੇ ਯਿਹੂਦਿਦੇਸ਼ੀਯਾ ਯਰ੍ੱਦਨ੍ਤਟਿਨ੍ਯਾ ਉਭਯਤਟਸ੍ਥਾਸ਼੍ਚ ਮਾਨਵਾ ਬਹਿਰਾਗਤ੍ਯ ਤਸ੍ਯ ਸਮੀਪੇ
6 After [they heard him tell them to turn away from their sinful behavior], they [openly] confessed their sins, and as a result they were baptized by John {John baptized them} in the Jordan River.
ਸ੍ਵੀਯੰ ਸ੍ਵੀਯੰ ਦੁਰਿਤਮ੍ ਅਙ੍ਗੀਕ੍ਰੁʼਤ੍ਯ ਤਸ੍ਯਾਂ ਯਰ੍ੱਦਨਿ ਤੇਨ ਮੱਜਿਤਾ ਬਭੂਵੁਃ|
7 After John noted that many men of the Pharisee [religious group] and of the Sadducee [religious group] were coming [to him] to be baptized {in order that he would baptize them}, he said to them, “You people are [evil like poisonous] snakes [MET]! I warn you that God will some day punish [MTY] everyone who sins. (And do not think that you can escape from his punishing you [MTY] [if you do not turn from your sinful behavior]!/Did someone tell you that you can escape from his punishing you [MTY] [if you do not turn from your sinful behavior]?) [RHQ]
ਅਪਰੰ ਬਹੂਨ੍ ਫਿਰੂਸ਼ਿਨਃ ਸਿਦੂਕਿਨਸ਼੍ਚ ਮਨੁਜਾਨ੍ ਮੰਕ੍ਤੁੰ ਸ੍ਵਸਮੀਪਮ੍ ਆਗੱਛ੍ਤੋ ਵਿਲੋਕ੍ਯ ਸ ਤਾਨ੍ ਅਭਿਦਧੌ, ਰੇ ਰੇ ਭੁਜਗਵੰਸ਼ਾ ਆਗਾਮੀਨਃ ਕੋਪਾਤ੍ ਪਲਾਯਿਤੁੰ ਯੁਸ਼਼੍ਮਾਨ੍ ਕਸ਼੍ਚੇਤਿਤਵਾਨ੍?
8 Do what is appropriate [IDM] for people who have truly turned away from their sinful behavior [before you come to me in order to be baptized] {[that I baptize you]}.
ਮਨਃਪਰਾਵਰ੍ੱਤਨਸ੍ਯ ਸਮੁਚਿਤੰ ਫਲੰ ਫਲਤ|
9 [God promised to give Abraham many descendants. In order to fulfill that promise], God [does not need you! I] tell you that he can change these stones to make them descendants of Abraham. So do not start to say to yourselves, ‘Since we are descendants of [our ancestor] Abraham, [God will not punish us even though we have sinned].’
ਕਿਨ੍ਤ੍ਵਸ੍ਮਾਕੰ ਤਾਤ ਇਬ੍ਰਾਹੀਮ੍ ਅਸ੍ਤੀਤਿ ਸ੍ਵੇਸ਼਼ੁ ਮਨਃਸੁ ਚੀਨ੍ਤਯਨ੍ਤੋ ਮਾ ਵ੍ਯਾਹਰਤ| ਯਤੋ ਯੁਸ਼਼੍ਮਾਨ੍ ਅਹੰ ਵਦਾਮਿ, ਈਸ਼੍ਵਰ ਏਤੇਭ੍ਯਃ ਪਾਸ਼਼ਾਣੇਭ੍ਯ ਇਬ੍ਰਾਹੀਮਃ ਸਨ੍ਤਾਨਾਨ੍ ਉਤ੍ਪਾਦਯਿਤੁੰ ਸ਼ਕ੍ਨੋਤਿ|
10 [God is] ready [to punish you if you do not turn away from your sinful behavior, just like] a man who lays his axe at the roots of a [fruit] tree [in order to] chop it down and throw it into the fire if it does not produce good fruit [MET].”
ਅਪਰੰ ਪਾਦਪਾਨਾਂ ਮੂਲੇ ਕੁਠਾਰ ਇਦਾਨੀਮਪਿ ਲਗਨ੍ ਆਸ੍ਤੇ, ਤਸ੍ਮਾਦ੍ ਯਸ੍ਮਿਨ੍ ਪਾਦਪੇ ਉੱਤਮੰ ਫਲੰ ਨ ਭਵਤਿ, ਸ ਕ੍ਰੁʼੱਤੋ ਮਧ੍ਯੇ(ਅ)ਗ੍ਨਿੰ ਨਿਕ੍ਸ਼਼ੇਪ੍ਸ੍ਯਤੇ|
11 “As for me, I [am not very important, because] I baptize you [only] with water. I [baptize you] because of your feeling sorry that you have sinned. But someone else will come soon who is very great; [he will do powerful deeds] (OR, [act powerfully]). [Because he is] superior to me, I am not worthy [even to do a menial task for him, such as] to carry his sandals. He will put [his] Holy Spirit [within] you [to truly change] the way you live [MET], and [he will judge others of you and punish you in] the fire [in hell]. (questioned)
ਅਪਰਮ੍ ਅਹੰ ਮਨਃਪਰਾਵਰ੍ੱਤਨਸੂਚਕੇਨ ਮੱਜਨੇਨ ਯੁਸ਼਼੍ਮਾਨ੍ ਮੱਜਯਾਮੀਤਿ ਸਤ੍ਯੰ, ਕਿਨ੍ਤੁ ਮਮ ਪਸ਼੍ਚਾਦ੍ ਯ ਆਗੱਛਤਿ, ਸ ਮੱਤੋਪਿ ਮਹਾਨ੍, ਅਹੰ ਤਦੀਯੋਪਾਨਹੌ ਵੋਢੁਮਪਿ ਨਹਿ ਯੋਗ੍ਯੋਸ੍ਮਿ, ਸ ਯੁਸ਼਼੍ਮਾਨ੍ ਵਹ੍ਨਿਰੂਪੇ ਪਵਿਤ੍ਰ ਆਤ੍ਮਨਿ ਸੰਮੱਜਯਿਸ਼਼੍ਯਤਿ|
12 [He is like a farmer who wants to clear away the grain that is on the ground where it has been threshed] {[they have threshed it]}. [That farmer uses a] huge fork to throw the grain into the air [to separate the wheat from the chaff] [MET], and then he cleans up the threshing area. [Similarly], God will [separate righteous people from the evil people like a farmer who] gathers the wheat into his storage area, and then [God] will burn the [people who are like] chaff with a fire that will never be put out [MET].”
ਤਸ੍ਯ ਕਾਰੇ ਸੂਰ੍ਪ ਆਸ੍ਤੇ, ਸ ਸ੍ਵੀਯਸ਼ਸ੍ਯਾਨਿ ਸਮ੍ਯਕ੍ ਪ੍ਰਸ੍ਫੋਟ੍ਯ ਨਿਜਾਨ੍ ਸਕਲਗੋਧੂਮਾਨ੍ ਸੰਗ੍ਰੁʼਹ੍ਯ ਭਾਣ੍ਡਾਗਾਰੇ ਸ੍ਥਾਪਯਿਸ਼਼੍ਯਤਿ, ਕਿੰਨ੍ਤੁ ਸਰ੍ੱਵਾਣਿ ਵੁਸ਼਼ਾਣ੍ਯਨਿਰ੍ੱਵਾਣਵਹ੍ਨਿਨਾ ਦਾਹਯਿਸ਼਼੍ਯਤਿ|
13 During that time, Jesus went from Galilee [District] to the Jordan [River], where John was. [He did that] in order to be baptized by John {in order to ask that John would baptize him}.
ਅਨਨ੍ਤਰੰ ਯੀਸ਼ੁ ਰ੍ਯੋਹਨਾ ਮੱਜਿਤੋ ਭਵਿਤੁੰ ਗਾਲੀਲ੍ਪ੍ਰਦੇਸ਼ਾਦ੍ ਯਰ੍ੱਦਨਿ ਤਸ੍ਯ ਸਮੀਪਮ੍ ਆਜਗਾਮ|
14 [When Jesus asked John to baptize him], John objected, saying, “I need to be baptized by you {you to baptize me} [because you are superior to me. Since you are not a sinner], ([you(sg)] should not come to me [to be baptized by me] {[to ask that I baptize you(sg)]}!/why do you come to me [to be baptized by me] {[ask that I baptize you(sg)]} [RHQ]?)”
ਕਿਨ੍ਤੁ ਯੋਹਨ੍ ਤੰ ਨਿਸ਼਼ਿਧ੍ਯ ਬਭਾਸ਼਼ੇ, ਤ੍ਵੰ ਕਿੰ ਮਮ ਸਮੀਪਮ੍ ਆਗੱਛਸਿ? ਵਰੰ ਤ੍ਵਯਾ ਮੱਜਨੰ ਮਮ ਪ੍ਰਯੋਜਨਮ੍ ਆਸ੍ਤੇ|
15 But Jesus said to him, “Baptize me at this time, because in this way we [two] will do [everything that God] requires.” Then John consented to baptize him.
ਤਦਾਨੀਂ ਯੀਸ਼ੁਃ ਪ੍ਰਤ੍ਯਵੋਚਤ੍; ਈਦਾਨੀਮ੍ ਅਨੁਮਨ੍ਯਸ੍ਵ, ਯਤ ਇੱਥੰ ਸਰ੍ੱਵਧਰ੍ੰਮਸਾਧਨਮ੍ ਅਸ੍ਮਾਕੰ ਕਰ੍ੱਤਵ੍ਯੰ, ਤਤਃ ਸੋ(ਅ)ਨ੍ਵਮਨ੍ਯਤ|
16 After he was baptized {John baptized Jesus}, Jesus immediately came up out of the water. Just then, [it was as though] the sky was opened {split apart}. Then [Jesus] saw God’s Spirit coming down upon him. He came in the form of a dove.
ਅਨਨ੍ਤਰੰ ਯੀਸ਼ੁਰੰਮਸਿ ਮੱਜਿਤੁਃ ਸਨ੍ ਤਤ੍ਕ੍ਸ਼਼ਣਾਤ੍ ਤੋਯਮਧ੍ਯਾਦ੍ ਉੱਥਾਯ ਜਗਾਮ, ਤਦਾ ਜੀਮੂਤਦ੍ਵਾਰੇ ਮੁਕ੍ਤੇ ਜਾਤੇ, ਸ ਈਸ਼੍ਵਰਸ੍ਯਾਤ੍ਮਾਨੰ ਕਪੋਤਵਦ੍ ਅਵਰੁਹ੍ਯ ਸ੍ਵੋਪਰ੍ੱਯਾਗੱਛਨ੍ਤੰ ਵੀਕ੍ਸ਼਼ਾਞ੍ਚਕ੍ਰੇ|
17 Then [God] [SYN] spoke from heaven, saying, “This is my Son. I love him. I am very pleased with him.”
ਅਪਰਮ੍ ਏਸ਼਼ ਮਮ ਪ੍ਰਿਯਃ ਪੁਤ੍ਰ ਏਤਸ੍ਮਿੰਨੇਵ ਮਮ ਮਹਾਸਨ੍ਤੋਸ਼਼ ਏਤਾਦ੍ਰੁʼਸ਼ੀ ਵ੍ਯੋਮਜਾ ਵਾਗ੍ ਬਭੂਵ|
