Matteuksen 3
1 Niinä päivinä tuli Johannes Kastaja ja saarnasi Juudean erämaassa
While [Jesus was still in Nazareth town], John, [whom the people called] the Baptizer, went to a desolate place in Judea [district].
2 ja sanoi: "Tehkää parannus, sillä taivasten valtakunta on tullut lähelle".
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].”
3 Sillä hän on se, josta profeetta Esaias puhuu sanoen: "Huutavan ääni kuuluu erämaassa: 'Valmistakaa Herralle tie, tehkää polut hänelle tasaisiksi'."
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!]
4 Ja Johanneksella oli puku kamelinkarvoista ja vyötäisillään nahkavyö; ja hänen ruokanaan oli heinäsirkat ja metsähunaja.
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.
5 Silloin vaelsi hänen tykönsä Jerusalem ja koko Juudea ja kaikki Jordanin ympäristö,
[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].
6 ja hän kastoi heidät Jordanin virrassa, kun he tunnustivat syntinsä.
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.
7 Mutta nähdessään paljon fariseuksia ja saddukeuksia tulevan kasteelle hän sanoi heille: "Te kyykäärmeitten sikiöt, kuka on neuvonut teitä pakenemaan tulevaista vihaa?
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]
8 Tehkää sentähden parannuksen soveliaita hedelmiä,
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]}.
9 Älkääkä luulko saattavanne sanoa mielessänne: 'Onhan meillä isänä Aabraham'; sillä minä sanon teille, että Jumala voi näistä kivistä herättää lapsia Aabrahamille.
[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].’
10 Jo on kirves pantu puitten juurelle; jokainen puu, joka ei tee hyvää hedelmää, siis hakataan pois ja heitetään tuleen.
[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].”
11 Minä kastan teidät vedellä parannukseen, mutta se, joka minun jäljessäni tulee, on minua väkevämpi, jonka kenkiäkään minä en ole kelvollinen kantamaan; hän kastaa teidät Pyhällä Hengellä ja tulella.
“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)
12 Hänellä on viskimensä kädessään, ja hän puhdistaa puimatanterensa ja kokoaa nisunsa aittaan, mutta ruumenet hän polttaa sammumattomassa tulessa."
[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].”
13 Silloin Jeesus tuli Galileasta Jordanille Johanneksen tykö hänen kastettavakseen.
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}.
14 Mutta tämä esteli häntä sanoen: "Minun tarvitsee saada sinulta kaste, ja sinä tulet minun tyköni!"
[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]?)”
15 Jeesus vastasi ja sanoi hänelle: "Salli nyt; sillä näin meidän sopii täyttää kaikki vanhurskaus". Silloin hän salli sen hänelle.
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.
16 Kun Jeesus oli kastettu, nousi hän kohta vedestä, ja katso, taivaat aukenivat, ja hän näki Jumalan Hengen tulevan alas niinkuin kyyhkysen ja laskeutuvan hänen päällensä.
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.
17 Ja katso, taivaista kuului ääni, joka sanoi: "Tämä on minun rakas Poikani, johon minä olen mielistynyt".
Then [God] [SYN] spoke from heaven, saying, “This is my Son. I love him. I am very pleased with him.”
