Matye 3
1 Lè sa a, Jan Batis parèt nan dezè Jide a. Li t'ap mache bay mesaj sa a.
In those dayes Ihon the Baptyst came and preached in the wildernes of Iury
2 Li t'ap di: Tounen vin jwenn Bondye. Paske, Bondye ki wa nan syèl la ap vin pran pouvwa a nan men l'.
saynge; Repet the kyngdome of heue is at honde.
3 Se sou Jan pwofèt Ezayi t'ap pale lè l' te di: Se vwa yon nonm k'ap rele nan dezè a: Pare gran wout Seyè nou an. Plani chemen an byen plani pou li.
This is he of whom it is spoken by the Prophet Esay which sayeth: The voyce of a cryer in wyldernes prepare the Lordes waye and make hys pathes strayght.
4 Jan te gen yon rad fèt ak pwal chamo sou li, li te mare ren l' ak yon sentiwon an po. Li te manje krikèt ak gato myèl li te jwenn nan bwa.
This Iho had hys garmet of camels heer and a gerdell of a skynne aboute his loynes. Hys meate was locustes and wylde hony.
5 Moun soti lavil Jerizalèm, nan tout peyi Jide a ak nan tout vwazinaj larivyè Jouden an, yo tout te vin jwenn Jan.
The went oute to hym Ierusalem and all Iury and all ye regio roude aboute Iorda
6 Yo te konfese peche yo devan tout moun. Apre sa, Jan te batize yo nan larivyè Jouden an.
and were baptised of him in Iorda cofessynge their synnes.
7 Lè Jan wè te gen anpil farizyen ak sadiseyen ki t'ap vin jwenn li pou resevwa batèm nan men l', li di yo: Bann vèmen! Ki moun ki fè nou konnen nou kapab chape anba kòlè Bondye k'ap vini an?
When he sawe many of ye Pharises and of ye Saduces come to hys baptim he sayde vnto the: O generacio of vipers who hath taught you to fle fro the vengeauce to come?
8 Fè bagay ki pou fè wè lavi nou chanje tout bon.
Brynge forth therfore the frutes belongynge to repentauce.
9 Pa konprann nou ka di nan kè nou: Se pitit pitit Abraram nou ye. Paske, mwen p'ap kache di nou sa: Bondye kapab pran wòch sa yo, li fè yo tounen pitit pou Abraram.
And se that ye ons thynke not to saye in your selues we haue Abraham to oure father. For I saye vnto you that God is able of these stones to rayse vp chyldern vnto Abraha.
10 Epitou, rach la tou pare pou koupe rasin pyebwa yo. Nenpòt pyebwa ki pa bay bon donn, yo pral koupe sa jete nan dife.
Euenowe is ye axe put vnto ye rote of ye trees: soo that every tree which bringeth not forthe goode frute is hewe doune and cast into ye fyre.
11 Mwen menm, mwen batize nou nan dlo, pou fè wè nou tounen vin jwenn Bondye. Men, moun k'ap vin apre mwen an gen plis pouvwa anpil pase m'. Mwen pa bon ase menm pou m' ta wete sapat ki nan pye li. Se li menm ki va batize nou nan Sentespri ak nan dife.
I baptise you in water in toke of repentauce: but he ye cometh after me is myghtier then I whose shues I am not worthy to beare. He shall baptise you with ye holy gost and with fyre:
12 Li gen laye l' nan men li. L'ap vannen tout grenn ki sou glasi a. La ranmase grenn ki bon yo, la mete yo nan galata li; men, l'ap boule pay la nan yon dife ki p'ap janm mouri.
which hath also his fan in his hod and will pourge his floure and gadre ye wheet into his garner and will burne ye chaffe with vnquecheable fyre
13 Lè sa a, Jezi soti nan peyi Galile, li vin larivyè Jouden, bò kote Jan pou Jan batize li.
Then cam Iesus from Galile to Iordan vnto Ihon to be baptised of hym.
14 Men, Jan pa t' dakò pou sa menm. Li di l': Se ou ki pou ta batize m', epi se ou menm ki vin jwenn mwen pou m' batize ou?
But Ihon forbade hym saynge: I ought to be baptysed of the: and comest thou to me?
15 Jezi reponn li: Kite sa fèt konsa koulye a. Se konsa pou nou fè tou sa Bondye mande. Jan pa t' kenbe tèt avè l' ankò.
Iesus answered and sayd to hym: Let it be so now. For thus it becommeth vs to fulfyll all rightwesnes. Then he suffred hym.
16 Fini Jan fin batize l', Jezi soti nan dlo a. Menm lè a, syèl la louvri, Jezi wè Lespri Bondye a desann sou fòm yon ti pijon vin sou li.
And Iesus assone as he was baptised came strayght out of ye water. And lo heue was ope over hym: and Ihon sawe the spirite of God descende lyke a doue and lyght vpon hym.
17 Lè sa a, yon vwa soti nan syèl la, li di: Sa se pitit mwen renmen anpil la. Li fè kè m' kontan anpil.
And lo there came a voyce from heven sayng: Thys ys that my beloved sonne in whom is my delyte.
