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Juan on tlacuatequijquetl otemachtij ne tlapatlaco

Ipan on tonaltin, Juan on yejhuan tlacuatequijquetl ohuajlaj ipan itlapatlaco Judea, niman oquinmachtij on tlacamej yejhuan itech ohualajquej. Quijtohuaya:

―Xcajcahuacan ica nenquichihuaj on tlen xcuajli, pampa ye huajlau on tonaltin ijcuac Dios tlamandaros nican quen tlamandarohua ne ilhuicac.

On tiotlajtojquetl Isaías otlajcuiloj itech ica Juan ijcuac ijquin oquijcuiloj:
Yacaj nemi ne campa tlapatlaco niman ijqui tzajtzi: Xyectlalican nemoyojlo pampa ye huajlau toTeco. Xmejmelahuacan nemonemilis ijcon quen on tlacamej cueltlaliaj niman quimejmelahuaj se ojtli ijcuac huajlau se tlacatl yejhuan hueyixticaj.

Juan notlaquentiaya ican tlaquentli yejhuan tlachijchiutli ican itojmiyo on camello, niman quitlaliaya ilpicatl tlachijchiutli ican cuetlaxtli. Yejhua quincuaya on yolcatzitzintin yejhuan quen chapolimej, niman no coniya on cojnecutli. Huajlayaj cuajcaquiyaj nochimej on chanejquej ipan on hueyican itoca Jerusalén, niman on yejhuan nochihuiyan chantiyaj ne Judea, niman ne nisiu itech on atentli itoca Jordán. Yejhuamej noyolcuitijtiayaj ican intlajtlacolhuan, niman Juan quincuatequiaya ipan on atentli itoca Jordán.

Pero ijcuac Juan oquitac ica miyequej fariseos niman saduceos huajlayaj para nocuatequisquej, oquimijlij:

―Nemejhuamej yejhuan nenquichihuaj on xcuajli quen nencohuamej, ¿aquinon omechmachiltij para xmomanahuican itech on temojtij castigo yejhuan huajlau? Cuajli xmohuicacan para cuajli nenquiteititisquej ica melahuac yonencajcaquej nenquichihuaj on tlen xcuajli. Niman ma ca xnemilican tla xitlaj huelis nochihuas nemotech pampa nenteconehuan itech Abraham. Nejhua nemechijlia ica hasta in temej Dios huelis quincuepas teconehuan itech Abraham. 10 Nemejhuamej nemijcomej quen on cojtin yejhuan xtlaquij. Nochi cojtli yejhuan xtlaquis notequis niman notlatis. Yejhua ica xmotacan sa no nemejhuamej, pampa on hacha ye oncaj listo para quintequis hasta ipan inelhuayohuan on cojtin yejhuan xtlaquij.

11 Melahuac nejhua nemechcuatequiya ican atl para noteititia ica yonencajcaquej nenquichihuaj on tlen xcuajli, pero yejhua on yejhuan nechajtoca quipia más poder xquen nejhua, niman nejhua xnechmelahua nion achijtzin para nicacquixtis. Yejhua, tej, mechcuatequis ican Espíritu Santo niman ican tlitl. 12 Dios ye nemi listo para nochimej quintlaxtlahuilis. Yejhua ye ipan ima quipia on iaventador para yejhua ica cajcahuis on trigo niman quixelos itech on itlajsojlo. Quejehuas on trigo ipan on cuescontli, pero on itlajsojlo quitlatis ipan on tlitl yejhuan xqueman sehuis.

Juan oquicuatequij Jesús

13 Ipan on tonaltin Jesús oquis ne Galilea niman ohuajlaj itech on atentli Jordán para Juan ocuatequij. 14 Pero Juan xquinequiya cuatequis Jesús, niman oquijlij:

―Nejhua nechtocarohua tinechcuatequis, ¿niman yej tejhua notech tihuajlau para ma nimitzcuatequi?

15 Pero Jesús oquijlij:

―Xcahua para aman ma ijqui nochihua, pampa ijqui nonequi ticchihuasquej nochi tlen Dios tlanahuatia.

Ijcuacon Juan ijqui oquichiu. 16 Quemaj ijcuac Jesús yonocuatequij, oquis itech on atl. Niman nimantzin on ilhuicac otlapou, niman yejhua oquitac iEspíritu Dios huajtemohuaya quen itlaj paloma ipan. 17 Quemaj ocaquistic se tlajtojli ne ilhuicac yejhuan oquijtoj:

―Yejhua in yejhua notlajsojcaConetzin yejhuan itech nipacticaj.

John the Baptist Prepares the Way(A)

In those days John the Baptist(B) came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven(C) has come near.” This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah:

“A voice of one calling in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
    make straight paths for him.’”[a](D)

John’s(E) clothes were made of camel’s hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist.(F) His food was locusts(G) and wild honey. People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region of the Jordan. Confessing their sins, they were baptized(H) by him in the Jordan River.

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: “You brood of vipers!(I) Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?(J) Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.(K) And do not think you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’(L) I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. 10 The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.(M)

11 “I baptize you with[b] water for repentance.(N) But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with[c] the Holy Spirit(O) and fire.(P) 12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”(Q)

The Baptism of Jesus(R)

13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John.(S) 14 But John tried to deter him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”

15 Jesus replied, “Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John consented.

16 As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened,(T) and he saw the Spirit of God(U) descending like a dove and alighting on him. 17 And a voice from heaven(V) said, “This is my Son,(W) whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”(X)

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 3:3 Isaiah 40:3
  2. Matthew 3:11 Or in
  3. Matthew 3:11 Or in