1 PBA Pas ahi-ahi tu, detang'ah Yohanes Pembaptis, berkhotbah di Padang belantara Yudea. BSB BSB: In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea
2 PBA Die nyakap, "be'hubeh'ah kelakuan mika khana Kerajaan sehege lah deket." BSB BSB: and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
3 PBA Sebeb, die'ah nang de cakap Nabi Yesaya ketika nyakap, "suaha uhang nang be'sehu-sehu di padang belantara, 'Siap'ah jelan ndok Tuhan, buet'ah jelan-Nya luhus."' BSB BSB: 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.’”
4 PBA Dan, Yohanes senihi makai bejunya agi bulu unta dan sabuk kulit de keliling pingengnya. Pemakannya ade'ah belalang-belalang dan gule le'beh. BSB BSB: John wore a garment of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
5 PBA Lalu, ohang-ohang Yerusalem detang bek die, dan seluhuh Yudea, dan seluhuh kawasan nang deket dengen Yordan. BSB BSB: People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region around the Jordan.
6 PBA Lalu, uhang tu de'babtis oleh Yohanes di Yordan, sekelalu ngaku dosa-dosa uhang tu. BSB BSB: Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.
7 PBA Tapi, pas Yohanes miat benyak ohang Farisi dan Saduki detang bek tembat bebeptis tu, die nyakap bek uhang tu, "Mika ika, ketuhun ulah senok, sapa nang lah mehi tau mika ndok lahi agi ajeb nang akan detang? BSB BSB: But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
8 PBA Khana itu, haselkan'ah buah-buah nang sebandeng dengen pertobatan, BSB BSB: Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance.
9 PBA dan jengen'ah be'pikih ndok nyakap ndok dihi mika senihi, kame ka ade Abraham, neneg moyang kame,' khana aku nyakap macam bek dikau bowa agi betu-betu ini Allah sangop membangkitkan anak-anak ndok Abraham! BSB BSB: And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
10 PBA Bahkan, jem ika, kapak nang de letak bek akah betang kayu, dan tiap betang kayu nang kok ngasel bueh nang molek de tebeng dan de lembah bek delam api. BSB BSB: The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
11 PBA Aku ika meb'tis mika dengen aeh ndok mehubeh kelakuan mika, tapi die nang detang lebih dulu agi aku ade'ah lebih be'kuasa agi aku, nang kasut-Nya pon aku kok sangop mukenya. Die tu babtis mika dengen Maya Kudus dan dengen api. BSB BSB: I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
12 PBA Nyihu ade bek tangan Die, juge Die akan mehesih tembat pengihik-Nya, juge ngombol ge'num bek delam kepok. Tapi ambasnya debekah dengen api nang kok pehenah padem. BSB BSB: His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
13 PBA 'Lah itu, Yesus detang agi Galilea ke Yordan bek Yohanes ondok dibabtis oleh Yohanes. BSB BSB: At that time Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John.
14 PBA Tapi, Yohanes beketiah ngalang-Dia juge nyakap macam gike, "Aku kah nang pehelu Dikau babtis, tapi ngapa pula Dikau nang detang bek aku?" BSB BSB: But John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me?”
15 PBA Tapi, Yesus nyo'ob juge nyakap macam gike bek die, "Jem ika, bieh'ah khana macam gitu'ah nang sepatotnya'ah tejedi bek kita ondok menggenapi semua nang beneh." Juge, Yohanes pon mieh Dia. BSB BSB: “Let it be so now,” Jesus replied. “It is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness in this way.” Then John permitted Him.
17 PBA Juge, tengeng'ah suaha agi shege nang nyakap macam gike, "Ika'ah Anak-Aku nang Aku kasihi, Die'ah nang Aku sukan." BSB BSB: And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”