Matthew 3
1 In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,
U ono pak doba doðe Jovan krstitelj, i uèaše u pustinji Judejskoj.
2 “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!”
I govoraše: pokajte se, jer se približi carstvo nebesko.
3 For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, make the way of the Lord ready! Make his paths straight!”
Jer je to onaj za koga je govorio prorok Isaija gdje kaže: glas onoga što vièe u pustinji: pripravite put Gospodu, i poravnite staze njegove.
4 Now John himself wore clothing made of camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
A Jovan imaše haljinu od dlake kamilje i pojas kožan oko sebe; a hrana njegova bijaše skakavci i med divlji.
5 Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him.
Tada izlažaše k njemu Jerusalim i sva Judeja, i sva okolina Jordanska.
6 They were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.
I on ih kršæavaše u Jordanu, i ispovijedahu grijehe svoje.
7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, “You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
A kad vidje Jovan) mnoge fariseje i sadukeje gdje idu da ih krsti, reèe im: porodi aspidini! ko kaza vama da bježite od gnjeva koji ide?
8 Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance!
Rodite dakle rod dostojan pokajanja.
9 Don’t think to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father,’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.
I ne mislite i ne govorite u sebi: imamo oca Avraama; jer vam kažem da može Bog i od kamenja ovoga podignuti djecu Avraamu.
10 Even now the ax lies at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.
Veæ i sjekira kod korijena drvetu stoji; svako dakle drvo koje ne raða dobra roda, sijeèe se i u oganj se baca.
11 “I indeed baptize you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.
Ja dakle kršæavam vas vodom za pokajanje; a onaj što ide za mnom, jaèi je od mene; ja nijesam dostojan njemu obuæe ponijeti; on æe vas krstiti Duhom svetijem i ognjem.
12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.”
Njemu je lopata u ruci njegovoj, pa æe otrijebiti gumno svoje, i skupiæe pšenicu svoju u žitnicu, a pljevu æe sažeæi ognjem vjeènijem.
13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.
Tada doðe Isus iz Galileje na Jordan k Jovanu da se krsti.
14 But John would have hindered him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?”
A Jovan branjaše mu govoreæi: ti treba mene da krstiš, a ti li dolaziš k meni?
15 But Jesus, answering, said to him, “Allow it now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed him.
A Isus odgovori i reèe mu: ostavi sad, jer tako nam treba ispuniti svaku pravdu. Tada Jovan ostavi ga.
16 Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him.
I krstivši se Isus iziðe odmah iz vode; i gle, otvoriše mu se nebesa, i vidje Duha Božijega gdje silazi kao golub i doðe na njega.
17 Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”
I gle, glas s neba koji govori: ovo je sin moj ljubazni koji je po mojoj volji.
