Matthew 3
1 And in those days cometh John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judæa, saying,
tadānoṁ yohnnāmā majjayitā yihūdīyadeśasya prāntaram upasthāya pracārayan kathayāmāsa,
2 Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
manāṁsi parāvarttayata, svargīyarājatvaṁ samīpamāgatam|
3 For this is he that was spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight.
parameśasya panthānaṁ pariṣkuruta sarvvataḥ| tasya rājapathāṁścaiva samīkuruta sarvvathā| ityetat prāntare vākyaṁ vadataḥ kasyacid ravaḥ||
4 Now John himself had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
etadvacanaṁ yiśayiyabhaviṣyadvādinā yohanamuddiśya bhāṣitam| yohano vasanaṁ mahāṅgaromajaṁ tasya kaṭau carmmakaṭibandhanaṁ; sa ca śūkakīṭān madhu ca bhuktavān|
5 Then went out unto him Jerusalem, and all Judæa, and all the region round about the Jordan;
tadānīṁ yirūśālamnagaranivāsinaḥ sarvve yihūdideśīyā yarddantaṭinyā ubhayataṭasthāśca mānavā bahirāgatya tasya samīpe
6 and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
svīyaṁ svīyaṁ duritam aṅgīkṛtya tasyāṁ yarddani tena majjitā babhūvuḥ|
7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
aparaṁ bahūn phirūśinaḥ sidūkinaśca manujān maṁktuṁ svasamīpam āgacchto vilokya sa tān abhidadhau, re re bhujagavaṁśā āgāmīnaḥ kopāt palāyituṁ yuṣmān kaścetitavān?
8 Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of repentance:
manaḥparāvarttanasya samucitaṁ phalaṁ phalata|
9 and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
kintvasmākaṁ tāta ibrāhīm astīti sveṣu manaḥsu cīntayanto mā vyāharata| yato yuṣmān ahaṁ vadāmi, īśvara etebhyaḥ pāṣāṇebhya ibrāhīmaḥ santānān utpādayituṁ śaknoti|
10 And even now the axe lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
aparaṁ pādapānāṁ mūle kuṭhāra idānīmapi lagan āste, tasmād yasmin pādape uttamaṁ phalaṁ na bhavati, sa kṛtto madhye'gniṁ nikṣepsyate|
11 I indeed baptize you in water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and [in] fire:
aparam ahaṁ manaḥparāvarttanasūcakena majjanena yuṣmān majjayāmīti satyaṁ, kintu mama paścād ya āgacchati, sa mattopi mahān, ahaṁ tadīyopānahau voḍhumapi nahi yogyosmi, sa yuṣmān vahnirūpe pavitra ātmani saṁmajjayiṣyati|
12 whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor; and he will gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.
tasya kāre sūrpa āste, sa svīyaśasyāni samyak prasphoṭya nijān sakalagodhūmān saṁgṛhya bhāṇḍāgāre sthāpayiṣyati, kiṁntu sarvvāṇi vuṣāṇyanirvvāṇavahninā dāhayiṣyati|
13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
anantaraṁ yīśu ryohanā majjito bhavituṁ gālīlpradeśād yarddani tasya samīpam ājagāma|
14 But John would have hindered him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
kintu yohan taṁ niṣidhya babhāṣe, tvaṁ kiṁ mama samīpam āgacchasi? varaṁ tvayā majjanaṁ mama prayojanam āste|
15 But Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer [it] now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffereth him.
tadānīṁ yīśuḥ pratyavocat; īdānīm anumanyasva, yata itthaṁ sarvvadharmmasādhanam asmākaṁ karttavyaṁ, tataḥ so'nvamanyata|
16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway from the water: and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him;
anantaraṁ yīśurammasi majjituḥ san tatkṣaṇāt toyamadhyād utthāya jagāma, tadā jīmūtadvāre mukte jāte, sa īśvarasyātmānaṁ kapotavad avaruhya svoparyyāgacchantaṁ vīkṣāñcakre|
17 and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
aparam eṣa mama priyaḥ putra etasminneva mama mahāsantoṣa etādṛśī vyomajā vāg babhūva|
