Matthew 3
1 Some time later John the Baptist appeared on the scene, proclaiming in the Judean desert,
A NI ran pukat Ioanes saunpaptais pwarado, padapadak nan sap en Iudäa,
2 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has arrived!”
Masani: Komail kalula, pwe wein nanlang korendor.
3 He was the one Isaiah spoke about when he said, “A voice is heard crying out in the desert, ‘Prepare the way of the Lord. Make the paths straight for him.’”
Pwe iei i, me saukop Iesaia katitiki, masani: Ngil en saunkair amen nan sap tan: Komail kaonopada al en Kaun o, kainenela al a!
4 John had clothes made of camel hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
A i Ioanes me a likau wun en kamel o a pirapireki kil in man, a sak a mansiek o oni en nan wel.
5 People came to him from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and the entire Jordan region,
Toun Ierusalem, o toun Iudäa, o toun sap akan liman Iordan ap koieila re a;
6 and were baptized in the Jordan River, publicly admitting their sins.
O irail paptaisela re a nan Iordan, ni ar weokada dip arail akan.
7 But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to be baptized, he said to them, “You vipers' brood! Who warned you to run away from the coming judgment?
A lao masanier Parisär o Sadusar me toto ko dong a paptais, ap masani ong irail: Dakot wan oter komail! Is me padaki ong komailer, en piti sang ni kamekam me kokodo?
8 Show by what you do that you have truly repented,
Ari, komail kapwareda wan kalula mau!
9 and don't presume to say proudly to yourselves, ‘Abraham is our father.’ I tell you that God could make children of Abraham from these stones.
A komail depa lamelame, me komail pan indang pein komail: Nan Apraam sam atail. Pwe i indai ong komail, me Kot kotin kak ong wiaki ong Apraam na seri kai takai pukat.
10 In fact the ax is ready to chop down the trees. Every tree that doesn't produce good fruit will be chopped down and thrown into the fire.
Sile o mier ni tapin tuka kan; a tuka karos me so wa mau, pan paledi o lokidokila nani iai.
11 Yes, I baptize you in water to show repentance, but after me is coming one who is greater than I am. I'm not worthy even to remove his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
Melel, i paptais kin komail pil ong kalula, a me kotido muri, nan me laude sang ia, ngai sowar ong, en wa sapwilim a sut; i me pan paptais kin komail Ngen saraui o kisiniai.
12 He has his winnowing tool ready in his hand. He will clean up the threshing floor and gather the wheat into the storehouse, but he will burn the chaff with fire that can't be put out.”
Sapwilim a tanir mi ni lim a; a pan kotin koko melel sapwilim a pera, ap nekid pena sapwilim a wan korn nan im en nak, a dip akan a pan kotin karong kila kisiniai soutuk.
13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan River to be baptized by John.
Iesus ap kotido sang Kaliläa, koti dong Iordan ren Ioanes, pwen paptaisela re a.
14 But John tried to change his mind. He told Jesus, “I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me to baptize you?”
A Ioanes kotin kang, ap potoan ong: Mak eta i en paptaisela re ir, a iaduen ir me kotido re i?
15 “Please do so, because it's good for us to do what God says is right,” Jesus told him. So John agreed to do it.
A Iesus kotin sapeng masani ong i: Wiada mas, pwe me kon ong kita, en kapwuiada pung kan karos; a ap duki ong i.
16 Immediately after he was baptized, Jesus came out of the water. The heavens were opened, and he saw God's Spirit like a dove descending, landing on him.
Iesus lao paptaiselar, ap kotin madangada sang nan pil o. A kilang, nanlang ap ritidang i, i ari kotin masani Ngen en Kot kotidido ni mom en muroi men a kaipokedi po a.
17 A voice from heaven said, “This is my son whom I love, who pleases me.”
O kilang, ngil eu sang nanlang masani: Iet nai ol kompok, me I kin polaule kida!
