マタイの福音書 3
1 第一款 洗者ヨハネの先駆 其頃、洗者ヨハネ來りてユデアの荒野に教を宣べ、
Now in those days comes John the baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
2 云ひけるは、汝等改心せよ、天國は近づけり、と。
and saying, Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn nigh.
3 蓋是預言者イザヤによりて云はれし人なり、曰く「荒野に呼はる人の聲ありて云ふ、汝等主の道を備へ、其小径を直くせよ」と。
For this is he who has been spoken of through Esaias the prophet, saying, Voice of him that crieth in the wilderness: prepare ye the way of [the] Lord, make straight his paths.
4 ヨハネは駱駝の毛衣を着、腰に皮帯を締め、蝗と野蜜とを常食と為し居たりき。
And John himself had his garment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and wild honey.
5 時にエルザレムユデアの全國ヨルダン[河]に沿へる全地方[の人]彼の許に出で、
Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the country round the Jordan,
6 己が罪を告白して、ヨルダンにて洗せられ居りしが、
and were baptised by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.
7 多くのファリザイ人及サドカイ人の己に洗せられんとて來るを見て、ヨハネ是に云ひけるは、蝮の裔よ、來るべき怒を逃るる事を誰か汝等に誨へしぞ。
But seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of vipers, who has forewarned you to flee from the coming wrath?
8 然れば改心の相當なる果を結べよ。
Produce therefore fruit worthy of repentance.
9 汝等、我等の父にアブラハムありと心の中に云はんとすること勿れ、蓋我汝等に告ぐ、神は是等の石よりアブラハムの為に子等を起すことを得給ふ。
And do not think to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for [our] father; for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
10 斧既に樹の根に置かれたり、故に総て善き果を結ばざる樹は伐られて火に投入れらるべし。
And already the axe is applied to the root of the trees; every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.
11 我は改心の為に水にて汝等を洗すれども、我後に來り給ふ者は我よりも力あり、我は其履を執るにも足らず、彼は聖霊と火とにて汝等を洗し給ふべし。
I indeed baptise you with water to repentance, but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not fit to bear; he shall baptise you with [the] Holy Spirit and fire;
12 彼の手に箕ありて其禾場を浄め、麦は倉に納め、糠は消えざる火にて焼き給ふべし、と。
whose winnowing fan [is] in his hand, and he shall thoroughly purge his threshing-floor, and shall gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
13 第二款 キリスト自身の豫備 此時イエズス、ヨハネに洗せられんとて、ガリレアよりヨルダン[河]に來り給ひしかば、
Then comes Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptised of him;
14 ヨハネ辞して云ひけるは、我こそ汝に洗せらるべきに、汝我に來り給ふか。
but John urgently forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptised of thee; and comest thou to me?
15 イエズス答へて曰ひけるは、姑く其を許せ、斯く我等が正しき事を、悉く遂ぐるは當然なればなり、と。是に於てヨハネ是に許ししかば、
But Jesus answering said to him, Suffer [it] now; for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffers him.
16 イエズス洗せられて直に水より上り給ひしが、折しも天彼の為に開け、神の霊鳩の如く降りて我上に來り給ふを見給へり、
And Jesus, having been baptised, went up straightway from the water, and lo, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him:
17 折しも又天より聲ありて、「是ぞ我心を安んぜる我愛子なる」と云へり。
and behold, a voice out of the heavens saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I have found my delight.
