1 Naqueles dias apareceu João, o Batista, pregando no deserto da Judéia,
2 dizendo: Arrependei-vos, porque é chegado o reino dos céus.
3 Porque este é o anunciado pelo profeta Isaías, que diz: Voz do que clama no deserto; Preparai o caminho do Senhor, endireitai as suas veredas.
4 Ora, João usava uma veste de pelos de camelo, e um cinto de couro em torno de seus lombos; e alimentava-se de gafanhotos e mel silvestre.
5 Então iam ter com ele os de Jerusalém, de toda a Judéia, e de toda a circunvizinhança do Jordão,
6 e eram por ele batizados no rio Jordão, confessando os seus pecados.
1 And in those days cometh John the Baptist, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea,
2 and saying, Reform, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens,
3 for this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths.
4 And this John had his clothing of camels hair, and a girdle of skin round his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and honey of the field.
5 Then were going forth unto him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about the Jordan,
6 and they were baptized in the Jordan by him, confessing their sins.