1 E, naqueles dias, apareceu João o Batista pregando no deserto da Judeia,

2 E dizendo: Arrependei-vos, porque está próximo o reino dos céus.

3 Porque este é o anunciado pelo profeta Isaías, que disse: Voz do que clama no deserto: Preparai o caminho do Senhor, endireitai as suas veredas.

4 E este João tinha as suas vestes de pelos de camelo, e um cinto de couro em torno de seus lombos; e alimentava-se de gafanhotos e de mel silvestre.

5 Então ia ter com ele Jerusalém, e toda a Judeia, e toda a província adjacente ao 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.