1 In daardie dae het Johannes die Doper opgetree en in die woestyn van Judea

2 gepreek en gesê: Bekeer julle, want die koninkryk van die hemele het naby gekom.

3 Want dit is hy van wie deur die profeet Jesaja gespreek is toe hy gesê het: Die stem van een wat roep in die woestyn: Berei die weg van die Here, maak sy paaie reguit!

4 En hy, Johannes, het 'n kleed gedra van kameelhare en 'n leergord om sy heupe, en sy voedsel was sprinkane en wilde heuning.

5 En Jerusalem en die hele Judia en die hele omtrek van die Jordaan het uitgegaan na hom toe.

6 En hulle is deur hom in die Jordaan gedoop met belydenis van hulle sondes.

1 And in those days cometh John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judæa, saying, 2 Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 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.

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. 5 Then went out unto him Jerusalem, and all Judæa, and all the region round about the Jordan; 6 and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.