1 And in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the waste land of Judaea,

2 Saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin; for the kingdom of heaven is near.

3 For this is he of whom Isaiah the prophet said, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.

4 Now John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather band about him; and his food was locusts and honey.

5 Then Jerusalem and all Judaea went out to him, and all the people from near Jordan;

6 And they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying openly that they had done wrong.

1 Na i aua ra ka puta a Hoani Kaiiriiri, ka kauwhau i te koraha o Huria,

2 Ka mea, Ripeneta, kua tata hoki te rangatiratanga o te rangi.

3 Ko ta Ihaia poropiti hoki tenei i korero ai, i mea ai, He reo no tetahi i te koraha e karanga ana, Whakapaia te huarahi o te Ariki, whakatikaia ona ara.

4 A ko te kakahu o taua Hoani he huruhuru kamera, he hiako hoki te whitiki o tona hope; ko tana kai he mawhitiwhiti, he honi koraha.

5 Katahi ka haere ki a ia a Hiruharama, me Huria katoa, me nga kainga katoa e tutata ana ki Horano,

6 A iriiria ana ratou e ia ki Horano, me te whaki ano i o ratou hara.