1 Niinä päivinä tuli Johannes Kastaja ja saarnasi Juudean erämaassa

4 Ja Johanneksella oli puku kamelinkarvoista ja vyötäisillään nahkavyö; ja hänen ruokanaan oli heinäsirkat ja metsähunaja.

5 Silloin vaelsi hänen tykönsä Jerusalem ja koko Juudea ja kaikki Jordanin ympäristö,

6 ja hän kastoi heidät Jordanin virrassa, kun he tunnustivat syntinsä.

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.