Matthew 3

1 tadānoṁ yohnnāmā majjayitā yihūdīyadeśasya prāntaram upasthāya pracārayan kathayāmāsa,

2 manāṁsi parāvarttayata, svargīyarājatvaṁ samīpamāgatam|

3 parameśasya panthānaṁ pariṣkuruta sarvvataḥ| tasya rājapathāṁścaiva samīkuruta sarvvathā| ityetat prāntare vākyaṁ vadataḥ kasyacid ravaḥ||

4 etadvacanaṁ yiśayiyabhaviṣyadvādinā yohanamuddiśya bhāṣitam| yohano vasanaṁ mahāṅgaromajaṁ tasya kaṭau carmmakaṭibandhanaṁ; sa ca śūkakīṭān madhu ca bhuktavān|

5 tadānīṁ yirūśālamnagaranivāsinaḥ sarvve yihūdideśīyā yarddantaṭinyā ubhayataṭasthāśca mānavā bahirāgatya tasya samīpe

6 svīyaṁ svīyaṁ duritam aṅgīkṛtya tasyāṁ yarddani tena majjitā babhūvuḥ|