1 Naqueles dias, apareceu João Batista, pregando no deserto da Judéia.

2 Dizia ele: Fazei penitência porque está próximo o Reino dos céus.

3 Este é aquele de quem falou o profeta Isaías, quando disse: Uma voz clama no deserto: Preparai o caminho do Senhor, endireitai as suas veredas {Is 40,3}.

4 João usava uma vestimenta de pêlos de camelo e um cinto de couro em volta dos rins. Alimentava-se de gafanhotos e mel silvestre.

5 Pessoas de Jerusalém, de toda a Judéia e de toda a circunvizinhança do Jordão vinham a ele.

6 Confessavam seus pecados e eram batizados por ele nas águas do Jordão.

1 In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea

2 and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near."

3 This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: "A voice of one calling in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.'" [1]

4 John's clothes were made of camel's hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

5 People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region of the Jordan.

6 Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.