Literal KJV from the Greek |Ancient Hebrew trans. from Shem Tov CHAPTER 3 -Gr. | CHAPTER 3 -Heb. 1 Now in those days came Yochanan |1. In those days came Yochanan ha- the Immerser, proclaiming in the |Matbil proclaiming in the desert of wilderness of Y'hudiah, |Y'hudah. 2 And saying, Repent! For the |2. And he said: Turn in repentance, Kingdom of the Heavens has drawn |for the Kingdom of (the) Heavens is near. |about to come, 3 For this is he spoken of by the |3. To complete what was said by prophet Yesha'yahu, saying, A voice|Yesha'yahu the prophet: A voice of of (one) crying in the wilderness, |one crying in the desert, prepare Prepare the way of HaShem/YHVH, |the way of HaShem, make straight in make His paths straight. |the wilderness a path for our God. 4 Now Yochanan himself had his |4. And behold, Yochanan was clothed raiment from hairs of a camel and a|with the hair of camels and black leather belt around his loins; and |leather around his loins; and his his food was locusts and wild |food was locusts and the honey of honey. |the forest. 5 Then went out to him |5. Then they came out to him from Yerushalayim, and all Y'hudiah, and|Yerushalayim, and from all Y'hudah all the neighborhood of the Yarden,|and from all the kingdom round |about haYarden, 6 And were immersed by him in the |6. And at that time were confessing Yarden, confessing their sins. |their sin and were immersing in |(the) Yarden, because of his word. 7 And seeing many of the P'rushim |7. And he saw that many from the and Tz'dukim coming to his |P'rushim and Tz'dukim came to his immersion, he said unto them, |immersion, and he said to them, Offspring of serpents, who warned |Offspring of serpents, who taught you to flee from the wrath to come?|you to flee from the wrath to come |from Elohim-? 8 Produce therefore fruits worthy |8. Produce the fruit of repentance. of repentance. | 9 And think not to say within |9. And do not say in your heart, yourselves, We have a father, |Our father (is) Avraham. Amaine; I Avraham. For I say unto you, that |say unto you that Elohim is able to Elohim/God is able out of these |raise up His son Avraham from these stones to raise up children unto |stones. Avraham. | 10 And already the axe is even |10.[ST> & Lk.3:10-15] And already laid at the root of the trees: |the axe has reached the root of the therefore any tree not producing |tree. Those not producing good good fruit is hewn off, and cast |fruit will be cut down and burned into fire. |in the fire. The multitudes asked -----------------------------------'him, If so, what shall we do? Yochanan answered them, He who has two shirts let him give one to him who has none. And so they came to be immersed. And many asked him, What shall we do? And he answered them, Be anxious for no man and do not punish them, and be satisfied with your lot. And all the people were thinking and reasoning in their circumcised heart, -Yochanan he (is) Yeshua. _______________________________________________________________________ 11 I indeed immerse you in water |11.[ST> & Lk.3:16] And Yochanan unto repentance: but He coming |answered all of them, Behold in after me is stronger than I, whose |truth I immerse you in the days of sandals I am not worthy to bear: He|repentance, and another comes after shall immerse you in (the) Ruach |me, stronger than I, the thong of HaKodesh/Holy Spirit, {and fire}: |whose sandal I am not worthy to |unfasten. And He shall immerse you |in (the) fire (of) Ruach HaKodesh. 12 Whose fan (is) in His hand, and|12. Who in His hand has a winnowing He will thoroughly-purge His floor,|-fork, to fan His threshing floor, and gather together His wheat into |and He will gather the grain into the barn; but He will burn up the |His barn, and the straw he will chaff with unquenchable fire. |burn with fire which is not |quenched. 13 Then arrived Yeshua from the |13. Then came Yeshua from haGalil Galil to the Yarden unto Yochanan |(to) haYarden to be immersed from to be immersed by him. |Yochanan. 14 But Yochanan restrained Him, |14. And Yochanan was doubtful about saying, I have need to be immersed |immersing Him and said, I should be by You, and You come to me? |immersed from You, and You come to |me? 15 But Yeshua answering said unto |15. And Yeshua answered, and said him, Allow (it to be so) now: for |unto him, Allow it: for we are thus it is fitting to us to fill |required to complete all righteous- /complete all righteousness. Then |ness. Then Yochanan immersed Him. he allowed Him. | 16 And Yeshua, being immersed, |16. And immediately when He came up went up at once from the water: |from the water, were opened to Him and, behold, the Heavens were |the Heavens and 'He saw (the) Ruach opened unto Him, and He saw the |(of) Elohim descending-[the entire Ruach/Spirit of Elohim/God |fountain of Ruach HaKodesh descending as a dove, and alighting|descended]' as a dove, and It dwelt upon Him: |-[abode] upon Him. [+> And said to |Him:] 17 And behold! A voice out of the |17. And behold a voice from the Heavens, saying, This My Son the |Heavens was saying, This is My Son, Beloved, in whom I have found |My Beloved, He is loved very very delight. |much, and My pleasure is in Him.