NOW in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiveriyuc Qeycar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Yahud, and Herod being tetrarch of Galiyl, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Yetur and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
Chananyahu and Qayapha being the high priests, the Word of Elohiym came unto Yahuchanon the son of Zakaryahu in the wilderness.
And he came into all the country about the Yardan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
As it is written in the cepher of the words of Yesha`yahu the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the Way of Yahuah, make his paths straight.
Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
And all flesh shall see the את the yeshu`ah of Elohiym.
Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O offspring of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Avraham to our father: for I say unto you, That Elohiym is able of these stones to raise up children unto Avraham.
And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which brings not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?
He answered and said unto them, he that has two coats, let him impart to him that has none; and he that has food, let him do likewise.
Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Rabbi, what shall we do?
And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.
And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of Yahuchanon, whether he were Ha'Mashiach, or not;
Yahuchanon answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I comes, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Ruach Ha'Qodesh and with fire:
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.
But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's woman, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
Added yet this above all, that he shut up Yahuchanon in prison.
Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Yahusha also being baptized, and praying, the heavens were opened,
And the Ruach Ha'Qodesh descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, You are my yachiyd; in you I am well pleased.
And Yahusha himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Yoceph, which was the son of Eliy,
Which was the son of Mattithyahu, which was the son of Leviy, which was the son of Malkiy, which was the son of Yanah, which was the son of Yoceph,
Which was the son of Mattithyahu, which was the son of Amots, which was the son of Nachum, which was the son of Elyahu`aynai, which was the son of Nogahh,
Which was the son of Ma'ath, which was the son of Mattithyahu, which was the son of Shim'iy, which was the son of Yoceph, which was the son of Yahudah,
Which was the son of Yochanon, which was the son of Rephayah, which was the son of Zerubbavel, which was the son of She'altiy'el, which was the son of Neriyahu,
Which was the son of Malkiy, which was the son of Addiy, which was the son of Qecem, which was the son of Almodad, which was the son of Er,
Which was the son of Yoceph, which was the son of Eliy`ezer, which was the son of Yoram, which was the son of Mattithyahu, which was the son of Leviy,
Which was the son of Shim`on, which was the son of Yahudah, which was the son of Yoceph, which was the son of Yochanon, which was the son of Elyaqiym,
Which was the son of Meleah, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattithyahu, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David,
Which was the son of Yishai, which was the son of Oved, which was the son of Bo'az, which was the son of Salmah, which was the son of Nachshon,
Which was the son of Ammiynadav, which was the son of Ram, which was the son of Chetsron, which was the son of Perets, which was the son of Yahudah,
Which was the son of Ya`aqov, which was the son of Yitschaq, which was the son of Avraham, which was the son of Terach, which was the son of Nachor,
Which was the son of Serug, which was the son of Re`u, which was the son of Peleg, which was the son of Eber, which was the son of Shelach,
Which was the son of Qeynan, which was the son of Arpakshad, which was the son of Shem, which was the son of Noach, which was the son of Lemek,
Which was the son of Methushelach, which was the son of Chanok, which was the son of Yered, which was the son of Mahalal'el, which was the son of Qeynan,
Which was the son of Enosh, which was the son of Sheth, which was the son of A'dam, which was the son of Elohiym.