Matthew 3

NEW JERUSALEM	SMITH VAN DYKE
1 In due course John the Baptist appeared; he proclaimed this message in the desert of Judaea,	1 وفي تلك الايام جاء يوحنا المعمدان يكرز في برية اليهودية.
2 'Repent, for the kingdom of Heaven is close at hand.'	2 قائلا توبوا لانه قد اقترب ملكوت السموات.
3 This was the man spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said: A voice of one that cries in the desert,'Prepare a way for the Lord, make his paths straight.'	3 فان هذا هو الذي قيل عنه باشعياء النبي القائل صوت صارخ في البرية اعدوا طريق الرب. اصنعوا سبله مستقيمة.
4 This man John wore a garment made of camel-hair with a leather loin-cloth round his waist, and hisfood was locusts and wild honey.	4 ويوحنا هذا كان لباسه من وبر الابل وعلى حقويه منطقة من جلد. وكان طعامه جرادا وعسلا بريا.
5 Then Jerusalem and al Judaea and the whole Jordan district made their way to him,	5 حينئذ خرج اليه اورشليم وكل اليهودية وجميع الكورة المحيطة بالاردن.
6 and as they were baptised by him in the river Jordan they confessed their sins.	6 واعتمدوا منه في الاردن معترفين بخطاياهم
7 But when he saw a number of Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism he said to them, 'Brood ofvipers, who warned you to flee from the coming retribution?	7 فلما رأى كثيرين من الفريسيين والصدوقيين ياتون الى معموديته قال لهم يا اولاد الافاعي من اراكم ان تهربوا من الغضب الآتي.
8 Produce fruit in keeping with repentance,	8 فاصنعوا اثمارا تليق بالتوبة.
9 and do not presume to tell yourselves, "We have Abraham as our father," because, I tel you, God canraise children for Abraham from these stones.	9 ولا تفتكروا ان تقولوا في انفسكم لنا ابراهيم ابا. لاني اقول لكم ان الله قادر ان يقيم من هذه الحجارة اولادا لابراهيم.
10 Even now the axe is being laid to the root of the trees, so that any tree failing to produce good fruit wilbe cut down and thrown on the fire.	10 والآن قد وضعت الفاس على اصل الشجر. فكل شجرة لا تصنع ثمرا جيدا تقطع وتلقى في النار.
11 I baptise you in water for repentance, but the one who comes after me is more powerful than I, and Iam not fit to carry his sandals; he will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire.	11 انا اعمدكم بماء للتوبة. ولكن الذي يأتي بعدي هو اقوى مني الذي لست اهلا ان احمل حذاءه. هو سيعمدكم بالروح القدس ونار.
12 His winnowing-fan is in his hand; he will clear his threshing-floor and gather his wheat into his barn;but the chaff he will burn in a fire that wil never go out.'	12 الذي رفشه في يده وسينقي بيدره ويجمع قمحه الى المخزن. واما التبن فيحرقه بنار لا تطفأ
13 Then Jesus appeared: he came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptised by John.	13 حينئذ جاء يسوع من الجليل الى الاردن الى يوحنا ليعتمد منه.
14 John tried to dissuade him, with the words, 'It is I who need baptism from you, and yet you come tome!'	14 ولكن يوحنا منعه قائلا انا محتاج ان اعتمد منك وانت تأتي اليّ.
15 But Jesus replied, 'Leave it like this for the time being; it is fitting that we should, in this way, do al thatuprightness demands.' Then John gave in to him.	15 فاجاب يسوع وقال له اسمح الآن. لانه هكذا يليق بنا ان نكمل كل بر. حينئذ سمح له.
16 And when Jesus had been baptised he at once came up from the water, and suddenly the heavensopened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming down on him.	16 فلما اعتمد يسوع صعد للوقت من الماء. واذا السموات قد انفتحت له فرأى روح الله نازلا مثل حمامة وآتيا عليه.
17 And suddenly there was a voice from heaven, 'This is my Son, the Beloved; my favour rests on him.'	17 وصوت من السموات قائلا هذا هو ابني الحبيب الذي به سررت