Vangelo secondo Matteo 3

NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 In diebus autem illis venit Ioannes Baptista praedicans in desertoIudaeae	1 In due course John the Baptist appeared; he proclaimed this message in the desert of Judaea,
2 et dicens: “ Paenitentiam agite; appropinquavit enim regnum caelorum”.	2 'Repent, for the kingdom of Heaven is close at hand.'
3 Hic est enim, qui dictus est per Isaiam prophetam dicentem: “ Vox clamantis in deserto: "Parate viam Domini, rectas facite semitas eius!" ”.	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.'
4 Ipse autem Ioannes habebat vestimentum de pilis cameli et zonam pelliceamcirca lumbos suos; esca autem eius erat locustae et mel silvestre.	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.
5 Tunc exibat ad eum Hierosolyma et omnis Iudaea et omnis regio circa Iordanem,	5 Then Jerusalem and al Judaea and the whole Jordan district made their way to him,
6 et baptizabantur in Iordane flumine ab eo, confitentes peccata sua.	6 and as they were baptised by him in the river Jordan they confessed their sins.
7 Videns autem multos pharisaeorum et sadducaeorum venientes ad baptismum suum,dixit eis: “ Progenies viperarum, quis demonstravit vobis fugere a futura ira?	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?
8 Facite ergo fructum dignum paenitentiae	8 Produce fruit in keeping with repentance,
9 et ne velitis dicere intra vos: “Patremhabemus Abraham”; dico enim vobis quoniam potest Deus de lapidibus istissuscitare Abrahae filios.	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.
10 Iam enim securis ad radicem arborum posita est;omnis ergo arbor, quae non facit fructum bonum, exciditur et in ignem mittitur.	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.
11 Ego quidem vos baptizo in aqua in paenitentiam; qui autem post me venturusest, fortior me est, cuius non sum dignus calceamenta portare; ipse vosbaptizabit in Spiritu Sancto et igni,	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.
12 cuius ventilabrum in manu sua, etpermundabit aream suam et congregabit triticum suum in horreum, paleas autemcomburet igni inexstinguibili ”.	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.'
13 Tunc venit Iesus a Galilaea in Iordanem ad Ioannem, ut baptizaretur ab eo.	13 Then Jesus appeared: he came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptised by John.
14 Ioannes autem prohibebat eum dicens: “ Ego a te debeo baptizari, et tu venisad me? ”.	14 John tried to dissuade him, with the words, 'It is I who need baptism from you, and yet you come tome!'
15 Respondens autem Iesus dixit ei: “ Sine modo, sic enim decetnos implere omnem iustitiam ”. Tunc dimittit eum.	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.
16 Baptizatus autem Iesus,confestim ascendit de aqua; et ecce aperti sunt ei caeli, et vidit Spiritum Deidescendentem sicut columbam et venientem super se.	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.
17 Et ecce vox de caelisdicens: “Hic est Filius meus dilectus, in quo mihi complacui ”.	17 And suddenly there was a voice from heaven, 'This is my Son, the Beloved; my favour rests on him.'