CLV(i)
1 The beginning of the evangel of Jesus Christ, Son of God,
2 according as it is written in Isaiah the prophet, (Lo! I am dispatching My messenger before Thy face, who shall be constructing Thy road in front of Thee.):"
3 The voice of one imploring: 'In the wilderness make ready the road of the Lord! Straight...be making the highways'of Him!"
4 John the baptist came to be in the wilderness and is heralding a baptism of repentance for the pardon of sins.
5 And out to him went the entire province of Judea, and all the Jerusalemites, and they were baptized by him in the Jordan river, confessing their sins."
6 And John was dressed in camel's hair, and had a leather girdle about his loins, and was eating locusts and wild honey."
7 And he heralds, saying, "Coming, after me, is One stronger than I, the thong of Whose sandals I am not competent to stoop and loose."
8 I, indeed, baptize you in water, yet He shall be baptizing you in holy spirit."
9 And it occurred in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and is baptized in the Jordan by John."
10 And straightway, stepping up out of the water, He perceived the heavens rent, and the spirit, as a dove, descending and remaining on Him."
11 And a voice came out of the heavens, "Thou art My Son, the Beloved; in Thee I delight."