BIB(i)
2 Καθὼς (As) γέγραπται (it has been written) ἐν (in) τῷ (-) Ἠσαΐᾳ (Isaiah) τῷ (the) προφήτῃ (prophet): “Ἰδοὺ (Behold), ἀποστέλλω (I send) τὸν (the) ἄγγελόν (messenger) μου (of Me) πρὸ (before) προσώπου (face) σου (of You), ὃς (who) κατασκευάσει (will prepare) τὴν (the) ὁδόν (way) σου (of You).”
3 “Φωνὴ (The voice) βοῶντος (of one crying) ἐν (in) τῇ (the) ἐρήμῳ (wilderness), ‘Ἑτοιμάσατε (Prepare) τὴν (the) ὁδὸν (way) Κυρίου (of the Lord), εὐθείας (straight) ποιεῖτε (make) τὰς (the) τρίβους (paths) αὐτοῦ (of Him).’”
4 Ἐγένετο (Came) Ἰωάννης (John), ὁ (-) βαπτίζων (baptizing) ἐν (in) τῇ (the) ἐρήμῳ (wilderness) [καὶ] (and) κηρύσσων (proclaiming) βάπτισμα (a baptism) μετανοίας (of repentance) εἰς (for) ἄφεσιν (forgiveness) ἁμαρτιῶν (of sins).
5 καὶ (And) ἐξεπορεύετο (were going out) πρὸς (to) αὐτὸν (him) πᾶσα (all) ἡ (the) Ἰουδαία (of Judea) χώρα (region) καὶ (and) οἱ (-) Ἱεροσολυμῖται (of Jerusalem), πάντες (all) καὶ (and) ἐβαπτίζοντο (were being baptized) ὑπ’ (by) αὐτοῦ (him) ἐν (in) τῷ (the) Ἰορδάνῃ (Jordan) ποταμῷ (river), ἐξομολογούμενοι (confessing) τὰς (the) ἁμαρτίας (sins) αὐτῶν (of them).
6 Καὶ (And) ἦν (was) ὁ (-) Ἰωάννης (John) ἐνδεδυμένος (clothed in) τρίχας (hair) καμήλου (of a camel), καὶ (and) ζώνην (a belt) δερματίνην (of leather) περὶ (around) τὴν (the) ὀσφὺν (waist) αὐτοῦ (of him); καὶ (and) ἔσθων (he is eating) ἀκρίδας (locusts) καὶ (and) μέλι (honey) ἄγριον (wild).
7 καὶ (And) ἐκήρυσσεν (he was preaching), λέγων (saying), “Ἔρχεται (He comes) ὁ (who) ἰσχυρότερός (is mightier) μου (than I) ὀπίσω (after) μου (me), οὗ (of whom) οὐκ (not) εἰμὶ (I am) ἱκανὸς (sufficient), κύψας (having stooped down), λῦσαι (to untie) τὸν (the) ἱμάντα (strap) τῶν (of the) ὑποδημάτων (sandals) αὐτοῦ (of Him).
8 ἐγὼ (I) ἐβάπτισα (baptized) ὑμᾶς (you) ὕδατι (with water); αὐτὸς (He) δὲ (however) βαπτίσει (will baptize) ὑμᾶς (you) ‹ἐν› (with) Πνεύματι (the Spirit) Ἁγίῳ (Holy).”