Etheridge(i)
1 THE beginning of the Gospel of Jeshu Meshicha, the Son of Aloha.
2 As it is written in Eshaia the prophet: - Behold, I send my angel before thy face, who shall make straight [Or, prepare.] thy way.
3 The voice which crieth in the desert, prepare the way of the Lord, make level his paths.
4 Juchanon was in the desert, baptizing, and proclaiming the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
5 And all the region of Jehud and all the sons of Urishlem went out to him; and he baptized them in Jurdan the river, while they were confessing their sins.
6 But Juchanon himself was clothed with a garment of the hair of camels, and engirded with a belt of leather upon his loins; and his food was locusts and wilderness honey.
7 And he proclaimed and said, Behold, (One) cometh after me, who is mightier than I; he, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to bow myself to unloose.
8 I have baptized you with waters; but he shall baptize you with the Spirit of Holiness.
9 And it was in those days that Jeshu came from Natsrath of Galila, and was baptized in Jurdan by Juchanon.
10 And as soon as he had ascended from the waters, he saw the heavens part asunder, and the Spirit, as a dove, descend upon him.
11 And the voice was from the heavens, Thou art my Son, the Beloved: in thee I have delighted.