Matthew 3
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1In those days came Yochanan [Yah is gracious] the Baptizer preaching in the wilderness of Yâhudah [Praise].
2He said: âTurn in repentance, for the Kingdom of heaven is nearâ.
3To fulfill what was written by Yeshaâyahu [the salvation of our God] the prophet: âListen! a voice of one calling: âPrepare ye in the wilderness the Way of Yehovah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate], make plain in the desert a Highway for our Elohim (The Many Powered) [The Living Word of God]ââ.
4Behold Yochanan [Yah is gracious] was clothed with the hair of camels and black leather girded his loins (thigh and groin area; often used for the reproductive organs) and his food was locust and the honey of the forest.
5Then they came out to him from Yerushalayim [abode of peace], from all Yâhudah [Praise], and from all the kingdom round about the Yarden [descender],
6and at that time were confessing their sins and were baptized by Yochanan [Yah is gracious] in the Yarden [descender] because of his word.
7He saw that many of the Pârushim (Pharisees) [separatists] and the Tzâdukim (Sadducees) [followers of the right] came to his baptism and he said to them: âOffspring of serpents, who taught you to flee from the wrath to come from The Mighty Oneâ?.
8âProduce the fruit of perfect repentanceâ.
9âDo not say in your heart: âAvraham [Exalted Father] is our fatherâ. Truly I say to you that Elohim (The Many Powered) [The Living Word of God] is able to raise up children to Avraham [Exalted Father] from these stonesâ.
10âAlready the axe has reached the root of the tree; the one which does not produce good fruit will be cut down and burned in the fireâ. The crowds asked him: âIf so what shall we doâ? Yochanan [Yah is gracious] answered them: âHe who has two shirts let him give one to him who has noneâ. So the people came to be baptized. Many asked him âWhat shall we doâ? And he answered them: âBe anxious for no man and do not chastise them, and be pleased with your lotâ. And all the people were thinking and reckoning in their circumcised heart: âYochanan [Yah is gracious] is Ha-Moshiach [Messiah] [The Messiah]â.
11Yochanan [Yah is gracious] answered all of them âBehold I truly baptize you with water in the days of repentance, but another comes mightier than I, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to unfasten. He will baptize you with the fire of Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit [Ruach])â.
12âHis winnowing fork is in his hand to fan (a fork-shaped tool to throw grain in the air, to let he wind separate the wheat from the chaff) his threshing floor and he will gather the grain into his granary and the straw he will burn with fire which is not quenchedâ.
13Then came Yeshua [God is Salvation] from Galil [circuit] to the Yarden [descender] to be baptized by Yochanan [Yah is gracious].
14But Yochanan [Yah is gracious] was doubtful about baptizing him and said to him âI should be baptized by you, and you come to me?â
15Yeshua [God is Salvation] answered and said to him: âPermit it, because we are obliged to fulfill all righteousnessâ; then Yochanan [Yah is gracious] baptized him.
16Immediately when he came up from the water, the heavens were opened to him and he saw The Ruach [Spirit [Ruach]] (Spirit [Ruach]) of Elohim (The Many Powered) [The Living Word of God] coming down in the likeness of a dove and remained upon him.
17Then behold a voice from heaven was saying: âThis is My beloved Son, whom I love very very much and in whom I am very well pleasedâ.
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