圣經故事(14):John the Baptist
About that time John the Baptist appeared as a preacher in the Judaean wilderness； his theme was：“Repent； for the kingdom of Heaven is upon you！'It is of him that the prophet Isaiah spoke when he said, ‘A voice crying aloud in the wilderness,”Prepare a way for the Lord； clear a straight path for him.“
John's clothing was a rough coat of camel's hair, with a leather belt round his waist,and his food was locusts and wild honey. They flocked to him from Jerusalem, from all Judaea, and the whole Jordan valley, and were baptized by him in the River Jordan, confessing their sins.
When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism he said to them：“You vipers'brood！Who warned you to escape from the coming retribution？ Then prove your your repentance by the fruit it bears； and do not presume to say to yourselves,”We have Abraham for our father.“I tell you that God can make children for Abraham out of these stones here. Already the axe is laid to the roots of the trees； and every tree that fails to produce good fruit is cut down and thrown on the fire. I baptize you with water, for repentance； but the one who comes after me is mightier than I. I am not fit to take off his shoes. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. His shovel is ready in his hand and he will winnow his threshing-floor； the wheat he will gather into his granary, but he will burn the chaff on a fire that can never go out.
Then Jesus arrived at the Jordan from Galilee, and came to John to be baptized by him. John tried to dissuade him. ‘Do you come to me？'he said； 'I need rather to be baptized by you.' Jesus replied, 'Let it be so for the present； we do well to conform in this way with all that God requires.'John then allowed him to come. After baptism Jesus came up out of the water at once, and at that moment heaven opened； he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove to alight upon him； and a voice from heaven was heard saying, 'This is my Son,my Beloved, on whom my favor rests.'
圣徒約翰
那時，圣徒約翰在猶太的曠野里傳道，他說：“你們懺悔吧，天國已臨近！”他就是以賽亞先知所說的“在曠野高聲呼叫‘為主修路，修一條筆直的路'”的那個人。
約翰身著粗陋的駱駝毛衣服，腰束皮帶，以蝗蟲和野蜜裹腹。耶路撒冷、猶太全境和約旦河谷一帶的人都紛紛來找約翰，坦誠懺悔，在約旦河里接受他施洗。
約翰看到許多法利賽人和撒都該人也來受洗，便對他們說：“你們這一伙毒蛇！誰教你們去逃避未來的報應呢？你們要作出善果來證明自己真心悔改。不要心里以為‘我們有亞伯拉罕為我們的祖宗'.我告訴你們，上帝能從這些石頭中為亞伯拉罕造出子孫來。現在斧子已放在樹根上，凡不結善果的樹，一律砍掉，扔進火里燒了。我用水為你們施洗，是叫你們悔改。繼我而來的那個人，能力比我大，我連給他脫鞋也不配。他將以圣靈和火為你們施洗。他手拿簸箕，要揚凈打谷場的谷粒，把麥子收進谷倉里，用永不熄滅之火把糠燒掉。”
這時，耶穌從加利利來到約旦，見到約翰后，便要受他的洗。約翰攔住他說：“你來找我？我本應受你的洗。”耶穌答道：“你暫讓我受你的洗，這樣，我們才能盡符神意。”于是，約翰便讓耶穌受了他的洗。耶穌受洗后，馬上從水中出來；這時，天忽然開了。他看到圣靈象鴿子一樣從天而降，落在了他身上。天上傳下一個聲音來說：“這就是我所寵愛的愛子。”
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