圣经故事(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.'
圣徒约翰
那时，圣徒约翰在犹太的旷野里传道，他说：“你们忏悔吧，天国已临近！”他就是以赛亚先知所说的“在旷野高声呼叫‘为主修路，修一条笔直的路'”的那个人。
约翰身着粗陋的骆驼毛衣服，腰束皮带，以蝗虫和野蜜裹腹。耶路撒冷、犹太全境和约旦河谷一带的人都纷纷来找约翰，坦诚忏悔，在约旦河里接受他施洗。
约翰看到许多法利赛人和撒都该人也来受洗，便对他们说：“你们这一伙毒蛇！谁教你们去逃避未来的报应呢？你们要作出善果来证明自己真心悔改。不要心里以为‘我们有亚伯拉罕为我们的祖宗'.我告诉你们，上帝能从这些石头中为亚伯拉罕造出子孙来。现在斧子已放在树根上，凡不结善果的树，一律砍掉，扔进火里烧了。我用水为你们施洗，是叫你们悔改。继我而来的那个人，能力比我大，我连给他脱鞋也不配。他将以圣灵和火为你们施洗。他手拿簸箕，要扬净打谷场的谷粒，把麦子收进谷仓里，用永不熄灭之火把糠烧掉。”
这时，耶稣从加利利来到约旦，见到约翰后，便要受他的洗。约翰拦住他说：“你来找我？我本应受你的洗。”耶稣答道：“你暂让我受你的洗，这样，我们才能尽符神意。”于是，约翰便让耶稣受了他的洗。耶稣受洗后，马上从水中出来；这时，天忽然开了。他看到圣灵象鸽子一样从天而降，落在了他身上。天上传下一个声音来说：“这就是我所宠爱的爱子。”
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