如望辭曰：『吾當受爾之洗、安可就我乎？』

约翰想要拦住他，说：“我当受你的洗，你反倒上我这里来吗？”

约翰想要阻止他，说：“我应该受你的洗，你怎么到我这里来呢？”

约翰想要阻止他，说：“我应该受你的洗，你怎么到我这里来呢？”

约翰想要拦住祂，就说：“应该是你为我施洗才对，你反倒来找我？”

约翰想要阻止他，说：“我应该受你的洗，你却到我这里来吗？”

约翰想要阻止他，说：“我需要受你的洗礼，你反而到我这里来吗？”

約翰想要攔住他，說：「我當受你的洗，你反倒上我這裏來嗎？」

約翰想要阻止他，說：「我應該受你的洗，你怎麼到我這裏來呢？」

約翰想要阻止他，說：「我應該受你的洗，你怎麼到我這裏來呢？」

約翰想要攔住祂，就說：「應該是你為我施洗才對，你反倒來找我？」

約翰想要阻止他，說：“我應該受你的洗，你卻到我這裡來嗎？”

約翰想法子要攔住他，就說：『我需要受你的洗，你倒來找我麼？』

約翰想要阻止他，說：「我需要受你的洗禮，你反而到我這裡來嗎？」

約翰辭曰、我應受洗於爾、爾乃就我乎、

約翰辭曰、我應受洗於爾、爾反就我乎、

約翰辭之曰、我應受洗於爾、爾反就我乎、

But John tried to deter him, saying,“ I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”

But John tried to stop him. So he told Jesus,“ I need to be baptized by you. So why do you come to me?”

John would have prevented him, saying,“ I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”

But John tried to talk him out of it.“ I am the one who needs to be baptized by you,” he said,“ so why are you coming to me?”

But John tried to stop him, saying,“ I need to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me?”

But John tried to prevent Him, saying,“ I have the need to be baptized by You, and yet You are coming to me?”

And John tried to prevent Him, saying,“ I need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?”

But John would have hindered him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?

But John tried to stop Him, saying,“ I need to be baptized by You, and yet You come to me?”

But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?

But John tried to prevent him, saying,“ I need to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me?”

But John would have hindered him, saying,“ I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?”

耶穌應之曰：『我切實語爾、人非重生不得見天主國。』尼閣德睦曰：『人既老、安得重生？寧能再入母胎、以得重生乎？』耶穌對曰：『我切實語爾、人非生於水及神者、無得入天主國。生於血肉者、屬於血肉、生於神者、乃屬於神。我告爾必須重生、勿以為異；

蓋如望所用以施洗者水耳、而爾等不日將受聖神之洗矣。』諸徒環集而問曰：『主之復興義塞國、今其時乎。』耶穌對曰：『何時何期、非爾等所可知、惟父自定、然聖神降臨、將賜爾等以神力、而爾等將為予作證、始自耶路撒冷、繼及猶太沙瑪里、終至普天率土、無遠不屆。』

爰至西門伯鐸祿前、而伯鐸祿止之曰：『主欲濯吾足耶？』耶穌曰：『予之所為、汝今不知其意、後當知之。』伯鐸祿曰：『主決不可為吾濯足！』耶穌曰：『予不汝濯、則汝無與於我。』

蓋天主使耶穌為贖罪而犧牲、俾信賴其聖血者得蒙赦宥、亦所以彰其正義耳。吾人賴天主之寬容、宿罪全銷、重負頓釋。

爾中凡已領洗而歸依基督者、實已服膺基督、有如衣之被體焉。故無論猶太人也、希臘人也、奴也主也、男也女也、悉在基督耶穌之身、融為一體矣。夫爾等既屬基督即為亞伯漢之裔、亦即承恩諾之嗣子也。

吾儕承蒙恩上加恩、莫不飽沾其無窮之蘊。

正惟吾人之為兒女、故天主以其聖子之神、注於吾人之心、俾孺慕之情、油然而生、而發為呼親喊父之聲。

吾亦何幸、而蒙吾主之母相顧耶？

吾輩過去亦在悖逆之列、縱情恣慾、為所欲為、原屬觸怒之子、與外邦人為一丘之貉。然富於慈悲之天主、按其愛人之大德、緣基督之偉功、拔吾人於罪中、起吾人於已死、俾吾人得與基督同享生命；

舉世莫非罪人、固未有能懷天主之明德者也。

然律法之所以將一切歸納於罪責之下者、正欲使後人篤信耶穌基督之福音、而承受天主之恩諾耳。

未幾、望見不可勝數之群眾、係來自各種、各族、遐荒、重譯者；一律身着白袍、手持鳳尾棕枝、肅立寶座與羔羊前、眾口同聲而呼曰：「我之得救、實賴位於寶座者及羔羊之洪恩。」眾天神環繞寶座及諸老四靈物而立者、至是悉皆俯伏座前、頂禮天主曰：「願我天主受享一切頌讚、一切光榮、一切妙慧、一切稱謝、一切尊貴、一切權能、永世靡暨、心焉祝之！」時一老者詢予曰：「彼身着白袍者誰？何自而來也？」予應之曰：「公自知之。」渠乃語予曰：若輩來自憂患中、備嘗艱辛、曾藉羔羊之血、自濯其袍、所服皜皜乎不可尚已；故得奉事天主於寶座之前、朝朝暮暮、不離聖殿；位於寶座者且將庇之於閟帷之下焉。若輩不復饑渴、日不得而曝之、火不得而爇之；蓋座前羔羊將親為之牧、導之引之、以至活水之源；而天主且將親拭其目中之淚也。