4. And Yoḥanan had a garment of camel’s hair, and a leather girdle around his waist. And his food was locusts and wild honey.
5. Then Yerushalayim, and all Yehuḏah, and all the country around the Yardĕn went out to him,
6. and they were immersed by him in the Yardĕn, confessing their sins.
7. And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his immersion, he said to them, “Brood of adders! Who has warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
8. “Bear, therefore, fruits worthy of repentance,
9. and do not think to say to yourselves, ‘We have Aḇraham as father.’ For I say to you that Elohim is able to raise up children to Aḇraham from these stones.