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(Luke, the author of this book, comments on how people responded to John and Jesus.)
they declared that God is righteous
"they said that God had shown himself to be righteous" or "they declared that God had acted righteously"
who had been baptized with the baptism of John
"who had been baptized by John" or "whom John had baptized"
who were not baptized by him
"whom John had not baptized" or "who had refused to be baptized by John" or "who had rejected John's baptism"
God's council for them
"God's purpose for them" or "God's plan for them" or "what God wanted them to do"
rejected God's council for themselves
"chose to disobey what God told them" or "chose not to believe God's will"
Who were not baptized by him, rejected God's counsel for themselves
This seems to imply that because they had rejected John's baptism, were not spiritually prepared to accept God's will for them.