Luke 12
1 Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Mme ya re ka lobakanya na loo bontsintsi jwa batho jwa ntsifala go fitlhelela ba nna diketekete ba bo ba hereetsega ba gatakana. Mme Jesu a retologela kwa barutweng ba gagwe a ba tlhagisa a re, “Mo godimo ga dilo tsotlhe, lo itlhokomeleng mo Bafarasaing ba, le ka mokgwa o ba ipayang jaaka ba siame mme ba sa siama. Mme boitimokanyi jo bo kana ga bo ka ke jwa fitlhegela ruri.
2 But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known.
Bo tlaa nna sesupo jaaka sebediso mo boping jo bo dubilweng.
3 Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.
Sengwe le sengwe se ba se buetseng mo lefifing se tlaa utlwiwa mo pontsheng, le se lo se sebetseng mo matlung a a kwa teng se tlaa anamisiwa mo ditlhoeng tsa matlo gore botlhe ba utlwe!
4 “I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
“Ditsala tse di rategang, lo se ka lwa boifa ba, ba ba batlang go lo bolaya. Ka gore ba ka bolaya mmele fela mme ga ba na nonofo mo meweng ya lona.
5 But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna (Geenna g1067). Yes, I tell you, fear him.
Mme ke lo bolelela yo lo tshwanetseng go mmoifa, boifang Modimo o o nang le nonofo ya go bolaya le go latlhela mo moleteng. (Geenna g1067)
6 “Are not five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God.
“Tlhwatlhwa ya dithaga tse tlhano ke bokae? A ke dithebe di se kae e seng go feta moo? Le fa go ntse jalo Modimo ga o lebale le fa e le epe ya tsone.
7 But the very hairs of your head are all counted. Therefore do not be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
Ebile o itse palo ya meriri ya ditlhogo tsa lona! Se boifeng gonne lo botlhokwa thata mo go one go gaisa setlhopha sa dithaga.
8 “I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, the Son of Man will also confess before the angels of God;
“Mme ke lo tlhomamisetsa se, ka re: Nna Morwa Motho ke tlaa lo tlotla mo pepeneneng fa pele ga baengele ba Modimo fa lo mpolela jaaka Tsala ya lona mono lefatsheng.
9 but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of God’s angels.
Mme ba ba intatolang mo gare ga batho ke tlaa ba itatola fa pele ga baengele.
10 Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but those who blaspheme against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
(Le fa go ntse jalo ba ba buang ka ga me ba ka nna ba itshwarelwa, fa ba ba buang kgatlhanong le Mowa O O Boitshepo ba se kitla ba itshwarelwa).
11 When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not be anxious how or what you will answer or what you will say;
“Mme e re fa lo tlisiwa tshekong fa pele ga babusi ba ba Sejuta le ba ba nang le ditaolo mo matlung a thuto lo se tshwenyege ka se lo tlaa se buang go iphemela,
12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what you must say.”
gonne Mowa O O Boitshepo o tlaa lo naya mafoko a a tshwanetseng fa lo ntse lo le foo.”
13 One of the multitude said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
Hong mongwe a mo tlhaeletsa mo bontsintsing jwa batho a re, “Morena, tswee-tswee raya mogolole a kgaogane boswa le nna.”
14 But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?”
Mme Jesu a mo fetola a re, “Rra, ke mang yo o ntirileng moatlhodi mo go lona go akanya dilo tse di ntseng jaaka tseo?
15 He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life does not consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”
Itlhokomeleng lo se ka lwa aga lo eletsa dilo tse lo senang natso. Gonne botshelo jwa boammaaruri le go tshela ga boammaaruri ga go a ikaega ka dikhumo tsa rona.”
16 He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly.
Mme a fa setshwantsho: a re, “Monna wa mohumi o ne a na le tshimo e e mmu o nonneng e e ntshang thobo e ntsi.
17 He reasoned within himself, saying, ‘What will I do, because I do not have room to store my crops?’
Le fa go ntse jalo difalana tsa gagwe di ne di tletse mo go penologang, o ne a sa kake a kgona go tsenya sengwe le sengwe mo teng. Mme a akanya mathata a gagwe,
18 He said, ‘This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
ya re kwa bofelong a goa a re, ‘Ke a itse, ke tlaa rutla difalana tsa me ke aga tse di tona! Jaanong ke tlaa nna le polokelo e e lekaneng.
19 I will tell my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.”’
Mme ke tlaa nna, ke ithaya ke re, “Tsala o na le dithoto tse dintsi tsa dingwaga tse di tlang. Thuba kobo segole! Itumedise botshelo jwa gago ka mofine le basadi o opelelwe.”’
20 “But God said to him, ‘You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared—whose will they be?’
“Mme Modimo wa mo raya wa re, ‘Seeleele ke wena; bosigo jono o a swa mme dilo tse tsotlhe e tlaa nna tsa ga mang?’
21 So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”
Ee, mongwe le mongwe ke seeleele yo o amogelang dikhumo mo lefatsheng e seng kwa legodimong.”
22 He said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.
Hong a retologela kwa barutweng ba gagwe a ba raya a re, “Se tshwenyegeng ka gore a lo na le dijo tse dintsi go ja kgotsa diaparo go apara.
23 Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.
Gonne botshelo bo gaisa dijo le diaparo.
24 Consider the ravens: they do not sow, they do not reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!
Lebelelang magakabe, ga a leme, ga a robe, ga a na difalana go boloka dijo tsa one, mme le fa go ntse jalo a tshela sentle fela gonne Modimo o a a otla. Mme lo tlhwatlhwa kgolo mo go one go gaisa dinonyane!
25 Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height?
“Jaanong mo godimo ga mo, go thusang gore lo tshwenyege? Go lo thusa ka eng? A go ka lo okeletsa botshelo ka letsatsi le le lengwe fela? Nnyaa!
26 If then you are not able to do even the least things, why are you anxious about the rest?
Mme fa tlhobaelo e se ka ke ya dira selo se sennye jaaka seo, go thusang go tlhobaelela dilo tse di tona?
27 Consider the lilies, how they grow. They do not toil, neither do they spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
“Lebelelang dithunya: Ga di dire ebile ga di otlhe tlhale mme le fa go ntse jalo Solomone mo kgalalelong yotlhe ya gagwe o ne a sa apare sentle jaaka tsone.
28 But if this is how God clothes the grass in the field, which today exists and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith?
Mme fa Modimo o apesa dithunya tse di leng fano gompieno e re ka moso di bo di seyo, a ga lo gopole gore o tlaa lo apesa babelaedi ke lona!
29 “Do not seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.
Le gone lo se ka lwa tshwenyega ka ga dijo, se se jewang le se se nowang; se tshwenyegeng gotlhelele gonne Modimo o tlaa di lo naya.
30 For the nations of the world seek after all of these things, but your Father knows that you need these things.
“Batho botlhe ba itapisa ka senkgwe sa letsatsi le letsatsi, mme Rraeno yo o kwa legodimong o itse go tlhoka ga lona.
31 But seek God’s Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.
O tlaa aga a lo naya tsotlhe tse lo di tlhokang letsatsi le letsatsi fa lo tlhoafaletse Bogosi jwa Modimo.
32 “Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.
“Jalo se boifeng, lona motlhape o monnye gonne go naya Rraeno boitumelo jo bogolo go lo naya Bogosi.
33 Sell what you have and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
Rekisang tse lo nang natso lo di neye ba ba tlhokang. Mo go tlaa oketsa dikhumo tsa lona kwa legodimong! Mme dikgwama tsa legodimo ga di gagoge e bile ga di na maroba. Dikhumo tsa lona ga di kitla di nyelela, ga go na magodu a a ka di utswang, ga go na motoutwana o o di senyang.
34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Gongwe le gongwe kwa khumo ya gago e leng teng, pelo ya gago le dikakanyo tsa gago di tlaa nna teng.
35 “Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.
“Nnang lo ipaakantse, lo apere lo iketleeleditse,
36 Be like men watching for their lord when he returns from the wedding feast, that when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.
go boa ga Morena wa lona kwa modirong wa lonyalo. Hong lo tlaa bo lo ipaakanyeditse go mmulela kgoro gore a tsene ka nako e o gorogang ka yone a kokota.
37 Blessed are those servants whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you that he will dress himself, make them recline, and will come and serve them.
Go tlaa nna boitumelo jo bogolo mo go ba ba ipaakantseng ba bile ba letile go boa ga gagwe. Ene ka boene o tlaa ba amogela a ba naya bonno a ba a apara seaparo sa baabi ba dijo go ba heha.
38 They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch and finds them so.
“O ka nna a tla ka nako ya boroba bongwe bosigo, kgotsa bosigo gare. Mme e tlaa re mogang a tlang, go tlaa nna boitumelo mo batlhankeng ba gagwe ba ba ipaakantseng!
39 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.
“Mongwe le mongwe o ne a tlaa mo ipaakanyetsa fa ba ne ba itsile nako tota ya go boa ga gagwe, fela jaaka ba ne ba ka ipaakanyetsa legodu fa ba itsile fa le tlaa tla.
40 Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you do not expect him.”
Jalo ipaakanyeng ka nako tsotlhe. Gonne Nna Morwa Motho, ke tlaa tla go sa solofela ope.”
41 Peter said to him, “Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everybody?”
Petere a botsa a re, “Morena a o bua le rona fela kgotsa le mongwe le mongwe?”
42 The Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?
Mme Morena a fetola a re, “Ke bua le mongwe le mongwe yo o ikanyegang yo o nang le tlhaloganyo yo mong wa gagwe o mo nayang tiro ya go otla batlhanka ba gagwe. Mme fa mong wa gagwe a boa a fitlhela a dirile tiro e e siameng, go tlaa nna le tuelo, mong wa gagwe o tlaa mmaya motlhokomedi wa dilo tsa gagwe tsotlhe.
43 Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing so when he comes.
44 Truly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has.
45 But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My lord delays his coming,’ and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink and to be drunken,
“Mme fa motho a simolola go akanya gore, ‘Morena wa me ga a nke a tla o diegile,’ hong a simolole go itaya banna le basadi ba o tshwanetseng go ba sireletsa, le go senya nako ya gagwe mo medirong ya dino le botagwa,
46 then the lord of that servant will come in a day when he is not expecting him and in an hour that he does not know, and will cut him in two, and place his portion with the unfaithful.
Mme mong wa gagwe o tlaa boa kwa ntle ga kitsiso epe mme a mo ntshe mo maemong a gagwe a go tshephega a mo neye bonno jwa ba ba sa ikanyegeng.
47 That servant who knew his lord’s will, and did not prepare nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,
O tlaa otlhaiwa mo go botlhoko, gonne le fa a ne a itse tiro ya gagwe o ganne go e dira.
48 but he who did not know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whomever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.
“Mme le fa e le mang yo o sa itseng gore o dira phoso o tlaa otlhaiwa fela go le gonnye. Mo go tona go batlwa mo go ba ba neilweng mo go tona, gonne boikarabelo jwa bone bo bo tona.
49 “I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled.
“Ke tsile go lere molelo mo lefatshing, mme ruri, ke eletsa jang gore ekete tiro ya me e ka bo e setse e fedile!
50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
Go na le kolobetso e e maswe kwa pele ga me, mme ke pitlagane thata go tsamaya e diragala!
51 Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division.
“A lo gopola gore ke tsile go lere kagiso mo lefatsheng? Nnyaa! Ke lerile ntwa le kgaogano fela.
52 For from now on, there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
Go tloga fano malwapa a tlaa kgaogana ka bogare, ba bararo ba eme le nna, ba babedi ba nne kgatlhanong le nna, kgotsa go nne ka mokgwa o sele.
53 They will be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”
“Rrabana o tlaa ntsha maikutlo a sele ka ga me; morwawe le ene a ntshe a sele; mmangwana le morwadie ba tlaa tlhoka kutlwisisanyo, mogopolo wa matsalaa motho yo o tlotlegang o tlaa nyadiwa ke ngwetsi ya gagwe.”
54 He said to the multitudes also, “When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and so it happens.
Mme a retologela kwa bontsintsing jwa batho a re, “Fa lo bona maru a simolola go ipopa kwa bophirima, lwa re, ‘Pula e e tla’, mme lo bo lo bolelela ruri.
55 When a south wind blows, you say, ‘There will be a scorching heat,’ and it happens.
“Fa phefo ya borwa e foka lo re, ‘Gompieno go tlaa nna mogote’. Mme ruri go nne jalo.
56 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how is it that you do not interpret this time?
Baitimokanyi! lo lemoga loapi sentle thata, mme lo gana go lemoga ditlhagiso tse di lo dikaganyeditseng kaga dipaka tse di diphatsa tse di tlang.
57 “Why do not you judge for yourselves what is right?
Ke eng fa lo gana go iponela se se siameng?
58 For when you are going with your adversary before the magistrate, try diligently on the way to be released from him, lest perhaps he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.
“Fa o kopana le moganetsi wa gago mo tseleng a isa kgang ya lona kgotleng, leka go letlana nae pele ga kgang e tsena kwa moatlhoding, e se re gongwe a go isa kwa kgolegelong;
59 I tell you, you will by no means get out of there until you have paid the very last penny.”
gonne fa seo se diragala ga o kitla o gololesega gape go fitlhelela thebe ya bofelo e duelwa yotlhe”.
