Luke 12
1 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.
At which time the myriads of the multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread upon one another, he began to say unto his disciples, first, 'Take heed to yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;
2 Bo tlaa nna sesupo jaaka sebediso mo boping jo bo dubilweng.
and there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known;
3 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!
because whatever in the darkness ye said, in the light shall be heard: and what to the ear ye spake in the inner-chambers, shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops.
4 “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.
'And I say to you, my friends, be not afraid of those killing the body, and after these things are not having anything over to do;
5 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)
but I will show to you, whom ye may fear; Fear him who, after the killing, is having authority to cast to the gehenna; yes, I say to you, Fear ye Him. (Geenna g1067)
6 “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.
'Are not five sparrows sold for two assars? and one of them is not forgotten before God,
7 Ebile o itse palo ya meriri ya ditlhogo tsa lona! Se boifeng gonne lo botlhokwa thata mo go one go gaisa setlhopha sa dithaga.
but even the hairs of your head have been all numbered; therefore fear ye not, than many sparrows ye are of more value.
8 “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.
'And I say to you, Every one — whoever may confess with me before men, the Son of Man also shall confess with him before the messengers of God,
9 Mme ba ba intatolang mo gare ga batho ke tlaa ba itatola fa pele ga baengele.
and he who hath denied me before men, shall be denied before the messengers of God,
10 (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).
and every one whoever shall say a word to the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven to him, but to him who to the Holy Spirit did speak evil, it shall not be forgiven.
11 “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,
'And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye may reply, or what ye may say,
12 gonne Mowa O O Boitshepo o tlaa lo naya mafoko a a tshwanetseng fa lo ntse lo le foo.”
for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that hour what it behoveth [you] to say.'
13 Hong mongwe a mo tlhaeletsa mo bontsintsing jwa batho a re, “Morena, tswee-tswee raya mogolole a kgaogane boswa le nna.”
And a certain one said to him, out of the multitude, 'Teacher, say to my brother to divide with me the inheritance.'
14 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?
And he said to him, 'Man, who set me a judge or a divider over you?'
15 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.”
And he said unto them, 'Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'
16 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.
And he spake a simile unto them, saying, 'Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;
17 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,
and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where I shall gather together my fruits?
18 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.
and he said, This I will do, I will take down my storehouses, and greater ones I will build, and I will gather together there all my products and my good things,
19 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.”’
and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.
20 “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?’
'And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare — to whom shall they be?
21 Ee, mongwe le mongwe ke seeleele yo o amogelang dikhumo mo lefatsheng e seng kwa legodimong.”
so [is] he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.'
22 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.
And he said unto his disciples, 'Because of this, to you I say, Be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat; nor for the body, what ye may put on;
23 Gonne botshelo bo gaisa dijo le diaparo.
the life is more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing.
24 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!
'Consider the ravens, that they sow not, nor reap, to which there is no barn nor storehouse, and God doth nourish them; how much better are ye than the fowls?
25 “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!
and who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?
26 Mme fa tlhobaelo e se ka ke ya dira selo se sennye jaaka seo, go thusang go tlhobaelela dilo tse di tona?
If, then, ye are not able for the least — why for the rest are ye anxious?
27 “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.
'Consider the lilies, how do they grow? they labour not, nor do they spin, and I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these;
28 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!
and if the herbage in the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow into an oven is cast, God doth so clothe, how much more you — ye of little faith?
29 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.
'And ye — seek not what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, and be not in suspense,
30 “Batho botlhe ba itapisa ka senkgwe sa letsatsi le letsatsi, mme Rraeno yo o kwa legodimong o itse go tlhoka ga lona.
for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father hath known that ye have need of these things;
31 O tlaa aga a lo naya tsotlhe tse lo di tlhokang letsatsi le letsatsi fa lo tlhoafaletse Bogosi jwa Modimo.
but, seek ye the reign of God, and all these things shall be added to you.
32 “Jalo se boifeng, lona motlhape o monnye gonne go naya Rraeno boitumelo jo bogolo go lo naya Bogosi.
'Fear not, little flock, because your Father did delight to give you the reign;
33 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.
sell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that become not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief doth not come near, nor moth destroy;
34 Gongwe le gongwe kwa khumo ya gago e leng teng, pelo ya gago le dikakanyo tsa gago di tlaa nna teng.
for where your treasure is, there also your heart will be.
35 “Nnang lo ipaakantse, lo apere lo iketleeleditse,
'Let your loins be girded, and the lamps burning,
36 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.
and ye like to men waiting for their lord, when he shall return out of the wedding feasts, that he having come and knocked, immediately they may open to him.
37 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.
'Happy those servants, whom the lord, having come, shall find watching; verily I say to you, that he will gird himself, and will cause them to recline (at meat), and having come near, will minister to them;
38 “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!
and if he may come in the second watch, and in the third watch he may come, and may find [it] so, happy are those servants.
39 “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.
'And this know, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief doth come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through;
40 Jalo ipaakanyeng ka nako tsotlhe. Gonne Nna Morwa Motho, ke tlaa tla go sa solofela ope.”
and ye, then, become ye ready, because at the hour ye think not, the Son of Man doth come.'
41 Petere a botsa a re, “Morena a o bua le rona fela kgotsa le mongwe le mongwe?”
And Peter said to him, 'Sir, unto us this simile dost thou speak, or also unto all?'
42 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.
And the Lord said, 'Who, then, is the faithful and prudent steward whom the lord shall set over his household, to give in season the wheat measure?
Happy that servant, whom his lord, having come, shall find doing so;
truly I say to you, that over all his goods he will set him.
45 “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,
'And if that servant may say in his heart, My lord doth delay to come, and may begin to beat the men-servants and the maid-servants, to eat also, and to drink, and to be drunken;
46 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.
the lord of that servant will come in a day in which he doth not look for [him], and in an hour that he doth not know, and will cut him off, and his portion with the unfaithful he will appoint.
47 O tlaa otlhaiwa mo go botlhoko, gonne le fa a ne a itse tiro ya gagwe o ganne go e dira.
'And that servant, who having known his lord's will, and not having prepared, nor having gone according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes,
48 “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.
and he who, not having known, and having done things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few; and to every one to whom much was given, much shall be required from him; and to whom they did commit much, more abundantly they will ask of him.
49 “Ke tsile go lere molelo mo lefatshing, mme ruri, ke eletsa jang gore ekete tiro ya me e ka bo e setse e fedile!
'Fire I came to cast to the earth, and what will I if already it was kindled?
50 Go na le kolobetso e e maswe kwa pele ga me, mme ke pitlagane thata go tsamaya e diragala!
but I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I pressed till it may be completed!
51 “A lo gopola gore ke tsile go lere kagiso mo lefatsheng? Nnyaa! Ke lerile ntwa le kgaogano fela.
'Think ye that peace I came to give in the earth? no, I say to you, but rather division;
52 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.
for there shall be henceforth five in one house divided — three against two, and two against three;
53 “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.”
a father shall be divided against a son, and a son against a father, a mother against a daughter, and a daughter against a mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.'
54 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.
And he said also to the multitudes, 'When ye may see the cloud rising from the west, immediately ye say, A shower doth come, and it is so;
55 “Fa phefo ya borwa e foka lo re, ‘Gompieno go tlaa nna mogote’. Mme ruri go nne jalo.
and when — a south wind blowing, ye say, that there will be heat, and it is;
56 Baitimokanyi! lo lemoga loapi sentle thata, mme lo gana go lemoga ditlhagiso tse di lo dikaganyeditseng kaga dipaka tse di diphatsa tse di tlang.
hypocrites! the face of the earth and of the heaven ye have known to make proof of, but this time — how do ye not make proof of [it]?
57 Ke eng fa lo gana go iponela se se siameng?
'And why, also, of yourselves, judge ye not what is righteous?
58 “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;
for, as thou art going away with thy opponent to the ruler, in the way give diligence to be released from him, lest he may drag thee unto the judge, and the judge may deliver thee to the officer, and the officer may cast thee into prison;
59 gonne fa seo se diragala ga o kitla o gololesega gape go fitlhelela thebe ya bofelo e duelwa yotlhe”.
I say to thee, thou mayest not come forth thence till even the last mite thou mayest give back.'
