Matthew 7
1 “Do not judge, so that you will not be judged.
“Se sekiseng mme ga lo na go sekisiwa!
2 For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.
Gonne ba bangwe le bone ba tlaa lo tsaya fela jaaka lo ba tsaya.
3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the beam that is in your own eye?
“Mme o tshwenyegelang kaga selabe se se mo leitlhong la mongwe ka wena fa o na le sehidikwe mo go la gago?
4 Or how will you tell your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye,’ and behold, the beam is in your own eye?
A o tlaa re, ‘Tsala, mma ke go thuse ke ntshe selabe seo mo leitlhong la gago; fa tota o sa bone ka ntlha ya sehidikwe se se mo go la gago’
5 You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother’s eye.
Moitimokanyi! Pele ntsha sehidikwe se se mo leitlhong la gago. Ke gone o ka bonang go thusa mongwe ka wena.
6 “Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
“Se neeleng dikolobe dilo tsa lona tsa botlhokwa (diperela)! Di tlaa di gataka di be di retologela kwa go lona di lo tlhasela.
7 “Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.
“Kopang, mme lo tlaa newa se lo se kopang. Batlang, mme lo tlaa bona. Kokonyang, mme lo tlaa bulelwa.
8 For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
“Gonne mongwe le mongwe yo o kopang, o a amogela. Le fa e le mang yo o batlang, o a bona; fela fa o kokonya, o tlaa bulelwa.
9 Or who is there among you who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?
Fa ngwana a kopa rraagwe dijo, a o tlaa neelwa lentswe mo boemong jwa tsone?
10 Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent?
Fa a kopa tlhapi, a o tlaa neelwa noga e e nang le botlhole? Nnyaa!
11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
Mme fa lona ba ba dipelo di thata, badira-dibe lo itse go fa bana ba lona dimpho tse di siameng, a Rraa-lona yo o kwa legodimong ga a na go naya ba ba mo kopang dimpho tse di siameng fela jalo?
12 Therefore, whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
“Direlang ba bangwe se lo batlang ba se lo direla. Se ke thuto ya melao ya ga Moshe ka mafoko a makhutshwane.
13 “Enter in by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter in by it.
“Legodimo le ka tsenwa fela ka kgoro e tshesane. Tsela e kgolo e e yang kwa moleting e atlhame, kgoro ya one e atlhametse bontsintsi jo bo tlhophang tsela ya one e e motlhofo.
14 How narrow is the gate and the way is restricted that leads to life! There are few who find it.
Mme boatlhamo jwa kgoro e e isang botshelong bo bonnye, le tsela e tshesane, mme basekae fela ba a e bona.
15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
“Itiseng mo baruting ba e seng bone ba ba tlang ba apere jaaka dinku tse di senang molato, mme e le diphiri tse di lo gagoganyang.
16 By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?
Lo ka ba lemoga ka tsela e ba dirang ka yone, fela jaaka lo ka lemoga setlhare ka loungo lwa sone ga lo kake lwa tshwantshanya mofine le ditlhare tse di mitlwa! Kgotsa difeige le masitlwana!
17 Even so, every good tree produces good fruit, but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit.
Mefuta ya ditlhare tsa loungo e ka lemogwa ka bofefo ka go tlhatlhoba loungo lwa tsone.
18 A good tree cannot produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.
Mofuta o o ungwang loungo lo lo monate ga o ke o ungwa mofuta o o sa jeweng!
19 Every tree that does not grow good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Jalo he ditlhare tse di nang le loungo lo lo sa jeweng di a rengwa di bo di latlhelwa mo molelong.
20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
Ee, tsela ya go lemoga setlhare kgotsa motho ke ka mofuta wa loungo lo o lo ungwang.
21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
“Ga se botlhe ba ba buang boModimo ba ba ntseng jalo. Ba ka mpitsa ‘Morena’ mme ga ba kitla ba ya legodimong. Gonne potso ya botlhokwa ke gore a ba reetsa Rre yo o kwa legodimong.
22 Many will tell me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did not we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?’
“Ka letsatsi la katlholo ba le bantsi ba tlaa nthaya ba re, Morena Morena, re boleletse ba bangwe ka ga gago ra ba ra dirisa leina la gago go lelekela badimo ntle le go dira dikgakgamatso tse dingwe tse dintsi.
23 Then I will tell them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.’
Mme ke tlaa fetola ke re, ‘Ga lo ise lo ke lo bo lo nne ba me. Tsamayang, gonne ditiro tsa lona di bosula’,
24 “Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on a rock.
“Botlhe ba ba reetsang ditaelo tsa me ba di sala morago, ba botlhale, jaaka monna yo o agang ntlo ya gagwe mo lefikeng le le kwenneng.
25 The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.
Le fa pula e tla ka bontsi morwalela o bo o tlhatloga mme go tsubutla ditsuatsue ka fa ntle ga ntlo ya gagwe ga e kitla e wa, gonne e agilwe mo lefikeng.
26 Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
“Mme ba ba utlwang ditaelo tsa me, mme ba sa di tlhokomele ba dieleele, jaaka monna yo o agang ntlo ya gagwe mo motlhabeng.
27 The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell—and its fall was great.”
Gonne fa dipula le merwalela di tla, mme diphefo di foka di itaaka ntlo ya gagwe, e tlaa gosomana mo go golo.”
28 When Jesus had finished saying these things, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,
Bontsintsi jwa batho bo ne jwa gakgamadiwa ke thuto ya ga Jesu.
29 for he taught them with authority, and not like the scribes.
Gonne o ne a ruta jaaka mongwe yo o nang le nonofo e kgolo, eseng jaaka baeteledipele ba bone ba Sejuda.
