Luke 11
1 Mme ya re ka nako nngwe fa Jesu a ile go rapela, mongwe wa barutwa ba gagwe a tla mo go ene fa a fetsa a re, “Morena re rute thapelo jaaka Johane a rutile barutwa ba gagwe.”
It happened he was praying in a certain place, and when he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, "Master, teach us how to pray, just as Johntaught his disciples."
2 Mme e ke yone thapelo e a neng a e ba ruta: “Rara leina la gago le tlotlelwe boitshepo jwa lone; Romela Bogosi jwa gago ka pele.
So he said to them. "When you pray, say, "Father, hallowed be thy name; May thy kingdom come,
3 Re fe dijo letsatsi le letsatsi.
"Give us day by day our bread for the coming day;
4 Mme o re itshwarele melato ya rona gonne re itshwaretse ba ba neng ba re leofetse. Mme o se re letle go raelesega.”
"Forgive us our sins; for we also forgive everyone who has offended us; "And bring us not into temptation."
5 Hong ya re a ba ruta thata ka ga thapelo, a dirisa setshwantsho se a re: “A ke re o etetse tsala ya gago bosigogare o batla go adima dinkgwe di le tharo. Otlaa mo tlhaeletsa o re, ‘Tsala ya me e nketetse e e tswang kgakala mme ga ke na sepe se e ka se jang!’
He also said to them. "Suppose you have a friend and you go to him, ‘My friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
"for a friend of mine is come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.’
7 O tlaa fetola a le ka fa ntlwaneng ya borobalo a re, ‘Tswee-tswee se ntsose. Ga ke ka ke ka go thusa ka nako e!’
"and he from indoors shall answer. ‘Do not pester me. The door is now closed, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot rise and give to you.’
8 “Mme ke tlaa go bolelela se, le fa a sa go direla jaaka tsala, fa o tswelela o kokota o tlaa tsoga a go neye sengwe le sengwe se o se batlang ka ntlha ya bobelotelele jwa gago.
"I tell you that, though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his importunate persistence he will rise and give him whatever he needs.
9 Mme go ntse fela jalo mo thapelong, tswelelang lo lope lo tlaa newa, batlang lo tlaa bona, kokotang lo tlaa bulelwa.
"So I say to you. "Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you.
10 Mongwe le mongwe yo o kopang o tlaa amogela; botlhe ba ba batlang, ba a bona; mme go bulelwa mongwe le mongwe yo o kokotang.
"For he that asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks the door shall be opened.
11 “Mme lona bo rra-bana, fa ngwana wa gago wa mosimane a go kopa senkgwe, a o ka mo naya lentswe? Fa a kopa tlhapi a o ka mo naya noga?
"What father is there among you who, if his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish will give him instead a serpent?
12 Fa a kopa lee, a o ka mo naya phepheng? [Nnyaa!]
"Or if he asks for an egg, will offer him a scorpion?
13 “Mme fa baleofi jaaka lona ba naya bana se ba se tlhokang, a ga lo lemoge gore Rraeno yo o kwa legodimong o tlaa dira mo go tona, a neela Mowa O O Boitshepo ba ba o kopang?”
"If you give good gifts to your children, how much more shall the Father who is in heaven give the Holy spirit to those that ask him!"
14 Ka nako nngwe, fa Jesu a kgoromeletsa ntle mowa o o maswe mo monneng yo o neng a le semumu, lentswe la gagwe la mmoela, a mumuloga. Mme bontsintsi jwa batho jwa itumela thata ba nna matlhagatlhaga,
Once he was casting out a dumb demon, and when the demon was gone out, the dumb man spoke, and the people wondered.
15 mme bangwe ba re, “Ga go hakgamatse fa a kgoromeletsa mewa e e maswe ntle. O tsaya nonofo ya gagwe mo go Satane, Kgosi ya mewa e e maswe!”
But some of them said, "It is by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, that he cast out demons."
16 Bangwe ba kopa gore a dire sesupo sengwe mo loaping go supa go ipitsa ga gagwe a re ke Mesia.
Others, tempting him, kept seeking from him a sign from heaven.
17 Mme ka a ne a itsile dikakanyo tsa mongwe le mongwe wa bone a re, “Bogosi bongwe le bongwe jo bo itwantshang bo a senyega; le lolwapa lo lo tletseng kganetsanyo le ntwa lo ntse fela jalo.
He knew their intentions and said to them. "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste and house falls upon house.
18 Hong fa se lo se buang e le boammaaruri, gore Satane o a itwantsha ka go nnonotsha go kgoromeletsa mewa ya gagwe e e maswe ntle, bogosi jwa gagwe bo ka ema jang?
"And if Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand?
19 Mme fa ke newa nonofo ke Satane, balatedi ba lona bone? Gonne ba kgoromeletsa mewa e e maswe ntle! A lo gopola gore mo go supa gore ba tsenywe ke Satane? Ba botseng fa e le gore lo bolelela ruri!
"Do you say that I am casting out demons by the power of Beelzebub? If I then am casting out demons by Beelzebub, by whom are your sons casting them out? They therefore shall be your judges.
20 Mme fa ke kgoromeletsa ntle mewa e e maswe ka ntlha ya nonofo e e tswang mo Modimong, go supa gore Bogosi jwa Modimo bo tsile.
"But if it is by the finger of God that I am casting out demons, then the kingdom of God is come upon you.
21 “Gonne fa Satane a le thata a bile a tshotse dibolao, a tlhokomela ntlo ya gagwe ya segosi, e bolokesegile.
"When the strong man fully aroused keeps guard over his homestead, his property is undisturbed;
22 Go fitlhelela mongwe yo o nonofileng a bile a tshotse dibolao tse di botoka a tla a mo fenya a bo a gapa dibolao tsa gagwe le dilwana tsa gagwe.
"but when the stronger man attacks him, he takes away from the strong armor in which he was trusting and divides up the spoil.
23 “Mongwe le mongwe yo e seng wa me o kgatlhanong le nna; fa a sa nthuse, o a ntlhokofatsa.
"He who is not for me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me is scattering.
24 “E ya re fa mowa o o maswe o dule mo mothong o ye kwa dikakeng o batla boikhutso; mme e re o sa bo bone o boele kwa go yo o neng o tswa mo go ene,
"Whenever a foul spirit is gone out of a man, it roams through waterless places, in search of rest; but when it can find none, it says, ‘I will go back to the house which I have left.’
25 mme o fitlhele lolwapa lwa one lwa gale lo feetswe lo le phepa.
When it comes and finds the house completely swept and garnished.
26 Hong ‘o’ tsamaye, ‘o’ ye go tlisa mewa e mengwe e e maswe e le supa e e bosula go na le one, mme yotlhe e tsene mo mothung yoo. Hong motho wa mogolo a bife go gaisa jaaka a ne a ntse pele.”
"Then it goes off and fetches seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the last state of that man is worse than the first."
27 Mme ya re a ntse a bua mosadi mongwe mo bontsintsing jwa batho a mo tlhaeletsa a re, “A Modimo o segofatse mmago, le sebopelo se o duleng mo go sone, le mabele a o a amuleng.”
It happened while he was saying this, that a certain woman out of the crowd shouted to him, saying, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breast that you have sucked."
28 Hong a mo fetola a re, “E, mme bogolo go sego botlhe ba ba utlwang Lefoko la Modimo ba le dirisa.”
"No, rather," he answered, "blessed are those who listen to the word of God, and keep it."
29 Ya re bontsi jwa batho bo ntse bo ikgotlhaganyetsa mo go ene, a ba rerela thero e, a re: “Dipaka tseno ke tse di bosula, tsa batho ba ba bosula. Ba tswelela ka go kopa tiragalo e e sa tlwaelesegang mo loaping [gore ke supe gore ke Mesia], mme kgakgamalo e ke tlaa ba e nayang fela ke ele ya ga Jona, yo dikai tsa gagwe di neng tsa supegetsa batho ba Ninefe gore o rometswe ke Modimo. Sekai sa me se se tshwanang le sone se tlaa supegetsa batho ba gore ke romilwe ke Modimo.
When the crowd were beginning to throng about him he proceeded to say. "This is an evil generation! It seeks a sign, and there shall be no sign be given to it except the sign of Jonah;
"for as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so shall the Son of man be to this generation.
31 “Mme ka Letsatsi la Katlholo Mohumagadi wa Sheba o tlaa tsoga mme a supe morafe o ka monwana, a o sekise gonne o tsamaile loeto lo lo leele go tla go reetsa botlhale jwa ga Solomone; mme fano go yo mogolo thata go gaisa Solomone [mme o reediwa ke ba se kae fela].
"The queen of the South shall rise up in Judgement with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them; because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and lo, one greater than Solomon is here!
32 “Batho ba Ninefe le bone ba tlaa tsoga ba sekisa sechaba se, gonne ba sokologile ka lobaka lwa thero ya ga Jona, mme yo mogola go gaisa Jona o fano. [Mme sechaba se ga se mo reetse].
"The men of the Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with his generation and shall condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and lo! one greater than Jonah is here!
33 “Ga go ope yo o tshubang lobone a tswe a lo fitlhe! eseng jalo, o lo baya mo setlhomong go bonesetsa botlhe ba ba tsenang mo tlung.
"When one lights a lamp he does not put it in a cellar nor under the bushel, but on a lamp-stand that those who enter may see the light.
34 Matlho a gago a bonesa bokafateng jwa gago. Leitlho le le nang le keletso e e bosula le fifatsa lesedi mme le go latlhela mo lefifing.
"The lamp of the body is your eye; when your eye is single then your whole body is full of light; but when it is evil your whole body is full of darkness.
35 Jalo tlhokomela gore lesedi la gago le se ka la fifala.
"Look carefully! Perhaps that very light of yours is darkness.
36 Fa go tletse lesedi mo go wena, go se na dintlha dipe tsa lefifi, hong bontle jwa gago le jone bo tlaa phatsima jaaka ekete lesedi le go phatsimela ka marang a lone.”
"If, however, your whole body is full of light, without having any part dark, it will be wholly radiant with light, as when the lamp illumines you with its bright rays."
37 Ya re a ntse a bua, mongwe wa Bafarasai a mo kopa go ya go ja kwa lwapeng lwa gagwe. Mme ya re a goroga a nna fa fatshe a ja kwa ntle ga go dirisa mokgwa wa Sejuta wa go tlhapa diatla pele ga a ja. Mme mo ga gakgamatsa yo o neng a mo laleditse.
When he had finished speaking a Pharisee asked him to dine with him; so he went in with him and reclined.
And the Pharisee noticed, to his amazement, that he did not wash his hands before eating,
39 Mme Jesu a mo raya a re, “Lona Bafarasai lo tlhatswa bokafa ntle, mme mo teng lo sa le leswe, go tletse bobelotshetlha le bosula!
but the Lord said to him. "You Pharisee do cleanse the outside of your cup or plate, but your secret heart is full of extortion and wickedness.
40 Dieleele ke lona! A Modimo ga oa ka wa dira bokafateng le bokafantle?
"Foolish men! Did not He who made the outside make the inside also?
41 Bophepa bo supa bopelontle.
"Better cleanse what is within, and nothing will be unclean for you.
42 “Mme a bo go latlhega lona Bafarasai! Gonne le fa lo tlhokomela go ntsha di tsa bosome tsa mo go nnye mo lo go amogetseng, lo lebala gotlhelele kaga tshiamo le lorato lwa Modimo. Lo tshwanetse go kgetha, ee, lo tshwanetse go ntsha ditsa bosome, mme ga lo a tshwanela go tlogela tse dingwe tse di sa dirwa.
"But woe unto you Pharisee! for you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and disregard justice and the love of God; but these you ought to have done, and not leave the other undone.
43 “A bo go latlhega lona Bafarasai! Gonne lo rata manno a tlotlego mo disenagogeng le go dumedisiwa ka maitseo ke mongwe le mongwe fa lo tsamaya mo marekelong!
"Woe unto you Pharisee! for you delight in the best seats in the synagogue, and in the salutation in the market-places.
44 Ee, katlholo e e boitshegang e lo letile. Gonne lo tshwana le mabitla a a fitlhilweng mo nageng. Batho ba feta ka lona ba sena kitso ya gore lo batho ba ba kgopo jang.”
"Woe unto you! for you are like the tombs which are hidden, and men walk over them unsuspecting."
45 Mme moitseanape wa tumelo yo o neng a eme foo a re, “Morena, o tlhapaditse le yone tiro ya me ka se o ntseng o se bua.”
Hereupon one of the lawyers exclaimed, "But teacher, in saying such things you are also reproaching us also."
46 Mme Jesu a re, “Ee, bogale jo bo ntseng jalo bolo emetse! Gonne lo gatelela batho mo ditaolong tsa tumelo tse di se ka keng tsa kgonega, tse le lona ka bo lona lo se ka keng lwa leka go di tshegetsa.
"Woe unto you lawyers also!" said Jesus, "for you load men with irksome burdens, and you yourselves will not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
47 A bo go latlhega lona! Gonne lo tshwana fela le bagolwane ba lona ba ba bolaileng baporofiti bogologolo.
"Woe to you! for you are building the tombs of the prophets whom you ancestors killed.
48 Babolai ke lona! Lo dumalana le bo rraalona gore se ba neng ba se dira se ne se siame, lo ka bo lo dirile jalo le lona.
"So you are witnesses, and you consent to the actions of your ancestors. for they killed them, and you build their tombs.
49 “Mme se ke se Modimo o se buang kaga lona: ‘Ke tlaa romela baporofiti le baapostoloi kwa go lona, mme lo tlaa bolaya bangwe ba bone lo bo lo leleke ba bangwe’.
"For this reason also said the Wisdom of God. ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and some they will persecute;
50 “Mme lona ba dipaka tseno lo tlaa arabela polao ya batlhanka ba Modimo go tswa tshimologong ya lefatshe,
"so that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required from this generation,
51 go tswa polaong ya ga Abele go tsena ka ya ga Sakarea yo o swetseng fa gare ga aletara le felo fa go boitshepo. Ee, ruri e tlaa lopiwa mo go lona.
"from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the alter and the sanctuary; yes; I tell you, it shall be required of this generation!
52 “A bo go latlhega lona baitseanape ba tuelo! Gonne lo fitlhela batho boammaaruri. Ga lo bo ikamogelele, mme lo kganela ba bangwe go nna le nako ya go bo dumela.”
"Woe to you lawyers, for you have taken away the key of knowledge!’ You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who are trying to enter."
53 Hong Bafarasai le baruti ba molao ba gakala; mme ya re go tswa foo ba mo gagautlha ka dipotso tse dintsi, ba leka go mo raela gore a bue sengwe se ba ka mo tshwarang ka sone.
After he had gone away, the Scribes and the Pharisee began to set themselves vehemently against him, and to cross-question him upon many points,
laying in wait for him, in order to catch a word from his lips.
