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.”
When he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as Yochanan also taught 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.
He said to them, “When you pray, say, ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.
3 Re fe dijo letsatsi le letsatsi.
Give us day by day our daily bread.
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 ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’”
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 said to them, “Which of you, if you go to a friend at midnight and tell him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
for a friend of mine has 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 within will answer and say, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I can’t get up and give it 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, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.
9 Mme go ntse fela jalo mo thapelong, tswelelang lo lope lo tlaa newa, batlang lo tlaa bona, kokotang lo tlaa bulelwa.
“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will 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 everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will 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?
“Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won’t give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?
12 Fa a kopa lee, a o ka mo naya phepheng? [Nnyaa!]
Or if he asks for an egg, he won’t give him a scorpion, will he?
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 then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who 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,
He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. When the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the multitudes marvelled.
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, “He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons.”
16 Bangwe ba kopa gore a dire sesupo sengwe mo loaping go supa go ipitsa ga gagwe a re ke Mesia.
Others, testing him, sought 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.
But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. A house divided against itself falls.
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?
If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.
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!
But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they will 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 I by God’s finger cast out demons, then God’s Kingdom has come to 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 armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe.
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 someone stronger attacks him and overcomes him, he takes from him his whole armour in which he trusted, and divides his plunder.
23 “Mongwe le mongwe yo e seng wa me o kgatlhanong le nna; fa a sa nthuse, o a ntlhokofatsa.
“He who is not with me is against me. He who doesn’t gather with me scatters.
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,
The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of the man, passes through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, ‘I will turn back to my house from which I came out.’
25 mme o fitlhele lolwapa lwa one lwa gale lo feetswe lo le phepa.
When he returns, he finds it swept and put in order.
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 he goes and takes seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes 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 came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you!”
28 Hong a mo fetola a re, “E, mme bogolo go sego botlhe ba ba utlwang Lefoko la Modimo ba le dirisa.”
But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear 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 multitudes were gathering together to him, he began to say, “This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.
For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will also 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 will rise up in the judgement with the men of this generation and will condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, 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 Nineveh will stand up in the judgement with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the proclaiming of Jonah; and behold, 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.
“No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in 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 the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness.
35 Jalo tlhokomela gore lesedi la gago le se ka la fifala.
Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn’t 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 therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light.”
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.
Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him. He went in and sat at the table.
When the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed himself before dinner.
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!
The Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.
40 Dieleele ke lona! A Modimo ga oa ka wa dira bokafateng le bokafantle?
You foolish ones, didn’t he who made the outside make the inside also?
41 Bophepa bo supa bopelontle.
But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to 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 to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and God’s love. You ought to have done these, and not to have left 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 to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.
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 to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them don’t know it.”
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.”
One of the Torah scholars answered him, “Rabbi, in saying this you insult 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.
He said, “Woe to you Torah scholars also! For you load men with burdens that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won’t even lift one finger to help carry those burdens.
47 A bo go latlhega lona! Gonne lo tshwana fela le bagolwane ba lona ba ba bolaileng baporofiti bogologolo.
Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
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 testify and consent to the works of your fathers. 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’.
Therefore also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and emissaries; and some of them they will kill and persecute,
50 “Mme lona ba dipaka tseno lo tlaa arabela polao ya batlhanka ba Modimo go tswa tshimologong ya lefatshe,
that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of 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 Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary.’ Yes, I tell you, it will 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 Torah scholars! For you took away the key of knowledge. You didn’t enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you hindered.”
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.
As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things out of him,
lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.
