Mathaio 24
1 Mme ya re fela fa Jesu a tswa mo patlelong ya Tempele, barutwa ba gagwe ba mo sala morago ba tla go mo tsamaisa ba mo kaetsa dikago tse di farologanyeng tsa Tempele.
Leaving the Temple Courts, Jesus was walking away, when his disciples came up to draw his attention to the Temple buildings.
2 Mme a ba raya a re, “Dikago tse tsotlhe di tlaa digelwa fa fatshe, lentswe lepe le sa tlogelwe le tlhatlaganye le le lengwe!”
‘Do you see all these things?’ was his answer. ‘I tell you, not a single stone will be left here on another, which will not be thrown down,’
3 Mme ya re morago fa barutwa ba gagwe ba ntse fa fatshe mo thoteng ya Thaba ya Lotlhware, ba mmotsa ba re, “mo go diragala leng? Ditshupo tse di tlaa supang go boa ga gago le bokhutlo jwa lefatshe ke dife?” (aiōn g165)
so, while Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came up to him privately and said, ‘Tell us when this will be, and what will be the sign of your coming, and of the close of the age.’ (aiōn g165)
4 Jesu a fetola a re, “Se letleng ope go lo timetsa.
Jesus replied to them, ‘See that no one leads you astray;
5 Gonne ba le bantsi ba tlaa tla ba ipitsa gore ke bone BoMesia, mme ba timetsa ba le bantsi.
for, many will take my name, and come saying “I am the Christ,” and will lead many astray.
6 Fa lo utlwa ka go simologa ga dintwa, mo go tlaa bo go sa supe go boa ga me; mo go tshwanetse go diragala, mme bokhutlo bo tlaa bo bo ise bo tle.
You will hear of wars and rumours of wars; take care not to be alarmed, for such things must occur; but the end is not yet here.
7 Dichaba le Mebuso ya lefatshe di tlaa tsogologelana, go tlaa nna mauba le dithoromo tsa lefatshe mo mafelong a le mantsi.
For nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
8 Mme gotlhe mo e tlaa bo e le tshimologo ya ditlalelo tse di tlang fela.”
All this, however, will be but the beginning of the birth pangs!
9 “Hong lo tlaa tlhokofadiwa, lo bolawe, lo bo lo ilwe ke lefatshe lotlhe ka ntlha ya gore lo ba me.
When that time comes, they will give you up to persecution, and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.
10 Mme ba le bantsi ba lona ba tlaa boela mo sebeng, ba okane ba bo ba ilane.”
And then many will fall away, and will betray one another, and hate one another.
11 Mme go tlaa nna le baporofiti ba le bantsi ba eseng bone mme ba tlaa timetsa bontsi.
Many false prophets, also, will appear and lead many astray;
12 Sebe se tla ntsifala thata gongwe le gongwe, se tsidifatse lorato lwa ba le bantsi.
and, owing to the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.
13 Mme ba ba itshokang go ya bokhutlong ba tlaa bolokwa.
Yet the person who endures to the end will be saved.
14 “Mme mafoko a a molemo a Bogosi a tlaa rerwa mo lefatshing lotlhe gore dichaba tsotlhe di utlwe, mme hong lwa bofelo bokhutlo bo tlaa tla.
This good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the world as a witness to all nations; and then will come the end.
15 Jalo, fa lo bona selo se se makgapha, (se se boletsweng ke Moporofeti Daniele, a mmadi a tlhaloganye se se buiwang!)
As soon, then, as you see “the Foul Desecration,” mentioned by the prophet Daniel, standing in the Holy place,’ (the reader must consider what this means)
16 hong ba ba mo Judea ba patelesega go tshabela kwa dithabeng tsa Judea.
‘then those of you who are in Judea must take refuge in the mountains;
17 “Ba ba mo maribelong a matlo a bone ba seka ba tsena mo teng go phutha dilwana pele ga ba tshaba.
and a man on the housetop must not go down to get the things that are in his house;
18 Ba ba kwa masimo ba seka ba boela kwa magaeng a bone go tsaya diaparo.
nor must one who is on their farm turn back to get his cloak.
19 “Mme a bo go tlaa bo go latlhega basadi ba baimana le ba ba nang le masea mo malatsing ao.
Alas for pregnant women, and for those who are nursing infants in those days!
20 Mme lo rapele gore go sia ga lona go seka ga nna mariga, kgotsa go le Sabata
Pray, too, that your flight may not take place in winter, nor on a Sabbath;
21 Gonne go tlaa nna pogisego e lefatshe le iseng le ke le e bone pele mo tshimologong ya lone go fitlha nako eno, mme ga e kitla e tlhola e bonwa gape.”
for that will be a time of great distress, the like of which has not occurred from the beginning of the world down to the present time – no, nor ever will again.
22 “Mme tota fa malatsi ao a sa khutshwafadiwe, batho botlhe ba tlaa nyelela, mme a tlaa khutshwafadiwa ka ntlha ya batho ba Modimo o ba itshenketseng.”
Had not those days been limited, not a single soul would escape; but for the sake of God’s people a limit will be put to them.
23 “Hong fa mongwe a lo raya a re ‘Mesia o gorogile kwa lefelong lengwe, kgotsa o bonetse fano kgotsa fale, kgotsa mo motseng o kgotsa ole,’ se dumeleng.
At that time, if anyone should say to you “Look! Here is the Christ!” or “Here he is!”, do not believe it;
24 Gonne go tlaa nna teng Bo-Kereste ba le bantsi ba eseng bone, le baporofiti ba eseng bone, ba tlaa dira dikgakgamatso, gore e re fa go no go ka kgonega, le e leng ba ba itlhophetsweng ke Modimo tota ba tsiediwe.
for false Christs and false prophets will arise, and will display great signs and marvels, so that, were it possible, even God’s people would be led astray.
25 Bonang, ke lo tlhagisitse.
Remember, I have told you beforehand.
26 “Mme ke gone fa mongwe a lo raya a re Mesia o boile mme o ile kwa sekakeng, lo se ka lwa eletsa go tsamaya lo ya go bona, kgotsa, gore o iphitlhile golo gongwe, se dumeleng!
Therefore, if people say to you “He is in the wilderness!”, do not go out there; or “He is in an inner room!”, do not believe it;
27 Gonne jaaka logadima lo tle lo gadime go kgabaganya loapi go tsweng botlhabatsatsi go ya bophirima, go tla ga me go tlaa nna jalo, fa nna Morwa Motho ke boa.
for, just as lightning will start from the east and flash across to the west, so will it be with the coming of the Son of Man.
28 Mme gongwe le gongwe kwa go nang le setoto, manong a phuthegela gone.
Wherever a dead body lies, there will the vultures flock.
29 “E tlaa re ka bofefo morago ga pogiso ya malatsi letsatsi le tlaa fifadiwa, le ngwedi o tlaa ntshofala, le dinaled di bonala o ka re di wa mo magodimong, le dinonofo tse di khuromeditseng lefatshe di tlaa reketlisiwa.
Immediately after the distress of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give her light, the stars will fall from the heavens, and the forces of the heavens will be convulsed.
30 “Mme kwa bofelong sesupo sa go tla ga me se tlaa bonala mo magodimong, mme go tlaa nna khutsafalo e kgolo mo tikologong ya lefatshe lotlhe, mme dichaba tsa lefatshe di tlaa mpona ke goroga ka maru a legodimo, ka nonofo le kgalalelo e kgolo.
Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in the heavens; and all the peoples of the earth will mourn, when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the heavens, with power and great glory;
31 Mme ke tlaa roma baengele ba me ka tumo ya torompeta e kgolo, mme ba tlaa phutha baitshenkedwi ba me go tsweng dikhutlong tsa lefatshe le legodimo.
and he will send his angels, with a great trumpet, and they will gather his people round him from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
32 “Jaanong ithuteng thuto ka setlhare sa mofeige. Fa kala ya sone e le nana matlhare a simolola go kukunya, lo itse gore selemo se setse se gorogile.
‘Learn the lesson taught by the fig tree. As soon as its branches are full of sap, and it is bursting into leaf, you know that summer is near.
33 Fela jalo, fa lo bona dilo tse tsotlhe di simolola go diragala, lo ka itse gore go boa ga me go gaufi, go fela fa mojakong.
And so may you, as soon as you see all these things, know that he is at your doors.
34 Hong kwa bofelong lobaka lo lo tlaa tla mo bokhutlong jwa lone.
I tell you, even the present generation will not pass away, until all these things have taken place.
35 “Legodimo le lefatshe di tlaa nyelela, mme mafoko a me a tla nna ka bosenabokhutlo.”
The heavens and the earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
36 “Mme ga go ope yo o itseng letsatsi le fa e le nako e bokhutlo bo tlaa tlang ka yone, le fa e le baengele. Nnyaa, le fa e le Morwa Modimo tota. Ke Rara fela a le esi yo o itseng.
But about that day and hour, no one knows – not even the angels of heaven, not even the Son – but only the Father himself.
37 “Lefatshe le tlaa bo le iketlile, le le mo tlhapeding ya meletlo batho ba a ja ba a nwa, ba nyala ba nyadisa, jaaka go ne go ntse ka nako ya ga Noa pele ga go tla ga tshoganetso ga morwalela.
For, just as in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
In those days before the flood they went on eating and drinking, marrying and being married, up to the very day on which Noah entered the ark,
39 Batho ba ne ba sa dumele se se neng se ya go diragala go fitlhelela morwalela o tla o ba phaila botlhe. Jalo go tla ga me go tlaa nna fela jalo.
taking not notice until the flood came and swept them one and all away; and so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
40 “Banna ba le babedi ba tlaa bo ba dira mo masimong, mongwe o tlaa tsewa, yo mongwe a tlogelwa.
At that time, of two men on a farm one will be taken and one left;
41 Basadi ba le babedi ba tlaa bo ba dira tiro ya bone ya lolwapa, mongwe o tlaa tsewa, yo mongwe a tlogelwe.
of two women grinding with a hand-mill one will be taken and one left.
42 Ke gone ipaakanyeng, gonne ga lo itse letsatsi le Morena wa lona o tlang ka lone.
Therefore watch; for you cannot be sure on what day your Master is coming.
43 Fela jaaka motho a ka kganela matshwenyego a a leriweng ke magodu ka go nna a itlhokometse mo go one.
But this you do know, that, had the owner of the house known at what time of night the thief was coming, they would have been on the watch, and would not have allowed their house to be broken into.
44 Jalo lo ka kganela matshwenyego ka go nna malatsi otlhe lo ipaakanyeditse go boa ga me mo go se kitlang go anamisiwa.
Therefore, you must also prepare, since it is just when you are least expecting him that the Son of Man will come.
45 “A o motlhanka yo o botlhale yo o ikanyegang wa Morena? a ke go neetse tironyana ya go laola ba ntlo ya me, go fepa bongwanake letsatsi le letsatsi?
Who, then is that trustworthy, careful servant, who has been placed by their master over his household, to give them their food at the proper time?
46 O sego fa e ka re ke boa ka fitlhela o dira tiro ya gago ka go ikanyega.
Happy will that servant be whom their master, when he comes home, will find doing this.
47 Ke tlaa dira ba ba ikanyegang jalo balaodi ba sengwe le sengwe se ke nang naso.
I tell you that their master will put them in charge of the whole of his property.
48 Mme fa o le bosula o bo o ithaya o re, ‘Morena wa me ga a na go tla ka bofefo,’
But, should the servant be a bad servant, and say to themselves “My master is a long time in coming,”
49 o bo o simolola go gatelela batlhanka ka wena, o o ja o nwa o tagwa.
and begin to beat their fellow servants, and eat and drink with drunkards,
50 Morena wa gago o tlaa goroga a sa anamisiwa e bile a sa solofelwa,
that servant’s master will come on a day when they do not expect him, and at an hour of which they are unaware,
51 “Mme a ba a go kgwathisa thata a go lelekela katlholong ya baitimokanyi; kwa go tlaa nnang selelo le khuranyo ya meno teng.”
and will flog the servant severely, and assign them their place among the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.
