Hebrews 12
1 We [know about] many people like that [who showed they trusted in God]. They are like a crowd of spectators [who are cheering for us inside a stadium] [MET]. Knowing that, we must put away all the things that hinder us, [as a runner puts aside everything that would hinder him because they are heavy] [MET]. Especially we must put away sinful actions that [hinder us, as a runner] sets aside clothes he does not need, clothes that would entangle him [MET]. Let us [wholeheartedly strive to achieve what God has planned for us, as someone] in a race wholeheartedly runs the course that is before him [MET].
Mme ka re na le batho ba ba ntseng jalo ba le bantsi ba tumelo ba ba re lebeletseng ba le kwa ditilong tse di kwa godimo, a re apoleng sengwe le sengwe se se diang kgotsa se se re busetsang kwa morago, mme bogolo thata jang dibe tse di tshophelelang thata mo maotong a rona di bo di re digela fa fatshe; mme a re sianeng ka bopelotelele lobelo lo Modimo o lo beileng fa pele ga rona.
2 And let us [keep our minds on] Jesus, [as a runner] keeps his eyes on [the goal] [MET]. Jesus is the one we should imitate in the way he perfectly trusted [God. When he died on] the cross he endured it as he suffered greatly [MTY], instead of [thinking about the things he would] rejoice about [later]. He disregarded being disgraced by [dying that way]. He is now sitting at the place of highest honor [MTY] at the throne [where God rules].
Tlhomang matlho a lona mo go Jesu, moeteledipele le moruti wa rona. O ne a ineela go swa loso lo lo tlhabisang ditlhong mo mokgorong ka ntlha ya boitumelo jo a neng a itse fa bo mo letetse kwa morago; mme jaanong o nna mo lefelong la tlotlo gaufi le setilo sa bogosi sa Modimo.
3 [Jesus] patiently endured it when sinful people acted so hostilely against him. Try to act the way he did, so that you do not give up [trusting] God or become discouraged.
Fa lo batla go kgaogana le go ngodiega le go lapisega, akanyang ka bopelotelele ja gagwe ka nako e baleofi ba neng ba mo dira dilo tse di sa siamang.
4 While you have struggled against [being tempted to] sin, you have not yet bled [and died because of resisting evil, as Jesus did].
Mme le gone, ga lo ise lo ke lo kgaratlhisanye le sebe le thaelo go fitlhelela lo fufula marothodi a madi.
5 Do not forget [RHQ] these words [that Solomon spoke to his son, that are the same as God] would exhort you as his children: My child, pay attention [LIT] when the Lord is disciplining you, and do not be discouraged when the Lord punishes you [DOU],
A lo lebetse gotlhelele mafoko a kgothatso a Modimo o a lo reileng, lona bana ba One? Modimo o ne wa re, “Morwaaka, se kgopisege fa Morena a go otlhaya. Se kgobege marapo fa a go kaela fa o molato teng.
6 because it is everyone whom he loves whom the Lord disciplines, and he punishes everyone whom he accepts as his child.
Gonne fa a go otlhaya, go supa gore o a go rata. Fa a go betsa go supa gore o ngwana wa gagwe tota.”
7 It is in order that God may discipline you that he requires you to endure the disagreeable things [that happen to you]. [When God disciplines you] he is treating you as a father treats his children. All fathers [RHQ] discipline their children [LIT].
Letla Modimo go go ruta, gonne o dira se rre mongwe le mongwe yo o lorato a se direlang bana ba gagwe. Ke mang yo o kileng a utlwa ka ngwana yo o iseng a ke a bo a otlhaiwe?
8 So, if you have not experienced God disciplining you just like he disciplines all his other children, you are [not true children of God] [MET]. [You are like] illegitimate children; [no father disciplines them].
Fa Modimo o sa go otlhae fa go tlhokega jaaka borabana bangwe ba otlhaya bana ba bone, moo go raya gore ga o ngwana wa Modimo tota gotlhelele, go raya gore ga o wa ba lolwapa lwa One tota.
9 Furthermore, our natural fathers disciplined us [when we were young], and we respected them for doing that. So we should certainly more readily accept God our spiritual Father disciplining us, with the result that we live eternally [RHQ]!
Ka re tlotla borraa rona mo lefatsheng, le fa ba re otlhaya, a ga re a tshwanela go ineela ka boitumelo mo go rutweng ke Modimo gore re tle re simolole go tshela tota.
10 Our natural fathers disciplined us for a short time in a way that they considered right, [but it wasn’t always right], but God always disciplines us [in a right way], to help us. He does it so that we may be holy as he is.
Borraa rona ba lefatshe ba re rutile mo dingwageng di se kae, ba re direla gotlhe ka fa ba neng ba itse ka teng, mme kotlhao ya Modimo e siame ka malatsi otlhe ebile e re siametse, gore re tle re nne le seabe mo boitshepong jwa One.
11 During the time that God is disciplining us, that does not seem to be something about which we should rejoice. Instead, it is something that pains us. But later it causes those who have learned from it to be peaceful and to [live] righteously.
Go otlhaiwa ga go monate fa go sa ntse go diragala, go utlwisa botlhoko! Mme kwa morago re ka bona maduo a gone, go gola mo kagisong mo kutlwelo botlhokong le mo bothong.
12 So, [instead of acting as though you were spiritually exhausted], renew yourselves [MET] spiritually.
Ke gone ingapareleng thata ka diatla tsa lona tse di lapileng, emang lo nitame ka mangole a lona a a reketlang,
13 Go straight forward [in your Christian life] [MET], in order that believers who are uncertain about their faith [will imitate you] and not ([leave God’s way/] useless [to God]) [MET]. Instead, they will be spiritually restored [MET] as an injured and useless limb is restored.
lo bo lo direle dinao tsa lona tsela e e tlhamaletseng e e borethe gore ba ba lo salang morago, le fa ba le bokoa ebile ba tlhotsa, ba seka ba wa ba ikgolafatsa, mme ba nonofe.
14 Try to live peacefully with all people. Seek to be holy, since no one will see the Lord if he is not holy.
Lekang go tswa gotlhelele mo dikomanong mme lo batle go tshela botshelo jo bo phepa jo bo itshepileng, gonne yo o seng boitshepo ga a kitla a bona Morena.
15 Beware that none of you stops [trusting in] God, [who has done kind things for us that we did not deserve] (OR, Beware that you have never [experienced] God kindly [saving you]). Be on guard lest any of you [act in an evil way towards others], because your doing that will [grow like] [MET] a root [grows into a big plant], and the result [of your] doing that will be that many believers will sin and become unacceptable to God.
Tlhokomelanang gore le fa e le ope wa lona a seka a palelwa ke go bona masego a Modimo. Itlhokomeleng gore bogalaka bope bo seka jwa mela mo go lona, gonne fa bo mela bo dira matshwenyego a matona, bo leswafatsa batho ba le bantsi mo matshelong a bone a semowa.
16 Do not let anyone be immoral, or be irreligious as Esau was. He exchanged the rights he had as a firstborn son for only one meal.
Itlhokomeleng gore le fa e le ope wa lona a seka a dira sebe sa boaka kgotsa a seka a nna kelotlhoko kaga Modimo jaaka Esau: o ne a rekisa botsalwa-pele jwa gagwe ka sejonyana se se kgorwang gangwe fela.
17 You know that after he did that, he wanted to receive [what his father would promise to give him if] he blessed him. But [his father] was unable [to change what he had already done]. And Esau found no way to change things, even though he sought tearfully to do that.
Mme erile kwa morago, fa a batla ditshwanelo tseo gape, nako ya bo e setse e tsamaile, le fa tota a ne a lela dikeledi tse di botlhoko tsa boikwatlhao. Ke gone gakologelwang, lo bo lo ikele tlhoko.
18 In coming [to God] you have not [experienced things like what the Israeli people experienced] at [Sinai] Mountain. [They] approached [a mountain that God told them they] should not touch. [They approached] a blazing fire, and it was gloomy and dark [DOU], and there was a hurricane/cyclone.
Ga lo ise lo ke lo lebagane le mathata a a tshosang, molelo o o dikgabo, kutlobotlhoko e e tlhakanyeng le go felelwa ke tsholofelo, lefifi le setsuatsue se se boitshegang, jaaka Baiseraela ba ne ba rakana le One kwa Thabeng ya Senai fa Modimo o ba neela melao ya One.
19 They heard a trumpet sounding and they heard [God] speak. The result was that those who heard it pleaded for God not to speak to them like that again.
Gonne go ne ga nna tumo e e tshosang ya terompeta, le lentswe le le neng le na le molaetsa o o boitshegang, mo e leng gore batho ba ne ba kopa Modimo go khutlisa go bua.
20 When [God] commanded them saying, “If [a person or] even an animal touches this mountain, [you] must [kill him/it by] throwing stones at him/it,” they were terrified.
Ba ne ba thetheekelela kwa morago ka fa taolong ya Modimo e e reng, le phologolo fa e ka ama thaba, e tshwanetse go swa.
21 Truly, because Moses was terrified after seeing what happened [on the mountain], he said, “I am trembling because I am very afraid!”
Moshe ka sebele erile fa a bona pono e e boitshegang eo a tshoga thata.
22 Instead, [it is as though] you have come to [the presence of God in heaven] [MET]. [That is like what your ancestors did when they came to worship] God on Zion Hill, in Jerusalem, in the city of God who is all-powerful. You have come (OR, you are coming) to where there are countless angels, who are rejoicing as they have gathered together.
Mme lo tsile sentle mo Thabeng ya Siona, kwa motseng wa Modimo o o Tshelang, Jerusalema wa selegodimo, le kwa kokoanong ya baengele ba ba senang palo ba ba itumetseng;
23 You have joined all the believers [who have privileges like] firstborn sons, whose names [God] has written down in heaven. You have come to God, who will judge everyone. You have come to where the spirits of God’s people are, people who lived righteously [before they died], and who now have been made perfect [in heaven].
le kwa phuthegong, e e dirilweng ka botlhe ba ba kwadilweng mo legodimong; le kwa Modimong o o leng mosekisi wa botlhe; le kwa meweng ya ba ba kwa legodimong ba ba golotsweng, ba ba setseng ba ntlafaditswe;
24 You have come to Jesus, who arranged a new covenant [between us and God]. You have accepted [what he accomplished when] his blood flowed [when he died on the cross. His doing that made it possible for God to forgive us]. That is better than the blood of Abel, [who just] wanted revenge because his brother Cain murdered him.
le kwa go Jesu ka sebele, yo o re lereditseng kgolagano e ncha ya gagwe e e hakgamatsang; le kwa mading a kgatsho a a itshwarelang ka kutlwelo botlhoko mo boemong jwa go ipusolosetsa jaaka madi a ga Abele.
25 Beware that you do not refuse to listen to [God] who is speaking to you. The Israeli people did not escape [God punishing them] when [Moses] (OR, [God]) warned them here on earth. So we shall surely not escape [God punishing us] if we reject him when he warns us from heaven! [RHQ]
Ke gone bonang gore lo obamele ene yo o buang le lona. Gonne fa batho ba Iseraele ba ne ba se ka ba falola fa ba gana go reetsa Moshe yo o neng a ba tlhagisa a le mo lefatsheng, re mo diphatseng tse di setlhogo thata jang fa re gana go reetsa Modimo o o buang le rona o le kwa legodimong!
26 The earth shook [PRS] then when he spoke [MTY] [at Sinai Mountain]. But now he has promised, “I will shake the earth again, one more time, but I will shake heaven too.”
Erile fa o bua o le kwa Thabeng ya Senai, lentswe la one la roromisa lefatshe, mme wa bua wa re, “Ka nako e e tlang ga ke kitla ke roromisa lefatshe fela, mme ke tlaa roromisa le magodimo.”
27 The words “again, one more time” indicate that things [on earth] will be shaken {that [he] will shake things [on earth]}, meaning that he will set aside all that [he] has created, in order that the things [in heaven] that cannot be shaken {that nothing can shake} may remain forever.
Ka go bua jaana Modimo o ne o raya gore o tlaa tlosa sengwe le sengwe se se senang motheo o o tiileng, gore go sale tse di sa reketleng fela.
28 So, let us thank God that we are becoming members of a kingdom that nothing can shake. Let us worship/serve God in a way that pleases him by being greatly in awe [DOU] before him.
Ka re na le bogosi jo bo ka sekeng jwa senngwa ke sepe, a re itumediseng Modimo ka go o direla ka dipelo tse di lebogang, le ka poifo e e boitshepo le tshisimogo.
29 Remember that the God we [worship/serve] is like a fire that burns up everything [that is impure] [MET]!
Gonne Modimo wa rona ke molelo o o lailang.
