Matthew 10
1 Then He called to Him His twelve disciples and gave them authority over foul spirits, to drive them out; and to cure every kind of disease and infirmity.
Jesu a ipiletsa barutwa ba ba lesome le bobedi, mme a ba naya taolo go kgoromeletsa mewa e e maswe ntle le go fodisa malwetse mangwe le mangwe le dipobolo.
2 Now the names of the twelve Apostles were these: first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James the son of Zabdi, and his brother John;
Maina a barutwa ba gagwe ba ba lesome le bobedi ke a; Simone yo o bidiwang Petere, Anderea monnaa Petere; Jakobe morwa Sebede, Johane monnaa Jakobe,
3 Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax-gatherer, James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
Filipo, Baretholomica, Thomase, Mathaio wa mokgethisi, Jakobe morwa Alefaio, Thadaeo,
4 Simon the Cananaean, and Judas the Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.
Simone (leloko la “diganka” tsa mokgatlho wa dipolotiki o o neng o batla go diga puso), Judase Isekariota yo o neng a mo oka.
5 These twelve Jesus sent on a mission, after giving them their instructions: "Go not," He said, "among the Gentiles, and enter no Samaritan town;
Jesu o ne a ba roma ka ditaelo tse; “Se yeng kwa go Badichaba kgotsa Basamaria,
6 but, instead of that, go to the lost sheep of Israel's race.
mme yang fela kwa bathung ba Iseraela; dinku tsa Modimo tse di latlhegileng.
7 And as you go, preach and say, 'The Kingdom of the Heavens is close at hand.'
Tsamayang lo anamise mo go bone gore Bogosi jwa legodimo bo atametse.
8 Cure the sick, raise the dead to life, cleanse lepers, drive out demons: you have received without payment, give without payment.
“Fodisang ba ba lwalang, tsosang baswi, fodisang balepero, lo bo lo kgoromeletse mewa e e maswe kwa ntle. Nayang fela jaaka lo amogetse fela.
9 "Provide no gold, nor even silver nor copper to carry in your pockets;
“Se tseyeng madi mo dipateng fa lo tsamaya;
10 no bag for your journey, nor change of linen, nor shoes, nor stick; for the labourer deserves his food.
lo se ka lwa tsaya le fa e le kgetsi ya diaparo e na le diaparo tse dingwe le ditlhako, le fa e le seikokotlelo, gonne ba lo ba thusang ba tshwanetse go lo otla le go lo tlhokomela.
11 "Whatever town or village you enter, inquire for some good man; and make his house your home till you leave the place.
Nako le nako fa lo tsena mo motseng le mo metsaneng, senkang motho yo o boifang Modimo lo nne mo legaeng la gagwe go fitlhelela lo tswela kwa motseng o mongwe.
12 When you enter the house, salute it;
Fa lo kopa tetlelelo ya go nna, nnang botsalano le batho.
13 and if the house deserves it, the peace you invoke shall come upon it. If not, your peace shall return to you.
Mme fa le itshupa e le legae la SeModimo, le segofatseng, fa go sa nna jalo, nnang ka tshegofatso ya lona.
14 And whoever refuses to receive you or even to listen to your Message, as you leave that house or town, shake off the very dust from your feet.
Motse mongwe le mongwe kgotsa legac le le sa lo amogeleng sentle, lo itlhotlhore lorole lwa lefelo leo mo dinaong tsa lona fa lo tsamaya.
15 I solemnly tell you that it will be more endurable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of Judgement than for that town.
Ammaaruri, metse e e maswe ya Sodoma le Gomora e tlaa nna botoka bogolo go metse eo ka Letsatsi la Katlholo.
16 "Remember it is I who am sending you out, as sheep into the midst of wolves; prove yourselves as sagacious as serpents, and as innocent as doves.
“Ke lo roma jaaka dinku mo gare ga diphiri. Nnang botlhale jaaka dinoga le bori jaaka maphoi.
17 But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to appear before Sanhedrins, and will flog you in their synagogues;
Mme itlhokomeleng! Gonne lo tlaa tshwarwa, lo sekisiwa lo kgwathisiwa mo matlung a thuto.
18 and you will even be put on trial before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness to them and to the Gentiles.
“Ee, lo tshwanetse go emela tshekiso fa pele ga balaodi le dikgosi ka ntlha ya me. Mo go tlaa lo neela lobaka lwa go ba bolelela ka ga me, ee, go supegetsa lefatshe.
19 But when they have delivered you up, have no anxiety as to how you shall speak or what you shall say; for at that very time it shall be given you what to say;
“Fa lo tshwarwa, se tshwenyegeng gore lo tlaa reng mo tshekong, gonne lo tlaa newa mafoko a a tshwanetseng ka nako e e tshwanetseng.
20 for it is not you who will speak: it will be the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
Gonne e tlaa bo e se lona ba lo buang; e tlaa bo e le Mowa wa ga Rraeno wa legodimo o bua ka lona.
21 Brother will betray brother to death, and father, child; and children will rise against their own parents and will put them to death.
“Motho o tlaa okela morwa rraagwe losung, mme borabana ba tlaa oka bana ba bone. Mme bana ba tlaa tsogologela batsadi ba bone ba ba neela losung.
22 And you will be objects of universal hatred because you are called by my name; but he who holds out to the End--he will be saved.
Mongwe le mongwe o tlaa lo ila ka ntlha ya gore lo ba me. Mme lotlhe ba lo itshokang go ya bokhutlong lo tlaa bolokwa.
23 Whenever they persecute you in one town, escape to the next; for I solemnly tell you that you will not have gone the round of all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
“Fa lo bogisiwa mo motseng mongwe, tshabelang kwa go o mongwe! Ke tlaa boa pele ga lo tsena mo go yone yotlhe!
24 "The learner is never superior to his teacher, and the servant is never superior to his master.
Morutwana ga a mogolo go feta moruti wa gagwe. Motlhanka ga a mogolo go mong wa gagwe.
25 Enough for the learner to be on a level with his teacher, and for the servant to be on a level with his master. If they have called the master of the house Baal-zebul, how much more will they slander his servants?
Morutwana o tshwanetse go gata mo dikgatong tsa yo o mo rutang, motlhanka a latele mong wa gagwe. Mme fa ba reile nna mong wa ntlo lona jaanong go tlaa nna jang!
26 Fear them not, however; there is nothing veiled which will not be uncovered, nor secret which will not become known.
“Mme lo se ka lwa boifa ba ba lo bopelang. Gonne nako e e tla e boammaaruri bo tlaa senolwang ka yone: merero ya bone ya sephiri e tlaa itsiwe ke batho botlhe.
27 What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what is whispered into your ear, proclaim upon the roofs of the houses.
Se ke se lo bolelelang mo lefifing jaanong jaana, se phatlalatseng kgakala fa bosigo bo o sa! Se ke se sebelang mo ditsebeng tsa lona, se phatlalatseng lo le mo ditlhoeng tsa matlo!
28 "And do not fear those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna. (Geenna g1067)
“Se boifeng ba ba ka bolayang mebele ya lona fela; mme ba ka seka ba ama mewa ya lona! Boifang Modimo fela o o nonofileng go ka nyeletsa mowa le mmele mo moleting. (Geenna g1067)
29 Do not two sparrows sell for a halfpenny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father's leave.
Ga go thaga (kana di ja bokae? A di ja thebe di le pedi?) e e welang fa fatshe Rraeno wa Legodimo a sa itse.
30 But as for you, the very hairs on your heads are all numbered.
Mme le e leng meriri ya ditlhogo tsa lona tota e badilwe yotlhe.
31 Away then with fear; you are more precious than a multitude of sparrows.
Ke gone se tshwenyegeng! Lona lo botlhokwa thata mo Modimong go feta dithaga tse dintsi.
32 "Every man who acknowledges me before men I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in Heaven.
“Fa mongwe fela a mpolela mo mpepeneneng e le tsala yame ke tlaa mmolela ele tsala yame fa pele ga ga Rre yo o kwa legodimong.
33 But whoever disowns me before men I also will disown before my Father who is in Heaven.
Mme fa mongwe a intatola mo mpepeneneng, ke tlaa mo itatola mo mpepeneneng fa pele ga ga Rre yo o kwa Legodimong.
34 "Do not suppose that I came to bring peace to the earth: I did not come to bring peace but a sword.
“Se gopoleng gore ke tletse go lere kagiso mo lefatsheng! Nnyaa fa e se chaka.
35 For I came to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
Ke tletse go lotlhanya motho le rraagwe, mosetsana le mmaagwe, ngwetsi le matsalaa yone.
36 and a man's own family will be his foes.
“Bana ba motho ba ba maswe go fetisa selekanyo ba tlaa bo ba le mo ntlung ya gagwe tota.
37 Any one who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and any one who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;
Fa o rata rrago le mmago go gaisa jaaka o nthata, ga o a tshwanela go nna wa me; kgotsa fa o rata morwao kgotsa morwadio go mpheta, ga o a tshwanela go nna wa me.
38 and any one who does not take up his cross and follow where I lead is not worthy of me.
Fa o gana go itshikarela mokgoro o ntshala morago, ga o a tshwanela go nna wa me.
39 To save your life is to lose it, and to lose your life for my sake is to save it.
Fa o ngaparela botshelo jwa gago, bo tlaa go latlhegela, mme yo o latlhegelwang ke botshelo jwa gagwe ka ntlha ya me, o tlaa bo boloka.
40 "Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives Him who sent me.
“Ba ba lo tsholang ‘sentle ba tshola nna. Mme fa ba ntshola ba tshola Modimo oo nthomileng’.
41 Every one who receives a prophet, because he is a prophet, will receive a prophet's reward, and every one who receives a righteous man, because he is a righteous man, will receive a righteous man's reward.
Fa lo tshola moporofiti ka ntlha ya gore ke monna wa Modimo, lo tlaa newa tuelo e moporofiti o e bonang. Mme fa lo amogela batho ba ba siameng, ba ba boifang Modimo ka ntlha ya boModimo jwa bone, lo tlaa newa tuelo e e tshwanang le ya bone.
42 And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water to drink because he is a disciple, I solemnly tell you that he will not lose his reward."
Mme fa lo siela ngwanyana kopi ya metse a a tsididi lo le baemedi ba me, ruri lo tlaa duelwa.”
