Ditiro 1
1 Tsala e e rategang e e ratang Modimo: mo lokwalong lwa me lwa ntlha, ke lo boleletse kaga botshelo le dithuto tsa ga Morena Jesu le ka fa a neng a boela legodimong ka teng fa a sena go fa barutwa ba gagwe ditaelo tse di tswang kwa Moweng O O Boitshepo.
The former record I made, O Theophilus, of all things that Jesus began both to do and to teach,
till the day on which he was taken up, after he had, through the Holy Spirit, given commandments to the apostles whom he had chosen.
3 Mo malatsing a le masome mane morago ga papolo ya gagwe, o ne a ntse a ipontsha barutwa ba gagwe a le mo sebopegong sa setho, gape a ba lemotsha ka ditsela tse dintsi gore ke ene tota yo ba mmonang. Mme mo dinakong tse o ne a buisanya le bone kaga Bogosi jwa Modimo.
To whom, after he had suffered, he also showed himself alive, by many indubitable proofs; appearing to them for forty days, and speaking of the things that pertain to the kingdom of God.
4 Mo go nngwe ya diphuthego tse, o ne a ba bolelela gore ba seka ba tloga mo Jerusalema go fitlhelela Mowa O O Boitshepo o ba apesa e le go diragatsa tsholofetso ya ga Rara, puo e a neng a kile a buisanya le bone ka yone.
And calling them together, he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of my Father, which, said he, you have heard from me;
5 Mme a ba gakolola gore “Johane o kolobeditse ka metsi, mme jaanong lo tlaa kolobediwa ka Mowa O O Boitshepo mo malatsing a se kae a a tlang”.
for John indeed immersed in water, but you shall be immersed in the Holy Spirit, not many days hence.
6 Mme ka lobaka longwe fa a bonala kwa go bone, ba mmotsa ba re, “Morena a o ya go golola Iseraele [mo go Roma] jaanong o bo o re dira chaba e e gololesegileng?”
Therefore, when they came together, they asked him, saying: Lord, wilt thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?
7 Mme a fetola a re, “Rara ke ene a rulaganyang dipaka tsa go nna jalo. Mme ga se ga lona gore lo itse kaga tsone.
But he said to them: It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has reserved under his own control.
8 Mme fa Mowa O O Boitshepo o sena go tla mo go lona, lo tlaa amogela nonofo ya go rera ka bothakga jo bogolo mo bathong ba Jerusalema le mo Judea yotlhe le mo Samarea, le kwa dikhutlong tsa lefatshe ka ga loso le tsogo ya me.”
But you shall receive power, after the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be witnesses for me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and to the most distant part of the earth.
9 Mme erile a sena go bua mafoko a, a tlhatlhogela kwa legodimong a nyelela mo lerung, a ba tlogela ba mo lebile ka kakabalo.
And when he had spoken these things, while they were looking on him, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight.
10 Fa ba sa ntse ba mo tsepegile matlho go mmona lwa bofelo, ka tshoganetso banna ba babedi ba apere dipurapura tse di tshweu ba bo ba eme fa thoko ga bone,
And while they were looking earnestly toward heaven, as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white raiment,
11 mme ba re, “Banna ba Galalea ke eng fa lo tsepegetse a matlho kwa legodimong ka kakabalo? Jesu o ile legodimong mme ka letsatsi lengwe o tlaa tla fela jaaka a ile!”
who also said: Men of Galilee, why stand you gazing up into heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, shall come in the same manner in which you saw him go into heaven.
12 Ba ne ba le kwa Thabeng Lotlhware fa se se diragala, jaanong ba boela kwa morago ba tsamaya sephatlo sa mmaele go boela kwa Jerusalema.
Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath-day’s journey.
13 Mme ba tshwara thapelo mo ntlwanenge e kwa godimo e ba neng ba nna mo go yone. A ke maina a ba ba neng ba le teng mo phuthegong ya thapelo. Petere, Johane, Jakobe Anderea, Filipo, Thomase, Baretholomea, Mathaio, Jakobe, le bomorwa rraagwe Jesu, ba le setlhophanyana le mmaagwe Jesu, ba ne ba le teng.
And when they had come in, they went up into an upper room, in which dwelt Peter and James, and John and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphæus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.
All these, with one mind, continued in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.
15 Phuthego e ya thapelo e ne ya tswelela ka malatsi a le mantsi. Mme ya re ka nako eo, mo letsatsing leo fa go ne go na le batho ba ka nna lekgolo le masome a mabedi, Petere o ne a ema ka dinao mme a ba raya a re:
And in those days Peter arose in the midst of the disciples, (the number of the names together was about a hundred and twenty, ) and said:
16 “Bakaulengwe, go ne go tlhokega gore dikwalo di diragadiwe mabapi le Jutase yo o okileng Jesu ka go supegetsa bontsintsi jwa batho kwa a leng teng, gonne selo se, se sale se boletswe pele bogologolo ka Mowa O O Boitshepo o bua ka Kgosi Dafide.
Brethren, it was necessary for this scripture to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit had before spoken by the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who was a guide to those who took Jesus:
17 “Jutase e ne e le mongwe wa rona a tlhophilwe go nna morutwa fela jaaka rona.
for he was numbered with us, and had been appointed to this ministry.
18 O ne a reka setsha sa lefatshe ka madi a o a amogetseng ka go loga maano a boithamako mme a wela fa fatshe a phanyega ka bogare mme mala a gagwe a gorometsegela kwa ntle.
Therefore he purchased a field with the reward of his iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
19 Dikgang tsa loso lwa gagwe di ne tsa anama ka bofefo mo bathong ba Jerusalema, jalo ba bitsa setsha seo Lefatshe la Madi!
And it was known to all that dwelt in Jerusalem, so that the field is called, in their own language, Akeldama, that is, The field of blood.
20 “Polelelo-pele ya ga Kgosi Dafide ka ga se, e bonwa mo lokwalong lwa Dipesalema mo a reng, ‘A motse wa gagwe o senngwe o seka wa nnwa ke ope.’ Gape, ‘A tiro ya gagwe e neelwe o sele go e dira.’
For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no one dwell in it, and, His office let another take.
21 “Mme jaanong re tshwanetse go tlhopha mongwe yo o ka tsayang maemo a ga Jutase, le go re tlatsa re le basupi ba tsogo ya ga Jesu. A re tlhopheng mongwe yo o saleng a nna le rona go simolola fa re tsalana le Morena, go tloga ka nako e o neng a kolobediwa ke Johane go fitlhelela a tseelwa kwa legodimong.”
Therefore, of these men who have associated with us during the whole time in which the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
beginning from the immersion of John till the day on which he was taken up from us, must one be appointed as a witness with us of his resurrection.
23 Phuthego e ne ya tlhopha maina a banna ba le babedi: Jusefa Justiso (yo gape a itsegeng ka leina la Barenabase) le Mathiase.
And they set apart two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias;
24 Jalo ba rapela gore ba tlhope monna yo o tshwanetseng, ba re, “O! Morena, o itse pelo nngwe le nngwe re bontshe gore ke ofe wa banna ba yo wena o mo kgethileng gore a nne moaposetoloi, yo o ileng kwa mannong a a mo tshwanetseng.”.
and praying, they said: Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all, make known which of these two thou hast chosen,
that he may be appointed to this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
26 Jalo ba laola ka bola mme ya re ba gasa bola jwa supa Mathiase, jalo a kgethwa go nna mongwe wa ba ba lesome le motso.
And they gave in their lots, and the lot fell on Matthias: and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
