Bahebera 12
1 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.
Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
2 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.
looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of [our] faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
3 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.
For consider him that hath endured such gainsaying of sinners against himself, that ye wax not weary, fainting in your souls.
4 Mme le gone, ga lo ise lo ke lo kgaratlhisanye le sebe le thaelo go fitlhelela lo fufula marothodi a madi.
Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin:
5 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.
and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him;
6 Gonne fa a go otlhaya, go supa gore o a go rata. Fa a go betsa go supa gore o ngwana wa gagwe tota.”
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
7 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?
It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom [his] father chasteneth not?
8 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.
But if ye are without chastening, whereof all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
9 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.
Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
10 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.
For they indeed for a few days chastened [us] as seemed good to them; but he for [our] profit, that [we] may be partakers of his holiness.
11 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.
All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, [even the fruit] of righteousness.
12 Ke gone ingapareleng thata ka diatla tsa lona tse di lapileng, emang lo nitame ka mangole a lona a a reketlang,
Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the palsied knees;
13 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.
and make straight paths for your feet, that that which is lame be not turned out of the way, but rather be healed.
14 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.
Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord:
15 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.
looking carefully lest [there be] any man that falleth short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and thereby the many be defiled;
16 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.
lest [there be] any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright.
17 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.
For ye know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he found no place for a change of mind [in his father], though he sought it diligently with tears.
18 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.
For ye are not come unto [a mount] that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
19 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.
and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which [voice] they that heard entreated that no word more should be spoken unto them;
20 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.
for they could not endure that which was enjoined, If even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;
21 Moshe ka sebele erile fa a bona pono e e boitshegang eo a tshoga thata.
and so fearful was the appearance, [that] Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:
22 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;
but ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable hosts of angels,
23 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;
to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
24 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.
and to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better than [that of] Abel.
25 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!
See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not when they refused him that warned [them] on earth, much more [shall not] we [escape] who turn away from him that [warneth] from heaven:
26 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.”
whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more will I make to tremble not the earth only, but also the heaven.
27 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.
And this [word], Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are not shaken may remain.
28 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.
Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have grace, whereby we may offer service well-pleasing to God with reverence and awe:
29 Gonne Modimo wa rona ke molelo o o lailang.
for our God is a consuming fire.
