Johane 20
1 Mme ya re mo mosong wa letsatsi la Tshipi, go sa ntse go le lefifi, Marea Magatalena a tla kwa phupung mme a fitlhela lentswe le pitikolotswe fa kgorong.
On the first day of the week, early in the morning, while it was still dark, Mary of Magdala went to the tomb, and saw that the stone had been removed.
2 A siana mme a bona Simone Petere le nna mme a re raya a re, “Ba tsere mmele wa Morena mo phupung, mme ga ke itse kwa ba mmeileng gone!”
So she came running to Simon Peter, and to that other disciple who was Jesus’ friend, and said to them, “They have taken away the Master out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him!”
3 Ra sianela kwa phupung go bona, mme ka sia Petere ka goroga pele,
So, Peter started off with that other disciple, and they went to the tomb.
The two began running together; but the other disciple ran faster than Peter, and reached the tomb first.
5 mme ka inama ka leba mo teng ka bona letsela la leloba le le moo, mme ka seka ka tsena mo teng.
Stooping down, he saw the linen wrappings lying there, but did not go in.
6 Mme Simone Petere le ene a goroga mme a tsena mo teng. Le ene a bona leloba le le teng moo,
Presently Simon Peter came following behind him, and went into the tomb; and he looked at the linen wrappings lying there,
7 fa tuku e e neng e fapile Jesu mo tlhogong yone e ne e phuthilwe e beilwe fa thoko.
and the cloth which had been on Jesus’ head, not lying with the wrappings, but rolled up on one side, separately.
8 Mme le nna ka tsena mo teng, mme ka bona, ka ba ka dumela (gore o tsogile).
Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, went inside too, and he saw for himself and was convinced.
9 Gonne go fitlhelela letsatsing leo go ne go ise go ke go tle mo kgakologelong ya rona gore a kana dikwalo di rile o tla rula.
For they did not then understand the passage of scripture which says that Jesus must rise again from the dead.
10 Re ne ra ya gae.
The disciples then returned to their companions.
11 Mme ka nako eo Marea o ne a boetse kwa phupung a eme kwa ntle a lela. Mme ya re a ntse a lela a inama a leba mo teng.
Meanwhile Mary was standing close outside the tomb, weeping. Still weeping, she leant forward into the tomb,
12 Mme a bona baengele ba le babedi ba apere diaparo tse ditshweu yo mongwe a ntse fa tlhogong yo mongwe kwa maotong a lefelo le mmele wa ga Jesu o neng o namaletse mo go lone.
and perceived two angels clothed in white sitting there, where the body of Jesus had been lying, one where the head and the other where the feet had been.
13 Baengele ba mmotsa ba re “O lelelang?” A ba fetola a re, “Gonne ba tsere Morena wa me, mme ga ke itse kwa ba mmeileng teng.”
“Why are you weeping?” asked the angels. “They have taken my Master away,” she answered, “and I do not know where they have laid him.”
14 A gadima mme a bona mongwe a eme fa morago ga gagwe. E ne e le Jesu, mme a seka a mo lemoga!
After saying this, she turned around, and looked at Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus.
15 Mme Jesu a mmotsa a re, “O lelelang? O batla mang?” Mme a mo raya a re, “Fa o mo tsere, mpolelela kwa o mmeileng teng, mme ke tlaa tsamaya ke ya go mo tsaya.”
“Why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” he asked. Supposing him to be the gardener, Mary answered, “If it was you, Sir, who carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away myself.”
16 Mme Jesu a mmitsa a re, “Marea!” Mme Marea a retologela kwa go ene a araba “Morena!”
“Mary!” said Jesus. She turned around, and exclaimed in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” (or, as we should say, ‘teacher’).
17 A mo tlhagisa a re, “Se nkame, gonne ga ke ise ke tlhatlogele kwa go Rara. Mme tsamaya o ye go senka bana ba ga Rre o ba bolelele gore ke tlhatlogela kwa go Rara le Rraa lona, Modimo wa me le Modimo wa lona.”
“Do not hold me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers, and tell them that I am ascending to him who is my Father and their Father, my God and their God.”
18 Marea Magatalena a bona barutwa mme a ba bolelela a re, “Ke bonye Morena!” Mme a ba bolelela molaetsa wa gagwe.
Mary of Magdala went and told the disciples that she had seen the Master, and that he had said this to her.
19 Maitseboeng ao barutwa ba ne ba kopana ba itotlelela mo tlung ka ntlha ya go boifa baeteledipele ba Sejuta, fa ka tshoganetso Jesu abo a ema fa gare ga bone! Morago a ba dumedisa,
In the evening of the same day – the first day of the week – after the doors of the room, in which the disciples were, had been shut because they were afraid of the religious authorities, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you”;
20 a ba kaela mabogo a gagwe le lotlhakore. Mme boitumelo jwa bone jwa nna bogolo thata jang fa ba bona Morena wa bone!
after which he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were filled with joy when they saw the Master.
21 A bua le bone gape a re, “Fela jaaka Rara a nthomile, le nna fela jalo ke a lo roma.”
Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me as his messenger, so I am sending you.”
22 Mme a ba budulela mowa a ba raya a re, “Amogelang Mowa o o Boitshepo.
After saying this, he breathed on them, and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit;
23 Fa lo itshwarela mongwe dibe, di a itshwarelwa. Fa lo gana go di itshwarela ga di itshwarelwe.”
if you remit anyone’s sins, they have been remitted; and, if you retain them, they have been retained.”
24 Mongwe wa barutwa ebong Thomase, “Lewelana,” o ne a seyo foo ka nako e ba bangwe ba neng ba na le Jesu ka yone.
But Thomas, one of the Twelve, called ‘The Twin,’ was not with them when Jesus came;
25 Ya re ba tsweletse pele ba mmolelela ba re, “Re bonye Morena,” a ba fetola a re, “Ga ke na go dumela fa e se ke bone dintho tsa dimapo mo mabogong a gagwe, ke bo ke tsenya menwana ya me mo go tsone, ke bo ke tsenya seatla sa me mo lotlhakoreng lwa gagwe.”
so the rest of the disciples said to him, “We have seen the Master!” “Unless I see the marks of the nails in his hands,” he exclaimed, “and put my finger into the marks, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe it.”
26 Erile malatsi a ferabobedi a sena go feta, barutwa ba bo ba le mmogo gape, mme ka nako e, Thomase o ne a na nabo. Dikgoro di ne di lotletswe; mme ka tshoganetso fela jaaka pele, Jesu a bo a eme fa gare ga bone a ba dumedisa.
A week later the disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. After the doors had been shut, Jesus came and stood among them, and said, “Peace be with you.”
27 Mme a raya Thomase a re, “Tsenya monwana wa gago mo diatleng tsa me. Tsenya seatla sa gago mo lotlhakoreng lwa me. O seka wa tlhola o tlhoka tumelo. Dumela!”
Then he said to Thomas, “Place your finger here, and look at my hands; and place your hand here, and put it into my side; and do not refuse to believe, but believe.”
28 Thomase a re, “Morena wa me le Modimo wa me!”
And Thomas exclaimed, “My Master, and my God!”
29 Hong Jesu a mo raya a re, “O dumela ka ntlha ya gore o mponye. Go sego ba ba sa mponang mme le fa go ntse jalo ba dumela.”
“Is it because you have seen me that you have believed?” said Jesus. “Blessed are they who have not seen, and yet have believed!”
30 Barutwa ba ga Jesu ba ne ba mmona fa a dira dikgakgamatso tse dingwe tse dintsi kwa ntle ga tse di bolelwang mo lokwalong lo, mme tse tsone di kwaletswe gore lo tlo lo dumele gore ke Mesia, Morwa Modimo, le gore ka go dumela mo go ene lo tlaa nna le botshelo.
There were many other signs of his mission that Jesus gave in presence of the disciples, which are not recorded in this book;
but these have been recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God – and that, through your belief in his name, you may have life.
