Luke 12
1 Mme ya re ka lobakanya na loo bontsintsi jwa batho jwa ntsifala go fitlhelela ba nna diketekete ba bo ba hereetsega ba gatakana. Mme Jesu a retologela kwa barutweng ba gagwe a ba tlhagisa a re, “Mo godimo ga dilo tsotlhe, lo itlhokomeleng mo Bafarasaing ba, le ka mokgwa o ba ipayang jaaka ba siame mme ba sa siama. Mme boitimokanyi jo bo kana ga bo ka ke jwa fitlhegela ruri.
In the mean time, when the multitude was gathered together in myriads, so that they trod one upon another, he began to say to his disciples first, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
2 Bo tlaa nna sesupo jaaka sebediso mo boping jo bo dubilweng.
But there is nothing covered, that will not be revealed; and hid, that will not be known.
3 Sengwe le sengwe se ba se buetseng mo lefifing se tlaa utlwiwa mo pontsheng, le se lo se sebetseng mo matlung a a kwa teng se tlaa anamisiwa mo ditlhoeng tsa matlo gore botlhe ba utlwe!
Therefore, whatever ye have said in darkness, will be heard in the light; and what ye have spoken in the ear in closets, will be proclaimed upon the house-tops.
4 “Ditsala tse di rategang, lo se ka lwa boifa ba, ba ba batlang go lo bolaya. Ka gore ba ka bolaya mmele fela mme ga ba na nonofo mo meweng ya lona.
And I say to you my friends, Fear not those who kill the body, and after this can do nothing more.
5 Mme ke lo bolelela yo lo tshwanetseng go mmoifa, boifang Modimo o o nang le nonofo ya go bolaya le go latlhela mo moleteng. (Geenna g1067)
But I will warn you whom to fear; fear him who after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say to you, fear him. (Geenna g1067)
6 “Tlhwatlhwa ya dithaga tse tlhano ke bokae? A ke dithebe di se kae e seng go feta moo? Le fa go ntse jalo Modimo ga o lebale le fa e le epe ya tsone.
Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? and not one of them is forgotten before God.
7 Ebile o itse palo ya meriri ya ditlhogo tsa lona! Se boifeng gonne lo botlhokwa thata mo go one go gaisa setlhopha sa dithaga.
But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
8 “Mme ke lo tlhomamisetsa se, ka re: Nna Morwa Motho ke tlaa lo tlotla mo pepeneneng fa pele ga baengele ba Modimo fa lo mpolela jaaka Tsala ya lona mono lefatsheng.
And I say to you, Every one that acknowledgeth me before men, him will the Son of man also acknowledge before the angels of God.
9 Mme ba ba intatolang mo gare ga batho ke tlaa ba itatola fa pele ga baengele.
But he that hath denied me before men, shall be denied before the angels of God.
10 (Le fa go ntse jalo ba ba buang ka ga me ba ka nna ba itshwarelwa, fa ba ba buang kgatlhanong le Mowa O O Boitshepo ba se kitla ba itshwarelwa).
And every one that shall speak a word against the Son of man, it will be forgiven him; but to him that hath blasphemed against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven.
11 “Mme e re fa lo tlisiwa tshekong fa pele ga babusi ba ba Sejuta le ba ba nang le ditaolo mo matlung a thuto lo se tshwenyege ka se lo tlaa se buang go iphemela,
And when they bring you to the synagogues and the magistrates and the authorities, be not anxious as to how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say;
12 gonne Mowa O O Boitshepo o tlaa lo naya mafoko a a tshwanetseng fa lo ntse lo le foo.”
for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what ye ought to say.
13 Hong mongwe a mo tlhaeletsa mo bontsintsing jwa batho a re, “Morena, tswee-tswee raya mogolole a kgaogane boswa le nna.”
And one from the multitude said to him, Teacher, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me.
14 Mme Jesu a mo fetola a re, “Rra, ke mang yo o ntirileng moatlhodi mo go lona go akanya dilo tse di ntseng jaaka tseo?
But he said to him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?
15 Itlhokomeleng lo se ka lwa aga lo eletsa dilo tse lo senang natso. Gonne botshelo jwa boammaaruri le go tshela ga boammaaruri ga go a ikaega ka dikhumo tsa rona.”
And he said to them, Take heed and beware of all covetousness; for even when one hath great abundance, his life doth not depend upon his possessions.
16 Mme a fa setshwantsho: a re, “Monna wa mohumi o ne a na le tshimo e e mmu o nonneng e e ntshang thobo e ntsi.
And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully.
17 Le fa go ntse jalo difalana tsa gagwe di ne di tletse mo go penologang, o ne a sa kake a kgona go tsenya sengwe le sengwe mo teng. Mme a akanya mathata a gagwe,
And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do? for I have not where to store my crops.
18 ya re kwa bofelong a goa a re, ‘Ke a itse, ke tlaa rutla difalana tsa me ke aga tse di tona! Jaanong ke tlaa nna le polokelo e e lekaneng.
And he said, This will I do; I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I store all my crops and my goods;
19 Mme ke tlaa nna, ke ithaya ke re, “Tsala o na le dithoto tse dintsi tsa dingwaga tse di tlang. Thuba kobo segole! Itumedise botshelo jwa gago ka mofine le basadi o opelelwe.”’
and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.
20 “Mme Modimo wa mo raya wa re, ‘Seeleele ke wena; bosigo jono o a swa mme dilo tse tsotlhe e tlaa nna tsa ga mang?’
But God said to him, Fool! this night will thy soul he required of thee; and whose will those things be which thou hast laid up?
21 Ee, mongwe le mongwe ke seeleele yo o amogelang dikhumo mo lefatsheng e seng kwa legodimong.”
So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich towards God.
22 Hong a retologela kwa barutweng ba gagwe a ba raya a re, “Se tshwenyegeng ka gore a lo na le dijo tse dintsi go ja kgotsa diaparo go apara.
And he said to his disciples, Therefore I say to you, Be not anxious for the life, what ye shall eat; nor for the body, what ye shall put on.
23 Gonne botshelo bo gaisa dijo le diaparo.
The life is more than its food, and the body than its raiment.
24 Lebelelang magakabe, ga a leme, ga a robe, ga a na difalana go boloka dijo tsa one, mme le fa go ntse jalo a tshela sentle fela gonne Modimo o a a otla. Mme lo tlhwatlhwa kgolo mo go one go gaisa dinonyane!
Consider the ravens, that they neither sow nor reap; which have neither store-house, nor barn; and God feedeth them. Of how much greater value are ye than the birds!
25 “Jaanong mo godimo ga mo, go thusang gore lo tshwenyege? Go lo thusa ka eng? A go ka lo okeletsa botshelo ka letsatsi le le lengwe fela? Nnyaa!
And who of you can by anxious thought add a cubit to his life?
26 Mme fa tlhobaelo e se ka ke ya dira selo se sennye jaaka seo, go thusang go tlhobaelela dilo tse di tona?
If then ye cannot do even that which is least, why are ye anxious about the rest?
27 “Lebelelang dithunya: Ga di dire ebile ga di otlhe tlhale mme le fa go ntse jalo Solomone mo kgalalelong yotlhe ya gagwe o ne a sa apare sentle jaaka tsone.
Consider the lilies, that they neither spin nor weave; and yet I say to you, Not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of these.
28 Mme fa Modimo o apesa dithunya tse di leng fano gompieno e re ka moso di bo di seyo, a ga lo gopole gore o tlaa lo apesa babelaedi ke lona!
But if God so clothes the herbage in the field, which is to-day, and tomorrow is cast into an oven, how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith!
29 Le gone lo se ka lwa tshwenyega ka ga dijo, se se jewang le se se nowang; se tshwenyegeng gotlhelele gonne Modimo o tlaa di lo naya.
And seek not ye what ye shall eat, and what ye shall drink; and be not of a doubtful mind.
30 “Batho botlhe ba itapisa ka senkgwe sa letsatsi le letsatsi, mme Rraeno yo o kwa legodimong o itse go tlhoka ga lona.
For all these things do the nations of the world seek after; and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
31 O tlaa aga a lo naya tsotlhe tse lo di tlhokang letsatsi le letsatsi fa lo tlhoafaletse Bogosi jwa Modimo.
But rather seek his kingdom, and these things will also be given you.
32 “Jalo se boifeng, lona motlhape o monnye gonne go naya Rraeno boitumelo jo bogolo go lo naya Bogosi.
Fear not, little flock! for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
33 Rekisang tse lo nang natso lo di neye ba ba tlhokang. Mo go tlaa oketsa dikhumo tsa lona kwa legodimong! Mme dikgwama tsa legodimo ga di gagoge e bile ga di na maroba. Dikhumo tsa lona ga di kitla di nyelela, ga go na magodu a a ka di utswang, ga go na motoutwana o o di senyang.
Sell what ye have, and give alms. Make for yourselves purses which wax not old, treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, nor moth destroyeth.
34 Gongwe le gongwe kwa khumo ya gago e leng teng, pelo ya gago le dikakanyo tsa gago di tlaa nna teng.
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
35 “Nnang lo ipaakantse, lo apere lo iketleeleditse,
Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning;
36 go boa ga Morena wa lona kwa modirong wa lonyalo. Hong lo tlaa bo lo ipaakanyeditse go mmulela kgoro gore a tsene ka nako e o gorogang ka yone a kokota.
and be yourselves like men waiting for the return of their lord from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open to him immediately.
37 Go tlaa nna boitumelo jo bogolo mo go ba ba ipaakantseng ba bile ba letile go boa ga gagwe. Ene ka boene o tlaa ba amogela a ba naya bonno a ba a apara seaparo sa baabi ba dijo go ba heha.
Happy are those servants, whom their lord when he cometh shall find watching; truly do I say to you, that he will gird himself, and place them at table, and will come and wait on them.
38 “O ka nna a tla ka nako ya boroba bongwe bosigo, kgotsa bosigo gare. Mme e tlaa re mogang a tlang, go tlaa nna boitumelo mo batlhankeng ba gagwe ba ba ipaakantseng!
And if in the second, or if in the third watch, he cometh and findeth them thus, happy are they.
39 “Mongwe le mongwe o ne a tlaa mo ipaakanyetsa fa ba ne ba itsile nako tota ya go boa ga gagwe, fela jaaka ba ne ba ka ipaakanyetsa legodu fa ba itsile fa le tlaa tla.
And be sure of this, that if the master of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have suffered his house to be broken through.
40 Jalo ipaakanyeng ka nako tsotlhe. Gonne Nna Morwa Motho, ke tlaa tla go sa solofela ope.”
Be ye also ready; for at an hour when ye think not the Son of man cometh.
41 Petere a botsa a re, “Morena a o bua le rona fela kgotsa le mongwe le mongwe?”
And Peter said to him, Lord, dost thou speak this parable to us, or also to all?
42 Mme Morena a fetola a re, “Ke bua le mongwe le mongwe yo o ikanyegang yo o nang le tlhaloganyo yo mong wa gagwe o mo nayang tiro ya go otla batlhanka ba gagwe. Mme fa mong wa gagwe a boa a fitlhela a dirile tiro e e siameng, go tlaa nna le tuelo, mong wa gagwe o tlaa mmaya motlhokomedi wa dilo tsa gagwe tsotlhe.
And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful, the wise steward, whom his lord will place over his household, to give the portion of food in due season?
Happy is that servant whom his lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing.
I say to you in truth, that he will place him in charge of all his substance.
45 “Mme fa motho a simolola go akanya gore, ‘Morena wa me ga a nke a tla o diegile,’ hong a simolole go itaya banna le basadi ba o tshwanetseng go ba sireletsa, le go senya nako ya gagwe mo medirong ya dino le botagwa,
But if that servant say in his heart, My lord is long in coming; and begin to beat the men-servants and maid-servants, and to eat and drink and be drunken,
46 Mme mong wa gagwe o tlaa boa kwa ntle ga kitsiso epe mme a mo ntshe mo maemong a gagwe a go tshephega a mo neye bonno jwa ba ba sa ikanyegeng.
the lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the unfaithful.
47 O tlaa otlhaiwa mo go botlhoko, gonne le fa a ne a itse tiro ya gagwe o ganne go e dira.
And that servant who knew his lord's will, and did not make ready, nor do according to his will, will be beaten with many stripes;
48 “Mme le fa e le mang yo o sa itseng gore o dira phoso o tlaa otlhaiwa fela go le gonnye. Mo go tona go batlwa mo go ba ba neilweng mo go tona, gonne boikarabelo jwa bone bo bo tona.
but he that knew not and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few. And from every one to whom much hath been given, will much be required; and to whom much hath been entrusted, of him will the more be demanded.
49 “Ke tsile go lere molelo mo lefatshing, mme ruri, ke eletsa jang gore ekete tiro ya me e ka bo e setse e fedile!
I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what do I wish, if it hath been already kindled?
50 Go na le kolobetso e e maswe kwa pele ga me, mme ke pitlagane thata go tsamaya e diragala!
But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how is my soul troubled, till it be accomplished!
51 “A lo gopola gore ke tsile go lere kagiso mo lefatsheng? Nnyaa! Ke lerile ntwa le kgaogano fela.
Think ye that I came to give peace in the earth? I tell you, nay, but rather division.
52 Go tloga fano malwapa a tlaa kgaogana ka bogare, ba bararo ba eme le nna, ba babedi ba nne kgatlhanong le nna, kgotsa go nne ka mokgwa o sele.
For from this time forth five in one house will be divided, three against two, and two against three.
53 “Rrabana o tlaa ntsha maikutlo a sele ka ga me; morwawe le ene a ntshe a sele; mmangwana le morwadie ba tlaa tlhoka kutlwisisanyo, mogopolo wa matsalaa motho yo o tlotlegang o tlaa nyadiwa ke ngwetsi ya gagwe.”
They will be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; the mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
54 Mme a retologela kwa bontsintsing jwa batho a re, “Fa lo bona maru a simolola go ipopa kwa bophirima, lwa re, ‘Pula e e tla’, mme lo bo lo bolelela ruri.
And he said also to the multitudes, When ye see a cloud rising in the west, ye say at once, A shower is coming; and it is so;
55 “Fa phefo ya borwa e foka lo re, ‘Gompieno go tlaa nna mogote’. Mme ruri go nne jalo.
and when ye perceive the south wind blowing, ye say, It will be hot; and it cometh to pass.
56 Baitimokanyi! lo lemoga loapi sentle thata, mme lo gana go lemoga ditlhagiso tse di lo dikaganyeditseng kaga dipaka tse di diphatsa tse di tlang.
Hypocrites! ye know how to judge of the face of the earth and the sky; but how is it that ye know not how to judge of this time
57 Ke eng fa lo gana go iponela se se siameng?
And why even of yourselves do ye not judge what is right?
58 “Fa o kopana le moganetsi wa gago mo tseleng a isa kgang ya lona kgotleng, leka go letlana nae pele ga kgang e tsena kwa moatlhoding, e se re gongwe a go isa kwa kgolegelong;
When thou art going with thine adversary at law to the magistrate, take pains, while on the way, to be released by him; lest he drag thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
59 gonne fa seo se diragala ga o kitla o gololesega gape go fitlhelela thebe ya bofelo e duelwa yotlhe”.
I tell thee, Thou wilt not come out thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.
