Luke 20
1 Mme ya re ka letsatsi lengwe la malatsi ao fa a ntse a ruta a bile a rera Mafoko a a Molemo mo Tempeleng, a engwa pele ke baperesiti ba bagolo le baeteledipele ba tumelo le bagolwane ba motse.
And it came to pass, that, on one of those days, while he was teaching the people in the temple, and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes, with the elders, came to him,
2 Ba batla go itse gore o neilwe e mang nonofo ya go lelekela barekisi kwa ntle ga Tempele.
and spoke to him, saying: Tell us by what authority you do these things? or, who is he that gave you this authority?
3 A ba fetola a re, “Ke tlaa lo botsa potso pele ga ke lo araba.
And he answered and said to them: I also will ask you one thing, and do you answer me.
4 A Johane o ne a rometswe ke Modimo kgotsa o ne a itirela fela ka fa nonofong ya gagwe?”
Was the immersion of John from heaven, or from men?
5 Ba buisanya ka ga gone bare, “Fa re re molaetsa wa gagwe o ne o tswa legodimong, hong re tlaa bo re itshwarisa ka gore o tla re botsa gore, ‘Ke eng falo sa dumela?’
And they reasoned among themselves, saying: If we say, From heaven, he will reply: Why, then, did you not believe him?
6 Mme fa re re Johane o ne a sa rongwa ke Modimo batho ba tlaa re kgobotletsa ka maje, gonne ba dumela thata gore ene ele moporo-fiti.”
But if we say, From men, all the people will stone us; for they believe that John was a prophet.
7 Mme ya re kwa morago ba fetola ba re, “Ga re itse!”
And they answered, that they knew not whence it was.
8 Mme Jesu a ba araba a re, “Ga nkitla ke araba potso ya lona ka gope.”
And Jesus said to them: Nor do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
9 Mme a retologela kwa bathong gape a ba bolelela polelo e: “Monna o kile a lema tshimo ya mofine mme a e hirisetsa balemi bangwe, mme a tsamaela kwa lefatsheng le le kgakala go ya go nna gone dingwaga di se kae.
And he began to speak this parable to the people: A man planted a vineyard, and let it out to vine-dressers, and was absent from home for a long time.
10 Mme e rile fa nako ya thobo e fitlha, a romela mongwe wa batho ba gagwe go ya go phutha seabe sa gagwe sa thobo. Mme balemi ba mo itaya ba mmusetsa morago a iphotlhere fela.
And at the proper season, he sent a servant to those vine-dressers, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard. But the vine-dressers scourged him, and sent him away empty-handed.
11 Mme a romela yo mongwe, mme ga diragala gape jalo le ene a itewa a tlhapadiwa a bo a busediwa morago a sa tsaya sepe.
And he then sent another servant. But they scourged him also, and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed.
12 “Motho wa boraro le ene a rongwa mme ga diragala fela jalo le ene a ntshiwa dintho a ba a lelekwa.
And he also sent a third; but they wounded him, and drove him out.
13 Hong mong wa tshimo a ipotsa a re, ‘Ke tlaa dira eng? Ke tlaa roma morwaake yo ke mo ratang thata. Ammaaruri ene ba tlaa mo tlotla.’
And the owner of the vineyard said: What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps, when they see him, they will reverence him.
14 Mme e rile balemi ba bona morwawe, ba re, ‘E ke yone fela nako ya rona! Motho yo o tlaa ja boswa jwa lefatshe lotlhe fa rraagwe a sena goswa. Tlang, a re mmolayeng, ke gone e tlaa nnang jwa rona.’
But when the vine-dressers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying: This is the heir; come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
15 Hong ba mo gogela kwa ntle ga tshimo ya mofine ba mmolaya. Jaanong lo akanya gore mong wa tshimo o tlaa dira eng?
And they drove him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What, then, will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
16 Ke a lo bolelela, o tlaa tla go ba bolaya a bo a hirisetsa ba sele tshimo ya mofine.” Mme bareetsi ba ganela ba re, “Ga ba ke ba dira selo se se ntseng jalo.”
He will come and destroy these vine-dressers, and will give his vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said: Be it not so!
17 Mme Jesu a ba leba a re, “Jaanong dikwalo di raya eng fa di re, ‘Lentswe le le gannweng ke baagi ke lone le le dirilweng lentswe la kgokgotshwana.’”
And he looked on them and said: What, then, does this mean, which is written, The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner?
18 Mme a tlatsa a re, “Le fa e le mang yo o kgotswang mo lentsweng leo o tlaa robega; mme ba le ba welang le tlaa ba sugakanya go fitlhelela ba nna lorole.”
Whoever shall fall on this stone, shall be dashed to pieces; but on whomever it shall fall, it will make him as chaff for the wind.
19 E rile baperesiti ba bagolo le baeteledipele ba molao ba utlwa kaga polelo e o e boletseng, ba batla gore a tshwarwe ka bonako, gonne ba ne ba lemoga gore o bua kaga bone. E ne e le bahiri ba ba bosula mo polelong ya gagwe. Mme ba ne ba boifa gore fa bone ka sebele ba ka mo tshwara go tlaa nna le pheretlhego. Hong ba leka go mo tshwara ka go bua sengwe se se ka bolelelwang molaodi wa Seroma e le lebaka le le ka mo tshwarang.
And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him, the same hour; (and yet they feared the people; ) for they knew that he spoke this parable against them.
20 Ya re ba ntse ba lebeletse lebaka le la bone, ba romela ditlhola di ipeile jaaka ekete ke basiami.
And they watched him, and sent spies, who feigned them selves to be just men, that they might take hold of his words, in order to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.
21 Ba raya Jesu ba re, “Morena re a itse fa o le moruti yo o ikanyegang. O aga o bolela boammaaruri o sa fapoge ka gope se bangwe ba se akanyang, ebile o ruta ditsela tsa Modimo.
And they asked him, saying: Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly, and do not regard the person of any, but teach the way of God in truth.
22 Jaanong a o ko o re bolelele, a go siame go duela makgetho a mmuso wa Seroma kgotsa nnyaa?”
Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Cæsar, or not?
23 Mme ya re ka go lemoga boferefere jwa bone a re,
But he perceived their cunning, and said to them: Why do you tempt me?
24 “Ntshupegetsang ledi. Ke setshwantsho sa ga mang se se mo go lone? Ke leina la ga mang?” Mme ba fetola ba re, “Kaesara, molaodi yo mogolo wa Roma.”
Show me a denarius. Whose image and superscription has it? They answered and said: Cæsar’s.
25 Mme a ba raya a re, “Hong nayang molaodi tsotlhe tse e leng tsa gagwe mme lo neye Modimo tse e leng tsa one.”
He said to them: Give, therefore, to Cæsar the things that are Cæsar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.
26 Mme maiteko a bone a go leka go mo tshwara ka mafoko mo pele ga batho a pala; ba hakgamalela karabo ya gagwe mme ba didimala.
And they were not able to take hold of his words before the people. And they were astonished at his answer, and were silent.
27 Mme Basadukai bangwe, batho ba ba dumelang gore loso ke bokhutlo jwa botshelo, ba re ga go na tsogo ya baswi,
Then there came to him some of the Sadducees, (these deny that there is any resurrection, ) and asked him,
28 ba tla kwa go Jesu ba re, “Melao ya ga Moshe ya re fa monna a a swa a sena bana, morwa-rraagwe o ka nyala motlholagadi wa gagwe mme bana ba bone e bo e le ba monna yo o suleng, go tsweledisa leina la gagwe.
saying: Teacher, Moses wrote for us, If any man’s brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up children for his brother.
29 “Re itse kaga bo morwa motho ba basimane ba supa. Yo mogolo mo go bone a nyala mme a swa a sena bana.
There were, therefore, seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and died without children;
30 Monnawe a nyala motlholagadi yoo mme le ene, a swa a sena bana.
and the second took his wife, and he died without children;
31 Mme ga tswelela fela jalo, go fitlhelela wa bosupa a mo nyala a bo a swa, a sena bana.
and the third took her; and in like manner also the seven; and they left no children, and died.
32 Mme ya re kwa morago mosadi le ene a swa.
Last of all, the woman also died.
33 Jaanong potso ya rona fano ke gore: E tlaa nna mosadi wa ga mang mo tsogong ya baswi! Gonne ba ne ba mo nyetse botlhe?”
Therefore, in the resurrection, of which of them shall she be the wife? for the seven had her as a wife.
34 Jesu a ba fetola a re, “Nyalo ke selo sa batho mono lefatsheng, mme e tlaa re ka letsatsi leo, batho ba ba bonwang ba tshwanetswe ke go tsosiwa mo baswing ba tsena kwa legodimong ga ba kitla ba nyala. (aiōn g165)
And Jesus answered and said to them: The children of this age marry, and are given in marriage. (aiōn g165)
But those who shall be accounted worthy to attain that age, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage. (aiōn g165)
36 Le gone ga ba kitla ba tlhola ba a swa ka gope, ka tsela e, ba tshwana le baengele, ke bana ba Modimo gonne ba tsoseditswe botshelong jo bosha go tswa mo baswing.
For they can die no more; for they are like the angels, and are the sons of God, being the sons of the resurrection.
37 “Mme ka fa potsong ya lona, e, le go ka ne go na le tsogo ya baswi kgotsa nnyaa, ke eng, fa le dikwalo tsa ga Moshe di supa selo se. Gonne fa a tlhalosa ka fa Modimo o iponaditseng ka gone mo go ene mo setlhareng se se tukang, o bua kaga Modimo e le, ‘Modimo wa ga Aberahame, Isake le Jakobe.’ Gore Morena ke Modimo wa motho, mongwe, go raya gore motho yoo o a tshela, ga aa swa. Jalo ka fa Modimong batho botlhe ba a tshela.”
But: that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at The Bush, since he calls the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
He is not a God of the dead, but of the living; for all live to him.
39 Bangwe ba baruti ba molao ba Sejuta ba ba neng ba eme foo ba re, “O buile sentle Morena!”
And certain of the scribes answered and said: Teacher, thou hast answered well.
40 Mme seo sa khutlisa dipotso tsa bone, gonne ba ne ba tshaba go botsa go feta foo.
And after this they durst not ask him any question at all.
41 Mme a ba botsa potso e: “Ke eng fa Keresete, Mesia, gotwe ke wa lotso lwa ga Kgosi Dafide?
But he said to them: How say they that the Christ is the son of David?
42 Gonne Dafide ka boene o kwadile mo bukeng ya Dipesalema a re, ‘Modimo o reile Morena wa me, Mesia, wa re, “Nna ka fa seatleng sa me se segolo go fitlhelela ke baya baba ba gago ka fa tlase ga dinao tsa gago.”’
Even David himself says, in the book of Psalms: The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand,
till I make thy enemies thy footstool.
44 Mesia o ka nna jang Morwa Dafide le Modimo wa ga Dafide ka nako e le nngwe.”
David, therefore, calls him Lord; and how is he his son?
45 Mme ya re batho ba reeditse, a retologela kwa barutweng ba gagwe a re,
And while all the people were listening, he said to his disciples:
46 “Itiseng mo bomaitseanapeng ba, ba tumelo, gonne ba rata go apara diaparo tse di kgokgothang le go dumedisiwa ka tlotlo fa ba tsamaya mo mebileng. Mme ba rata jang ditulo tsa tlotlego mo disenagogeng le manno a tlotlomalo mo medirong!
Beware of the scribes, who delight to walk in robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the first seats in the synagogues, and the first places at suppers;
47 Mme le fa ba rapela ba rapela dithapelo tse di telele ka bobelonomi jo bogolo jo bo bonalang ka kwa ntle, ba loga maano a go gapela basadi ba batlholagadi dilo tsa bone ka tsietso. Mme katlholo e e boitshegang ya Modimo e letetse batho ba.”
who eat up the houses of widows, and, for a pretext, make long prayers. These shall receive the greater condemnation.
