Mathaio 17
1 Mme erile morago ga malatsi a le marataro Jesu a tsaya Petere, Jakobe le Johane monnawe go tlhatlogela kwa setlhoweng sa thaba e e godileng e e kwa thoko.
Six days later Jesus took Peter, James and his brother John, with him and they went up a high mountain to be by themselves.
2 Mme erile ba etse tlhoko, ponalo ya gagwe ya fetoga mo e leng gore sefatlhego sa gagwe se ne sa phatshima jaaka letsatsi, le diaparo tsa gagwe tsa nna bosweu jo bo fatlhang.
He was transformed in front of them. His face shone like the sun. His clothes turned white as light.
3 Ka tshoganetso ga bonala Moshe le Elija ba bua nae.
Then suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared before them, talking together with Jesus.
4 Petere a bua ka tshoganetso a re, “Morena, go molemo gore re be re le fano. Fa o rata, ke tlaa aga metlaagana e le meraro o mongwe e le wa gago, o mongwe e nne wa ga Moshe, o mongwe e nne wa ga Elija.”
Peter spoke up, saying to Jesus, “Lord, it's really good to be here. If you want I'll make three shelters—one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
5 Mme erile a sa bua jalo, leru le le sedifetseng la tla fa godimo ga bone, mme lentswe le le tswang mo lerung la re, “Yo ke morwaake yo o rategang, mme ke itumela thata mo go ene. Mo utlweng.”
While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them. A voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is my son whom I love, who pleases me. Listen to him.”
6 Mo tiragalong e, barutwa ba wela fa fatshe ka difatlhogo ba tsenywe ke letshogo le legolo.
When they heard this, the disciples fell down on their faces, absolutely terrified.
7 Jesu a tla kwa go bone a ba ama a ba raya a re, “Tsogang, se boifeng.”
Jesus went over to them and touched them. “Get up,” he told them. “Don't be afraid.”
8 Mme ya re ba leba, ya bo e le Jesu fela yo o nang nabo.
When they looked up they didn't see anybody there except Jesus.
9 Mme ya re ba fologa thaba, a ba laya gore ba se ka ba itsise ope se ba se boneng go fitlhelela a tsoga mo baswing.
As they descended the mountain Jesus gave them strict instructions. “Don't tell anybody what you saw until the Son of man has risen from the dead,” he told them.
10 Barutwa ba gagwe ba mmotsa ba re, “Ke eng fa baeteledipele ba Sejuda ba gatelela gore Elija o tshwanetse go boa pele ga Mesia a tla?”
“So why do the religious teachers say that Elijah has to come first?” his disciples asked.
11 Jesu a fetola a re, “Ba bua sentle. Elija o tshwanetse go tla go baya sengwe le sengwe ka fa thulaganyong.
“It's true that Elijah comes to put everything in place,” Jesus replied,
12 Mme legale o setse a tsile, mme ga a a ka a lemogwa, o na a sotlwa ke batho thata. Mme le Nna Morwa Motho ke tlaa sotlega mo diatleng tsa bone.”
“but I tell you that Elijah has already come and yet people didn't recognize who he was. They did whatever they felt like to him. In the same way the Son of man will also suffer at their hands.”
13 Hong barutwa ba lemoga fa a bua kaga Johane wa Mokolobetsi.
Then the disciples realized that Jesus was referring to John the Baptist.
14 Erile ba goroga kwa tlase ga thaba, bontsintsi jo bogolo jwa bo bo ba letile. Monna mongwe a tla a khubamela Jesu a re,
When they approached the crowd, a man came to Jesus, and kneeled before him.
15 “Morena, utlwela morwaake botlhoko, ka gore o tlhakatlhakanye tlhaloganyo, re mo bothatengjo bogolo, ka gore o a tle a wele mo molelong kgotsa mo metsing.
“Lord, please have mercy on my son,” he said. “He loses his mind and suffers such terrible fits that he often falls in the fire or into water.
16 Jalo ke ne ka mo lere mo barutweng ba gago, mme ba retelelwa ke go mo fodisa.”
I brought him to your disciples but they couldn't heal him.”
17 Jesu a fetola a re, “Ao batho ke lona ba ba ditlhogo di thata ba ba senang tumelo! Ke tlaa nna le lona boleele bo le kae? Mo lereng kwano go nna.”
“You people refuse to trust me, and are so corrupt!” Jesus responded. “How long do I have to remain here with you? How long do I have to put up with you? Bring him here to me!”
18 Hong Jesu a kgalemela mowa o o maswe o o mo mosimaneng mme wa tswa mo go ene, mme go simolola ka lobaka loo mosimane a fola.
Jesus confronted the demon and it left the boy, and he was healed straight away.
19 Moragonyana barutwa ba botsa Jesu mo sephiring ba re, “Ke ka ntlha yang fa re ne re sa kgone go kgoromeletsa mowa o o maswe kwa ntle?”
Later the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked him, “Why couldn't we drive it out?”
20 Mme Jesu a ba raya a re, “Ke ka ntlha ya tumelo ya lona e potlana. Gonne fa lo no lo na le tumelo le fa e le e nnyennyane jaaka peo e tshesane ya mosetara lo no lo ka raya thaba e lwa re ‘Suta!’ mme e ne e tlaa sutela kgakala. Ga go na se se neng se ka retela.
“Because you don't trust enough,” Jesus told them. “I tell you, even if your trust was as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible for you.”
21 Mme mofuta o wa mowa o o maswe ga o ka ke wa tsamaya fa e se fela lo rapetse lo ikiditse dijo.”
22 Letsatsi lengwe fa ba sale mo Galalea Jesu a ba raya a re, “Ke ya go okelwa mo nonofong ya ba ba tlaa mpolayang, mme e tla re ka letsatsi la boraro ke tlaa tsoga mo baswing.” Mme dipelo tsa barutwa tsa tlala khutsafalo le poifo.
As they were walking together through Galilee, Jesus told them, “The Son of man is going to be betrayed and people will have power over him.
They will kill him, but on the third day he will rise again.” The disciples were filled with sadness.
24 Mo kgorogong ya bone kwa Kaperanama, baphuthi ba lekgetho la tempele ba tla mo go Petere ba mmotsa ba re, “A mong wa lona ga a duele lekgetho?”
When they arrived at Capernaum, those who were in charge of collecting the half-shekel Temple tax came to Peter and asked him, “Your teacher does pay the half-shekel tax, doesn't he?”
25 Petere a araba a re, “Ee, o a le duela.” Hong a tsena mo ntlung go bolelela Jesu ka potso ya makgetho, mme e rile pele ga a ka bua, Jesu a mmotsa a re, “O akanyang Petere? A dikgosi di phutha makgetho mo bathung ba tsone, kgotsa mo go batswakwa ba ba fentsweng?”
“Yes, of course,” Peter replied. When he returned to where they were staying, Jesus anticipated the issue. “What do you think, Simon?” Jesus asked him. “Do the kings of this world collect their taxes and duties from their own sons or from others?”
26 Mme Petere a fetola a re, “Mo go batswakwa.” Jalo he, Jesu a re, “Go siame.” “Beng-ba legae ba gololesegile! Le fa go ntse jalo, ga re batle go ba kgopisa, jalo fologela kwa lotshitshing o konopele sekgoge (huku e e tshwarang ditlhapi), o atlhamolole molomo wa tlhapi ya ntlha e o e tshwarang. O tlaa bona ledi le le tlaa lekanang makgetho a rona rotlhe; le tseye mme o ba duele!”
“From others,” Peter replied. So Jesus told him, “In that case the sons are exempt.
But to avoid giving offense to anyone, go to the lake, and throw out a fishing line with a hook. Pull in the first fish you catch, and when you open its mouth there you'll find a stater coin. Take the coin and give it to them for both me and you.”
