Mathaio 23
1 Mme Jesu a raya bontsintsi le barutwa ba gagwe a re,
Then spake Jesus to the multitudes and to his disciples,
2 “Lo ne lo ka gopola gore baeteledipele ba ba Sejuda le Bafarasai ba, ke BoMoshe, ka tsela e ba e tshegeditseng go dira melao e mentsi!
saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat:
3 Mme go ntse fela jalo lo tshwanetse go reetsa sengwe le sengwe se ba se buang! Go ka ne go siame go dira se ba se buang, mme mo godimo ga tsotlhe fela, se nneng jaaka bone. Gonne ga ba dire se ba lo rayang ba re lo se dire.
all things therefore whatsoever they bid you, [these] do and observe: but do not ye after their works; for they say, and do not.
4 Ba lo imetsa ka dilo tse di sa kgonegeng tse bone ba sa lekeng le fa e le go di tshegetsa.
Yea, they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger.
5 “Sengwe le sengwe se ba se dirang ba se direla go bonwa. Ba dira boitshepo ka go apara diaparo tse di maburabura di kwadilwe ditemana tsa dikwalo tsa Modimo ka fa teng, le ka go lelefatsa makgabe a diaparo tsa bone tsa segopotso.
But all their works they do to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders [of their garments],
6 Gape ba rata thata jang go nna kwa pele fa lomating lwa bojelo lwa tlotlo e kgolo mo medirong, le mo ditilong tse di faphegileng tsa phuthego mo tlong ya thuto!
and love the chief place at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
7 Ba itumelela jang tlotlo e ba e newang mo mebileng, le go bidiwa ‘Rabi’ le ‘Morena’.
and the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called of men, Rabbi.
8 Lo se ka lwa ba lwa letla le fa e le mang go lo bitsa jalo. Gonne ke Modimo o o leng Rabi wa lona, mme lotlhe lo mo selekanyong se se tshwanang, jaaka bakaulengwe.
But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your teacher, and all ye are brethren.
9 Mme lo seka lwa bitsa ope fano mo lefatshing ‘Rara,’ ka gore Modimo fela, kwa legodimong ke one o tshwanetseng go bidiwa jalo.
And call no man your father on the earth: for one is your Father, [even] he who is in heaven.
10 Le gone lo seka lwa bidiwa ‘Morena’, ka gore a le nosi fela ke Morena wa lona, ebong Mesia.
Neither be ye called masters: for one is your master, [even] the Christ.
11 “Fela ka go direla ba bangwe ka boingotlo ga lona, lo tlaa nna bagolo. Gore o nne yo mogolo thata, nna modiredi wa ba bangwe.
But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
12 Mme ba ba ikgopolang ba le bagolo ba tlaa tlhabisiwa ditlhong ba bo ba ngotlafadiwa; mme ba ba ingotlafatsang ba tlaa godisiwa.
And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.
13 “A bo go latlhega lona Bafarasai le baeteledipele ba tumelo. Baitimokanyi! Gonne ga lo letle ba bangwe gore ba tsene mo Bogosing jwa Legodimo, gonne lona ka bolona ga lo tsene. Mme lo ipaya jaaka ekete lo boitshepo ka dithapelo tsa lona tse di telele tsa go itshupa fa pele ga batho mo mebileng, etswa lo leleka batlholagadi mo matlong a bone. Baitimokanyi ke lona!
But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter.
15 Ee, a bo go latlhega baitimokanyi. Gonne lo tsamaya sekgala se se telele gore lo sokolole motho a le mongwe, mme lo bo lo mo fetola gore a nne ngwana wa molete go menaganye go lo gaisa. (Geenna g1067)
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is become so, ye make him twofold more a son of hell than yourselves. (Geenna g1067)
16 A bo go latlhega lona! Bagogi ba lo foufetseng! Molao wa lona wa re go ikana ka ‘Tempele,’ ga go reye gore, lo ka roba ikano eo, mme go ikana ka ‘Gouta e e mo Tempeleng’ go a golega.
Woe unto you, ye blind guides, that say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.
17 Dieleele ke lona tsa difofu! Go go golo eng, gouta kgotsa Tempele e e itshepisang gouta?!
Ye fools and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that hath sanctified the gold?
18 Gape lwa re go ikana ‘Ka Sebeso’ go ka dirololwa, mme go ikana ‘Ka dimpho mo sebesong,’ go a golega.
And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, he is a debtor.
19 Difofu ke lona! Go go golo eng, mpho mo sebesong, kgotsa sebeso ka bosone se se itshepisang?
Ye blind: for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
20 Fa o ikana ‘Ka sebeso,’ o ikana ka sone le sengwe le sengwe se se mo go sone,
He therefore that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
21 gape fa o ikana ‘Ka Tempele’ o ikana ka yone, le ka Modimo o o nnang mo go yone.
And he that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
22 Gape fa o ikana ‘Ka magodimo’ o ikana ka Setilo sa Modimo le Modimo ka sebele.
And he that sweareth by the heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
23 “Ee, a bo go latlhega lona Bafarasai, le lona bangwe ba baeteledipele ba tumelo, baitimokanyi ke lona! Gonne lo ntsha ditsabolesome mo lo e tleng lo bo lo ntshe letlhare la bofelo la menta mo tshimong ya lona, mme lo tlhokomologe dilo tsa botlhokwa ebong, tshiamo le kutlhwelobotlhoko le tumelo. Ee, lo tshwanetse go ntsha ditsabolesome, mme lo seka lwa tlogela dilo tsa botlhokwa di sa dirwa.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone.
24 “Bagogi ba lo foufetseng! Lo ntshetsa montsana kwa ntle mme lo metsa kammela.
Ye blind guides, that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel!
25 “A bo go latlhega Bafarasai le lona baeteledipele ba tumelo, baitimokanyi! Lo kelotlhoko mo go ntlafatseng bokafantle jwa senwelo, mme bokafateng jwa sone bo le leswe la patiko le bohula!
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full from extortion and excess.
26 Bafarasai ke lona ba difofu! Pele tlhatswang bo ka-fa-teng jwa senwelo, hong ke gone senwelo sotlhe se nnang phepa.
Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean also.
27 “A bo go latlhega lona Bafarasai le baeteledipele ba tumelo! Lo tshwana le mabitla a mantle a a tletseng marapo a baswi le boitshekologo le makgapha.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.
28 Lo leka go nna jaaka ba ba itshepileng mme ka fa teng ga diaparo tseo tsa lona tsa kobamelo Modimo, go dipelo tse di marilweng ka mofuta mongwe le mongwe wa boitimokanyi le dibe.
Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
29 “Ee, a bo go latlhega lona baeteledipele ba tumelo le baitimokanyi! Gonne lo agela baporofiti ba ba bolailweng ke borraeno dihikantswe, lo bo lo baya dithunya mo mabitleng a batho ba ba boifang Modimo ba ba bolailweng, mme lo re ‘Ruri re ka bo re sa dira jaaka bo rraetsho ba dirile.’
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and garnish the tombs of the righteous,
and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we should not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
31 “Ka go bua jalo, lo ipaya molato wa go nna bomorwa batho ba ba maswe.
Wherefore ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets.
32 Mme lo tsamaya mo dikgatong tsa bone lo tlatsa dikgato tse di tletseng bosula jwa bone.
Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the judgment of hell? (Geenna g1067)
34 Ke tlaa lo romelela baporofiti, le banna ba ba botlhale, le batho ba ba tletseng mowa, le bakwadi ba ba tlhotlheleditsweng ka mowa o o galalelang, mme lo tlaa bolaya bangwe ka go ba bapola lo tlaa ba fatola mekwatla ka go ba kgwathisa mo matlong a thuto a lona, lo bo lo ba leleka mo motsing mongwe le mongwe.
Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them shall ye kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city:
35 Gore lo tle lo nne molato wa go tsholola madi a batho ba ba boifang Modimo ba ba bolailweng go simologa ka mosiami Abele go fitlhelela ka Sakaria (morwa Barakia), yo o bolailweng ke lona mo Tempeleng fa gare ga sebeso le felo ga boitshepo Ee, Katlholo yotlhe e e kgobokantsweng mo makgolong a dingwaga e tlaa wela mo ditlhogong tsa losika.
that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous unto the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar.
36 Jerusalema wee Jerusalema wee! Motse o o bolayang baporofiti, e bile o kgobotletsa ka maje ba Modimo o ba romang kwa go wena! Ga ke bolo go rata jang go phutha bana ba gago jaaka koko e phuthela bana ba yone ka fa tlase ga diphuka tsa yone, mme o ganne.
Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
37 Mme jaanong ntlo ya gago o e tlogeletswe e sena le fa e le sepe.
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
38 Gonne ke go boleletse se gore, ga o kitla o tlhola o mpona go fitlhelela o ipaakanyetsa go amogela yo o romilweng kwa go wena a tswa kwa Modimong.”
Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
39 “Gonne ke go boleletse se gore ga o kitla o tlhola o mpona go fitlhelela o ipaakanyetsa go amogela yo o romilweng kwa go wena a tsa Modimong.”
For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed [is] he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
