LUKASE 3

₁Ka ngwaga wa lesome le metšo ye mehlano wa ge Tiberiose e le Kesare, Pontiose Pilato e le mmušiši wa Judea, Heroda e le mmuši wa Galilea, Filipi, ngwanabo, e le mmuši wa selete sa Iturea le sa Tragonitise, Lisaniase e le mmuši wa Abilene, ₂gomme Hanase le Khayafase e le Baprista ba Bagologolo, Modimo a laela Johanese, morwa wa Sakaria, a le lešokeng gore a yo begela batho molaetša wa gagwe. ₃Ka gona a sepela le selete sohle go bapa le noka ya Jordane, a botša batho gore ba sokologe dibeng tša bona mme ba kolobetšwe, gomme Modimo o tla ba swarela tšona. ₄Gwa phethega se se ngwadilwego ka pukung ya Jesaya ge a re:

₇Mašaba a batho a be a etla go Johanese gore a ba kolobetše. Yena a re go bona: “Dinoga tenang, ke mang yo a le boditšego gore le ka phepha kotlo ye Modimo a lego kgauswi le go otla bakgopo ka yona? ₈Go kaone le dire tše di tlago bontšha gore le sokologile. Le se ke la forana la re le ka phepha kotlo ka lebaka la ge Abrahama e le rakgolokhukhu wa lena. Gobane ke le botša gore Modimo a ka fetoša maswika a gore e be ditlogolo tša Abrahama! ₉Selepe se šetše se loketše go rema dihlare medung; sehlare se sengwe le se sengwe se se sa enywego dikenywa tše dibotse se tla rengwa sa lahlelwa mollong.”

₁₀Batho ba mmotšiša ba re: “Bjale re direng?”

₁₁Yena a ba fetola a re: “Yo a nago le diaparo tše pedi, se sengwe a se fe yo a se nago le sona; yo a nago le dijo le yena a ngwathele yo a di hlokago.”

₁₂Balekgetho ba bangwe ba tla go kolobetšwa, gomme ba mmotšiša ba re: “Moruti, rena re direng?”

₁₃Yena a ba fetola a re: “Le se ke la ntšhiša batho go feta ka mo le laetšwego ka gona.”

₁₄Bahlabani ba bangwe le bona ba mmotšiša ba re: “Rena ge, re direng?”

Yena a ba fetola a re: “Le se ke la tšeela motho tšhelete ka kgang goba ka go mo tšhošetša la re le tla mo phara ka maaka. Le kgotsofale ka se le lefšago ka sona.”

₁₅Batho ba ile ba thoma go beega dipelo, mme bohle ba nagana gore mohlomong Johanese yo ke yena Mesia. ₁₆Ka gona Johanese a ba botša bohle a re: “Nna ke le kolobetša ka meetse, eupša go tla yo mongwe yo a mphetago ka maatla, yo ke sego ka swanela le go mmofolla marala a dieta. Yena o tla le kolobetša ka Moya wo Mokgethwa le ka mollo. ₁₇O swere leselo ka seatla, gomme o tla fefera mabele gabotse. O tla a tšhela ka letlolong la gagwe, mooko wona a o tšhuma ka mollo wo o sa timego.”

₁₈Johanese o be a begela batho Taba ye Botse ya Modimo a bile a ba kgothatša le ka mekgwa ye mentši. ₁₉O kile a kgala Heroda, mmuši, ka ge a be a tšere Herodiase, mosadi wa ngwanabo, a bile a dirile le tše dingwe tše mpe tše dintši. ₂₀Heroda a senya le go feta ka go lahlela Johanese ka kgolegong.

₂₁Mohla batho ka moka ba ba bego ba le moo ba kolobetšwa, Jesu le yena o ile a kolobetšwa. Ya re a sa rapela, legodimo la bulega, ₂₂gomme Moya wo Mokgethwa wa theogela godimo ga gagwe o le ka sebopego sa leeba. Gwa kwagala lentšu le etšwa legodimong le re: “O Morwa wa ka yo ke mo ratago. O nkgahla kudu!”

₂₃Jesu ge a thoma modiro wa gagwe o be a na le mengwaga ye e ka bago ye masome a mararo. Batho ba be ba re ke morwa wa Josefa, Josefa morwa wa Eli, ₂₄Eli morwa wa Matate, Matate morwa wa Lefi, Lefi morwa wa Melgi, Melgi morwa wa Janai, Janai morwa wa Josefa, ₂₅Josefa morwa wa Matatiase, Matatiase morwa wa Amose, Amose morwa wa Nahume, Nahume morwa wa Hesli, Hesli morwa wa Nagai, ₂₆Nagai morwa wa Mahate, Mahate morwa wa Matatiase, Matatiase morwa wa Shimi, Shimi morwa wa Josege, Josege morwa wa Joda, ₂₇Joda morwa wa Johanane, Johanane morwa wa Resa, Resa morwa wa Serubabele, Serubabele morwa wa Sealtiele, Sealtiele morwa wa Neri, ₂₈Neri morwa wa Melgi, Melgi morwa wa Adi, Adi morwa wa Kosamo, Kosamo morwa wa Elmadamo, Elmadamo morwa wa Ere, ₂₉Ere morwa wa Joshua, Joshua morwa wa Eliesere, Eliesere morwa wa Jorime, Jorime morwa wa Matate, Matate morwa wa Lefi, ₃₀Lefi morwa wa Simeone, Simeone morwa wa Juda, Juda morwa wa Josefa, Josefa morwa wa Jonamo, Jonamo morwa wa Eliakime, ₃₁Eliakime morwa wa Melea, Melea morwa wa Mena, Mena morwa wa Matata, Matata morwa wa Nathane, Nathane morwa wa Dafida, ₃₂Dafida morwa wa Isai, Isai morwa wa Obede, Obede morwa wa Boase, Boase morwa wa Salmone, Salmone morwa wa Nagshone, ₃₃Nagshone morwa wa Aminadaba, Aminadaba morwa wa Admine, Admine morwa wa Arni, Arni morwa wa Hetserone, Hetserone morwa wa Peretse, Peretse morwa wa Juda, ₃₄Juda morwa wa Jakobo, Jakobo morwa wa Isaka, Isaka morwa wa Abrahama, Abrahama morwa wa Terage, Terage morwa wa Nahoro, ₃₅Nahoro morwa wa Seruge, Seruge morwa wa Regu, Regu morwa wa Pelege, Pelege morwa wa Ebere, Ebere morwa wa Shelage, ₃₆Shelage morwa wa Kenane, Kenane morwa wa Arpakshade, Arpakshade morwa wa Seme, Seme morwa wa Noa, Noa morwa wa Lamege, ₃₇Lamege morwa wa Metushelage, Metushelage morwa wa Enoko, Enoko morwa wa Jerede, Jerede morwa wa Mahalalele, Mahalalele morwa wa Kenane, ₃₈Kenane morwa wa Enose, Enose morwa wa Sete, Sete morwa wa Adamo, Adamo morwa wa Modimo.