Bible Society of South Africa
Gerhard Lindeque

Pentecost – Day 7 (1 July)

God’s Spirit encourages us from the Bible during uncertain circumstances

(Di)temana ya Bibele

Pesalome 119

105Lentšu la gago ke lebone la go ntlhahla,

ke seetša tseleng ya ka.

Pesalome 119:105NSO00Bula go Mmadi wa Bibele

LUKASE 24

Tša bale ba go ya Emause

13Ka lona tšatši leo balatedi ba Jesu ba babedi ba be ba le leetong la go ya Emause, motse wo o lego dikilometara tše e ka bago tše lesome le metšo ye mebedi go tloga Jerusalema, 14gomme ba boledišana ka tšohle tše di diregilego. 15Ge ba ntše ba bolela ba anegelana bjalo, yena Jesu ka nama a ba batamela, a sepela le bona. 16Ba se mo tsebe ka gobane ba be ba širegile. 17A ba botšiša a re: “Ke ditaba mang tše le tšamago le boledišana ka tšona tše?”

Ba ema, ba bonala ba nyamile. 18Gwa fetola yo mongwe wa bona yo ba rego ke Kleopase a re: “Afa ga se wena mofaladi wa Jerusalema o nnoši yo a sa tsebego tše di diregilego kua ona matšatšing a?”

19Jesu a ba botšiša a re: “Dife?”

Bona ba re: “Tša Jesu wa Nasaretha. Yena e be e le moprofeta yo Modimo le setšhaba ka moka ba bego ba mmona e le yo maatla go tše a di bolelago le tše a di dirago. 20Baprista ba bagolo le a mangwe maloko a Kgorokgolo ya rena ba ile ba mo gafela go ahlolelwa lehu, ba ba ba dira gore a bapolwe sefapanong. 21Rena re be re holofetše gore ke yena a tlago phološa setšhaba sa Israele. Lehono e bile ke tšatši la boraro ditaba tše di diregile. 22Fela re tlabilwe kudu ke basadi ba bangwe ba gaborena; ba tsogile ba ile lebitleng e sa le ka meso, 23gomme ba hwetša setopo sela sa gagwe se se gona. Ba boa ba re botša gore barongwa ba iponagaditše go bona ba ba botša gore o a phela. 24Ba bangwe ba rena ba ile ba ya lebitleng, gomme ba hwetša go le ka mo basadi bale ba boletšego ka gona, fela yena ba se mmone.”

25Ke mo Jesu a rilego go bona: “Aowii, lena! Ga se ka ge le hloka kelelo! Le diega bjang go dumela tšohle tše di boletšwego ke baprofeta! 26Na kgane e be e se tshwanelo gore Mesia a tlaišwe ka dilo tše, a kgone a yo ba letagong la gagwe legodimong?” 27A ba hlalošetša tše di boletšwego ka Mangwalong ohle a Makgethwa mabapi le yena go thoma dipukung tša Moshe le tša baprofeta ka moka.

28Ya re ge ba batamela motsana wo ba bego ba eya go wona, Jesu a dira tše nkego o fetela pele; 29eupša bona ba mo tutuetša ba re: “Lala le rena; tšatši le šetše le diketše, leswiswi le lona le šetše le swara.” Ka gona a tsena le bona gore a dule nabo. 30Ya re ge a le dijong le bona, a tšea senkgwa, a tumiša Modimo, a mo leboga, a se ngwathaganya, a ba fa sona. 31Ke mo ba bulegilego mahlo, ba napa ba mo tseba, eupša yena a timelela ba mo lebeletše. 32Ba šala ba botšišana ba re: “Afa ga se sona se se dirilego gore re ikwe re kukega mola a bolela le rena kua tseleng a re phuthollela Mangwalo a Makgethwa?”

33Ba emelela le semeetseng ba boela Jerusalema, ba hwetša barutiwa bale ba Jesu ba lesome le o tee ba kgobokane le balatedi ba gagwe ba bangwe 34ba re: “Ka nnete Morena o tsogile bahung, o bonwe ke Simone!”

35Ke moka bale ba babedi ba ba anegela tše di ba hlagetšego mo tseleng, le ka mo ba tsebilego Morena ge a ngwathaganya senkgwa.

LUKASE 24:13-35NSO00Bula go Mmadi wa Bibele

When things do not work out as we had hoped or planned, it is only human to become discouraged at some point. Sometimes, our circumstances can suddenly change and life seems dark and uncertain. We sometimes feel like the two men who were on their way to Emmaus. They were very dissapointed and said: “We were just hoping that …”

Jesus then joins them on the road and where does Jesus begin to give them hope again? He begins with the Bible. He talks to them about the statements in scripture that apply to him. As they continue to walk, their hearts become warm again, in other words, they are filled with hope again. Even though it is getting dark around them, their lives are filled with light again.

This passage reaffirms the immeasurable value of the Bible to us. When people talk about the Bible, there is hope and light in the darkness. Psalm 119:105, for example, confirms this: “Your Word is a lamp to guide me and a light for my path.” Note that the light is not far away, but right in front of your feet so that you can take the next step. It assures us of God’s presence. He is with us on our life path. God is not just waiting for us in heaven one day. Through his Word and Spirit, God walks with us through life.

It is imperative that people hear this wonderful message, for God’s Spirit uses the Bible to shed light during uncertain times. Read and reflect on it regularly and talk to others about it. Through his Word, God’s Spirit warms our hearts and brings our hope back. Whatever our circumstances may be, may we always experience the warmth of the Lord’s presence and the light of his Word on our life path.

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