Bible Society of South Africa

40 DAYS – Time with God – Day 15

Go Deep

by Bill Webster

Se(di)ngolwa (t)sa Bibele

LUKA 5

Jesu o bitsa barutuwa ba pele

1Eitse ha letshwele le patisitse Jesu ho mamela lentswe la Modimo, a eme lebopong la letsha la Genesareta, 2a bona dikepe tse pedi di eme lebopong la letsha, batshwasi ba ditlhapi ba tswile ka ho tsona ba hlatswa matlowa a bona. 3A kena ka ho se seng sa dikepe, e leng sa Simone, a mo kopa hore a se sesisetse sebakana le lebopo; hoba a dule, a ruta matshwele a le ka sekepeng.

4Ha a qetile ho bua, a re ho Simone: “Sesisetsa kweetseng, le lepeletse matlowa a lona, le tshwase.”

5Simone a araba, a re: “Monghadi, re sebeditse ka thata bosiu bohle re sa tshwase letho, empa ho ya ka polelo ya hao ke tla lepeletsa matlowa.”

6Hoba ba etse jwalo ba tshwasa ditlhapi tse ngata haholo; matlowa a bona a ba a batla a taboha. 7Ba hwehla balekane ba ka sekepeng se seng hore ba tlo ba thusa; ba tla, mme dikepe tsa tlala bobedi ba tsona, hoo di ileng tsa batla di teba.

8Ha Simone Petrose a bona hoo, a itihela mangweleng a Jesu, a re: “Morena, tloha ho nna, hobane ke motho wa moetsadibe!” 9A rialo hobane yena le bohle bao a nang le bona ba hloletswe ka baka la tshwaso ya ditlhapi tseo ba di tshwasitseng. 10Ha eba jwalo le ho bara ba Sebedea, e leng Jakobo le Johanne, bao e neng e le balekane ba Simone.

Jesu a re ho Simone: “Se tshabe; ho tloha jwale o tla ba motshwasi wa batho.” 11Hoba ba hulele dikepe lebopong, ba tlohela tsohle, mme ba mo latela.

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ESEKIELE 47

Noka e kollang Tempeleng

1Yaba monna eo o nkgutlisetsa monyako wa Tempele, mme ka bona metsi a phalla, a etswa katlase ho monyako wa Tempele, a phallela botjhabela, kaha Tempele e ne e tadimile botjhabela. Metsi a ne a phalla a etswa katlasa lehlakore le ka borwa ho monyako wa Tempele, ka borwa ho aletare. 2Jwale a nntsha ka kgoro e ka leboya, a mpotisa kantle ho ya fihla kgorong e kantle, e tadimileng botjhabela, mme metsi a ne a phalla, a etswa ka lehlakoreng le ka borwa.

3Monna eo a leba botjhabela, ka letsohong la hae a tshwere kgwele e methang. Yaba o metha dimethara tse makgolo a mahlano, a nto ntshedisa metsing a neng a fihla maqaqailaneng. 4A boela a metha dimethara tse makgolo a mahlano, a ntshedisa metsing a neng a se a fihla mangweleng. A metha hape dimethara tse makgolo a mahlano, a ntshedisa metsing a neng a se a fihla thekeng. 5A boela a metha dimethara tse makgolo a mahlano. Jwale e ne e se e le noka eo motho a ke keng a e tshela, hobane metsi a ne a se a kokomohile, a le mangata hoo motho a ka sesang kahara wona, e se e le noka eo motho a ke keng a e tshela. 6Yaba o re ho nna: “Wena ngwana motho, na tsee o a di bona?”

Jwale a nkgutlisetsa lebopong la noka. 7Ha ke fihla lebopong moo, ka bona difate tse ngata, tse metseng mabopong a noka. 8Yaba o re ho nna: “Metsi ana a phallela botjhabela, a theohele kgohlong ya Jorodane, a yo kena Lewatleng la Letswai. Hoba a kene lewatle, a hlapolla letswai, ebe metsi a lewatle a a hlweka.

9“Hohle moo noka a phallelang teng ho tla phela dibopuwa ka mefuta yohle ya tsona. Ho tla ba le boiyane ba ditlhapi, hobane metsi ao a phallelang lewatle a hlapolla letswai, ebe metsi a lewatle a a hlweka. Kahoo hohle moo metsi a phallelang teng, dibopuwa tsohle di tla phela. 10Batshwasi ba ditlhapi ba tla ema lebopong la lewatle ho tloha Ene-Gedi ho ya fihla Ene-Egelaime. Ho tla ba le moo ba anehang matlowa teng. Ditlhapi tsa teng e tla ba tsa mefuta yohle, tse tshwanang le tsa Lewatle le Leholo. 11Empa metsi a mekgwabo le a mehlaka a ke ke a hlapoloha, a tla nne a be letswai. 12Difate tsa mefuta yohle tsa ditholwana di tla mela mabopong a noka. Mahlaku a tsona a ke ke a pona, di tla beha ditholwana kamehla. Di tla beha ka kgwedi e nngwe le e nngwe, hobane di nwesetswa ke metsi a tswang Sehalalelong. Ditholwana tsa tsona di tla jewa, mahlaku a tsona a phekole.”

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Is there an answer to dashed hopes, spiritual lethargy, lost vision and fruitlessness? Put out into deep water!

Simon Peter and his fishing partners had spent the night in fruitless fishing. They had toiled long and hard and hadn’t caught anything (Luke 5:5). Jesus told Simon to put out into deep water and let down their nets for a catch (v.4). Maybe Simon thought, what does Jesus know about fishing? After all, he is a carpenter, isn’t he? Maybe just to get Jesus off his back, he reluctantly agreed. Of course, we know the rest of the story – two boats so crammed with fish that they began to sink.

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