Bible Society of South Africa

Called to Care – Day 18

Facing suffering

Se(di)ngolwa (t)sa Bibele

JOBO 7

Jobo o a tsieleha

1“Bophelo ba motho

mona lefatsheng ke ntwa,

matsatsi a hae ekare a mohiruwa,

2a mohlanka ya labalabelang moriti,

a mohiruwa ya lebeletseng moputso;

3nna lefa la ka

ke kgwedi tsa ho sebeletsa lelea,

ke abetswe masiu a mokgathala.

4Kamehla ha ke robala ke a ipotsa:

‘Ekaba neng e tla ba neng ke tsohe?’

Empa siu bo bolelele, bo a tosa,

ke hlobaela jwalo

ho fihlela mafube a hlaha.

5Diboko le kgoho tsa mobu

di nkgometse,

tlalo la ka le dipekane,

le petla boladu.

6Matsatsi a ka a potlaka

sa nale ya selohi,

a be a fele

tshepo yona e nkwekwetla.

7“Modimo, hopola:

Phelo ba ka bo ka moya feela,

mahlo a ka ha a ka ke a bona

tse molemo hape.

8Ya mponang jwale,

ha a sa tla boela a mpona,

etlare ha o mpatla

ke be ke le siyo!

9Jwalokaha maru a fefoha, a nyamele,

ya theohelang Nqalong ya Bafu

a ke ke a nyoloha;

10ha a ke ke a kgutla,

a kgutlela lapeng la hae,

tulo tsa hae di sala di le feela,

a ke ke a hlola

a dula tulong tsa hae.

11Ka baka leo, nna nke ke ka kgutsa,

ke tla bua

pelo ya ka e tshwenyehile,

ke ipelaetse

pelo ya ka e ngongorehile.

12“Ebe nna ke lewatle

kapa kganyapa,

ha o mpeetse balebedi ho ntisa?

13Ha ke re: Phate tsa ka

ke tsona tse tla ntshedisa,

moalo wa ka

o nthethefatse ho komakoma,

14wena Modimo, o ntshosa ka ditoro,

ka dipono

o mpakela ho thothomela;

15kahoo ke ikgethela lefu

la ho kgangwa,

ho ena le ho phela

ke le masatswane.

16Bophelo bona ba ka bo ntenne,

nke ke ka phela kamehla yohle;

ako ntese,

matsatsi a ka ke mouwane!

17“Motho e ne leng,

ha o mo nketse hodimo hakaale,

o bile o mo hlokometse hakaale?

18Kamehla hoseng o a mo hlahloba,

kamehla motsotso ha o fete

o sa mo leke.

19O tla kgaotsa neng ho ntjamela,

o ko mphe tshweya,

ke metse mathe?

20Haeba ke sitilwe,

ke o sinyeditseng?

Wena Molebedi wa batho?

Ke ka dife

o nkentseng pakane ya hao,

hoo le nna

ke seng ke bile ke itenne?

21Ke hobaneng

ha o sa tshwarele tshito ya ka,

wa tlosa bokgopo ba ka ba fela?

Haufinyane ke tla robala lebitleng;

o tla mpatla, empa ke tla ba siyo.”

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BAROMA 8

Lerato la Modimo

31Jwale re tla reng ka ditaba tsee? Ha Modimo a eme le rona, ke mang ya ka re lwantshang? 32Ha e le moo a sa ka a qenehela Mora wa hae ka sebele, a mpa a mo neetse lefu ka baka la rona bohle, na a ke ke a re nea dintho tsohle hammoho le yena na? 33Ke mang ya tla qosa bakgethwa ba Modimo, athe Modimo o a ba lokafatsa? 34Ke mang ya ka ba ahlolang, athe Kreste Jesu o ile a shwa, a ba a tsoha bafung, yena ya leng ka letsohong le letona la Modimo, ya bileng a re rapellang? 35Ke mang he, ya tla re arohanya le lerato la Kreste? Na ke matshwenyeho, kapa ditlallo, kapa tlhoriso, kapa tlala, kapa tlhobolo, kapa kotsi, kapa sabole? 36Jwalokaha ho ngotswe, ho thwe:

“Ke ka baka la hao

re bolawang ka mehla,

re nkwang re le dinku

tse hlajwang.”

37Empa dinthong tsena tsohle re hlola ka mokgwa o phethehileng ka ya re ratileng. 38Ke kgodisehile hore leha e le lefu kapa bophelo, leha e le mangeloi, leha e le meya e meng e busang kapa e matla, leha e le tse teng kapa tse tlang ho ba teng, 39leha e le tse hodimo kapa tse tlase, leha e le sebopuwa sefe kapa sefe, di ke ke tsa re arohanya le lerato la Modimo, leo a re bontshitseng lona ka Kreste Jesu, Morena wa rona.

BAROMA 8:31-39SSO89SOBula ka mmadi wa Bibele

As caregiver, you are faced with suffering on a regular basis: the suffering of those you take care of, the pain of their loved ones, and even your own pain. We do not understand all the suffering we see and sometimes we feel like Job who cried out in his agony, trying to understand why such things were happening to him.

But the Word of God also offers us hope in suffering. In his Word, God teaches us the appropriate response to suffering.

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