Bible Society of South Africa

Day 54 – John the Baptist

Read about John the Baptist.

Se(di)ngolwa (t)sa Bibele

LUKA 3

Thuto ya Johanne Mokolobetsi

1Ka selemo sa leshome le metso e mehlano sa puso ya Sesare Tiberiuse, ha Pontiuse Pilato a busa Judea, Heroda a busa Galelea, Filipi ngwanabo a busa naha ya Ituria le Terakonite, Losaniase a busa Abilene, 2mehleng ya Baprista ba Baholo Hannase le Kaiafa, lentswe la Modimo la fihlela Johanne, mora Sakariya, a le lefeelleng. 3A ya tikolohong yohle ya Jorodane a ntse a phatlalatsa tsa kolobetso ya pako e isang tshwarelong ya dibe, 4jwalokaha ho ngotswe bukeng ya mantswe a moporofeta Esaya, ho thwe:

“Lentswe la ya howang feelleng

le re:

‘Lokisang mmila wa Morena,

le otlolle ditsela tsa hae.

5Kgohlo e nngwe le e nngwe

e tla katwa,

thaba ka nngwe le leralla ka leng

di bothalatswe,

ho kgopamileng ho otlollwe,

ditsela tse makukuno

di batalatswe,

6mme batho bohle ba tla bona

ho pholosa ha Modimo.’ ”

7Jwale a re ho matshwele a tlang ho tla kolobetswa ke yena: “Madinyane a marabe, ke mang ya le boleletseng hore le ka baleha bohale bo tlang? 8Behang ditholwana tse lokelang pako he, mme le se ke la qala ho re ka ho lona: ‘Re na le ntata rona, Aborahama,’ hobane ke a le bolella, ke re: Modimo a ka hlahisetsa Aborahama bana le ka majwe ana. 9Etswe selepe se se se beilwe metsong ya difate; ka baka leo, sefate ka seng se sa beheng ditholwana tse monate se tla rengwa, se lahlelwe mollong.”

10Matshwele a mmotsa, a re: “Ha ho le jwalo, re etse eng?”

11A araba, a re: “Ya nang le diaparo tse pedi a fe ya se nang letho, le ya nang le dijo a etse jwalo.”

12Ha tla le balekgetho ho kolobetswa, ba re ho yena: “Moruti, re etseng?”

13A re ho bona: “Le se ke la kgafisa ho feta seo le se laetsweng.”

14Le masole a mmotsa, a re: “Rona re etseng?” A re ho wona: “Le se ka la inkela tsa batho ka mahahapa, leha e le ho ba hatella; le kgotsofalle moputso wa lona.”

15Erekaha setjhaba se ne se lebeletse, mme bohle ba nahana ka dipelong tsa bona ka Johanne, ba re, esebe ke yena Kreste. 16Johanne a araba bohle, a re: “Nna ke fela ke le kolobetsa ka metsi, empa ho tla tla ya mphetang ka matla, eo ke sa tshwanelang le ho lokolla leqhwele la meqathatso ya hae. Yena o tla le kolobetsa ka Moya o Halalelang le ka mollo. 17Ke eo seoloso sa hae se leng letsohong la hae ho hlwekisa seotlo sa hae le ho bokella koro sesiung sa hae, empa mmoko o tla o tjhesa mollong o sa timeng.”

18A nna a kgothatsa le ka ditaba tse ding tse ngata, a ntse a bolella batho molaetsa o molemo.

19Hoba Johanne a kgalemelle kgosi Heroda ho inkela Herodiase, mosadi wa ngwanabo, le ho etsa tsohle tse mpe, 20Heroda a eketsa ka ho kwalla Johanne tjhankaneng.

LUKA 3:1-20SSO89SOBula ka mmadi wa Bibele

PRAY before you read, asking God to help you understand.
READ the Bible passage for the day – preferably more than once.
REFLECT on the passage. Write your thoughts in a journal.
APPLY what God teaches you from His Word to your life.
PRAY again, asking God to live out His Word.

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