Bible Society of South Africa

Day 55 – Baptism and Temptation

Read about the Baptism and Temptation of Jesus.

Se(di)ngolwa (t)sa Bibele

MATHEU 3

Jesu o a kolobetswa

13Yaba Jesu o fihla nokeng ya Jorodane a etswa Galelea, a tla ho Johanne hore a kolobetswe ke yena. 14Empa Johanne a leka ho mo thiba, a re: “Eka kgona e be nna ya kolobetswang ke wena, athe wena o tla ho nna?”

15Jesu a mo araba, a re: “Lesa, jwale, hobane ka tsela ena re lokela ho phethahatsa hohle ho lokileng.” Johanne a dumela.

16Hanghang hoba Jesu a kolobetswe, a tswa metsing, mme bonang, a bulelwa mahodimo, a bona Moya wa Modimo o theoha e ka leeba, o etla hodima hae; 17ha utlwahala lentswe le tswang mahodimong, le reng: “Enwa ke Mora wa ka eo ke mo ratang, ya nkgahlang!”

MATHEU 4

Jesu o a lekwa

1Yaba Jesu o iswa ke Moya feelleng ho ya lekwa ke Diabolosi. 2A itima dijo ka matsatsi a mashome a mane, le ka masiu a mashome a mane, a nto lapa. 3Moleki a mo atamela, a re: “Haeba o Mora wa Modimo, ere majwe ana a fetohe bohobe!”

4A mo araba, a re: “Ho ngotswe, ho thwe:

“ ‘Motho a ke ke a phela

ka bohobe feela,

empa o tla phela le ka polelo

e nngwe le e nngwe

e tswang molomong wa Modimo.’ ”

5Yaba Diabolosi o mo nka a mo isa motseng a halalelang, mme a mmea tlhorong ya Tempele, 6a re ho yena: “Haeba o Mora wa Modimo, itihele, hobane ho ngotswe, ho thwe:

“ ‘O tla laela mangeloi a hae,

mme a tla o kgakeletsa ka diatla,

esere leoto la hao

la kgoptjwa ke lejwe.’ ”

7Jesu a re ho yena: “Le teng ho ngotswe, ho thwe: ‘O se ke wa leka Morena Modimo wa hao.’ ”

8Hape Diabolosi a mo nka, a mo isa thabeng e telelehadi, a mmontsha mebuso yohle ya lefatshe le maruo a yona, 9a re ho yena: “Tsena tsohle ke tla o fa tsona ha o ka itihela fatshe, wa nkgumamela.”

10Empa Jesu a re ho yena: “Tloha, Satane! Ho ngotswe, ho thwe:

“ ‘O tla kgumamela Morena

Modimo wa hao,

o sebeletse yena a nnotshi.’ ”

11Jwale Diabolosi a mo tlohela, mme bonang, mangeloi a atamela, a mo sebeletsa.

Jesu o qala tshebetso ya hae Galelea

12Yare ha Jesu a utlwa hore Johanne o tshwerwe, a ya Galelea. 13A tloha Nasaretha, a tla aha Kapernauma e lebopong la letsha, tikolohong ya Sebulone le Nafthali, 14e le hore ho tle ho phethahale ho boletsweng ke moporofeta Esaya, ha a re:

15“Lefatshe la Sebulone

le lefatshe la Nafthali,

nqa lewatle, mose ho Jorodane,

Galelea ya baditjhaba,

16setjhaba se neng se dutse lefifing

se bone lesedi le leholo,

mme ba neng ba dutse lefatsheng

la lefu le lefifing

ba tjhabetswe ke lesedi.”

17Ho tloha nakong eo, Jesu a qala ho ruta, a re: “Bakang, hobane Mmuso wa mahodimo o atametse!”

MATHEU 3:13-4:17SSO89SOBula 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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