| 18:1 |
Ka hora eo, barutuoa ba atamela ho Jesu, ho bua, “Ke mang eo u mo nkang e le e moholo ’musong oa maholimo??” |
| 18:2 |
Le Jesu, ho ipitsa ngoana e monyane, a mmea hara bona. |
| 18:3 |
Mme are: “Amen ke re ho lona, ntle le haeba le fetoha mme le be jwaloka bana ba banyenyane, le ke ke la kena mmusong wa mahodimo. |
| 18:4 |
Ka hona, mang kapa mang ea tla be a ikokobelitse joaloka ngoana enoa e monyenyane, ea joalo o moholo ’musong oa maholimo. |
| 18:5 |
Le mang kapa mang ea amohelang ngoana e mong e monyenyane ea joalo ka lebitso la ka, e nkamohela. |
| 18:6 |
But whoever will have led astray one of these little ones, who trust in me, it would be better for him to have a great millstone hung around his neck, and to be submerged in the depths of the sea. |
| 18:7 |
Woe to a world that leads people astray! Although it is necessary for temptations to arise, leha ho le joalo: Woe to that man through whom temptation arises! |
| 18:8 |
So if your hand or your foot leads you to sin, cut it off and cast it away from you. It is better for you to enter into life disabled or lame, than to be sent into eternal fire having two hands or two feet. |
| 18:9 |
And if your eye leads you to sin, root it out and cast it away from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, than to be sent into the fires of Hell having two eyes. |
| 18:10 |
Iponeleng hore le se ke la nyelisa leha e le e mong oa ba banyenyane bana. Hobane ke re ho lona, hore Mangeloi a bona a lehodimong a shebe sefahleho sa Ntate kamehla, ya lehodimong. |
| 18:11 |
For the Son of man has come to save what had been lost. |
| 18:12 |
E shebahala joang ho uena? Haeba motho a na le linku tse lekholo, mme haeba e mong wa bona a kgelohile, na ha aa lokela ho siea ba mashome a robong a metso e robong lithabeng, mme le tswe ho ya batla se kgelohileng? |
| 18:13 |
'Me haeba ho etsahala hore a e fumane: Amen ke re ho uena, hore o na le thabo e eketsehileng ka eena, ho feta tse mashome a robong a metso e robong tse sa kang tsa kgeloha. |
| 18:14 |
Leha ho le joalo, ha se thato ya Ntata lona, ya lehodimong, hore e mong wa ba banyenyane bana a timele. |
| 18:15 |
Empa haeba ngwaneno a o sitetswe, tsamaya o mo kgalemele, pakeng tsa hao le yena feela. Haeba a o mamela, u tla be u ruile ngoan’eno. |
| 18:16 |
Empa haeba a sa o mamele, mema le uena a le mong kapa ba babeli, e le hore lentsoe le leng le le leng le tle le eme ka melomo ea lipaki tse peli kapa tse tharo. |
| 18:17 |
Le haeba a ke ke a ba mamela, bolella Kereke. Empa haeba a sa mamele Kereke, ho lona a ke a be jwaloka mohetene le molekgetho. |
| 18:18 |
Amen ke re ho uena, eng kapa eng eo u tla e tlama lefatšeng, ba tla tlangoa le leholimong, le eng kapa eng eo o tla e lokolla lefatšeng, o tla lokolloa le leholimong. |
| 18:19 |
Ke boetse ke re ho lona, hore haeba ba babeli ho lōna ba lumellane lefatšeng, mabapi le eng kapa eng eo ba e kōpileng, ba tla etswa ke Ntate, ya lehodimong. |
| 18:20 |
Hobane kae kapa kae moo ba babedi kapa ba bararo ba bokaneng teng ka lebitso la ka, ke teng, hara bona.” |
| 18:21 |
Eaba Petrose, ho atamela ho yena, ho rialo: “Morena, ngwaneso o tla ntshitelwa ha kae, mme ke mo tshwarele? Esita le ka makhetlo a supileng?” |
| 18:22 |
Jesu a re ho yena: “Ha ke re ho lona, esita le ka makhetlo a supileng, empa esita le mashome a supileng hasupa hasupa. |
| 18:23 |
Ka hona, mmuso wa mahodimo o tshwantshwa le monna ya kileng a busa, ya neng a batla ho qosa bahlanka ba hae. |
| 18:24 |
'Me ha a qala ho nka tlaleho, e mong a tlisoa ho eena ea nang le molato oa litalenta tse likete tse leshome. |
| 18:25 |
Empa kaha o ne a se na mokhoa leha e le ofe oa ho e lefa, morena wa hae a laela hore a rekiswe, le mosali oa hae le bana, le tsohle tseo a nang le tsona, e le hore a ka e lefa. |
| 18:26 |
Empa mohlanka eo, ho wela fatshe ka sefahleho, a mo kopa, ho bua, ‘E-ba le mamello le ’na, ’me ke tla u buseletsa tsona kaofela.’ |
| 18:27 |
Joale morena oa mohlanka eo, ho susumetsoa ke mohau, mo lokolla, mme a mo lebalela molato. |
| 18:28 |
Empa ha mohlanka eo a tloha, a fumana e mong wa bahlanka ka yena ya neng a mo kolota didenari tse lekgolo. Le ho mo tshwara, a mo kgama, ho bua: ‘Busetsa seo u se kolotang.’ |
| 18:29 |
Le mosebeletsi mmoho le yena, ho wela fatshe ka sefahleho, a mo kopa, ho bua: ‘E-ba le mamello le ’na, ’me ke tla u buseletsa tsona kaofela.’ |
| 18:30 |
Empa o ne a sa ikemisetsa. Ho e-na le hoo, a tswa, a mo isa teronkong, ho fihlela a lefa molato. |
| 18:31 |
Joale bahlanka-’moho le eena, ho bona se entsoeng, ba ile ba hlomoha haholo, mme ba ya ba tsebisa morena wa bona tsohle tse etsahetseng. |
| 18:32 |
Yaba morena wa hae o a mmitsa, mme a re ho yena: ‘Uena mohlanka ea khopo, Ke u lebaletse molato oa hao kaofela, hobane o ile wa nthapela. |
| 18:33 |
Ka hona, le wena o ka be o sa ka wa hauhela mohlanka mmoho le wena, feela joalokaha le ’na ke ile ka le hauhela?' |
| 18:34 |
Le morena oa hae, ho halefa, a nehelana ka eena ho bahlorisi, ho fihlela a lefa molato kaofela. |
| 18:35 |
Kahoo, hape, Ntate ya mahodimong o tla le etsa, ha e mong le e mong wa lona a sa tshwarele ngwanabo ho tswa pelong. |
