February 16, 2014

'Malo oa Pele

Sirach 15: 15-20

15:15 He added his commandments and precepts.

15:16 If you choose to keep the commandments, le haeba, having chosen them, you fulfill them with perpetual fidelity, they will preserve you.

15:17 He has set water and fire before you. Extend your hand to whichever one you would choose.

15:18 Before man is life and death, good and evil. Whichever one he chooses will be given to him.

15:19 For the wisdom of God is manifold. And he is strong in power, seeing all things without ceasing.

15:20 The eyes of the Lord are upon those who fear him, and he knows each one of the works of man.

'Malo oa Bobeli

First Letter to Corinthians 2: 6-10

2:6 Jwale, re bua bohlale hara ba phethehileng, leha ho le joalo ka 'nete, sena hase bohlale ba mongwaha ona, leha e le ya baetapele ba mehla ena, e tla fokotswa lefeela.

2:7 Ho e-na le hoo, re bua ka bohlale ba Modimo sephiring se neng se patilwe, tseo Modimo o di laetseng pele ho mehla ena, e tle e be kganya ya rona,

2:8 ntho eo ho seng le ea mong oa baeta-pele ba lefatše lena ea kileng a e tseba. Etsoe hoja ba ne ba e tsebile, ba ka be ba sa ka ba thakgisa Morena wa kganya.

2:9 Empa sena se feela joalokaha se ngotsoe: “Leihlo ha le eso bone, mme tsebe ha e a utlwa, leha e le hore e kene ka pelong ea motho, lintho tseo Molimo a li lokiselitseng ba o ratang.”

2:10 Empa Molimo o re senoletse lintho tsena ka Moea oa hae. Hobane Moya o hukutsa tsohle, le madiba a Modimo.

Evangeli

Mattheu 5: 17-37

5:17 Do not think that I have come to loosen the law or the prophets. I have not come to loosen, but to fulfill.

5:18 Amen ke re ho uena, ka sebele, until heaven and earth pass away, not one iota, not one dot shall pass away from the law, until all is done.

5:19 Ka hona, whoever will have loosened one of the least of these commandments, and have taught men so, shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever will have done and taught these, such a one shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

5:20 Hobane ke re ho lona, hore toka ea hao ha e sa fete ea bangoli le bafarisi, le ke ke la kena ’musong oa maholimo..

5:21 Le utloile hore ho ile ha thoe ho baholo-holo: ‘U se ke ua bolaea; mang kapa mang ea batlang ho bolaea o tla tšoaneloa ke kahlolo.’

5:22 Empa ke re ho lona, that anyone who becomes angry with his brother shall be liable to judgment. But whoever will have called his brother, ‘Idiot,’ shall be liable to the council. Joale, whoever will have called him, ‘Worthless,’ shall be liable to the fires of Hell.

5:23 Ka hona, if you offer your gift at the altar, and there you remember that your brother has something against you,

5:24 leave your gift there, pela aletare, and go first to be reconciled to your brother, and then you may approach and offer your gift.

5:25 Be reconciled with your adversary quickly, while you are still on the way with him, lest perhaps the adversary may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you will be thrown in prison.

5:26 Amen ke re ho uena, that you shall not go forth from there, until you have repaid the last quarter.

5:27 Le utloile hore ho ile ha thoe ho baholo-holo: ‘You shall not commit adultery.’

5:28 Empa ke re ho lona, that anyone who will have looked at a woman, so as to lust after her, has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

5:29 And if your right eye causes you to sin, root it out and cast it away from you. For it is better for you that one of your members perish, than that your whole body be cast into Hell.

5:30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it away from you. For it is better for you that one of your members perish, than that your whole body go into Hell.

5:31 And it has been said: ‘Whoever would dismiss his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce.’

5:32 Empa ke re ho lona, that anyone who will have dismissed his wife, except in the case of fornication, causes her to commit adultery; and whoever will have married her who has been dismissed commits adultery.

5:33 Hape, you have heard that it was said to the ancients: ‘You shall not swear falsely. For you shall repay your oaths to the Lord.’

5:34 Empa ke re ho lona, do not swear an oath at all, neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God,

5:35 nor by earth, for it is his footstool, nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king.

5:36 Neither shall you swear an oath by your own head, because you are not able to cause one hair to become white or black.

5:37 But let your word ‘Yes’ mean ‘Yes,’ and ‘No’ mean ‘No.’ For anything beyond that is of evil.