Luka 3

Johanese Motlungwetsi wo lokisa tsela

Ka ngwaga wa lesometlhano wa ho Tiberiose Kesara a busha, Pontiose Pilato ye le mmushishi wa Juda, Herode mmushi wa Galeliya, bhute wage Filipose mmushi wa Ituriya le Trakonite le Leseniase mmushi wa Abilene, 2 nakong ya baprisita ba bagolo Hanna le Kayafa, lentsu la Modimo le tlele Johanese morwayi wa Sakareya a le tlhageng. 3 Wo sepediye le dinaga ka moka tso di leng thina le noka ya Jordane, a rera tshokologo le tebalelo ya dibe le gore ba kolobetsiwe ka go ba tlungwetsa nokeng ya Jordane. 4 Go ya ka ho go ngwadiwuweng mantsung ya puku ya Jesaya moporofeta ho a re:

“Lentsu la ye a bitsang a le tlhageng le re:

‘Lokisang tsela ya Morena,

wotlollang pata yage.

5 Moyedi wo mongwana le wo mongwana wo kwadiwe,

Meboto le dithaba di kokobetsiwe.

Pata ya manyokenyoke ye wotlolliwe,

tsela ya dikotikoti ye batiwe.

6 Batho ka moka ba nyoko bona pholoso ya go tjwa ga Modimo.’”

7 Johanese a re ga mashaba wo ke ho a tlile go kolobetsiwa ka go tlungwetsiwa meetjing ke yene a re: “Lune bana ba dinoga! Le botsiye ke mang go tjhaba bogale byo bo tlang? 8 Yengwang diyengwa tsa go sepelelana le tshokologo. Le sa thome go tepotsa la re: ‘Re na le Abrahama byalo ka papa wa rune.’ Ke ya le botsa gore Modimo a ka kgona go tsosela Abrahama bana go tjwa matlapeng wo. 9 Selepe se shele se beyiwuwe medung ya ditlhare, setlhare se sengwana le se sengwana so se sa yengweng diyengwa tse di butji se nyoko kopiwa sa latlhediwa mollong.”

10 Leshaba la botsisa la re: “Byalo re tshwanele go maka ying?

11 Johanese a ba yaraba a re: “Motho ye a nang le dikobo ka dipedi a yarolelane le ye a se nang selo, le ye a nang le tsagodya a make ka mokgwa wonone.”

12 Ba go patedisa mothelo le bona ba tla go kolobetsiwa ka go tlungwetsiwa meetjing. Ba botsisa ba re: “Moruti, re tshwanele go maka ying?”

13 Johanese a ba botsa a re: “Le sa patedise mothelo go fetisa ka ho go nyakegang”.

14 Ba bangwana ba masole ba mmotsisa ba re: “Byalo rune re tshwanele go maka byang?” A fetola a re: “Le sa tseye tjheleta ka kgang, le sa bone batho molato le ho ba se na molato, le kgotsofatse ke mogolo wa lune.”

15 Batho ke ho ba letiye ba makele ka dipelong tsa bona gore, motlhomongwana Johanese ye kaba yele yene Kriste. 16 Johanese a ba yaraba ka moka a re: “Nna ke le kolobetsa ka go le tlungwetsa meetjing. Mara ye a nang le matla go mfeta wo nyoko tla, ye ke sa tshwanelang go tlemolla dithapo tsa bomamphashane bage. Wo nyoko le kolobetsa ka go le tlungwetsa ka Moyeng wo Mokgetwa le ka mollo. 17 Wo tshwere tshelo yage ka seyatla go fefera korong bofotlhelong le go ye kgobaketsela a ye tjhela ka setendeng, mara mooko wona wo nyoko wo tjhuba ka mollo wo wo sa timeng.” 18 Ka mantsu ya go tlala Johanese wo kgotatsiye batho le go ba rerela Taba ye Butji.

19 Mara ho Johanese a kgala mmushi, Herode, ka taba ya Herodiyase mosadi wa bhute wage, le ka dilo ka moka tsa go sa loka tso a di makiyeng, 20 Herode a di tlhakanyisa ka moka ga tsona, ke moka a kwalela Johanese jele.

Jesu wo kolobetsiwa ka go tlungwetsiwa meetjing

21 Ho batho ka moka ba kolobetsiwuwe ka gotlungwetsiwa, Jesu le yena a kolobetsawa ka gotlungwetsiwa. Ho a kene a rapela, legedimo la bulega 22 ke moka Moya wo Mokgetwa wa thewogela gage ka sebopego sa leba. Ke moka lentsu le tjwele legedimong la re: “Wo Morwayi waka, ye ke mo ratang, ka wene ke thaba ka matla.”

23 Byalo Jesu ka boyena ke ho a kaba le mengwaga ye masometharo ka bogolo ho a thoma mmereko wage. Ke ho a tjibega bjalo ka morwayi wa Josefa.

Go latelana ga leloko la Jesu

Josefa morwayi wa Heli, 24 Heli morwayi wa Mathata,

Mathata morwayi wa Lefi,

Lefi morwayi wa Meleki,

Meleki morwayi wa Jannayi,

Jannayi morwayi wa Josefa, 25 

Josefa morwayi wa Matatiyase,

Matatiyase morwayi wa Amose,

Amose morwayi wa Nahume,

Nahume morwayi wa Esili,

Esili morwayi wa Naggayi, 26 

Naggayi morwayi wa Maathe,

Maathe morwayi wa Matatiyase,

Matatiyase morwayi wa Semeyine

Semeyine morwayi wa Joseka,

Joseka morwayi wa Joda, 27 Joda morwayi wa Jowanane,

Jowanane morwayi wa Rhesa,

Morwayi wa Zerubbabele,

Zerubbabele morwayi wa Shealtiyele,

Shealtiyele morwayi wa Neri, 28 Neri morwayi wa Meleki,

Meleki morwayi wa Addi,

Addi morwayi wa Kosama,

Kosama morwayi wa Elemadama,

Elemadama morwayi wa Era, 29 

Era morwayi wa Joshuwa,

Joshuwa morwayi wa Eliesere,

Eliesere mowayi wa Jorime,

Jorime morwayi wa Matate,

Matate morwayi wa Lefi, 30 Lefi morwayi wa Simeyone,

Simeyone morwayi wa Juda,

Juda morwayi wa Josefa,

Josefa morwayi wa Jonamo,

Jonamo morwayi wa Eliakimi, 31 Eliakimi morwayi wa Meleya,

Meleya morwayi wa Menna,

Menna morwayi wa Mathata,

Matatha morwayi wa Nathane,

Nathane morwayi wa Dafida, 32 Dafida morwayi wa Jesse,

Jesse morwayi wa Obede,

Obede morwayi wa Bowase,

Bowase morwayi wa Salmone,

Salmone morwayi wa Nahashone, 33 

Nahashone morwayi wa Amminadaba,

Amminadaba morwayi wa Rama,

Rama morwayi wa Heserone,

Heserone morwayi wa Perese,

Perese morwayi wa Juda, 34 Juda morwayi wa Jakobo,

Jakobo morwayi wa Isaka,

Isaka morwayi wa Abrahama,

Abrahama morwayi wa Tera,

Tera morwayi wa Nahore 35 Nahore morwayi wa Seruge,

Seruge morwayi wa Rewu

Rewu morwayi wa Pelege,

Pelege morwayi Ebere,

Ebere morwayi wa Shela, 36 Shela morwayi Kainane,

Kainane morwayi wa Arefakasade,

Arefakasade morwayi wa Shem,

Shem morwayi wa Nowa,

Nowa morwayi wa Lameke, 37 Lameke morwayi wa Methusela,

Methuselah morwayi wa Enoko,

Enoko morwayi wa Jarede,

Jarede morwayi wa Mahalaleele,

Mahalaleele morwayi wa Kanane, 38 Kanana morwayi wa Enose,

Enose morwayi wa Sethe,

Sethe morwayi wa Adama,

Adama morwayi wa Modimo.