Modimo o tla golola batho ba ona, o ba itshwarela
1 Mme jaanongMorenayo o go tlhodileng, Jakobe, yo o go bopileng, Iseraele, o bua jaana a re:
“Se boife, gonne ke go golotse,
ke go biditse ka leina la gago!
O wa me.
2 Fa o tshela metsi, ke na nao;
le dinoka, ga di na go go tsaya.
Fa o ralala molelo, ga o nke
o šwa; kgabo ga e nke e go fisa.
3 Gonne nnaMorena
ke Modimo wa gago;
nna Moitshepi wa Iseraele
ke mopholosi wa gago.
Ke dirile Egepeto
serekololo sa gago,
ka ntsha Ethiopia le Seba
boemong jwa gago.
4 E re ka o kaega segolo
mo matlhong a me,
o le yo o tlotlegang,
yo ke go ratang,
ka moo ke tla ntsha batho
boemong jwa gago le merafe
boemong jwa bophelo jwa gago.
5 Se boife, gonne ke na nao.
“Ke tla tlisa losika lwa gago
go tswa kwa botlhabatsatsi;
ke go phutha go tswa
kwa bophirimatsatsi.
6 Ke tla raya bokone ke re:
‘Rebola!’
le borwa ke re: ‘Se thibele!’
Tlisa bomorwaake go tswa
kgakala
le bomorwadiake
go tswa bokhutlong jwa lefatshe,
7 e bong mongwe le mongwe
yo o bidiwang ka leina la me,
yo ke mo tlholetseng
go nkgalaletsa;
ka mmopa, ee, ka mo dira.
8 “Ntshang morafe o o foufetseng,
le fa matlho a le teng;
le ba ba disusu,
le fa ba na le ditsebe.
9 A ditšhaba tsotlhe
di phuthege mmogo,
a merafe e kgobokane!
Ke mang mo go bone
yo o ka re begelang tseo?
A ba re utlwise dilo tsa kgale!
A ba ntshe basupi ba bone gore
ba fitlhelwe ba le mo nneteng.
A bone ba utlwe, ba bue ba re:
‘Ke nnete.’ ”
Baiseraele ke basupi ba Morena
10 Morenao bua a re:
“Lona lo basupi ba me,
le motlhanka wa me,
yo ke mo itlhaoletseng,
gore lo itse, lo ntumele,
lo lemoge, fa e le nna.
Ga go a bopiwa modimo ope
pele ga me;
le gona ga go nke go nna ope
morago ga me.
11 “Ke nna, ke nnaMorena!
Ga go na mopholosi ope
kwa ntle ga me.
12 Ke nna yo ke begileng,
ka pholosa,
ka utlwatsa,
go se na modimo o sele
mo go lona.”
Morenao buile a re:
“Lona lo basupi ba me,
mme nna ke Modimo
go tswa bosenatshimologo.
13 Le go tswa fano
e tla bo e le nna,
go se na ope yo o ka pholosang
mo seatleng sa me.
Ke tla dira tiro –
e ka thibelwa ke mang?”
Phologo ya Baiseraele kwa Babele
14 Morena, Mogolodi wa lona, Moitshepi wa Iseraele, o bua jaana a re:
“Ke rometse kwa Babele
ka ntlha ya lona,
mme ke tla folosetsa
batshabi botlhe, e leng Bakalatea,
kwa mekorong e ba neng
ba duduetsa mo go yona.
15 Ke nnaMorena,
Moitshepi wa lona,
yo o tlhodileng Iseraele,
ke Kgosi ya lona.”
16 Go bua jaanaMorenayo o neng
a ntsha tsela mo lewatleng
le mmila mo metsing a magolo;
17 yo o neng a bolotsa dikoloi
tsa ntwa le dipitse le lesomo
la batlhabani le diganka –
ba namaletse fa fatshe botlhe,
ga ba nke ba tlhola ba tsoga;
ba fedile, ba timile jaaka mogala
wa lobone – a re:
18 “Se gakologelweng ditirafalo
tsa bogologolo!
Se tlhokomeleng
tse di neng di dirafala kgale!
19 Bonang, ke tla dira tse dintšhwa.
Di setse di simologile.
A ga lo di lemoge?
Ee, ke tla dira tsela mo sekakeng
le dinoka mo nageng
e e omeletseng.
20 Diphedi tsa naga di tla ntlotla
le diphokojwe le bontšhwe;
gonne ke tla ntsha metsi
mo sekakeng le dinoka
mo nageng e e omeletseng
go nosa morafe wa me
o ke o itlhaoletseng;
21 e leng morafe o ke o ipopetseng
gore ba bolele pako ya me.”
Boitshwarelo ke eng?
22 “Kana wena, Jakobe,
ga o a ka wa mpitsa!
Kana wena, Iseraele,
ga o a ka wa itapisa
ka ntlha ya me!
23 Ga o a ntlisetsa dinku
tsa ditlhabelo tsa gago
tse di fisiwang;
ga o a ntlotla ka ditlhabelo
tse di jewang tsa gago.
Ga ke a go imetsa
ka go batla ditshupelo tsa dijo;
ga ke a go lapisa
ka go batla tshupelo ya musi.
24 Ga o a nthekela
letlhaka le le nkgang monate
ka madi;
ga o a nkgorisa
ka mafura a ditlhabelo tsa gago!
Nnyaya! O ntshwarisitse makete
fela ka maleo a gago,
wa ntapisa ka melato ya gago.
25 Ke nna, ke nna yo ke phimolang
dibe tsa gago;
ke ka ntlha ya me,
fa ke sa tsotelele maleo a gago.
26 Nkgakolola, a re sekisanye;
bolela o itshupe, fa o le mosiami.
27 Rraago wa ntlha o leofile;
baemedi ba gago ba ikepile
mo go nna.
28 Ke ka moo ke itshepolotseng
dikgosana tse di boitshepo,
ka neela Jakobe mo khutsong
ya go latlhega,
le Iseraele mo dikgobong.