Sofare
1Foo ga fetola Sofare wa Monaamathe, a re:
2“A bontsi jwa mafoko a
ga bo a tshwanela go fetolwa,
a monna yo o sephoko
o tshwanetse go siamisiwa?
3A maipelafatso a gago
a tshwanetse go khutlisa
banna go bua?
Fa o sotla,
a ga go motho ope
yo o tlaa go tlhabisang ditlhong?
4Gonne o ithaya o re:
‘Tumelo ya me e itshekile,
ke montle mo matlhong a gago.’
5A bo Modimo o ka ka wa bua,
wa go tumololela dipounama
tsa one;
6le gore o go supetse
maoma a botlhale
fa bo le maranyane
mo go digeleng go dira.
Ke gone itse fa Modimo
o go lefetse ka thata
mo go botlana bogolo go
tshwanelo ya boikepo jwa gago.
7A o ka lemoga Modimo
ka go kheleisa?
A o ka lemoga Mothatayotlhe
ka botlalo?
8Go godimo jaaka legodimo;
o ka dirang?
Go boteng go feta Bobipo;
o ka itseng?
9Selekanyo sa gone
se feta lefatshe ka boleele,
se feta lewatle ka boatlhamo.
10Fa o tshwara motho, o mo tswalela,
mme o mmiletsa tshekong,
foo e mang yo o ka o kganelang?
11Gonne o itse banna ba boithamako;
le boikepo o a bo bona,
le fa ekete ga o bo tlhokomele.
12Motho a le boithamako
ga a na tlhaloganyo;
ee, motho o tsalwa jaaka eselana
ya esela ya naga fela.
13“Fa o baakanya pelo sentle,
o otlolela diatla tsa gago kwa go one;
14fa boikepo
bo le mo seatleng sa gago,
o bo lelekele kwa kgakala,
mme a tshiamololo e se ka ya aga
mo megopeng ya gago;
15foo ruri o tlaa tsholetsa
sefatlhogo sa gago
se sena setshubaba;
ee, o tlaa tsepama,
mme o se ke o boife;
16gonne o tlaa lebala
matladika a gago;
o tlaa a gakologelwa
jaaka metsi a a kgophogetseng koo.
17Le botshelo jwa gago
bo tlaa nna phepha
bogolo go motshegare;
le fa go le lefifi,
le tlaa nna jaaka moso fela.
18O tlaa nna thagamong,
ka go na le tsholofelo;
ee, o tlaa keleka tikologong ya gago,
mme o tlaa ikhutsa mo polokegong.
19Le gone o tlaa itelega,
mme ga go na ope
yo o tlaa go boifisang;
ee, batho ba le bantsi
ba tlaa tla go lopa mo go wena.
20Mme matlho a baikepi
a tlaa kalega,
mme ga ba ketla ba nna le tsela
ya botshabelo,
le tsholofelo ya bone
e tlaa bo e le go swa fela.”
