Timotheo o pata Paulo le Silase
1A ya go fitlha le kwa Derebe le Lusetera; mme bonang, ga bo go le morutwa mongwe teng, yo o bidiwang Timotheo, morwa mosadi wa Sejuta wa modumedi; rraagwe e le Mogerika. 2Ene yoo a bo a bolelwa ka molemo ke bakaulengwe ba ba mo Lusetera le mo Ikonio. 3Paulo a rata a ka bo a tsamaya nae; mme a mo tsaya a mo rupisa, ka ntlha ya Bajuta ba ba mo mafatsheng ao, gonne ba itse botlhe fa rraagwe e le Mogerika. 4Ya re ba ntse ba eta ba tsena ka metse, ba ba neela melao go e tshegetsa, e bong e e tlhomilweng ke baaposetole le bagolwane ba ba kwa Jerusalema. 5Diphuthego tsa kgothala mo tumelong, tsa ntsifala mo palong ka malatsi otlhe.
Ponatshegelo ya ga Paulo kwa Teroase
6Ba ya ba ralala lefatshe la Ferugia le la Galatia, ka ba iditswe ke Mowa o o Boitshepo go bolela lefoko mo Asia; 7e rile ba sena go fitlha bolebana le Musia, ba leka go ya go tsena kwa Bithunia; mme Mowa wa ga Jesu wa se ka wa ba leseletsa; 8ba feta Musia, ba fologela kwa Teroase. 9Mme Paulo a bona ponatshegelo bosigo; ga bo go eme monna wa Maketonia a mo rapela, a re: “Kgabaganyetsa kwano Maketonia, o tle go re thusa.” 10Ya re a sena go bona ponatshegelo e, ra akofa ra senka go tswela kwa Maketonia, re ithaya, re re Modimo o re biditse, gore re ye go ba rerela Mafoko a a Molemo.
Tshokologo ya ga Lidia kwa Filipi
11Ke gone ra tswa mo Teroase ka sekepe, ra siamela kwa Samotherake, mme ya re ka moso ra fitlha kwa Neapolise. 12Ra tswa gone ra ya kwa Filipi, o e leng motse wa Maketonia, e bile e le one o mogolo wa kgaolo eo ya lefatshe, e bile e le kolone ya Seroma; mme ra tlhola malatsi mangwe mo motseng oo. 13Ya re ka letsatsi la Sabata re tswela kwa ntle ga kgoro ya motse, fa nokeng nngwe, kwa re rileng go na le felo ga thapelelo teng, mme ra dula, ra bua le basadi ba ba phuthegetseng teng. 14Mosadi mongwe, yo go tweng Lidia, morekisi wa dikhai tse di bohibidu jo bo mokgona, wa motse wa Thiatira, e le yo o obamelang Modimo, ene a re utlwa, mme Morena a bula pelo ya gagwe, gore a tlhokomele dilo tse di buiwang ke Paulo. 15E rile a sena go kolobediwa, le ba ntlo ya gagwe, a re rapela a re: “Fa lo nkaile ke le boikanngo mo Moreneng, lo tle mo ntlong ya me, mme lo nne teng.” Mme a re patelela.
Paulo le Silase ba tsena mo kgolegelong kwa Filipi
16Ga dirala e rile re ya kwa felong ga thapelelo, morweetsana mongwe yo o tsenyweng ke mowa wa too, a re kgatlhantsha, e le yo o bapalelang beng ba gagwe ka go bolela dilo tsa boitseanape. 17A sala Paulo le rona morago, a tlhomeletsa, a re: “Banna ba ke batlhanka ba Modimo wa Mogodimodimo, ba ba lo bolelelang tsela ya poloko.” 18A nna a dira jalo ka malatsi a le mantsi. Mme Paulo ka a tshwenyega thata, a retologa, a raya mowa a re: “Ke a go laola ka leina la ga Jesu Keresete, tswa mo go ene.” Mme wa tswa fela ka lobaka loo.
19E rile beng ba gagwe ba bona fa tsholofelo ya bone ya papadi e ile, ba tshwara Paulo le Silase, ba ba gogela kwa patlelong ya motse ya borekelo, fa pele ga balaodi. 20Ya re ba sena go ba fitlhisa fa baatlhoding, ba re: “Banna ba e re e le Bajuta, ba tshwenya motse wa rona thata. 21Ba simolola mekgwa e re sa letlelelwang go e amogela, le fa e le go e dira, ka re le Baroma.”
22Bontsi jwa batho jwa ba kgwelogela mmogo; mme baatlhodi ba ba rutla dikobo, ba laola gore ba itewe ka dithupa. 23Ya re ba sena go ba baya dithupa di le dintsi, ba ba latlhela mo ntlong ya kgolegelo, ba laya modisa wa ntlo gore a ba tshware thata. 24Mme ene o rile a sena go laiwa jalo, a ba latlhela mo kgolegelong e e kwa teng, mme a somela dinao tsa bone mo disaneng. 25Mme ya re bosigogare, Paulo le Silase ba bo ba rapela, ba opelela Modimo difela, mme bagolegwi ba bangwe ba ntse ba reeditse; 26ba tshogana ka go nna thoromo e kgolo ya lefatshe, metheo ya ntlo ya kgolegelo ya ba ya tla ya reketla, le mejako yotlhe ya bulega ka bonako, le dikgole tsa botlhe tsa hunologa. 27Modisa wa ntlo ya kgolegelo, ya re a tsosiwa mo borokong a fitlhela mejako ya ntlo ya kgolegelo e bulegile, a somola tšhaka, a re o a ipolaya, a itlhoma bagolegwi ba thobile. 28Mme Paulo a goa ka lentswe le legolo a re: “Se ipolaye; gonne re fano rotlhe!”
29Foo modisa wa ntlo ya kgolegelo a re dipone di tle, mme a tlolela mo teng, a wela fa pele ga Paulo le Silase, a roroma ka poifo, 30a ba ntshetsa kwa ntle, a re: “Barena, ke tlaa dirang gore ke bolokwe?”
31Ba re: “Dumela mo go Morena Jesu, mme o tlaa bolokwa, wena le ba ntlo ya gago.” 32Ba bua lefoko la Morena nae le botlhe ba ba mo ntlong ya gagwe. 33A ba tsaya ka lobaka loo lwa bosigo, a tlhatswa dintho tsa bone; mme a akofa a kolobediwa, ene le ba gagwe botlhe fela. 34A ba ise mo ntlong ya gagwe, a ba fa dijo, a itumela thata, le botlhe ba ntlo ya gagwe, ka ba dumetse mo Modimong.
35E rile bosa bo sele, baatlhodi ba roma maotlana ba re: “Yang lo golole batho bao.”
36Modisa wa ntlo ya kgolegelo a bolelela Paulo mafoko a bone a re: “Baatlhodi ba romile gore lo gololwe; mme ke gone, tswang lo tsamaye ka kagiso.”
37Mme Paulo a ba raya a re: “Ba re iteetse mo ponatshegelong, re sa bone tsheko, re le banna ba re leng Baroma, ba bile ba re latlhetse mo ntlong ya kgolegelo; mme gompieno a ba re naya naga fela ka go sa itsiweng? Le bogologolo! A go tle bone ka bosi, ba re ntshetse kwa ntle.”
38Maotlana a ya a bolelela baatlhodi mafoko a; mme ya re ba utlwa fa e le Baroma ba boifa; 39mme ba tla ba ba rapela; e rile ba sena go ba ntshetsa kwa ntle, ba ba lopa gore ba tswe mo motseng, ba tsamaye. 40Mme ba tswa mo ntlong ya kgolegelo, ba ya ba tsena mo ntlong ya ga Lidia; ya re ba sena go bona bakaulengwe, ba ba gomotsa, ba itse go tsamaya.
