JOBE 17
1“Mowa wa me o a fela,
malatsi a me a a tima;
ke lebitla fela le le ntshaletseng.
2Ruri, ditshotlo ke kabelo ya me;
matlho a me a lala a ledisiwa
ke dikomano tsa bone.
3A ko o mpeele,
o nkemele mo go wena!
Yo mongwe kana ga a teng
yo o ka nkemelang!
4O subetse pelo tsa bone
tlhaloganyo;
ka moo ga o kitla
o ba naya phenyo.
5Yo o batlang kabelo
ka go eka ba ga gabo,
bana ba gagwe
ba tla rotola matlho.
6Nna o ntirile seane sa batho;
ke fetogile yo o kgwelwang
mathe mo sefatlhegong.
7Matlho a me a fifetse
ka botlhoko;
ditokololo tsa me tsotlhe
di tshwana le moriti fela.
8Ka ntlha ya tseo go rerega
ba e leng ba nnete;
ba ba se nang molato
ba tsogela baikepi.
9Mme mosiami o tla sala
mo tseleng ya gagwe;
yo o diatla di phepa
o tla nna a tiela pele.
10Mme lona lotlhe,
a ko lo tle gape;
fela ga nka ke ka bona
yo o botlhale mo go lona.
11Malatsi a me a fetile.
Maano a me a senyegile
a pelo ya me e a tlhoafaletseng.
12Bosigo ba bo dira motshegare
ba re: ‘Lesedi le gaufi,
le fa go ntse go le lefifi fela.’
13Ke letile felo ga baswi ka re,
ke ntlo ya me;
bolao jwa me
ke bo ala mo lefifing.
14Ke raya phupu ke re: ‘O rre’;
le diboko, ke re:
‘Lo mme’ le ‘kgaitsadiake.’
15Tse ke di lebeletseng di kae?
Tse ke di solofelang
di bonwa ke mang?
16Di fologela dikgorong
tsa felo ga baswi,
fa go robetswe mmogo leroleng.”
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