13 Byalo ba roma Mafaraseyi ya mangwana le ba mokgahlo wa Heroda ga Jeso gore ba make gore a bolabole dilo tsa gore ba ka mo tanya ka tsona.+ 14 Ke mokane ba segela ba re: “Thitšere, re ya di tšiba tsa gore o bolabola nnete, o tšhutisa nnete ka Modimo, a wo llele gore batho ba go yamogele, fote a wo yi ka gore motho ke wa mošaga mang. Nje molawo wa dumela* gore re patele tšheleta ya mothelo ga Kesara? 15 Re patele kela re sa patele?” Ka taba la gore ke mo a di tšiba gore ba mo reyye, a re ga bona: “Ke ntaba le nreya? Leyaneng dhenariyase ke yi bone.” 16 A re ga bona: “Sethombhe sowa le lebitso lowa ke tsa mang?” Ba re: “Ke tsa Kesara.” 17 Byalo Jeso a re: “Patelaneng Kesara dilo tsa Kesara,+ le Modimo le mo pateleneng tsa Modimo.”+ Mo ba kwa tsotsone ba makala.

20 Ke mo ba nyaka lešuba la go mo tshwara, byalo ba romela banna bo ba ba hiriyeng ka makhukhung gore ba timake nkare ba lukiye gore ba thogo mo tanya ka tso a di bolabolang,+ fote ba mo yise ga ba bagolo ba mmušo. 21 Ba mmutsisa ba re: “Thitšere, re ya tšiba gore o bolabola nnete fote o tšhutisa nnete, a o yi ka gore motho ke wa mošaga mang, mara o tšhutisa nnete ka Modimo: 22 Nje molawo wa dumela gore re patele tšheleta ya mothelo ga Kesara?” 23 Mara Jeso ke mo a tšiba tso ba di naganang, ke mokane a re: 24 “Leyaneng dhenariyase ke yi bone. Sethombhe sowa le lebitso lowa ke tsa mang?” Ba re gage: “Ke tsa Kesara.” 25 Jeso a re: “Byalo, patelaneng Kesara dilo tsa Kesara,+ le Modimo le mo pateleneng tsa Modimo.”+ 26 Ba šitegiye go mo tshwara ka tso ne ba mmutsisa tsona mahlong ga mogoba, mara ba makatsa nka mokgo a ba fetodiyeng ka gona, ba fo šala ba yi tse kekenene.