15 Ke mokane Mafaraseyi ma tloga ma ye polana gore ma ka maka byang gore a bolabole dilo tso ma ka mo tanyang ka tsona.+ 16 Byalo ma roma malata ya wona le ba mokgahlo wa Heroda ga Jeso,+ ke mokane ba segela ba re: “Thitšere, re ya di tšiba gore o bolabola nnete, fote o tšhutisa nnete ka Modimo, le gore a wo llele gore batho ba go yamogele ka gore a wo yi ka gore motho ke wa mošaga mang. 17 Re botse gore wene o nagana ying. Nje molawo wa dumela gore re patele tšheleta ya mothelo ga Kesara?” 18 Mara ka taba la gore Jeso ke mo a di tšiba gore ba na le dipelo tse diphifadu, a re: “Lune ba go timakisa, ke ntaba le nreya? 19 Nšupetseneng tšheleta ya tshipi.” Ba mo leyela dhenariyase. 20 A re ga bona: “Sethombhe sowa le lebitso lowa ke tsa mang?” 21 Ba re: “Ke tsa Kesara.” Ke mokane a re ga bona: “Patelaneng Kesara dilo tsa Kesara, le Modimo le mo pateleneng tsa Modimo.”+ 22 Mo ba kwa tsotsone ba makala, ba napa ba tloga ba mo šiya gana hone.

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.