They complain to their friends, 17'We played wedding songs, and you weren't happy, so we played funeral songs, but you weren't sad.' 18For John the Baptist didn't drink wine and he often fasted, and you say, 'He's demon possessed.' 19And I, the Son of Man, feast and drink, and you say, 'He's a glutton and a drunkard, and a friend of the worst sort of sinners!'
Ba tshwana le bana ba ba ntseng mo dipatlelong, ba tlhaeletsa balekane ba bone ba re: 17 tRe lo leleditse ditlhaka, mme ga lo a ka lwa bina; ra tlhaba difela tsa bohutsana, mme ga lo a ka lwa lela! 18 Gonne go tsile Johane, a sa je, a sa nwe; mme ba bua ba re: 'O na le modemone.' 19 Go tsile Morwa-Motho, a ja, a nwa; mme ba re: 'Bonang motho yo e leng sejabele le monwi wa weine, tsala ya bakgethisi le baleofi!'