Marko 8
1 Wakati huo umati mkubwa wa watu ulikusanyika tena, na hawakuwa na chakula. Basi, Yesu akawaita wanafunzi wake, akawaambia,
In those days when a large crowd had again assembled and had nothing to eat, Jesus called together his disciples and said to them.
2 “Nawahurumia watu hawa kwa sababu wamekuwa nami kwa muda wa siku tatu, wala hawana chakula.
"My heart aches for the crowd, because they have remained with me three days now, and they have nothing to eat;
3 Nikiwaacha waende nyumbani wakiwa na njaa watazimia njiani, maana baadhi yao wametoka mbali.”
and if I send them away fasting to their homes, they will faint on the way. Moreover, some of them are from a distance."
4 Wanafunzi wake wakamwuliza, “Hapa nyikani itapatikana wapi mikate ya kuwashibisha watu hawa wote?”
"Where will it be possible," answered his disciples, "for one to fill these men with bread in a lonely place like this?"
5 Yesu akawauliza, “Mnayo mikate mingapi?” Nao wakamjibu, “Saba.”
He asked them, "How many loaves have you?" "Seven," they said.
6 Basi, akawaamuru watu wakae chini. Akaitwaa ile mikate saba, akamshukuru Mungu, akaimega, akawapa wanafunzi wake wawagawie watu, nao wakawagawia.
So he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground; and when he had taken the seven loaves, he gave thanks, broke them, and gave to his disciples to distribute to the crowd.
7 Walikuwa pia na visamaki vichache. Yesu akavibariki, akaamuru vigawiwe watu vilevile.
They had also a few small fish; after blessing these he told his disciples to distribute them also.
8 Watu wakala, wakashiba. Wakaokota mabaki yaliyosalia wakajaza makapu saba.
They ate and were filled and they took up of broken pieces that were left, seven hampers.
9 Nao waliokula walikuwa watu wapatao elfu nne. Yesu akawaaga,
They that had eaten were about four thousand.
10 na mara akapanda mashua pamoja na wanafunzi wake, akaenda wilaya ya Dalmanutha.
Then he sent them away, got at once into the boat with his disciples. and came into the district of Dalmanutha.
11 Mafarisayo walikuja, wakaanza kujadiliana na Yesu. Kwa kumjaribu, wakamtaka awafanyie ishara kuonyesha anayo idhini kutoka mbinguni.
And the Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, by way of testing him.
12 Yesu akahuzunika rohoni, akasema, “Mbona kizazi hiki kinataka ishara? Kweli nawaambieni, kizazi hiki hakitapewa ishara yoyote!”
At this Jesus sighed deeply in his spirit, and said. "Why does the present generation seek a sign? In solemn truth I tell you that no sign shall be given this generation."
13 Basi, akawaacha, akapanda tena mashua, akaanza safari kwenda ng'ambo ya pili ya ziwa.
Then he left them, and getting into the boat again, went away to the other side,
14 Wanafunzi walikuwa wamesahau kuchukua mikate; walikuwa na mkate mmoja tu katika mashua.
Now they had forgotten to take bread, and had not in the boat with them more than one loaf.
15 Yesu akawaonya, “Angalieni sana! Jihadharini na chachu ya Mafarisayo na chachu ya Herode.”
So he gave them this warning. "Look out! Be on the watch against the leaven of the Pharisees, and the leaven of Herod."
16 Wanafunzi wakaanza kujadiliana wao kwa wao, “Anasema hivyo kwa kuwa hatuna mikate.”
And they began arguing with one another because they had no bread, He noted this and said to them.
17 Yesu alitambua hayo, akawaambia, “Mbona mnajadiliana juu ya kutokuwa na mikate? Je, bado hamjafahamu, wala hamjaelewa? Je, mioyo yenu imeshupaa?
"Why are you arguing together because you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive and understand?
18 Je, Mnayo macho na hamwoni? Mnayo masikio na hamsikii? Je, hamkumbuki
Are your minds so slow to comprehend? You have eyes, do you not see? You have ears, do you not hear?
19 wakati ule nilipoimega ile mikate mitano na kuwapa watu elfu tano? Mlikusanya vikapu vingapi vya mabaki ya makombo?” Wakamjibu, “Kumi na viwili.”
Do you not remember? When I broke the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets of broken pieces did you take up?" "Twelve," they said.
20 “Na nilipoimega ile mikate saba na kuwapa watu elfu nne, mlikusanya makapu mangapi ya makombo?” Wakamjibu, “Saba.”
"And when the seven for the four thousand, how many hampers full of fragments did you pick up?"
21 Basi, akawaambia, “Na bado hamjaelewa?”
"Do you not yet understand?" he said.
22 Yesu alifika Bethsaida pamoja na wanafunzi wake. Huko watu wakamletea kipofu mmoja, wakamwomba amguse.
Then they came to Bethsaida, where some people brought a blind man to Jesus, and begged him to touch him.
23 Yesu akamshika mkono huyo kipofu, akampeleka nje ya kijiji. Akamtemea mate machoni, akamwekea mikono, akamwuliza, “Je, unaweza kuona kitu?”
Taking the blind man by the hand, he led him outside the village; and, after spitting on his eyes, he laid his hands on him and asked, "Can you make out anything?"
24 Huyo kipofu akatazama, akasema, “Ninawaona watu wanaoonekana kama miti inayotembea.”
The man looked up and said, "I can make out the people, for as they move about, I see them like trees."
25 Kisha Yesu akamwekea tena mikono machoni, naye akakaza macho, uwezo wake wa kuona ukamrudia, akaona kila kitu sawasawa.
Then Jesus again put his hands on the man’s eyes; and the man, staring straight ahead, recovered his sight and continued to see everything perfectly.
26 Yesu akamwambia aende zake nyumbani na kumwamuru, “Usirudi kijijini!”
Then Jesus sent him home, saying, "Do not even go into the village."
27 Kisha Yesu na wanafunzi wake walikwenda katika vijiji vya Kaisarea Filipi. Walipokuwa njiani, Yesu aliwauliza wanafunzi wake, “Watu wanasema mimi ni nani?”
From there Jesus and his disciples went to the villages of Caesarea Philippi, and on the way he began to question his disciples saying, "Who do people say I am?"
28 Wakamjibu, “Wengine wanasema wewe ni Yohane Mbatizaji, wengine Eliya na wengine mmojawapo wa manabii.”
And they told him. "Some say Johnthe Baptist, others, Elijah, and others that you are one of the prophets."
29 Naye akawauliza, “Na ninyi je, mnasema mimi ni nani?” Petro akamjibu, “Wewe ndiwe Kristo.”
And he continued questioning them, "But you yourselves, Who do you say I am?" Peter in reply said to him, "You are Christ."
30 Kisha Yesu akawaonya wasimwambie mtu yeyote habari zake.
Then he strictly charged them not to say this about him to any one;
31 Yesu alianza kuwafundisha wanafunzi wake: “Ni lazima Mwana wa Mtu apatwe na mateso mengi na kukataliwa na wazee na makuhani wakuu na walimu wa Sheria. Atauawa na baada ya siku tatu atafufuka.”
and he began to explain to them that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests, and the Scribes, and be put to death, and after two days rise again.
32 Yesu aliwaambia jambo hilo waziwazi. Basi, Petro akamchukua kando, akaanza kumkemea.
This he told them quite openly. Then Peter took him and began to rebuke him.
33 Lakini Yesu akageuka, akawatazama wanafunzi wake, akamkemea Petro akisema, “Ondoka mbele yangu, Shetani! Fikira zako si za kimungu ila ni za kibinadamu!”
But he turned round, and looked upon his disciples, and rebuked Peter. "Get thee behind me, Satan," he said, "for your thoughts are not God’s thoughts, but man’s."
34 Kisha akauita umati wa watu pamoja na wanafunzi wake, akawaambia, “Mtu yeyote akitaka kuwa mfuasi wangu, lazima ajikane mwenyewe, auchukue msalaba wake, anifuate.
Then summoning the crowd to him, with his disciples. he said. "If any man wishes to follow me, let him renounce self, take up his cross, and so follow me.
35 Maana mtu anayetaka kuyaokoa maisha yake mwenyewe, atayapoteza, lakini mtu atakayepoteza maisha yake kwa ajili yangu na kwa ajili ya Habari Njema, atayaokoa.
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever, for my sake and the gospel’s, loses his life will save it.
36 Je, kuna faida gani mtu kuupata ulimwengu wote na kuyapoteza maisha yake?
For what shall it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own life?
37 Ama mtu atatoa kitu gani badala ya maisha yake?
Or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?
38 Mtu yeyote katika kizazi hiki kiovu na kisichomjali Mungu anayenionea aibu mimi na mafundisho yangu, Mwana wa Mtu atamwonea aibu mtu huyo wakati atakapokuja katika utukufu wa Baba yake pamoja na malaika watakatifu.”
Whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this unfaithful and wicked generation, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."
