Luke 13
1 There were certaine men present at the same season, that shewed him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
Wakati huo huo, kulikuwa na watu waliomwambia Yesu habari za Wagalilaya ambao Pilato aliwaua, na damu ya hao watu akaichanganya na dhabihu yao waliyokuwa wanatoa.
2 And Iesus answered, and saide vnto them, Suppose ye, that these Galileans were greater sinners then al the other Galileans, because they haue suffered such things?
Yesu akawauliza, “Mnadhani kwamba hawa Wagalilaya ambao walikufa kifo cha namna hiyo walikuwa na dhambi kuwazidi Wagalilaya wengine wote?
3 I tell you, nay: but except ye amend your liues, ye shall all likewise perish.
La hasha! Ninyi nanyi msipotubu, mtaangamia vivyo hivyo.
4 Or thinke you that those eighteene, vpon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slewe them, were sinners aboue all men that dwel in Hierusalem?
Au wale watu kumi na wanane waliokufa walipoangukiwa na mnara huko Siloamu: mnadhani wao walikuwa waovu kuliko watu wote waliokuwa wanaishi Yerusalemu?
5 I tell you, nay: but except ye amend your liues, ye shall all likewise perish.
Nawaambia, la hasha! Ninyi nanyi msipotubu, wote mtaangamia vivyo hivyo.”
6 He spake also this parable, A certaine man had a figge tree planted in his vineyard: and he came and sought fruite thereon, and found none.
Kisha Yesu akawaambia mfano huu: “Mtu mmoja alikuwa na mtini uliopandwa katika shamba lake la mizabibu, akaja ili kutafuta tini kwenye mti huo, lakini hakupata hata moja.
7 Then said he to the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, this three yeeres haue I come and sought fruite of this figge tree, and finde none: cut it downe: why keepeth it also the ground barren?
Hivyo akamwambia mtunza shamba: ‘Tazama, kwa muda wa miaka mitatu sasa nimekuwa nikija kutafuta matunda kwenye mtini huu, nami sikupata hata moja. Ukate! Kwa nini uendelee kuharibu ardhi?’
8 And he answered, and said vnto him, Lord, let it alone this yeere also, till I digge round about it, and doung it.
“Yule mtunza shamba akamjibu, ‘Bwana, uache tena kwa mwaka mmoja zaidi, nami nitaupalilia na kuuwekea mbolea.
9 And if it beare fruite, well: if not, then after thou shalt cut it downe.
Kama ukizaa matunda mwaka ujao, vyema, la sivyo uukate.’”
10 And he taught in one of ye Synagogues on the Sabbath day.
Basi Yesu alikuwa akifundisha katika sinagogi mojawapo siku ya Sabato.
11 And behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmitie eighteene yeeres, and was bowed together, and coulde not lift vp her selfe in any wise.
Wakati huo huo akaja mwanamke mmoja aliyekuwa na pepo mchafu, naye alikuwa amepinda mgongo kwa muda wa miaka kumi na minane, wala alikuwa hawezi kunyooka wima.
12 When Iesus sawe her, he called her to him, and said to her, Woman, thou art loosed from thy disease.
Yesu alipomwona, akamwita, akamwambia, “Mwanamke, uwe huru, umepona ugonjwa wako.”
13 And he laide his handes on her, and immediately she was made straight againe, and glorified God.
Yesu alipomwekea mikono yake, mara akasimama wima akaanza kumtukuza Mungu.
14 And the ruler of the Synagogue answered with indignation, because that Iesus healed on the Sabbath day, and said vnto the people, There are sixe dayes in which men ought to worke: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.
Lakini kiongozi wa sinagogi akakasirika kwa sababu Yesu alikuwa ameponya mtu siku ya Sabato. Akaambia ule umati wa watu, “Kuna siku sita ambazo watu wanapaswa kufanya kazi. Katika siku hizo, njooni mponywe, lakini si katika siku ya Sabato.”
15 Then answered him the Lord, and said, Hypocrite, doth not eche one of you on the Sabbath day loose his oxe or his asse from the stall, and leade him away to the water?
Lakini Bwana akamjibu, “Enyi wanafiki! Je, kila mmoja wenu hamfungulii ngʼombe wake au punda wake kutoka zizini akampeleka kumnywesha maji siku ya Sabato?
16 And ought not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound, loe, eighteene yeeres, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?
Je, huyu mwanamke, ambaye ni binti wa Abrahamu, aliyeteswa na Shetani akiwa amemfunga kwa miaka yote hii kumi na minane, hakustahili kufunguliwa kutoka kifungo hicho siku ya Sabato?”
17 And when he said these things, all his aduersaries were ashamed: but all the people reioyced at all the excellent things, that were done by him.
Aliposema haya, wapinzani wake wakaaibika, lakini watu wakafurahi kwa ajili ya mambo ya ajabu aliyoyafanya.
18 Then said he, What is the kingdome of God like? or whereto shall I compare it?
Kisha Yesu akauliza, “Ufalme wa Mungu unafanana na nini? Nitaufananisha na nini?
19 It is like a graine of mustard seede, which a man tooke and sowed in his garden, and it grewe, and waxed a great tree, and the foules of the heauen made nestes in the branches thereof.
Umefanana na punje ya haradali ambayo mtu aliichukua na kuipanda katika shamba lake. Nayo ikakua, ikawa mti nao ndege wa angani wakatengeneza viota vyao kwenye matawi yake.”
20 And againe he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdome of God?
Yesu akauliza tena, “Nitaufananisha Ufalme wa Mungu na nini?
21 It is like leauen, which a woman tooke, and hid in three peckes of floure, till all was leauened.
Unafanana na chachu ambayo mwanamke aliichukua akaichanganya katika kiasi kikubwa cha unga mpaka wote ukaumuka.”
22 And he went through all cities and townes, teaching, and iourneying towards Hierusalem.
Yesu akapita katika miji na vijiji, akifundisha wakati alisafiri kwenda Yerusalemu.
23 Then saide one vnto him, Lord, are there fewe that shalbe saued? And he said vnto them,
Mtu mmoja akamuuliza, “Bwana, ni watu wachache tu watakaookolewa?”
24 Striue to enter in at the straite gate: for many, I say vnto you, will seeke to enter in, and shall not be able.
Yesu akawaambia, “Jitahidini sana kuingia kupitia mlango mwembamba, kwa maana nawaambia wengi watajaribu kuingia, lakini hawataweza.
25 When the good man of the house is risen vp, and hath shut to the doore, and ye begin to stand without, and to knocke at the doore, saying, Lord, Lord, open to vs, and he shall answere and say vnto you, I know you not whence ye are,
Wakati mwenye nyumba atakapoondoka na kufunga mlango, mtasimama nje mkibisha mlango na kusema, ‘Bwana! Tufungulie mlango!’ “Lakini yeye atawajibu, ‘Siwajui ninyi, wala mtokako.’
26 Then shall ye begin to say, We haue eaten and drunke in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streetes.
“Ndipo mtamjibu, ‘Tulikula na kunywa pamoja nawe, tena ulifundisha katika mitaa yetu.’
27 But he shall say, I tell you, I knowe you not whence ye are: depart from me, all ye workers of iniquitie.
“Lakini yeye atawajibu, ‘Siwajui ninyi, wala mtokako. Ondokeni kwangu, ninyi watenda maovu!’
28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth when ye shall see Abraham and Isaac, and Iacob, and all the Prophets in the kingdome of God, and your selues thrust out at doores.
“Ndipo kutakuwako kilio na kusaga meno, mtakapowaona Abrahamu, Isaki, Yakobo na manabii wote wakiwa katika Ufalme wa Mungu, lakini ninyi mkiwa mmetupwa nje.
29 Then shall come many from the East, and from the West, and from the North, and from the South, and shall sit at Table in the kingdome of God.
Watu watatoka mashariki na magharibi, kaskazini na kusini, nao wataketi kwenye sehemu walizoandaliwa karamuni katika Ufalme wa Mungu.
30 And beholde, there are last, which shalbe first, and there are first, which shalbe last.
Tazama, kunao walio wa mwisho watakaokuwa wa kwanza, nao wa kwanza watakaokuwa wa mwisho.”
31 The same day there came certaine Pharises, and said vnto him, Depart, and goe hence: for Herod will kill thee.
Wakati huo huo baadhi ya Mafarisayo wakamwendea Yesu na kumwambia, “Ondoka hapa uende mahali pengine kwa maana Herode anataka kukuua.”
32 Then said he vnto them, Goe ye and tell that foxe, Beholde, I cast out deuils, and will heale still to day, and to morowe, and the third day I shalbe perfected.
Yesu akawajibu, “Nendeni mkamwambie yule mbweha, ‘Ninafukuza pepo wachafu na kuponya wagonjwa leo na kesho, nami siku ya tatu nitaikamilisha kazi yangu.’
33 Neuerthelesse I must walke to day, and to morowe, and the day following: for it cannot be that a Prophet should perish out of Hierusalem.
Sina budi kuendelea na safari yangu leo, kesho na kesho kutwa: kwa maana haiwezekani nabii kufa mahali pengine isipokuwa Yerusalemu.
34 O Hierusalem, Hierusalem, which killest the Prophets, and stonest them that are sent to thee, howe often would I haue gathered thy children together, as the henne gathereth her brood vnder her wings, and ye would not!
“Ee Yerusalemu, Yerusalemu, uwauaye manabii na kuwapiga mawe wale waliotumwa kwako! Mara ngapi nimetamani kuwakusanya watoto wako pamoja, kama vile kuku akusanyavyo vifaranga wake chini ya mabawa yake, lakini hukutaka!
35 Beholde, your house is left vnto you desolate: and verely I tell you, ye shall not see me vntill the time come that ye shall say, Blessed is he that commeth in the Name of the Lord.
Tazama nyumba yenu imeachwa ukiwa. Ninawaambia, hamtaniona tena mpaka wakati ule mtakaposema, ‘Amebarikiwa yeye ajaye kwa jina la Bwana.’”
