Luka 19
1 Yesu atijingya ni peta katikati ya Yeriko.
Jesus entered Jericho and made his way through the town.
2 Napo pabile ni mundu yumo akemelwa Zakayo, ywembe abile nkolo wa watoza ushuru kae mundu tajiri.
There was a man there, known by the name of Zacchaeus, who was a commissioner of taxes and a rich man.
3 Abile kapaya kubona Yesu ni mundu wa namna gani, lakini awezite kwaa kum'bona kwasababu ya bandu banyanisima, kwa kuwa abile mwipi wa kimo.
He tried to see what Jesus was like; but, being short, he was unable to do so because of the crowd.
4 Nga nyo, atilongoliya lubelo nnonge ya bandu, anaoboka kunanin ya mkuyu lenga aweche kum'bona, kwasababu Yesu atikaribiya pita kundela yelo.
So he ran on ahead and climbed into a mulberry tree, to see Jesus, for he knew that he must pass that way.
5 Wakati Yesu paikite mahali palo, atilinga kunani ni kum'bakiya, Zakayo, uluka upesi, maana leno ni lachima shinda kunyumba yako!
When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him: “Zacchaeus, be quick and come down, for I must stop at your house to-day.”
6 Apangite haraka, uluka ni kumkaribisha kwa puraha.
So Zacchaeus got down quickly, and joyfully welcomed him.
7 Bandu boti pababweni galo, batilalamika, nabaya,'Ayei kutembelia mundu mwene sambi.'
On seeing this, every one began to complain: “He has gone to stay with a man who is an outcast.”
8 Zakayo atiyema nakum'bakiya Ngwana, lola Ngwana nusu ya mali yango nibapeya maskini, ni ikiwa nimpokonyite mundu yeyoti kilebe, mnakumkeboliya mara ncheche.'
But Zacchaeus stood forward and said to the Master: “Listen, Master! I will give half my property to the poor, and, if I have defrauded any one of anything, I will give him back four times as much.”
9 Yesu atikum'bakiya,'leno wokovu uikite katika nyumba yeno, kwa sababu yembe ni mwana wa Ibrahimu.
“Salvation has come to this house to-day,” answered Jesus, “for even this man is a son of Abraham.
10 Kwa maana mwana wa mundu aichile pala ni lopwa bandu babaobite.'
The Son of Man has come to ‘search for those who are lost’ and to save them.”
11 Pabayowine aga, atiyendeliya longela ni piya mfano, kwa sababu abii papii ni Yerusalemu anabo batangite ya kuwa ufalme wa nnonge wabile papipi na bonekana mara jimo.
As the people were listening to this, Jesus went on to tell them a parable. He did so because he was near Jerusalem, and because they thought that the Kingdom of God was going to be proclaimed at once.
12 Nga atikuwabakiya,'afisa yumo atiyenda kukilambo chakulipite lenga pokiya ufalme ni boka po buya.
He said: “A nobleman once went to a distant country to receive his appointment to a Kingdom and then return.
13 Atikubakema atumishi bake komi, nakubapeya mafungu komi, nakuabakiya, mukapangie biashara mpaka panibuya!
He called ten of his servants and gave them ten pounds each, and told them to trade with them during his absence.
14 Lakini bananchi bake batikasirika ni kwa nyoo batilagiya ajumbe bayende, kumkengama ni buya,'atakiwa kwaa mundu yono kututawala,'
But his subjects hated him and sent envoys after him to say ‘We will not have this man as our King.’
15 Pabile pabuite kaya baada ya pangilwa mpwalme, atiamuru balo atumishi abapeile mbanje bakemelwa kwake, apate tanga faida gani yabaipatike kwa panga biashara.
On his return, after having been appointed King, he directed that the servants to whom he had given his money should be summoned, so that he might learn what amount of trade they had done.
16 Wa kwanza aichile, nabaya, Ngwana, fungu lyako lipangite mafungu komi zaidi,
The first came up, and said ‘Sir, your ten pounds have made a hundred.’
17 Yolo afisa atikum'bakiya, vema, wa mmanda mwema, kwasababu wabile mwaminifu katika kikowe kichunu, upala panga ni madaraka kunani ya miji komi.'
‘Well done, good servant!’ exclaimed the master. ‘As you have proved trustworthy in a very small matter, I appoint you governor over ten towns.’
18 Wa na ibele, abaite, Ngwana, fungu lyako lipangite mafungu matano.'
When the second came, he said ‘Your ten pounds, Sir, have produced fifty.’
19 yolo afisa atikumbakiya,'tola mamlaka ga kunani ya miji itano.'
So the master said to him ‘And you I appoint over five towns.’
20 Ni ywenge aichile, ni baya,'Ngwana yeno pano, banje yako, naibekite salama katika kitambala.
Another servant also came and said ‘Sir, here are your ten pounds; I have kept them put away in a handkerchief.
21 kwa maana natiyogopa kwa sababu, wenga nga mundu nkale, undaboya chelo cha ukibekite ni una chaupandike kwaa.'
For I was afraid of you, because you are a stern man. You take what you have not planted, and reap what you have not sown.’
22 hayo afisa atikum'bakiya, kwa maneno yako mwene, nipala kumhukumu, ewe mtumishi mbaya, watangite nenga na mundu nkale, nitola chani bekite kwaa ni una chanipandike kwaa.
The master answered ‘Out of your own mouth I judge you, you worthless servant. You knew that I am a stern man, that I take what I have not planted, and reap what I have not sown?
23 Bai mbona wabekite kwaa mbanje yango katika benki, lenga paniboya nitole pamope ni faida?
Then why did not you put my money into a bank? And I, on my return, could have claimed it with interest.
24 Afisa atikubabakiya bandu bababile batiyema hapo,'munyang, anye alyo lifungu ni kumpeya yolo mwene mafungu komi.
Take away from him the ten pounds,’ he said to those standing by, ‘and give them to the one who has the hundred.’
25 Bakam'bakiya,'Ngwana, yembe abi na mafungu komi.'
‘But, Sir,’ they interposed, ‘he has a hundred pounds already!’
26 Nindakuwabakiya kila mundu ywabile nacho apala peilwa zaidi, lakini ntopo, hata kiche kilebe abile nacho kipala tolekwa.
‘I tell you,’ he answered, ‘that, to him who has, more will be given, but, from him who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away.
27 Lakini aba maadui bango, babakani nipange mpwalume wabe, baletwe pano ni kuba bulaga nnonge yango.”
But as for my enemies, these men who would not have me as their King, bring them here and put them to death in my presence.’”
28 Baada ya baya gano, atiyendeleya nnonge panda yenda Yerusalemu.
After saying this, Jesus went on in front, going up to Jerusalem.
29 Pabile pakaribie Bethfage ni Bethania, papipi ni kitombe cha mizeituni, atikubatuma anapunzi bake abele,
It was when Jesus had almost reached Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, that he sent on two of the disciples.
30 Atibaya,'Muyende katika ijiji ya jirani, pamujingya, mpala kumkoliya mwana mbunda anapandilwa kwaa balo, muyogoli, mumleti kwango.
“Go to the village facing us,” he said, “and, when you get there, you will find a foal tethered, which no one has yet ridden; untie it and lead it here.
31 Kati mundu abalokiye, “Mbona mundakumyogoliya” mubaye, “Ngwana andakumpala”.
And, if anybody asks you ‘Why are you untying it?,’ you are to say this — ‘The Master wants it.’”
32 Balo babalagilwe batiyenda nakum'bona mwana mbonda kati Yesu chabakiye.
So the two who were sent went and found it as Jesus had told them.
33 Babile banda kumyogoliya mwana mbonda wamiliki baka wabakiya,'kitumbwe namani munda kumyogoliya mwana mbunda yono?
While they were untying the foal, the owners asked them — “Why are you untying the foal?”
34 Batibaya, “Ngwana andakumpala.”
And the two disciples answered — “The Master wants it.”
35 Bai, batikumpelekia Yesu, batikumtandika ngobo yabe kunani ya mwana mbonda ni bakamoboya Yesu kunani yake.
Then they led it back to Jesus, and threw their cloaks on the foal and put Jesus upon it.
36 Pabile kayenda bandu batitandza mavazi yabe mundela.
As he went along, the people kept spreading their cloaks in the road.
37 Pabile anatelemka pakitombe sa mizeituni, jumuiya yoti ya benepunzi bake batumbwile shangiliya ni kumtukuza Nnongo kwa lilobe likolo, kwa sababu ya makowe makolo bayabweni.
When he had almost reached the place where the road led down the Mount of Olives, every one of the many disciples began in their joy to praise God loudly for all the miracles that they had seen:
38 Batibaya, “nga yembe mbarikiwa mpwalume yaichile kwa lina Ngwana! Amani kumaunde, ni utukufu kunani!'
“Blessed is He who comes — Our King — in the name of the Lord! Peace in Heaven, And glory on high.”
39 Baadhi ya Mafarisayo katika makutano batikum'bakiya, mwalimu, ubanyamazishe benepunzi bako.
Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him: “Teacher, reprove your disciples.”
40 Yesu kayangwa ni kubaya, “nindakuwabakiya, kati haba batituliya, maliwe yapala kombwa malobe.'
But Jesus answered: “I tell you that if these men are silent, the very stones will call out.”
41 Yesu paaukaribiye mji atiuleliya.
When he drew near, on seeing the city, he wept over it, and said:
42 Atibaya, “Laiti mwatangite hata wenga, katika lichoba lino makowe gagaleta amani! lakini nambeambe yatiya mminyo pako.
“Would that you had known, while yet there was time — even you — the things that make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your sight.
43 Kwa kuwa lichoba lindaicha ambapo adui bako apala chenga boma papipi ni wenga, ni kukutindiya ni kukukandamiza boka kila upande.
For a time is coming upon you when your enemies will surround you with earthworks, and encircle you, and hem you in on all sides;
44 Bapala kutomboya pae wenga na bana bako. bapala kukuleka kwaa hata liwe limo kunani ya jenge, kwa sababu upala tambwa kwaa wakati Nnongo pabile kapaya kukulopwa!'
they will trample you down and your children within you, and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know ‘the time of your visitation.’”
45 Yesu ajingile muhekalu, atumbwi kuwabenganga balo babile bakipemeya,
Jesus went into the Temple Courts and began to drive out those who were selling,
46 Atikuwabakiya, “Itiandikwa, nyumba yango ipala panga numba ya sala, lakini mwenga muipangite kuwa likolo lya anyang'anyi.'
saying as he did so: “Scripture says — ‘My House shall be a House of Prayer’; but you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
47 Kwa nyoo, Yesu abile atipundisha kila lichoba muhekalu, Makuhani akolo ni Alimu ba saliya ni iongozi ba bandu bapalite kumuhukumu.
Jesus continued to teach each day in the Temple Courts; but the Chief Priests and Teachers of the Law were eager to take his life, and so also were the leading men.
48 Lakini wawezite kwaa pata ndela ya panga nyoo, kwa sababu bandu boti babile bakimpekaniya kwa makini.
Yet they could not see what to do, for the people all hung upon his words.
