Luka 7
1 Baada ya Yesu yomwa kila kilebe chabile kakibaya kwa bandu babampekaniyage, ajingii Karpenaumu.
When Jesus had brought to a conclusion all that he had then had to say to the people, he entered Capernaum.
2 Mmanda pulani ywa akida, ywabile ywa thamani muno kake, abile ntamwe muno ni abile karibu na waa.
A centurion in the Roman army had a slave whom he valued, and who was seriously ill – almost at the point of death.
3 Lakini ayowine usu Yesu, yolo akida antumite kiongozi wa kiyahudi, kunnoba aiche kunkombwa mmanda wake linga kanaawe.
And, hearing about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, with the request that he would come and save his slave’s life.
4 Pabaikite papipi ni Yesu, batikunnoba kweli ni baya, “andastahili upalikwa panga nya kwaajili yake,
When they found Jesus, they earnestly implored him to do so. ‘He deserves the favour from you,’ they said,
5 Kwasababu andakulipenda taifa litu, ni ywanjengite sinagogi kwaajili yitu.”
‘For he is devoted to our nation, and himself built our synagogue for us.’
6 Yesu ayendeli ni safari yake pamope nakwe, lakini kabla anaika kwaa kuutalu ni nnyumba, afisa yumo aatumite mambwiga bake longela nakwe, “Ngwana, kana uuchoshe wa mwene kwasababu ya nenga nistahili kwa wenga jingya mu dari yangu.
So Jesus went with them. But, when he was no great distance from the house, the centurion sent some friends with the message – ‘Do not trouble yourself, Sir; for I am unworthy to receive you under my roof.
7 Kwasababu yino nifikilie kwa hata nenga namwene panga nenda pwaika icha kwako, lakini ubaye lineno tu ni mmanda wango apapona.
That was why I did not even venture to come to you myself; but speak, and let my manservant be cured.
8 Kwani nenga na mundu wanibile pa mamlaka na nibii ni askari pae yango, abaya kwa yuu 'Yenda” ni andayenda, ni kwa ywenge 'Icha” ni andaicha ni mtumishi wango “upange nyaa” ni ywembe andapanga.
For I myself am a man under the orders of others, with soldiers under me; and if I say to one of them “Go,” he goes, and to another “Come,” he comes, and to my slave “Do this,” he does it.’
9 Yesu payowine haga atichangala ni kubagalambukiya makutano bababile kabankengama ni baya, “Nindawabakiya hata mu'Isreali, nabona kwa mundu mwene imani kolo kati yolo.
Jesus was surprised to hear these words from him; and, turning to the crowd which was following him, he said, ‘I tell you, nowhere in Israel have I met with such faith as this!’
10 Boka po balo babatumilwe babuyangine kaya ni kunkolya mtumishi abile nkoto.
And, when the messengers returned to the house, they found the slave recovered.
11 Pulani baada ya haga, yapitike kuwa Yesu ende safiri yenda kilambo che nge chakemelwa Naini. Benepunzi bake bayeyi pamope nakwe bakengimine na bandu banyansima.
Shortly after, Jesus went to a town called Nain, his disciples and a great crowd going with him.
12 Paikite papipii ni nnyango wa kilambo linga, mundu ywa wile abile apotwilwe ni nga mwana yumo kwa mao ywake. ywabile mnomelanga, ni umati wa akilishi buka pa kilambo bai pamope ni ywembe.
Just as he approached the gate of the town, there was a dead man being carried out for burial – an only son, and his mother was a widow. A large number of the people of the town were with her.
13 Pamweni Ngwana atikumwegeleya kwa rwangu muno husu ywembe ni kummakia “kana ulile”
When he saw her, the Master was moved with compassion for her, and he said to her, ‘Do not weep.’
14 Nga egelya nnonge ni kukungwa lijeneza bababutulile maiti ni balo babaputwike batiyimaaa ngaabaya “wenga wa kijana uyumuke.”
Then he went up and touched the bier, and the bearers stopped; and Jesus said, ‘Young man, I am speaking to you – Rise!’
15 Ywa awile ngakakatuka ni tama kitako ni tumbwa longela. Boka po Yesu kampea ywa mwana kwa mao bake.
The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus restored him to his mother.
16 Boka po hofu ibajingile boti, bayendeli kumtukuza Nnongo bende baya “Nabii nkolo alikakatulwa nkati yitu” ni “Nnongo alingite bandu bake.”
Everyone was awe-struck and began praising God. ‘A great prophet has arisen among us,’ they said. ‘God has visited his people.’
17 Hayii habari inanoga ya Yesu yatienea Yudea yoti ni kwa mikoa yoti ya jirani.
And this story about Jesus spread all through Judea, and in the neighbouring countries as well.
18 Benepunzi ba Yohana bammakiye mambo goti haga.
All these events were reported to John by his disciples.
19 Ndipo Yohana ngaa ankema abeli nkati ya Benepunzi bake ni kubatuma kwa Ngwana baya “wenga yulo ywa icha, au kuna mundu ywenge tumnende?
So he summoned two of them, and sent them to the Master to ask – ‘Are you “the coming one,” or are we to look for someone else?’
20 Bapaikite karibu ni Yesu aba payite Yohana mbatizaji atitumite kwako baya, “wenga nga yolo au kui na mundu ywenge tumnende?
When these men found Jesus, they said, ‘John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask – Are you “the coming one,” or are we to look for somebody else?’
21 Kwa wakati woo aaponyike bandu banyansima buka nkati ya matamwe ni mateso, buka kwa nchela, ni kwa bandu ipofu apeile bona.
At that very time Jesus had cured many people of diseases, afflictions, and wicked spirits, and had given many blind people their sight.
22 Yesu ayangwine baya kwabe, “Baada ya n'yei kwa mwokite mkammakiye Yohana chamkibweni ni kukiyoa. Babile ipofu bapokya bona ni iwete banda tyanga, bene ukoma banda pona, iziwi banda yoa, babawile banda yuka ni panga akolo kai, bangali ni kilebe aabakiya habari inanoga.
So his answer to the question was, ‘Go and report to John what you have witnessed and heard – the blind recover their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are made clean, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, the good news is told to the poor.
23 Ni mundu ywaleka kwaa kuniamini nenga kwa sababu ya matendo gango abalikilwe.”
And blessed is the person who finds no hindrance in me.’
24 Baada ya balo babatumilwe ni Yohana buyangana kwaba bukite Yesu nga tumbwe longela na bandu husu Yohana, “Mwayei panja bona namani, nnai wautikatika ni mchunga?
When John’s messengers had left, Jesus, speaking to the crowds, began to say with reference to John,
25 Lakini mwayei panja bona namani, mundu ywa weti vizuri? linga bandu balo babawala ngubo ya kifalme ni ishi maisha ga staree babile bene nafasi ya kifalme.
‘What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed waving in the wind? If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in rich clothing? Why, those who are accustomed to fine clothes and luxury live in royal palaces.
26 Lakini nn'yenda panja bona namani, Nabii? Elo, nenda baya kwinu na muno kuliko nabii.
What then did you go to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet.
27 Uyu ngaba ywaandikilwe, linga nenda kutuma mjumbe wango nnongi ya minyo yinu, ywapala andaa ndila kwaajili yango,
This is the man of whom scripture says – “I am sending my messenger ahead of you, and he will prepare your way before you.”
28 Mbayaa kwinu, kati ya balo bababelekwile ni nnwawa, ntopo nkolo kati Yohana, lakini mundu ywangali muhimu muno nga ywaa lama ni Nnongo mahali pabile ywembe, apanga nkolo kuliko Yohana.”
There is, I tell you, no one born of a woman who is greater than John; and yet the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.’
29 Ni bandu boti pabayowine haga pamope ni babatosage ushuru, batitangaza Nnongo nga mwene haki. Babile kati yabe babatizilwe kwa ubatizo wa Yohana.
(All the people, when they heard this, and even the tax collectors, having accepted John’s baptism, acknowledged the justice of God.
30 Lakini mafarisayo ni bataalamu ba saliya ya kiyahudi amabbo babatizilwe ni ywembe batikana hekima ya Nnongo kwaajili yabe bene.
But the Pharisees and the students of the Law, having rejected John’s baptism, frustrated God’s purpose in regard to them.)
31 Kai mbaweza linganisha mwenga ni namani bandu ba kizazi cheno? Bai kitiwi?
‘To what then,’ Jesus continued, ‘should I compare the people of the present generation? What are they like?
32 Balingana ni bana babang'anda pasoko, babatama ni kemana yumo baada ya ywenge kababaya,'tuliyula filimbi kwaajili yinu, ni mng'andike kwaa, twatilombola mlelite kwaa.”
They are like some little children who are sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another – “We have played the flute for you, but you have not danced; We have wailed, but you have not wept!”
33 Yohana mbatizaji aichile alile kwaa nkate wala anywile kwa lilogwa, ni mmayite, “Aina mashetani.
For now that John the Baptist has come, not eating bread or drinking wine, you are saying “He has a demon in him”;
34 Mwana wa mundu aichile alile ni ywa ni mmayite linga aina choyo ni nnevi, limbwiga ni babatosa ushuru ni bene sambi.
and now that the Son of Man has come, eating and drinking, you are saying “Here is a glutton and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax collectors and outcasts.”
35 Lakini hekima bakwipwile kuwa ibile ni haki kwa bana bake boti.”
And yet wisdom is vindicated by all her children.’
36 Yumo ywa balo, afarisayo anobite ayende akalye nakwe. Baada ya Yesu jingya munyumba ya mafarisayo, alindikii meza linga alye.
One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to dine with him, so Jesus went to his house and took his place at the table.
37 Linga abi na nnwawa katika kilambo chilo abi ni sambi. Akwipwile kuwa atamii kwa farisayo, alelike chupa ya mauta gananungya.
Just then a woman, who was an outcast in the town, having heard that Jesus was eating in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster jar of perfume,
38 Ayemi nchungu yake karibu ni maghulu gake kuno kalela. Kae atumbwi tepengaya maghulu kwa nywili ya mutwe wakeni kuipakalaya mauta gananungya.
and placed herself behind Jesus, near his feet, weeping. Then she began to make his feet wet with her tears, and she dried them with the hair of her head, repeatedly kissing his feet and anointing them with the perfume.
39 Ni yulo farisayo ywa nkokiti Yesu pamweni nyoo, awechike mwene abayite, mana mundu yuu apanga nabii, apendaga hayu nyai ni nnwawa wa namna gani ywa mkunywa, ya panga mwene sambi.
When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this, he said to himself, ‘Had this man been “the prophet,” he would have known who, and what sort of woman, this is who is touching him, and that she is an outcast.’
40 Yesu atin'yangwa ni kum'makiya, “Simoni nibiina kikowe cha kukubakiya.” Abayite, “kibaye bai mwalimu”
But, addressing him, Jesus said, ‘Simon, I have something to say to you.’ ‘Pray do so, teacher,’ Simon answered; and Jesus began,
41 Yesu abayite, “pabii ni alongelwa abile ba kopite kwa mundu yumo. Yumo abi kadaiwa dinari mia tano ni wene ibele adaiwa dinari hamsini.
‘There were two people who were in debt to a moneylender; one owed five hundred silver coins, and the other fifty.
42 Ni pabile ntopo ela ya kunnepa atikuwasameya boti. Tubwe ywakuywa mpenda muno?
As they were unable to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them, do you think, will love him the more?’
43 Simoni ati kunn'yangwa “mbona ywa nyansima. Yesu amakiya uukumu sawasawa.”
‘I suppose,’ answered Simon, ‘it will be the man to whom he forgave the greater debt.’ ‘You are right,’ said Jesus,
44 Yesu nga ngalabukya mnwawa ni baya kwa Simoni, “Wandamwona uyu nnwawa. Nijingii munyumba yako. Umbei kwaa machi kwa ajili ya magulu gangu, lakini huyu, kwa morii gake ateoengiye magulu gangu ni kugafula kwa nywili yake.
and then, turning to the woman, he said to Simon, ‘Do you see this woman? I came into your house – you gave me no water for my feet, but she has made my feet wet with her tears and dried them with her hair.
45 Huninonii kwaa, lakini ywembe, tangu panjiyite muno alekite kwaa kuninoniya magulu gangu.
You did not give me one kiss, but she, from the moment I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet.
46 Huipakiye kwaa magulu gangu mauta, lakini aipakiye magulu gangu mauta gananungya.
You did not anoint even my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with perfume.
47 Kwa jambo lee, nenda kubakia kwamba abe ni sambi zanyansima ni ninsamilie muno, ni kai atipenda muno, lakini ywasamehelwa pachini apendike pachini tu.”
So I tell you, her great love shows that her sins, many as they are, have been pardoned. One who is pardoned little loves little.’
48 Baadaye aamakiye nnwawa, “sambi yako ichamiilwe.”
Then he said to the woman, ‘Your sins have been pardoned.’
49 Balo babatami pameza pamope nakwe ngabatumbwa longela bene kwa bene, “Aywa nyai mpaka ansamii sambi?”
The other guests began to say to one another, ‘Who is this man who even pardons sins?’
50 Ni Yesu amakiye nnwawa imani yako ikukombwile, Uyende kwa amani.”
But Jesus said to the woman, ‘Your faith has delivered you; go, and peace be with you.’
