Luka 13
1 Shipindi shilii wantu wamu yawaweriti palii wamgambiriti Yesu kwajili wantu wa Galilaya weni Pilatu kawalagiti pawaweriti wankulaviya tambiku kwa Mlungu.
Just at that time some people had come to tell Jesus about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with the blood of their sacrifices.
2 Yesu kawakosiya, “Toziya wantu wa Galilaya wawalagiti kwa njira ilii, mlihola kuwera waweriti na vidoda kuliku wantu wa Galilaya wamonga?
“Do you suppose,” replied Jesus, “that, because these Galileans have suffered in this way, they were worse sinners than any other Galileans?
3 Neni nonga, ndala! Nukugambirani kuwera handa pamlema kuleka vidoda vyamtenda, hamhowi ntambu yawahowiti womberi.
No, I tell you; but, unless you repent, you will all perish as they did.
4 Ntambu gaa kwajili ya wantu lilongu na wanani wa Silowamu yawahowiti shipindi mnara paguwatulukiriti? Mlihola kuwera womberi waweriti wanavidoda kuliku wantu wamonga wawalikala Yerusalemu?
Or those eighteen men at Siloam on whom the tower fell, killing them all, do you suppose that they were worse offenders than any other inhabitants of Jerusalem?
5 Ndala! Nukugambirani mwenga, handa pamlema kuleka vidoda vyamtenda, hamhowi ntambu yawahowiti womberi.”
No, I tell you; but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same manner.”
6 Su Yesu kawagambiriti mfanu agu, “Kuweriti na muntu yumu, keniti na mtera gwa tini mulirambu lyakuwi. Kagenditi kwapa tini mumtera kumbiti kapata ndiri.
And Jesus told them this parable – “A man, who had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, came to look for fruit on it, but could not find any.
7 Su kamgambiriti ntumintumi gwa lirambu, ‘Guloli, kwa mivinja mitatu paniza kwapa mabwajubwaju mumtera gwa tini, kumbiti nugawona ndiri. Gugudumuli! Toziya gumalira hera litapaka.’
So he said to his gardener ‘Three years now I have come to look for fruit on this fig tree, without finding any! Cut it down. Why should it rob the soil?’
8 Kumbiti ntumintumi kamgambira, ‘Mtuwa, guguleki huti kwa shinja shimu hera, hanugulimili na kugulekera mbotu.
‘Leave it this one year more, Sir,’ the man answered, ‘until I have dug around it and manured it.
9 Pagulera mabwajubwaju shinja shankwiza, hayiherepi nentu, kumbiti pagulera ndiri su guweza kugudumula.’”
Then, if it bears in future, well and good; but if not, you can have it cut down.’”
10 Yesu kaweriti munumba ya Mlungu mulishaka lya kwoyera pakafunda.
Jesus was teaching on a Sabbath in one of the synagogues,
11 Palii peniti na mdala yakeniti na shamshera yakamtenda kalwali mivinja lilongu na nane, kaweriti na shibyongu ata kasinditi kugoloka.
and he saw before him a woman who for eighteen years had suffered from weakness owing to her having an evil spirit in her. She was bent double, and was wholly unable to raise herself.
12 Yesu pakamwoniti kamshema, “Mawu, su guponiziwa ulweli waku!”
When Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said, “Woman, you are released from your weakness.”
13 Kamtulila mawoku gakuwi, na palaa palii shibyongu shihuka na kawera safi, su kamkwisiti Mlungu.
He placed his hands on her, and she was instantly made straight, and began to praise God.
14 Mkulu gwa numba ya Mlungu kaweriti kakalala Yesu pakamponiziyiti mulishaka lya kwoyera, su kawagambiriti wantu, “Kwana mashaka sita gamuweza kutenda lihengu, mwizi mumashaka aga muponiziwi malweli genu, namwiza Mulishaka lya kwoyera!”
But the synagogue leader, indignant that Jesus had worked the cure on the Sabbath, intervened and said to the people, “There are six days on which work ought to be done; come to be cured on one of those, and not on the Sabbath.”
15 Mtuwa kamwankula, “Gwamfyangu gwenga! Ndo gaa pakati penu mekamvuguli ng'ombi ama punda gwakuwi kulawa mulizizi na kumtenda kalandi mashi ata payiwera lishaka lya kwoyera?
“You hypocrites!” the Master answered him. “Does not everyone of you let your ox or your donkey loose from its manger, and take it out to drink, on the Sabbath?
16 Vinu su peni panu kwana muhinga gwa Aburahamu ndomweni Shetani kamtenda shibyongu kwa mivinja lilongu na nane, su iherepa ndiri kumponiziya mulishaka lya kwoyera?”
But this woman, a daughter of Abraham, who has been kept in bondage by Satan for now eighteen years, ought not she to have been released from her bondage on the Sabbath?”
17 Kuwankula kwakuwi kuwatenditi wadoda wawoni soni weni, kumbiti wantu wamonga wanemeleriti toziya ya vitwatira vyakatenditi.
As he said this, his opponents all felt ashamed; but all the people rejoiced to see all the wonderful things that he was doing.
18 Yesu kakosiyiti, “Ufalumi wa Mlungu ulifana na shishi? Nuufaniziyi na shintu gaa?
So Jesus said, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what can I liken it?
19 Ulifana hangu. Muntu katola mbeyu ndidini nentu ya haradali na kuyala mulirambu. Mbeyu imera na kuwera mtera, na wampongu wiza na kunyawa vitukulu vyawu mumitambi.”
It is like a mustard seed which a man took and put in his garden. The seed grew and became a tree, and the wild birds roosted in its branches.”
20 Kayi Yesu kakosiya, “Hanuufaniziyi Ufalumi wa Mlungu na shintu gaa?
And again Jesus said, “To what can I liken the kingdom of God?
21 Ulifana na simika yakatoliti mawu yumu na kuyihanganyiya pamuhera na ubumu vipimu vitatu, su ubumu woseri ututumuka.”
It is like some yeast which a woman took and covered in three pecks of flour, until the whole had risen.”
22 Yesu kendereyiti na mwanja gwakuwi kugenda muisi na muvijiji, pakafunda wantu na pakanyawa njira yakuwi kugenda Yerusalemu.
Jesus went through towns and villages, teaching as he went, and making his way towards Jerusalem.
23 Muntu yumu su kamkosiya, “Mtuwa, wantu hawawalopoziyi ndo wadidini hera?” Yesu kawagambiriti,
“Master,” someone asked, “are there but few in the path of salvation?” And Jesus answered,
24 “Mkamaliri nentu kwingira mumlyangu mdidini, toziya wantu wavuwa hawajeli nakaka kwingira kumbiti hapeni wingiri.
“Strive to go in by the narrow door. Many, I tell you, will seek to go in, but they will not be able,
25 Mkulu gwa numba hakimuki na kutata mlyangu, mwenga hamgoloki kunja na kwanja kukota mlyangu na kulonga, ‘Mtuwa, mtuwa! Gutuvuguliri mlyangu!’ Nayomberi hakawankuli, ‘Nuwamana ndiri mwenga na pamlawa!’
when once the master of the house has got up and shut the door, while you begin to say, as you stand outside and knock, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’ His answer will be – ‘I do not know where you come from.’
26 Su mwenga hamwankuli, ‘Tuliya na kulanda pamuwera na gwenga, na gwenga gutufunditi muisi yetu!’
Then you will begin to say ‘We have eaten and drunk in your presence, and you have taught in our streets,’ and his reply will be –
27 Kumbiti yomberi kayi hakalongi, ‘Nupamana ndiri pamlawa. Muwuki kulawa kwaneni mwoseri mtenda vidoda!’
‘I do not know where you come from. Leave my presence, all you who are living in wickedness.’
28 Su panu hamulili na kugayagaya menu genu pawakwasirani kunja na hamuwaloli Aburahamu na Isaka na Yakobu na wambuyi wa Mlungu Muufalumi wa Mlungu!
There, there will be weeping and grinding of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, while you yourselves are being driven outside.
29 Wantu hawizi kulawa kwagulawa mushenji na kwaguzyeta mushenji, kulawa kushana na kusika, su hawaweri mumsambu Muufalumi wa Mlungu.
People will come from East and West, and from North and South, and take their places at the banquet in the kingdom of God.
30 Su woseri yawawera wa upeleru hawaweri wa kwanja, na woseri yawawera vinu wa kwanja hawaweri wa upeleru.”
There are some who are last now who will then be first, and some who are first now who will then be last!”
31 Shipindi shilaa shiliya Wamafalisayu wamu wamwiziriti Yesu na kumgambira, “Gufiruwa guwuki panu na gugendi pahala pingi, toziya Herodi kafira kakulagi gwenga!”
Just then some Pharisees came up to Jesus and said, “Go away and leave this place, for Herod wants to kill you.”
32 Yesu kawankula, “Mgendi mwakamgambiri shibweta ulii hangu, ‘Nankuwalaviya washamshera na kuwaponiziya walweli leru na shilawu, na lishaka lya tatu hamalili lihengu lyangu.’
But Jesus answered, “Go and say to that fox ‘Look you, I am driving out demons and will be completing cures today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will have done.’
33 Vila vilii mpaka nweri mumwanja leru, na shilawu, na lishaka limonga, toziya iherepa ndiri kwa mbuyi gwa Mlungu wamlagi kunja kwa Yerusalemu.
But today and tomorrow and the day after I must go on my way, because it cannot be that a prophet should meet his end outside Jerusalem.
34 “Yerusalemu! Shondi shondi Yerusalemu bamu! Guwalaga wambuyi wa Mlungu, guwagumanga kwa mabuwi walii yawatumitwi kwaku! Vipindi vivuwa nfira kuwatula wana waku mumawoku mwangu gambira nkuku pakavigupika vyana vyakuwi kwa mbapatiru zyakuwi, kumbiti gwenga gunema!
Jerusalem! Jerusalem! You who slays the prophets and stones the messengers sent to you – Oh, how often have I wished to gather your children around me, as a hen takes her brood under her wings, and you would not come!
35 Su hawakulekeli gumweni numba yaku. Nukugambira nakaka gwenga hapeni muwoni mpaka shipindi shiza pamtakula, ‘Mlungu gumtekeleri ulii yakiza mulitawu lya Mtuwa.’”
Verily your house is left to you desolate! And never, I tell you, will you see me, until you say – ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
