Luka 5
1 Lishaka limu Yesu kagolokiti pampenku pa litanda lya Genezareti, aku wantu waweriti wankulibabanika wapikiniri visoweru vya Mlungu.
Once, when the people were pressing around Jesus as they listened to God’s message, he happened to be standing by the shore of the Lake of Gennesaret, and saw two boats close to the shore.
2 Kawoniti mitumbwi miwili mumpenku mwa litanda, walowa wa wasomba waweriti wawuka, wagenditi kuzigulula wavu zawu.
The fishermen had gone away from them and were washing the nets.
3 Yesu kagenda kwingira mumtumbwi mwa Simoni na kamgambiriti kagusegeziyi mtumbwi gulii palongolu padidini mulitanda. Yesu kalivagiti mumtumbwi na kanjiti kulifunda lipinga lya wantu.
So, getting into one of the boats, which belonged to Simon, Jesus asked him to push off a little way from the shore, and then sat down and taught the people from the boat.
4 Pakamaliriti kala kutakula, kamgambira Simoni, “Gushimi mtumbwi kugenda kumashi gagenda, gwenga na wayagu mwakazidibisiyi zinyavu zyeni mlowi wasomba.”
When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Push off into deep water, and throw out your nets for a haul.”
5 Simoni kamwankula, “Mtuwa, twenga pashiru poseri tutenditi lihengu liraa ali kumbiti tupata ndiri wasomba. Toziya gwenga gutakula hangu, neni hanuzidibisiyi zinyavu.”
“We have been hard at work all night, Sir,” answered Simon, “and have not caught anything, but, at your bidding, I will throw out the nets.”
6 Pawadibisiyiti kala zinyavu wamemiti wasomba wavuwa mpaka zinyavu zyanja kudegeka.
They did so, and enclosed such a great shoal of fish that their nets began to break.
7 Wawashemiti wayawu yawaweriti mumtumbwi gumonga wizi wawatangi. Womberi wiza na wamemisiya wasomba mitumbwi yoseri miwili mpaka yanja kulidiba.
So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them; and they came and filled both the boats so full of fish that they were almost sinking.
8 Simoni Peteru pakawoniti yagalawiriti, kasuntamalira palongolu pa Yesu pakalonga, “Guwuki palongolu pangu, Mtuwa! Toziya neni muntu yanwera na vidoda!”
When Simon Peter saw this, he threw himself down at Jesus’ knees, exclaiming, “Master, leave me, for I am a sinful man!”
9 Simoni na wayaguwi woseri walikangashiti pawawoniti ntambu yawapatiti wasomba wavuwa.
For he and all who were with him were lost in amazement at the haul of fish which they had made;
10 Wayaguwi na Simon, ashina Yakobu na Yohani, wana wa Zebedayu nawomberi walikangasha. Yesu kamgambira Simoni, “Nagutila, kwanjira vinu haguweri mlowa wantu.”
and so, too, were James and John, Zebedee’s sons, who were Simon’s partners. “Do not be afraid,” Jesus said to Simon, “from today you will catch people.”
11 Wasegeziyiti mitumbwi yawu pampenku palitanda, waleka kila shintu, wamfata Yesu.
And, when they had brought their boats to shore, they left everything, and followed him.
12 Su Yesu pakaweriti mulushi, kuweriti na muntu yakana ugumbula. Pakamwoniti Yesu, kasuntama makukama kulongolu kwa Yesu kamluwa pakalonga, “Mtuwa pagufira gumweni, guweza gumpungi neni.”
On one occasion Jesus was staying in a town, when he saw a man who was covered with leprosy. When the leper saw Jesus, he threw himself on his face and implored his help, “Master, if only you are willing, you are able to make me clean.”
13 Yesu kanyosha liwoku lyakuwi na kumshinkula pakalonga, “Neni nfira hangu, gupungwi!” Pala palii ugumbula umlekeziya.
Stretching out his hand, Jesus touched him, saying as he did so, “I am willing; become clean.” Instantly the leprosy left the man;
14 Yesu kamsinga pakalonga, “Nagumgambira muntu yoseri, su gugendi gwakaliranguziyi kwa Mtambika mkulu, gulaviyi tambiku ntambu yakalagaliriti Musa kwa kupungwa kwaku su muntu yoseri kavimani kuwera gupona.”
and then Jesus impressed on him that he was not to say a word to anyone, “but,” he added, “set out and show yourself to the priest, and make the offerings for your cleansing, in the manner directed by Moses, as evidence of your cure.”
15 Visoweru vya Yesu vyeniyiti nentu. Lipinga lya wantu limgendiriti kumpikinira na wamonga wafiliti waponiziwi malweli gawu.
However, the story about Jesus spread all the more, and great crowds came together to listen to him, and to be cured of their illnesses;
16 Su Yesu kawukiti na kagenda pahala pagweka, kaweriti kankumluwa Mlungu.
but Jesus used to withdraw to lonely places and pray.
17 Lishaka limu Yesu kaweriti kankufunda, Mafalisayu wamu pamuhera na wafunda wa Malagaliru yawalivagiti palii weni walawiti mukila Iushi lwa Galilaya na Yudeya na kulawa Yerusalemu. Likakala lya Mtuwa liweriti kwa Yesu kwajili ya kuponiziya walweli.
On one of those days, when Jesus was teaching, some Pharisees and Doctors of the Law were sitting near by. (They had come from all the villages in Galilee and Judea, and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was on Jesus, so that he could work cures.)
18 Wantu wamu wiziti pawampapa mushitanda muntu yakalewelekiti, wajeriti kumwingiziya mnumba su wamtuli palongolu pa Yesu.
And there some men brought on a bed a man who was paralyzed. They tried to get him in and lay him before Jesus;
19 Toziya ya lipinga lya wantu, wasinditi kwingira nayomberi mnumba. Su wamkweniziya mlweri ulii pashitwiku, wadonola pampindi palitala, shakapanu wamseleziya mlweri ulii mushitanda mwakuwi mpaka pakati kulongolu kwa Yesu. Wantu wamsheshi wankumsulusiya mlweri kupitira palitala.
but, finding no way of getting him in owing to the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him through the tiles, with his pallet, into the middle of the people and in front of Jesus.
20 Yesu pakawoniti njimiru yawu nkulu, kamgambiriti mlweri ulii, “Ganja gwangu, vidoda vyaku vilekiziwa.”
When he saw their faith, Jesus said, “Friend, your sins have been forgiven you.”
21 Wafunda wa Malagaliru na Mafalisayu su wanja kulikosiya pawalonga, “Ayu muntu gaa, kamwigilanga Mlungu! Mlungu gweka yakuwi ndo kaweza kulekiziya vidoda.”
The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees began debating about this. “Who is this man who speaks so blasphemously?” they asked. “Who can forgive sins except God?”
22 Yesu kavimaniti kala vyawaliholiti su kawakosiya, “Hashi, mulihola hangu mumyoyu mwenu?
When Jesus became aware of the way in which they were debating, he turned to them and exclaimed, “What are you debating with yourselves?
23 Shoshi shikamala ndiri, ‘Kulonga vidoda vyaku vilekiziwa,’ ama kutakula, ‘Gugoloki na gugendigendi?’
Which is the easier? – to say ‘Your sins have been forgiven you’? Or to say ‘Get up, and walk’?
24 Nfira muvimani, Mwana gwa Muntu kana uwezu pasipanu wa kulekiziya vidoda.” Su kamgambiriti muntu yakalewelekiti, “Nunkugambira, gugoloki na gutoli mkeka gwaku na gugendi ukaya kwaku!”
But so that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins” – he spoke to the paralyzed man – “To you I say, Get up, and take up your pallet, and go to your home.”
25 Pala palii muntu ulii yakalewelekiti kagoloka kulongolu kwawu woseri, katola mkeka gwakuwi na kugendagenda na kagenditi ukaya pakamkwisa Mlungu.
Instantly the man stood up before their eyes, took up what he had been lying on, and went to his home, praising God.
26 Woseri walikangasha nentu! Waweriti na lyoga, wamkwisiti Mlungu pawalonga, “Tulola mauzauza leru!”
The people, one and all, were lost in amazement, and praised God; and in great awe they said, “We have seen marvelous things today!”
27 Shakapanu, Yesu kalawa kunja, kamwoniti yakatola kodi litawu lyakuwi Lawi, kalivaga muofisi mwakuwi. Yesu kamgambira, “Gunfati.”
After this, Jesus went out; and he noticed a tax-gatherer, named Levi, sitting in the tax office, and said to him, “Follow me.”
28 Lawi kagoloka, kaleka kila shintu, kamfatiti yomberi.
Levi left everything and got up and followed him.
29 Lawi kamtenderiti Yesu msambu mkulu nentu pakaya pakuwi, mngati mwa wahenga, waweriti watola kodi wavuwa pamuhera na wantu wamonga.
And Levi gave a great banquet at his house, in honor of Jesus; and a large number of tax collectors and others were having dinner with them.
30 Mafalisayu wamu na wafunda wa Malagaliru, winginikiti kwa wafundwa wa Yesu pawalonga, “Iwera hashi mwega mliya shiboga na kulanda pamuhera na watola kodi na wantu yawawera na vidoda?”
The Pharisees and the teachers of the Law belonging to their party complained of this to the disciples of Jesus.
31 Yesu kawankula, “Wantu wakomu walandaga ndiri mtera, kumbiti woseri yawalwala ndo walandaga mtera.
In answer Jesus said, “It is not those who are well who need a doctor, but those who are ill.
32 Niza ndiri kuwashema wantu waheri, kumbiti niza kuwashema wantu yawawera na vidoda waleki vidoda vyawatenda.”
I have not come to call the religious, but the outcast, to repent.”
33 Wantu wamonga wamgambiriti Yesu, “Wafundwa wa Yohani Mbatiza, woyiti kuliya mala zivuwa na kumluwa Mlungu na wafundwa wa Mafalisayu watendaga hera hangu, kumbiti wafundwa waku wankuliya na kulanda.”
“John’s disciples,” they said to Jesus, “Often fast and say prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, while yours are eating and drinking!”
34 Yesu kawankula, “Hashi muweza kuwatenda wahenga wa mpalu gwa ndowa wafungi pawawera na mpalu gwa ndowa? Hapeni watendi hangu!
But Jesus answered them, “Can you make the groom’s friends fast while the groom is with them?
35 Su lishaka halizi pawamtola mpalu gwa ndowa, womberi ndo hawoyi kuliya.”
But the days will come – a time when the groom will be taken away from them; and they will fast then, when those days come.”
36 Yesu viraa kawagambira kwa mfanu, “Kwahera muntu hakatoli shiraka sha nguwu yasyayi na kusonera munguwu ngona. Pakatenda hangu, su nguwu yasyayi hawayidegi, kayi shiraka sheni hapeni shilinganiri na nguwu ngona.
Then, as an illustration, Jesus said to them, “No one ever tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old one; for, if they do, they will not only tear the new garment, but the piece from the new one will not match the old.
37 Kwahera muntu yakalekera divayi yasyayi mumihaku ya lukuli migona, toziya divayi ya syayi hayipanti mihaku ya lukuli na divayi yeni hayitiki na mihaku ya lukuli hayidegeki.
And no one puts new wine into old wine-skins; for, if they do, the new wine will burst the skins, and the wine itself will run out, and the skins be lost.
38 Mala zoseri, divayi yasyayi ilekerwa mumihaku ya lukuli yasyayi!
But new wine must be put into fresh skins.
39 Kwahera muntu yakafira kulanda divayi yasyayi pakalanditi kala divayi ngona, su katakula, ‘Divayi ngona ndo iherepa nentu.’”
No one after drinking old wine wishes for new. ‘No,’ they say, ‘the old is excellent.’”
