Matayu 24
1 Yesu kalawiti Mnumba nkulu ya Mlungu, pakaweriti kankugenda zakuwi, wafundwa wakuwi wamgenderiti wamlanguziya majengu ga Numba nkulu ya Mlungu.
Leaving the Temple Courts, Jesus was walking away, when his disciples came up to draw his attention to the Temple buildings.
2 Yesu kawagambira, “Yina, muweza kugalola goseri aga! Nakaka nuwagambirani, kwahera hata libuwi limu halisigali panu pampindi pa libuwi limonga, kila libuwi haliwusiwi.”
‘Do you see all these things?’ was his answer. ‘I tell you, not a single stone will be left here on another, which will not be thrown down,’
3 Yesu pakalivagiti palugongu lwa Mizeyituni, wafundwa wakuwi wamgenderiti kwa bada, su wamkosiya, “Gutugambiri, hashi vitwatira avi havilawili ndii? Na hashilawiri shishi kulanguziya ndo shipindi sha kwiza kwaku na shipindi sha upeleru pasipanu.” (aiōn g165)
so, while Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came up to him privately and said, ‘Tell us when this will be, and what will be the sign of your coming, and of the close of the age.’ (aiōn g165)
4 Yesu kawankula, “Mulikali weri, muntu nakiza kuwapayirani.
Jesus replied to them, ‘See that no one leads you astray;
5 Wantu wavuwa hawalawili na kulonga kila yumu, ndo Kristu Mlopoziya na hawawazyangi wantu wavuwa.
for, many will take my name, and come saying “I am the Christ,” and will lead many astray.
6 Hampikaniri kuusu ngondu pakwegera na visoweru vya ngondu, kumbiti namulihola. Toziya vitwatira mpaka vilawiri, kumbiti upeleru weni wankali kwiza.
You will hear of wars and rumours of wars; take care not to be alarmed, for such things must occur; but the end is not yet here.
7 Isi yimu hailikomangi na isi yimonga na ufalumi wumu hawulikomangi na ufalumi umonga. Panu na palii hapaweri na njala na malendemeru ga isi kila pahala.
For nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
8 Vitwatila vyoseri avi vilifana gambira kutama pakwanja pakulera mwana.
All this, however, will be but the beginning of the birth pangs!
9 “Shakapanu hawawalaviyani su wawatabisiyi na kuwalaga. Isi zoseri haziwakalaliri toziya ya litawu lyaneni.
When that time comes, they will give you up to persecution, and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.
10 Mushipindi ashi wantu wavuwa hawaleki myoyu yawu, hawagambulikani weni kwa weni na kukalalirana weni kwa weni.
And then many will fall away, and will betray one another, and hate one another.
11 Hawalawili wambuyi wa upayira, pawapotuziya wantu wavuwa.
Many false prophets, also, will appear and lead many astray;
12 Su vitwatira vifaa ndiri havyongereki, mafiliru ga wantu wavuwa hauweri tisutisu.
and, owing to the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.
13 Kumbiti muntu yakahepelera mpaka lupeleru hakalopoziwi.
Yet the person who endures to the end will be saved.
14 Na Shisoweru Shiwagira sha Ufalumi wa Mlungu hashibwerwi pasipanu poseri muwukapitawu kwa wantu wa makabila goseri na upeleru hawizi.
This good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the world as a witness to all nations; and then will come the end.
15 “Su, hamuwoni ‘Shintu shidoda shashihalabisiya’ shakatakuliti Danieli mbuyi gwa Mlungu, shigoloka pahala pananagala.” Yakabetula kavimani mana yakuwi!
As soon, then, as you see “the Foul Desecration,” mentioned by the prophet Daniel, standing in the Holy place,’ (the reader must consider what this means)
16 Panu, yawawera Yudeya su watugili muvigongu.
‘then those of you who are in Judea must take refuge in the mountains;
17 Yakawera pashitwiku sha numba nakasuluka kutola shintu mnumba mwakuwi.
and a man on the housetop must not go down to get the things that are in his house;
18 Yakaweriti kulirambu nakawuya kumbeli kutola nguwu yakuwi.
nor must one who is on their farm turn back to get his cloak.
19 Shondi shondi wamawu yawawera na yinda na walii yawanoniziya mumashaka galii!
Alas for pregnant women, and for those who are nursing infants in those days!
20 Mumluwi Mlungu, su kutuga kwa mwenga nakuwera mashaka ga mpepu ama lishaka lya Kwoyera!
Pray, too, that your flight may not take place in winter, nor on a Sabbath;
21 Toziya mushipindi ashi hakuweri na uhushu mkulu ndoweni wankali kulawira, kwanjira kunyawa kwa pasipanu mpaka leru, wala hapeni ilawiri kayi.
for that will be a time of great distress, the like of which has not occurred from the beginning of the world down to the present time – no, nor ever will again.
22 Kumbiti Mlungu kagapunguriti kala shiyasi sha mashaka aga, mekatendi ndiri, kwahera muntu yoseri mekalikali. Toziya ya wantu yawasyagulitwi, Mlungu hakagapunguli mashaka aga.
Had not those days been limited, not a single soul would escape; but for the sake of God’s people a limit will be put to them.
23 “Su, muntu yoseri pakawagambirani, ‘Guloli Kristu Mlopoziya kapanu’ ama ‘Kapalii!’ Namjimira.
At that time, if anyone should say to you “Look! Here is the Christ!” or “Here he is!”, do not believe it;
24 Hawalawili ashina Kristu wa upayira na wambuyi wa upayira, hawatendi mauzauza makulu na gakulikangasha su wawazyangi payiwezekana ata yawasyagulitwi na Mlungu.
for false Christs and false prophets will arise, and will display great signs and marvels, so that, were it possible, even God’s people would be led astray.
25 Mpikanili! Nuwagambirani pamberi pa shipindi kwiza.
Remember, I have told you beforehand.
26 “Ama, pawawagambirani, ‘Mloli, ka kushiwala!’ Namgenda aku, ama pawalonga, ‘Mloli, kalififa panu!’ Namjimira.
Therefore, if people say to you “He is in the wilderness!”, do not go out there; or “He is in an inner room!”, do not believe it;
27 Mwana gwa Muntu hakizi gambira gulangala gambira lumeta kulyera kulawa kwagulawa mshenji mpaka kwaguzyeta mshenji.
for, just as lightning will start from the east and flash across to the west, so will it be with the coming of the Son of Man.
28 “Palii paweriti na shashifuwiti, ndo pawajojinika wandapu.”
Wherever a dead body lies, there will the vultures flock.
29 “Palaa palii, pa mashaka ga kutabisiya, mshenji haguweri ntiti, na lyezi haliweri ndiri na gulangala na ntondu hazituluki kulawa kulyera na likakala lya kumpindi halilibegizii.
Immediately after the distress of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give her light, the stars will fall from the heavens, and the forces of the heavens will be convulsed.
30 Shakapanu, lilangaliru lya Mwana gwa Muntu halilawiri kulyera na wantu woseri wa pasipanu hawalili pawamwona Mwana gwa Muntu pakiza mumawundi ga kumpindi pamuhera na makakala makulu.
Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in the heavens; and all the peoples of the earth will mourn, when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the heavens, with power and great glory;
31 Mliru mkulu gwa mbalapi hagupikaniki na yomberi hakawatumi wantumintumi wa kumpindi wakuwi muwega za msheshi za pasipanu na hawawajojiniri wantu kulawa lupeleru lumu lwa pasipanu mpaka lupeleru lumonga lwa pasipanu.
and he will send his angels, with a great trumpet, and they will gather his people round him from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
32 “Mleki mtera gwa mkuyu guwafundi. Mitambi ya mitera payiyanja kutomola mahamba, muvimani kuwera shipindi sha kutowa vula shapakwegera.
‘Learn the lesson taught by the fig tree. As soon as its branches are full of sap, and it is bursting into leaf, you know that summer is near.
33 Ntambu ira ayi mwenga pamwona vitwatira vyoseri avi, muvimani handa shipindi shapakwegera nentu.
And so may you, as soon as you see all these things, know that he is at your doors.
34 Muliholi kuwera vitwatira vyoseri avi havilawili pamberi pa kuhowa wantu yawalikala vinu.
I tell you, even the present generation will not pass away, until all these things have taken place.
35 Kumpindi kwa Mlungu na pasipanu hazipiti, kumbiti visoweru vyaneni hapeni vipiti.
The heavens and the earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
36 “Kwahera muntu yoseri yakavimana lishaka ama lisaa paviza, ama wantumintumi wa kumpindi kwa Mlungu ama Mwana. Tati gweka yakuwi ndo yakavimana.
But about that day and hour, no one knows – not even the angels of heaven, not even the Son – but only the Father himself.
37 Kwiza kwa Mwana gwa Muntu hakuweri gambira shilii shashilawiriti mushipindi sha Nuhu.
For, just as in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
38 Mumashaka galii pamberi pa wantu kuhowa mumafuriku waweriti wankuliya na kulanda, wantu waweriti wankuwayuga na kuyugwa mpaka Nuhu pakingiriti mumtumbwi,
In those days before the flood they went on eating and drinking, marrying and being married, up to the very day on which Noah entered the ark,
39 wavimaniti ndiri hashilawiri shishi mpaka mafuliku pagiziti na kuwajola woseri. Ntambu ayi hayiweri pakiza Mwana gwa Muntu.
taking not notice until the flood came and swept them one and all away; and so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
40 Shipindi ashi wantu wawili hawaweri mulirambu, yumu hakatolwi na yumonga hakalekwi.
At that time, of two men on a farm one will be taken and one left;
41 Wadala wawili hawaweri wankusyaga usaka palwala, yumu hakatolwi na yumonga hakalekwi.
of two women grinding with a hand-mill one will be taken and one left.
42 “Su gulikali weri, toziya guvimana ndiri lishaka lya kwiza Mtuwa gwenu.
Therefore watch; for you cannot be sure on what day your Master is coming.
43 Handa yakana numba mekavimani shipindi sha kwiza kwa mpoka, mekalikali masu na mekaleki ndiri mpoka kabomolangi numba yakuwi.
But this you do know, that, had the owner of the house known at what time of night the thief was coming, they would have been on the watch, and would not have allowed their house to be broken into.
44 Su na mwenga viraa muweri kala, toziya Mwana gwa Muntu hakizi mulisaa lyagulimana ndiri.”
Therefore, you must also prepare, since it is just when you are least expecting him that the Son of Man will come.
45 “Yesu kendeleyiti kutakula, Ndo gaa ntumintumi yakaaminika na kana luhala, ndo mtuwa gwakuwi hakamtuli pampindi pa wantu wakuwi, kawapanani shiboga kwa shipindi shakuwi?
Who, then is that trustworthy, careful servant, who has been placed by their master over his household, to give them their food at the proper time?
46 Mbaka ntumintumi uliya mweni mtuwa gwakuwi pakiza hakamwoni kankutenda hangu.
Happy will that servant be whom their master, when he comes home, will find doing this.
47 Nukugambirani nakaka, katamtula ntumini ayu kagolokeri ulunda wakuwi woseri.
I tell you that their master will put them in charge of the whole of his property.
48 Kumbiti handa ndo ntumintumi kadoda, hakaligambiziyi mweni kuwera mtuwa gwakuwi hakashelewi kuwuya,
But, should the servant be a bad servant, and say to themselves “My master is a long time in coming,”
49 na hakanji kuwakomanga wantumintumi wayaguwi na kanja kuliya na kulanda pamuhera na waloweru.
and begin to beat their fellow servants, and eat and drink with drunkards,
50 Shakapanu mtuwa gwakuwi ntumintumi ulii pakizaku lishaka lyankali kulimana na shipindi shakashimana ndiri.
that servant’s master will come on a day when they do not expect him, and at an hour of which they are unaware,
51 Mtuwa hakamwazibu nentu na kumtula shipinga shimu na wafyangu. Aku hakalili na kugayagaya menu gakuwi.”
and will flog the servant severely, and assign them their place among the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.
