Luka 16
1 Yesu aliwaambia tena wanafunzi wake, “Palikuwa na mtu mmoja tajiri aliyekuwa na meneja, na alitaarifiwa ya kwamba meneja huyu anatapanya mali zake.
Jesus said to his disciples: “There was a rich man who had a steward; and this steward was maliciously accused to him of wasting his estate.
2 Hivyo tajiri akamwita, akamwambia, “Ni nini hii ninayo isikia juu yako? Toa hesabu ya umeneja wako, kwa kuwa huwezi kuwa meneja tena.'
So the master called him and said ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give in your accounts, for you cannot act as steward any longer.’
3 Yule meneja akasema moyoni mwake, Nifanye nini, maana bwana wangu ananiondolea kazi yangu ya umeneja? Sina nguvu za kulima, na kuomba naona haya.
‘What am I to do,’ the steward asked himself, ‘now that my master is taking the steward’s place away from me? I have not strength to dig, and I am ashamed to beg.
4 Najua nitakalotenda ili nitakapotolewa katika kazi yangu ya uwakili watu wanikaribishe nyumbani mwao.
I know what I will do, so that, as soon as I am turned out of my stewardship, people may welcome me into their homes.’
5 Hivyo wakili akawaita wadeni wa bwana wake kila mmoja akamwambia wa kwanza, 'unadaiwa kiasi gani na bwana wangu?'
One by one he called up his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked of the first.
6 Akasema vipimo mia moja vya mafuta akamwambia 'chukua hati yako keti upesi andika hamsini.'
‘Four hundred and forty gallons of oil,’ answered the man. ‘Here is your agreement,’ he said; ‘sit down at once and make it two hundred and twenty.’
7 kisha akamwambia mwingine na wewe unadaiwa kiasi gani?' akasema 'vipimo mia moja vya unga vya ngano.' Akamwambia 'twaa hati yako andika themanini.'
And you, the steward said to the next, ‘how much do you owe?’ ‘Seventy quarters of wheat,’ he replied. ‘Here is your agreement,’ the steward said; ‘make it fifty-six.’
8 Yule bwana akamsifu meneja dhalimu kwa vile alivyotenda kwa wereu. Kwakua watoto wa ulimwengu huu ni werevu nyingi na hushughulika kwa ujanja na watu wa upande wao kuliko walivyo watoto wa nuru. (aiōn g165)
His master complimented this dishonest steward on the shrewdness of his action. And indeed men of the world are shrewder in dealing with their fellow-men than those who have the Light. (aiōn g165)
9 Nami nawaambia jifanyieni marafiki kwa mali ya udhalimu ili itakapokosekana wawakaribishe katika makao ya milele. (aiōnios g166)
And I say to you ‘Win friends for yourselves with your dishonest money,’ so that, when it comes to an end, there may be a welcome for you into the Eternal Home. (aiōnios g166)
10 Aliye mwaminifu katika lililo dogo sana huwa mwaminifu katika lililo kubwa pia. na aliye dhalimu katika lililo dogo huwa dhalimu katika lililo kubwa pia.
He who is trustworthy in the smallest matter is trustworthy in a great one also; and he who is dishonest in the smallest matter is dishonest in a great one also.
11 Kama ninyi hamkuwa waaminifu katika mali ya udhalimu ni nani atakayewaamini katika mali ya kweli?
So, if you have proved untrustworthy with the ‘dishonest money,’ who will trust you with the true?
12 Na kama hamkuwa waaminifu katika kutumia mali ya mtu mwingine ni nani atakayewapa iliyo yenu wenyewe?
And, if you have proved untrustworthy with what does not belong to us, who will give you what is really our own?
13 Hakuna mtumishi awezaye kutumikia mabwana wawili, kwamaana atamchukia mmoja na kumpenda mwingine, ama atashikamana na huyu na kumdharau huyu. Hamuwezi kumtumikia Mungu na mali.”
No servant can serve two masters, for, either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will attach himself to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.”
14 Basi Mafarisayo, ambao walikuwa wanapenda fedha waliyasikia haya yote na wakamdhihaki.
All this was said within hearing of the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, and they began to sneer at Jesus.
15 Na akawaambia, “Ninyi ndiyo mnaojidai haki mbele ya wanadamu, lakini Mungu anaijua mioyo yenu. Kwa kuwa lililotukuka kwa wanadamu huwa chukizo mbele za Mungu.
“You,” said Jesus, “are the men who justify themselves before the world, but God can read your hearts; and what is highly esteemed among men may be an abomination in the sight of God.
16 Sheria na manabii vilikuwapo mpaka Yohana alivyokuja. Tangu wakati huo, habari njema ya ufalme wa Mungu hutangazwa, na kila mtu hujaribu kujiingiza kwa nguvu.
The Law and the Prophets sufficed until the time of John. Since then the Good News of the Kingdom of God has been told, and everybody has been forcing his way into it.
17 Lakini ni rahisi kwa mbingu na nchi vitoweke kuliko hata herufi moja ya sheria ikosekane.
It would be easier for the heavens and the earth to disappear than for one stroke of a letter in the Law to be lost.
18 Kila amwachaye mkewe na kumwoa mke mwingine azini, naye amwooaye yeye aliyeachwa na mumewe azini.
Every one who divorces his wife and marries another woman is an adulterer, and the man who marries a divorced woman is an adulterer.
19 Palikua na mtu mmoja tajiri aliyevaa nguo za rangi ya zambarau na kitani safi na alikua akifurahia kila siku utajiri wake mkubwa.
There was once a rich man, who dressed in purple robes and fine linen, and feasted every day in great splendour.
20 Na maskini mmoja jina lake Lazaro aliwekwa getini pake, na ana vidonda.
Near his gateway there had been laid a beggar named Lazarus, who was covered with sores,
21 Naye alikua akitamani kushibishwa kwa makombo yaliyoanguka katika meza ya yule tajiri hata mbwa wakaja wakamlamba vidonda vyake.
and who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the very dogs came and licked his sores.
22 Ikawa yule maskini alikufa na akachukuliwa na Malaika mpaka kifuani kwa Ibrahimu. Yule tajiri naye akafa akazikwa.
After a time the beggar died, and was taken by the angels to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried.
23 Na kule kuzimu alipokua katika mateso aliyainua macho yake akamuona Ibrahimu kwa mbali na Lazaro kifuani mwake. (Hadēs g86)
In the Place of Death he looked up in his torment, and saw Abraham at a distance and Lazarus at his side. (Hadēs g86)
24 Akalia akasema, 'Baba Ibrahimu, nihurumue umtume Lazaro achovye ncha ya kidole chake majini, auburudishe ulimi wangu; kwa sababu ninateswa katika moto huu.
So he called out ‘Pity me, Father Abraham, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am suffering agony in this flame.’
25 Lakini Ibrahimu akasema, 'Mwanangu kumbuka ya kwamba katika maisha yako uliyapokea mambo yako mema, na Lazaro vivyo alipata mabaya. Ila sasa yupo hapa anafarijiwa na wewe unaumizwa.
‘Child,’ answered Abraham, ‘remember that you in your lifetime received what you thought desirable, just as Lazarus received what was not desirable; but now he has his consolation here, while you are suffering agony.
26 Na zaidi ya hayo, kumewekwa shimo kubwa na refu kati yetu, ili wale wanaotaka kutoka huku kwenda kwenu wasiweze wala watu wa kwenu wasivuke kuja kwetu.'
And not only that, but between you and us there lies a great chasm, so that those who wish to pass from here to you cannot, nor can they cross from there to us.’
27 Yule tajiri akasema, 'Nakuomba Baba Ibrahimu, kwamba umtume nyumbani kwa baba yangu
‘Then, Father,’ he said, ‘I beg you to send Lazarus to my father’s house —
28 kwa kuwa ninao ndugu watano ili awaonye, kwa hofu kwamba wao pia watkuja mahali hapa pa mateso. '
For I have five brothers to warn them, so that they may not come to this place of torture also.’
29 Lakini Ibrahimu akasema, 'Wanao Musa na manabii. Waache wawasikilize wao.
‘They have the writings of Moses and the Prophets,’ replied Abraham; ‘let them listen to them.’
30 Yule tajiri akasema, 'hapana, Baba Ibrahimu, lakini kama akiwaendea mtu atokaye kwa wafu watatubu.'
‘But, Father Abraham,’ he urged, ‘if some one from the dead were to go to them, they would repent.’
31 Lakini Ibrahimu akamwambia, 'wasipowasikia Musa na manabii hawatashawishiwa hata mtu akifufuka katika wafu.
‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets,’ answered Abraham, ‘they will not be persuaded, even if some one were to rise from the dead.’”
