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.
He also said to his disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.
2 Hivyo tajiri akamwita, akamwambia, “Ni nini hii ninayo isikia juu yako? Toa hesabu ya umeneja wako, kwa kuwa huwezi kuwa meneja tena.'
He called him, and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’
3 Yule meneja akasema moyoni mwake, Nifanye nini, maana bwana wangu ananiondolea kazi yangu ya umeneja? Sina nguvu za kulima, na kuomba naona haya.
“The manager said within himself, ‘What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I don’t have strength to dig. 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 when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.’
5 Hivyo wakili akawaita wadeni wa bwana wake kila mmoja akamwambia wa kwanza, 'unadaiwa kiasi gani na bwana wangu?'
Calling each one of his lord’s debtors to him, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe to my lord?’
6 Akasema vipimo mia moja vya mafuta akamwambia 'chukua hati yako keti upesi andika hamsini.'
He said, ‘A hundred batos of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’
7 kisha akamwambia mwingine na wewe unadaiwa kiasi gani?' akasema 'vipimo mia moja vya unga vya ngano.' Akamwambia 'twaa hati yako andika themanini.'
Then he said to another, ‘How much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred cors of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’
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 lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light. (aiōn g165)
9 Nami nawaambia jifanyieni marafiki kwa mali ya udhalimu ili itakapokosekana wawakaribishe katika makao ya milele. (aiōnios g166)
I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents. (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 faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.
11 Kama ninyi hamkuwa waaminifu katika mali ya udhalimu ni nani atakayewaamini katika mali ya kweli?
If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
12 Na kama hamkuwa waaminifu katika kutumia mali ya mtu mwingine ni nani atakayewapa iliyo yenu wenyewe?
If you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your 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 the one and love the other; or else he will hold to one and despise the other. You aren’t able to serve God and Mammon.”
14 Basi Mafarisayo, ambao walikuwa wanapenda fedha waliyasikia haya yote na wakamdhihaki.
The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.
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.
He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted amongst men is 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 Torah and the Prophets were until Yochanan. From that time the Good News of God’s Kingdom is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
17 Lakini ni rahisi kwa mbingu na nchi vitoweke kuliko hata herufi moja ya sheria ikosekane.
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the Torah to become void.
18 Kila amwachaye mkewe na kumwoa mke mwingine azini, naye amwooaye yeye aliyeachwa na mumewe azini.
“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.
19 Palikua na mtu mmoja tajiri aliyevaa nguo za rangi ya zambarau na kitani safi na alikua akifurahia kila siku utajiri wake mkubwa.
“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
20 Na maskini mmoja jina lake Lazaro aliwekwa getini pake, na ana vidonda.
A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was taken to his gate, full of sores,
21 Naye alikua akitamani kushibishwa kwa makombo yaliyoanguka katika meza ya yule tajiri hata mbwa wakaja wakamlamba vidonda vyake.
and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 Ikawa yule maskini alikufa na akachukuliwa na Malaika mpaka kifuani kwa Ibrahimu. Yule tajiri naye akafa akazikwa.
The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. 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 Sheol, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom. (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.
He cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue! For I am in anguish 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.
“But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But here he is now comforted and you are in anguish.
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.'
Besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that those who want to pass from here to you are not able, and that no one may cross over from there to us.’
27 Yule tajiri akasema, 'Nakuomba Baba Ibrahimu, kwamba umtume nyumbani kwa baba yangu
“He said, ‘I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him 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—that he may testify to them, so they won’t also come into this place of torment.’
29 Lakini Ibrahimu akasema, 'Wanao Musa na manabii. Waache wawasikilize wao.
“But Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets. Let them listen to them.’
30 Yule tajiri akasema, 'hapana, Baba Ibrahimu, lakini kama akiwaendea mtu atokaye kwa wafu watatubu.'
“He said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’
31 Lakini Ibrahimu akamwambia, 'wasipowasikia Musa na manabii hawatashawishiwa hata mtu akifufuka katika wafu.
“He said to him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.’”
