Luka 11
1 Siku moja, Yesu alikuwa mahali fulani akisali. Alipomaliza kusali, mmoja wa wanafunzi wake akamwambia, “Bwana, tunakuomba utufundishe kusali kama Yohane mbatizaji alivyowafundisha wanafunzi wake.”
When he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as Yochanan also taught his disciples.”
2 Yesu akawaambia, “Mnaposali, semeni: Baba! Jina lako litukuzwe; Ufalme wako ufike.
He said to them, “When you pray, say, ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.
3 Utupe daima chakula chetu cha kila siku.
Give us day by day our daily bread.
4 Utusamehe dhambi zetu, maana sisi tunawasamehe wote waliotukosea; wala usitutie katika majaribu.”
Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’”
5 Kisha akawaambia, “Tuseme mmoja wenu anaye rafiki, akaenda kwake usiku wa manane, akamwambia: Rafiki, tafadhali niazime mikate mitatu,
He said to them, “Which of you, if you go to a friend at midnight and tell him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
6 kwa kuwa rafiki yangu amepitia kwangu akiwa safarini nami sina cha kumpa.
for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him,’
7 Naye, akiwa ndani angemjibu: Usinisumbue! Nimekwisha funga mlango. Mimi na watoto wangu tumelala; siwezi kuamka nikupe!
and he from within will answer and say, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I can’t get up and give it to you’?
8 Hakika, ingawa hataamka ampe kwa sababu yeye ni rafiki yake, lakini, kwa sababu ya huyo mtu kuendelea kumwomba, ataamka ampe chochote anachohitaji.
I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.
9 Kwa hiyo, ombeni, nanyi mtapewa, tafuteni, nanyi mtapata, bisheni nanyi mtafunguliwa.
“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.
10 Maana yeyote aombaye hupewa, atafutaye hupata na abishaye hufunguliwa.
For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
11 Mtoto akimwomba baba yake samaki, je, atampa nyoka badala ya samaki?
“Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won’t give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?
12 Na kama akimwomba yai, je, atampa ng'e?
Or if he asks for an egg, he won’t give him a scorpion, will he?
13 Ninyi, ingawa ni waovu, mnajua kuwapa watoto wenu vitu vizuri. Basi, baba yenu wa mbinguni atafanya zaidi; atawapa Roho Mtakatifu wale wanaomwomba.”
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”
14 Siku moja Yesu alikuwa anamfukuza pepo aliyemfanya mtu mmoja kuwa bubu. Basi, huyo pepo alipomtoka, yule mtu akaweza kuongea hata umati wa watu ukashangaa.
He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. When the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the multitudes marvelled.
15 Lakini baadhi ya watu hao wakasema, “Anamfukuza pepo kwa uwezo wa Beelzebuli, mkuu wa pepo.”
But some of them said, “He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons.”
16 Wengine, wakimjaribu, wakamtaka afanye ishara kuonyesha kama alikuwa na idhini kutoka mbinguni.
Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.
17 Lakini yeye, akiwa anayajua mawazo yao, akawaambia, “Ufalme wowote uliofarakana wenyewe, hauwezi kudumu; kadhalika, jamaa yeyote inayofarakana huangamia.
But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. A house divided against itself falls.
18 Kama Shetani anajipinga mwenyewe, utawala wake utasimamaje? Mnasemaje, basi, kwamba ninawafukuza pepo kwa uwezo wa Beelzebuli?
If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.
19 Kama ninafukuza pepo kwa uwezo wa Beelzebuli, watoto wenu huwafukuza kwa uwezo wa nani? Kwa sababu hiyo, wao ndio watakaowahukumu ninyi.
But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
20 Lakini ikiwa ninawafukuza pepo kwa uwezo wa Mungu, basi jueni kwamba Ufalme wa Mungu umekwisha fika kwenu.
But if I by God’s finger cast out demons, then God’s Kingdom has come to you.
21 “Mtu mwenye nguvu anapolinda jumba lake kwa silaha, mali yake yote iko salama.
“When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe.
22 Lakini akija mwenye nguvu zaidi akamshambulia na kumshinda, huyo huziteka silaha zake alizotegemea na kugawanya nyara.
But when someone stronger attacks him and overcomes him, he takes from him his whole armour in which he trusted, and divides his plunder.
23 Yeyote asiyejiunga nami, ananipinga; na yeyote asiyekusanya pamoja nami, hutawanya.
“He who is not with me is against me. He who doesn’t gather with me scatters.
24 “Pepo mchafu akifukuzwa kwa mtu fulani, huzururazurura jangwani akitafuta mahali pa kupumzikia. Asipopata, hujisemea: Nitarudi kwenye makao yangu nilikotoka.
The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of the man, passes through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, ‘I will turn back to my house from which I came out.’
25 Anaporudi, huikuta ile nyumba imefagiwa na kupambwa.
When he returns, he finds it swept and put in order.
26 Basi, huenda na kuwachukua pepo wengine saba waovu zaidi kuliko yeye; wote huenda na kumwingia mtu yule. Hivyo, basi hali ya mtu huyo sasa huwa mbaya zaidi kuliko pale mwanzo.”
Then he goes and takes seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first.”
27 Alipokuwa akisema hayo, mwanamke mmoja katika lile kundi la watu, akasema kwa sauti kubwa: “Heri tumbo lililokuzaa, na maziwa yaliyokunyonyesha!”
It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you!”
28 Lakini Yesu akasema, “Lakini heri zaidi wale wanaolisikia neno la Mungu na kulishika.”
But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”
29 Umati wa watu ulipozidi kuongezeka, Yesu akawaambia, “Kizazi hiki ni kizazi kiovu. Kinataka ishara, lakini hakitapewa ishara yoyote isipokuwa ile ya Yona.
When the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began to say, “This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.
30 Jinsi Yona alivyokuwa ishara kwa watu wa Ninewi, ndivyo pia Mwana wa Mtu atakavyokuwa ishara kwa kizazi hiki.
For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will also be to this generation.
31 Malkia wa kusini atatokea wakati kizazi hiki kitakapohukumiwa, naye atashuhudia kwamba kina hatia. Yeye alisafiri kutoka mbali, akaja kusikiliza maneno ya hekima ya Solomoni; kumbe hapa pana mkuu zaidi kuliko Solomoni.
The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgement with the men of this generation and will condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, one greater than Solomon is here.
32 Watu wa Ninewi watatokea wakati kizazi hiki kitakapohukumiwa, na watashuhudia kwamba kizazi hiki kina hatia. Hao watu wa Ninewi walitubu kwa sababu ya mahubiri ya Yona; na hapa pana mkuu zaidi kuliko Yona!
The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgement with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the proclaiming of Jonah; and behold, one greater than Jonah is here.
33 “Hakuna mtu anayewasha taa na kuifunika kwa pishi, bali huiweka juu ya kinara ili watu wanaoingia ndani wapate kuona mwanga.
“No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light.
34 Jicho lako ni kama taa ya mwili wako; likiwa zima, mwili wako wote utakuwa katika mwanga. Jicho lako likiwa bovu, na mwili wako pia utakuwa katika giza.
The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness.
35 Uwe mwangalifu basi mwanga ulio ndani yako usije ukawa giza.
Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn’t darkness.
36 Basi, kama mwili wako wote una mwanga, bila kuwa na sehemu yoyote yenye giza, mwili huo utang'aa kikamilifu kama vile taa inavyokuangazia kwa mwanga wake.”
If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light.”
37 Yesu alipokuwa akiongea, Mfarisayo mmoja alimkaribisha chakula nyumbani kwake, naye akaenda, akaketi kula chakula.
Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him. He went in and sat at the table.
38 Huyo Mfarisayo alistaajabu kuona kwamba alikula chakula bila kunawa.
When the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed himself before dinner.
39 Bwana akamwambia, “Ninyi Mafarisayo huosha kikombe na sahani kwa nje, lakini ndani mmejaa udhalimu na uovu.
The Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.
40 Wapumbavu ninyi! Je, aliyetengeneza nje si ndiye aliyetengeneza ndani pia?
You foolish ones, didn’t he who made the outside make the inside also?
41 Toeni kwa maskini vile vitu vilivyomo ndani, na vingine vyote vitakuwa halali kwenu.
But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.
42 “Lakini ole wenu Mafarisayo, kwa sababu mnatoza watu zaka hata juu ya majani ya kukolezea chakula, mchicha na majani mengine, na huku hamjali juu ya haki na upendo kwa Mungu. Mambo haya iliwapasa muwe mmeyazingatia bila kuyasahau yale mengine.
But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and God’s love. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.
43 “Ole wenu ninyi Mafarisayo, kwa sababu mnapenda kuketi mbele mahali pa heshima katika masunagogi, na kusalimiwa kwa heshima hadharani.
Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.
44 Ole wenu, kwa sababu mko kama makaburi yaliyofichika; watu hutembea juu yake bila kufahamu.”
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them don’t know it.”
45 Mmoja wa walimu wa Sheria akamwambia, “Mwalimu, maneno yako yanatukashifu na sisi pia.”
One of the Torah scholars answered him, “Rabbi, in saying this you insult us also.”
46 Yesu akamjibu, “Na ninyi walimu wa Sheria, ole wenu; maana mnawatwika watu mizigo isiyochukulika, huku ninyi wenyewe hamnyoshi hata kidole kuwasaidia.
He said, “Woe to you Torah scholars also! For you load men with burdens that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won’t even lift one finger to help carry those burdens.
47 Ole wenu, kwa kuwa mnajenga makaburi ya manabii wale ambao wazee wenu waliwaua.
Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
48 Kwa hiyo mnashuhudia na kukubaliana na matendo ya wazee wenu; maana wao waliwaua hao manabii, nanyi mnajenga makaburi yao.
So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.
49 Kwa hiyo, Hekima ya Mungu ilisema hivi: Nitawapelekea manabii na mitume, lakini watawaua baadhi yao, na kuwatesa wengine.
Therefore also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and emissaries; and some of them they will kill and persecute,
50 Matokeo yake ni kwamba kizazi hiki kitaadhibiwa kwa sababu ya damu ya manabii wote iliyomwagika tangu mwanzo wa ulimwengu;
that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation,
51 tangu kumwagwa damu ya Abeli mpaka kifo cha Zakariya ambaye walimuua kati ya madhabahu na mahali patakatifu. Naam, hakika kizazi hiki kitaadhibiwa kwa matendo haya.
from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary.’ Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation.
52 “Ole wenu ninyi walimu wa Sheria, kwa sababu mmeuficha ule ufunguo wa mlango wa elimu; ninyi wenyewe hamkuingia na mmewazuia waliokuwa wanaingia wasiingie.”
Woe to you Torah scholars! For you took away the key of knowledge. You didn’t enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you hindered.”
53 Alipokuwa akitoka pale, wale Mafarisayo na walimu wa Sheria wakaanza kumshambulia vikali na kumsonga kwa maswali mengi
As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things out of him,
54 ili wapate kumnasa kwa maneno yake.
lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.
