Luka 13
1 Wakati huo watu fulani walikuja, wakamweleza Yesu juu ya watu wa Galilaya ambao Pilato alikuwa amewaua wakati walipokuwa wanachinja wanyama wao wa tambiko.
Now there were some present at the same time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
2 Naye Yesu akawaambia, “Mnadhani Wagalilaya hao walikuwa wahalifu zaidi kuliko Wagalilaya wengine, ati kwa sababu wameteseka hivyo?
Jesus answered them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered such things?
3 Nawaambieni hakika sivyo; lakini nanyi, hali kadhalika, msipotubu, mtaangamia kama wao.
I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.
4 Au wale kumi na wanane walioangukiwa na mnara kule Siloamu wakafa; mnadhani wao walikuwa wakosefu zaidi kuliko wengine wote walioishi Yerusalemu?
Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them—do you think that they were worse offenders than all the men who dwell in Jerusalem?
5 Nawaambieni sivyo; lakini nanyi msipotubu, mtaangamia kama wao.”
I tell you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.”
6 Kisha, Yesu akawaambia mfano huu: “Mtu mmoja alikuwa na mtini katika shamba lake. Mtu huyu akaenda akitaka kuchuma matunda yake, lakini akaukuta haujazaa hata tunda moja.
He spoke this parable. “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.
7 Basi, akamwambia mfanyakazi wake: Angalia! Kwa miaka mitatu nimekuwa nikija kuchuma matunda ya mtini huu, nami nisiambulie kitu. Ukate! Kwa nini uitumie ardhi bure?
He said to the vine dresser, ‘Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down! Why does it waste the soil?’
8 Lakini naye akamjibu: Bwana, tuuache tena mwaka huu; nitauzungushia mtaro na kuutilia mbolea.
He answered, ‘Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilise it.
9 Kama ukizaa matunda mwaka ujao, vema; la sivyo, basi utaweza kuukata.”
If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it down.’”
10 Yesu alikuwa akifundisha katika sunagogi moja siku ya Sabato.
He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day.
11 Na hapo palikuwa na mwanamke mmoja aliyekuwa mgonjwa kwa miaka kumi na minane kutokana na pepo aliyekuwa amempagaa. Kwa sababu hiyo, mwili wake ulikuwa umepindika vibaya hata asiweze kusimama wima.
Behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years. She was bent over and could in no way straighten herself up.
12 Yesu alipomwona, alimwita, akamwambia, “Mama, umeponywa ugonjwa wako.”
When Jesus saw her, he called her and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your infirmity.”
13 Akamwekea mikono, na mara mwili wake ukawa wima tena, akawa anamtukuza Mungu.
He laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight and glorified God.
14 Lakini mkuu wa sunagogi alikasirika kwa sababu Yesu alikuwa amemponya siku ya Sabato. Hivyo akawaambia wale watu walikusanyika pale, “Mnazo siku sita za kufanya kazi. Basi, fikeni siku hizo mkaponywe magonjwa yenu; lakini msije siku ya Sabato.”
The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, “There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!”
15 Hapo Bwana akamjibu, “Enyi wanafiki! Nani kati yenu hangemfungua ng'ombe au punda wake kutoka zizini ampeleke kunywa maji, hata kama siku hiyo ni ya Sabato?
Therefore the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Doesn’t each one of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath and lead him away to water?
16 Sasa, hapa yupo binti wa Abrahamu ambaye Shetani alimfanya kilema kwa muda wa miaka kumi na minane. Je, haikuwa vizuri kumfungulia vifungo vyake siku ya Sabato?”
Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”
17 Alipokwisha sema hayo, wapinzani wake waliona aibu lakini watu wengine wote wakajaa furaha kwa sababu ya mambo yote aliyotenda.
As he said these things, all his adversaries were disappointed; and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
18 Yesu akauliza: “Ufalme wa Mungu unafanana na nini? Nitaulinganisha na nini?
He said, “What is God’s Kingdom like? To what shall I compare it?
19 NI kama mbegu ya haradali aliyotwaa mtu mmoja na kuipanda shambani mwake; ikaota hata ikawa mti. Ndege wa angani wakajenga viota vyao katika matawi yake.”
It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his own garden. It grew and became a large tree, and the birds of the sky live in its branches.”
20 Tena akauliza: “Nitaulinganisha Ufalme wa Mungu na nini?
Again he said, “To what shall I compare God’s Kingdom?
21 Ni kama chachu aliyoitwaa mama mmoja na kuichanganya pamoja na unga debe moja kisha unga wote ukaumuka wote.”
It is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.”
22 Yesu alindelea na safari yake kwenda Yerusalemu huku akipitia mijini na vijijini, akihubiri.
He went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and travelling on to Jerusalem.
23 Mtu mmoja akamwuliza, “Je, Mwalimu, watu watakaookoka ni wachache?”
One said to him, “Lord, are they few who are saved?” He said to them,
24 Yesu akawaambia, “Jitahidini kuingia kwa kupitia mlango mwembamba; maana nawaambieni, wengi watajaribu kuingia lakini hawataweza.
“Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in and will not be able.
25 “Wakati utakuja ambapo mwenye nyumba atainuka na kufunga mlango. Ninyi mtasimama nje na kuanza kupiga hodi mkisema: Bwana, tufungulie mlango. Lakini yeye atawajibu: Sijui mmetoka wapi.
When once the master of the house has risen up and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ then he will answer and tell you, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’
26 Nanyi mtaanza kumwambia: Sisi ndio wale tuliokula na kunywa pamoja nawe; na wewe ulifundisha katika vijiji vyetu.
Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’
27 Lakini yeye atasema: Sijui ninyi mmetoka wapi; ondokeni mbele yangu, enyi nyote watenda maovu.
He will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.’
28 Ndipo mtakuwa na kulia na kusaga meno, wakati mtakapowaona Abrahamu, Isaka na Yakobo, na manabii wote wapo katika Ufalme wa Mungu, lakini ninyi wenyewe mmetupwa nje!
There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in God’s Kingdom, and yourselves being thrown outside.
29 Watu watakuja kutoka mashariki na magharibi, kutoka kaskazini na kusini, watakuja na kukaa kwenye karamu katika Ufalme wa Mungu.
They will come from the east, west, north, and south, and will sit down in God’s Kingdom.
30 Naam, wale walio wa mwisho watakuwa wa kwanza; na wale walio wa kwanza watakuwa wa mwisho.”
Behold, there are some who are last who will be first, and there are some who are first who will be last.”
31 Wakati huohuo, Mafarisayo na watu wengine walimwendea Yesu wakamwambia, “Ondoka hapa uende mahali pengine, kwa maana Herode anataka kukuua.”
On that same day, some Pharisees came, saying to him, “Get out of here and go away, for Herod wants to kill you.”
32 Yesu akawajibu, “Nendeni mkamwambie huyo mbweha hivi: Leo na kesho ninafukuza pepo na kuponya wagonjwa, na siku ya tatu nitakamilisha kazi yangu.
He said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I complete my mission.
33 Hata hivyo, kwa leo, kesho na kesho kutwa, ni lazima niendelee na safari yangu, kwa sababu si sawa nabii auawe nje ya Yerusalemu.
Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, for it can’t be that a prophet would perish outside of Jerusalem.’
34 “Yerusalemu! We Yerusalemu! Unawaua manabii na kuwapiga mawe wale waliotumwa kwako! Mara ngapi nimetaka kuwakusanya watoto wako pamoja kama kuku anavyokusanya vifaranga vyake chini ya mabawa yake, Lakini wewe umekataa.
“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you refused!
35 Haya, utaachiwa mwenyewe nyumba yako. Naam, hakika nawaambieni, hamtaniona mpaka wakati utakapofika mseme: Abarikiwe huyo ajaye kwa jina la Bwana.”
Behold, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’”
