Matthew 21
1 When they drew near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
Yesu na wanafunzi wake walipokaribia Yerusalemu na kufika Bethfage katika mlima wa Mizeituni, aliwatuma wanafunzi wake wawili,
2 saying to them, "Go into the village that is opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them, and bring them to me.
akawaambia, “Nendeni hadi kijiji kilicho mbele yenu na mtamkuta punda amefungwa na mtoto wake. Wafungueni mkawalete kwangu.
3 And if anyone says anything to you, you are to say, 'Because the Lord needs them,' and he will send them at once."
Kama mtu akiwauliza sababu, mwambieni, Bwana anawahitaji, naye atawaachieni mara.”
4 This took place that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
Jambo hili lilifanyika ili yale yaliyosemwa na nabii yatimie:
5 Say to the daughter of Zion, "Look, your King comes to you, humble, and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey."
“Uambieni mji wa Sioni: Tazama, Mfalme wako anakujia! Ni mpole na amepanda punda, mwana punda, mtoto wa punda.”
6 The disciples went, and did just as Jesus directed them,
Hivyo, wale wanafunzi walienda wakafanya kama Yesu alivyowaagiza.
7 and brought the donkey and the colt, and placed their clothes on them; and he sat on them.
Wakamleta yule punda na mtoto wake, wakatandika nguo zao juu yao na Yesu akaketi juu yake.
8 A very large crowd spread their clothes on the road. Others cut branches from the trees, and spread them on the road.
Umati mkubwa wa watu ukatandaza nguo zao barabarani, na watu wengine wakakata matawi ya miti wakayatandaza barabarani.
9 The crowds who went before him, and who followed kept shouting, "Hosanna to the son of David. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest."
Makundi ya watu waliomtangulia na wale waliomfuata wakapaaza sauti: “Hosana Mwana wa Daudi! Abarikiwe huyo ajaye kwa jina la Bwana! Hosana Mungu juu mbinguni!”
10 When he had come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred up, saying, "Who is this?"
Yesu alipokuwa anaingia Yerusalemu, mji wote ukajaa ghasia. Watu wakawa wanauliza, “Huyu ni nani?”
11 The crowds said, "This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee."
Watu katika ule umati wakasema, “Huyu ni nabii Yesu, kutoka Nazareti katika mkoa wa Galilaya.”
12 Jesus entered into the temple, and drove out all of those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changers' tables and the seats of those who sold the doves.
Basi, Yesu akaingia Hekaluni, akawafukuza nje watu waliokuwa wanauza na kununua vitu ndani ya Hekalu; akazipindua meza za wale waliokuwa wanavunja fedha, na viti vya wale waliokuwa wanauza njiwa.
13 He said to them, "It is written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a den of robbers."
Akawaambia, “Imeandikwa katika Maandiko Matakatifu: Nyumba yangu itaitwa nyumba ya sala. Lakini ninyi mmeifanya kuwa pango la wanyang'anyi.”
14 The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.
Vipofu na vilema walimwendea huko Hekaluni, naye Yesu akawaponya.
15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple and saying, "Hosanna to the son of David." they were indignant,
Basi, makuhani wakuu na walimu wa Sheria walipoyaona maajabu aliyoyafanya Yesu, na pia watoto walipokuwa wanapaaza sauti zao Hekaluni wakisema: “Sifa kwa Mwana wa Daudi,” wakakasirika.
16 and said to him, "Do you hear what these are saying?" Jesus said to them, "Yes. Did you never read, 'Out of the mouth of children and infants you have prepared praise?'"
Hivyo wakamwambia, “Je, husikii wanachosema?” Yesu akawajibu, “Naam, nasikia! Je hamjasoma Maandiko haya Matakatifu? Kwa vinywa vya watoto wadogo na wanyonyao unajipatia sifa kamilifu.”
17 He left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, and lodged there.
Basi, akawaacha, akatoka nje ya mji na kwenda Bethania, akalala huko.
18 Now in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry.
Yesu alipokuwa anarudi mjini asubuhi na mapema, aliona njaa.
19 Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it, and found nothing on it but leaves. He said to it, "Let there be no fruit from you forever." Immediately the fig tree withered away. (aiōn g165)
Akauona mtini mmoja kando ya njia, akauendea; lakini aliukuta hauma chochote ila majani matupu. Basi akauambia, “Usizae tena matunda milele!” Papo hapo huo mtini ukanyauka. (aiōn g165)
20 When the disciples saw it, they were amazed, saying, "How did the fig tree immediately wither away?"
Wanafunzi walipouona walishangaa wakisema, “Kwa nini mtini huu umenyauka ghafla?”
21 Jesus answered them, "Truly I tell you, if you have faith, and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it would be done.
Yesu akawajibu, “Kweli nawaambieni, kama mkiwa na imani bila kuwa na mashaka, mnaweza si tu kufanya hivyo, bali hata mkiuambia mlima huu: Ng'oka ukajitose baharini, itafanyika hivyo.
22 All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."
Na mkiwa na imani, chochote mtakachoomba katika sala, mtapata.”
23 When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?"
Yesu aliingia Hekaluni, akawa anafundisha. Alipokuwa akifundisha, makuhani wakuu na wazee wa watu wakamwuliza, “Unafanya mambo haya kwa mamlaka gani? Nani amekupa mamlaka haya?”
24 Jesus answered them, "I also will ask you one question, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
Yesu akawajibu, “Na mimi nitawaulizeni swali moja; mkinijibu, basi nami nitawaambieni ninafanya mambo haya kwa mamlaka gani.
25 The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from people?" They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'
Je, mamlaka ya Yohane ya kubatiza yalitoka kwa nani? Je, yalitoka mbinguni ama kwa watu?” Lakini wakajadiliana wao kwa wao hivi: “Tukisema, Yalitoka mbinguni, atatuuliza, Basi, mbona hamkumsadiki?
26 But if we say, 'From people,' we fear the crowd, for all hold John as a prophet."
Na tukisema, Yalitoka kwa watu, tunaogopa umati wa watu maana wote wanakubali kwamba Yohane ni nabii.”
27 They answered Jesus, and said, "We do not know." He also said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
Basi, wakamjibu, “Hatujui!” Naye Yesu akawaambia, “Nami pia sitawaambieni ninafanya mambo haya kwa mamlaka gani.
28 But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, 'Son, go work today in the vineyard.'
“Ninyi mnaonaje; mtu mmoja alikuwa na wana wawili. Akamwambia yule wa kwanza, Mwanangu, leo nenda ukafanye kazi katika shamba la mizabibu.
29 He answered, 'I will not,' but afterward he changed his mind, and went.
Yule kijana akamwambia, Sitaki! Lakini baadaye akabadili nia, akaenda kufanya kazi.
30 And he came to the other, and said the same thing. And he answered and said, 'I go, sir,' but he did not go.
Yule baba akamwambia mtoto wake wa pili vivyo hivyo, naye akamjibu, Naam baba! Lakini hakwenda kazini.
31 Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Truly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into the Kingdom of God before you.
Je, ni nani kati ya hawa wawili aliyetimiza matakwa ya baba yake?” Wakamjibu, “Yule mtoto wa kwanza.” Basi, Yesu akawaambia, “Kweli nawaambieni, watoza ushuru na waasherati wataingia katika Ufalme wa Mungu kabla yenu.
32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you did not even repent afterward, that you might believe him.
Maana Yohane alikuja kwenu akawaonyesha njia njema ya kuishi, nanyi hamkumwamini; lakini watoza ushuru na waasherati walimwamini. Hata baada ya kuona hayo yote ninyi hamkubadili mioyo yenu, na hamkusadiki.”
33 "Hear another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, leased it out to tenant farmers, and went on a journey.
Yesu akasema, “Sikilizeni mfano mwingine. Mtu mmoja mwenye nyumba alilima shamba la mizabibu; akalizungushia ukuta, akachimba kisima cha kusindikia divai, akajenga humo mnara pia. Kisha akalikodisha kwa wakulima, akasafiri kwenda nchi ya mbali.
34 When the season for the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants, to receive his fruit.
Wakati wa mavuno ulipofika, aliwatuma watumishi wake kwa wale wakulima, ili wakachukue sehemu ya mavuno yake.
35 The tenants took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
Wale wakulima wakawakamata hao watumishi; mmoja wakampiga, mwingine wakamwua na mwingine wakampiga mawe.
36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they treated them the same way.
Huyo mtu akawatuma tena watumishi wengine, wengi kuliko wa safari ya kwanza. Wale wakulima wakawatendea namna ileile.
37 But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, 'They will respect my son.'
Mwishowe akamtuma mwanawe huku akifikiri: Watamheshimu mwanangu.
38 But the tenants, when they saw the son, said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and have his inheritance.'
Lakini wale wakulima walipomwona mwanawe wakasemezana wao kwa wao: Huyu ndiye mrithi; na tumuue ili tuuchukue urithi wake!
39 So they took him, and threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
Basi, wakamkamata, wakamtoa nje ya lile shamba la mizabibu, wakamwua.
40 When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?"
“Sasa, huyo mwenye shamba la mizabibu atakapokuja, atawafanyaje hao wakulima?”
41 They told him, "He will utterly destroy those evil men, and will lease out the vineyard to other tenants, who will give him the fruit in its season."
Wao wakamjibu, “Atawaangamiza vibaya hao waovu, na lile shamba atawapa wakulima wengine ambao watampa sehemu ya mavuno wakati wa mavuno.”
42 Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures, 'The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes?'
Hapo Yesu akawaambia, “Je, hamkusoma jambo hili katika Maandiko Matakatifu? Jiwe walilokataa waashi sasa limekuwa jiwe kuu la msingi. Bwana ndiye aliyefanya jambo hili, nalo ni la ajabu sana kwetu!
43 "Therefore I tell you, the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation bringing forth its fruit.
“Kwa hiyo nawaambieni, Ufalme wa Mungu utaondolewa kwenu na kupewa watu wa mataifa mengine wenye kutoa matunda yake.”
44 He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it will fall, it will crush him."
“Atakayeanguka juu ya jiwe hilo atavunjika vipandevipande; na likimwangukia mtu yeyote, litamponda.”
45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.
Makuhani wakuu na Mafarisayo waliposikia hiyo mifano yake walitambua kwamba alikuwa anawasema wao.
46 When they sought to seize him, they feared the crowds, because they considered him to be a prophet.
Kwa hiyo wakawa wanatafuta njia ya kumtia nguvuni, lakini waliwaogopa watu kwa sababu wao walimtambua yeye kuwa nabii.
