Luke 11
1 One day Jesus was at a certain place praying, and, when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Master, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.’
Na rĩrĩ, mũthenya ũmwe Jesũ aarĩ handũ akĩhooya. Rĩrĩa aarĩkirie kũhooya, mũrutwo ũmwe wake akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Mwathani, tũrute kũhooya o ta ũrĩa Johana aarutire arutwo ake.”
2 ‘When you pray,’ Jesus answered, ‘say – “Father, may your name be held holy, your kingdom come.
Nake Jesũ akĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Rĩrĩa mũkũhooya, ugagai atĩrĩ: “‘Ithe witũ (ũrĩ Igũrũ), rĩĩtwa rĩaku nĩrĩamũrwo, ũthamaki waku nĩũũke. (Ũrĩa wendete nĩwĩkagwo gũkũ thĩ, o ta ũrĩa gwĩkagwo kũu igũrũ.)
3 Give us each day the bread that we will need;
Tũheage o mũthenya irio ciitũ cia gũtũigana.
4 and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who wrongs us; and take us not into temptation.”’
Na ũtũrekere mehia maitũ, o ta ũrĩa o na ithuĩ tũrekagĩra arĩa othe matwĩhagĩria. Na ndũgatũtware magerio-inĩ (no kũhonokia ũtũhonokagie ũũru-inĩ).’”
5 Jesus also said to them, ‘Suppose that one of you who has a friend were to go to him in the middle of the night and say “Friend, lend me three loaves,
Agĩcooka akĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Mũndũ ũmwe wanyu angĩkorwo arĩ na mũrata nake athiĩ gwake ũtukũ gatagatĩ amwĩre atĩrĩ, ‘Mũrata wakwa, he mĩgate ĩtatũ,
6 for a friend of mine has arrived at my house after a journey, and I have nothing to offer him;”
nĩgũkorwo ndĩ na mũrata wakwa wanjeerera, na ndirĩ na kĩndũ gĩa kũmũhe arĩe.’
7 And suppose that the other should answer from inside “Do not trouble me; the door is already fastened, and my children and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything”;
“Nake mũndũ ũcio ũrĩ nyũmba thĩinĩ amũcookerie atĩrĩ, ‘Tiga gũũthĩĩnia. Nĩndĩkĩtie kũhinga mũrango na tũrĩ toro hamwe na ciana ciakwa. Ndingĩhota gũũkĩra ngũhe mĩgate.’
8 I tell you that, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is a friend, yet because of his persistence he will rouse himself and give him what he wants.
Ngũmwĩra atĩrĩ, o na angĩkorwo ndangĩũkĩra amũhe mĩgate ĩyo nĩ ũndũ wa ũrata-rĩ, no nĩ ũndũ wa ũrĩa amũringĩrĩirie-rĩ, mũndũ ũcio nĩegũũkĩra amũhe kĩrĩa gĩothe abatairio nĩkĩo.”
9 ‘And so I say to you – Ask, and your prayer will be granted, search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
“Nĩ ũndũ ũcio ngũmwĩra atĩrĩ: Hooyai na nĩmũkũheo; mathaai na nĩmũkuona; ringaringai mũrango na nĩmũkũhingũrĩrwo.
10 For the person who asks receives, everyone who searches finds, and to the person who knocks the door will be opened.
Nĩgũkorwo ũrĩa wothe ũhooyaga nĩaheagwo; na ũrĩa ũmaathaga nĩonaga; na ũrĩa ũringaringaga mũrango nĩahingũragĩrwo.
11 What father among you, if his son asks him for a fish, will give him a snake instead,
“Nĩ mũciari ũrĩkũ thĩinĩ wanyu ũngĩĩtio thamaki nĩ mwana wake, nake amũhe nyoka?
12 or, if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
Kana eetio itumbĩ amũhe kangʼaurũ?
13 If you, then, naturally wicked though you are, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!’
Angĩkorwo inyuĩ, o na mũrĩ ooru, nĩmũũĩ kũhe ciana cianyu iheo njega-rĩ, Ithe wanyu ũrĩa ũrĩ Igũrũ githĩ ndarĩkĩragĩrĩria kũhe Roho Mũtheru kũrĩ arĩa mamũhooyaga!”
14 Once Jesus was driving out a mute demon, and, when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke. The people were amazed at this;
Na rĩrĩ, Jesũ nĩaingataga ndaimono yume thĩinĩ wa mũndũ ũtaaragia. Rĩrĩa ndaimono ĩyo yoimire, mũndũ ũcio ũtaaragia akĩaria, nakĩo kĩrĩndĩ kĩa andũ gĩkĩgega.
15 but some of them said, ‘He drives out demons by the help of Beelzebul, the chief of the demons’;
No amwe ao makiuga atĩrĩ, “Aingataga ndaimono na hinya wa Beelizebuli ũrĩa mũnene wa ndaimono.”
16 while others, to test him, asked him for some sign from the heavens.
Nao andũ angĩ makĩmũgeria, makĩmũũria amaringĩre kĩama kiumĩte igũrũ.
17 Jesus himself, however, was aware of what they were thinking, and said to them, ‘Any kingdom wholly divided against itself becomes a desolation; and a divided house falls.
Jesũ nĩamenyire ũrĩa meciiragia, nake akĩmeera atĩrĩ: “Ũthamaki o wothe ũngĩgayũkana ũũkanĩrĩre guo mwene no ũharagane, nayo nyũmba ĩngĩgayũkana yũkanĩrĩre yo nyene no ĩgwe.
18 So, too, if Satan is wholly divided against himself, how can his kingdom last? Yet you say that I drive out demons by the help of Beelzebul.
Angĩkorwo Shaitani nĩagayũkanĩte akeyũkĩrĩra we mwene-rĩ, ũthamaki wake ũngĩkĩĩhaanda atĩa? Ndoiga ũguo tondũ mũroiga atĩ niĩ nyingataga ndaimono na hinya wa Beelizebuli.
19 But, if it is by Beelzebul’s help that I drive out demons, by whose help is it that your own sons drive them out? Therefore they will themselves be your judges.
Ningĩ angĩkorwo niĩ nyingataga ndaimono na hinya wa Beelizebuli-rĩ, arũmĩrĩri anyu maingataga ndaimono na hinya wa ũ? Nĩ ũndũ ũcio-rĩ, acio nĩo makaamũtuĩra ciira.
20 But, if it is by the hand of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God must already be upon you.
Na rĩrĩ, ingĩkorwo nyingataga ndaimono na hinya wa kĩara kĩa Ngai-rĩ, ũthamaki wa Ngai nĩũũkĩte kũrĩ inyuĩ.
21 When a strong man is keeping guard, fully armed, over his own mansion, his property is in safety;
“Rĩrĩa mũndũ njamba oya indo ciake ciothe cia mbaara, arangĩre nyũmba yake mwene, indo ciake ciikaraga irĩ ngitĩre.
22 but, when one still stronger has attacked and overpowered him, he takes away all the weapons on which the other had relied, and divides his spoil.
No rĩrĩ, mũndũ ũngĩ ũrĩ na hinya kũmũkĩra angĩmũtharĩkĩra amũtoorie, nĩamũtunyaga indo ciake cia mbaara iria ehokete, na akagaĩra andũ indo iria akoragwo atahĩte.
23 Whoever is not with me is against me, and the person who does not help me to gather is scattering.
“Mũndũ ũrĩa ũtarĩ hamwe na niĩ, ũcio nĩ thũ yakwa, na ũrĩa ũtacookanagĩrĩria hamwe na niĩ, ũcio nĩ kũhurunja ahurunjaga.
24 No sooner does a foul spirit leave someone, than it passes through places where there is no water, in search of rest; and finding none, it says “I will go back to the home which I left”;
“Na rĩrĩ, hĩndĩ ĩrĩa ngoma thũku yoima thĩinĩ wa mũndũ, ĩtuĩkanagĩria werũ-inĩ ĩgĩcaria ũhurũko na ĩkawaga. Hĩndĩ ĩyo ĩkoiga atĩrĩ, ‘Nĩngũcooka nyũmba ĩrĩa ndoimire.’
25 but, on coming there, it finds it unoccupied, swept, and put in order.
Na yacooka ĩgakora nyũmba ĩyo ĩrĩ haate, ĩgathondekwo wega.
26 Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in, and make their home there; and the last state of that person proves to be worse than the first.’
Hĩndĩ ĩyo ngoma ĩyo thũku ĩkagĩĩra ngoma ingĩ mũgwanja thũku makĩria mayo, igatoonya, igaikara kuo. Naguo mũikarĩre wa mũndũ ũcio ũgathũka gũkĩra wa mbere.”
27 As Jesus was saying this, a woman in the crowd, raising her voice, exclaimed, ‘Happy was the mother who bore you and nursed you!’
Rĩrĩa Jesũ aaragia maũndũ maya-rĩ, mũndũ-wa-nja warĩ gatagatĩ-inĩ ga kĩrĩndĩ akĩanĩrĩra na mũgambo mũnene, akiuga atĩrĩ, “Kũrathimwo nĩ maitũguo ũrĩa wagũciarire na agĩkuongithia.”
28 But Jesus replied, ‘Rather, happy are those who listen to God’s message and keep it.’
Nake Jesũ agĩcookia atĩrĩ, “Kũrathimwo nĩ arĩa maiguaga kiugo kĩa Ngai na magagĩathĩkĩra.”
29 As the crowds increased, Jesus began to speak, ‘This generation is a wicked generation. It demands a sign, but no sign will be given it except the sign of Jonah.
Na rĩrĩa kĩrĩndĩ kĩa andũ kĩongererekire-rĩ, Jesũ akiuga atĩrĩ, “Rũrũ nĩ rũciaro rwaganu. Rũũragia rũringĩrwo kĩama, no gũtirĩ kĩama rũkaringĩrwo tiga o kĩrĩa kĩaringĩirwo Jona.
30 For, as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.
Nĩgũkorwo o ta ũrĩa Jona aarĩ kĩmenyithia kũrĩ andũ a Nineve, ũguo noguo Mũrũ wa Mũndũ egũkorwo arĩ kĩmenyithia kũrĩ rũciaro rũrũ.
31 At the judgment the Queen of the South will rise up with the people of this generation, and will condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon; and here is more than a Solomon!
Mũtumia-mũthamaki ũrĩa wa mwena wa Gũthini nĩakarũgama hĩndĩ ya ciira hamwe na andũ a rũciaro rũrũ arũtuĩre ciira, nĩgũkorwo oimire ituri cia thĩ oke athikĩrĩrie ũũgĩ wa Solomoni, na rĩu ũmwe mũnene gũkĩra Solomoni arĩ haha.
32 At the judgment the men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation, and will condemn it, because they repented at Jonah’s proclamation; and here is more than a Jonah!
Andũ a Nineve nĩmakarũgama hĩndĩ ya ciira hamwe na rũciaro rũrũ marũtuĩre ciira; nĩgũkorwo nĩmeririre maahunjĩirio nĩ Jona, na rĩu ũmwe mũnene gũkĩra Jona arĩ haha.
33 No one lights a lamp, and then puts it in the cellar or under a basket, but he puts it on the lamp-stand, so that anyone who comes in may see the light.
“Gũtirĩ mũndũ ũgwatagia tawa agacooka akaũiga handũ ũtangĩoneka kana akaũiga rungu rwa irebe, no aũigaga handũ igũrũ nĩguo arĩa megũtoonya nyũmba mathererwo nĩ ũtheri.
34 The lamp of the body is your eye. When your eye is unclouded, your whole body, also, is lit up; but, as soon as your eye is diseased, your body, also, is darkened.
Riitho rĩaku nĩrĩo tawa wa mwĩrĩ waku. Rĩrĩa maitho maku marĩ mega, mwĩrĩ waku wothe o naguo ũkoragwo ũiyũrĩte ũtheri. No rĩrĩa matarĩ mega-rĩ, mwĩrĩ waku o naguo ũkoragwo ũiyũrĩte nduma.
35 Take care, therefore, that the inner light is not darkness.
Hakĩrĩ ũguo-rĩ, menyerera ũtheri ũrĩa ũrĩ thĩinĩ waku ndũgatuĩke nduma.
36 If, then, your whole body is lit up, and no corner of it darkened, the whole will be lit up, just as when a lamp gives you light by its brilliance.’
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio-rĩ, mwĩrĩ waku wothe ũngĩiyũrwo nĩ ũtheri, na ndũrĩ handũ harĩ nduma, nĩũrĩtheragĩrwo nĩ ũtheri biũ, o ta ũrĩa ũtheri wa tawa ũkũmũrĩkagĩra.”
37 As Jesus finished speaking, a Pharisee asked him to breakfast with him, and Jesus went in and took his place at the table.
Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa Jesũ aarĩkirie kwaria, Mũfarisai ũmwe akĩmũnyiita ũgeni gwake makarĩanĩre; nĩ ũndũ ũcio agĩthiĩ, agĩikara metha-inĩ.
38 The Pharisee noticed, to his astonishment, that Jesus omitted the ceremonial washing before breakfast.
No Mũfarisai ũcio ona ũguo akĩgega nĩ ũndũ Jesũ ndaambire gwĩthamba moko atanarĩa irio.
39 But the Master said to him, ‘You Pharisees do, it is true, clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside you yourselves are filled with greed and wickedness.
Nake Mwathani akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Inyuĩ Afarisai mũthambagia gĩkombe na thaani mwena wa na igũrũ, no thĩinĩ wanyu mũiyũrĩtwo nĩ ũkoroku na waganu.
40 Fools! Did not the maker of the outside make the inside too?
Inyuĩ irimũ ici! Githĩ ũrĩa wombire mwena wa na nja to we wombire mwena wa na thĩinĩ?
41 Only give away what is in them in charity, and at once you have the whole clean.
No rĩrĩ, heagai athĩĩni kĩrĩa kĩrĩ thĩinĩ wa thaani, na hĩndĩ ĩyo indo ciothe nĩigũtuĩka theru harĩ inyuĩ.”
42 But alas for you Pharisees! You pay tithes on mint, rue, and herbs of all kinds, and pass over justice and love to God. These last you ought to have put into practice without neglecting the first.
“Kaĩ mũrĩ na haaro inyuĩ Afarisai-ĩ! Tondũ mũrutagĩra Ngai gĩcunjĩ gĩa ikũmi gĩa terere, na togotia na nyeni cia mĩthemba yothe no mũkaaga kũrũmbũiya kĩhooto na wendani wa Ngai. Mwaagĩrĩirwo nĩ gwĩkaga maũndũ macio mũtegũtiganĩria macio mangĩ ma mbere.
43 Alas for you Pharisees! You delight to have the front seat in the synagogues, and to be greeted in the markets with respect.
“Kaĩ mũrĩ na haaro inyuĩ Afarisai-ĩ! Tondũ mwendaga gũikarĩra itĩ iria cia mbere thunagogi-inĩ na mũgeithagio mũrĩ ndũnyũ-inĩ.
44 Alas for you! You are like unsuspected graves, over which men walk unawares.’
“Kaĩ mũrĩ na haaro-ĩ, tondũ mũtariĩ ta mbĩrĩra itarĩ rũũri iria andũ mageragĩra igũrũ rĩacio matekũmenya.”
45 Here one of the students of the Law interrupted him by saying, ‘Teacher, when you say this, you are insulting us also.’
Mũrutani ũmwe wa Watho akĩmũcookeria, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Mũrutani, rĩrĩa ũkwaria maũndũ macio-rĩ, nĩũratũruma o na ithuĩ.”
46 But Jesus went on, ‘Alas for you, too, you students of the Law! You load people with loads that are too heavy to carry, but do not, yourselves, touch them with one of your fingers.
Nake Jesũ akĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “O na inyuĩ arutani a Watho kaĩ mũrĩ na haaro-ĩ! Tondũ mũkuuithagia andũ mĩrigo mĩritũ ĩrĩa matangĩhota gũkuua, na inyuĩ ene mũtingĩmĩhutia o na kaara kamwe mũmateithie.
47 Alas for you! You build the monuments of the prophets whom your ancestors killed.
“Kaĩ mũrĩ na haaro-ĩ! Tondũ mwakagĩra anabii mbĩrĩra, o arĩa mooragirwo nĩ maithe manyu ma tene.
48 You are actually witnesses to your ancestors’ acts and show your approval of them, because, while they killed the prophets, you build tombs for them.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio mũgakĩruta ũira atĩ nĩmwĩtĩkanĩtie na ũrĩa maithe manyu meekire; atĩ nĩo mooragire anabii, na inyuĩ mũkamaakĩra mbĩrĩra.
49 That is why the wisdom of God said – “I will send to them prophets and apostles,
Tondũ wa ũguo ũũgĩ wa Ngai uugĩte atĩrĩ, ‘Nĩngamatũmĩra anabii na atũmwo, moorage amwe ao na manyariire arĩa angĩ.’
50 some of whom they will persecute and kill, in order that the blood of all the prophets that has been spilt since the creation of the world may be exacted from this generation –
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio rũciaro rũrũ nĩrũgaciirithĩrio thakame ya anabii othe ĩrĩa yanaitwo kuuma o kĩambĩrĩria gĩa thĩ,
51 from the blood of Abel down to the blood of Zechariah, who was slain between the altar and the house of God.” Yes, I tell you, it will be exacted from this generation.
kuuma thakame ya Habili nginya thakame ya Zekaria ũrĩa woragĩirwo gatagatĩ-inĩ ga kĩgongona na handũ harĩa hatheru. Ĩĩ nĩguo, ngũmwĩra atĩrĩ, rũciaro rũrũ nĩrũkaherithĩrio thakame ĩyo.
52 Alas for you students of the Law! You have taken away the key of the door of knowledge. You have not gone in yourselves and you have hindered those who try to go in.’
“Kaĩ mũrĩ na haaro inyuĩ arutani a watho-ĩ! Tondũ nĩmweheretie kĩhingũro kĩa ũmenyo. Inyuĩ ene mũtiigana gũtoonya, na arĩa marenda gũtoonya mũkamagiria.”
53 When Jesus left the house, the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees began to press him hard and question him closely on many subjects,
Jesũ aarĩkia kuuma kũu, Afarisai na arutani a watho makĩambĩrĩria kũmũkararia marĩ na ũũru mũno na kũmũũgita na kũmũũria ciũria nĩguo aarie maũndũ maingĩ,
54 laying traps for him, so as to seize on anything that he might say.
makĩgeria kũmũtega maigue kana nĩ harĩ ũndũ mũũrũ angĩaria.
