Luke 21
1 Looking up, Jesus saw the rich people putting their gifts into the chests for the Temple offerings.
Yesu alitazama akawaona wanaume matajiri waliokuwa wanaweka zawadi zao kwenye hazina.
2 He saw, too, a widow in poor circumstances putting two small coins into them.
Akamuona mjane mmoja masikini akiweka senti zake mbili.
3 “I tell you”, he said “that this poor widow has put in more than all the others;
Hivyo akasema, “Kweli nawaambieni, huyu Mjane maskini ameweka nyingi kuliko wengine wote.
4 for everyone else here put in something from what he had to spare, while she, in her need, has put in all she had to live on.”
Hawa wote wametoa hizi zawadi kutoka katika vingi walivyonavyo. Lakini huyu mjane, katika umaskini wake, ametoa fedha zote alizokuwa nazo kwa ajili ya kuishi kwake.”
5 When some of them spoke about the Temple being decorated with beautiful stones and offerings, Jesus said,
Wakati wengine walipokuwa wakisema juu ya hekalu, namna lilivyokuwa limepambwa na mawe mazuri na matoleo, alisema,
6 “As for these things that you are looking at, a time is coming when not one stone will be left on another here. Every one will be thrown down.”
“Kwa habari ya mambo haya mnayoyaona, siku zitakuja ambazo hakuna jiwe moja ambalo litaachwa juu ya jiwe jingine ambalo halitabomolewa.”
7 So the disciples questioned Jesus, “But, teacher, when will this happen? And what sign will there be when this is near?”
Hivyo wakamuuliza, wakasema, “Mwalimu, mambo haya yatatokea lini? Na nini ni itakuwa ishara kwamba haya mambo yako karibu kutokea?”
8 And Jesus said, “See that you are not led astray; for many will take my name, and come saying ‘I am He,’ and ‘The time is close at hand.’ Do not follow them.
Yesu akajibu, “Muwe waangalifu kwamba msidanganywe. Kwa sababu wengi watakuja kwa jina langu, wakisema, 'Mimi ndiye, 'na 'Muda umekaribia'. Msiwafuate.
9 And, when you hear of wars and disturbances, do not be terrified, for these things must occur first; but the end will not be at once.”
Mkisikia vita na vuruguvurugu msiogope, kwa sababu haya mambo lazima yatokee kwanza, lakini mwisho hautatokea upesi.”
10 Then he said to them, “Nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom,
Kisha akawaambia, “Taifa litainuka kupigana na taifa jingine, na ufalme juu ya ufalme mwingine.
11 and there will be great earthquakes, and plagues and famines in various places, and there will be terrible appearances and signs in the heavens.
Kutakuwa na matetemeko makubwa, na njaa na tauni katika maeneo mbalimbali. Kutakuwa na matukio ya kutisha na ishara za kutisha kutoka mbinguni.
12 Before all this, they will lay hands on you and persecute you, and they will betray you to synagogues and put you in prison, when you will be brought before kings and governors for the sake of my name.
Lakini kabla ya mambo haya yote, wataweka mikono yao juu yenu na kuwatesa, kuwapeleka kwenye masinagogi na magereza, kuwaleta mbele za wafalme na wenye mamlaka kwa sababu ya jina langu.
13 Then will be your opportunity of witnessing for me.
Hii itawafungulia fursa kwa ushuhuda wenu.
14 Make up your minds, therefore, not to prepare your defense;
Kwahiyo amueni mioyoni mwenu kutoandaa utetezi wenu mapema,
15 for I will myself give you words, and a wisdom which all your opponents together will be unable to resist or defy.
kwa sababu nitawapa maneno na hekima, ambayo adui zenu wote hawataweza kuipinga au kuikana.
16 You will be betrayed even by your parents and brothers and sisters and relatives and friends, and they will cause some of you to be put to death,
Lakini mtakataliwa pia na wazazi wenu, ndugu zenu, jamaa zenu na rafiki zenu, na watawaua baadhi yenu.
17 and you will be hated by everyone because of me my name.
Mtachukiwa na kila mmoja kwa sababu ya jina langu.
18 Yet not a single hair of your heads will be lost!
Lakini hakuna hata unywele mmoja wa vichwa vyenu utakaopotea.
19 By your endurance you will win yourselves life.
Katika kuvumilia mtaziponya nafsi zenu.
20 As soon, however, as you see Jerusalem surrounded by armed camps, then you may know that the hour of her desecration is at hand.
Mtakapoona Yerusalemu imezungukwa na majeshi, basi jueni kwamba uharibifu wake umekaribia.
21 Then those of you who are in Judea must take refuge in the mountains, those who are in Jerusalem must leave at once, and those who are in the country places must not go into it.
Hapo wale walioko Yudea wakimbilie milimani, na wale walioko katikati ya jiji waondoke, na msiwaache walioko vijijini kuingia.
22 For these are to be the days of vengeance, when all that scripture says will be fulfilled.
Maana hizi ni siku za kisasi, ili kwamba mambo yote yaliyoandikwa yapate kutimilika.
23 Alas for pregnant women, and for those who are nursing infants in those days! For there will be great suffering in the land, and anger against this people.
Ole ni kwa wale walio na mimba na kwa wale wanyonyeshao katika siku hizo! Kwa maana kutakuwa na adha kuu juu ya nchi, na ghadhabu kwa watu hawa.
24 They will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be taken prisoners to every land, and Jerusalem will be under the heel of the Gentiles, until their day is over – as it will be.
Na wataanguka kwa ncha ya upanga na watachukuliwa mateka kwa mataifa yote, na Yerusalem itakanyagwa na watu wa mataifa, mpaka wakati wa watu wa mataifa utakapotimilika.
25 There will be signs, too, in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth despair among the nations, in their dismay at the roar of the sea and the surge.
Kutakuwa na ishara katika jua, mwezi na nyota. Na katika nchi kutakuwa na dhiki ya mataifa, katika kukata tamaa kutokana na mlio wa bahari na mawimbi.
26 People’s hearts will fail them through dread of what is coming upon the world; for the forces of the heavens will be convulsed.
Kutakuwa na watu wakizimia kwa hofu na katika kutarajia mambo yatakoyo tokea juu ya dunia. Kwa maana nguvu za mbingu zitatikiswa.
27 Then will be seen the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
Kisha watamwona Mwana wa Adamu akija mawinguni katika nguvu na utukufu mkuu.
28 And, when these things begin to occur, look upwards and lift your heads, for your deliverance will be at hand.”
Lakini mambo haya yatakapoanza kutokea, simameni, inueni vichwa vyenu, kwa sababu ukombozi wenu umesogea karibu.”
29 Then he taught them a lesson, saying – “Look at the fig tree and all the other trees.
Yesu akawaambia kwa mfano, “Uangalieni mtini, na miti yote.
30 As soon as they shoot, you know, as you look at them, without being told, that summer is near.
Inapotoa machipukizi, mnajionea wenyewe na kutambua kwamba kiangazi tayari kiko karibu.
31 And so may you, as soon as you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.
Vivyo hivyo, mnapoona mambo haya yanatokea, ninyi tambueni ya kwamba ufalme wa Mungu umekaribia.
32 I tell you that even the present generation will not pass away until all has taken place.
Kweli, nawaambieni, kizazi hiki hakitapita, mpaka mambo haya yote yatakapotokea.
33 The heavens and the earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
Mbingu na nchi zitapita, lakini maneno yangu hayatapita kamwe.
34 Be on your guard or your minds will become dulled by debauches or drunkenness or the anxieties of life, and ‘that day’ will close on you suddenly like a trap.
Lakini jiangalieni wenyewe, ili kwamba mioyo yenu isije ikalemewa na ufisadi, ulevi, na mahangaiko ya maisha haya. Kwa sababu ile siku itawajia ghafla
35 For it will come on all who are living upon the face of the whole earth.
kama mtego. Kwasababu itakuwa juu ya kila mmoja aishiye katika uso wa dunia nzima.
36 Be on the watch at all times, and pray that you may have strength to escape all that is destined to happen, and to stand in the presence of the Son of Man.”
Lakini mwe tayari wakati wote, mwombe kwamba mtakuwa imara vya kutosha kuyaepuka haya yote yatakayotokea, na kusimama mbele za Mwana wa Adamu.”
37 During the days, Jesus continued to teach in the Temple Courts, but he went out and spent the nights on the hill called the ‘Mount of Olives.’
Hivyo wakati wa mchana alikuwa akifundisha hekaluni na usiku alitoka nje, na kwenda kukesha katika mlima unaoitwa wa Mzeituni.
38 And all the people would get up early in the morning and come to listen to him in the Temple Courts.
Watu wote walimjia asubuhi na mapemaili kumsikiliza ndani ya hekalu.
