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.”
Siku moja, Yesu alikuwa mahali fulani akisali. Alipomaliza kusali, mmoja wa wanafunzi wake akamwambia, “Bwana, tunakuomba utufundishe kusali kama Yohane mbatizaji alivyowafundisha wanafunzi wake.”
2 “When you pray,” Jesus answered, “say — ‘Father, May thy name be held holy, thy Kingdom come.
Yesu akawaambia, “Mnaposali, semeni: Baba! Jina lako litukuzwe; Ufalme wako ufike.
3 Give us each day the bread that we shall need;
Utupe daima chakula chetu cha kila siku.
4 and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive every one who wrongs us; and take us not into temptation.’”
Utusamehe dhambi zetu, maana sisi tunawasamehe wote waliotukosea; wala usitutie katika majaribu.”
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,
Kisha akawaambia, “Tuseme mmoja wenu anaye rafiki, akaenda kwake usiku wa manane, akamwambia: Rafiki, tafadhali niazime mikate mitatu,
6 for a friend of mine has arrived at my house after a journey, and I have nothing to offer him;’
kwa kuwa rafiki yangu amepitia kwangu akiwa safarini nami sina cha kumpa.
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’;
Naye, akiwa ndani angemjibu: Usinisumbue! Nimekwisha funga mlango. Mimi na watoto wangu tumelala; siwezi kuamka nikupe!
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.
Hakika, ingawa hataamka ampe kwa sababu yeye ni rafiki yake, lakini, kwa sababu ya huyo mtu kuendelea kumwomba, ataamka ampe chochote anachohitaji.
9 And so I say to you — Ask, and your prayer shall be granted: search, and you shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened to you.
Kwa hiyo, ombeni, nanyi mtapewa, tafuteni, nanyi mtapata, bisheni nanyi mtafunguliwa.
10 For he that asks receives, he that searches finds, and to him that knocks the door shall be opened.
Maana yeyote aombaye hupewa, atafutaye hupata na abishaye hufunguliwa.
11 What father among you, if his son asks him for a fish, will give him a snake instead,
Mtoto akimwomba baba yake samaki, je, atampa nyoka badala ya samaki?
12 or, if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
Na kama akimwomba yai, je, atampa ng'e?
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 that ask him!”
Ninyi, ingawa ni waovu, mnajua kuwapa watoto wenu vitu vizuri. Basi, baba yenu wa mbinguni atafanya zaidi; atawapa Roho Mtakatifu wale wanaomwomba.”
14 Once Jesus was driving out a dumb demon, and, when the demon had gone out, the dumb man spoke. The people were amazed at this;
Siku moja Yesu alikuwa anamfukuza pepo aliyemfanya mtu mmoja kuwa bubu. Basi, huyo pepo alipomtoka, yule mtu akaweza kuongea hata umati wa watu ukashangaa.
15 but some of them said: “He drives out demons by the help of Baal-zebub, the chief of the demons”;
Lakini baadhi ya watu hao wakasema, “Anamfukuza pepo kwa uwezo wa Beelzebuli, mkuu wa pepo.”
16 while others, to test him, asked him for some sign from the heavens.
Wengine, wakimjaribu, wakamtaka afanye ishara kuonyesha kama alikuwa na idhini kutoka mbinguni.
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.
Lakini yeye, akiwa anayajua mawazo yao, akawaambia, “Ufalme wowote uliofarakana wenyewe, hauwezi kudumu; kadhalika, jamaa yeyote inayofarakana huangamia.
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 Baal-zebub.
Kama Shetani anajipinga mwenyewe, utawala wake utasimamaje? Mnasemaje, basi, kwamba ninawafukuza pepo kwa uwezo wa Beelzebuli?
19 But, if it is by Baal-zebub’s help that I drive out demons, by whose help is it that your own sons drive them out? Therefore they shall themselves be your judges.
Kama ninafukuza pepo kwa uwezo wa Beelzebuli, watoto wenu huwafukuza kwa uwezo wa nani? Kwa sababu hiyo, wao ndio watakaowahukumu ninyi.
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.
Lakini ikiwa ninawafukuza pepo kwa uwezo wa Mungu, basi jueni kwamba Ufalme wa Mungu umekwisha fika kwenu.
21 When a strong man is keeping guard, fully armed, over his own mansion, his property is in safety;
“Mtu mwenye nguvu anapolinda jumba lake kwa silaha, mali yake yote iko salama.
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.
Lakini akija mwenye nguvu zaidi akamshambulia na kumshinda, huyo huziteka silaha zake alizotegemea na kugawanya nyara.
23 He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not help me to gather is scattering.
Yeyote asiyejiunga nami, ananipinga; na yeyote asiyekusanya pamoja nami, hutawanya.
24 No sooner does a foul spirit leave a man, 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’;
“Pepo mchafu akifukuzwa kwa mtu fulani, huzururazurura jangwani akitafuta mahali pa kupumzikia. Asipopata, hujisemea: Nitarudi kwenye makao yangu nilikotoka.
25 but, on coming there, it finds it unoccupied, swept, and put in order.
Anaporudi, huikuta ile nyumba imefagiwa na kupambwa.
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 man proves to be worse than the first.”
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.”
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!”
Alipokuwa akisema hayo, mwanamke mmoja katika lile kundi la watu, akasema kwa sauti kubwa: “Heri tumbo lililokuzaa, na maziwa yaliyokunyonyesha!”
28 But Jesus replied: “Rather, happy are those who listen to God’s Message and keep it.”
Lakini Yesu akasema, “Lakini heri zaidi wale wanaolisikia neno la Mungu na kulishika.”
29 As the crowds increased, Jesus began to speak: “This generation is a wicked generation. It is asking a sign, but no sign shall be given it except the sign of Jonah.
Umati wa watu ulipozidi kuongezeka, Yesu akawaambia, “Kizazi hiki ni kizazi kiovu. Kinataka ishara, lakini hakitapewa ishara yoyote isipokuwa ile ya Yona.
30 For, as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so shall the Son of Man be to this generation.
Jinsi Yona alivyokuwa ishara kwa watu wa Ninewi, ndivyo pia Mwana wa Mtu atakavyokuwa ishara kwa kizazi hiki.
31 At the Judgment the Queen of the South will rise up with the men of this generation, and will condemn them, because she came from the very ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon; and here is more than a Solomon!
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.
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!
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!
33 No one sets light to a lamp, and then puts it in the cellar or under the corn-measure, but he puts it on the lamp-stand, so that any one who comes in may see the light.
“Hakuna mtu anayewasha taa na kuifunika kwa pishi, bali huiweka juu ya kinara ili watu wanaoingia ndani wapate kuona mwanga.
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.
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.
35 Take care, therefore, that the inner Light is not darkness.
Uwe mwangalifu basi mwanga ulio ndani yako usije ukawa giza.
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.”
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.”
37 As Jesus finished speaking, a Pharisee asked him to breakfast with him, and Jesus went in and took his place at table.
Yesu alipokuwa akiongea, Mfarisayo mmoja alimkaribisha chakula nyumbani kwake, naye akaenda, akaketi kula chakula.
38 The Pharisee noticed, to his astonishment, that Jesus omitted the ceremonial washing before breakfast.
Huyo Mfarisayo alistaajabu kuona kwamba alikula chakula bila kunawa.
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.
Bwana akamwambia, “Ninyi Mafarisayo huosha kikombe na sahani kwa nje, lakini ndani mmejaa udhalimu na uovu.
40 Fools! did not the maker of the outside make the inside too?
Wapumbavu ninyi! Je, aliyetengeneza nje si ndiye aliyetengeneza ndani pia?
41 Only give away what is in them in charity, and at once you have the whole clean.
Toeni kwa maskini vile vitu vilivyomo ndani, na vingine vyote vitakuwa halali kwenu.
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.
“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.
43 Alas for you Pharisees! You delight to have the front seat in the Synagogues, and to be greeted in the markets with respect.
“Ole wenu ninyi Mafarisayo, kwa sababu mnapenda kuketi mbele mahali pa heshima katika masunagogi, na kusalimiwa kwa heshima hadharani.
44 Alas for you! You are like unsuspected graves, over which men walk unawares.”
Ole wenu, kwa sababu mko kama makaburi yaliyofichika; watu hutembea juu yake bila kufahamu.”
45 Here one of the Students of the Law interrupted him by saying: “Teacher, when you say this, you are insulting us also.”
Mmoja wa walimu wa Sheria akamwambia, “Mwalimu, maneno yako yanatukashifu na sisi pia.”
46 But Jesus went on: “Alas for you, too, you Students of the Law! You load men with loads that are too heavy to carry, but do not, yourselves, touch them with one of your fingers.
Yesu akamjibu, “Na ninyi walimu wa Sheria, ole wenu; maana mnawatwika watu mizigo isiyochukulika, huku ninyi wenyewe hamnyoshi hata kidole kuwasaidia.
47 Alas for you! You build the monuments of the Prophets whom your ancestors killed.
Ole wenu, kwa kuwa mnajenga makaburi ya manabii wale ambao wazee wenu waliwaua.
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.
Kwa hiyo mnashuhudia na kukubaliana na matendo ya wazee wenu; maana wao waliwaua hao manabii, nanyi mnajenga makaburi yao.
49 That is why the Wisdom of God said — “I will send to them Prophets and Apostles,
Kwa hiyo, Hekima ya Mungu ilisema hivi: Nitawapelekea manabii na mitume, lakini watawaua baadhi yao, na kuwatesa wengine.
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 —
Matokeo yake ni kwamba kizazi hiki kitaadhibiwa kwa sababu ya damu ya manabii wote iliyomwagika tangu mwanzo wa ulimwengu;
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.
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.
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.”
“Ole wenu ninyi walimu wa Sheria, kwa sababu mmeuficha ule ufunguo wa mlango wa elimu; ninyi wenyewe hamkuingia na mmewazuia waliokuwa wanaingia wasiingie.”
53 When Jesus left the house, the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees began to press him hard and question him closely upon many subjects,
Alipokuwa akitoka pale, wale Mafarisayo na walimu wa Sheria wakaanza kumshambulia vikali na kumsonga kwa maswali mengi
54 laying traps for him, so as to seize upon anything that he might say.
ili wapate kumnasa kwa maneno yake.
