Luke 14
1 One day--it was a Sabbath--He was taking a meal at the house of one of the Rulers of the Pharisee party, while they were closely watching Him.
Siku moja ya Sabato, Yesu alikwenda kula chakula nyumbani kwa mmoja wa viongozi wa Mafarisayo; watu waliokuwapo hapo wakawa wanamchunguza.
2 In front of Him was a man suffering from dropsy.
Mbele yake Yesu palikuwa na mtu mmoja aliyekuwa na ugonjwa wa kuvimba mwili.
3 This led Jesus to ask the lawyers and Pharisees, "Is it allowable to cure people on the Sabbath?"
Yesu akawauliza walimu wa Sheria na Mafarisayo, “Je, ni halali au la kumponya mtu siku ya sabato?”
4 They gave Him no answer; so He took hold of the man, cured him, and sent him away.
Lakini wao wakakaa kimya. Yesu akamshika huyo mgonjwa, akamponya, akamwacha aende zake.
5 Then He turned to them and said, "Which of you shall have a child or an ox fall into a well on the Sabbath day, and will not immediately lift him out?"
Halafu akawaambia, “Ni nani kati yenu ambaye mtoto wake au ng'ombe wake akitumbukia shimoni, hangemtoa hata kama ni siku ya Sabato?”
6 To this they could make no reply.
Nao hawakuweza kumjibu swali hilo.
7 Then, when He noticed that the invited guests chose the best seats, He used this as an illustration and said to them,
Yesu aliona jinsi wale walioalikwa walivyokuwa wanajichagulia nafasi za heshima, akawaambia mfano:
8 "When any one invites you to a wedding banquet, do not take the best seat, lest perhaps some more honoured guest than you may have been asked,
“Kama mtu akikualika arusini, usiketi mahali pa heshima isije ikawa amealikwa mwingine mheshimiwa kuliko wewe;
9 and the man who invited you both will come and will say to you, 'Make room for this guest,' and then you, ashamed, will move to the lowest place.
na mwenyeji wenu ninyi wawili atakuja na kukwambia: Mwachie huyu nafasi. Hapo utaaibika mbele ya wote na kulazimika kwenda kuchukua nafasi ya mwisho.
10 On the contrary, when you are invited go and take the lowest place, that when your host comes round he may say to you, 'My friend, come up higher.' This will be doing you honour in the presence of all the other guests.
Bali ukialikwa kwenye karamu, keti mahali pa mwisho, ili mwenyeji wako atakapokuja akwambie: Rafiki, njoo hapa mbele, mahali pazuri zaidi. Hapo utakuwa umeheshimika mbele ya wote wanaoketi pamoja nawe.
11 For whoever uplifts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be uplifted.
Kwa maana yeyote anayejikweza atashushwa, na anayejishusha, atakwezwa.”
12 Also to His host, who had invited Him, He said, "When you give a breakfast or a dinner, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbours, lest perhaps they should invite you in return and a requital be made you.
Halafu akamwambia na yule aliyemwalika, “Kama ukiwaandalia watu karamu mchana au jioni, usiwaalike rafiki zako au jamaa zako au jirani zako walio matajiri, wasije nao wakakualika nawe ukawa umelipwa kile ulichowatendea.
13 But when you entertain, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind;
Badala yake, unapofanya karamu, waalike maskini, vilema viwete na vipofu,
14 and you will be blessed, because they have no means of requiting you, but there will be requital for you at the Resurrection of the righteous."
nawe utakuwa umepata baraka, kwa kuwa hao hawana cha kukulipa. Maana Mungu atakupa tuzo lako wakati watu wema watakapofufuka.”
15 After listening to this teaching, one of His fellow guests said to Him, "Blessed is he who shall feast in God's Kingdom."
Mmoja wa wale waliokuwa wameketi pamoja na Yesu akasema, “Ana heri mtu yule atakayekula chakula katika Ufalme wa Mungu.”
16 "A man once gave a great dinner," replied Jesus, "to which he invited a large number of guests.
Yesu akamjibu, “Mtu mmoja alifanya karamu kubwa, akaalika watu wengi.
17 At dinner-time he sent his servant to announce to those who had been invited, "'Come, for things are now ready.'
Wakati wa karamu ulipofika alimtuma mtumishi wake awaambie walioalikwa, Njoni, kila kitu ni tayari.
18 "But they all without exception began to excuse themselves. The first told him, "'I have purchased a piece of land, and must of necessity go and look at it. Pray hold me excused.'
Lakini wote, kwa namna moja, wakaanza kuomba radhi. Wa kwanza akamwambia mtumishi: Nimenunua shamba, kwa hiyo sina budi kwenda kuliangalia; nakuomba uniwie radhi.
19 "A second pleaded, "'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and am on my way to try them. Pray hold me excused.'
Mwingine akasema: Nimenunua ng'ombe jozi tano wa kulima; sasa nimo njiani kwenda kuwajaribu; nakuomba uniwie radhi.
20 "Another said, "'I am just married. It is impossible for me to come.'
Na mwingine akasema: Nimeoa mke, kwa hiyo siwezi kuja.
21 "So the servant came and brought these answers to his master, and they stirred his anger. "'Go out quickly,' he said, 'into the streets of the city--the wide ones and the narrow. You will see poor men, and crippled, blind, lame: fetch them all in here.'
Mtumishi huyo akarudi na kumwarifu bwana wake jambo hilo. Yule mwenye nyumba alikasirika, akamwambia mtumishi wake: Nenda upesi kwenye barabara na vichochoro vya mji, uwalete hapa ndani maskini, viwete, vipofu na waliolemaa.
22 "Soon the servant reported the result, saying, "'Sir, what you ordered is done, and there is room still.'
Baadaye, mtumishi huyo akasema: Bwana mambo yamefanyika kama ulivyoamuru, lakini bado iko nafasi.
23 "'Go out,' replied the master, 'to the high roads and hedge-rows, and compel the people to come in, so that my house may be filled.
Yule bwana akamwambia mtumishi: Nenda katika barabara na vichochoro vya mji uwashurutishe watu kuingia ili nyumba yangu ijae.
24 For I tell you that not one of those who were invited shall taste my dinner.'"
Kwa maana, nawaambieni, hakuna hata mmoja wa wale walioalikwa atakayeonja karamu yangu.”
25 On His journey vast crowds attended Him, towards whom He turned and said,
Hapo, makundi mengi yakawa yanaandamana pamoja na Yesu. Basi, akawageukia akawaambia,
26 "If any one is coming to me who does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes and his own life also, he cannot be a disciple of mine.
“Mtu yeyote akija kwangu, asipowachukia baba na mama yake, mke wake, watoto, ndugu na dada zake, naam, hata na nafsi yake mwenyewe, hawezi kuwa mwanafunzi wangu.
27 No one who does not carry his own cross and come after me can be a disciple of mine.
Mtu asipochukua msalaba wake na kunifuata hawezi kuwa mwanafunzi wangu.
28 "Which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not sit down first and calculate the cost, asking if he has the means to finish it? --
Kwa maana, ni nani miongoni mwenu ambaye akitaka kujenga mnara hataketi kwanza akadirie gharama zake ili ajue kama ana kiasi cha kutosha cha kumalizia?
29 lest perhaps, when he has laid the foundation and is unable to finish, all who see it shall begin to jeer at him,
La sivyo, baada ya kuweka msingi na kushindwa kumaliza, watu watamcheka
30 saying, 'This man began to build, but could not finish.'
wakisema: Mtu huyu alianza kujenga, lakini hakumalizia.
31 Or what king, marching to encounter another king in war, does not first sit down and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand men to meet the one who is advancing against him with twenty thousand?
“Au, ni mfalme gani ambaye, akitaka kwenda kupigana na mfalme mwingine, hataketi kwanza chini na kufikiri kama ataweza, kwa askari wake elfu ishirini?
32 If not, while the other is still a long way off, he sends messengers and sues for peace.
Kama anaona hataweza, atawatuma wajumbe kutaka masharti ya amani wakati mfalme huyo mwingine angali mbali.
33 Just as no one of you who does not detach himself from all that belongs to him can be a disciple of mine.
Vivyo hivyo, basi, hakuna hata mmoja wenu atakayekuwa mwanafunzi wangu kama asipoachilia kila kitu alicho nacho.
34 "Salt is good: but if even the salt has become tasteless, what will you use to season it?
“Chumvi ni nzuri; lakini ikipoteza ladha yake, itakolezwa na nini?
35 Neither for land nor dunghill is it of any use; they throw it away. Listen, every one who has ears to listen with!"
Haifai kitu wala kwa udongo wala kwa mbolea. Watu huitupilia mbali. Sikieni basi, kama mna masikio!”
