Matthew 7
1 “Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged.
“Usihukumu ili usije ukahukumiwa.
2 For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.
Kwa maana jinsi unavyowahukumu wengine, ndivyo utakavyohukumiwa, na kwa kipimo kile upimiacho, ndicho utakachopimiwa.
3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but don’t consider the beam that is in your own eye?
“Mbona unatazama kibanzi kilicho ndani ya jicho la ndugu yako, na wala huoni boriti iliyo ndani ya jicho lako mwenyewe?
4 Or how will you tell your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye,’ and behold, the beam is in your own eye?
Au unawezaje kumwambia ndugu yako, ‘Acha nitoe kibanzi kwenye jicho lako,’ wakati kuna boriti kwenye jicho lako mwenyewe?
5 You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother’s eye.
Ewe mnafiki, ondoa boriti ndani ya jicho lako kwanza, ndipo utaweza kuona dhahiri jinsi ya kuondoa kibanzi kilicho ndani ya jicho la ndugu yako.
6 “Don’t give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
“Msiwape mbwa vitu vilivyo vitakatifu; wala msitupie nguruwe lulu zenu. Kama mkifanya hivyo, watazikanyagakanyaga na kisha watawageukia na kuwararua vipande vipande.
7 “Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.
“Ombeni nanyi mtapewa; tafuteni nanyi mtapata; bisheni nanyi mtafunguliwa mlango.
8 For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
Kwa kuwa kila aombaye hupewa; naye kila atafutaye hupata; na kila abishaye hufunguliwa mlango.
9 Or who is there among you who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?
“Au ni nani miongoni mwenu ambaye mwanawe akimwomba mkate atampa jiwe?
10 Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent?
Au mwanawe akimwomba samaki atampa nyoka?
11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
Ikiwa ninyi basi mlio waovu mnajua kuwapa watoto wenu vitu vizuri, si zaidi sana Baba yenu aliye mbinguni atawapa vitu vizuri wale wamwombao?
12 Therefore, whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
Kwa hiyo chochote mnachotaka mtendewe na watu, ninyi nanyi watendeeni vivyo hivyo. Kwa kuwa hii ndiyo Sheria na Manabii.
13 “Enter in by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter in by it.
“Ingieni kupitia mlango mwembamba, kwa maana lango ni pana na njia ni pana ielekeayo upotevuni, nao ni wengi waingiao kwa kupitia lango hilo.
14 How narrow is the gate and the way is restricted that leads to life! There are few who find it.
Lakini mlango ni mwembamba na njia ni finyu ielekeayo kwenye uzima, nao ni wachache tu waionao.
15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
“Jihadharini na manabii wa uongo, wanaowajia wakiwa wamevaa mavazi ya kondoo, lakini ndani ni mbwa mwitu wakali.
16 By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?
Mtawatambua kwa matunda yao. Je, watu huchuma zabibu kwenye miiba, au tini kwenye michongoma?
17 Even so, every good tree produces good fruit, but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit.
Vivyo hivyo, mti mwema huzaa matunda mazuri, na mti mbaya huzaa matunda mabaya.
18 A good tree can’t produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.
Mti mwema hauwezi kuzaa matunda mabaya, wala mti mbaya hauwezi kuzaa matunda mazuri.
19 Every tree that doesn’t grow good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Kila mti usiozaa matunda mazuri hukatwa na kutupwa motoni.
20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
Hivyo, mtawatambua kwa matunda yao.
21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
“Si kila mtu aniambiaye, ‘Bwana, Bwana,’ atakayeingia katika Ufalme wa Mbinguni, bali ni yeye afanyaye mapenzi ya Baba yangu aliye mbinguni.
22 Many will tell me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?’
Wengi wataniambia siku ile, ‘Bwana, Bwana, hatukutoa unabii kwa jina lako, na kwa jina lako kutoa pepo wachafu na kufanya miujiza mingi?’
23 Then I will tell them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.’
Ndipo nitakapowaambia wazi, ‘Sikuwajua kamwe. Ondokeni kwangu, ninyi watenda maovu!’
24 “Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock.
“Kwa hiyo kila mtu ayasikiaye haya maneno yangu na kuyatenda, ni kama mtu mwenye busara aliyejenga nyumba yake kwenye mwamba.
25 The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it didn’t fall, for it was founded on the rock.
Mvua ikanyesha, mafuriko yakaja, na upepo ukavuma ukaipiga hiyo nyumba. Lakini haikuanguka; kwa sababu msingi wake ulikuwa kwenye mwamba.
26 Everyone who hears these words of mine and doesn’t do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
Naye kila anayesikia haya maneno yangu wala asiyatende, ni kama mtu mjinga aliyejenga nyumba yake kwenye mchanga.
27 The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell—and its fall was great.”
Mvua ikanyesha, mafuriko yakaja, nao upepo ukavuma ukaipiga hiyo nyumba, nayo ikaanguka kwa kishindo kikubwa.”
28 When Jesus had finished saying these things, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,
Yesu alipomaliza kusema maneno haya, makutano ya watu wakashangazwa sana na mafundisho yake,
29 for he taught them with authority, and not like the scribes.
kwa sababu alifundisha kama yeye aliye na mamlaka, wala si kama walimu wao wa sheria.
