Luke 11
1 And it came to pass, in his being in a certain place praying, as he ceased, a certain one of his disciples said unto him, 'Sir, teach us to pray, as also John taught his disciples.'
Siku moja, Yesu alikuwa mahali fulani akiomba. Alipomaliza kuomba, mmoja wa wanafunzi wake akamwambia, “Bwana, tufundishe kuomba, kama vile Yohana alivyowafundisha wanafunzi wake.”
2 And he said to them, 'When ye may pray, say ye: Our Father who art in the heavens; hallowed be Thy name: Thy reign come; Thy will come to pass, as in heaven also on earth;
Akawaambia, “Mnapoomba, semeni: “‘Baba yetu (uliye mbinguni), jina lako litukuzwe, ufalme wako uje. (Mapenzi yako yafanyike hapa duniani kama huko mbinguni.)
3 our appointed bread be giving us daily;
Utupatie kila siku riziki yetu.
4 and forgive us our sins, for also we ourselves forgive every one indebted to us; and mayest Thou not bring us into temptation; but do Thou deliver us from the evil.'
Utusamehe dhambi zetu, kwa kuwa na sisi huwasamehe wote wanaotukosea. Wala usitutie majaribuni (bali utuokoe kutoka kwa yule mwovu).’”
5 And he said unto them, 'Who of you shall have a friend, and shall go on unto him at midnight, and may say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves,
Kisha akawaambia, “Ni nani miongoni mwenu mwenye rafiki yake, naye akamwendea usiku wa manane na kumwambia, ‘Rafiki, nikopeshe mikate mitatu.
6 seeing a friend of mine came out of the way unto me, and I have not what I shall set before him,
Kwa sababu rafiki yangu amekuja kutoka safarini, nami sina kitu cha kumpa.’
7 and he from within answering may say, Do not give me trouble, already the door hath been shut, and my children with me are in the bed, I am not able, having risen, to give to thee.
“Kisha yule aliyeko ndani amjibu, ‘Usinisumbue. Mlango umefungwa, nami na watoto wangu tumelala. Siwezi kuamka nikupe chochote.’
8 'I say to you, even if he will not give to him, having risen, because of his being his friend, yet because of his importunity, having risen, he will give him as many as he doth need;
Nawaambia, ingawa huyo mtu hataamka na kumpa hiyo mikate kwa sababu ni rafiki yake, lakini kwa sababu ya kuendelea kwake kuomba, ataamka na kumpa kiasi anachohitaji.
9 and I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;
“Kwa hiyo nawaambia: Ombeni nanyi mtapewa; tafuteni nanyi mtapata; bisheni nanyi mtafunguliwa mlango.
10 for every one who is asking doth receive; and he who is seeking doth find; and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.
Kwa kuwa kila aombaye hupewa; naye kila atafutaye hupata; na kila abishaye hufunguliwa mlango.
11 'And of which of you — the father — if the son shall ask a loaf, a stone will he present to him? and if a fish, will he instead of a fish, a serpent present to him?
“Je, kuna yeyote miongoni mwenu ambaye mtoto wake akimwomba samaki, atampa nyoka badala yake?
12 and if he may ask an egg, will he present to him a scorpion?
Au mtoto akimwomba yai atampa nge?
13 If, then, ye, being evil, have known good gifts to be giving to your children, how much more shall the Father who is from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those asking Him!'
Basi ikiwa ninyi mlio waovu, mnajua kuwapa watoto wenu vitu vizuri, si zaidi sana Baba yenu aliye mbinguni atawapa Roho Mtakatifu wale wamwombao!”
14 And he was casting forth a demon, and it was dumb, and it came to pass, the demon having gone forth, the dumb man spake, and the multitudes wondered,
Basi Yesu alikuwa anamtoa pepo mchafu kutoka kwa mtu aliyekuwa bubu. Yule pepo mchafu alipomtoka yule mtu aliyekuwa bubu, akaanza kuongea, nao umati wa watu ukashangaa.
15 and certain of them said, 'By Beelzeboul, ruler of the demons, he doth cast forth the demons;'
Lakini wengine wakasema, “Anatoa pepo wachafu kwa uwezo wa Beelzebuli, yule mkuu wa pepo wachafu wote.”
16 and others, tempting, a sign out of heaven from him were asking.
Wengine ili kumjaribu wakataka awaonyeshe ishara kutoka mbinguni.
17 And he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, 'Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated; and house against house doth fall;
Yesu akajua mawazo yao, naye akawaambia, “Kila ufalme ukigawanyika dhidi yake wenyewe huangamia. Nayo nyumba iliyogawanyika dhidi yake yenyewe itaanguka.
18 and if also the Adversary against himself was divided, how shall his kingdom be made to stand? for ye say, by Beelzeboul is my casting forth the demons.
Kama Shetani amegawanyika mwenyewe, ufalme wake utasimamaje? Nawaambia haya kwa sababu ninyi mnadai ya kuwa mimi ninatoa pepo wachafu kwa uwezo wa Beelzebuli.
19 'But if I by Beelzeboul cast forth the demons — your sons, by whom do they cast forth? because of this your judges they shall be;
Kama mimi natoa pepo wachafu kwa nguvu za Beelzebuli, wafuasi wenu nao je, wao hutoa pepo wachafu kwa uwezo wa nani? Hivyo basi, wao ndio watakaowahukumu.
20 but if by the finger of God I cast forth the demons, then come unawares upon you did the reign of God.
Lakini kama mimi ninatoa pepo wachafu kwa kidole cha Mungu, basi Ufalme wa Mungu umewajia.
21 'When the strong man armed may keep his hall, in peace are his goods;
“Mtu mwenye nguvu aliyejifunga silaha anapoilinda nyumba yake, mali yake iko salama.
22 but when the stronger than he, having come upon [him], may overcome him, his whole-armour he doth take away in which he had trusted, and his spoils he distributeth;
Lakini mtu mwenye nguvu zaidi kumliko akimshambulia na kumshinda, yeye humnyangʼanya silaha zake zote alizozitegemea, na kuchukua nyara.
23 he who is not with me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me doth scatter.
“Mtu asiyekuwa pamoja nami yu kinyume nami, na mtu ambaye hakusanyi pamoja nami, hutawanya.
24 'When the unclean spirit may go forth from the man it walketh through waterless places seeking rest, and not finding, it saith, I will turn back to my house whence I came forth;
“Pepo mchafu amtokapo mtu, hutangatanga katika sehemu zisizo na maji akitafuta mahali pa kupumzika, lakini hapati. Ndipo husema, ‘Nitarudi kwenye nyumba yangu nilikotoka.’
25 and having come, it findeth [it] swept and adorned;
Naye arudipo na kuikuta ile nyumba imefagiliwa na kupangwa vizuri,
26 then doth it go, and take to it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having entered, they dwell there, and the last of that man becometh worst than the first.'
ndipo huenda na kuchukua pepo wachafu wengine saba wabaya kuliko yeye mwenyewe, nao huingia na kukaa humo. Nayo hali ya mwisho ya yule mtu huwa ni mbaya kuliko ile ya kwanza.”
27 And it came to pass, in his saying these things, a certain woman having lifted up the voice out of the multitude, said to him, 'Happy the womb that carried thee, and the paps that thou didst suck!'
Ikawa Yesu alipokuwa akisema hayo, mwanamke mmoja katikati ya ule umati wa watu akapaza sauti akasema, “Limebarikiwa tumbo lililokuzaa na matiti uliyonyonya!”
28 And he said, 'Yea, rather, happy those hearing the word of God, and keeping [it]!'
Yesu akajibu, “Wamebarikiwa zaidi wale wanaolisikia neno la Mungu na kulitii.”
29 And the multitudes crowding together upon him, he began to say, 'This generation is evil, a sign it doth seek after, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet,
Umati wa watu ulipokuwa unazidi kuongezeka, Yesu akaendelea kusema, “Hiki ni kizazi kiovu. Kinatafuta ishara, lakini hakitapewa ishara yoyote isipokuwa ile ya Yona.
30 for as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also shall the Son of Man be to this generation.
Kwa maana kama vile Yona alivyokuwa ishara kwa watu wa Ninawi, ndivyo Mwana wa Adamu atakavyokuwa ishara kwa kizazi hiki.
31 'A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and lo, greater than Solomon here!
Malkia wa Kusini atasimama wakati wa hukumu na kuwahukumu watu wa kizazi hiki. Kwa kuwa yeye alikuja kutoka miisho ya dunia ili kuisikiliza hekima ya Solomoni. Na hapa yupo aliye mkuu kuliko Solomoni.
32 'Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, because they reformed at the proclamation of Jonah; and lo, greater than Jonah here!
Siku ya hukumu, watu wa Ninawi watasimama pamoja na kizazi hiki na kukihukumu; kwa maana wao walitubu waliposikia mahubiri ya Yona. Na tazama, hapa yupo yeye aliye mkuu kuliko Yona.
33 'And no one having lighted a lamp, doth put [it] in a secret place, nor under the measure, but on the lamp-stand, that those coming in may behold the light.
“Hakuna mtu yeyote awashaye taa na kuiweka mahali palipofichika au kuifunikia chini ya bakuli. Badala yake huiweka juu ya kinara chake, ili watu wote wanaoingia waone nuru.
34 'The lamp of the body is the eye, when then thine eye may be simple, thy whole body also is lightened; and when it may be evil, thy body also is darkened;
Jicho lako ni taa ya mwili wako. Kama jicho lako ni zima, mwili wako wote pia umejaa nuru. Lakini kama jicho ni bovu, mwili wako wote pia umejaa giza.
35 take heed, then, lest the light that [is] in thee be darkness;
Kwa hiyo, hakikisha kwamba nuru iliyoko ndani yako isiwe giza.
36 if then thy whole body is lightened, not having any part darkened, the whole shall be lightened, as when the lamp by the brightness may give thee light.'
Basi ikiwa mwili wako wote umejaa nuru, bila sehemu yake yoyote kuwa gizani, basi utakuwa na nuru kama vile taa ikuangazavyo kwa nuru yake.”
37 And in [his] speaking, a certain Pharisee was asking him that he might dine with him, and having gone in, he reclined (at meat),
Yesu alipomaliza kuzungumza, Farisayo mmoja alimwalika nyumbani mwake kwa chakula. Yesu akaingia na kuketi katika sehemu yake mezani.
38 and the Pharisee having seen, did wonder that he did not first baptize himself before the dinner.
Yule Farisayo akashangaa kwamba Yesu hakunawa kwanza kabla ya kula.
39 And the Lord said unto him, 'Now do ye, the Pharisees, the outside of the cup and of the plate make clean, but your inward part is full of rapine and wickedness;
Ndipo Bwana akamwambia, “Sasa, enyi Mafarisayo, mnasafisha kikombe na sahani kwa nje, lakini ndani mmejaa unyangʼanyi na uovu.
40 unthinking! did not He who made the outside also the inside make?
Enyi wapumbavu! Hamjui kuwa yeye aliyetengeneza nje ndiye alitengeneza na ndani pia?
41 But what ye have give ye [as] alms, and, lo, all things are clean to you.
Basi toeni sadaka ya vile mlivyo navyo, na tazama, vitu vyote vitakuwa safi kwenu.
42 'But woe to you, the Pharisees, because ye tithe the mint, and the rue, and every herb, and ye pass by the judgment, and the love of God; these things it behoveth to do, and those not to be neglecting.
“Lakini ole wenu, Mafarisayo, kwa maana mnampa Mungu zaka za mnanaa, mchicha na kila aina ya mboga, lakini mnapuuza haki na upendo wa Mungu. Iliwapasa kufanya haya ya pili bila kupuuza hayo ya kwanza.
43 'Woe to you, the Pharisees, because ye love the first seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the market-places.
“Ole wenu Mafarisayo, kwa sababu ninyi mnapenda kukalia viti vya mbele katika masinagogi, na kusalimiwa kwa heshima masokoni.
44 'Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because ye are as the unseen tombs, and the men walking above have not known.'
“Ole wenu, kwa sababu ninyi ni kama makaburi yasiyokuwa na alama, ambayo watu huyakanyaga pasipo kujua.”
45 And one of the lawyers answering, saith to him, 'Teacher, these things saying, us also thou dost insult;'
Mtaalamu mmoja wa sheria akamjibu, akasema, “Mwalimu, unaposema mambo haya, unatutukana na sisi pia.”
46 and he said, 'And to you, the lawyers, woe! because ye burden men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves with one of your fingers do not touch the burdens.
Yesu akamjibu, “Nanyi wataalamu wa sheria, ole wenu, kwa sababu mnawatwika watu mizigo mizito ambayo hawawezi kubeba, wala ninyi wenyewe hamwinui hata kidole kimoja kuwasaidia.
47 'Woe to you, because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
“Ole wenu, kwa sababu ninyi mnajenga makaburi ya manabii waliouawa na baba zenu.
48 Then do ye testify, and are well pleased with the works of your fathers, because they indeed killed them, and ye do build their tombs;
Hivyo ninyi mwashuhudia na mnathibitisha kile baba zenu walichofanya. Wao waliwaua manabii, nanyi mnawajengea makaburi.
49 because of this also the wisdom of God said: I will send to them prophets, and apostles, and some of them they shall kill and persecute,
Kwa sababu ya jambo hili, Mungu katika hekima yake alisema, ‘Tazama, nitatuma kwao manabii na mitume, nao watawaua baadhi yao na wengine watawatesa.’
50 that the blood of all the prophets, that is being poured forth from the foundation of the world, may be required from this generation;
Kwa hiyo kizazi hiki kitawajibika kwa ajili ya damu ya manabii iliyomwagwa tangu kuwekwa misingi ya ulimwengu,
51 from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the house; yes, I say to you, It shall be required from this generation.
tangu damu ya Abeli mpaka damu ya Zekaria, aliyeuawa kati ya madhabahu na mahali patakatifu. Naam, nawaambia, kizazi hiki kitawajibika kwa haya yote.
52 'Woe to you, the lawyers, because ye took away the key of the knowledge; yourselves ye did not enter; and those coming in, ye did hinder.'
“Ole wenu ninyi wataalamu wa sheria, kwa sababu mmeuondoa ufunguo wa maarifa. Ninyi wenyewe hamkuingia, na wale waliokuwa wanaingia mkawazuia.”
53 And in his speaking these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began fearfully to urge and to press him to speak about many things,
Yesu alipoondoka huko, walimu wa sheria na Mafarisayo wakaanza kumpinga vikali na kumsonga kwa maswali,
54 laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
wakivizia kumkamata kwa kitu atakachosema ili wamshtaki.
