Luka 13
1 Wakati huo huo, kulikuwa na watu waliomwambia Yesu habari za Wagalilaya ambao Pilato aliwaua, na damu ya hao watu akaichanganya na dhabihu yao waliyokuwa wanatoa.
And there were present, at that very time, some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
2 Yesu akawauliza, “Mnadhani kwamba hawa Wagalilaya ambao walikufa kifo cha namna hiyo walikuwa na dhambi kuwazidi Wagalilaya wengine wote?
And he answering, said to them: Think you that these Galileans were sinners above all the men of Galilee, because they suffered such things?
3 La hasha! Ninyi nanyi msipotubu, mtaangamia vivyo hivyo.
No, I say to you: but unless you shall do penance, you shall all likewise perish.
4 Au wale watu kumi na wanane waliokufa walipoangukiwa na mnara huko Siloamu: mnadhani wao walikuwa waovu kuliko watu wote waliokuwa wanaishi Yerusalemu?
Or those eighteen upon whom the tower fell in Siloe, and slew them: think you, that they also were debtors above all the men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
5 Nawaambia, la hasha! Ninyi nanyi msipotubu, wote mtaangamia vivyo hivyo.”
No, I say to you; but except you do penance, you shall all likewise perish.
6 Kisha Yesu akawaambia mfano huu: “Mtu mmoja alikuwa na mtini uliopandwa katika shamba lake la mizabibu, akaja ili kutafuta tini kwenye mti huo, lakini hakupata hata moja.
He spoke also this parable: A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none.
7 Hivyo akamwambia mtunza shamba: ‘Tazama, kwa muda wa miaka mitatu sasa nimekuwa nikija kutafuta matunda kwenye mtini huu, nami sikupata hata moja. Ukate! Kwa nini uendelee kuharibu ardhi?’
And he said to the dresser of the vineyard: Behold, for these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it done therefore: why cumbereth it the ground?
8 “Yule mtunza shamba akamjibu, ‘Bwana, uache tena kwa mwaka mmoja zaidi, nami nitaupalilia na kuuwekea mbolea.
But he answering, said to him: Lord, let it alone this year also, until I dig about it, and dung it.
9 Kama ukizaa matunda mwaka ujao, vyema, la sivyo uukate.’”
And if happily it bear fruit: but if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
10 Basi Yesu alikuwa akifundisha katika sinagogi mojawapo siku ya Sabato.
And he was teaching in their synagogue on their sabbath.
11 Wakati huo huo akaja mwanamke mmoja aliyekuwa na pepo mchafu, naye alikuwa amepinda mgongo kwa muda wa miaka kumi na minane, wala alikuwa hawezi kunyooka wima.
And behold there was a woman, who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years: and she was bowed together, neither could she look upwards at all.
12 Yesu alipomwona, akamwita, akamwambia, “Mwanamke, uwe huru, umepona ugonjwa wako.”
Whom when Jesus saw, he called her unto him, and said to her: Woman, thou art delivered from thy infirmity.
13 Yesu alipomwekea mikono yake, mara akasimama wima akaanza kumtukuza Mungu.
And he laid his hands upon her, and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.
14 Lakini kiongozi wa sinagogi akakasirika kwa sababu Yesu alikuwa ameponya mtu siku ya Sabato. Akaambia ule umati wa watu, “Kuna siku sita ambazo watu wanapaswa kufanya kazi. Katika siku hizo, njooni mponywe, lakini si katika siku ya Sabato.”
And the ruler of the synagogue (being angry that Jesus had healed on the sabbath) answering, said to the multitude: Six days there are wherein you ought to work. In them therefore come, and be healed; and not on the sabbath day.
15 Lakini Bwana akamjibu, “Enyi wanafiki! Je, kila mmoja wenu hamfungulii ngʼombe wake au punda wake kutoka zizini akampeleka kumnywesha maji siku ya Sabato?
And the Lord answering him, said: Ye hypocrites, doth not every one of you, on the sabbath day, loose his ox or his ass from the manger, and lead them to water?
16 Je, huyu mwanamke, ambaye ni binti wa Abrahamu, aliyeteswa na Shetani akiwa amemfunga kwa miaka yote hii kumi na minane, hakustahili kufunguliwa kutoka kifungo hicho siku ya Sabato?”
And ought not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?
17 Aliposema haya, wapinzani wake wakaaibika, lakini watu wakafurahi kwa ajili ya mambo ya ajabu aliyoyafanya.
And when he said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the things that were gloriously done by him.
18 Kisha Yesu akauliza, “Ufalme wa Mungu unafanana na nini? Nitaufananisha na nini?
He said therefore: To what is the kingdom of God like, and whereunto shall I resemble it?
19 Umefanana na punje ya haradali ambayo mtu aliichukua na kuipanda katika shamba lake. Nayo ikakua, ikawa mti nao ndege wa angani wakatengeneza viota vyao kwenye matawi yake.”
It is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and cast into his garden, and it grew and became a great tree, and the birds of the air lodged in the branches thereof.
20 Yesu akauliza tena, “Nitaufananisha Ufalme wa Mungu na nini?
And again he said: Whereunto shall I esteem the kingdom of God to be like?
21 Unafanana na chachu ambayo mwanamke aliichukua akaichanganya katika kiasi kikubwa cha unga mpaka wote ukaumuka.”
It is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
22 Yesu akapita katika miji na vijiji, akifundisha wakati alisafiri kwenda Yerusalemu.
And he went through the cities and towns teaching, and making his journey to Jerusalem.
23 Mtu mmoja akamuuliza, “Bwana, ni watu wachache tu watakaookolewa?”
And a certain man said to him: Lord, are they few that are saved? But he said to them:
24 Yesu akawaambia, “Jitahidini sana kuingia kupitia mlango mwembamba, kwa maana nawaambia wengi watajaribu kuingia, lakini hawataweza.
Strive to enter by the narrow gate; for many, I say to you, shall seek to enter, and shall not be able.
25 Wakati mwenye nyumba atakapoondoka na kufunga mlango, mtasimama nje mkibisha mlango na kusema, ‘Bwana! Tufungulie mlango!’ “Lakini yeye atawajibu, ‘Siwajui ninyi, wala mtokako.’
But when the master of the house shall be gone in, and shall shut the door, you shall begin to stand without, and knock at the door, saying: Lord, open to us. And he answering, shall say to you: I know you not, whence you are.
26 “Ndipo mtamjibu, ‘Tulikula na kunywa pamoja nawe, tena ulifundisha katika mitaa yetu.’
Then you shall begin to say: We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.
27 “Lakini yeye atawajibu, ‘Siwajui ninyi, wala mtokako. Ondokeni kwangu, ninyi watenda maovu!’
And he shall say to you: I know you not, whence you are: depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
28 “Ndipo kutakuwako kilio na kusaga meno, mtakapowaona Abrahamu, Isaki, Yakobo na manabii wote wakiwa katika Ufalme wa Mungu, lakini ninyi mkiwa mmetupwa nje.
There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.
29 Watu watatoka mashariki na magharibi, kaskazini na kusini, nao wataketi kwenye sehemu walizoandaliwa karamuni katika Ufalme wa Mungu.
And there shall come from the east and the west, and the north and the south; and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
30 Tazama, kunao walio wa mwisho watakaokuwa wa kwanza, nao wa kwanza watakaokuwa wa mwisho.”
And behold, they are last that shall be first; and they are first that shall be last.
31 Wakati huo huo baadhi ya Mafarisayo wakamwendea Yesu na kumwambia, “Ondoka hapa uende mahali pengine kwa maana Herode anataka kukuua.”
The same day, there came some of the Pharisees, saying to him: Depart, and get thee hence, for Herod hath a mind to kill thee.
32 Yesu akawajibu, “Nendeni mkamwambie yule mbweha, ‘Ninafukuza pepo wachafu na kuponya wagonjwa leo na kesho, nami siku ya tatu nitaikamilisha kazi yangu.’
And he said to them: Go and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and do cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I am consummated.
33 Sina budi kuendelea na safari yangu leo, kesho na kesho kutwa: kwa maana haiwezekani nabii kufa mahali pengine isipokuwa Yerusalemu.
Nevertheless I must walk today and tomorrow, and the day following, because it cannot be that a prophet perish, out of Jerusalem.
34 “Ee Yerusalemu, Yerusalemu, uwauaye manabii na kuwapiga mawe wale waliotumwa kwako! Mara ngapi nimetamani kuwakusanya watoto wako pamoja, kama vile kuku akusanyavyo vifaranga wake chini ya mabawa yake, lakini hukutaka!
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent to thee, how often would I have gathered thy children as the bird doth her brood under her wings, and thou wouldest not?
35 Tazama nyumba yenu imeachwa ukiwa. Ninawaambia, hamtaniona tena mpaka wakati ule mtakaposema, ‘Amebarikiwa yeye ajaye kwa jina la Bwana.’”
Behold your house shall be left to you desolate. And I say to you, that you shall not see me till the time come, when you shall say: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
