Luka 24
1 Mnamo siku ya kwanza ya juma, alfajiri na mapema, wale wanawake walichukua yale manukato waliyokuwa wameyaandaa, wakaenda kaburini.
But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they and some others came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared.
2 Wakakuta lile jiwe limevingirishwa kutoka kwenye kaburi,
They found the stone rolled away from the tomb.
3 lakini walipoingia ndani, hawakuuona mwili wa Bwana Yesu.
They entered in, and did not find the Lord Jesus’ body.
4 Walipokuwa wanashangaa juu ya jambo hili, ghafula watu wawili waliokuwa wamevaa mavazi yanayongʼaa kama umeme wakasimama karibu nao.
While they were greatly perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling clothing.
5 Wale wanawake, wakiwa na hofu, wakainamisha nyuso zao mpaka chini. Lakini wale watu wakawaambia, “Kwa nini mnamtafuta aliye hai miongoni mwa wafu?
Becoming terrified, they bowed their faces down to the earth. The men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead?
6 Hayuko hapa; amefufuka! Kumbukeni alivyowaambia alipokuwa bado yuko pamoja nanyi huko Galilaya kwamba:
He is not here, but is risen. Remember what he told you when he was still in Galilee,
7 ‘Ilikuwa lazima Mwana wa Adamu atiwe mikononi mwa watu wenye dhambi na waovu ili asulubiwe, na siku ya tatu afufuke.’”
saying that the Son of Man must be delivered up into the hands of sinful men and be crucified, and the third day rise again?”
8 Ndipo wakayakumbuka maneno ya Yesu.
They remembered his words,
9 Waliporudi kutoka huko kaburini, wakawaeleza wale wanafunzi kumi na mmoja pamoja na wengine wote mambo haya yote.
returned from the tomb, and told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.
10 Basi Maria Magdalene, Yoana, na Maria mama yake Yakobo, pamoja na wanawake wengine waliofuatana nao ndio waliwaelezea mitume habari hizi.
Now they were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James. The other women with them told these things to the apostles.
11 Lakini hawakuwasadiki hao wanawake, kwa sababu maneno yao yalionekana kama upuzi.
These words seemed to them to be nonsense, and they did not believe them.
12 Hata hivyo, Petro akainuka na kukimbia kwenda kule kaburini. Alipoinama kuchungulia, akaona vile vitambaa vya kitani, ila hakuona kitu kingine. Naye akaenda zake akijiuliza nini kilichotokea.
But Peter got up and ran to the tomb. Stooping and looking in, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he departed to his home, wondering what had happened.
13 Ikawa siku iyo hiyo, wanafunzi wawili wa Yesu walikuwa njiani wakienda kijiji kilichoitwa Emau, yapata maili saba kutoka Yerusalemu.
Behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was sixty stadia from Jerusalem.
14 Walikuwa wakizungumza wao kwa wao kuhusu mambo yote yaliyotukia.
They talked with each other about all of these things which had happened.
15 Walipokuwa wakizungumza na kujadiliana, Yesu mwenyewe akaja akatembea pamoja nao,
While they talked and questioned together, Jesus himself came near, and went with them.
16 lakini macho yao yakazuiliwa ili wasimtambue.
But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.
17 Akawauliza, “Ni mambo gani haya mnayozungumza wakati mnatembea?” Wakasimama, nyuso zao zikionyesha huzuni.
He said to them, “What are you talking about as you walk, and are sad?”
18 Mmoja wao, aliyeitwa Kleopa, akamuuliza, “Je, wewe ndiye peke yako mgeni huku Yerusalemu ambaye hufahamu mambo yaliyotukia humo siku hizi?”
One of them, named Cleopas, answered him, “Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who does not know the things which have happened there in these days?”
19 Akawauliza, “Mambo gani?” Wakamjibu, “Mambo ya Yesu wa Nazareti. Yeye alikuwa nabii, mwenye uwezo mkuu katika maneno yake na matendo yake, mbele za Mungu na mbele ya wanadamu wote.
He said to them, “What things?” They said to him, “The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people;
20 Viongozi wa makuhani na viongozi wetu walimtoa ahukumiwe kufa, nao wakamsulubisha.
and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him.
21 Lakini tulikuwa tumetegemea kwamba yeye ndiye angelikomboa Israeli. Zaidi ya hayo, leo ni siku ya tatu tangu mambo haya yatokee.
But we were hoping that it was he who would redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened.
22 Isitoshe, baadhi ya wanawake katika kundi letu wametushtusha. Walikwenda kaburini leo alfajiri,
Also, certain women of our company amazed us, having arrived early at the tomb;
23 lakini hawakuukuta mwili wake. Walirudi wakasema wameona maono ya malaika ambao waliwaambia kwamba Yesu yu hai.
and when they did not find his body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.
24 Kisha baadhi ya wenzetu walikwenda kaburini wakalikuta kama vile wale wanawake walivyokuwa wamesema, lakini yeye hawakumwona.”
Some of us went to the tomb and found it just like the women had said, but they did not see him.”
25 Yesu akawaambia, “Ninyi ni wajinga kiasi gani, nanyi ni wazito mioyoni mwenu kuamini mambo yote yaliyonenwa na manabii!
He said to them, “Foolish people, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
26 Je, haikumpasa Kristokuteswa kwa njia hiyo na kisha aingie katika utukufu wake?”
Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and to enter into his glory?”
27 Naye akianzia na Sheria ya Mose na Manabii wote, akawafafanulia jinsi Maandiko yalivyosema kumhusu yeye.
Beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
28 Nao walipokaribia kile kijiji walichokuwa wakienda, Yesu akawa kama anaendelea mbele.
They came near to the village where they were going, and he acted like he would go further.
29 Lakini wao wakamsihi sana akae nao, wakisema, “Kaa hapa nasi, kwa maana sasa ni jioni na usiku unaingia.” Basi akaingia ndani kukaa nao.
They urged him, saying, “Stay with us, for it is almost evening, and the day is almost over.” He went in to stay with them.
30 Alipokuwa mezani pamoja nao, akachukua mkate, akashukuru, akaumega, akaanza kuwagawia.
When he had sat down at the table with them, he took the bread and gave thanks. Breaking it, he gave it to them.
31 Ndipo macho yao yakafumbuliwa, nao wakamtambua, naye akatoweka machoni pao. Hawakumwona tena.
Their eyes were opened and they recognized him; then he vanished out of their sight.
32 Wakaulizana wao kwa wao, “Je, mioyo yetu haikuwakawaka kwa furaha ndani yetu alipokuwa anazungumza nasi njiani na kutufafanulia Maandiko?”
They said to one another, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he spoke to us along the way, and while he opened the Scriptures to us?”
33 Wakaondoka mara, wakarudi Yerusalemu. Wakawakuta wale wanafunzi kumi na mmoja na wale waliokuwa pamoja nao, wamekusanyika
They rose up that very hour, returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and those who were with them,
34 wakisema, “Ni kweli! Bwana amefufuka, naye amemtokea Simoni.”
saying, “The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!”
35 Kisha wale wanafunzi wawili wakaeleza yaliyotukia njiani na jinsi walivyomtambua Yesu alipoumega mkate.
They related the things that happened along the way, and how he was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread.
36 Walipokuwa bado wanazungumza hayo, Yesu mwenyewe akasimama katikati yao, akasema, “Amani iwe nanyi!”
As they said these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, “Peace be to you.”
37 Wakashtuka na kuogopa wakidhani kwamba wameona mzuka.
But they were terrified and filled with fear, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
38 Lakini Yesu akawauliza, “Kwa nini mnaogopa? Kwa nini mna shaka mioyoni mwenu?
He said to them, “Why are you troubled? Why do doubts arise in your hearts?
39 Tazameni mikono yangu na miguu yangu, mwone kuwa ni mimi hasa. Niguseni mwone; kwa maana mzuka hauna nyama na mifupa, kama mnionavyo kuwa navyo.”
See my hands and my feet, that it is truly me. Touch me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see that I have.”
40 Aliposema haya, akawaonyesha mikono na miguu yake.
When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.
41 Wakashindwa kuamini kwa ajili ya furaha na mshangao waliokuwa nao. Akawauliza, “Mna chakula chochote hapa?”
While they still did not believe for joy, and wondered, he said to them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”
42 Wakampa kipande cha samaki aliyeokwa,
They gave him a piece of a broiled fish and some honeycomb.
43 naye akakichukua na kukila mbele yao.
He took them, and ate in front of them.
44 Akawaambia, “Haya ndiyo yale niliyowaambia nilipokuwa bado niko pamoja nanyi, kwamba yote yaliyoandikwa kunihusu mimi katika Sheria ya Mose, Manabii na Zaburi hayana budi kutimizwa.”
He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms concerning me must be fulfilled.”
45 Ndipo akafungua fahamu zao ili waweze kuyaelewa Maandiko.
Then he opened their minds, that they might understand the Scriptures.
46 Akawaambia, “Haya ndiyo yaliyoandikwa: Kristo atateswa na siku ya tatu atafufuka kutoka kwa wafu.
He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,
47 Toba na msamaha wa dhambi zitatangaziwa mataifa yote kupitia jina lake kuanzia Yerusalemu.
and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
48 Ninyi ni mashahidi wa mambo haya.
You are witnesses of these things.
49 “Tazama nitawatumia ahadi ya Baba yangu; lakini kaeni humu mjini hadi mtakapovikwa uwezo utokao juu.”
Behold, I send out the promise of my Father on you. But wait in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high.”
50 Akiisha kuwaongoza mpaka kwenye viunga vya Bethania, akainua mikono yake juu na kuwabariki.
He led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands and blessed them.
51 Alipokuwa anawabariki, akawaacha, akachukuliwa mbinguni.
While he blessed them, he withdrew from them and was carried up into heaven.
52 Kisha wakamwabudu na kurudi Yerusalemu wakiwa wamejawa na furaha kuu.
They worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
53 Nao wakadumu ndani ya Hekalu wakimtukuza Mungu. Amen.
and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.
