Marko 2
1 Baada ya siku kadhaa Yesu alirudi Kapernaumu, watu wakasikia kwamba amerudi nyumbani.
After some days He entered Capernaum again, and it soon became known that He was at home;
2 Hivyo watu wengi wakakusanyika kiasi kwamba hapakubaki nafasi yoyote hata mlangoni! Naye akawahubiria Neno.
and such numbers of people came together that there was no longer room for them even round the door. He was speaking His Message to them,
3 Ndipo baadhi ya watu wakaja wakamletea Yesu mtu aliyepooza, akiwa amebebwa na watu wanne.
when there came a party of people bringing a paralytic--four men carrying him.
4 Kwa kuwa walikuwa hawawezi kumfikisha kwa Yesu kwa ajili ya umati wa watu, walitoboa tundu kwenye paa mahali pale alipokuwa Yesu, wakamshusha yule aliyepooza kwa kitanda alichokuwa amelalia.
Finding themselves unable, however, to bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they untiled the roof just over His head, and after clearing an opening they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying.
5 Yesu alipoiona imani yao, alimwambia yule mtu aliyepooza, “Mwanangu, dhambi zako zimesamehewa.”
Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, "My son, your sins are pardoned."
6 Basi baadhi ya walimu wa sheria waliokuwa wameketi huko wakawaza mioyoni mwao,
Now there were some of the Scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts.
7 “Kwa nini mtu huyu anasema hivi? Huyu anakufuru! Ni nani awezaye kusamehe dhambi isipokuwa Mungu peke yake?”
"Why does this man use such words?" they said; "he is blaspheming. Who can pardon sins but One--that is, God?"
8 Mara moja Yesu akatambua rohoni mwake kile walichokuwa wanawaza mioyoni mwao, naye akawaambia, “Kwa nini mnawaza hivyo mioyoni mwenu?
At once perceiving by His spirit that they were reasoning within themselves, Jesus asked them, "Why do you thus argue in your minds?
9 Je, ni lipi lililo rahisi zaidi: kumwambia huyu aliyepooza, ‘Umesamehewa dhambi zako,’ au kusema, ‘Inuka, uchukue mkeka wako, uende’?
Which is easier?--to say to this paralytic, 'Your sins are pardoned,' or to say, 'Rise, take up your mat, and walk?'
10 Lakini ili mpate kujua ya kwamba Mwana wa Adamu anayo mamlaka duniani kusamehe dhambi…” Yesu akamwambia yule aliyepooza,
But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to pardon sins" --He turned to the paralytic, and said,
11 “Nakuambia, inuka, chukua mkeka wako, uende nyumbani kwako.”
"To you I say, 'Rise, take up your mat and go home.'"
12 Yule mtu aliyekuwa amepooza akasimama, akachukua mkeka wake, akatembea machoni pao wote! Jambo hili likawashangaza wote, wakamtukuza Mungu, wakisema, “Hatujapata kuona jambo kama hili kamwe!”
The man rose, and immediately under the eyes of all took up his mat and went out, so that they were all filled with astonishment, gave the glory to God, and said, "We never saw anything like this."
13 Yesu akaenda tena kandokando ya Bahari ya Galilaya. Umati mkubwa wa watu ukamfuata, naye akaanza kuwafundisha.
Again He went out to the shore of the Lake, and the whole multitude kept coming to Him, and He taught them.
14 Alipokuwa akitembea, akamwona Lawi mwana wa Alfayo ameketi forodhani mahali pa kutoza ushuru, akamwambia, “Nifuate.” Lawi akaondoka, akamfuata Yesu.
And as He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the Toll Office, and said to him, "Follow me." So he rose and followed Him.
15 Yesu alipokuwa akila chakula nyumbani mwa Lawi, watoza ushuru wengi pamoja na “wenye dhambi” walikuwa wakila pamoja naye na wanafunzi wake, kwa maana kulikuwa na watu wengi waliokuwa wakimfuata.
When He was sitting at table in Levi's house, a large number of tax-gatherers and notorious sinners were at table with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many such who habitually followed Him.
16 Baadhi ya walimu wa sheria waliokuwa Mafarisayo walipomwona akila pamoja na watoza ushuru na “wenye dhambi,” wakawauliza wanafunzi wake: “Mbona Yesu anakula pamoja na watoza ushuru na ‘wenye dhambi’?”
But when the Scribes of the Pharisee sect saw Him eating with the sinners and the tax-gatherers, they said to His disciples, "He is eating and drinking with the tax-gatherers and sinners!"
17 Yesu aliposikia haya akawaambia, “Watu wenye afya hawahitaji tabibu, bali walio wagonjwa. Sikuja kuwaita wenye haki, bali wenye dhambi.”
Jesus heard the words, and He said, "It is not the healthy who require a doctor, but the sick: I did not come to appeal to the righteous, but to sinners."
18 Basi wanafunzi wa Yohana pamoja na Mafarisayo walikuwa wakifunga. Baadhi ya watu wakamjia Yesu na kumuuliza, “Mbona wanafunzi wa Yohana na wa Mafarisayo hufunga lakini wanafunzi wako hawafungi?”
(Now John's disciples and those of the Pharisees were keeping a fast.) And they came and asked Him, "How is it that John's disciples and those of the Pharisees are fasting, and yours are not?"
19 Yesu akawajibu, “Wageni wa bwana arusi wawezaje kufunga wakati angali pamoja nao? Wakati bwana arusi bado yuko pamoja nao, hawawezi kufunga.
"Can a wedding party fast while the bridegroom is among them?" replied Jesus. "So long as they have the bridegroom with them, fasting is impossible.
20 Lakini wakati utafika ambapo bwana arusi ataondolewa kwao. Siku hiyo ndipo watakapofunga.
But a time will come when the Bridegroom will be taken away from them; then they will fast.
21 “Hakuna mtu ashoneaye kiraka cha nguo mpya kwenye nguo iliyochakaa. Akifanya hivyo, kile kiraka kipya kitachanika kutoka ile nguo iliyochakaa, nayo itachanika zaidi.
No one mends an old garment with a piece of unshrunk cloth. Otherwise, the patch put on would tear away from it--the new from the old--and a worse hole would be made.
22 Wala hakuna mtu awekaye divai mpya kwenye viriba vikuukuu. Akifanya hivyo, ile divai mpya itavipasua hivyo viriba, nayo hiyo divai itamwagika na viriba vitaharibika. Lakini divai mpya huwekwa kwenye viriba vipya.”
And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise the wine would burst the skins, and both wine and skins would be lost. New wine needs fresh skins!"
23 Siku moja ya Sabato, Yesu pamoja na wanafunzi wake walikuwa wakipita katikati ya mashamba ya nafaka. Walipokuwa wakitembea, wanafunzi wake wakaanza kuvunja masuke.
One Sabbath He was walking through the wheatfields when His disciples began to pluck the ears of wheat as they went.
24 Mafarisayo wakamwambia, “Tazama, mbona wanafanya jambo lisilo halali kufanywa siku ya Sabato?”
So the Pharisees said to Him, "Look! why are they doing what on the Sabbath is unlawful?"
25 Yesu akawajibu, “Je, hamjasoma kamwe alivyofanya Daudi wakati yeye na wenzake walikuwa na njaa, wakahitaji chakula?
"Have you never read," Jesus replied, "what David did when the necessity arose and he and his men were hungry:
26 Daudi aliingia katika nyumba ya Mungu, wakati Abiathari alikuwa kuhani mkuu, akaila ile mikate iliyowekwa wakfu, ambayo ni halali kuliwa na makuhani peke yao. Naye pia akawapa wenzake.”
how he entered the house of God in the High-priesthood of Abiathar, and ate the Presented Loaves--which none but the priests are allowed to eat--and gave some to his men also?"
27 Kisha Yesu akawaambia, “Sabato ilifanyika kwa ajili ya mwanadamu, lakini si mwanadamu kwa ajili ya Sabato.
And Jesus said to them: "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath;
28 Hivyo, Mwana wa Adamu ndiye Bwana wa Sabato.”
so that the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath."
