Mathayo 9
1 Yesu akaingia kwenye chombo, akavuka na kufika katika mji wa kwao.
Jesus and his disciples got into the boat. They skirted around [the lake] and went to [Capernaum, the city where he was living].
2 Wakati huo huo wakamletea mtu aliyepooza, akiwa amelazwa kwenye mkeka. Yesu alipoiona imani yao, alimwambia yule mtu aliyepooza, “Mwanangu, jipe moyo mkuu. Dhambi zako zimesamehewa.”
[Some men] brought to him a man who was paralyzed and who was lying on a sleeping pad. When Jesus perceived that they believed [that he could heal the paralyzed man], he said to him, “Young man, be encouraged! I forgive your sins.”
3 Kwa ajili ya jambo hili, baadhi ya walimu wa sheria wakasema mioyoni mwao, “Huyu mtu anakufuru!”
Some of the men who taught the [Jewish] laws said among themselves, “[He claims that he can forgive sins! That means that he claims to be equal with God] He is insulting God!”
4 Lakini Yesu akiyafahamu mawazo yao, akawaambia, “Kwa nini mnawaza maovu mioyoni mwenu?
Jesus knew what they were thinking. So he said, “(You should not think evil [thoughts], [accusing me because I claim that I am God]!/Why do you think evil [thoughts], [saying that it is wrong for me to claim that I am God]?) [RHQ]
5 Je, ni lipi lililo rahisi zaidi: kusema, ‘Umesamehewa dhambi zako,’ au kusema, ‘Inuka, uende’?
It would [not] be risky [for someone] to say [to this man], ‘[I] forgive your sins’, [because no one could see whether or not it really happened]. But [no one, without having the power to heal], would say [to him], ‘[Get] up and walk!’, [because people could easily see whether it happened or not!] [RHQ]
6 Lakini, ili mpate kujua kwamba Mwana wa Adamu anayo mamlaka duniani kusamehe dhambi…” Ndipo akamwambia yule aliyepooza, “Inuka, chukua mkeka wako, uende nyumbani kwako.”
[So I am going to do something] in order that you may know that [God] has authorized [me], the one who came from heaven, to forgive the sins [of people while I am] on the earth, [as well as to heal people].” Then he said to the paralyzed man, “Get up, pick up your sleeping pad, and go home!”
7 Yule mtu akasimama, akaenda nyumbani kwake.
And [immediately] the man got up, [picked up his sleeping pad], and went home!
8 Makutano walipoyaona haya, wakajawa na hofu ya Mungu, wakamtukuza Mungu ambaye alikuwa ametoa mamlaka kama haya kwa wanadamu.
When the crowds saw this, they were awestruck. They praised God for giving authority to a human being [to do] such [things].
9 Yesu alipokuwa akienda kutoka huko, alimwona mtu mmoja jina lake Mathayo akiwa ameketi forodhani mahali pa kutoza ushuru. Yesu akamwambia, “Nifuate.” Mathayo akaondoka, akamfuata.
As Jesus was going away from there, he saw me, a man named Matthew. I was sitting at a table where I collected taxes [for the Roman government]. He said to me, “Come with me [and become my disciple]!” So I got up and went with him.
10 Yesu alipokuwa akila chakula ndani ya nyumba ya Mathayo, watoza ushuru wengi na “wenye dhambi” wakaja kula pamoja naye na wanafunzi wake.
[Then I invited] Jesus and his disciples to my home for a meal. While [they] were sitting and eating in my home, many tax collectors and [other people who were] {whom [the Pharisees]} [considered to be habitual] sinners came unexpectedly to eat with us.
11 Mafarisayo walipoona mambo haya, wakawauliza wanafunzi wake, “Kwa nini Mwalimu wenu anakula pamoja na watoza ushuru na ‘wenye dhambi’?”
When the Pharisees saw [that, they came] to us disciples and said, “([It is disgusting that] your teacher, [who claims to be righteous], eats [and associates] with tax collectors and [other] sinners!/Why is it that your teacher, [who claims to be righteous], eats [and associates] with tax collectors and [other] sinners?)” [RHQ]
12 Lakini Yesu aliposikia hayo, akawaambia, “Watu wenye afya hawahitaji tabibu, lakini wale walio wagonjwa ndio wanaohitaji tabibu.
Jesus heard what [they said], so he told them [this parable]: “[It is] people who are sick who need a [doctor] [MET], not people who are well.” [What he meant by that was that it was people who knew that they were sinners who were coming to him in order to be helped spiritually].
13 Nendeni mkajifunze maana ya maneno haya: ‘Nataka rehema, wala si dhabihu.’ Kwa maana sikuja kuwaita wenye haki, bali wenye dhambi.”
He continued by saying, “You need to learn what these words that [God said] mean: ‘I want you to [act] mercifully to people and not [just to offer] sacrifices.’ Keep in mind that I came [from heaven, not] to invite [people who think] [IRO] [that they are] righteous [to turn away from their sinful lives and come to me, but to invite people who know they are] sinners [to turn from their sins and come to me].”
14 Wanafunzi wa Yohana Mbatizaji wakaja na kumuuliza Yesu, “Imekuwaje kwamba sisi na Mafarisayo tunafunga, lakini wanafunzi wako hawafungi?”
Later, the disciples of John [the Baptizer] came to Jesus and asked him, “We [(exc)] and the Pharisees [often] abstain from food [to show that we want to please God], but your disciples do not do that. Why [do they not]?”
15 Yesu akawajibu, “Wageni wa bwana arusi wawezaje kuomboleza wakati angali pamoja nao? Wakati utafika ambapo bwana arusi ataondolewa kwao. Hapo ndipo watakapofunga.
[Jesus wanted to show them and the Pharisees that it was not appropriate for his disciples to abstain from food and mourn while he was still with them]. So he [gave them this illustration]: “When a bridegroom is with [his friends at the time of the wedding], (his friends certainly do not mourn, do they?/do his friends mourn?) [RHQ] [No, they do not mourn, because they are not sad at that time. But when] the bridegroom is taken {[someone] takes the [/his enemies] take the bridegroom} from them, they will abstain from food, [because then they will be sad].”
16 “Hakuna mtu anayeshonea kiraka kipya kwenye nguo iliyochakaa, kwa maana kile kiraka kitachanika kutoka kwenye hiyo nguo, nayo hiyo nguo itachanika zaidi.
[Jesus wanted to show them that people who desire to live in accordance with his new message should not try to continue to obey the old religious traditions like] ([abstaining from food/fasting]) [MET]. [So he said to them], “People do not sew a patch of unshrunken cloth on an old garment [to mend a hole]. If they did that, [when they washed the garment], the patch would [shrink] and tear the garment, and the hole would become bigger.
17 Wala watu hawaweki divai mpya kwenye viriba vikuukuu. Kama wakifanya hivyo, viriba vitapasuka nayo divai itamwagika, navyo viriba vitaharibika. Lakini divai mpya huwekwa kwenye viriba vipya, na hivyo divai na viriba huwa salama.”
Neither does anyone pour freshly-[squeezed] grape juice into old skin bags [to store it]. If anyone did that, those skin bags would tear [because they would not stretch when the grape juice ferments and expands. They] would be ruined, and the wine would be spilled {spill} [on the ground]. Instead, [people] put new wine into new skin bags, [and the bags will stretch when the wine ferments]. As a result, both [the wine and the bags] are preserved.”
18 Yesu alipokuwa akiwaambia mambo haya, mara akaingia kiongozi wa sinagogi akapiga magoti mbele yake, akamwambia, “Binti yangu amekufa sasa hivi. Lakini njoo uweke mkono wako juu yake, naye atakuwa hai.”
While Jesus was saying that, a leader of the Jewish meeting place came and bowed down before him [to show respect]. Then he said, “My daughter just died! But if you come and lay your hand on her, she will live [again]!”
19 Yesu akaondoka akafuatana naye, nao wanafunzi wake pia wakaandamana naye.
So Jesus got up, and he and [we] disciples went with the man.
20 Wakati huo huo, mwanamke mmoja, ambaye alikuwa na ugonjwa wa kutokwa damu kwa muda wa miaka kumi na miwili, akaja nyuma ya Yesu, akagusa upindo wa vazi lake,
Then a woman who [had been suffering constant vaginal] bleeding for twelve years came near Jesus. She was saying to herself, “[I want Jesus to heal me without anyone finding out that I have this problem of bleeding]. So if I [touch him] or even if I just touch his garment, I will be healed [without anyone finding out about it].” So she came behind him and touched the tassel of his garment.
21 kwa maana alisema moyoni mwake, “Kama nikigusa tu vazi lake, nitaponywa.”
22 Yesu akageuka, naye alipomwona akamwambia, “Binti, jipe moyo mkuu, imani yako imekuponya.” Naye yule mwanamke akapona kuanzia saa ile ile.
Then Jesus turned around [to see who had touched him]. And when he saw the woman, he said to her, “Be encouraged, dear woman. Because you believed [PRS] [that I could heal you, I] have healed you.” The woman was healed at that very moment.
23 Yesu alipofika nyumbani kwa yule kiongozi wa sinagogi na kuwaona waombolezaji wakipiga filimbi za maombolezo na watu wengi wakipiga kelele,
Then Jesus [and some of us disciples] came to the Jewish leader’s house. Jesus heard the flute players [playing funeral music] and the crowd [that had gathered] wailing loudly [because the girl had died].
24 akawaambia, “Ondokeni! Kwa maana binti huyu hakufa, bali amelala.” Wakamcheka kwa dhihaka.
[Knowing that he would cause her to live again], he said [to them], “Go away [and stop the funeral music and wailing], because the girl is not dead! She is [just] sleeping!” [The people laughed at him, because they knew that she was dead].
25 Lakini watu walipokwisha kutolewa nje, akaingia mle ndani na kumshika yule binti mkono, naye akaamka.
But Jesus told them to get out of the house. Then he went into [the room where the girl was lying]. He took hold of her hand and she [became alive again and] got up.
26 Habari hizi zikaenea katika maeneo yale yote.
And the [people of that] whole region heard [PRS] about it.
27 Yesu alipokuwa akiondoka mahali pale, vipofu wawili wakamfuata wakipiga kelele kwa nguvu na kusema, “Mwana wa Daudi, tuhurumie!”
As Jesus went away from there, two blind men followed him and shouted, “Have mercy on us [and heal our eyes, you who are the Messiah], the Descendant of [King] David!”
28 Alipoingia mle nyumbani wale vipofu wakamjia. Naye Yesu akawauliza, “Mnaamini kwamba ninaweza kufanya jambo hili?” Wakamjibu, “Ndiyo, Bwana.”
Jesus went into the house, where he [was staying], and then the blind men went in, too. Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able [to heal your eyes]?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord!”
29 Ndipo Yesu akagusa macho yao na kusema, “Iwe kwenu sawasawa na imani yenu.”
Then he touched their eyes and he said [to them], “Because you believe [that I can heal your eyes], I am healing them [right now]!”
30 Macho yao yakafunguka. Yesu akawaonya vikali, akisema, “Angalieni mtu yeyote asijue kuhusu jambo hili.”
And they were able to see [IDM]! Then Jesus told them sternly, “Be sure [IDM] that you do not tell anybody [what I did for you]!”
31 Lakini wao wakaenda na kueneza habari zake katika eneo lile lote.
But they went out and reported it throughout that whole region.
32 Walipokuwa wanatoka, mtu mmoja aliyekuwa amepagawa na pepo mchafu na ambaye hakuweza kuongea aliletwa kwa Yesu.
When [Jesus and we disciples] left [the house], some people brought to Jesus a man who was unable to speak because he was controlled by a demon {a demon controlled him}.
33 Yule pepo mchafu alipotolewa, yule mtu aliyekuwa bubu akaongea. Ule umati wa watu ukastaajabu na kusema, “Jambo kama hili kamwe halijapata kuonekana katika Israeli.”
After Jesus had expelled the demon, the man who had been unable to speak began to speak! The crowd [who saw this] marveled. They said, “Never before have [we seen] anything as [marvelous] as this happen in Israel!”
34 Lakini Mafarisayo wakasema, “Huyo anatoa pepo wachafu kwa uwezo wa mkuu wa pepo wachafu.”
But the Pharisees said, “It is [Satan], who rules the demons, who [enables this man to] expel demons [from people].”
35 Yesu akazunguka katika miji yote na vijiji vyote, akifundisha katika masinagogi yao, akihubiri habari njema za Ufalme, na akiponya kila ugonjwa na kila aina ya maradhi.
Then [we] went [with] Jesus through many of [HYP] the cities and towns [in Galilee district. He was teaching (in the synagogues/in the Jewish meeting places)], and preaching the good message about how God rules [over people’s lives]. He also was healing the [people who had] various diseases and illnesses.
36 Alipoona makutano, aliwahurumia kwa sababu walikuwa wanasumbuka bila msaada, kama kondoo wasiokuwa na mchungaji.
When he saw the crowd of people, he pitied them because they were harassed and dejected. [They were] like sheep that do not have a shepherd [SIM].
37 Ndipo akawaambia wanafunzi wake, “Mavuno ni mengi lakini watendakazi ni wachache.
Then he gave [this illustration] to us disciples: “[The people who are ready to receive my message are like a] field that is ready to be harvested {for people to harvest}. But there are only a few [of you who are teaching people my message].
38 Kwa hiyo mwombeni Bwana wa mavuno, ili apeleke watendakazi katika shamba lake la mavuno.”
So pray and ask the Lord [God] to send [more] workers [who will gather people together and teach them my message, just like a landowner sends workers] into his [field to gather] the [MET] harvest.”
