Luka 11
1 Ilitokea wakati Yesu alipokuwa anaomba mahali fulani, mmoja wa mwanafunzi wake alimwambia, “Bwana, tufundishe sisi kuomba kama Yohana alivyo wafundisha wanafunzi wake'.
And it came to pass as he was in a certain place praying, that when he ceased, a certain man of his disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray as John also taught his disciples.
2 Yesu akawaambia, Msalipo, semeni, 'Baba, Jina lako litakazwe. Ufalme wako uje.
And he said to them, When ye pray, say, Our Father in the heavens, hallowed be thy name. May thy kingdom come, may thy will happen on the earth as also in heaven.
3 Utupe mkate wetu wa kila siku.
Give us our bread sufficient for each day.
4 Utusamehe makosa yetu, kama nasi tunavyowasamehe wote waliotukosea. Usituongoze katika majaribu.”
And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive every man who is indebted to us. And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
5 Yesu akawaambia, “Ni nani kwenu atakuwa na rafiki, ambaye atamuendea usiku, na kumwambia, Rafiki niazime mikate mitatu.
And he said to them, Which of you will have a friend, and will go to him at midnight, and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves,
6 Kwa sababu rafiki yangu amenijia sasa hivi kutoka safarini, nami sina cha kumuandalia.'
since a friend arrived from the road to me, and I do not have what I would set before him,
7 Na yule aliyeko ndani akamjibu, usinitaabishe, Mlango umekwisha kufungwa, na watoto wangu, pamoja nami tumekwisha kulala kitandani. Siwezi kuamka na kukupa wewe mikate.
and that man from inside, having answered, would say, Do not cause toils for me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I am not able, after getting up, to give thee?
8 Nawaambia, japo kuwa haamki na kukupatia mikate kama rafiki yake, kwa sababu ya kuendelea kumgongea bila aibu, ataamka na kukupatia vipande vingi vya mikate kulingana na mahitaji yako.
I say to you, though he will not give him, after getting up, because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, having awaken, he will give him as many as he needs.
9 Nami pia nawaambieni, Ombeni, nanyi mtapewa; tafuteni, nanyi mtapata, pigeni hodi nanyi mtafunguliwa.
And I say to you, ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and ye will find. Knock, and it will be opened.
10 Kwa kuwa kila mtu aombaye atapokea, na kila mtu atafutaye atapata, na kila mtu apigaye hodi, mlango utafunguliwa kwake.
For every man who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
11 Ni baba yupi miongoni mwenu, mwanaye akimuomba samaki atampa nyoka badala yake?
And which father of you, if the son will ask a loaf, will give him a stone, or also if a fish, in place of a fish will give him a serpent?
12 Au akimuomba yai atampa nge badala yake?
Or if he should ask for an egg, will he give him a scorpion?
13 Kwa hiyo, ikiwa ninyi mlio waovu mnajuwa kuwapa watoto wenu zawadi nzuri, je si zaidi sana Baba yenu wa mbinguni kwamba atawapa Roho Mtakatifu hao wamuombao?”
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more the Father from heaven will give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?
14 Baadaye, Yesu akawa anakemea pepo, na mtu mwenye pepo alikuwa bubu. Ikawa pepo lilipomtoka, mtu huyo aliweza kuongea. Umati wakastaajabu sana.
And he was casting out a demon, and it was mute. And it happened when the demon was gone out, the mute man spoke. And the multitudes marveled,
15 Lakii watu wengine wakasema, huyu anaondo mapepo kwa Beelzebul, mkuu wa mapepo
but some of them said, He casts out the demons by Beelzebub, ruler of the demons.
16 Wengine walimjaribu na kumtaka awaonyeshe ishara kutoka mbinguni.
And others, challenging, sought from him a sign from the sky.
17 Lakini Yesu aliyatambua mawazo yao na kuwaambia, “Kila ufalme utakaogawanyika itakuwa ukiwa, na nyumba iliyo gawanyika itaanguka.
But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom that was divided against itself is made desolate, and a house against a house falls.
18 Kama Shetani atakuwa amegawanyika, ufalme wake utasimamaje? Kwa sababu mwasema natoa mapepo kwa Belzebuli
And if Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom be made to stand? Because ye say that I cast out the demons by Beelzebub.
19 Kama mimi natoa mapepo kwa Belzebuli, je wenzenu wanatoa mapepo kwa njia gani? Kwa sababu hii, wao watawahukumu ninyi.
And if I cast out the demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Because of this they will be your judges.
20 Lakini, kama natoa mapepo kwa kidole cha Mungu, basi uflame wa Mungu umewajia.
But if by a finger of God I cast out the demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
21 Mtu mwenye nguvu aliye na silaha akilinda nyumba yake, vitu vyake vitakaa salama.
When the fully armed strong man guards his palace, the things possessed by him are in peace,
22 Lakini akivamiwa na mtu mwenye nguvu zaidi, Yule mtu mwenye nguvu atamnyang'anya silaha zake, na kuzichukua mali zake zote.
but when a stronger than he comes, after defeating him, he takes away his full armor in which he trusted, and divides his booty.
23 Yeye asiye pamoja nami yuko kinyume nami, na yeye asiyekusanya pamoja nami hutapanya.
He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters.
24 Pepo mchafu amtokapo mtu, huenda na kutafuta mahali pasipo na maji ili ajipumzishe. Atakapokuwa amekosa, husema, 'nitarudi nilipotoka.
When the unclean spirit departs out of the man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest. And not finding, it says, I will return to my house from where I came out.
25 Akirudi na kukuta nyumba imefagiliwa na imekaa vizuri.
And when it comes, it finds it swept and put in order.
26 Hivyo huenda na kutafuta mapepo saba walio waovu kuliko yeye mwenyewe na kuwaleta waje wakae mahali pale. Na hali ya mtu huyo huwa mbaya kuliko ilivyokuwa mara ya kwanza.”
Then it goes, and takes along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having enter in, it dwells there. And the last state of that man becomes worse than the first.
27 Ilitokea kwamba alipokuwa akisema maneno hayo, mwanamke fulani alipasa sauti yake zaidi ya wote kwanye mkutano wa watu na kusema “Limebarikiwa tumbo lililo kuzaa na matiti uliyoyanyonya”
And it came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman, having lifted up her voice out of the crowd, said to him, Blessed is the belly that bore thee, and the breasts that thou suckled.
28 Lakini yeye akasema, wamebarikiwa wale wasikio neno la Mungu na kulitunza.
But he said, Blessed rather, are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.
29 Wakati umati wa watu wanakusanyika na kuongezeka, Yesu akaanza kusema “Kizazi hiki ni kizazi cha uovu. Hutafuta ishara, na hakuna ishara watayopewa zaidi ya ile ishara ya Yona.
And when the multitudes gathered together he began to say, This generation is evil. They seek a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah, the prophet.
30 Maana kama Yona alivyokuwa ishara kwa watu wa Ninawi, ndivyo na Mwana wa Adamu atakavyokuwa ishara kwa kizazi hiki
For as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also the Son of man will be to this generation.
31 Malkia wa Kusini atasimama siku ya hukumu na watu wa kizazi hiki na kuwahukumu wao, kwani yeye alitoka katika mwisho wa nchi ili aje asikilize hekima za Solomoni, na hapa yuko aliye mkuu kuliko Solomoni.
The queen of the south will awake in the judgment with the men of this generation, and will condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
32 Watu wa Ninawi watasimama katika hukumu pamoja na watu wa kizazi hiki siku ya hukumu watakihukumu, kwani wao walitubu kwa mahubiri ya Yona, na tazama, hapa yuko aliye mkuu kuliko Yona.
The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.
33 Hakuna Mtu yeyote, awashaye taa na kuiweka sehemu ya chini yenye giza isiyoonekana au chini ya kikapu, ila huwasha na kuweka juu ya kitu ili kila mtu aingiaye aweze kuona mwanga.
And no man, having lit a lamp, puts it in a concealed place, nor under the bushel, but on the lampstand, so that those who enter in may see the light.
34 Jicho lako ni taa ya mwili. Jicho lako likiwa zuri basi mwili wako wote utakuwa kwenye mwanga. Lakini jicho lako likiwa baya basi mwili wako wote utakuwa kwenye giza.
The lamp of thy body is the eye. Therefore, when thine eye is sound, thy whole body is also bright, but when it is bad, thy body is also dark.
35 Kwa hiyo, mjihadhari ili mwanga ulio ndani yenu usitiwe giza.
Watch therefore the light in thee not be darkness.
36 Hivyo basi, kama mwili wako wote uko kwenye mwanga, na hakuna sehemu iliyo katika giza, basi mwili wako utakuwa sawa na taa iwakayo na kutoa mwanga kwenu.”
If therefore thy whole body is bright, not having any part dark, the whole will be bright, as when the lamp illuminates thee by the radiance.
37 Alipomaliza kuongea, Farisayo alimwalika akale chakula nyumbani kwake, naye Yesu akaingia ndani na kuwa pamoja nao.
Now as he spoke a certain Pharisee asks him that he might dine with him. And having entered in, he sat down.
38 Na Mafarisayo wakashangaa kwa jinsi ambavyo hakunawa kwanza kabla ya chakula cha jioni.
And when the Pharisee saw, he marveled that he did not first wash before dinner.
39 Lakini Bwana akawaambia, “Ninyi Mafarisayo mnaosha nje ya vikombe na bakuli, lakini ndani yenu mmejaa tamaa na uovu.
And the Lord said to him, Now ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your interior is full of plundering and wickedness.
40 Ninyi watu msio na ufahamu, Je yeye aliyeumba nje hakuumba na ndani pia?
Ye foolish men, did not he who made the outside also make the inside?
41 Wapeni masikini yaliyo ndani, na mambo yote yatakuwa safi kwenu.
But give compassion, things that are inside, and behold, all things are clean to you.
42 Lakini ole wenu Mafarisayo, kwani mnatoa zaka ya mnanaa na mchicha na kila aina ya mboga ya bustani. Lakini mmeacha mambo ya haki na kumpenda Mungu. Ni muhimu zaidi kufanya yaliyo ya haki na kumpenda Mungu, bila kuacha kufanya na hayo mengine pia.
But woe to you Pharisees! Because ye tithe mint and rue and every plant, and pass by justice and the love of God. It is necessary to do these things, and not to neglect those things.
43 Ole wenu Mafarisayo, kwa kuwa mnapenda kukaa katika viti vya mbele kwenye masinagogi na kuamkiwa kwa salamu za heshima sokoni.
Woe to you Pharisees! Because ye love the place of honor in the synagogues, and the greetings in the marketplaces.
44 Ole wenu, kwani mnafanana na makaburi yasiyo na alama ambayo watu hutembea juu yake pasipokujua.”
Woe to you scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye are like the unseen sepulchers, and the men who walk over them do not know.
45 Mwalimu mmoja wa sheria za Kiyahudi akamjibu na kumwambia, “Mwalimu, unachokisema kinatuudhi pia sisi.”
And having answered, a certain man of the lawyers says to him, Teacher, in saying these things thou rebuke us also.
46 Yesu akasema, “Ole wenu, waalimu wa sheria! kwani mnawapa watu mizigo mikubwa wasiyoweza kuibeba, walakini ninyi hamgusi mizigo hiyo hata kwa moja ya vidole vyenu.
And he said, Woe also to you lawyers! Because ye load men with burdens difficult to bear, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.
47 Ole wenu, kwa sababu mnajenga na kuweka kumbukumbu kwenye makaburi ya manabii' ambao waliuwawa na mababu zenu.
Woe to you! Because ye build the sepulchers of the prophets, but your fathers killed them.
48 Hivyo ninyi mwashuhudia na kukubaliana na kazi walizozifanya mababu zenu, kwa sababu hakika waliwauwa manabii ambao mnajenga kumbukumbu katika makaburi yao.
Consequently, ye testify and approve the works of your fathers, because they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchers.
49 Kwa sababu hiyo pia, hekima ya Mungu inasema, 'Nitawatumia manabii na mitume nao watawatesa na kuwaua baadhi yao.
Because of this also the wisdom of God said, I will send to them prophets and apostles. And some of them they will kill and persecute,
50 Kizazi hiki kitawajibika kwa damu ya manabii waliouawa tangu kuanza kwa dunia,
so that the blood of all the prophets that was shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation,
51 Kutoka damu ya Abeli hadi damu ya Zakaria, aliyeuawa katikati ya madhabahu na patakatifu. Ndiyo, nawaambia ninyi, kizazi hiki kitawajibika.
from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I say to you, it will be required of this generation.
52 Ole wenu waalimu wa sheria za Kiyahudi, kwa sababu mmechukua funguo za ufahamu; nyie wenyewe hamuingii, na wale wanaotaka kuingia mnawazuia.”
Woe to you lawyers! Because ye took away the key of knowledge. Ye did not enter in yourselves, and ye hindered those who were entering in.
53 Baada ya Yesu kuondoka pale, Waandishi na Mafarisayo walimpinga na kubishana naye juu ya mambo mengi.
And after he said these things to them, the scholars and the Pharisees began to harass him extremely, and to provoke him to speak impulsively about more things,
54 wakijaribu kumnsana kwa maneno yake.
waiting to ambush him, seeking to catch something out of his mouth so that they might accuse him.
