Luka 12
1 Kwa wakati huo, maelfu mengi ya watu walikusanyika pamoja, kiasi cha kuanza kukanyagana, akaanza kusema na wanafunzi wake kwanza, “Jihadharini na chachu ya Mafarisayo ambayo ni unafiki”
In the mean time, when myriads of the people had come together, so that they trod one upon another, he began to say to his disciples first of all: Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
2 Na hapatakuwepo na siri iliyofichika ambayo haitafunuliwa, wala jambo lililofichwa ambalo halitajulikana.
For there is nothing covered, which shall not be revealed, and hid, which shall not be made known.
3 Na lolote mlilolisema katika giza, litasikiwa katika mwanga. Na yoyote mliyoyasema kwenye sikio ndani ya vyumba vyenu vya ndani vilivyofungwa yatatangazwa juu ya paa la nyumba.
Wherefore, what you have spoken in the darkness, shall be heard in the light; and what you have spoken in the ear in closets, shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops.
4 Nawaambieni rafiki zangu, msiwaogope wale wauao mwili na kisha hawana kitu kingine cha kufanya,
But I say to you, my friends, Fear not them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
5 Lakini nitawaonya mtakaye mwogopa. Mwogopeni yule ambaye baada ya kuwa ameua, ana mamlaka ya kutupa jehanamu. Ndiyo, nawaambiani ninyi, mwogopeni huyo. (Geenna g1067)
But I will show you whom you shall fear: Fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, Fear him. (Geenna g1067)
6 Je shomoro watano hawauzwi kwa sarafu mbili? hata hivyo hakuna hata mmoja wao atakayesahaulika mbele za Mungu.
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings? yet not one of them is forgotten before God.
7 Lakini mjue kuwa, nywele za vichwa vyenu vimehesabiwa. Msiogope. Ninyi ni wa thamani kubwa kuliko shomoro wengi.
But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.
8 Ninawaambia, yeyote atakayenikiri Mimi mbele za watu, Mwana wa Adamu atamkiri mbele za malaika wa Mungu.
And I further say to you, Whoever confesses me before men, him will the Son of man also confess before the angels of God.
9 Lakini yeyeyote atakayenikana mbele za watu naye atakanwa mbele ya Malaika wa Mungu.
But he that denies me before men, shall be denied before the angels of God.
10 Yeyote atakayesema neno baya juu ya Mwana wa Adamu, atasamehewa, lakini yeyote atakayemkufuru Roho Mtakatifu, hatasamehewa.
And whoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but he that speaks impiously against the Holy Spirit, shall not be forgiven.
11 Watakapowapeleka mbele za wakuu wa masinagogi, watawala, na wanye mamlaka, msiogope juu na namna ya kuongea katika kujitetea au nini mtakachosema,
When they bring you to the synagogues, and to rulers and authorities, be not anxious how or what you shall answer, or what you shall say;
12 kwa kuwa Roho Mtakatifu atawafundisha namna mtakavyosema kwa wakati huo.”
for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that hour what you ought to say.
13 Mtu mmoja katika kusanyiko akamwambia, “Mwalimu, mwambie ndugu yangu anigawie sehemu ya uruthi wangu.”
And a certain one of the multitude said to him: Teacher, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.
14 Yesu akamjibu, ni nani aliye niweka kuwa mwamuzi na mpatanishi kati yenu?
But he said to him: Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?
15 Ndipo akawaambia, Jihadharini na kila namna ya tamaa, kwa sababu uzima wa mtu hauko katika wingi wa vitu alivyo navyo.”
And he said to them: Take heed and beware of covetousness; for a man’s life depends not on the abundance of his possessions.
16 Yesu akawaambia mfano, akisema, Shamba la mtu mmoja tajiri lilizaa sana,
And he spoke a parable to them, saying: The farm of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully.
17 na akajiuliza ndani yake, akisema, nitafanyaje kwani sina mahali pa kuhifadhi mazao yangu?
And he reasoned within himself, saying: What shall I do? for I have no place in which I can store my fruits.
18 Akasema, nitafanya hivi. Nitavunja ghala zangu ndogo na kujenga iliyo kubwa, na kuyahifadhi mazao yangu yote na vitu vingine.
And he said: This will I do: I will pull down my barns and I will build larger ones; and there I will store ail my produce, and my good things;
19 Nitaiambia nafsi yangu, “Nafsi, umejiwekea akiba ya vitu vingi kwa miaka mingi. Pumzika, ule, unywe na kustarehe.”
and I will say to my soul: Soul, you have many good things laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.
20 Lakini Mungu akamwambia, ewe mtu mpumbavu, usiku wa leo wanahitaji roho kutoka kwako, na vitu vyote ulivyoviandaa vitakuwa vya nini?
But God said to him: Senseless man, this night shall your soul be required of you; and who shall have the things which you have provided?
21 Ndivyo itakavyokuwa kwa kila mtu anayejiwekea mali na si kujitajirisha kwa ajili ya Bwana.
So is he that lays up treasure for him self, and is not rich toward God.
22 Yesu akawaambia wanafunzi wake, Kwa hiyo nawaambia msihofu juu ya maisha yenu ya kuwa mtakula nini au juu ya miili yenu ya kuwa mtavaa nini
And he said to his disciples: For this reason I say to you, Be not anxious for your life, what you shall eat; nor for your body, what you shall put on.
23 Kwa kuwa maisha ni zaidi ya chakula, na mwili ni zaidi ya mavazi.
Life is a greater gift than food, and the body, than clothing.
24 Angalieni ndege wa angani, hawalimi wala hawavuni. Hawana chumba wala ghala ya kuhifadhia, lakini Baba yenu huwalisha. Ninyi si bora zaidi kuliko ndege!
Consider the ravens, that they neither sow nor reap; which have neither storehouse nor granary; yet God feeds them: you are of far more value than the birds.
25 Ni yupi kati yenu ambaye akijisumbua ataweza kuongeza dhiraa moja katika maisha yake?
Which of you, by his anxiety, can add one span to his life?
26 Ikiwa basi hamuwezi kufanya hicho kitu kidogo kilicho rahisi kwa nini basi kusumbukia hayo mengine?
If, therefore, you can not do that which is the least, why are you anxious about the rest?
27 Angalieni maua -yanavyomea. Hayafanyi kazi wala hayasokoti. Lakini nawaambia, hata Sulemani katika utukufu wake wote hakuvikwa kama mojawapo ya haya,
Consider the lilies, how they grow. They toil not, they spin not; yet I say to you, that Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.
28 Kama Mungu huyavika vizuri majani ya kondeni, ambayo leo yapo, na kesho hutupwa kwenye moto. Je si zaidi atawavika ninyi? enyi wa imani haba!
If, then, God so clothes the herb of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
29 Msisumbukie juu ya kuwa mtakula nini au mtakunywa nini, wala msiwe na hofu.
And seek not what you shall eat, or what you shall drink, and be not in anxious suspense.
30 Kwa kuwa Mataifa yote ya dunia husumbukia mambao yao. Na Baba yenu anajua ya kuwa mnahitaji hayo.
For all these things the nations of the world seek after; but your Father knows that you have need of these things.
31 Lakini tafuteni ufalme wake kwanza, na hayo mengine mtazidishiwa,
But seek the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be given you in addition.
32 msiogope, enyi kundi dogo, kwa sababu Baba yenu anafurahia kuwapa ninyi huo ufalme.
Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
33 Uzeni mali zenu na mkawape maskini, mjifanyie mifuko isiyoishiwa hazina ya mbinguni isiyokoma, sehemu ambapo wezi hawatakaribia wala nondo haitaweza kuharibu.
Sell what you have, and be charitable. Make for yourselves purses that do not become old, an unfailing treasure in the heavens, where no thief comes near, and no moth corrupts.
34 Kwa kuwa palipo na hazina yako, ndipo na roho yako itakapokuwepo.
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
35 Nguo zenu ndefu ziwe zimefungwa kwa mkanda, na taa zenu zihakikishwe kuwa zinaendelee kuwaka,
Let your loins be girded, and your lamps burning;
36 na muwe kama watu wanaomtazamia Bwana wao kutoka kwenye sherehe ya harusi, ili kwamba akija na kupiga hodi, wataweze kumfungulia mlango kwa haraka.
and be like men that are waiting for their lord, when he shall return from the wedding; that, when he comes and knocks, they may open for him immediately.
37 Wamebarikiwa wale watumishi, ambao Bwana atawakuta wako macho. Hakika atafunga nguo yake ndefu kwa mkanda, kisha atawaketisha chini kwa chakula, na kisha kuwahudumia.
Blessed are those servants whom their lord, when he comes, shall find watching. Verily I say to you, That he will gird himself and make them recline at table, and will come forth and serve them.
38 Kama Bwana atakuja kwa zamu ya pili ya ulinzi ya usiku, au hata zamu ya tatu ya ulinzi, na kuwakuta wakiwa tayari, itakuwa ni heri kwa hao watumishi.
And if he shall come in the second watch, and if he shall come in the third watch, and find them thus, blessed are those servants.
39 Zaidi ya hayo, mjue hili, kama bwana mwenye nyumba angelijua saa ambayo mwivi anakuja, asingeliruhusu nyumba yake ifunjwe.
But know this, that if the master of the house had known at what hour the thief comes, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through.
40 Iweni tayari pia kwani hamjui ni wakati gani mwana wa Adamu atarudi.
Be you, therefore, ready also; for at an hour when you think not, the Son of man comes.
41 Petro akasema, “Bwana, watuambia sisi wenyewe hii mifano, au unamwambia kila mtu?
Then Peter said to him: Lord, dost them speak this parable to us, or also to all?
42 Bwana akawaambia, “Ni nani mtumwa mwaminifu au mwenye hekima ambaye bwana wake atamweka juu ya watumishi wengine, ili awagawie chakula chao kwa wakati mwafaka?
And the Lord said: Who, then, is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his servants, to give them their portion of food at the proper time?
43 Amebarikiwa mtumishi yule, ambaye bwana wake akija atamkuta akifanya yale aliyoagizwa.
Blessed is that servant whom his lord, when he comes, shall find so doing.
44 Hakika nawaambia ninyi ya kuwa atamweka juu ya mali yake yote.
Of a truth, I say to you, that he will make him ruler over all that he has.
45 Lakini Mtumishi yule akisema moyoni mwake, “bwana wangu anachelewa kurudi; hivyo akaanza kuwapiga wale watumishi wa kiume na wa kike, kisha akaanza kula, kunywa na kulewa,
But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delays his coming, and shall begin to strike the men-servants and the maid-servants, and to eat and to drink, and to be drunk;
46 bwana wake yule mtumwa atakuja katika siku asiyotegemea na saa asiyoijua, naye atamkata vipande vipande na kumuweka katika sehemu pamoja na wasiokuwawaaminifu'
the lord of that servant will come in a day in which he looks not for him, and at an hour which he knows not; and will cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the unfaithful.
47 Mtumishi, anayejua mapenzi ya bwana wake, naye hakujiandaaa wala hakufanya sawa sawa na mapenzi yake, atapigwa viboko vingi.
And that servant who knew his lord’s will, but made no preparation, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes;
48 Lakini mtumishi asiyejua mapenzi ya bwana wake, lakini akafanya yanayostahili adhabu, atapigwa viboko vichache. Kwa kuwa yeye aliyepewa vingi, vingi hudaiwa kutoka kwake, na yeye aliyeaminiwa kwa vingi, kwake vitadaiwa vingi zaidi.
but he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. To whomever much has been given, of him shall much be required; and to whom men have intrusted much, of him will they ask the more.
49 Nimekuja kuwasha moto duniani, na natamani iwe umekwishawaka,
I have come to send fire on the earth; and how greatly do I wish that it were already kindled!
50 Lakini nina ubatizo ambao nitabatizwa, na nina huzuni mpaka utkapokamilika!
I have an immersion with which to be immersed, and how distressed I am till it be accomplished!
51 Je mnafikiri kuwa nimekuja kuleta amani duniani? Hapana, Nawaambieni, badala yake nimeleta mgawanyiko.
Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I toll you, No; but rather dissension.
52 Tangu sasa na kuendelea kutakuwa na watu watano katika nyumba moja wamegawanyika, na watatu watakuwa kinyume na wawili, na wawili watakuwa kinyume na watatu.
For from this time forth there shall be five in one house at variance, three with two, and two with three.
53 Watagawanyika, baba atakuwa kinyume na mwanae, na mwanae atakuwa kinyume na babaye, mama atakuwa kinyume na binti yake, na binti atakuwa kinyume na mama yake, Mama mkwe atakuwa kinyume na mkwe wake naye mkwe atakuwa kinyume na mama mkwe wake.
The father shall be at variance with the son, and the son with the father; the mother with the daughter, and the daughter with the mother; the mother-in-law with her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law with her mother-in-law.
54 Yesu akawa anawaambia makutano pia, “Mara muonapo mawingu yakitokea magharibi, mnasema nyakati za mvua zimewadia; na ndivyo inavyo kuwa,
And he said also to the multitudes: When you see the cloud rising from the west, you immediately say, There comes a shower: and so it is.
55 Na upepo wa kusini ukivuma, mnasema, Patakuwepo na joto kali, na ndivyo inavyokuwa.
And when the south wind blows, you say, There will be heat: and it comes to pass.
56 Enyi wanafiki, mnaweza kutafsiri mwonekano wa nchi na anga, lakini inakuwaje hamuwezi kuutafsiri wakati uliopo?
Hypocrites, you know how to judge of the face of the earth, and of the heavens; but how is it that you do not judge of this time?
57 Ni kwa nini kila mmoja wenu asipambanue lililo sahihi kwake kulifanya wakati ambapo angali na nafasi ya kufanya hivyo?
And why even of yourselves do you not judge what is right?
58 Maana mkienda na mshitaki wako mbele ya hakimu, jitahidi kupatana na mshitaki wako mungali bado mko njiani asije akakupeleka kwa hakimu, na hakimu akupeleka kwa ofisa, na ofisa akakutupa gerezani.
For when you are going with your opponent at law to the ruler, while you are on the way, endeavor to be delivered from him, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the collector, and the collector throw you into prison.
59 Nakuambia, hutatoka huko hadi umelipa mpaka senti ya mwisho.
I say to you, You shall not come out thence, till you have paid the very last mite.
