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 those [times], the myriads of the crowd being gathered together, so that they trod one on another, he began to say to his disciples first, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;
2 Na hapatakuwepo na siri iliyofichika ambayo haitafunuliwa, wala jambo lililofichwa ambalo halitajulikana.
but there is nothing covered up which shall not be revealed, nor secret that shall not be 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.
therefore whatever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light, and what ye have spoken in the ear in chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
4 Nawaambieni rafiki zangu, msiwaogope wale wauao mwili na kisha hawana kitu kingine cha kufanya,
But I say to you, my friends, Fear not those who kill the body and after this 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 shew you whom ye shall fear: Fear him who after he has killed has authority to cast into hell; yea, 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 assaria? and one of them is not 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, ye are better than many sparrows.
8 Ninawaambia, yeyote atakayenikiri Mimi mbele za watu, Mwana wa Adamu atamkiri mbele za malaika wa Mungu.
But I say to you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, the Son of man will confess him also before the angels of God;
9 Lakini yeyeyote atakayenikana mbele za watu naye atakanwa mbele ya Malaika wa Mungu.
but he that shall have denied 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 say a word against the Son of man it shall be forgiven him; but to him that speaks injuriously against the Holy Spirit it 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,
But when they bring you before the synagogues and rulers and the authorities, be not careful how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say;
12 kwa kuwa Roho Mtakatifu atawafundisha namna mtakavyosema kwa wakati huo.”
for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in the hour itself what should be said.
13 Mtu mmoja katika kusanyiko akamwambia, “Mwalimu, mwambie ndugu yangu anigawie sehemu ya uruthi wangu.”
And a person said to him out of the crowd, Teacher, speak to my brother to 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 established me [as] 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 keep yourselves from all covetousness, for [it is] not because a man is in abundance [that] his life is in his possessions.
16 Yesu akawaambia mfano, akisema, Shamba la mtu mmoja tajiri lilizaa sana,
And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The land of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.
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 not [a place] where I shall lay up 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 take away my granaries and build greater, and there I will lay up all 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, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, 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, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?
21 Ndivyo itakavyokuwa kwa kila mtu anayejiwekea mali na si kujitajirisha kwa ajili ya Bwana.
Thus is he who lays up treasure for himself, 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 cause I say unto you, Be not careful for life, what ye shall eat, nor for the body, what ye shall put on.
23 Kwa kuwa maisha ni zaidi ya chakula, na mwili ni zaidi ya mavazi.
The life is more than food, and the body than raiment.
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 sow not nor reap; which have neither storehouse nor granary; and God feeds them. How much better are ye than the birds?
25 Ni yupi kati yenu ambaye akijisumbua ataweza kuongeza dhiraa moja katika maisha yake?
But which of you by being careful can add to his stature one cubit?
26 Ikiwa basi hamuwezi kufanya hicho kitu kidogo kilicho rahisi kwa nini basi kusumbukia hayo mengine?
If therefore ye cannot [do] even what is least, why are ye careful 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 neither toil nor spin; but I say unto you, Not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed as 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!
But if God thus clothe the grass, which to-day is in the field and to-morrow is cast into [the] oven, how much rather you, O ye of little faith?
29 Msisumbukie juu ya kuwa mtakula nini au mtakunywa nini, wala msiwe na hofu.
And ye, seek not what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink, and be not in anxiety;
30 Kwa kuwa Mataifa yote ya dunia husumbukia mambao yao. Na Baba yenu anajua ya kuwa mnahitaji hayo.
for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that ye have need of these things;
31 Lakini tafuteni ufalme wake kwanza, na hayo mengine mtazidishiwa,
but seek his kingdom, and [all] these things shall be added to you.
32 msiogope, enyi kundi dogo, kwa sababu Baba yenu anafurahia kuwapa ninyi huo ufalme.
Fear not, little flock, for it has been the good pleasure of your Father 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 ye possess and give alms; make to yourselves purses which do not grow old, a treasure which does not fail in the heavens, where thief does not draw near nor moth destroy.
34 Kwa kuwa palipo na hazina yako, ndipo na roho yako itakapokuwepo.
For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.
35 Nguo zenu ndefu ziwe zimefungwa kwa mkanda, na taa zenu zihakikishwe kuwa zinaendelee kuwaka,
Let your loins be girded about, and 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 ye like men who wait their own lord whenever he may leave the wedding, that when he comes and knocks, they may open to 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 bondmen whom the lord [on] coming shall find watching; verily I say unto you, that he will gird himself and make them recline at table, and coming up will 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 come in the second watch, and come in the third watch, and find [them] thus, blessed are those [bondmen].
39 Zaidi ya hayo, mjue hili, kama bwana mwenye nyumba angelijua saa ambayo mwivi anakuja, asingeliruhusu nyumba yake ifunjwe.
But this know, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be dug through.
40 Iweni tayari pia kwani hamjui ni wakati gani mwana wa Adamu atarudi.
And ye therefore, be ye ready, for in the hour in which ye do not think [it], the Son of man comes.
41 Petro akasema, “Bwana, watuambia sisi wenyewe hii mifano, au unamwambia kila mtu?
And Peter said to him, Lord, sayest thou 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 the faithful and prudent steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give the measure of corn in season?
43 Amebarikiwa mtumishi yule, ambaye bwana wake akija atamkuta akifanya yale aliyoagizwa.
Blessed is that bondman whom his lord [on] coming shall find doing thus;
44 Hakika nawaambia ninyi ya kuwa atamweka juu ya mali yake yote.
verily I say unto you, that he will set him 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 bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come, and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and to drink and to be drunken,
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 bondman shall come in a day when he does not expect it, and in an hour he knows not of, and shall cut him in two and appoint his portion with the unbelievers.
47 Mtumishi, anayejua mapenzi ya bwana wake, naye hakujiandaaa wala hakufanya sawa sawa na mapenzi yake, atapigwa viboko vingi.
But that bondman who knew his own lord's will, and had not prepared [himself] nor done 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 who knew [it] not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. And to every one to whom much has been given, much shall be required from him; and to whom [men] have committed much, they will ask from him the more.
49 Nimekuja kuwasha moto duniani, na natamani iwe umekwishawaka,
I have come to cast a fire on the earth; and what will I if already it has been kindled?
50 Lakini nina ubatizo ambao nitabatizwa, na nina huzuni mpaka utkapokamilika!
But I have a baptism to be baptised with, and how am I straitened until it shall have been accomplished!
51 Je mnafikiri kuwa nimekuja kuleta amani duniani? Hapana, Nawaambieni, badala yake nimeleta mgawanyiko.
Think ye that I have come to give peace in the earth? Nay, I say to you, but rather division:
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 henceforth there shall be five in one house divided; three shall be divided against two, and two against 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.
father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against 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 crowds, When ye see a cloud rising out of the west, straightway ye say, A shower is coming; and so it happens.
55 Na upepo wa kusini ukivuma, mnasema, Patakuwepo na joto kali, na ndivyo inavyokuwa.
And when [ye see] the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it happens.
56 Enyi wanafiki, mnaweza kutafsiri mwonekano wa nchi na anga, lakini inakuwaje hamuwezi kuutafsiri wakati uliopo?
Hypocrites, ye know how to judge of the appearance of the earth and of the heaven; how [is it then that] ye do not discern 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 judge ye not 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 as thou goest with thine adverse party before a magistrate, strive in the way to be reconciled with him, lest he drag thee away to the judge, and the judge shall deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
59 Nakuambia, hutatoka huko hadi umelipa mpaka senti ya mwisho.
I say unto thee, Thou shalt in no wise come out thence until thou hast paid the very last mite.
