Luka 15
1 Basi watoza ushuru wote na wengine wenye dhambi walikuja kwa Yesu na kumsikiliza.
And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming nigh to him, to hear him,
2 Mafarisayowaote na waandishi wakanung'unika wakisema, “Mtu huyu huwakaribisha wenye dhambi na hata hula nao.”
and the Pharisees and the scribes were murmuring, saying — This one doth receive sinners, and doth eat with them.'
3 Yesu akasema mfano huu kwao, akisema
And he spake unto them this simile, saying,
4 “Nani kwenu, kama ana kondoo mia moja na akipotelewa na mmoja wao, hatawaacha wale tisini na tisa nyikani, na aende akamtafute yule aliyepotea hadi amwone?
'What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one out of them, doth not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go on after the lost one, till he may find it?
5 Naye akisha kumpata humweka mabegani pake na kufurahia.
and having found, he doth lay [it] on his shoulders rejoicing,
6 Afikapo kwenye nyumba, huwaita rafiki zake na jirani zake akawaambia furahini pamoja nami, kwa kuwa nimempata kondoo wangu aliyepotea.'
and having come to the house, he doth call together the friends and the neighbours, saying to them, Rejoice with me, because I found my sheep — the lost one.
7 nawaambia vivyo hivyo kutakuwa na furaha mbinguni kwa ajili ya mwenye dhambi mmoja atubuye, zaidi ya wenye haki tisini na tisa ambao hawana haja ya kutubu
'I say to you, that so joy shall be in the heaven over one sinner reforming, rather than over ninety-nine righteous men, who have no need of reformation.
8 Au kuna mwanamke gani mwenye sarafu kumi za fedha, akipotewa na sarafua moja, hata washa taa na kufagia nyumba na kutafuta kwa bidii hadi atakapoipata?
'Or what woman having ten drachms, if she may lose one drachm, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek carefully till that she may find?
9 Na akiisha kuiona huwaita rafiki zake na jirani zake akawaambia furahini pamoja nami, kwa kuwa nimeipata tena sarafu yangu niliyokua nimeipoteza.
and having found, she doth call together the female friends and the neighbours, saying, Rejoice with me, for I found the drachm that I lost.
10 Hata hivyo nawaambia kuna furaha mbele ya malaika wa Mungu kwa ajili ya mwenye dhambi mmoja atubuye.”
'So I say to you, joy doth come before the messengers of God over one sinner reforming.'
11 Na Yesu akasema, “Mtu mmoja alikua na wana wawili
And he said, 'A certain man had two sons,
12 yule mdogo akamwambia babaye, Baba nipe sehemu ya mali inayonistali kuirithi. Hivyo akagawanya mali zake kati yao.
and the younger of them said to the father, Father, give me the portion of the substance falling to [me], and he divided to them the living.
13 Siku si nyingi yule mdogo akakusanya vyote anavyomiliki akaenda nchi ya mbali, na huko akatapanya hela zake, kwa kununua vitu asivyo vihitaji, na kutapanya fedha zake kwa anasa.
'And not many days after, having gathered all together, the younger son went abroad to a far country, and there he scattered his substance, living riotously;
14 Nae alipokua amekwisha tumia vyote njaa kuu iliingia nchi ile naye akaanza kuwa katika uhitaji.
and he having spent all, there came a mighty famine on that country, and himself began to be in want;
15 Akaenda na kujiajiri mwenyewe kwa mmoja wa raia wa nchi ile, naye alimpeleka shambani kwake kulisha nguruwe.
and having gone on, he joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him to the fields to feed swine,
16 Na akawa akitamani kujishibisha kwa maganda waliyokula nguruwe kwa sababu hakuna mtu aliempa kitu chochote apate kula.
and he was desirous to fill his belly from the husks that the swine were eating, and no one was giving to him.
17 Ila yule mwana mdogo alipozingatia moyoni mwake, alisema 'ni watumishi wangapi wa baba yangu wanachakula kingi cha kutosha na mimi niko hapa, ninakufa na njaa!
'And having come to himself, he said, How many hirelings of my father have a superabundance of bread, and I here with hunger am perishing!
18 Nitaondoka na kwenda kwa baba yangu, na kumwambia, “Baba nimekosa juu ya mbingu na mbele ya macho yako.
having risen, I will go on unto my father, and will say to him, Father, I did sin — to the heaven, and before thee,
19 Sistahili kuitwa mwana wako tena; nifanye kama mmoja wa watumishi wako.”
and no more am I worthy to be called thy son; make me as one of thy hirelings.
20 Ndipo akaondoka akaenda kwa baba yake. Alipokua angali mbali baba yake alimuona akamwonea huruma akaenda mbio na kumkumbatia na kumbusu.
'And having risen, he went unto his own father, and he being yet far distant, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and having ran he fell upon his neck and kissed him;
21 Yule mwana akamwambia, 'baba nimekosa juu ya mbingu na mbele ya macho yako sistahili kuitwa mwana wako.'
and the son said to him, Father, I did sin — to the heaven, and before thee, and no more am I worthy to be called thy son.
22 Yule baba aliwaambia watumishi wake, 'lileteni upesi vazi lililo bora, mkamvike mtieni na pete kidoleni na viatu miguuni.
'And the father said unto his servants, Bring forth the first robe, and clothe him, and give a ring for his hand, and sandals for the feet;
23 Kisha mleteni ndama yule alienona mkamchinje tule na kufurai.
and having brought the fatted calf, kill [it], and having eaten, we may be merry,
24 Kwa kuwa mwanangu alikua amekufa naye yu hai. Alikua amepotea nae ameonekana wakaanza kushangilia.
because this my son was dead, and did live again, and he was lost, and was found; and they began to be merry.
25 Basi yule mwanae mkubwa alikuwako shamba. Alipokuwa akija na kuikaribia nyumba alisikia sauti ya nyimbo na michezo.
'And his elder son was in a field, and as, coming, he drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing,
26 Akaita mtumishi mmoja akamuuliza mambo haya maana yake nini?
and having called near one of the young men, he was inquiring what these things might be,
27 Mtumishi akamwambia mdogo wako amekuja na baba yako amemchinjia ndama aliyenona kwa sababu amerudi salama.'
and he said to him — Thy brother is arrived, and thy father did kill the fatted calf, because in health he did receive him back.
28 Mwana mkubwa akakasirika akakataa kuingia ndani na babaye alitoka nje kumsihi.
'And he was angry, and would not go in, therefore his father, having come forth, was entreating him;
29 Ila akamjibu babayake akisema, 'Tazama mimi nimekutumikia miaka mingi, wala sijakosa amri yako, lakini hujanipa mwana mbuzi, ili niweze kusherehekea na rafiki zangu.
and he answering said to the father, Lo, so many years I do serve thee, and never thy command did I transgress, and to me thou didst never give a kid, that with my friends I might make merry;
30 Lakini alipokuja huyu mwana wako aliyetapanya mali yako yote pamoja na makahaba umemchinjia ndama alienona.
but when thy son — this one who did devour thy living with harlots — came, thou didst kill to him the fatted calf.
31 Baba akamwambia, 'Mwanangu, wewe u pamoja nami siku zote na vyote nilivyo navyo ni vyako.
'And he said to him, Child, thou art always with me, and all my things are thine;
32 Ila ilikua vyema kwetu kufanya sherehe na kufurahi, huyu ndugu yako alikua amekufa, na sasa yu hai; alikua amepotea naye ameonekana.”
but to be merry, and to be glad, it was needful, because this thy brother was dead, and did live again, he was lost, and was found.'
