Luka 20
1 Ikawa siku moja, Yesu alipokuwa akiwafundisha watu Hekaluni na kuhubiri injili, makuhani wakuu na walimu wa Sheria walimwendea pamoja na wazee.
On one of these days, when Jesus was teaching the people in the Temple Courts and telling the good news, the chief priests and the teachers of the Law, joined by the elders, confronted him,
2 Walizungumza, wakimwambia, 'Tuambie ni kwa mamlaka gani unafanya mambo haya? Au ni nani huyo ambaye amekupa mamlaka haya? “
and addressing him, said, “Tell us what authority you have to do these things. Who is it who has given you this authority?”
3 Naye akajibu, akawaambia, 'Nami pia nitawauliza swali. Niambieni
“I, too,” said Jesus in reply, “will ask you one question. Give me an answer to it.
4 ubatizo wa Yohana. Je, ulitoka mbinguni ama kwa watu? '
It is about John’s baptism – was it of divine or of human origin?”
5 Lakini wakajadiliana wao kwa wao, wakisema, 'Tukisema, `litoka mbinguni, atatuuliza, ` Basi, mbona hamkumwamini?'
But they began arguing together, “If we say ‘divine,’ he will say ‘Why didn’t you believe him?’
6 Na tukisema; ilitoka kwa wanadamu; watu wote hapa watatupiga mawe, maana wote wanaamini kwamba Yohana alikuwa nabii. '
But, if we say ‘human,’ the people will all stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.”
7 Basi, wakamjibu ya kwamba hawakujua ilikotoka.
So they answered that they did not know its origin.
8 Yesu akawaambia, '“Wala mimi siwaambii ninyi ni kwa mamlaka gani ninafanya mambo haya.”
“Then I,” said Jesus, “refuse to tell you what authority I have to do these things.”
9 Aliwaambia watu mfano huu, “Mtu mmoja alipanda shamba la mizabibu, akalikodisha kwa wakulima wa mizabibu, na akaenda nchi nyingine kwa muda mrefu.
But Jesus began to tell the people this parable – “A man once planted a vineyard, and then let it out to tenants, and went abroad for a long while.
10 Kwa muda uliopangwa, alimtuma mtumishi kwa wakulima mizabibu, kwamba wampe sehemu ya matunda ya shamba la mizabibu. Lakini wakulima wa mzabibu wakampiga, wakamrudisha mikono- mitupu.
At the proper time he sent a servant to the tenants, so that they could give him a share of the produce of the vineyard. The tenants, however, beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
11 Kisha akamtuma tena mtumishi mwingine na nao wakampiga, kumtendea vibaya, na wakamrudisha mikono- mitupu.
The owner afterward sent another servant; but the tenants beat and insulted this man too, and sent him away empty-handed.
12 Alimtuma tena wa tatu na nao wakamjeruhi na kumtupa nje.
He sent a third; but they wounded this man also, and threw him outside.
13 Hivyo bwana wa shamba akasema, 'Nitafanya nini? Nitamtuma mwanangu mpendwa. Labda watamheshimu. '
‘What should I do?’ said the owner of the vineyard. ‘I will send my son, who is very dear to me. Perhaps they will respect him.’
14 Lakini wakulima wa mzabibu walipomwona, walijadili wao kwa wao wakisema, `Huyu ndiye mrithi. Tumuue, ili urithi wake uwe wetu. '
But, on seeing him, the tenants consulted with one another. ‘Here is the heir!’ they said. ‘Let us kill him, and then the inheritance will become ours.’
15 Wakamtoa nje ya shamba la mizabibu na kumuua. Je bwana shamba atawafanya nini?
So they threw him outside the vineyard and killed him. Now what will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
16 Atakuja kuwaangamiza wakulima wa mzabibu, na atawapa shamba hilo wengine”. 'Nao waliposikia hayo, wakasema, 'Mungu amekataa'
He will come and put those tenants to death, and will let the vineyard to others.” “Heaven forbid!” they exclaimed when they heard it.
17 Lakini Yesu akawatazama, akasema, “Je andiko hili lina maana gani? 'Jiwe walilolikataa wajenzi, limekuwa jiwe la pembeni'?
But Jesus looked at them and said, “What then is the meaning of this passage? – ‘The stone which the builders despised has now itself become the cornerstone.’
18 Kila mtu aangukaye juu ya jiwe hilo, atavunjika vipande vipande. Lakini yule ambaye litamwangukia, litamponda. '
Everyone who falls on that stone will be dashed to pieces, while anyone on whom it falls – it will scatter him as dust.”
19 Hivyo waandishi na wakuu wa makuhani walitafuta njia ya kumkamata wakati huohuo, walijua kwamba alikuwa amesema mfano huu dhidi yao. Lakini waliwaogopa watu.
After this the teachers of the Law and the chief priest were eager to lay hands on Jesus then and there, but they were afraid of the people; for they saw that it was at them that he had aimed this parable.
20 Walimuangalia kwa makini, wakatuma wapelelezi waliojifanya kuwa watu wa haki, ili wapate kupata kosa kwa hotuba yake, ili kumpelekakwa watawala na wenye mamlaka.
Having watched their opportunity, they afterward sent some spies, who pretended to be good men, to catch Jesus in the course of conversation, and so enable them to give him up to the Governor’s jurisdiction and authority.
21 Nao wakamwuliza, wakisema, “Mwalimu, tunajua kwamba unasema na kufundisha mambo ya kweli na si kushawishiwa na mtu yeyote, lakini wewe hufundisha ukweli kuhusu njia ya Mungu.
These spies asked Jesus a question. They said, “Teacher, we know that you are right in what you say and teach, and that you do not take any account of a person’s position, but teach the way of God honestly;
22 Je, ni halali kwetu kulipa kodi kwa Kaisari, au la?”
are we right in paying tribute to the Emperor or not?”
23 Lakini Yesu alitambua mtego wao, akawaambia,
Seeing through their deceitfulness, Jesus said to them,
24 “Nionyesheni dinari. Sura na chapa ya nani ipo juu yake?” Walisema, '“Ya Kaisari.”
“Show me a coin. Whose head and title are on it?”
25 Naye akawaambia, 'Basi, mpeni Kaisari yaliyo yake Kaisari, na Mungu yaliyo yake Mungu.'
“The Emperor’s,” they said; and Jesus replied, “Well then, pay to the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor, and to God what belongs to God.”
26 Waandishi na wakuu wa makuhani hawakuwa na uwezo wa kukosoa kile alichosema mbele ya watu. Wakastaajabia majibu yake na hawakusema chochote.
They could not object to this answer before the people; and, in their wonder at his reply, they held their tongues.
27 Baadhi ya Masadukayo wakamwendea, wale ambao wanasema kwamba hakuna ufufuo,
Presently there came up some Sadducees, who maintain that there is no resurrection. Their question was this –
28 wakamwuliza, wakisema, “Mwalimu, Musa alituandikia kwamba kama mtu akifiwa na ndugu mwenye mke ambaye hana mtoto basi anapaswa kumchukuna mke wa ndugu yake na kuzaa nae kwa ajili ya kaka yake.
“Teacher, Moses laid down for us in his writings that – ‘Should a man’s married brother die, and should he be childless, the man should take the widow as his wife, and raise up a family for his brother.’
29 Kulikuwa na ndugu saba Wa kwanza alioa, akafa bila kuacha mtoto,
Well, there were once seven brothers; of whom the eldest, after taking a wife, died childless.
30 na wa pili pia.
The second and third brothers both took her as their wife;
31 Wa tatu akamchukua vilevile, vivyo hivyo wa saba hakuacha watoto na akafa.
and so, too, did all seven – dying without children.
32 Baadaye yule mwanamke pia akafa.
The woman herself was the last to die.
33 Katika ufufuo atakuwa mke wa nani? Maana wote saba walikuwa wamemwoa. '
About the woman, then – at the resurrection, whose wife is she to be, all seven brothers having had her as their wife?”
“The men and women of this world,” said Jesus, “marry and are given in marriage; (aiōn g165)
35 Lakini wale wanastaohili kupokea ufufuo wa wafu na kuingia uzima wa milele hawaoi wala hawaolewi. (aiōn g165)
but, for those who are thought worthy to attain to that other world and the resurrection from the dead, there is no marrying or being married, (aiōn g165)
36 Wala hawawezi kufa tena, kwa sababu huwa sawasawa na malaika na ni watoto wa Mungu, wana wa ufufuo.
nor indeed can they die again, for they are like angels and, having shared in the resurrection, they are God’s children.
37 Lakini hiyo wafu wanafufuliwa, hata Musa alionyesha mahali katika habari za kichaka, pale alimwita Bwana kama Mungu wa Ibrahimu na Mungu wa Isaka na Mungu wa Yakobo.
As to the fact that the dead rise, even Moses indicated that, in the passage about the Bush, when he calls the Lord – ‘The God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
38 Sasa, yeye si Mungu wa wafu, bali wa walio hai, kwa sababu wote huishi kwake. “
Now he is not God of dead people, but of living. For in his sight all are alive.”
39 Baadhi ya walimu wa Sheria wakamjibu, 'Mwalimu, umejibu vema. '
“Well said, teacher!” exclaimed some of the teachers of the Law,
40 Hawakuthubutu kumwuliza maswali mengine zaidi.
for they did not venture to question him any further.
41 Yesu akawaambia, “Ki vipi watu wanasema kwamba Kristo ni mwana wa Daudi?
But Jesus said to them, “How is it that people say that the Christ is to be David’s son?
42 Maana Daudi mwenyewe anasema katika Zaburi: Bwana alimwambia Bwana wangu: Keti mkono wa kulia,
For David, in the book of Psalms, says himself – ‘The Lord said to my lord: Sit at my right hand,
43 mpaka niwaweke adui zako chini ya miguu yako. '
until I put your enemies as a stool for your feet.’
44 Daudi anamwita Kristo 'Bwana', basi atakuwaje mwana wa Daudi?”
David, then, calls him ‘lord,’ so how is he David’s son?”
45 Watu wote walipokuwa wakimsikiliza akawaambia wanafunzi wake,
While all the people were listening, Jesus said to the disciples,
46 'Jihadharini na waandishi, wapendao kutembea wamevaa mavazi marefu, na wapenda salamu maalum sokoni na viti vya heshima katika masinagogi, na maeneo ya heshima karamuni.
“Be on your guard against the teachers of the Law, who delight to walk about in long robes, and like to be greeted in the streets with respect, and to have the best seats in the synagogues, and places of honor at dinner.
47 Wao pia hula nyumba za wajane, na wanajifanya wanasali sala ndefu. Hawa watapokea hukumu kubwa zaidi. '
These are the men who rob widows of their houses, and make a pretense of saying long prayers. Their sentence will be all the heavier.”
