Luka 24
1 Mapema sana siku ya kwanza ya juma, walikuja kaburini, wakileta manukato ambayo walikuwa wameyaandaa.
Then on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb carrying the spices they had prepared, along with some others.
2 Wakakuta jiwe limevingirishwa mbali na kaburi.
They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,
3 Wakaingia ndani, lakini hawakuukuta mwili wa Bwana Yesu.
but upon entering they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
4 Ilitokea kwamba, wakati wamechanganyikiwa kuhusu hili, ghafla, watu wawili walisimama katikati yao wamevaa mavazi ya kung'aa.
And it happened, as they were greatly perplexed about this, that wow, two men stood by them in dazzling clothing!
5 Wanawake wakiwa wamejaa hofu na wakiinamisha nyuso zao chini, wakawaambia wanawake, “Kwanini mnamtafuta aliye hai miongoni mwa wafu?
Then, as they were afraid and bowed their faces to the ground, they said to them: “Why do you seek the living One among the dead?
6 Hayupo hapa, ila amefufuka! Kumbukeni alivyosema nanyi alipokuwa angali Galilaya,
He is not here, but is risen! Remember how He told you while still in Galilee,
7 akisema kwamba Mwana wa Adamu lazima atolewe kwenye mikono ya watu wenye dhambi na asulubishwe, na siku ya tatu, afufuke tena.”
saying, ‘The Son of the Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.’”
8 Wale wanawake wakakumbuka maneno yake,
And they remembered His words.
9 na wakarudi kutoka kaburini na wakawaambia mambo haya yote wale kumi na moja na wengine wote.
Then they returned from the tomb and reported all these things to the Eleven, and to all the rest.
10 Basi Maria Magdalena, Joana, Maria mama wa Yakobo, na wanawake wengine pamoja nao wakatoa taarifa hizi kwa mitume.
They were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them, who told these things to the apostles.
11 Lakini ujumbe huu ukaonekana kama mzaha tu kwa mitume, na hawakuwaamini wale wanawake.
But their words seemed to them like nonsense, and they disbelieved them.
12 Hata hivyo Petro aliamka, na akakimbia kuelekea kaburini, na akichungulia na kuangalia ndani, aliona sanda peke yake. Petro kisha akaondoka akaenda nyumbani kwake, akistaajabu nini ambacho kimetokea.
(But Peter had gotten up and run to the tomb, and stooping down he saw the linen strips lying by themselves; and he departed, marveling to himself at what had happened.)
13 Na tazama, wawili miongoni mwao walikuwa wakienda siku hiyo hiyo katika kijiji kimoja kiitwacho Emmau, ambacho kilikuwa maili sitini kutoka Yerusalemu.
And then that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.
14 Wakajadiliana wao kwa wao kuhusu mambo yote yaliyotokea.
And they were conversing with each other about all that had happened.
15 Ikatokea kwamba, wakati walipokuwa wakijadiliana na kuulizana maswali, Yesu akasogea karibu akaambatana nao.
And then, as they were conversing and discussing, Jesus Himself came up and started going with them.
16 Lakini macho yao yalizuiliwa katika kumtambua yeye.
But their eyes were restrained, in order that they not recognize Him.
17 Yesu akawaambia, “Nini ambacho ninyi wawili mnakiongelea wakati mnatembea?” Wakasimama pale wakionekana na huzuni.
So He said to them, “What words are these that you are exchanging with one another as you walk, and are gloomy?”
18 Mmoja wao, jina lake Cleopa, akamjibu, “Je wewe ni mtu pekee hapa Yerusalemu ambaye hajui mambo yaliyotokea huko siku hizi?”
Then the one whose name was Cleopas answered and said to Him, “Are you the only one living in Jerusalem who doesn't know the things that have happened there in these days?”
19 Yesu akawaambia, “Mambo gani?” Wakamjibu, “Mambo kuhusu Yesu Mnazareti, ambaye alikuwa nabii, muweza katika matendo na maneno mbele za Mungu na watu wote.
He said to them, “What things?” So they said to Him: “The things concerning Jesus the Natsorean, how the man was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people,
20 Na kwa jinsi ambayo wakuu wa makuhani na viongozi wetu walivyomtoa kuhukumiwa kifo na kumsulubisha.
and how the chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be condemned to death, and they crucified him.
21 Lakini tulitumaini kwamba yeye ndiye atakaye waweka huru Israeli. Ndiyo, mbali na haya yote, sasa ni siku ya tatu tangu mambo haya yatokee.
And we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel! Further, besides all this, today is the third day since these things happened.
22 Lakini pia, baadhi ya wanawake kutoka katika kundi letu walitushangaza, baada ya kuwapo kaburini asubuhi na mapema.
Moreover certain women of our group astonished us—arriving early at the tomb,
23 Walipoukosa mwili wake, wakaja, wakisema kwamba waliona pia maono ya malaika waliosema kwamba yu hai.
and not finding his body, they came saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive.
24 Baadhi ya wanaume ambao walikuwa pamoja nasi walienda kaburini, na kukuta ni kama vile wanawake walivyosema. Lakini hawakumuona yeye.”
And certain of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said; but him they did not see.”
25 Yesu akawaambia, “Ninyi watu wajinga na wenye mioyo mizito ya kuamini yote ambayo manabii wamesema!
Then He said to them: “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the Prophets have spoken!
26 Je haikuwa lazima Yesu kuteseka kwa mambo haya, na kuingia katika utukufu wake?”
Was it really not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things, and to enter into His glory?”
27 Kisha kuanzia kutoka kwa Musa na manabii wote, Yesu akawatafsiria mambo yanayomuhusu yeye katika maandiko yote.
And beginning from Moses, and then all the Prophets, He explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.
28 Walipokaribia kile kijiji, huko walikokuwa wakienda, Yesu akafanya kana kwamba anaendelea mbele.
Then they approached the village where they were going, and He made as though He would keep going.
29 Lakini walimlazimisha, wakisema, “Kaa pamoja nasi, maana inaelekea jioni na siku ni kama imeisha.” Hivyo Yesu akaingia kwenda kukaa nao.
But they constrained Him, saying, “Stay with us, because it is toward evening, and the day is far spent.” So He went in to stay with them.
30 Ilitokea kwamba, wakati amekaa nao kula, alichukua mkate, akaubariki, na kuuvunja, akawapa.
And then, as He was reclining with them, He took the bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.
31 Kisha macho yao yakafunguliwa, wakamjua, na akatoweka ghafla mbele ya macho yao.
Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Him; and He became invisible to them.
32 Wakasemezana wao kwa wao, “Hivi mioyo yetu haikuwaka ndani yetu, wakati alipoongea nasi njiani, wakati alipotufungulia maandiko?”
They said to one another, “Were not our hearts burning within us while He talked to us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?”
33 Wakanyanyuka saa hiyo hiyo, na kurudi Yerusalemu. Wakawakuta wale kumi na mmoja wamekusanyika pamoja, na wale waliokuwa pamoja nao,
So they got up forthwith and returned to Jerusalem, where they found the Eleven gathered together; also those with them,
34 wakisema, “Bwana amefufuka kwelikweli, na amemtokea Simoni.”
who said, “The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!”
35 Hivyo wakawaambia mambo yaliyotokea njiani, na namna Yesu alivyodhihirishwa kwao katika kuumega mkate.
Then they described what happened on the road, and how He was known to them in the breaking of the bread.
36 Wakati wakiongea mambo hayo, Yesu mwenyewe alisimama katikati yao, na akawaambia, “Amani iwe kwenu.”
As they were saying these things, indeed, Jesus Himself stood in their midst, and He said to them, “Peace to you.”
37 Lakini waliogopa na kujawa na hofu, na wakafikiri kwamba waliona roho.
But they, terrified, supposed they were seeing a ghost, and were becoming fearful.
38 Yesu akawaambia, Kwanini mnafadhaika? Kwanini maswali yanainuka mioyoni mwenu?
And He said to them: “Why are you troubled?” and “Why do doubts arise in your hearts?
39 Angalieni mikono yangu na miguu yangu, kwamba ni mimi mwenyewe. Niguseni na muone. Kwa maana roho haina nyama na mifupa, kama mnionavyo mimi kuwa navyo.”
Look at my hands and feet; it is I myself! Feel me and see; a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”
40 Alipokwisha kusema hivi, akawaonyesha mikono yake na miguu yake.
And saying this He showed them His hands and His feet.
41 Walipokuwa bado na furaha iliyochanganyikana na kutokuamini, na kustaajabu, Yesu akawaambia, “Je mna kitu chochote cha kula?”
But as they were still disbelieving and marveling, because of the joy, He said to them, “Do you have any food here?”
42 Wakampa kipande cha samaki aliyechomwa.
So they gave Him a piece of broiled fish and some honeycomb.
43 Yesu akakichukua, na kukila mbele yao.
And taking it He ate in their presence.
44 Akawaambia, “Nilipokuwa nanyi, niliwaambia kwamba yote yalioandikwa kwenye sheria ya Musa na manabii na Zaburi lazima yatimilike.”
Then He said to them, “These are the words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything that is written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning me must be fulfilled.”
45 Kisha akafungua akili zao, kwamba waweze kuyaelewa maandiko.
Then He opened their understanding so as to comprehend the Scriptures.
46 Akawaambia, “Kwamba imeandikwa, Kristo lazima ateseke, na kufufuka tena kutoka katika wafu siku ya tatu.
And He said to them: “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,
47 Na toba na msamaha wa dhambi lazima ihubiriwe kwa jina lake kwa mataifa yote, kuanzia kutokea Yerusalemu.
and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
48 Ninyi ni mashahidi wa mambo haya.
You are witnesses of these things.
49 Angalia, nawapelekea ahadi ya Baba yangu juu yenu. Lakini subirini hapa jijini, mpaka mtakapovishwa nguvu kutoka juu.
Take note, I am sending the Promise of my Father upon you; but you must stay in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on High.”
50 Kisha Yesu akawaongoza nje mpaka walipokaribia Bethania. Akainua mikono yake juu, na akawabariki.
He led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up His hands He blessed them.
51 Ikatokea kwamba, wakati alipokuwa akiwabariki, aliwaacha na akabebwa juu kuelekea mbinguni.
And it happened, as He was blessing them, that He left them and was carried up into heaven.
52 Basi wakamwabudu, na kurudi Yerusalemu na furaha kuu.
Worshiping Him, they returned to Jerusalem with great joy;
53 Waliendelea kuwepo hekaluni, wakimbariki Mungu.
and they were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.
