Luka 12
1 Wakati watu kwa maelfu walipokuwa wamekusanyika hata wakawa wanakanyagana, Yesu aliwaambia kwanza wanafunzi wake, “Jihadharini na chachu ya Mafarisayo, yaani 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 Kila kilichofunikwa kitafunuliwa, kila kilichofichika kitafichuliwa.
but there is nothing covered up which shall not be revealed, nor secret that shall not be known;
3 Kwa hiyo, kila mliyosema gizani, watu watayasikia katika mwanga, na kila mliyonong'ona faraghani milango imefungwa, yatatangazwa juu ya 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 ninyi rafiki zangu: msiwaogope wale wanaoua mwili, wasiweze kufanya kitu kingine zaidi.
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 Nitawaonyesheni yule ambaye ni lazima kumwogopa: mwogopeni yule ambaye baada ya kuua ana uwezo wa kumtupa mtu katika moto wa Jehanamu. Naam, ninawaambieni, 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 Inajulikana kwamba shomoro watano huuzwa kwa senti kumi, au sivyo? Lakini mbele ya Mungu hasahauliki hata mmoja.
Are not five sparrows sold for two assaria? and one of them is not forgotten before God.
7 Lakini hata nywele za vichwa vyenu zimehesabiwa zote. Msiogope, basi, ninyi mna thamani zaidi kuliko shomoro wengi!
But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore, ye are better than many sparrows.
8 “Nawaambieni kweli, kila mtu anayekiri hadharani kwamba yeye ni wangu, Mwana wa Mtu naye atakiri mbele ya malaika wa Mungu kwamba mtu huyo ni wake.
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, mtu yeyote anayenikana mbele ya 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 anayesema neno la kumpinga Mwana wa Mtu atasamehewa; lakini anayemkufuru 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 ninyi mbele ya masunagogi na mbele ya wakuu na watawala msiwe na wasiwasi juu ya jinsi mtakavyojitetea au jinsi mtakavyosema.
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 maana wakati huo Roho Mtakatifu atawafundisheni kile mnachopaswa kusema.”
for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in the hour itself what should be said.
13 Mtu mmoja katika ule umati wa watu akamwambia, “Mwalimu, mwambie ndugu yangu tugawane urithi aliotuachia baba.”
And a person said to him out of the crowd, Teacher, speak to my brother to divide the inheritance with me.
14 Yesu akamjibu, “Rafiki, ni nani aliyeniweka mimi mwamuzi au msuluhishi kati yenu?”
But he said to him, Man, who established me [as] a judge or a divider over you?
15 Basi, akawaambia wote, “Jihadharini na kila aina ya tamaa; maana uzima wa mtu hautegemei 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 Kisha akawaambia mfano: “Kulikuwa na tajiri mmoja ambaye shamba lake lilizaa mavuno mengi.
And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The land of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.
17 Tajiri huyo akafikiri moyoni mwake: Nitafanyaje nami sina mahali pa kuhifadhia mavuno 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 Nitafanya hivi: nitabomoa ghala zangu na kujenga kubwa zaidi, na humo nitahifadhi mavuno yangu yote na mali yangu.
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 Hapo nitaweza kuiambia roho yangu: sasa unayo akiba ya matumizi kwa miaka na miaka. Ponda mali, ule, unywe na kufurahi.
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: Mpumbavu wewe; leo usiku roho yako itachukuliwa. Na vitu vile vyote ulivyojilundikia vitakuwa vya nani?”
But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?
21 Yesu akamaliza kwa kusema “Ndivyo ilivyo kwa mtu anayejilundikia mali kwa ajili yake mwenyewe, lakini si tajiri mbele ya Mungu.”
Thus is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
22 Kisha Yesu akawaambia wanafunzi wake, “Kwa sababu hiyo nawaambieni, msiwe na wasiwasi juu ya chakula mnachohitaji ili kuishi, wala juu ya mavazi mnayohitaji kwa ajili ya miili yenu.
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 sababu uzima ni bora kuliko chakula, na mwili ni bora kuliko mavazi.
The life is more than food, and the body than raiment.
24 Chukueni kwa mfano, kunguru: hawapandi, hawavuni wala hawana ghala yoyote. Hata hivyo, Mungu huwalisha. Ninyi mna thamani 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 nani kati yenu kwa kuwa na wasiwasi anaweza kuongeza urefu wa maisha yake?
But which of you by being careful can add to his stature one cubit?
26 Basi, kama hamwezi kufanya jambo dogo kama hilo, kwa nini kuwa na wasiwasi juu ya yale mengine?
If therefore ye cannot [do] even what is least, why are ye careful about the rest?
27 Angalieni maua jinsi yanavyomea. Hayafanyi kazi wala hayafumi. Hata hivyo, nawahakikishieni kwamba hata Solomoni mwenyewe na fahari zake zote hakupata kuvikwa vizuri kama ua mojawapo.
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 Lakini, kama Mungu hulivika vizuri jani la shambani ambalo leo liko na kesho latupwa motoni, je, hatawafanyia ninyi zaidi? Enyi watu wenye 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 “Basi, msivurugike akili, mkihangaika daima juu ya mtakachokula au mtakachokunywa.
And ye, seek not what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink, and be not in anxiety;
30 Kwa maana hayo yote ndiyo yanayohangaikiwa na watu wasiomjua Mungu. Baba yenu anajua kwamba mnahitaji vitu hivyo.
for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that ye have need of these things;
31 Shughulikieni kwanza Ufalme wa Mungu, na hayo yote mtapewa kwa ziada.
but seek his kingdom, and [all] these things shall be added to you.
32 “Msiogope, enyi kundi dogo! Maana Baba yenu amependa kuwapeni Ufalme.
Fear not, little flock, for it has been the good pleasure of your Father to give you the kingdom.
33 Uzeni mali yenu mkawape maskini misaada. Jifanyieni mifuko isiyochakaa, na jiwekeeni hazina mbinguni ambako haitapungua. Huko wezi hawakaribii, wala nondo hawaharibu.
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 Pale ilipo hazina yako, ndipo pia utakapokuwa moyo wako.
For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.
35 “Muwe tayari! Jifungeni mkanda kiunoni, na taa zenu ziwe zinawaka;
Let your loins be girded about, and lamps burning;
36 muwe kama watumishi wanaomngojea bwana wao arudi kutoka arusini, ili wamfungulie mara atakapobisha hodi.
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 Heri yao watumishi wale ambao bwana wao atakaporudi atawakuta wanakesha! Nawaambieni hakika, huyo bwana atajifunga mkanda kiunoni, atawaketisha mezani na 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 Heri yao watumishi hao ikiwa bwana wao atawakuta wanakesha hata ikiwa atarudi usiku wa manane au alfajiri.
And if he come in the second watch, and come in the third watch, and find [them] thus, blessed are those [bondmen].
39 Jueni kwamba, kama mwenye nyumba angejua saa ambayo mwizi atakuja, angekesha, wala hangeiacha nyumba yake ivunjwe.
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 Nanyi, kadhalika muwe tayari, maana Mwana wa Mtu atakuja saa msiyoitazamia.”
And ye therefore, be ye ready, for in the hour in which ye do not think [it], the Son of man comes.
41 Petro akamwambia, “Bwana, mfano huo ni kwa ajili yetu tu, au ni kwa ajili ya watu wote?”
And Peter said to him, Lord, sayest thou this parable to us, or also to all?
42 Bwana akajibu, “Ni nani basi, mtumishi aliye mwaminifu na mwenye busara, ambaye bwana wake atamweka juu ya watumishi wake ili awape chakula wakati ufaao?
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 Heri yake mtumishi huyo ikiwa bwana wake atakaporudi atamkuta akifanya hivyo.
Blessed is that bondman whom his lord [on] coming shall find doing thus;
44 Hakika atampa madaraka juu ya mali yake yote.
verily I say unto you, that he will set him over all that he has.
45 Lakini, kama mtumishi huyo atafikiri moyoni mwake: na kusema: Bwana wangu amekawia sana kurudi halafu aanze kuwapiga watumishi wenzake, wa kiume au wa kike, na 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 atarudi siku asiyoitazamia na saa asiyoijua; atamkatilia mbali na kumweka fungu moja na wasioamini.
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 ambaye anajua matakwa ya bwana wake lakini hajiweki tayari kufanya anavyotakiwa, atapigwa sana.
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 yule afanyaye yanayostahili adhabu bila kujua, atapigwa kidogo. Aliyepewa vingi atatakiwa vingi; aliyekabidhiwa vingi zaidi atatakiwa kutoa 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, laiti ungekuwa umewaka tayari!
I have come to cast a fire on the earth; and what will I if already it has been kindled?
50 Ninao ubatizo ambao inanipasa niupokee; jinsi gani ninavyohangaika mpaka ukamilike!
But I have a baptism to be baptised with, and how am I straitened until it shall have been accomplished!
51 Mnadhani nimekuja kuleta amani duniani? Hata kidogo; si amani bali utengano.
Think ye that I have come to give peace in the earth? Nay, I say to you, but rather division:
52 Na tangu sasa, jamaa ya watu watano itagawanyika; watatu dhidi ya wawili, na wawili dhidi ya watatu.
for from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided; three shall be divided against two, and two against three:
53 Baba atakuwa dhidi ya mwanawe, mwana dhidi ya baba yake; mama dhidi ya bintiye, binti dhidi ya mama yake; mama mkwe dhidi ya mke wa mwanawe na huyo dhidi ya 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 akayaambia tena makundi ya watu, “Mnapoona mawingu yakitokea upande wa magharibi, mara mwasema: Mvua itanyesha, na kweli hunyesha.
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 Mnapoona upepo wa kusi unavuma, mwasema Kutakuwa na hali ya joto na ndivyo inavyokuwa.
And when [ye see] the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it happens.
56 Enyi wanafiki! Mnajua kutabiri hali ya hewa kwa kuangalia dunia na anga; kwa nini basi, hamwezi kujua maana ya nyakati hizi?
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 “Na kwa nini hamwezi kujiamulia wenyewe jambo jema la kufanya?
And why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
58 Maana kama mshtaki wako anakupeleka mahakamani, ingekuwa afadhali kwako kupatana naye mkiwa bado njiani, ili asije akakupeleka mbele ya hakimu, naye hakimu akakutoa kwa polisi, nao wakakutia ndani.
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 Hakika hutatoka huko nakwambia, mpaka utakapomaliza kulipa senti ya mwisho.”
I say unto thee, Thou shalt in no wise come out thence until thou hast paid the very last mite.
