Luka 17
1 Kisha, Yesu akawaambia wanafunzi wake, “Haiwezekani kabisa kusitokee vikwazo vinavyosababisha dhambi; lakini ole wake mtu yule atakayevisababisha.
Then He said to the disciples: “Things that cause people to fall are bound to come, but woe to him through whom they do come!
2 Ingekuwa afadhali kwake kufungiwa shingoni jiwe kubwa la kusagia na kutoswa baharini, kuliko kumkwaza mmoja wa wadogo hawa.
It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to fall.
3 Jihadharini! Kama ndugu yako akikukosea, mwonye; akitubu, msamehe.
Watch out for yourselves: if your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
4 Na kama akikukosea mara saba kwa siku, na kila mara akarudi kwako akisema Nimetubu, lazima umsamehe.”
Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in that day returns, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
5 Mitume wakamwambia Bwana, “Utuongezee imani.”
The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”
6 Naye Bwana akajibu, “Kama imani yenu ingekuwa ndogo hata kama chembe ndogo ya haradali, mngeweza kuuambia mti huu wa mkuyu: Ng'oka ukajipandikize baharini, nao ungewatii.
So the Lord said: “If you had faith like a mustard seed has, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.
7 “Tuseme mmoja wenu ana mtumishi ambaye analima shambani au anachunga kondoo. Je, anaporudi kutoka shambani, atamwambia: Haraka, njoo ule chakula?
“And which of you, having a slave plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the field, ‘Come at once and recline to eat’?
8 La! Atamwambia: Nitayarishie chakula, ujifunge tayari kunitumikia mpaka nitakapomaliza kula na kunywa, ndipo nawe ule na unywe.
Will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat, and gird yourself and serve me until I eat and drink, and afterward you will eat and drink’?
9 Je utamshukuru huyo mtumishi kwa sababu ametimiza aliyoamriwa?
Does he thank that slave because he did the things commanded? I guess not!
10 Hali kadhalika na ninyi mkisha fanya yote mliyoamriwa, semeni: Sisi ni watumishi tusio na faida, tumetimiza tu yale tuliyotakiwa kufanya.”
So likewise you, whenever you have done everything you were told to do, say, ‘We are unworthy slaves, because we have only done what we were supposed to.’”
11 Yesu akiwa safarini kwenda Yerusalemu alipitia mipakani mwa Samaria na Galilaya.
Now as He was traveling toward Jerusalem, He went along between Samaria and Galilee.
12 Alipokuwa anaingia katika kijiji kimoja, watu kumi wenye ukoma walikutana naye, wakasimama kwa mbali.
And as He entered a certain village, ten men met Him—being lepers they stood at a distance.
13 Wakapaza sauti wakisema, “Yesu Mwalimu, tuonee huruma!”
They called out, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
14 Alipowaona akawaambia, “Nendeni mkajionyeshe kwa makuhani.” Basi, ikawa walipokuwa wanakwenda, wakatakasika.
And paying attention He said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” It happened that as they went they were cleansed!
15 Mmoja wao alipoona kwamba ameponywa alirudi akimtukuza Mungu kwa sauti kubwa.
Well one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, glorifying God with a loud voice;
16 Akajitupa chini mbele ya miguu ya Yesu huku akimshukuru. Huyo alikuwa Msamaria.
then he fell on his face at His feet, thanking Him—and he was a Samaritan!
17 Hapo Yesu akasema, “Je, si watu kumi walitakaswa? Wale tisa wako wapi?
So Jesus reacted by saying: “Were not all ten cleansed? So where are the nine?
18 Hakupatikana mwingine aliyerudi kumtukuza Mungu ila tu huyu mgeni?”
None were found to return and give glory to God except this foreigner!”
19 Halafu akamwambia huyo mtu, “Simama, uende zako; imani yako imekuponya.”
Then He said to him, “Get up and go; your faith has made you well.”
20 Wakati mmoja, Mafarisayo walimwuliza Yesu, “Ufalme wa Mungu utakuja lini?” Naye akawajibu, “Ufalme wa Mungu hauji kwa namna itakayoweza kuonekana.
Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said: “The Kingdom of God does not come with observation;
21 Wala hakuna atakayeweza kusema, Uko hapa, au Uko pale. Kwa kweli Ufalme wa Mungu uko kati yenu.”
nor will they say, ‘Look, here!’ or ‘Look, there!’ because indeed the Kingdom of God is within you.”
22 Halafu akawaambia wanafunzi wake, “Siku zinakuja ambapo mtatamani kuona mojawapo ya siku za Mwana wa Mtu, lakini hamtaiona.
Then He said to the disciples: “Days are coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of the Man, and you will not see it.
23 Na watu watawaambieni: Tazameni yuko hapa; ninyi msitoke wala msiwafuate.
And they will say to you, ‘Look, here!’ or ‘Look, there!’ Do not go along or follow.
24 Kwa maana kama vile umeme unavyotokea ghafla na kuangaza anga upande mmoja hadi mwingine, ndivyo Mwana wa Mtu atakavyokuwa siku yake.
Because just like the lightning that lights the whole sky when it flashes, so also will the Son of the Man be in His day.
25 Lakini kabla ya hayo, itambidi ateseke sana na kukataliwa na kizazi hiki.
But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
26 Kama ilivyokuwa nyakati za Noa, ndivyo itakavyokuwa katika siku za Mwana wa Mtu.
Also, just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it also be in the days of the Son of the Man.
27 Watu waliendelea kula na kunywa, kuoa na kuolewa mpaka wakati ule Noa alipoingia katika safina. Gharika ikatokea na kuwaangamiza wote.
They were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
28 Itakuwa kama ilivyotokea wakati wa Loti. Watu waliendelea kula na kunywa, kununua na kuuza, kupanda mbegu na kujenga.
Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building—
29 Lakini siku ile Loti alipoondoka Sodoma, moto na kiberiti vikanyesha kama mvua kutoka mbinguni na kuwaangamiza wote.
but on the day Lot went out from Sodom, fire and brimstone rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
30 Ndivyo itakavyokuwa siku ile Mwana wa Mtu atakapofunuliwa.
Even so will it be in the day when the Son of the Man is revealed.
31 “Siku hiyo, yeyote atakayekuwa juu ya paa asishuke nyumbani kuchukua mali yake. Kadhalika, naye atakayekuwa shambani asirudi nyuma.
“In that day, he who is on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to get them; and likewise he who is in the field, let him not turn back.
32 Kumbukeni yaliyompata mke wa Loti.
Remember Lot's wife!
33 Yeyote anayetaka kuiokoa nafsi yake, ataipoteza; na yeyote anayeipoteza, ataiokoa.
Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it, and whoever ‘wastes’ it will preserve it.
34 Nawaambieni, siku ile usiku watu wawili watakuwa wanalala pamoja, mmoja atachukuliwa na yule mwingine ataachwa.
I tell you: on that night there will be two men in one bed; one will be taken and the other left.
35 Wanawake wawili watakuwa wakisaga nafaka pamoja; mmoja atachukuliwa na mwingine ataachwa.”
Two women will be grinding together; one will be taken and the other left.”
36 Watu wawili watakuwa shambani; mmoja atachukuliwa na mwingine ataachwa.
37 Hapo wakamwuliza, “Ni wapi Bwana?” Naye akawaambia, “Ulipo mzoga, ndipo tai watakapokusanyikia.”
They reacted by saying to Him, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where there is a carcass, there will the vultures also be gathered.”
