Luka 17
1 Kisha, Yesu akawaambia wanafunzi wake, “Haiwezekani kabisa kusitokee vikwazo vinavyosababisha dhambi; lakini ole wake mtu yule atakayevisababisha.
Jesus said to his disciples. "It is not possible but that occasions of stumbling should occur, but woe to him through whom they come!
2 Ingekuwa afadhali kwake kufungiwa shingoni jiwe kubwa la kusagia na kutoswa baharini, kuliko kumkwaza mmoja wa wadogo hawa.
"It were well for him if a millstone were tied about his neck, and he were hurled into the sea, rather than he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.
3 Jihadharini! Kama ndugu yako akikukosea, mwonye; akitubu, msamehe.
"Be on you guard! "If your brother sins, 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.”
"And if he sins against you seven times a day, and seven times a day turns to you saying ‘I repent,’ you shall 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.
"If your faith," answered Jesus, "were like a grain of mustard-seed, you would say to this tree, ‘Tear yourself up 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?
"But who of you who has a slave plowing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he is come in from the field, ‘Come at once, sit down to dinner,’
8 La! Atamwambia: Nitayarishie chakula, ujifunge tayari kunitumikia mpaka nitakapomaliza kula na kunywa, ndipo nawe ule na unywe.
"and will not rather tell him, ‘Get ready something for me to eat, and gird yourself to wait on me until I have eaten and drunken. Then you shall eat and drink.’
9 Je utamshukuru huyo mtumishi kwa sababu ametimiza aliyoamriwa?
"Does he think the slave because he did the things that were commanded?
10 Hali kadhalika na ninyi mkisha fanya yote mliyoamriwa, semeni: Sisi ni watumishi tusio na faida, tumetimiza tu yale tuliyotakiwa kufanya.”
"Even so, you also, after you have done all the things that are commanded you, should say, ‘We are but slaves, we have only done what it was our duty to do.’"
11 Yesu akiwa safarini kwenda Yerusalemu alipitia mipakani mwa Samaria na Galilaya.
Now it happened that as he went his way to Jerusalem, he passed between Samaria and Galilee.
12 Alipokuwa anaingia katika kijiji kimoja, watu kumi wenye ukoma walikutana naye, wakasimama kwa mbali.
And as he was going certain village ten lepers met him.
13 Wakapaza sauti wakisema, “Yesu Mwalimu, tuonee huruma!”
They stood at a distance and lifted up their voices, saying, "Jesus, Master, take pity on us."
14 Alipowaona akawaambia, “Nendeni mkajionyeshe kwa makuhani.” Basi, ikawa walipokuwa wanakwenda, wakatakasika.
Perceiving this he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priest." And as they went they were made clean.
15 Mmoja wao alipoona kwamba ameponywa alirudi akimtukuza Mungu kwa sauti kubwa.
Now one of them, as he saw that he was cured, came back, glorifying God in a loud voice,
16 Akajitupa chini mbele ya miguu ya Yesu huku akimshukuru. Huyo alikuwa Msamaria.
and he fell on his face at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. He was a Samaritan.
17 Hapo Yesu akasema, “Je, si watu kumi walitakaswa? Wale tisa wako wapi?
"Were there not ten cleansed?" asked Jesus, "but where are the nine?
18 Hakupatikana mwingine aliyerudi kumtukuza Mungu ila tu huyu mgeni?”
"Are there none found to return and give glory to God except this foreigner?"
19 Halafu akamwambia huyo mtu, “Simama, uende zako; imani yako imekuponya.”
And he said unto him, "Rise and go, your faith has healed you."
20 Wakati mmoja, Mafarisayo walimwuliza Yesu, “Ufalme wa Mungu utakuja lini?” Naye akawajibu, “Ufalme wa Mungu hauji kwa namna itakayoweza kuonekana.
The Pharisees asked him when the kingdom of God was coming. He answered. "The kingdom of God does not come so that you can catch sight of it,
21 Wala hakuna atakayeweza kusema, Uko hapa, au Uko pale. Kwa kweli Ufalme wa Mungu uko kati yenu.”
"nor will they say, ‘Look here it is!’ or ‘See there!’ - for the kingdom of God is now in your midst."
22 Halafu akawaambia wanafunzi wake, “Siku zinakuja ambapo mtatamani kuona mojawapo ya siku za Mwana wa Mtu, lakini hamtaiona.
Then he said turning to his disciples. "The days will come when you shall long to see one of the days of the Son of man, you shall not see it.
23 Na watu watawaambieni: Tazameni yuko hapa; ninyi msitoke wala msiwafuate.
"And they shall say to you, ‘Lo there! Lo there!’ But do not go away or follow them.
24 Kwa maana kama vile umeme unavyotokea ghafla na kuangaza anga upande mmoja hadi mwingine, ndivyo Mwana wa Mtu atakavyokuwa siku yake.
"For as the lightning when it lightens out of the one part under heaven shines to the other part under heaven, so shall the Son of 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 buy his generation.
26 Kama ilivyokuwa nyakati za Noa, ndivyo itakavyokuwa katika siku za Mwana wa Mtu.
"And this was in the time of Noah, so will it be in the time of the Son of man.
27 Watu waliendelea kula na kunywa, kuoa na kuolewa mpaka wakati ule Noa alipoingia katika safina. Gharika ikatokea na kuwaangamiza wote.
"Men were eating and drinking; they were marrying and being married, until the day that Noah entered into 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.
"The same was true in the time of Lot; they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building;
29 Lakini siku ile Loti alipoondoka Sodoma, moto na kiberiti vikanyesha kama mvua kutoka mbinguni na kuwaangamiza wote.
"but on the day that Lot left Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.
30 Ndivyo itakavyokuwa siku ile Mwana wa Mtu atakapofunuliwa.
"In the same manner it shall be in the day that the Son of man shall be revealed.
31 “Siku hiyo, yeyote atakayekuwa juu ya paa asishuke nyumbani kuchukua mali yake. Kadhalika, naye atakayekuwa shambani asirudi nyuma.
"On that day, if a man is on the housetop and his goods inside, let him not go down to take them away; nor should a man in the field 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 keep his life shall lose it; but whoever loses it shall preserve it.
34 Nawaambieni, siku ile usiku watu wawili watakuwa wanalala pamoja, mmoja atachukuliwa na yule mwingine ataachwa.
"I tell you that in one night there shall be two men in one bed; one shall be taken and the other left.
35 Wanawake wawili watakuwa wakisaga nafaka pamoja; mmoja atachukuliwa na mwingine ataachwa.”
"There shall be two women grinding together; the one shall be taken and the other left."
36 Watu wawili watakuwa shambani; mmoja atachukuliwa na mwingine ataachwa.
(wanting in the most ancient manuscripts)
37 Hapo wakamwuliza, “Ni wapi Bwana?” Naye akawaambia, “Ulipo mzoga, ndipo tai watakapokusanyikia.”
"Where, Master?" they asked him. "Where the dead body is," he answered, "there will the vultures be gathered together."
