Luka 20
1 Siku moja, Yesu alipokuwa akiwafundisha watu Hekaluni na kuwahubiria juu ya Habari Njema, makuhani wakuu na walimu wa Sheria pamoja na wazee walifika,
And it came to pass, that, on one of those days, while he was teaching the people in the temple, and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes, with the elders, came to him,
2 wakasema, “Tuambie! Unafanya mambo haya kwa mamlaka gani?”
and spoke to him, saying: Tell us by what authority you do these things? or, who is he that gave you this authority?
3 Yesu akawaambia, “Na mimi nitawaulizeni swali:
And he answered and said to them: I also will ask you one thing, and do you answer me.
4 mamlaka ya Yohane ya kubatiza yalitoka kwa Mungu au kwa watu?”
Was the immersion of John from heaven, or from men?
5 Lakini wao wakajadiliana hivi: “Tukisema yalitoka mbinguni, yeye atatuuliza: Mbona hamkumsadiki?
And they reasoned among themselves, saying: If we say, From heaven, he will reply: Why, then, did you not believe him?
6 Na tukisema yalitoka kwa binadamu, watu wote hapa watatupiga mawe, maana wote wanaamini kwamba Yohane alikuwa nabii.”
But if we say, From men, all the people will stone us; for they believe that John was a prophet.
7 Basi, wakamwambia, “Hatujui mamlaka hayo yalitoka wapi.”
And they answered, that they knew not whence it was.
8 Yesu akawaambia, “Hata mimi sitawaambia ninafanya mambo haya kwa mamlaka gani.”
And Jesus said to them: Nor do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
9 Yesu akaendelea kuwaambia watu mfano huu: “Mtu mmoja alilima shamba la mizabibu, akalikodisha kwa wakulima; kisha akasafiri hadi nchi ya mbali, akakaa huko kwa muda mrefu.
And he began to speak this parable to the people: A man planted a vineyard, and let it out to vine-dressers, and was absent from home for a long time.
10 Wakati wa mavuno, mtu huyo alimtuma mtumishi wake kwa wale wakulima, akachukue sehemu ya matunda ya shamba la mizabibu. Lakini wale wakulima wakampiga mtumishi huyo wakamrudisha mikono mitupu.
And at the proper season, he sent a servant to those vine-dressers, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard. But the vine-dressers scourged him, and sent him away empty-handed.
11 Yule bwana akamtuma tena mtumishi mwingine; lakini wao wakampiga huyo vilevile na kumtendea vibaya, wakamrudisha mikono mitupu.
And he then sent another servant. But they scourged him also, and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed.
12 Akamtuma tena wa tatu; huyu naye, baada ya kumwumiza, wakamfukuza.
And he also sent a third; but they wounded him, and drove him out.
13 Yule mwenye shamba akafikiri: Nitafanya nini? Nitamtuma mwanangu mpenzi; labda watamjali yeye.
And the owner of the vineyard said: What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps, when they see him, they will reverence him.
14 Wale wakulima walipomwona tu, wakasemezana: Huyu ndiye mrithi. Basi, tumwue ili urithi wake uwe wetu.
But when the vine-dressers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying: This is the heir; come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
15 Basi, wakamtoa nje ya lile shamba la mizabibu, wakamwua.” Yesu akauliza, “Yule mwenye shamba atawafanya nini hao wakulima?
And they drove him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What, then, will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
16 Atakuja kuwaangamiza wakulima hao, na atawapa wakulima wengine hilo shamba la mizabibu.” Watu waliposikia maneno hayo, walisema: “Hasha! Yasitukie hata kidogo!”
He will come and destroy these vine-dressers, and will give his vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said: Be it not so!
17 Lakini Yesu akawatazama, akawaambia, “Maandiko haya Matakatifu yana maana gani basi? Jiwe walilokataa waashi, sasa limekuwa jiwe kuu la msingi!
And he looked on them and said: What, then, does this mean, which is written, The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner?
18 Mtu yeyote akianguka juu ya jiwe hilo, atavunjika vipandevipande; na likimwangukia mtu yeyote, litamsaga kabisa.”
Whoever shall fall on this stone, shall be dashed to pieces; but on whomever it shall fall, it will make him as chaff for the wind.
19 Walimu wa Sheria na makuhani wakuu walifahamu kwamba mfano huo ulikuwa unawahusu, na hivyo walitaka kumkamata palepale, ila tu waliogopa watu.
And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him, the same hour; (and yet they feared the people; ) for they knew that he spoke this parable against them.
20 Basi, wakawa wanatafuta wakati wa kufaa. Wakawahonga watu fulani wajisingizie kuwa wema, wakawatuma wamnase Yesu kwa maswali, na hivyo waweze kumtia nguvuni na kumpeleka kwa wakuu wa serikali.
And they watched him, and sent spies, who feigned them selves to be just men, that they might take hold of his words, in order to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.
21 Hao wapelelezi wakamwambia, “Mwalimu, tunajua kwamba unasema na kufundisha mambo ya kweli; tunajua kwamba wewe huna ubaguzi; wewe wafundisha ukweli juu ya njia ya Mungu.
And they asked him, saying: Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly, and do not regard the person of any, but teach the way of God in truth.
22 Basi, twambie kama ni halali, au la, kulipa kodi kwa Kaisari!”
Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Cæsar, or not?
23 Yesu alitambua mtego wao, akawaambia,
But he perceived their cunning, and said to them: Why do you tempt me?
24 “Nionyesheni sarafu. Je, sura na chapa ni vya nani?”
Show me a denarius. Whose image and superscription has it? They answered and said: Cæsar’s.
25 Nao wakamjibu, “Ni vya Kaisari.” Yesu akawaambia, “Basi, mpeni Kaisari vilivyo vyake Kaisari, na Mungu vilivyo vyake Mungu.”
He said to them: Give, therefore, to Cæsar the things that are Cæsar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.
26 Hawakufaulu kumnasa kwa neno lolote pale mbele ya watu na hivyo wakakaa kimya wakilistaajabia jibu lake.
And they were not able to take hold of his words before the people. And they were astonished at his answer, and were silent.
27 Kisha Masadukayo, ambao husema kwamba wafu hawafufuki, wakamjia Yesu, wakasema:
Then there came to him some of the Sadducees, (these deny that there is any resurrection, ) and asked him,
28 “Mwalimu, Mose alituandikia kwamba kama ndugu ya mtu fulani akifa na kumwacha mjane wake bila watoto, ni lazima ndugu yake amchukue huyo mama mjane, amzalie watoto ndugu yake marehemu.
saying: Teacher, Moses wrote for us, If any man’s brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up children for his brother.
29 Sasa, wakati mmoja kulikuwa na ndugu saba. Yule wa kwanza alioa na baadaye akafa bila kuacha mtoto.
There were, therefore, seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and died without children;
30 Yule ndugu wa pili akamwoa yule mjane, naye pia, akafa;
and the second took his wife, and he died without children;
31 na ndugu wa tatu vilevile. Mambo yakawa yaleyale kwa wote saba—wote walikufa bila kuacha watoto.
and the third took her; and in like manner also the seven; and they left no children, and died.
32 Mwishowe akafa pia yule mwanamke.
Last of all, the woman also died.
33 Je, siku wafu watakapofufuliwa, mwanamke huyo atakuwa mke wa nani? Alikuwa ameolewa na wote saba.”
Therefore, in the resurrection, of which of them shall she be the wife? for the seven had her as a wife.
And Jesus answered and said to them: The children of this age marry, and are given in marriage. (aiōn g165)
35 lakini wale ambao Mungu atawawezesha kushiriki ule wakati wa ufufuo, hawataoa wala kuolewa. (aiōn g165)
But those who shall be accounted worthy to attain that age, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage. (aiōn g165)
36 Ama hakika, hawawezi kufa tena, kwa sababu watakuwa kama malaika, na ni watoto wa Mungu kwa vile wamefufuliwa katika wafu.
For they can die no more; for they are like the angels, and are the sons of God, being the sons of the resurrection.
37 Lakini, kwamba kuna kufufuka kutoka wafu, hata Mose alithibitisha jambo hilo katika Maandiko Matakatifu. Katika sehemu ya Maandiko Matakatifu juu ya kile kichaka kilichokuwa kinawaka moto, anamtaja Bwana kama Mungu wa Abrahamu, Isaka na Yakobo.
But: that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at The Bush, since he calls the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
38 Basi, yeye si Mungu wa wafu, bali ni Mungu wa wale walio hai; maana wale aliowaita kwake, wanaishi naye.”
He is not a God of the dead, but of the living; for all live to him.
39 Baadhi ya wale walimu wa Sheria wakasema, “Mwalimu, umejibu vema kabisa.”
And certain of the scribes answered and said: Teacher, thou hast answered well.
40 Walisema hivyo kwa sababu hawakuthubutu kumwuliza tena maswali mengine.
And after this they durst not ask him any question at all.
41 Yesu akawauliza, “Yasemekanaje kwamba Kristo ni mwana wa Daudi?
But he said to them: How say they that the Christ is the son of David?
42 Maana Daudi mwenyewe anasema katika Zaburi: Bwana alimwambia Bwana wangu: Keti upande wangu wa kulia
Even David himself says, in the book of Psalms: The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand,
43 mpaka niwafanye adui zako kama kiti cha kuwekea miguu yako.
till I make thy enemies thy footstool.
44 Ikiwa Daudi anamwita yeye, Bwana, basi atakuwaje mwanawe?”
David, therefore, calls him Lord; and how is he his son?
45 Yesu aliwaambia wanafunzi wake mbele ya watu wote,
And while all the people were listening, he said to his disciples:
46 “Jihadharini na walimu wa Sheria ambao hupenda kupitapita wamevalia kanzu. Hupenda kusalimiwa na watu kwa heshima masokoni, huketi mahali pa heshima katika masunagogi na kuchukua nafasi za heshima katika karamu.
Beware of the scribes, who delight to walk in robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the first seats in the synagogues, and the first places at suppers;
47 Huwadhulumu wajane huku wakisingizia kuwa wema kwa kusali sala ndefu. Hao watapata hukumu kali zaidi!”
who eat up the houses of widows, and, for a pretext, make long prayers. These shall receive the greater condemnation.
