Marko 12
1 Yesu alianza kusema nao kwa mifano: “Mtu mmoja alilima shamba la mizabibu. Akalizungushia ukuta, na katikati yake akachimba kisima cha kusindikia divai, akajenga mnara pia. Akalikodisha shamba hilo kwa wakulima, akasafiri hadi nchi ya mbali.
And he began to speak to them in parables: A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and digged a wine-press, and built a tower, and let it out to vine-dressers, and went into another country.
2 Wakati wa mavuno, alimtuma mtumishi wake kwa wale wakulima akamletee sehemu ya mazao ya shamba lake.
And at the proper time, he sent a servant to the vine-dressers, that he might receive from the vine-dressers of the fruit of the vineyard.
3 Wale wakulima wakamkamata, wakampiga, wakamrudisha mikono mitupu.
And they took him and scourged him, and sent him away without any thing.
4 Akatuma tena mtumishi mwingine; huyu wakamuumiza kichwa na kumtendea vibaya.
And again he sent to them another servant; and at him they threw stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated.
5 Mwenye shamba akatuma mtumishi mwingine tena, na huyo wakamuua. Wengine wengi waliotumwa, baadhi yao walipigwa, na wengi wakauawa.
And again he sent another; and him they killed. And he sent many others, some of whom they scourged, and some they killed.
6 Alibakiwa bado na mtu mmoja, yaani mwanawe mpendwa. Mwishowe akamtuma huyo akisema, Watamheshimu mwanangu.
Therefore, having yet one son, his beloved, he sent him also to them last, saying, They will reverence my son.
7 Lakini hao wakulima wakaambiana, Huyu ndiye mrithi, basi, tumuue ili urithi wake uwe wetu!
But those vine-dressers said one to another, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.
8 Kwa hiyo wakamkamata, wakamuua na kumtupa nje ya lile shamba la mizabibu.
And they took him, and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.
9 “Basi, mwenye shamba atafanya nini? Atakuja kuwaangamiza hao wakulima na kulikodisha hilo shamba la mizabibu kwa watu wengine.
What, then, will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those vine-dressers, and give his vineyard to others.
10 Je, hamjasoma Maandiko haya? Jiwe walilokataa waashi sasa limekuwa jiwe kuu la msingi.
Have you not read this scripture: The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner;
11 Bwana ndiye aliyefanya jambo hili, nalo ni la ajabu sana kwetu.”
this was from the Lord, and it is wondrous in our eyes?
12 Makuhani wakuu, walimu wa Sheria na wazee walifahamu ya kwamba mfano huo ulikuwa unawahusu. Kwa hiyo walijaribu kumtia nguvuni, lakini waliogopa umati wa watu. Basi, wakamwacha wakaenda zao.
And they sought to take him, but feared the multitude; for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them; and they left him, and went away.
13 Basi, baadhi ya Mafarisayo na wafuasi wa kikundi cha Herode walitumwa ili wamtege Yesu kwa maneno yake.
And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, that they might entrap him in his words.
14 Wakamwendea, wakamwambia, “Mwalimu, tunajua kwamba wewe ni mtu mwaminifu unayesema ukweli mtupu, wala humjali mtu yeyote. Wala cheo cha mtu si kitu kwako, lakini wafundisha ukweli kuhusu njia ya Mungu. Je, ni halali kulipa kodi kwa Kaisari, au la? Tulipe au tusilipe?”
And they came and said to him: Teacher, we know that you are true, and that you care for no one; for you do not regard the person of men, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to give tribute to Cæsar, or not?
15 Lakini Yesu alijua unafiki wao, akawaambia, “Mbona mnanijaribu? Nionyesheni sarafu.”
Must we give, or must we not give? But, knowing their hypocrisy, he said to them: Why do you tempt me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it.
16 Wakamwonyesha. Naye akawauliza, “Sura na chapa hii ni ya nani?” Wakamjibu, “Ni ya Kaisari.”
They brought it; and he said to them: Whose image and superscription is this? They said to him: Cæsar’s.
17 Basi, Yesu akawaambia, “Mpeni Kaisari yaliyo yake Kaisari na Mungu yaliyo yake Mungu.” Wakashangazwa sana naye.
And Jesus answered and said to them: Give to Cæsar the things that are Cæsar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. And they were astonished at him.
18 Masadukayo wasemao kwamba hakuna ufufuo walimwendea Yesu, wakamwuliza,
And the Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection, came to him, and put a question to him, saying:
19 “Mwalimu, Mose alituagiza hivi: Mtu akifa na kuacha mke bila mtoto, ndugu yake lazima amchukue huyo mama mjane amzalie watoto ndugu yake marehemu.
Teacher, Moses wrote for us, If any man’s brother die, and leave a wife, and leave no children, his brother shall take his wife, and raise up children for his brother.
20 Basi, kulikuwa na ndugu saba. Wa kwanza alioa, akafa bila kuacha mtoto.
Now there were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and dying, left no child;
21 Ndugu wa pili akamwoa huyo mjane, naye pia akafa bila kuacha mtoto; na ndugu watatu hali kadhalika.
and the second took her, and he died, and left no child; and the third, likewise;
22 Wote saba walikufa bila kuacha mtoto. Mwishowe yule mama mjane naye akafa.
and the seven took her, and left no child. Last of all, the woman also died.
23 Basi, siku watu watakapofufuka, mama huyo atakuwa mke wa nani? Maana wote saba walikuwa wamemwoa.”
Therefore, in the resurrection, when they rise, of which of them shall she be the wife? for the seven had her as a wife.
24 Yesu akawaambia, “Ninyi mmekosea sana, kwa sababu hamjui Maandiko Matakatifu wala nguvu ya Mungu.
And Jesus answered and said to them: Do you not err for this reason, because you know not the scriptures, nor the power of God?
25 Maana wafu watakapofufuka, hawataoa wala kuolewa; watakuwa kama malaika wa mbinguni.
For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels in heaven.
26 Lakini kuhusu kufufuliwa kwa wafu, je, hamjasoma kitabu cha Mose katika sehemu inayohusu kile kichaka kilichokuwa kinawaka moto? Mungu alimwambia Mose, Mimi ni Mungu wa Abrahamu, Mungu wa Isaka, na Mungu wa Yakobo.
But concerning the dead, that they do rise, have you not read in the book of Moses, at The Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
27 Basi, yeye si Mungu wa wafu, bali ni Mungu wa walio hai. Ninyi mmekosea sana!”
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. Therefore, you do greatly err.
28 Mmojawapo wa walimu wa Sheria alifika, akasikia mabishano yao. Alipoona kwamba Yesu aliwajibu vyema, akajitokeza akamwuliza, “Katika amri zote ni ipi iliyo ya kwanza?”
And one of the scribes came, and heard them reasoning together; and perceiving that he had answered them well, he asked him: Which is the first commandment of all?
29 Yesu akamjibu, “Ya kwanza ndiyo hii: Sikiliza, Israeli! Bwana Mungu wetu ndiye peke yake Bwana.
And Jesus answered him: The first commandment of all is, Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord.
30 Mpende Bwana Mungu wako kwa moyo wako wote, kwa roho yako yote, kwa akili yako yote na kwa nguvu zako zote.
And you shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, and with your whole soul, and with your whole mind, and with your whole strength. This is the first commandment.
31 Na ya pili ndiyo hii: Mpende jirani yako kama unavyojipenda mwenyewe. Hakuna amri nyingine iliyo kuu kuliko hizi.”
And the second, which is like it, is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.
32 Basi, yule mwalimu wa Sheria akamwambia, “Vyema Mwalimu! Umesema kweli kwamba Mungu ni mmoja tu wala hakuna mwingine ila yeye.
And the scribe said to him: Teacher, in truth you have well said, that there is one God, and there is no other beside him;
33 Na ni lazima mtu kumpenda Mungu kwa moyo wote, kwa akili yote, na kwa nguvu zote, na kumpenda jirani yake kama anavyojipenda mwenyewe. Jambo hili ni muhimu zaidi kuliko dhabihu na sadaka zote za kuteketezwa.”
and to love him with the whole heart, and with the whole understanding, and with the whole soul, and with the whole strength, and to love one’s neighbor as himself, is more than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices.
34 Yesu alipoona kwamba huyu mtu alimjibu kwa ujasiri, akamwambia, “Wewe huko mbali na Ufalme wa Mungu.” Baada ya hayo, hakuna mtu aliyethubutu tena kumwuliza kitu.
And Jesus perceiving that he answered with understanding, said to him: You are not far from the kingdom of God. And no one, after that, ventured to ask him a question.
35 Wakati Yesu alipokuwa akifundisha Hekaluni, aliuliza, “Mbona walimu wa Sheria wanasema ya kwamba Kristo ni mwana wa Daudi?
And Jesus, as he was teaching in the temple, answered and said: How say the scribes that the Christ is the son of David?
36 Daudi mwenyewe akiongozwa na Roho Mtakatifu alisema: Bwana alimwambia Bwana wangu: Keti upande wangu wa kulia, Mpaka nitakapowaweka adui zako chini ya miguu yako.”
For David himself said by the Holy Spirit: The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, till I make thy enemies thy footstool.
37 “Daudi mwenyewe anamwita Kristo Bwana. Basi, Kristo atakuwaje mwanae?” Umati wa watu ulikuwa ukimsikiliza kwa furaha.
David himself, then, calls him Lord; and how is he his son? And the great multitude heard him with pleasure.
38 Katika mafundisho yake, Yesu alisema, “Jihadharini na walimu wa Sheria ambao hupenda kupitapita wamejivalia kanzu ndefu na kusalimiwa na watu kwa heshima sokoni; hupenda kuketi mahali pa heshima katika masunagogi,
And he said to them in his teaching: Beware of the scribes, who love to walk in robes, and love salutations in the markets,
39 na kuchukua nafasi za heshima katika karamu.
and the first seats in the synagogues, and the first places at suppers;
40 Huwanyonya wajane huku wakijisingizia kusali sala ndefu. Siku ya hukumu watapata adhabu kali!”
who eat up the houses of widows, and, as a pretext, make long prayers: these shall receive more abundant condemnation.
41 Yesu alikuwa ameketi karibu na sanduku la hazina. Akawa anatazama jinsi watu wengi walivyokuwa wakitoa fedha na kuzitia katika hazina ya Hekalu. Matajiri wengi walitoa fedha nyingi.
And Jesus, sitting opposite the treasury, observed how the multitude threw money into the treasury. And many rich persons threw in much.
42 Hapo akaja mama mmoja mjane maskini, akatoa sarafu mbili ndogo za fedha.
And there came one poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
43 Yesu akawaita wanafunzi wake, akawaambia, “Kweli nawaambieni, huyu mama mjane maskini ametoa zaidi kuliko wengine wote waliotia fedha katika sanduku la hazina.
And he called his disciples to him, and said to them: Verily I say to you, this poor widow has thrown in more than all that have thrown into the treasury.
44 Maana wote walitoa kutokana na ziada ya mali zao, lakini huyu mama, ingawa ni maskini, ametoa yote aliyokuwa nayo, ametoa kila kitu alichohitaji kwa kuishi.”
For all have thrown in out of their abundance; but she, out of her poverty, has thrown in all that she had, her whole living.
