Marko 2
1 Baada ya siku kadhaa, Yesu alirudi Kafarnaumu, watu wakapata habari kwamba alikuwa nyumbani.
And again he entered Capernaum, after some days; and they heard that he was in the house.
2 Basi, wakaja watu wengi sana hata nafasi yoyote ikakosekana mlangoni. Yesu alikuwa akiwahubiria ujumbe wake,
And immediately many came together, so that the house could contain them no longer, nor could the space about the door. And he preached the word to them.
3 wakati mtu mmoja aliyepooza alipoletwa kwake akiwa amechukuliwa na watu wanne.
And they came to him, bringing a paralytic, who was carried by four men.
4 Kwa sababu ya huo umati wa watu, hawakuweza kumpeleka karibu na Yesu. Basi, wakatoboa sehemu ya dari iliyokuwa juu ya mahali alipokuwa Yesu. Walipokwisha pata nafasi, wakamteremsha huyo mtu akiwa amelala juu ya mkeka.
And not being able to come near him, on account of the multitude, they took off the roof where he was, and having broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay.
5 Yesu alipoona imani yao, akamwambia huyo mtu aliyepooza, “Mwanangu, umesamehewa dhambi zako.”
And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic: Son, your sins are forgiven you.
6 Baadhi ya walimu wa Sheria waliokuwa wameketi hapo wakawaza mioyoni mwao,
But some of the scribes were sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts:
7 “Anathubutuje kusema hivyo? Anamkufuru Mungu! Hakuna mtu awezaye kusamehe dhambi isipokuwa Mungu peke yake.”
Why does this man thus speak impiously? Who can forgive sins but God only?
8 Yesu alitambua mara mawazo yao, akawaambia, “Mbona mnawaza hivyo mioyoni mwenu?
And Jesus, immediately perceiving in his spirit that they thus reasoned within themselves, said to them: Why are you reasoning thus in your hearts?
9 Ni lipi lililo rahisi zaidi: kumwambia mtu huyu aliyepooza, Umesamehewa dhambi zako, au kumwambia, Inuka! Chukua mkeka wako utembee?
Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, Your sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise, take up your bed and walk?
10 Basi, nataka mjue kwamba Mwana wa Mtu anayo mamlaka ya kuwasamehe watu dhambi duniani.” Hapo akamwambia huyo mtu aliyepooza,
But that you may know that the Son of man on earth has authority to forgive sins, (he said to the paralytic, )
11 “Nakwambia simama, chukua mkeka wako uende nyumbani!”
I say to you, Arise, take up your bed and go to your house.
12 Mara, watu wote wakiwa wanamtazama, huyo mtu akainuka, akauchukua mkeka wake, akaenda zake. Watu wote wakashangaa na kumtukuza Mungu wakisema, “Hatujapata kamwe kuona jambo kama hili.”
And he arose forthwith, and took up his bed, and went out before them all; so that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying: We have never seen it thus.
13 Yesu alikwenda tena kando ya ziwa. Umati wa watu ukamwendea, naye akaanza kuwafundisha.
And he went out again by the sea: and all the multitude came to him, and he taught them.
14 Alipokuwa akipita, akamwona Lawi mwana wa Alfayo, ameketi katika ofisi ya ushuru. Yesu akamwambia, “Nifuate!” Lawi akasimama, akamfuata.
And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphæus sitting at the custom-house; and he said to him: Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
15 Baadaye, Yesu alikuwa amekaa mezani, nyumbani kwa Lawi, kula chakula. Watoza ushuru wengi na wenye dhambi walikuwa wamemfuata Yesu na wengi wao wakawa wamekaa mezani pamoja naye na wanafunzi wake.
And it came to pass, as Jesus reclined at table in his house, that many publicans and sinners reclined with him and his disciples; for there were many, and they followed him.
16 Basi, baadhi ya walimu wa Sheria ambao walikuwa Mafarisayo walipomwona Yesu akila pamoja na watu wenye dhambi na watoza ushuru, wakawauliza wanafunzi wake, “Kwa nini anakula pamoja na watoza ushuru na wenye dhambi?”
And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eating with publicans and sinners, they said to his disciples: Why is it that he eats and drinks with publicans and sinners?
17 Yesu alipowasikia, akawaambia, “Watu wenye afya hawahitaji daktari; wanaomhitaji ni wale walio wagonjwa. Sikuja kuwaita watu wema, ila wenye dhambi.”
And when Jesus heard it, he said to them: Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call righteous men, but sinners.
18 Wakati mmoja wanafunzi wa Yohane na wanafunzi wa Mafarisayo walikuwa wanafunga. Basi, watu wakaja, wakamwuliza Yesu, “Kwa nini wanafunzi wa Yohane na wa Mafarisayo wanafunga, lakini wanafunzi wako hawafungi?”
And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees were in the habit of fasting; and they came, and said to him: Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples fast not?
19 Yesu akajibu, “Walioalikwa harusini wanawezaje kufunga kama bwana harusi yupo pamoja nao? Wakati wote wawapo pamoja na bwana harusi hawawezi kufunga.
And Jesus said to them: Can the sons of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they can not fast.
20 Lakini wakati utafika ambapo bwana harusi ataondolewa kati yao; wakati huo ndipo watakapofunga.
But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then they will fast in those days.
21 “Hakuna mtu anayekata kiraka kutoka katika nguo mpya na kukishonea katika nguo kuukuu. Kama akifanya hivyo, hicho kiraka kipya kitararuka kutoka hilo vazi kuukuu, nalo litaharibika zaidi.
No one sews a patch of new cloth on an old garment; if so, the new piece which fills it up, takes from the old, and a worse rent is made.
22 Wala hakuna mtu atiaye divai mpya katika viriba vikuukuu. Kama akifanya hivyo, divai itavipasua hivyo viriba, nayo divai pamoja na hivyo viriba vitaharibika. Divai mpya hutiwa katika viriba vipya!”
And no one puts new wine into old bottles; if so, the new wine bursts the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles are destroyed. But new wine must be put into new bottles.
23 Siku moja ya Sabato, Yesu alikuwa anapita katika mashamba ya ngano. Walipokuwa wanatembea, wanafunzi wake wakaanza kukwanyua masuke ya ngano.
And it came to pass, that he was going on the sabbath-day through the fields of grain: and his disciples began, as they went, to pull the ears of grain.
24 Mafarisayo wakawaambia, “Tazama! Kwa nini wanafanya jambo ambalo si halali kufanya wakati wa Sabato?”
And the Pharisees said to him: See, why are they doing on the sabbath-day what is not lawful?
25 Yesu akawajibu, “Je, hamjapata kusoma juu ya kile alichofanya Daudi wakati alipohitaji chakula? Yeye pamoja na wenzake waliona njaa,
And he said to them: Did you never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, he and those who were with him?
26 naye akaingia ndani ya Nyumba ya Mungu, akala ile mikate iliyowekwa mbele ya Mungu. Jambo hili lilifanyika wakati Abiathari alikuwa Kuhani Mkuu. Na ni makuhani tu peke yao waliokuwa wameruhusiwa kula mikate hiyo. Lakini Daudi aliila, tena akawapa na wenzake.”
How he entered the house of God in the days of Abiathar the chief priest, and ate the loaves of the presence, which, it is not lawful, except for the priests, to eat, and gave to those also who were with him?
27 Basi, Yesu akawaambia, “Sabato iliwekwa kwa ajili ya binadamu na si binadamu kwa ajili ya Sabato!
And he said to them: The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath.
28 Kwa hiyo, Mwana wa Mtu ni Bwana hata wa Sabato.”
Therefore, the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
