Marko 2
1 Baada ya siku kadhaa, Yesu alirudi Kafarnaumu, watu wakapata habari kwamba alikuwa nyumbani.
A few days later Jesus went to Capernaum again, and the people heard that he was at home.
2 Basi, wakaja watu wengi sana hata nafasi yoyote ikakosekana mlangoni. Yesu alikuwa akiwahubiria ujumbe wake,
Immediately many were gathered together, so that there was no longer any room, not even at the door, and he was speaking the word to them.
3 wakati mtu mmoja aliyepooza alipoletwa kwake akiwa amechukuliwa na watu wanne.
Then some people came to him, bringing a paralytic 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.
Since they were not able to come near Jesus because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was. After digging through it, they let down the mat on which the paralytic was lying.
5 Yesu alipoona imani yao, akamwambia huyo mtu aliyepooza, “Mwanangu, umesamehewa dhambi zako.”
When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, yoʋr sins are forgiven yoʋ.”
6 Baadhi ya walimu wa Sheria waliokuwa wameketi hapo wakawaza mioyoni mwao,
Now some of the scribes were sitting there and questioning in their hearts:
7 “Anathubutuje kusema hivyo? Anamkufuru Mungu! Hakuna mtu awezaye kusamehe dhambi isipokuwa Mungu peke yake.”
“Why does this man speak such blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
8 Yesu alitambua mara mawazo yao, akawaambia, “Mbona mnawaza hivyo mioyoni mwenu?
Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that they were discussing these questions among themselves, so he said to them, “Why are you questioning these things 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, ‘Yoʋr sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise, take up yoʋr mat, and walk’?
10 Basi, nataka mjue kwamba Mwana wa Mtu anayo mamlaka ya kuwasamehe watu dhambi duniani.” Hapo akamwambia huyo mtu aliyepooza,
But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the paralytic—
11 “Nakwambia simama, chukua mkeka wako uende nyumbani!”
“I say to yoʋ, rise, pick up yoʋr mat, and go to yoʋr 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.”
So the man immediately rose, picked up his mat, and went out in front of them all, so that they were all amazed and began glorifying God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”
13 Yesu alikwenda tena kando ya ziwa. Umati wa watu ukamwendea, naye akaanza kuwafundisha.
Once again Jesus went out by the sea. The entire crowd 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.
As he was walking along, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth. Jesus said to him, “Follow me,” so Levi rose 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.
Later, as Jesus was reclining at the table in Levi's house, many tax collectors and sinners reclined with him and his disciples, for there were many who 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?”
When the scribes and the Pharisees saw Jesus eating with tax collectors and sinners, they said to his disciples, “Why is he eating and drinking with tax collectors and sinners?”
17 Yesu alipowasikia, akawaambia, “Watu wenye afya hawahitaji daktari; wanaomhitaji ni wale walio wagonjwa. Sikuja kuwaita watu wema, ila wenye dhambi.”
When Jesus heard this, he said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a physician, but the sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
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?”
Now the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees were fasting. So some people came and said to Jesus, “Why is it that the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but yoʋr disciples do not fast?”
19 Yesu akajibu, “Walioalikwa harusini wanawezaje kufunga kama bwana harusi yupo pamoja nao? Wakati wote wawapo pamoja na bwana harusi hawawezi kufunga.
Jesus said to them, “Can the bridegroom's attendants fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast.
20 Lakini wakati utafika ambapo bwana harusi ataondolewa kati yao; wakati huo ndipo watakapofunga.
But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken away 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 piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. For the garment's new patch would pull away from the old cloth, and a worse tear would be 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 wineskins. For the new wine would burst the wineskins; the wine would be spilled, and the wineskins would be ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins.”
23 Siku moja ya Sabato, Yesu alikuwa anapita katika mashamba ya ngano. Walipokuwa wanatembea, wanafunzi wake wakaanza kukwanyua masuke ya ngano.
On the Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to make their way, plucking heads of grain.
24 Mafarisayo wakawaambia, “Tazama! Kwa nini wanafanya jambo ambalo si halali kufanya wakati wa Sabato?”
So the Pharisees said to him, “Behold, why are they doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?”
25 Yesu akawajibu, “Je, hamjapata kusoma juu ya kile alichofanya Daudi wakati alipohitaji chakula? Yeye pamoja na wenzake waliona njaa,
He said to them, “Have 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 time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which is not lawful for anyone to eat except for the priests, and how he also gave it to those who were with him?”
27 Basi, Yesu akawaambia, “Sabato iliwekwa kwa ajili ya binadamu na si binadamu kwa ajili ya Sabato!
Then 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.”
So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
