¹And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, and James, and John his brother, and doth bring them up to a high mount by themselves,

¹Baada ya siku sita, Yesu aliwachukua Petro, Yakobo na Yohane nduguye, akaenda nao peke yao juu ya mlima mrefu.

²and he was transfigured before them, and his face shone as the sun, and his garments did become white as the light,

²Huko, wakiwa wanamtazama, akageuka sura, uso wake ukang'aa kama jua na mavazi yake yakawa meupe kama nuru.

³and lo, appear to them did Moses and Elijah, talking together with him.

³Mose na Eliya wakawatokea, wakawa wanazungumza naye.

⁴And Peter answering said to Jesus, `Sir, it is good to us to be here; if thou wilt, we may make here three booths — for thee one, and for Moses one, and one for Elijah.`

⁴Hapo Petro akamwambia Yesu, "Bwana, ni vizuri sana kwamba tupo hapa! Ukipenda nitajenga vibanda vitatu: kimoja chako, kimoja cha Mose na kimoja cha Eliya."

⁵While he is yet speaking, lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, `This is My Son, — the Beloved, in whom I did delight; hear him.`

⁵Alipokuwa bado anasema hivyo, wingu jeupe likawafunika, na sauti ikasikika kutoka katika hilo wingu: "Huyu ni Mwanangu mpendwa, ninayependezwa naye, msikilizeni."

⁶And the disciples having heard, did fall upon their face, and were exceedingly afraid,

⁶Wanafunzi waliposikia hivyo wakaanguka kifudifudi, wakaogopa sana.

⁷and Jesus having come near, touched them, and said, `Rise, be not afraid,`

⁷Yesu akawaendea, akawagusa, akasema, "Simameni, msiogope!"

⁸and having lifted up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus only.

⁸Walipoinua macho yao hawakumwona mtu, ila Yesu peke yake.

⁹And as they are coming down from the mount, Jesus charged them, saying, `Say to no one the vision, till the Son of Man out of the dead may rise.`

⁹Basi, walipokuwa wanashuka mlimani, Yesu akawaonya: "Msimwambie mtu mambo mliyoyaona mpaka Mwana wa Mtu atakapofufuliwa kutoka wafu."

¹⁰And his disciples questioned him, saying, `Why then do the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first?`

¹⁰Kisha wanafunzi wakamwuliza, "Mbona walimu wa Sheria wanasema ati ni lazima kwanza Eliya aje?"

¹¹And Jesus answering said to them, `Elijah doth indeed come first, and shall restore all things,

¹¹Yesu akawajibu, "Kweli, Eliya atakuja kutayarisha mambo yote.

¹²and I say to you — Elijah did already come, and they did not know him, but did with him whatever they would, so also the Son of Man is about to suffer by them.`

¹²Lakini nawaambieni, Eliya amekwisha kuja nao hawakumtambua, bali walimtendea jinsi walivyotaka. Mwana wa Mtu atateswa vivyo hivyo mikononi mwao."

¹³Then understood the disciples that concerning John the Baptist he spake to them.

¹³Hapo hao wanafunzi wakafahamu kwamba alikuwa akiwaambia juu ya Yohane mbatizaji.

¹⁴And when they came unto the multitude, there came to him a man, kneeling down to him,

¹⁴Walipojiunga tena na ule umati wa watu, mtu mmoja alimwendea Yesu, akampigia magoti,

¹⁵and saying, `Sir, deal kindly with my son, for he is lunatic, and doth suffer miserably, for often he doth fall into the fire, and often into the water,

¹⁵akasema, "Mheshimiwa, mwonee huruma mwanangu kwa kuwa ana kifafa, tena anateseka sana; mara nyingi yeye huanguka motoni na majini.

¹⁶and I brought him near to thy disciples, and they were not able to heal him.`

¹⁶Nilimleta kwa wanafunzi wako lakini hawakuweza kumponya."

¹⁷And Jesus answering said, `O generation, unstedfast and perverse, till when shall I be with you? till when shall I bear you? bring him to me hither;`

¹⁷Yesu akajibu, "Enyi kizazi kisicho na imani, kilichopotoka! Nitakaa nanyi mpaka lini? Nitawavumilia ninyi mpaka lini? Mleteni hapa huyo mtoto."

¹⁸and Jesus rebuked him, and the demon went out of him, and the lad was healed from that hour.

¹⁸Basi, Yesu akamkemea huyo pepo, naye akamtoka, na yule mtoto akapona wakati huohuo.

¹⁹Then the disciples having come to Jesus by himself, said, `Wherefore were we not able to cast him out?`

¹⁹Kisha wanafunzi wakamwendea Yesu kwa faragha, wakamwuliza, "Kwa nini sisi hatukuweza kumtoa yule pepo?"

²⁰And Jesus said to them, `Through your want of faith; for verily I say to you, if ye may have faith as a grain of mustard, ye shall say to this mount, Remove hence to yonder place, and it shall remove, and nothing shall be impossible to you,

²⁰Yesu akawajibu, "Kwa sababu ya imani yenu haba. Nawaambieni kweli, kama tu mkiwa na imani, hata iwe ndogo kama mbegu ya haradali, mtaweza kuuambia mlima huu: Toka hapa uende pale, nao utakwenda. Hakuna chochote ambacho hakingewezekana kwenu."

²¹and this kind doth not go forth except in prayer and fasting.`

²¹"Pepo wa namna hii hawezi kuondolewa ila kwa sala na kufunga."

²²And while they are living in Galilee, Jesus said to them, `The Son of Man is about to be delivered up to the hands of men,

²²Walipokuwa pamoja huko Galilaya, Yesu aliwaambia, "Mwana wa Mtu atakabidhiwa kwa watu.

²³and they shall kill him, and the third day he shall rise,` and they were exceeding sorry.

²³Watamuua, lakini siku ya tatu atafufuliwa." Wanafunzi wakahuzunika mno.

²⁴And they having come to Capernaum, those receiving the didrachms came near to Peter, and said, `Your teacher — doth he not pay the didrachms?` He saith, `Yes.`

²⁴Walipofika Kafarnaumu watu wenye kukusanya fedha ya zaka ya Hekalu walimwendea Petro, wakamwuliza, "Je, mwalimu wenu hulipa fedha ya zaka?"

²⁵And when he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, `What thinkest thou, Simon? the kings of the earth — from whom do they receive custom or poll-tax? from their sons or from the strangers?`

²⁵Petro akajibu, "Naam, hulipa." Basi, Petro alipoingia ndani ya nyumba, kabla hata hajasema neno, Yesu akamwuliza, "Simoni, wewe unaonaje? Wafalme wa dunia hukusanya ushuru au kodi kutoka kwa kina nani? Kutoka kwa wananchi ama kutoka kwa wageni?"

²⁶Peter saith to him, `From the strangers.` Jesus said to him, `Then are the sons free;

²⁶Petro akajibu, "Kutoka kwa wageni." Yesu akamwambia, "Haya basi, wananchi hawahusiki.

²⁷but, that we may not cause them to stumble, having gone to the sea, cast a hook, and the fish that hath come up first take thou up, and having opened its mouth, thou shalt find a stater, that having taken, give to them for me and thee.`

²⁷Lakini kusudi tusiwakwaze, nenda ziwani ukatupe ndoana; chukua samaki wa kwanza atakayenaswa, fungua kinywa chake, na ndani utakuta fedha taslimu ya zaka. Ichukue ukawape kwa ajili yangu na kwa ajili yako."