¹And he entered again into Capernaum after [several] days, and it was reported that he was at [the] house;

¹Baada ya siku kadhaa, Yesu alirudi Kafarnaumu, watu wakapata habari kwamba alikuwa nyumbani.

²and straightway many were gathered together, so that there was no longer any room, not even at the door; and he spoke the word to them.

²Basi, wakaja watu wengi sana hata nafasi yoyote ikakosekana mlangoni. Yesu alikuwa akiwahubiria ujumbe wake,

³And there come to him [men] bringing a paralytic, borne by four;

³wakati mtu mmoja aliyepooza alipoletwa kwake akiwa amechukuliwa na watu wanne.

⁴and, not being able to get near to him on account of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was, and having dug [it] up they let down the couch on which the paralytic lay.

⁴Kwa 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.

⁵But Jesus, seeing their faith, says to the paralytic, Child, thy sins are forgiven [thee].

⁵Yesu alipoona imani yao, akamwambia huyo mtu aliyepooza, "Mwanangu, umesamehewa dhambi zako."

⁶But certain of the scribes were there sitting, and reasoning in their hearts,

⁶Baadhi ya walimu wa Sheria waliokuwa wameketi hapo wakawaza mioyoni mwao,

⁷Why does this [man] thus speak? he blasphemes. Who is able to forgive sins except God alone?

⁷"Anathubutuje kusema hivyo? Anamkufuru Mungu! Hakuna mtu awezaye kusamehe dhambi isipokuwa Mungu peke yake."

⁸And straightway Jesus, knowing in his spirit that they are reasoning thus within themselves, said to them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?

⁸Yesu alitambua mara mawazo yao, akawaambia, "Mbona mnawaza hivyo mioyoni mwenu?

⁹Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, [Thy] sins are forgiven [thee]; or to say, Arise, and take up thy couch and walk?

⁹Ni lipi lililo rahisi zaidi: kumwambia mtu huyu aliyepooza, Umesamehewa dhambi zako, au kumwambia, Inuka! Chukua mkeka wako utembee?

¹⁰But that ye may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins, he says to the paralytic,

¹⁰Basi, nataka mjue kwamba Mwana wa Mtu anayo mamlaka ya kuwasamehe watu dhambi duniani." Hapo akamwambia huyo mtu aliyepooza,

¹¹To thee I say, Arise, take up thy couch and go to thine house.

¹¹"Nakwambia simama, chukua mkeka wako uende nyumbani!"

¹²And he rose up straightway, and, having taken up his couch, went out before [them] all, so that all were amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it thus.

¹²Mara, 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."

¹³And he went out again by the sea, and all the crowd came to him, and he taught them.

¹³Yesu alikwenda tena kando ya ziwa. Umati wa watu ukamwendea, naye akaanza kuwafundisha.

¹⁴And passing by, he saw Levi the [son] of Alphaeus sitting at the tax-office, and says to him, Follow me. And he rose up and followed him.

¹⁴Alipokuwa akipita, akamwona Lawi mwana wa Alfayo, ameketi katika ofisi ya ushuru. Yesu akamwambia, "Nifuate!" Lawi akasimama, akamfuata.

¹⁵And it came to pass as he lay at table in his house, that many tax-gatherers and sinners lay at table with Jesus and his disciples; for they were many, and they followed him.

¹⁵Baadaye, 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.

¹⁶And the scribes and the Pharisees, seeing him eating with sinners and tax-gatherers, said to his disciples, Why [is it] that he eats and drinks with tax-gatherers and sinners?

¹⁶Basi, 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?"

¹⁷And Jesus having heard [it] says to them, They that are strong have not need of a physician, but those who are ill. I have not come to call righteous [men], but sinners.

¹⁷Yesu alipowasikia, akawaambia, "Watu wenye afya hawahitaji daktari; wanaomhitaji ni wale walio wagonjwa. Sikuja kuwaita watu wema, ila wenye dhambi."

¹⁸And the disciples of John and the Pharisees were fasting; and they come and say to him, Why do the disciples of John and [the disciples] of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?

¹⁸Wakati 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?"

¹⁹And 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 cannot fast.

¹⁹Yesu akajibu, "Walioalikwa harusini wanawezaje kufunga kama bwana harusi yupo pamoja nao? Wakati wote wawapo pamoja na bwana harusi hawawezi kufunga.

²⁰But days will come when the bridegroom shall have been taken away from them, and then shall they fast in that day.

²⁰Lakini wakati utafika ambapo bwana harusi ataondolewa kati yao; wakati huo ndipo watakapofunga.

²¹No one sews a patch of new cloth on an old garment: otherwise its new filling-up takes from the old [stuff], and there is a worse rent.

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.

²²And no one puts new wine into old skins; otherwise the wine bursts the skins, and the wine is poured out, and the skins will be destroyed; but new wine is to be put into new skins.

²²Wala 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!"

²³And it came to pass that he went on the sabbath through the cornfields; and his disciples began to walk on, plucking the ears.

²³Siku moja ya Sabato, Yesu alikuwa anapita katika mashamba ya ngano. Walipokuwa wanatembea, wanafunzi wake wakaanza kukwanyua masuke ya ngano.

²⁴And the Pharisees said to him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath what is not lawful?

²⁴Mafarisayo wakawaambia, "Tazama! Kwa nini wanafanya jambo ambalo si halali kufanya wakati wa Sabato?"

²⁵And *he* said to them, Have ye never read what David did when he had need and hungered, *he* and those with him,

²⁵Yesu akawajibu, "Je, hamjapata kusoma juu ya kile alichofanya Daudi wakati alipohitaji chakula? Yeye pamoja na wenzake waliona njaa,

²⁶how he entered into the house of God, in [the section of] Abiathar [the] high priest, and ate the shew-bread, which it is not lawful unless for the priests to eat, and gave even to those that were with him?

²⁶naye 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."

²⁷And he said to them, The sabbath was made on account of man, not man on account of the sabbath;

²⁷Basi, Yesu akawaambia, "Sabato iliwekwa kwa ajili ya binadamu na si binadamu kwa ajili ya Sabato!

²⁸so that the Son of man is lord of the sabbath also.

²⁸Kwa hiyo, Mwana wa Mtu ni Bwana hata wa Sabato."