¹Wakati huo watu fulani walikuja, wakamweleza Yesu juu ya watu wa Galilaya ambao Pilato alikuwa amewaua wakati walipokuwa wanachinja wanyama wao wa tambiko.

¹And there were present certain at that time, telling him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate did mingle with their sacrifices;

²Naye Yesu akawaambia, "Mnadhani Wagalilaya hao walikuwa wahalifu zaidi kuliko Wagalilaya wengine, ati kwa sababu wameteseka hivyo?

²and Jesus answering said to them, `Think ye that these Galileans became sinners beyond all the Galileans, because they have suffered such things?

³Nawaambieni hakika sivyo; lakini nanyi, hali kadhalika, msipotubu, mtaangamia kama wao.

³No — I say to you, but, if ye may not reform, all ye even so shall perish.

⁴Au wale kumi na wanane walioangukiwa na mnara kule Siloamu wakafa; mnadhani wao walikuwa wakosefu zaidi kuliko wengine wote walioishi Yerusalemu?

⁴`Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them; think ye that these became debtors beyond all men who are dwelling in Jerusalem?

⁵Nawaambieni sivyo; lakini nanyi msipotubu, mtaangamia kama wao."

⁵No — I say to you, but, if ye may not reform, all ye in like manner shall perish.`

⁶Kisha, Yesu akawaambia mfano huu: "Mtu mmoja alikuwa na mtini katika shamba lake. Mtu huyu akaenda akitaka kuchuma matunda yake, lakini akaukuta haujazaa hata tunda moja.

⁶And he spake this simile: `A certain one had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit in it, and he did not find;

⁷Basi, akamwambia mfanyakazi wake: Angalia! Kwa miaka mitatu nimekuwa nikija kuchuma matunda ya mtini huu, nami nisiambulie kitu. Ukate! Kwa nini uitumie ardhi bure?

⁷and he said unto the vine-dresser, Lo, three years I come seeking fruit in this fig-tree, and do not find, cut it off, why also the ground doth it render useless?

⁸Lakini naye akamjibu: Bwana, tuuache tena mwaka huu; nitauzungushia mtaro na kuutilia mbolea.

⁸`And he answering saith to him, Sir, suffer it also this year, till that I may dig about it, and cast in dung;

⁹Kama ukizaa matunda mwaka ujao, vema; la sivyo, basi utaweza kuukata."

⁹and if indeed it may bear fruit —; and if not so, thereafter thou shalt cut it off.`

¹⁰Yesu alikuwa akifundisha katika sunagogi moja siku ya Sabato.

¹⁰And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath,

¹¹Na hapo palikuwa na mwanamke mmoja aliyekuwa mgonjwa kwa miaka kumi na minane kutokana na pepo aliyekuwa amempagaa. Kwa sababu hiyo, mwili wake ulikuwa umepindika vibaya hata asiweze kusimama wima.

¹¹and lo, there was a woman having a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bowed together, and not able to bend back at all,

¹²Yesu alipomwona, alimwita, akamwambia, "Mama, umeponywa ugonjwa wako."

¹²and Jesus having seen her, did call [her] near, and said to her, `Woman, thou hast been loosed from thy infirmity;`

¹³Akamwekea mikono, na mara mwili wake ukawa wima tena, akawa anamtukuza Mungu.

¹³and he laid on her [his] hands, and presently she was set upright, and was glorifying God.

¹⁴Lakini mkuu wa sunagogi alikasirika kwa sababu Yesu alikuwa amemponya siku ya Sabato. Hivyo akawaambia wale watu walikusanyika pale, "Mnazo siku sita za kufanya kazi. Basi, fikeni siku hizo mkaponywe magonjwa yenu; lakini msije siku ya Sabato."

¹⁴And the chief of the synagogue answering — much displeased that on the sabbath Jesus healed — said to the multitude, `Six days there are in which it behoveth [us] to be working; in these, then, coming, be healed, and not on the sabbath-day.`

¹⁵Hapo Bwana akamjibu, "Enyi wanafiki! Nani kati yenu hangemfungua ng'ombe au punda wake kutoka zizini ampeleke kunywa maji, hata kama siku hiyo ni ya Sabato?

¹⁵Then the Lord answered him and said, `Hypocrite, doth not each of you on the sabbath loose his ox or ass from the stall, and having led away, doth water [it]?

¹⁶Sasa, hapa yupo binti wa Abrahamu ambaye Shetani alimfanya kilema kwa muda wa miaka kumi na minane. Je, haikuwa vizuri kumfungulia vifungo vyake siku ya Sabato?"

¹⁶and this one, being a daughter of Abraham, whom the Adversary bound, lo, eighteen years, did it not behove to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath-day?`

¹⁷Alipokwisha sema hayo, wapinzani wake waliona aibu lakini watu wengine wote wakajaa furaha kwa sababu ya mambo yote aliyotenda.

¹⁷And he saying these things, all who were opposed to him were being ashamed, and all the multitude were rejoicing over all the glorious things that are being done by him.

¹⁸Yesu akauliza: "Ufalme wa Mungu unafanana na nini? Nitaulinganisha na nini?

¹⁸And he said, `To what is the reign of God like? and to what shall I liken it?

¹⁹NI kama mbegu ya haradali aliyotwaa mtu mmoja na kuipanda shambani mwake; ikaota hata ikawa mti. Ndege wa angani wakajenga viota vyao katika matawi yake."

¹⁹It is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did cast into his garden, and it increased, and came to a great tree, and the fowls of the heavens did rest in its branches.`

²⁰Tena akauliza: "Nitaulinganisha Ufalme wa Mungu na nini?

²⁰And again he said, `To what shall I liken the reign of God?

²¹Ni kama chachu aliyoitwaa mama mmoja na kuichanganya pamoja na unga debe moja kisha unga wote ukaumuka wote."

²¹It is like leaven, which a woman, having taken, did hide in three measures of meal, till that all was leavened.`

²²Yesu alindelea na safari yake kwenda Yerusalemu huku akipitia mijini na vijijini, akihubiri.

²²And he was going through cities and villages, teaching, and making progress toward Jerusalem;

²³Mtu mmoja akamwuliza, "Je, Mwalimu, watu watakaookoka ni wachache?"

²³and a certain one said to him, `Sir, are those saved few?` and he said unto them,

²⁴Yesu akawaambia, "Jitahidini kuingia kwa kupitia mlango mwembamba; maana nawaambieni, wengi watajaribu kuingia lakini hawataweza.

²⁴`Be striving to go in through the straight gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to go in, and shall not be able;

²⁵"Wakati utakuja ambapo mwenye nyumba atainuka na kufunga mlango. Ninyi mtasimama nje na kuanza kupiga hodi mkisema: Bwana, tufungulie mlango. Lakini yeye atawajibu: Sijui mmetoka wapi.

²⁵from the time the master of the house may have risen up, and may have shut the door, and ye may begin without to stand, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, lord, open to us, and he answering shall say to you, I have not known you whence ye are,

²⁶Nanyi mtaanza kumwambia: Sisi ndio wale tuliokula na kunywa pamoja nawe; na wewe ulifundisha katika vijiji vyetu.

²⁶then ye may begin to say, We did eat before thee, and did drink, and in our broad places thou didst teach;

²⁷Lakini yeye atasema: Sijui ninyi mmetoka wapi; ondokeni mbele yangu, enyi nyote watenda maovu.

²⁷and he shall say, I say to you, I have not known you whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of the unrighteousness.

²⁸Ndipo mtakuwa na kulia na kusaga meno, wakati mtakapowaona Abrahamu, Isaka na Yakobo, na manabii wote wapo katika Ufalme wa Mungu, lakini ninyi wenyewe mmetupwa nje!

²⁸`There shall be there the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth, when ye may see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the reign of God, and yourselves being cast out without;

²⁹Watu watakuja kutoka mashariki na magharibi, kutoka kaskazini na kusini, watakuja na kukaa kwenye karamu katika Ufalme wa Mungu.

²⁹and they shall come from east and west, and from north and south, and shall recline in the reign of God,

³⁰Naam, wale walio wa mwisho watakuwa wa kwanza; na wale walio wa kwanza watakuwa wa mwisho."

³⁰and lo, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last.`

³¹Wakati huohuo, Mafarisayo na watu wengine walimwendea Yesu wakamwambia, "Ondoka hapa uende mahali pengine, kwa maana Herode anataka kukuua."

³¹On that day there came near certain Pharisees, saying to him, `Go forth, and be going on hence, for Herod doth wish to kill thee;`

³²Yesu akawajibu, "Nendeni mkamwambie huyo mbweha hivi: Leo na kesho ninafukuza pepo na kuponya wagonjwa, na siku ya tatu nitakamilisha kazi yangu.

³²and he said to them, `Having gone, say to this fox, Lo, I cast forth demons, and perfect cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third [day] I am being perfected;

³³Hata hivyo, kwa leo, kesho na kesho kutwa, ni lazima niendelee na safari yangu, kwa sababu si sawa nabii auawe nje ya Yerusalemu.

³³but it behoveth me to-day, and to-morrow, and the [day] following, to go on, because it is not possible for a prophet to perish out of Jerusalem.

³⁴"Yerusalemu! We Yerusalemu! Unawaua manabii na kuwapiga mawe wale waliotumwa kwako! Mara ngapi nimetaka kuwakusanya watoto wako pamoja kama kuku anavyokusanya vifaranga vyake chini ya mabawa yake, Lakini wewe umekataa.

³⁴`Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that is killing the prophets, and stoning those sent unto her, how often did I will to gather together thy children, as a hen her brood under the wings, and ye did not will.

³⁵Haya, utaachiwa mwenyewe nyumba yako. Naam, hakika nawaambieni, hamtaniona mpaka wakati utakapofika mseme: Abarikiwe huyo ajaye kwa jina la Bwana."

³⁵`Lo, your house is being left to you desolate, and verily I say to you — ye may not see me, till it may come, when ye may say, Blessed [is] he who is coming in the name of the Lord.`