¹Yesu alipomaliza kuwapa wanafunzi kumi na wawili maagizo, alitoka hapo, akaenda kufundisha na kuhubiri katika miji yao.

¹And it came to pass, when Jesus ended directing his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.

²Yohane mbatizaji akiwa gerezani alipata habari juu ya matendo ya Kristo. Basi, Yohane akawatuma wanafunzi wake,

²And John having heard in the prison the works of the Christ, having sent two of his disciples,

³wamwulize: "Je, wewe ni yule anayekuja, au tumngoje mwingine?"

³said to him, `Art thou He who is coming, or for another do we look?`

⁴Yesu akawajibu, "Nendeni mkamwambie Yohane mambo mnayoyasikia na kuyaona:

⁴And Jesus answering said to them, `Having gone, declare to John the things that ye hear and see,

⁵vipofu wanaona, viwete wanatembea, wenye ukoma wanatakaswa na viziwi wanasikia, wafu wanafufuliwa na maskini wanahubiriwa Habari Njema.

⁵blind receive sight, and lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and deaf hear, dead are raised, and poor have good news proclaimed,

⁶Heri mtu yule asiyekuwa na mashaka nami."

⁶and happy is he who may not be stumbled in me.`

⁷Basi, hao wajumbe wa Yohane walipokuwa wanakwenda zao, Yesu alianza kuyaambia makundi ya watu habari za Yohane: "Mlikwenda kutazama nini kule jangwani? Je, mlitaka kuona mwanzi unaotikiswa na upepo?

⁷And as they are going, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, `What went ye out to the wilderness to view? — a reed shaken by the wind?

⁸Lakini mlikwenda kuona nini? Mlikwenda kumtazama mtu aliyevaa mavazi maridadi? Watu wanaovaa mavazi maridadi hukaa katika nyumba za wafalme.

⁸`But what went ye out to see? — a man clothed in soft garments? lo, those wearing the soft things are in the kings` houses.

⁹Basi, mlikwenda kuona nini? Nabii? Naam, hakika ni zaidi ya nabii.

⁹`But what went ye out to see? — a prophet? yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet,

¹⁰"Huyu ndiye anayesemwa katika Maandiko Matakatifu: Tazama, hapa namtuma mjumbe wangu, asema Bwana, akutangulie na kukutayarishia njia yako.

¹⁰for this is he of whom it hath been written, Lo, I do send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.

¹¹Kweli nawaambieni, miongoni mwa watoto wote wa watu, hajatokea aliye mkuu kuliko Yohane mbatizaji. Hata hivyo, yule aliye mdogo kabisa katika Ufalme wa mbinguni, ni mkubwa kuliko yeye.

¹¹Verily I say to you, there hath not risen, among those born of women, a greater than John the Baptist, but he who is least in the reign of the heavens is greater than he.

¹²Tangu wakati wa Yohane mbatizaji mpaka leo hii, Ufalme wa mbinguni unashambuliwa vikali, na watu wakali wanajaribu kuunyakua kwa nguvu.

¹²`And, from the days of John the Baptist till now, the reign of the heavens doth suffer violence, and violent men do take it by force,

¹³Mafundisho yote ya manabii na sheria yalibashiri juu ya nyakati hizi.

¹³for all the prophets and the law till John did prophesy,

¹⁴Kama mwaweza kukubali basi, Yohane ndiye Eliya ambaye angekuja.

¹⁴and if ye are willing to receive [it], he is Elijah who was about to come;

¹⁵Mwenye masikio na asikie!

¹⁵he who is having ears to hear — let him hear.

¹⁶"Basi, nitakifananisha kizazi hiki na kitu gani? Ni kama vijana waliokuwa wamekaa uwanjani, wakawa wakiambiana kikundi kimoja kwa kingine:

¹⁶`And to what shall I liken this generation? it is like little children in market-places, sitting and calling to their comrades,

¹⁷Tumewapigieni ngoma lakini hamkucheza; tumeimba nyimbo za huzuni lakini hamkulia!

¹⁷and saying, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance, we lamented to you, and ye did not smite the breast.

¹⁸Kwa maana Yohane alikuja, akafunga na wala hakunywa divai, nao wakasema: Amepagawa na pepo.

¹⁸`For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon;

¹⁹Mwana wa Mtu akaja, anakula na kunywa, nao wakasema: Mtazameni huyu, mlafi na mlevi, rafiki yao watoza ushuru na wahalifu! Hata hivyo, hekima ya Mungu inathibitishwa kuwa njema kutokana na matendo yake."

¹⁹the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, Lo, a man, a glutton, and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners, and wisdom was justified of her children.`

²⁰Kisha Yesu akaanza kuilaumu miji ambayo, ingawaje alifanya miujiza mingi humo, watu wake hawakutaka kubadili nia zao mbaya:

²⁰Then began he to reproach the cities in which were done most of his mighty works, because they did not reform.

²¹"Ole wako Korazini! Ole wako Bethsaida! Maana, kama miujiza iliyofanyika kwako ingalifanyika kule Tiro na Sidoni, watu wake wangalikwisha vaa mavazi ya gunia na kujipaka majivu zamani, ili kuonyesha kwamba wametubu.

²¹`Wo to thee, Chorazin! wo to thee, Bethsaida! because, if in Tyre and Sidon had been done the mighty works that were done in you, long ago in sackcloth and ashes they had reformed;

²²Hata hivyo nawaambieni, Siku ya hukumu, ninyi mtapata adhabu kubwa kuliko Tiro na Sidoni.

²²but I say to you, to Tyre and Sidon it shall be more tolerable in a day of judgment than for you.

²³Na wewe Kafarnaumu, je, utajikweza mpaka mbinguni? Utaporomoshwa mpaka Kuzimu! Maana, kama miujiza iliyofanyika kwako ingalifanyika kule Sodoma, mji huo ungalikuwako mpaka hivi leo.

²³`And thou, Capernaum, which unto the heaven wast exalted, unto hades shalt be brought down, because if in Sodom had been done the mighty works that were done in thee, it had remained unto this day;

²⁴Lakini nawaambieni, Siku ya hukumu itakuwa nafuu zaidi kwa watu wa Sodoma, kuliko kwako wewe."

²⁴but I say to you, to the land of Sodom it shall be more tolerable in a day of judgment than to thee.`

²⁵Wakati huo Yesu alisema, "Nakushukuru ee Baba, Bwana wa mbingu na dunia, maana umewaficha wenye hekima mambo haya, ukawafumbulia watoto wadogo.

²⁵At that time Jesus answering said, `I do confess to Thee, Father, Lord of the heavens and of the earth, that thou didst hide these things from wise and understanding ones, and didst reveal them to babes.

²⁶Naam Baba, ndivyo ilivyokupendeza.

²⁶Yes, Father, because so it was good pleasure before Thee.

²⁷"Baba yangu amenikabidhi vitu vyote. Hakuna amjuaye Mwana ila Baba, wala amjuaye Baba ila Mwana, na yeyote yule ambaye Mwana atapenda kumjulisha.

²⁷`All things were delivered to me by my Father, and none doth know the Son, except the Father, nor doth any know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son may wish to reveal [Him].

²⁸Njoni kwangu ninyi nyote msumbukao na kulemewa na mizigo, nami nitawapumzisha.

²⁸`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,

²⁹Jifungeni nira yangu, mkajifunze kwangu, maana mimi ni mpole na mnyenyekevu wa moyo, nanyi mtatulizwa rohoni mwenu.

²⁹take up my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and humble in heart, and ye shall find rest to your souls,

³⁰Maana, nira niwapayo mimi ni laini, na mzigo wangu ni mwepesi."

³⁰for my yoke [is] easy, and my burden is light.`