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

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

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

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

³Mose na Eliya wakawatokea, wakawa wanazungumza naye.

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

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

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.`

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

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.`

⁶Wanafunzi waliposikia hivyo wakaanguka kifudifudi, wakaogopa sana.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.`

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

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

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

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

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

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.`

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

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

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

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

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

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,

¹⁶Nilimleta kwa wanafunzi wako lakini hawakuweza kumponya."

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

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

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;`

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

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

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

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

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."

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,

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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.`

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?"

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?`

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

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

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."

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.`