¹The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

¹Mafarisayo na Masadukayo walimwendea Yesu, na kwa kumjaribu, wakamwomba afanye ishara itokayo mbinguni.

²But he answered them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’

²Lakini Yesu akawajibu, "Wakati wa jioni ukifika ninyi husema: Hali ya hewa itakuwa nzuri kwa maana anga ni jekundu!

³ In the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you can’t discern the signs of the times!

³Na alfajiri mwasema: Leo hali ya hewa itakuwa ya dhoruba, maana anga ni jekundu na tena mawingu yametanda! Basi, ninyi mnajua sana kusoma majira kwa kuangalia anga, lakini kutambua dalili za nyakati hizi hamjui.

⁴ An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” He left them, and departed.

⁴Kizazi kiovu kisicho na uaminifu! Mnataka ishara, lakini hamtapewa ishara yoyote isipokuwa tu ile ya Yona." Basi, akawaacha, akaenda zake.

⁵The disciples came to the other side and had forgotten to take bread.

⁵Wanafunzi wake walipokwisha vukia upande wa pili wa ziwa, walijikuta wamesahau kuchukua mikate.

⁶Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

⁶Yesu akawaambia, "Muwe macho na mjihadhari na chachu ya Mafarisayo na Masadukayo!"

⁷They reasoned among themselves, saying, “We brought no bread.”

⁷Lakini wao wakawa wanajadiliana: "Anasema hivyo kwa kuwa hatukuchukua mikate."

⁸Jesus, perceiving it, said, “Why do you reason among yourselves, you of little faith, ‘because you have brought no bread?’

⁸Yesu alijua mawazo yao, akawaambia, "Enyi watu wenye imani haba! Mbona mnajadiliana juu ya kutokuwa na mikate?

⁹ Don’t you yet perceive, neither remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?

⁹Je, hamjaelewa bado? Je, hamkumbuki nilipoimega ile mikate mitano kwa ajili ya wale watu elfu tano? Je, mlijaza vikapu vingapi vya makombo?

¹⁰ Nor the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up?

¹⁰Au, ile mikate saba waliyogawiwa wale watu elfu nne, je, mlikusanya vikapu vingapi vya mabaki?

¹¹ How is it that you don’t perceive that I didn’t speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

¹¹Inawezekanaje hamwelewi ya kwamba sikuwa nikisema juu ya mikate? Jihadharini na chachu ya Mafarisayo na Masadukayo!"

¹²Then they understood that he didn’t tell them to beware of the yeast of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

¹²Hapo wanafunzi wakafahamu kwamba aliwaambia wajihadhari siyo na chachu ya mikate, bali na mafundisho ya Mafarisayo na Masadukayo.

¹³Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?”

¹³Yesu alipofika pande za Kaisarea Filipi, aliwauliza wanafunzi wake, "Watu wanasema Mwana wa Mtu kuwa ni nani?"

¹⁴They said, “Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.”

¹⁴Wakamjibu, "Wengine wanasema kuwa ni Yohane mbatizaji, wengine Eliya, wengine Yeremia au mmojawapo wa manabii."

¹⁵He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”

¹⁵Yesu akawauliza, "Na ninyi je, mwasema mimi ni nani?"

¹⁶Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

¹⁶Simoni Petro akajibu, "Wewe ndiwe Kristo, Mwana wa Mungu aliye hai."

¹⁷Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

¹⁷Yesu akasema, "Heri wewe Simoni mwana wa Yona, kwa maana si binadamu aliyekufunulia ukweli huu, ila Baba yangu aliye mbinguni.

¹⁸ I also tell you that you are Peter, Peter’s name, Petros in Greek, is the word for a specific rock or stone. and on this rock Greek, petra, a rock mass or bedrock. I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades or, Hell will not prevail against it.

¹⁸Nami nakwambia: wewe ni Petro, na juu ya mwamba huu nitalijenga kanisa langu; wala kifo chenyewe hakitaweza kulishinda.

¹⁹ I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven; and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.”

¹⁹Nitakupa funguo za Ufalme wa mbinguni; kila utakachofunga duniani, kitafungwa pia mbinguni; kila utakachofungua duniani, kitafunguliwa pia mbinguni."

²⁰Then he commanded the disciples that they should tell no one that he was Jesus the Christ.

²⁰Kisha akawaonya wanafunzi wasimwambie mtu yeyote kwamba yeye ndiye Kristo.

²¹From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.

²¹Tangu wakati huo Yesu alianza kuwajulisha waziwazi wanafunzi wake: "Ni lazima mimi niende Yerusalemu, na huko nikapate mateso mengi yatakayosababishwa na wazee, makuhani wakuu na walimu wa Sheria. Nitauawa, na siku ya tatu nitafufuliwa."

²²Peter took him aside, and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This will never be done to you.”

²²Hapo Petro akamchukua kando, akaanza kumkemea: "Isiwe hivyo Bwana! Jambo hili halitakupata!"

²³But he turned, and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men.”

²³Lakini Yesu akageuka, akamwambia Petro, "Ondoka mbele yangu Shetani! Wewe ni kikwazo kwangu. Mawazo yako si ya mungu bali ni ya kibinadamu!"

²⁴Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

²⁴Kisha Yesu akawaambia wanafunzi wake, "Kama mtu yeyote anataka kuwa mfuasi wangu, ni lazima ajikane mwenyewe, auchukue msalaba wake, anifuate.

²⁵ For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.

²⁵Maana, mtu anayetaka kuyaokoa maisha yake mwenyewe, atayapoteza;

²⁶ For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

²⁶lakini mtu anayeyapoteza maisha yake kwa ajili yangu, atayapata. Je, mtu atafaidi nini akiupata utajiri wote wa ulimwengu na hali amepoteza maisha yake? Au, mtu atatoa kitu gani kiwe badala ya maisha yake?

²⁷ For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.

²⁷Maana, Mwana wa Mtu atakuja katika utukufu wa Baba yake pamoja na malaika wake, na hapo ndipo atakapomlipa kila mtu kadiri ya matendo yake.

²⁸ Most certainly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste of death, until they see the Son of Man coming in his Kingdom.”

²⁸Kweli nawaambieni, wako wengine papahapa ambao hawatakufa kabla ya kumwona Mwana wa Mtu akija katika Ufalme wake."