Ikawa alipokuwa mahali fulani akiomba, alipokwisha, mmoja katika wanafunzi wake alimwambia, Bwana, tufundishe sisi kusali, kama vile Yohana alivyowafundisha wanafunzi wake.
It happened, that when he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples."
Akawaambia, Msalipo, semeni, Baba [yetu uliye mbinguni], Jina lako litakaswe, Ufalme wako uje, [Mapenzi yako yatimizwe, hapa duniani kama huko mbinguni.]
He said to them, "When you pray, say, 'Our Father in heaven, May your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. May your will be done on Earth, as it is in heaven.
Utupe siku kwa siku riziki yetu.
Give us day by day our daily bread.
Utusamehe dhambi zetu, kwa kuwa sisi nasi tunamsamehe kila tumwiaye. Na usitutie majaribuni [lakini tuokoe na yule mwovu].
Forgive us our sins, For we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one.'"
Akawaambia, Ni nani kwenu aliye na rafiki, akamwendea usiku wa manane, na kumwambia, Rafiki yangu, nikopeshe mikate mitatu,
He said to them, "Which of you, if you go to a friend at midnight, and tell him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
kwa sababu rafiki yangu amefika kwangu, atoka safarini, nami sina kitu cha kuweka mbele yake;
for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him,'
na yule wa ndani amjibu akisema, Usinitaabishe; mlango umekwisha fungwa, nasi tumelala kitandani mimi na watoto wangu; siwezi kuondoka nikupe?
and he from within will answer and say, 'Don't bother me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I can't get up and give it to you'?
Nawaambia ya kwamba, ijapokuwa haondoki ampe kwa kuwa ni rafiki yake, lakini kwa vile asivyoacha kumwomba, ataondoka na kumpa kadiri ya haja yake.
I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.
Nami nawaambia, Ombeni, nanyi mtapewa; tafuteni, nanyi mtaona; bisheni, nanyi mtafunguliwa.
"I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.
Kwa kuwa kila aombaye hupokea; naye atafutaye huona; naye abishaye atafunguliwa.
For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
Maana ni yupi kwenu aliye baba, ambaye mwanawe akimwomba mkate, atampa jiwe au samaki, badala ya samaki atampa nyoka?
"Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won't give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?
Au akimwomba yai, atampa nge?
Or if he asks for an egg, he won't give him a scorpion, will he?
Basi, ikiwa ninyi mlio waovu mnajua kuwapa watoto wenu vipawa vyema, je! Baba aliye mbinguni hatazidi sana kuwapa Roho Mtakatifu hao wamwombao?
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?"
Naye alikuwa akitoa pepo bubu; ikawa pepo alipotoka, yule bubu akanena, makutano wakastaajabu.
He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. It happened, when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the multitudes marveled.
Wengine wao wakasema, Atoa pepo kwa Beelzebuli, mkuu wa pepo.
But some of them said, "He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons."
Wengine walimjaribu, wakimtaka ishara itokayo mbinguni.
Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.
Naye akajua mawazo yao, akawaambia, Kila ufalme uliofitinika wenyewe kwa wenyewe hufanyika ukiwa; na nyumba juu ya nyumba huanguka.
But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. A house divided against itself falls.
Basi, ikiwa Shetani naye amefitinika juu ya nafsi yake, ufalme wake utasimamaje? Kwa kuwa ninyi mnasema kwamba mimi natoa pepo kwa Beelzebuli.
If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.
Basi, kama mimi nikitoa pepo kwa Beelzebuli, wana wenu je! Huwatoa kwa nani? Kwa sababu hiyo, hao ndio watakaowahukumu.
But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore will they be your judges.
Lakini, ikiwa mimi natoa pepo kwa kidole cha Mungu, basi ufalme wa Mungu umekwisha kuwajilia.
But if I by the finger of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come to you.
Mtu mwenye nguvu aliyejifunga silaha zake, alindapo nyumba yake, vitu vyake vi salama;
"When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe.
lakini mtu mwenye nguvu kuliko yeye atakapomwendea na kumshinda, amnyang'anya silaha zake zote alizokuwa akizitegemea, na kuyagawanya mateka yake.
But when someone stronger attacks him and overcomes him, he takes from him his whole armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoils.
Mtu ambaye si pamoja nami yu kinyume changu; na mtu asiyekusanya pamoja nami hutawanya.
"He that is not with me is against me. He who doesn't gather with me scatters.
Pepo mchafu amtokapo mtu, hupitia mahali pasipo maji, akitafuta mahali pa kupumzika; asipoona, husema,
The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of the man, passes through dry places, seeking rest, and finding none, he says, 'I will turn back to my house from which I came out.'
Nitairudia nyumba yangu niliyotoka.
When he returns, he finds it swept and put in order.
Hata afikapo, akaiona imefagiwa na kupambwa, ndipo huenda akachukua pepo wengine saba, walio waovu kuliko yeye mwenyewe, wakaingia na kukaa humo; na mtu yule hali yake ya mwisho huwa mbaya kuliko ya kwanza.
Then he goes, and takes seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first."
Ikawa alipokuwa akisema maneno hayo, mwanamke mmoja katika mkutano alipaza sauti yake, akamwambia, Heri tumbo lililokuzaa, na matiti uliyonyonya.
It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said to him, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you!"
Lakini yeye alisema, Afadhali, heri walisikiao neno la Mungu na kulishika.
But he said, "On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it."
Na makutano walipokuwa wakimkusanyikia, alianza kusema, Kizazi hiki ni kizazi kibaya; kinatafuta ishara, wala hakitapewa ishara, ila ishara ya Yona.
When the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began to say, "This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah, the prophet.
Maana, kama vile Yona alivyokuwa ishara kwa Waninawi, ndivyo atakavyokuwa Mwana wa Adamu kwa kizazi hiki.
For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will also the Son of Man be to this generation.
Malkia wa Kusini ataondoka siku ya hukumu pamoja na watu wa kizazi hiki, naye atawahukumu kuwa na hatia; kwa sababu yeye alikuja kutoka ncha za dunia aisikie hekima ya Sulemani; na hapa pana mkubwa kuliko Sulemani.
The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and will condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, one greater than Solomon is here.
Watu wa Ninawi watasimama siku ya hukumu pamoja na kizazi hiki, nao watakihukumu kuwa na hatia; kwa sababu wao walitubu kwa mahubiri ya Yona, na hapa pana mkubwa kuliko Yona.
The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, one greater than Jonah is here.
Hakuna mtu awashaye taa na kuiweka mahali palipositirika, au chini ya pishi; bali huiweka juu ya kiango, ili waingiao wapate kuuona mwanga.
"No man, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar, nor under a basket, but on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light.
Taa ya mwili ni jicho; basi jicho lako likiwa safi, mwili wako wote unao mwanga; lakini likiwa bovu, mwili wako nao una giza.
The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness.
Angalia basi, mwanga ulio ndani yako usije ukawa giza.
Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn't darkness.
Basi kama mwanga umeenea katika mwili wako wote, wala hauna sehemu iliyo na giza, mwili wako wote utakuwa na mwanga mtupu; kama vile taa ikumulikiapo kwa mwanga wake.
If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light."
Alipokuwa akinena, Farisayo mmoja alimwita aje kwake ale chakula; akaingia, akaketi chakulani.
Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him. He went in, and sat at the table.
Farisayo huyo alipomwona, alistaajabu kwa sababu hakunawa kabla ya chakula.
When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed himself before dinner.
Bwana akamwambia, Ninyi Mafarisayo mwasafisha kikombe na sahani kwa nje, lakini ndani yenu mmejaa unyang'anyi na uovu.
The Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.
Enyi wapumbavu; aliyevifanya vya nje, siye yeye aliyevifanya vya ndani pia?
You foolish ones, didn't he who made the outside make the inside also?
Lakini, toeni sadaka vile vya ndani, na tazama, vyote huwa safi kwenu.
But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.
Lakini, ole wenu, Mafarisayo, kwa kuwa mwatoa zaka za mnanaa na mchicha na kila mboga, na huku mwaacha mambo ya adili, na upendo wa Mungu; iliwapasa kuyafanya hayo ya kwanza, bila kuyaacha hayo ya pili.
But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and the love of God. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.
Ole wenu, Mafarisayo, kwa kuwa mwapenda kuketi mbele katika masinagogi, na kusalimiwa masokoni.
Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues, and the greetings in the marketplaces.
Ole wenu, kwa kuwa mmefanana na makaburi yasiyoonekana, ambayo watu wapitao juu yake hawana habari nayo.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them don't know it."
Mtu mmoja katika wana-sheria akajibu, akamwambia, Mwalimu, kwa kusema hayo umetushutumu sisi nasi.
One of the lawyers answered him, "Teacher, in saying this you insult us also."
Akasema, Nanyi wana-sheria, ole wenu, kwa sababu mwawatwika watu mizigo isiyochukulika, wala ninyi wenyewe hamwigusi mizigo hiyo hata kwa kimoja cha vidole vyenu.
He said, "Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won't even lift one finger to help carry those burdens.
Ole wenu, kwa kuwa mwajenga maziara ya manabii, na baba zenu ndio waliowaua.
Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
Basi, mwashuhudia na kuziridhia kazi za baba zenu; kwa kuwa wao waliwaua nanyi mwawajengea maziara.
So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.
Na kwa sababu hiyo hekima ya Mungu ilisema, Tazama, nitatuma kwao manabii na mitume, nao watawaua baadhi yao na kuwafukuza,
Therefore also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute,
ili kwa kizazi hiki itakwe damu ya manabii wote, iliyomwagika tangu kupigwa msingi wa ulimwengu;
that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
tangu damu ya Habili hata damu ya Zakaria, aliyeuawa kati ya madhabahu na hekalu. Naam, nawaambieni ya kwamba itatakwa kwa kizazi hiki.
from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary.' Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation.
Ole wenu, enyi wana-sheria, kwa kuwa mmeuondoa ufunguo wa maarifa; wenyewe hamkuingia, na wale waliokuwa wakiingia mmewazuia.
Woe to you lawyers! For you took away the key of knowledge. You didn't enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you hindered."
Alipotoka humo, waandishi na Mafarisayo walianza kumsonga vibaya, na kumchokoza kwa maswali mengi,
As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things out of him;
wakimvizia, ili wapate neno litokalo kinywani mwake.
lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.