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Akaingia Kapernaumu tena, baada ya siku kadha wa kadha, ikasikiwa ya kwamba yumo nyumbani.
A few days later Jesus went back to Capernaum. And when the people heard that He was home,
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Wakakusanyika watu wengi, isibaki nafasi hata mlangoni; akawa akisema nao neno lake.
they gathered in such large numbers that there was no more room, not even outside the door, as Jesus spoke the word to them.
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Wakaja watu wakimletea mtu mwenye kupooza, anachukuliwa na watu wanne.
Then a paralytic was brought to Him, carried by four men.
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Na walipokuwa hawawezi kumkaribia kwa sababu ya makutano, waliitoboa dari pale alipokuwapo; na wakiisha kuivunja wakalitelemsha godoro alilolilalia yule mwenye kupooza.
Since they were unable to get to Jesus through the crowd, they uncovered the roof above Him, made an opening, and lowered the paralytic on his mat.
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Naye Yesu, alipoiona imani yao, akamwambia yule mwenye kupooza, Mwanangu, umesamehewa dhambi zako.
When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
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Na baadhi ya waandishi walikuwako huko, wameketi, wakifikiri mioyoni mwao,
But some of the scribes were sitting there and thinking in their hearts,
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Mbona huyu anasema hivi? Anakufuru. Ni nani awezaye kusamehe dhambi isipokuwa mmoja, ndiye Mungu?
“Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
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Mara Yesu akafahamu rohoni mwake kwamba wanafikiri hivyo nafsini mwao, akawaambia, Mbona mnafikiri hivi mioyoni mwenu?
At once Jesus knew in His spirit that they were thinking this way within themselves. “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?” He asked.
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Vyepesi ni vipi, kumwambia mwenye kupooza, Umesamehewa dhambi zako, au kusema, Ondoka, ujitwike godoro lako, uende?
“Which is easier: to say to a paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’?
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Lakini mpate kujua ya kwamba Mwana wa Adamu anayo amri duniani ya kusamehe dhambi, (hapo amwambia yule mwenye kupooza),
But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” He said to the paralytic,
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Nakuambia, Ondoka, ujitwike godoro lako uende nyumbani kwako.
“I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”
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Mara akaondoka, akajitwika godoro lake, akatoka mbele yao wote; hata wakastaajabu wote, wakamtukuza Mungu, wakisema, Namna hii hatujapata kuiona kamwe.
And immediately the man got up, picked up his mat, and walked out in front of them all. As a result, they were all astounded and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”
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Akatoka tena, akaenda kando ya bahari, mkutano wote ukamwendea, akawafundisha.
Once again Jesus went out beside the sea. All the people came to Him, and He taught them there.
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Hata alipokuwa akipita, akamwona Lawi wa Alfayo, ameketi forodhani, akamwambia, Nifuate. Akaondoka akamfuata.
As He was walking along, He saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Levi got up and followed Him.
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Hata alipokuwa ameketi chakulani nyumbani mwake, watoza ushuru wengi na wenye dhambi waliketi pamoja na Yesu na wanafunzi wake; kwa maana walikuwa wengi wakimfuata.
While Jesus was dining at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Him and His disciples—for there were many who followed Him.
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Na waandishi na Mafarisayo walipomwona anakula pamoja na watoza ushuru na wenye dhambi, waliwaambia wanafunzi wake, Mbona anakula pamoja na watoza ushuru na wenye dhambi?
When the scribes who were Pharisees saw Jesus eating with these people, they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
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Yesu aliposikia aliwaambia, Wenye afya hawahitaji tabibu, bali walio hawawezi; sikuja kuwaita wenye haki, bali wenye dhambi.
On hearing this, Jesus told them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
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Nao wanafunzi wake Yohana na Mafarisayo walikuwa wakifunga; basi walikuja, wakamwambia, Kwani wanafunzi wa Yohana na wanafunzi wa Mafarisayo hufunga, bali wanafunzi wako hawafungi?
Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were often fasting. So people came to Jesus and asked, “Why don’t Your disciples fast like John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees?”
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Yesu akawaambia, Walioalikwa arusini wawezaje kufunga maadamu bwana-arusi yupo pamoja nao? Muda wote walipo na bwana-arusi pamoja nao hawawezi kufunga.
Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them? As long as He is with them, they cannot fast.
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Lakini siku zitakuja watakapoondolewa bwana-arusi, ndipo watakapofunga siku ile.
But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
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Hakuna mtu ashonaye kiraka cha nguo mpya katika vazi kuukuu; ikiwa ashona, kile kipya kilichotiwa huliharibu lile vazi kuukuu, na pale palipotatuka huzidi.
No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and a worse tear will result.
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Wala hakuna mtu atiaye divai mpya katika viriba vikuukuu; ikiwa atia, ile divai mpya itavipasua viriba vile, divai ikamwagika, vile viriba vikaharibika. Bali hutia divai mpya katika viriba vipya.
And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.”
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Ikawa alipokuwa akipita mashambani siku ya sabato, wanafunzi wake walianza kuendelea njiani wakivunja masuke.
One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain as they walked along.
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Mafarisayo wakamwambia, Tazama, mbona wanafanya lisilokuwa halali siku ya sabato?
So the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”
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Akawaambia, Hamkusoma popote alivyofanya Daudi, alipokuwa ana haja, na kuona njaa, yeye na wenziwe?
Jesus replied, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?
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Jinsi alivyoingia katika nyumba ya Mungu, zamani za kuhani mkuu Abiathari, akaila mikate ile ya Wonyesho, ambayo si halali kuliwa ila na makuhani, akawapa na wenziwe?
During the high priesthood of Abiathar, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which was lawful only for the priests. And he gave some to his companions as well.”
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Akawaambia, Sabato ilifanyika kwa ajili ya mwanadamu, si mwanadamu kwa ajili ya sabato.
Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
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Basi Mwana wa Adamu ndiye Bwana wa sabato pia.
Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”