| 14:1 |
Na ikawa hivyo, Yesu alipoingia katika nyumba ya kiongozi mmoja wa Mafarisayo siku ya sabato ili kula chakula, walikuwa wakimtazama. |
| 14:2 |
Na tazama, mtu fulani mbele yake alikuwa na uvimbe. |
| 14:3 |
Na kujibu, Yesu alizungumza na walimu wa sheria na Mafarisayo, akisema, “Je, ni halali kuponya siku ya Sabato??” |
| 14:4 |
Lakini wakanyamaza. Bado kweli, kumshika, akamponya na kumfukuza. |
| 14:5 |
Na kuwajibu, alisema, “Ni nani kati yenu ambaye punda au ng’ombe atatumbukia shimoni, na hatamtoa nje mara moja, siku ya Sabato?” |
| 14:6 |
Na hawakuweza kumjibu juu ya mambo haya. |
| 14:7 |
Kisha akatoa mfano, kwa wale walioalikwa, wakiona jinsi walivyochagua viti vya kwanza kwenye meza, akiwaambia: |
| 14:8 |
“Unapoalikwa kwenye harusi, usiketi mahali pa kwanza, asije akaalikwa na mtu mwenye kuheshimiwa kuliko wewe. |
| 14:9 |
Na kisha yeye aliyekuita wote wewe na yeye, inakaribia, anaweza kukuambia, ‘Mpe mahali hapa.’ Na kisha ungeanza, kwa aibu, kushika nafasi ya mwisho. |
| 14:10 |
Lakini unapoalikwa, kwenda, keti mahali pa chini kabisa, Kwahivyo, atakapofika aliyekualika, anaweza kukuambia, ‘Rafiki, nenda juu zaidi.’ Ndipo utakuwa na utukufu machoni pa wale wanaoketi pamoja nawe mezani. |
| 14:11 |
Kwa maana kila ajikwezaye atashushwa, na ye yote atakayejidhili, atakwezwa.” |
| 14:12 |
Kisha akamwambia pia yule aliyemwalika: “Unapotayarisha chakula cha mchana au cha jioni, usichague kuwaita marafiki zako, au ndugu zako, au jamaa zako, au majirani zako matajiri, wasije wakakualika nyinyi na malipo yakafanywa kwenu. |
| 14:13 |
Lakini unapoandaa karamu, kuwaita maskini, walemavu, vilema, na vipofu. |
| 14:14 |
Na utabarikiwa kwa sababu hawana njia ya kukulipa. Hivyo basi, malipo yenu yatakuwa katika ufufuo wa wenye haki.” |
| 14:15 |
When someone sitting at table with him had heard these things, akamwambia, “Blessed is he who will eat bread in the kingdom of God.” |
| 14:16 |
So he said to him: “A certain man prepared a great feast, and he invited many. |
| 14:17 |
And he sent his servant, at the hour of the feast, to tell the invited to come; for now everything was ready. |
| 14:18 |
And at once they all began to make excuses. The first said to him: ‘I bought a farm, and I need to go out and see it. I ask you to excuse me.’ |
| 14:19 |
Na mwingine akasema: ‘I bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine them. I ask you to excuse me.’ |
| 14:20 |
Na mwingine akasema, ‘I have taken a wife, and therefore I am not able to go.’ |
| 14:21 |
Na kurudi, the servant reported these things to his lord. Then the father of the family, kuwa na hasira, said to his servant: ‘Go out quickly into the streets and neighborhoods of the city. And lead here the poor, and the disabled, na vipofu, and the lame.’ |
| 14:22 |
And the servant said: ‘It has been done, just as you ordered, bwana, and there is still room.’ |
| 14:23 |
And the lord said to the servant: ‘Go out to the highways and hedges, and compel them to enter, so that my house may be filled. |
| 14:24 |
For I tell you, that none of those men who were invited will taste of my feast.’ ” |
| 14:25 |
Sasa umati mkubwa ulisafiri pamoja naye. Na kugeuka, akawaambia: |
| 14:26 |
"Ikiwa mtu yeyote atakuja kwangu, wala hamchukii baba yake, na mama, na mke, na watoto, na ndugu, na dada, na ndiyo, hata maisha yake mwenyewe, hawezi kuwa mfuasi wangu. |
| 14:27 |
Na mtu ye yote asiyeuchukua msalaba wake na kunifuata, hawezi kuwa mfuasi wangu. |
| 14:28 |
Kwa nani kati yenu, kutaka kujenga mnara, si kwanza kukaa chini na kuamua gharama zinazohitajika, kuona kama ana uwezo wa kuikamilisha? |
| 14:29 |
Vinginevyo, baada ya kuuweka msingi na asiweze kuumaliza, kila anayeona anaweza kuanza kumdhihaki, |
| 14:30 |
akisema: ‘Mtu huyu alianza kujenga asichoweza kumalizia.’ |
| 14:31 |
Au, mfalme gani, kuendeleza vita dhidi ya mfalme mwingine, asingeketi kwanza na kufikiria kama anaweza, na elfu kumi, kukutana na mtu anayekuja dhidi yake na watu elfu ishirini? |
| 14:32 |
Ikiwa sivyo, basi wakati mwingine bado yuko mbali, kutuma ujumbe, angemwomba masharti ya amani. |
| 14:33 |
Kwa hiyo, kila mmoja wenu ambaye hataacha vyote alivyo navyo hawezi kuwa mfuasi wangu. |
| 14:34 |
Chumvi ni nzuri. But if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be seasoned? |
| 14:35 |
It is useful neither in soil, nor in manure, so instead, it shall be thrown away. Mwenye masikio ya kusikia, asikie.” |
