| 18:1 |
Katika saa hiyo, wanafunzi wakamkaribia Yesu, akisema, “Ni nani unayemwona kuwa mkuu katika ufalme wa mbinguni?” |
| 18:2 |
Na Yesu, akijiita mtoto mdogo, akamweka katikati yao. |
| 18:3 |
Naye akasema: “Amin nawaambia, isipokuwa mtabadilika na kuwa kama watoto wadogo, hamtaingia katika ufalme wa mbinguni. |
| 18:4 |
Kwa hiyo, yeyote atakayejinyenyekeza kama mtoto huyu mdogo, mtu kama huyo ni mkuu katika ufalme wa mbinguni. |
| 18:5 |
Na yeyote atakayemkubali mtoto mdogo kama huyu kwa jina langu, ananikubali. |
| 18:6 |
But whoever will have led astray one of these little ones, who trust in me, it would be better for him to have a great millstone hung around his neck, and to be submerged in the depths of the sea. |
| 18:7 |
Woe to a world that leads people astray! Although it is necessary for temptations to arise, hata hivyo: Woe to that man through whom temptation arises! |
| 18:8 |
So if your hand or your foot leads you to sin, ikate na kuitupa mbali nawe. It is better for you to enter into life disabled or lame, than to be sent into eternal fire having two hands or two feet. |
| 18:9 |
And if your eye leads you to sin, mng'oe na kuutupilia mbali kutoka kwenu. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, than to be sent into the fires of Hell having two eyes. |
| 18:10 |
Angalieni msimdharau hata mmoja wa wadogo hawa. Kwa maana nawaambia, kwamba Malaika wao mbinguni daima hutazama uso wa Baba yangu, aliye mbinguni. |
| 18:11 |
For the Son of man has come to save what had been lost. |
| 18:12 |
Je, inaonekana kwako? Ikiwa mtu ana kondoo mia moja, na ikiwa mmoja wao amepotea, asiwaache nyuma wale tisini na tisa milimani, na tokeni kwenda kutafuta yaliyo potea? |
| 18:13 |
Na ikiwa itatokea kuipata: Amina nawaambia, kwamba ana furaha zaidi juu ya huyo, kuliko wale tisini na tisa ambao hawakupotea. |
| 18:14 |
Hata hivyo, si mapenzi mbele ya Baba yenu, aliye mbinguni, ili mmoja wa hawa wadogo apotee. |
| 18:15 |
But if your brother has sinned against you, go and correct him, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you will have regained your brother. |
| 18:16 |
But if he will not listen you, invite with you one or two more, so that every word may stand by the mouth of two or three witnesses. |
| 18:17 |
And if he will not listen to them, tell the Church. But if he will not listen to the Church, let him be to you like the pagan and the tax collector. |
| 18:18 |
Amina nawaambia, whatever you will have bound on earth, shall be bound also in heaven, and whatever you will have released on earth, shall be released also in heaven. |
| 18:19 |
Again I say to you, that if two of those among you have agreed on earth, about anything whatsoever that they have requested, it shall be done for them by my Father, aliye mbinguni. |
| 18:20 |
For wherever two or three are gathered in my name, there am I, in their midst.” |
| 18:21 |
Kisha Petro, kumkaribia, sema: “Bwana, ndugu yangu atanikosa mara ngapi, nami namsamehe? Hata mara saba?” |
| 18:22 |
Yesu akamwambia: “Sisemi nanyi, hata mara saba, bali hata sabini mara saba. |
| 18:23 |
Kwa hiyo, ufalme wa mbinguni unafananishwa na mtu aliyekuwa mfalme, ambaye alitaka kuwahesabu watumishi wake. |
| 18:24 |
Na alipoanza kuchukua hesabu, mtu mmoja aliletwa kwake aliyekuwa na deni la talanta elfu kumi. |
| 18:25 |
Lakini kwa kuwa hakuwa na njia yoyote ya kulipa, bwana wake akaamuru auzwe, na mkewe na watoto, na yote aliyokuwa nayo, ili kuirejesha. |
| 18:26 |
Lakini mtumishi huyo, kuanguka kusujudu, akamwomba, akisema, ‘Uwe na subira pamoja nami, nami nitakulipa hayo yote.’ |
| 18:27 |
Kisha bwana wa mtumishi huyo, akiingiwa na huruma, kumwachilia, naye akamsamehe deni lake. |
| 18:28 |
Lakini mtumishi huyo alipoondoka, akamkuta mmoja wa watumishi wenzake aliyekuwa na deni lake dinari mia moja. Na kumshika, akamkaba, akisema: ‘Lipa deni lako.’ |
| 18:29 |
Na mtumishi mwenzake, kuanguka kusujudu, alimwomba, akisema: ‘Uwe na subira pamoja nami, nami nitakulipa hayo yote.’ |
| 18:30 |
Lakini hakuwa tayari. Badala yake, akatoka na kumpeleka gerezani, mpaka atakapolipa deni. |
| 18:31 |
Sasa watumishi wenzake, kuona kilichofanyika, walihuzunishwa sana, wakaenda wakampasha bwana wao yote yaliyotendeka. |
| 18:32 |
Kisha bwana wake akamwita, akamwambia: ‘Wewe mtumishi mbaya, Nilikusamehe deni lako lote, kwa sababu ulinisihi. |
| 18:33 |
Kwa hiyo, usingekuwa na huruma kwa mtumishi mwenzako, kama vile nilivyowahurumia ninyi?' |
| 18:34 |
Na bwana wake, kuwa na hasira, akamkabidhi kwa watesaji, mpaka alipe deni lote. |
| 18:35 |
Hivyo, pia, Baba yangu wa mbinguni atawatenda ninyi, ikiwa kila mmoja wenu hatamsamehe ndugu yake kutoka moyoni mwake.” |
