Aprili 6, 2014

Usomaji wa Kwanza

Ezekieli 37: 12-14

37:12 Kwa sababu hii, tabiri, nawe utawaambia: Bwana MUNGU asema hivi: Tazama, Nitafungua makaburi yako, nami nitawatoa katika makaburi yenu, Enyi watu wangu. Nami nitakuongoza mpaka nchi ya Israeli.

37:13 Nanyi mtajua ya kuwa mimi ndimi Bwana, nitakapokuwa nimefungua makaburi yenu, na nitakapokuwa nimewatoa katika makaburi yenu, Enyi watu wangu.

37:14 Nami nitaweka Roho yangu ndani yako, nawe utaishi. Nami nitawastarehesha juu ya ardhi yenu wenyewe. Nanyi mtajua ya kuwa mimi, Mungu, wamezungumza na kutenda, asema Bwana MUNGU.”

Somo la Pili

Warumi 8: 8-11

8:8 Kwa hiyo wale waufuatao mwili hawawezi kumpendeza Mungu.

8:9 Wala wewe si katika mwili, bali katika roho, ikiwa ni kweli kwamba Roho wa Mungu anaishi ndani yenu. Lakini ikiwa mtu yeyote hana Roho wa Kristo, yeye si wake.

8:10 Lakini Kristo akiwa ndani yako, basi mwili umekufa kweli, kuhusu dhambi, lakini roho hai kweli, kwa sababu ya kuhesabiwa haki.

8:11 Lakini ikiwa Roho wake yeye aliyemfufua Yesu kutoka kwa wafu anaishi ndani yenu, basi yeye aliyemfufua Yesu Kristo kutoka kwa wafu ataihuisha na miili yenu iliyo katika hali ya kufa, kwa njia ya Roho wake anayeishi ndani yako.

Injili

Yohana 11: 1-45

11:1 Now there was a certain sick man, Lazarus of Bethania, from the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

11:2 And Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair; her brother Lazarus was sick.

11:3 Kwa hiyo, his sisters sent to him, akisema: “Bwana, tazama, he whom you love is sick.”

11:4 Kisha, baada ya kusikia haya, Yesu akawaambia: “This sickness is not unto death, bali kwa utukufu wa Mungu, ili Mwana wa Mungu atukuzwe kwa hiyo.”

11:5 Sasa Yesu alimpenda Martha, na dada yake Mariamu, na Lazaro.

11:6 Hata hivyo, baada ya kusikia kwamba alikuwa mgonjwa, basi bado alikaa mahali pale kwa siku mbili.

11:7 Kisha, baada ya mambo haya, akawaambia wanafunzi wake, “Twendeni tena Yudea.”

11:8 Wanafunzi wakamwambia: “Mwalimu, Wayahudi hata sasa wanatafuta kukupiga kwa mawe. Na ungeenda huko tena?”

11:9 Yesu alijibu: “Je, hakuna saa kumi na mbili za mchana? Ikiwa mtu yeyote anatembea mchana, hajikwai, kwa sababu anaiona nuru ya ulimwengu huu.

11:10 Lakini ikiwa anatembea usiku, anajikwaa, kwa sababu nuru haimo ndani yake.”

11:11 Alisema mambo haya, na baada ya haya, akawaambia: “Lazaro rafiki yetu amelala. Lakini ninaenda, ili nipate kumwamsha kutoka usingizini.”

11:12 Na ndivyo wanafunzi wake walivyosema, “Bwana, ikiwa amelala, atakuwa na afya njema.”

11:13 Lakini Yesu alikuwa amesema juu ya kifo chake. Lakini walidhani kwamba alizungumza juu ya kupumzika kwa usingizi.

11:14 Kwa hiyo, Ndipo Yesu akawaambia waziwazi, “Lazaro amekufa.

11:15 Nami nafurahi kwa ajili yako kwamba sikuwapo, ili mpate kuamini. Lakini twende kwake.”

11:16 Na kisha Thomas, ambaye anaitwa Pacha, akawaambia wanafunzi wenzake, “Twendeni, pia, ili tufe pamoja naye.”

11:17 Na hivyo Yesu akaenda. Akakuta tayari ameshakaa kaburini siku nne.

11:18 (Sasa Bethania ilikuwa karibu na Yerusalemu, kama stadia kumi na tano.)

11:19 Na wengi wa Wayahudi walikuwa wamekuja kwa Martha na Mariamu, ili kuwafariji juu ya ndugu yao.

11:20 Kwa hiyo, Martha, aliposikia kwamba Yesu alikuwa anakuja, akatoka kwenda kumlaki. Lakini Mariamu alikuwa ameketi nyumbani.

11:21 Ndipo Martha akamwambia Yesu: “Bwana, kama ungekuwa hapa, kaka yangu hangekufa.

11:22 Lakini hata sasa, Najua kwamba chochote utakachoomba kwa Mungu, Mungu atakupa.”

11:23 Yesu akamwambia, “Ndugu yako atafufuka tena.”

11:24 Martha akamwambia, “Najua ya kuwa atafufuka tena, katika ufufuo siku ya mwisho.”

11:25 Yesu akamwambia: “Mimi ndiye Ufufuo na Uzima. Yeyote aniaminiye, ingawa amekufa, ataishi.

11:26 Na kila aishiye na kuniamini hatakufa milele. Je, unaamini hili?”

11:27 Akamwambia: “Hakika, Bwana. Nimeamini kwamba wewe ndiwe Kristo, Mwana wa Mungu aliye hai, ambaye amekuja katika ulimwengu huu.”

11:28 And when she had said these things, she went and called her sister Mary quietly, akisema, “The Teacher is here, and he is calling you.”

11:29 When she heard this, she rose up quickly and went to him. 11:30 For Jesus had not yet arrived in the town. Lakini bado alikuwa mahali pale ambapo Martha alikutana naye.

11:31 Kwa hiyo, Wayahudi waliokuwa pamoja naye nyumbani na waliokuwa wakimfariji, walipoona kwamba Mariamu aliinuka upesi na kutoka nje, wakamfuata, akisema, “Anaenda kaburini, ili alie huko.”

11:32 Kwa hiyo, Mariamu alipokuwa amefika mahali Yesu alipokuwa, kumuona, akaanguka miguuni pake, akamwambia. “Bwana, kama ungekuwa hapa, kaka yangu hangekufa.”

11:33 Na kisha, Yesu alipomwona analia, na wale Wayahudi waliokuja pamoja naye wakilia, aliugua rohoni na kufadhaika.

11:34 Naye akasema, “Umemlaza wapi?” Wakamwambia, “Bwana, njoo uone.”

11:35 Naye Yesu akalia.

11:36 Kwa hiyo, Wayahudi walisema, “Ona jinsi alivyompenda!”

11:37 Lakini baadhi yao walisema, “Je, yeye aliyefungua macho ya mtu aliyezaliwa kipofu hangeweza kumfanya mtu huyu asife?

11:38 Kwa hiyo, Yesu, tena akiugulia kutoka ndani yake, akaenda kaburini. Sasa ilikuwa pango, and a stone had been placed over it.

11:39 Yesu alisema, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him who had died, akamwambia, “Bwana, by now it will smell, for this is the fourth day.”

11:40 Yesu akamwambia, “Did I not say to you that if you believe, you shall see the glory of God?”

11:41 Kwa hiyo, they took away the stone. Kisha, kuinua macho yake, Yesu alisema: “Baba, I give thanks to you because you have heard me.

11:42 And I know that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the people who are standing nearby, so that they may believe that you have sent me.”

11:43 Alipokwisha kusema hayo, he cried in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out.”

11:44 Na mara moja, he who had been dead went forth, bound at the feet and hands with winding bands. And his face was bound with a separate cloth. Yesu akawaambia, “Release him and let him go.”

11:45 Kwa hiyo, wengi wa Wayahudi, waliokuja kwa Mariamu na Martha, na ambaye alikuwa ameona mambo ambayo Yesu alifanya, kumwamini.