Mathayo 21
| 21:1 | Na walipokwisha kukaribia Yerusalemu, wakafika Bethfage, kwenye Mlima wa Mizeituni, kisha Yesu akawatuma wanafunzi wawili, |
| 21:2 | akiwaambia: “Nendeni katika mji ulio mbele yenu, na mara utakuta punda amefungwa, na mwana-punda pamoja naye. Waachilie, na kuwaongoza kwangu. |
| 21:3 | Na ikiwa mtu yeyote atakuwa amekuambia chochote, semeni kwamba Bwana anawahitaji. Naye atawafukuza mara moja.” |
| 21:4 | Sasa haya yote yalifanyika ili yale yaliyonenwa kupitia nabii yatimie, akisema, |
| 21:5 | “Mwambieni binti Sayuni: Tazama, mfalme wako anakuja kwako kwa upole, ameketi juu ya punda na juu ya mwana-punda, mwana wa mtu aliyezoea nira.” |
| 21:6 | Kisha wanafunzi, kwenda nje, wakafanya kama Yesu alivyowaagiza. |
| 21:7 | Wakamleta punda na mwana-punda, wakaweka mavazi yao juu yake, wakamsaidia kuketi juu yao. |
| 21:8 | Kisha umati mkubwa sana wakatandaza mavazi yao njiani. Lakini wengine wakakata matawi ya miti na kuyatawanya njiani. |
| 21:9 | Na makutano waliomtangulia, na waliofuata, akapiga kelele, akisema: “Hosana kwa Mwana wa Daudi! Amebarikiwa ajaye kwa jina la Bwana. Hosana juu mbinguni!” |
| 21:10 | Naye alipoingia Yerusalemu, mji wote ukachafuka, akisema, "Huyu ni nani?” |
| 21:11 | Lakini watu walikuwa wanasema, “Huyu ni Yesu, nabii kutoka Nazareti ya Galilaya.” |
| 21:12 | And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and he cast out all who were selling and buying in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money changers and the chairs of the vendors of doves. |
| 21:13 | Naye akawaambia: “Imeandikwa: ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer. But you have made it into a den of robbers.’ ” |
| 21:14 | And the blind and the lame drew near to him in the temple; naye akawaponya. |
| 21:15 | Then the leaders of the priests and the scribes became indignant, seeing the miracles that he wrought, and the children crying out in the temple, akisema, “Hosana kwa Mwana wa Daudi!” |
| 21:16 | Wakamwambia, “Do you hear what these ones are saying?” But Jesus said to them, “Hakika. Have you never read: For out of the mouth of babes and infants, umekamilisha sifa?” |
| 21:17 | Na kuwaacha nyuma, akatoka nje, nje ya jiji, into Bethania, and he lodged here. |
| 21:18 | Kisha, as he was returning to the city in the morning, alikuwa na njaa. |
| 21:19 | And seeing a certain fig tree beside the way, he approached it. And he found nothing on it, except only leaves. And he said to it, “May fruit never spring forth from you, for all time.” And immediately the fig tree was dried up. |
| 21:20 | And seeing this, the disciples wondered, akisema, “How did it dry up so quickly?” |
| 21:21 | And Jesus responded to them by saying: “Amin nawaambia, if you have faith and do not hesitate, not only shall you do this, concerning the fig tree, but even if you would say to this mountain, ‘Take and cast yourself into the sea,’ it shall be done. |
| 21:22 | And all things whatsoever that you shall ask for in prayer: believing, you shall receive.” |
| 21:23 | Na alipofika Hekaluni, alipokuwa akifundisha, wakuu wa makuhani na wazee wa watu wakamwendea, akisema: “Unafanya mambo haya kwa mamlaka gani? Na ni nani aliyekupa mamlaka haya?” |
| 21:24 | Kwa majibu, Yesu akawaambia: “Mimi pia nitakuuliza kwa neno moja: ukiniambia hivi, Mimi pia nitawaambia ni kwa mamlaka gani ninafanya mambo haya. |
| 21:25 | Ubatizo wa Yohana, ilitoka wapi? Ilikuwa ni kutoka mbinguni, au kutoka kwa wanaume?” Lakini waliwaza mioyoni mwao, akisema: |
| 21:26 | “Tukisema, ‘Kutoka mbinguni,’ atatuambia, ‘Basi kwa nini hukumwamini?’ Lakini tukisema, ‘Kutoka kwa wanaume,’ tunapaswa kuogopa umati, kwa maana wote humhesabu Yohana kuwa nabii. |
| 21:27 | Na hivyo, wakamjibu Yesu kwa kusema, "Hatujui." Hivyo akawaambia pia: “Wala sitawaambia ninafanya mambo haya kwa mamlaka gani. |
| 21:28 | Lakini inaonekanaje kwako? Mtu mmoja alikuwa na wana wawili. Na inakaribia ya kwanza, alisema: ‘Mwana, nenda leo ukafanye kazi katika shamba langu la mizabibu. |
| 21:29 | Na kujibu, alisema, ‘Siko tayari.’ Lakini baadaye, kusukumwa na toba, alienda. |
| 21:30 | Na kumkaribia mwingine, aliongea vile vile. Na kujibu, alisema, 'Ninakwenda, bwana.’ Naye hakwenda. |
| 21:31 | Ni nani kati ya hao wawili aliyefanya mapenzi ya baba yake?” Wakamwambia, "Ya kwanza." Yesu akawaambia: “Amin nawaambia, kwamba watoza ushuru na makahaba watakutangulia, katika ufalme wa Mungu. |
| 21:32 | Kwa maana Yohana alikuja kwenu kwa njia ya haki, nanyi hamkumuamini. Lakini watoza ushuru na makahaba walimwamini. Lakini hata baada ya kuona hii, hukutubu, ili kumwamini. |
| 21:33 | Sikiliza mfano mwingine. Kulikuwa na mtu, baba wa familia, aliyepanda shamba la mizabibu, na kukizungushia ua, na kuchimba vyombo vya habari ndani yake, na kujenga mnara. Na akawakopesha wakulima, naye akaenda kukaa nje ya nchi. |
| 21:34 | Kisha, wakati wa matunda ulipofika, akawatuma watumishi wake kwa wakulima, ili wapate matunda yake. |
| 21:35 | Wale wakulima wakawakamata watumishi wake; wakampiga mmoja, na kumuua mwingine, na mwingine akampiga mawe. |
| 21:36 | Tena, akawatuma watumishi wengine, zaidi ya kabla; nao wakawatendea vivyo hivyo. |
| 21:37 | Kisha, mwishoni kabisa, akamtuma mwanawe kwao, akisema: ‘Watamheshimu mwanangu.’ |
| 21:38 | Lakini wakulima, kumuona mwana, walisema miongoni mwao: ‘Huyu ndiye mrithi. Njoo, tumuue, na ndipo tutapata urithi wake.’ |
| 21:39 | Na kumkamata, wakamtupa nje ya shamba la mizabibu, na wakamuua. |
| 21:40 | Kwa hiyo, bwana wa shamba la mizabibu atakapokuja, atawafanyia nini hao wakulima?” |
| 21:41 | Wakamwambia, “Atawaangamiza watu hao waovu, na shamba lake la mizabibu atawakopesha wakulima wengine, ambaye atamlipa matunda kwa wakati wake.” |
| 21:42 | Yesu akawaambia: “Je, hujawahi kusoma katika Maandiko: ‘Jiwe walilolikataa waashi limekuwa jiwe kuu la msingi. Haya yamefanywa na Bwana, na ni ajabu machoni petu?' |
| 21:43 | Kwa hiyo, Nawaambia, kwamba ufalme wa Mungu utaondolewa kwenu, na watapewa watu watakaotoa matunda yake. |
| 21:44 | And whoever will have fallen on this stone shall be broken, bado kweli, on whomever it shall fall, it will crush him.” |
| 21:45 | Na wakati viongozi wa makuhani, na Mafarisayo walikuwa wamesikia mifano yake, walijua kwamba alikuwa akisema juu yao. |
| 21:46 | Na ingawa walitaka kumkamata, waliogopa umati, kwa sababu walimwona kuwa nabii. |