Matthew 21 (SWH1850)

1Yesu na wanafunzi wake walipokaribia Yerusalemu na kufika Bethfage katika mlima wa Mizeituni, aliwatuma wanafunzi wake wawili,As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent out two disciples,

2akawaambia, “Nendeni hadi kijiji kilicho mbele yenu na mtamkuta punda amefungwa na mtoto wake. Wafungueni mkawalete kwangu.saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt beside her. Untie them and bring them to Me.

3Kama mtu akiwauliza sababu, mwambieni, Bwana anawahitaji, naye atawaachieni mara.”If anyone questions you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”

4Jambo hili lilifanyika ili yale yaliyosemwa na nabii yatimie:This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:

5“Uambieni mji wa Sioni: Tazama, Mfalme wako anakujia! Ni mpole na amepanda punda, mwana punda, mtoto wa punda.”“Say to the Daughter of Zion, ‘See, your King comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”

6Hivyo, wale wanafunzi walienda wakafanya kama Yesu alivyowaagiza.So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.

7Wakamleta yule punda na mtoto wake, wakatandika nguo zao juu yao na Yesu akaketi juu yake.They brought the donkey and the colt and laid their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them.

8Umati mkubwa wa watu ukatandaza nguo zao barabarani, na watu wengine wakakata matawi ya miti wakayatandaza barabarani.A massive crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

9Makundi ya watu waliomtangulia na wale waliomfuata wakapaaza sauti: “Hosana Mwana wa Daudi! Abarikiwe huyo ajaye kwa jina la Bwana! Hosana Mungu juu mbinguni!”The crowds that went ahead of Him and those that followed were shouting: “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest!”

10Yesu alipokuwa anaingia Yerusalemu, mji wote ukajaa ghasia. Watu wakawa wanauliza, “Huyu ni nani?”When Jesus had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”

11Watu katika ule umati wakasema, “Huyu ni nabii Yesu, kutoka Nazareti katika mkoa wa Galilaya.”The crowds replied, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”

12Basi, Yesu akaingia Hekaluni, akawafukuza nje watu waliokuwa wanauza na kununua vitu ndani ya Hekalu; akazipindua meza za wale waliokuwa wanavunja fedha, na viti vya wale waliokuwa wanauza njiwa.Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.

13Akawaambia, “Imeandikwa katika Maandiko Matakatifu: Nyumba yangu itaitwa nyumba ya sala. Lakini ninyi mmeifanya kuwa pango la wanyang'anyi.”And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”

14Vipofu na vilema walimwendea huko Hekaluni, naye Yesu akawaponya.The blind and the lame came to Him at the temple, and He healed them.

15Basi, makuhani wakuu na walimu wa Sheria walipoyaona maajabu aliyoyafanya Yesu, na pia watoto walipokuwa wanapaaza sauti zao Hekaluni wakisema: “Sifa kwa Mwana wa Daudi,” wakakasirika.But the chief priests and scribes were indignant when they saw the wonders He performed and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”

16Hivyo wakamwambia, “Je, husikii wanachosema?” Yesu akawajibu, “Naam, nasikia! Je hamjasoma Maandiko haya Matakatifu? Kwa vinywa vya watoto wadogo na wanyonyao unajipatia sifa kamilifu.”“Do You hear what these children are saying?” they asked. “Yes,” Jesus answered. “Have you never read: ‘From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise’?”

17Basi, akawaacha, akatoka nje ya mji na kwenda Bethania, akalala huko.Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where He spent the night.

18Yesu alipokuwa anarudi mjini asubuhi na mapema, aliona njaa.In the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, He was hungry.

19Akauona mtini mmoja kando ya njia, akauendea; lakini aliukuta hauma chochote ila majani matupu. Basi akauambia, “Usizae tena matunda milele!” Papo hapo huo mtini ukanyauka.Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.

20Wanafunzi walipouona walishangaa wakisema, “Kwa nini mtini huu umenyauka ghafla?”When the disciples saw this, they marveled and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”

21Yesu akawajibu, “Kweli nawaambieni, kama mkiwa na imani bila kuwa na mashaka, mnaweza si tu kufanya hivyo, bali hata mkiuambia mlima huu: Ng'oka ukajitose baharini, itafanyika hivyo.“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.

22Na mkiwa na imani, chochote mtakachoomba katika sala, mtapata.”If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

23Yesu aliingia Hekaluni, akawa anafundisha. Alipokuwa akifundisha, makuhani wakuu na wazee wa watu wakamwuliza, “Unafanya mambo haya kwa mamlaka gani? Nani amekupa mamlaka haya?”When Jesus returned to the temple courts and began to teach, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him. “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You this authority?”

24Yesu akawajibu, “Na mimi nitawaulizeni swali moja; mkinijibu, basi nami nitawaambieni ninafanya mambo haya kwa mamlaka gani.“I will also ask you one question,” Jesus replied, “and if you answer Me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

25Je, mamlaka ya Yohane ya kubatiza yalitoka kwa nani? Je, yalitoka mbinguni ama kwa watu?” Lakini wakajadiliana wao kwa wao hivi: “Tukisema, Yalitoka mbinguni, atatuuliza, Basi, mbona hamkumsadiki?What was the source of John’s baptism? Was it from heaven or from men?” They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’

26Na tukisema, Yalitoka kwa watu, tunaogopa umati wa watu maana wote wanakubali kwamba Yohane ni nabii.”But if we say, ‘From men,’ we are afraid of the people, for they all regard John as a prophet.”

27Basi, wakamjibu, “Hatujui!” Naye Yesu akawaambia, “Nami pia sitawaambieni ninafanya mambo haya kwa mamlaka gani.So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

28“Ninyi mnaonaje; mtu mmoja alikuwa na wana wawili. Akamwambia yule wa kwanza, Mwanangu, leo nenda ukafanye kazi katika shamba la mizabibu.But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’

29Yule kijana akamwambia, Sitaki! Lakini baadaye akabadili nia, akaenda kufanya kazi.‘I will not,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind and went.

30Yule baba akamwambia mtoto wake wa pili vivyo hivyo, naye akamjibu, Naam baba! Lakini hakwenda kazini.Then the man went to the second son and told him the same thing. ‘I will, sir,’ he said. But he did not go.

31Je, ni nani kati ya hawa wawili aliyetimiza matakwa ya baba yake?” Wakamjibu, “Yule mtoto wa kwanza.” Basi, Yesu akawaambia, “Kweli nawaambieni, watoza ushuru na waasherati wataingia katika Ufalme wa Mungu kabla yenu.Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.

32Maana Yohane alikuja kwenu akawaonyesha njia njema ya kuishi, nanyi hamkumwamini; lakini watoza ushuru na waasherati walimwamini. Hata baada ya kuona hayo yote ninyi hamkubadili mioyo yenu, na hamkusadiki.”For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.

33Yesu akasema, “Sikilizeni mfano mwingine. Mtu mmoja mwenye nyumba alilima shamba la mizabibu; akalizungushia ukuta, akachimba kisima cha kusindikia divai, akajenga humo mnara pia. Kisha akalikodisha kwa wakulima, akasafiri kwenda nchi ya mbali.Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.

34Wakati wa mavuno ulipofika, aliwatuma watumishi wake kwa wale wakulima, ili wakachukue sehemu ya mavuno yake.When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit.

35Wale wakulima wakawakamata hao watumishi; mmoja wakampiga, mwingine wakamwua na mwingine wakampiga mawe.But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

36Huyo mtu akawatuma tena watumishi wengine, wengi kuliko wa safari ya kwanza. Wale wakulima wakawatendea namna ileile.Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group. But the tenants did the same to them.

37Mwishowe akamtuma mwanawe huku akifikiri: Watamheshimu mwanangu.Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

38Lakini wale wakulima walipomwona mwanawe wakasemezana wao kwa wao: Huyu ndiye mrithi; na tumuue ili tuuchukue urithi wake!But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’

39Basi, wakamkamata, wakamtoa nje ya lile shamba la mizabibu, wakamwua.So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

40“Sasa, huyo mwenye shamba la mizabibu atakapokuja, atawafanyaje hao wakulima?”Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants?”

41Wao wakamjibu, “Atawaangamiza vibaya hao waovu, na lile shamba atawapa wakulima wengine ambao watampa sehemu ya mavuno wakati wa mavuno.”“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.”

42Hapo Yesu akawaambia, “Je, hamkusoma jambo hili katika Maandiko Matakatifu? Jiwe walilokataa waashi sasa limekuwa jiwe kuu la msingi. Bwana ndiye aliyefanya jambo hili, nalo ni la ajabu sana kwetu!Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

43“Kwa hiyo nawaambieni, Ufalme wa Mungu utaondolewa kwenu na kupewa watu wa mataifa mengine wenye kutoa matunda yake.”Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.

44“Atakayeanguka juu ya jiwe hilo atavunjika vipandevipande; na likimwangukia mtu yeyote, litamponda.”He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”

45Makuhani wakuu na Mafarisayo waliposikia hiyo mifano yake walitambua kwamba alikuwa anawasema wao.When the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that Jesus was speaking about them.

46Kwa hiyo wakawa wanatafuta njia ya kumtia nguvuni, lakini waliwaogopa watu kwa sababu wao walimtambua yeye kuwa nabii.Although they wanted to arrest Him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded Him as a prophet.

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