LK. 7
Yesu Amponya Mtumwa wa Afisa
1 tAlipokwisha kuyamaliza maneno yake yote masikioni mwa watu, aliingia Kapernaumu.
2 tNa mtumwa wake akida mmoja alikuwa hawezi, karibu na kufa; naye ni mtu aliyempenda sana. 3 Aliposikia habari za Yesu, alituma wazee wa Wayahudi kwake kumwomba aje amponye mtumwa wake. 4 Nao walipofika kwa Yesu, walimsihi sana wakisema, Amestahili huyu umtendee neno hili; 5 maana, analipenda taifa letu, naye alitujengea sinagogi. 6 Basi Yesu akaenda pamoja nao. Hata alipokuwa si mbali na nyumba yake, yule akida alituma rafiki kwake, akamwambia, Bwana, usijisumbue, maana mimi sistahili wewe uingie chini ya dari yangu; 7 kwa hiyo nilijiona sistahili mwenyewe kuja kwako; lakini, sema neno tu, na mtumwa wangu atapona. 8 Kwa maana mimi nami ni mtu niliyewekwa chini ya mamlaka, mwenye askari chini yangu; nikimwambia huyu, Nenda, huenda; na huyu, Njoo, huja; na mtumwa wangu, Fanya hivi, hufanya. 9 Yesu aliposikia hayo alimstaajabia, akaugeukia mkutano uliokuwa ukimfuata, akasema, Nawaambia, hata katika Israeli sijaona imani kubwa namna hii.
10 Na wale waliotumwa waliporudi nyumbani, wakamkuta yule mtumwa ni mzima.Yesu Amfufua Mtoto wa Mama Mjane
11 Baadaye kidogo alikwenda mpaka mji mmoja uitwao Naini, na wanafunzi wake walifuatana naye pamoja na mkutano mkubwa. 12 tNa alipolikaribia lango la mji, hapo palikuwa na maiti anachukuliwa nje, ni mwana pekee wa mamaye ambaye ni mjane, na watu wa mjini wengi walikuwa pamoja naye. 13 Bwana alipomwona alimwonea huruma, akamwambia, Usilie. 14 Akakaribia, akaligusa jeneza; wale waliokuwa wakilichukua wakasimama. Akasema, Kijana, nakuambia, Inuka. 15 tYule maiti akainuka, akaketi, akaanza kusema. Akampa mama yake. 16 tHofu ikawashika wote, wakamtukuza Mungu, wakisema, Nabii mkuu ametokea kwetu; na, Mungu amewaangalia watu wake.
17 Habari hii yake ikaenea katika Uyahudi wote, na katika nchi zote za kando kando.Ujumbe kutoka kwa Yohana Mbatizaji
18 tWanafunzi wa Yohana wakamletea habari za hayo yote. 19 tNdipo Yohana alipowaita wawili katika wanafunzi wake, akawatuma kwa Yesu akiuliza, Wewe ndiwe yule ajaye, au tumtazamie mwingine? 20 Nao walipofika kwake, walisema, Yohana Mbatizaji ametutuma kwako, akisema, Wewe ndiwe yule ajaye, au tumtazamie mwingine? 21 Na saa ile ile aliwaponya wengi magonjwa yao, na misiba, na pepo wabaya; na vipofu wengi aliwakirimia kuona. 22 tNdipo alipojibu, akawaambia, Nendeni mkamweleze Yohana hayo mliyoyaona na kuyasikia; vipofu wanapata kuona, viwete wanatembea, wenye ukoma wanatakasika, viziwi wanasikia, wafu wanafufuliwa, maskini wanahubiriwa habari njema.
23 Naye heri mtu ye yote asiyechukizwa nami.
24 Basi, wajumbe wa Yohana walipokwisha ondoka, alianza kuwaambia makutano habari za Yohana, Mlitoka kwenda nyikani kutazama nini? Unyasi ukitikiswa na upepo? 25 Lakini mlitoka kwenda kuona nini? Mtu aliyevikwa mavazi mororo? Jueni, watu wenye mavazi ya utukufu, wanaokula raha, wamo katika majumba ya kifalme. 26 tLakini, mlitoka kwenda kuona nini? Nabii? Naam, nawaambia, na aliye zaidi ya nabii.
27 tHuyo ndiye aliyeandikiwa haya,
Tazama, namtuma mjumbe wangu
Mbele ya uso wako,
Atakayeitengeneza njia yako mbele yako.
28 tNami nawaambia, Katika wale waliozaliwa na wanawake hakuna aliye mkuu kuliko Yohana; lakini aliye mdogo katika ufalme wa Mungu ni mkuu kuliko yeye. 29 tNa watu wote na watoza ushuru waliposikia hayo, waliikiri haki ya Mungu, kwa kuwa wamebatizwa kwa ubatizo wa Yohana. 30 tLakini, Mafarisayo na wana-sheria walilipinga shauri la Mungu juu yao, kwa kuwa hawakubatizwa naye. 31 Bwana akasema, Niwafananishe na nini watu wa kizazi hiki? Nao wamefanana na nini? 32 Wamefanana na watoto walioketi sokoni na kuitana, wakisema, Tuliwapigia filimbi wala hamkucheza; tuliomboleza, wala hamkulia. 33 tKwa kuwa Yohana Mbatizaji alikuja, hali mkate wala hanywi divai, nanyi mwasema, Ana pepo. 34 Mwana wa Adamu amekuja, anakula na kunywa; nanyi mwasema, Tazama, mlafi huyu, na mnywaji wa divai, rafiki wao watoza ushuru na wenye dhambi.
35 Na hekima imejulikana kuwa ina haki kwa watoto wake wote.Mwanamke mwenye Dhambi Asamehewa
36 tMtu mmoja katika Mafarisayo alimwalika ale chakula kwake; akaingia katika nyumba yake yule Farisayo, akaketi chakulani. 37 tNa tazama, mwanamke mmoja wa mji ule, aliyekuwa mwenye dhambi, alipopata habari ya kuwa ameketi chakulani katika nyumba ya yule Farisayo, alileta chupa ya marimari yenye marhamu. 38 tAkasimama nyuma karibu na miguu yake, akilia, akaanza kumdondoshea miguu machozi yake, na kuipangusa kwa nywele za kichwa chake, akiibusu-busu miguu yake na kuipaka yale marhamu. 39 Basi, yule Farisayo aliyemwalika alipoona vile, alisema moyoni mwake, Mtu huyu kama angekuwa nabii, angemtambua mwanamke huyu amgusaye, ni nani, naye ni wa namna gani, ya kwamba ni mwenye dhambi. 40 Yesu akajibu akamwambia, Simoni, nina neno nitakalo kukuambia. Akasema, Mwalimu, nena. 41 Akasema, Mtu mmoja mkopeshaji alikuwa na wadeni wawili; mmoja amwia dinari mia tano, na wa pili hamsini. 42 Nao walipokuwa hawana cha kumlipa, aliwasamehe wote wawili. Katika hao wawili ni yupi atakayempenda zaidi? 43 Simoni akajibu akasema, Nadhani ni yule ambaye alimsamehe nyingi. Akamwambia, Umeamua haki. 44 tAkamgeukia yule mwanamke, akamwambia Simoni, Wamwona mwanamke huyu? Niliingia nyumbani kwako, hukunipa maji kwa miguu yangu; bali huyu amenidondoshea machozi miguu yangu, na kuipangusa kwa nywele za kichwa chake. 45 tWewe hukunibusu; lakini huyu tangu nilipoingia hakuacha kunibusu sana miguu yangu. 46 Hukunipaka kichwa changu mafuta; bali huyu amenipaka miguu yangu marhamu. 47 Kwa ajili ya hayo nakuambia, Amesamehewa dhambi zake ambazo ni nyingi, kwa kuwa amependa sana; lakini asamehewaye kidogo, huyo hupenda kidogo. 48 tKisha alimwambia mwanamke, Umesamehewa dhambi zako. 49 Ndipo wale walioketi chakulani pamoja naye walianza kusema mioyoni mwao, Ni nani huyu hata asamehe dhambi? 50 tAkamwambia yule mwanamke, Imani yako imekuokoa, enenda zako kwa amani.
LUKE 7
Jesus Heals //an Army Officer's Servant
(Matthew 8.5-13; John 4.43-54)
1 After Jesus had finished teaching the people, he went to Capernaum. 2 In this town an army officer's servant was sick and about to die. The officer liked his servant very much.
3 And when he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish leaders to ask him to come and heal the servant.
4 The leaders went to Jesus and begged him to do something. They said, “This man deserves your help! 5 He loves our nation and even built us a synagogue.”
6 So Jesus went with them.
When Jesus wasn't far from the house, the officer sent some friends to tell him, “Lord, don't go to any trouble for me! I am not good enough for you to come into my house. 7 And I am certainly not worthy to come to you. Just say the word, and my servant will get well.
8 I have officers who give orders to me, and I have soldiers who take orders from me. I can say to one of them, ‘Go!’ and he goes. I can say to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes. I can say to my servant, ‘Do this!’ and he will do it.”
9 When Jesus heard this, he was so surprised that he turned and said to the crowd following him, “In all of Israel I've never found anyone with this much faith!”
10 The officer's friends returned and found the servant well.A Widow's Son
11 Soon Jesus and his disciples were on their way to the town of Nain, and a big crowd was going along with them.
12 As they came near the gate of the town, they saw people carrying out the body of a widow's only son. Many people from the town were walking along with her.
13 When the Lord saw the woman, he felt sorry for her and said, “Don't cry!”
14 Jesus went over and touched the stretcher on which the people were carrying the dead boy. They stopped, and Jesus said, “Young man, get up!”
15 The boy sat up and began to speak. Jesus then gave him back to his mother.
16 Everyone was frightened and praised God. They said, “A great prophet is here with us! God has come to his people.”
17 News about Jesus spread all over Judea and everywhere else in that part of the country.John the Baptist
(Matthew 11.1-19)
18-19 John's followers told John everything that was being said about Jesus. So he sent two of them to ask the Lord, “Are you the one we should be looking for? Or must we wait for someone else?”
20 When these messengers came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to ask, ‘Are you the one we should be looking for? Or are we supposed to wait for someone else?’ ”
21 At that time Jesus was healing many people who were sick or in pain or were troubled by evil spirits, and he was giving sight to a lot of blind people. 22 t Jesus said to the messengers sent by John, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard. Blind people are now able to see, and the lame can walk. People who have leprosyt are being healed, and the deaf can now hear. The dead are raised to life, and the poor are hearing the good news.
23 God will bless everyone who doesn't reject me because of what I do.”
24 After John's messengers had gone, Jesus began speaking to the crowds about John:
What kind of person did you go out to the desert to see? Was he like tall grass blown about by the wind? 25 What kind of man did you really go out to see? Was he someone dressed in fine clothes? People who wear expensive clothes and live in luxury are in the king's palace. 26 What then did you go out to see? Was he a prophet? He certainly was! I tell you that he was more than a prophet. 27 t In the Scriptures, God calls John his messenger and says, “I am sending my messenger ahead of you to get things ready for you.”
28 No one ever born on this earth is greater than John. But whoever is least important in God's kingdom is greater than John.
29 t Everyone had been listening to John. Even the tax collectorst had obeyed God and had done what was right by letting John baptize them.
30 But the Pharisees and the experts in the Law of Moses refused to obey God and be baptized by John.
31 Jesus went on to say:
What are you people like? What kind of people are you?
32 You are like children sitting in the market and shouting to each other,
“We played the flute,
but you would not dance!
We sang a funeral song,
but you would not cry!”
33 John the Baptist did not go around eating and drinking, and you said, “John has a demon in him!” 34 But because the Son of Man goes around eating and drinking, you say, “Jesus eats and drinks too much! He is even a friend of tax collectors and sinners.”
35 Yet Wisdom is shown to be right by what its followers do.Simon the Pharisee
36 A Pharisee invited Jesus to have dinner with him. So Jesus went to the Pharisee's home and got ready to eat.t
37 t When a sinful woman in that town found out that Jesus was there, she bought an expensive bottle of perfume.
38 Then she came and stood behind Jesus. She cried and started washing his feet with her tears and drying them with her hair. The woman kissed his feet and poured the perfume on them.
39 The Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this and said to himself, “If this man really were a prophet, he would know what kind of woman is touching him! He would know that she is a sinner.”
40 Jesus said to the Pharisee, “Simon, I have something to say to you.”
“Teacher, what is it?” Simon replied.
41 Jesus told him, “Two people were in debt to a moneylender. One of them owed him 500 silver coins, and the other owed him 50.
42 Since neither of them could pay him back, the moneylender said that they didn't have to pay him anything. Which one of them will like him more?”
43 Simon answered, “I suppose it would be the one who had owed more and didn't have to pay it back.”
“You are right,” Jesus said.
44 He turned toward the woman and said to Simon, “Have you noticed this woman? When I came into your home, you didn't give me any water so I could wash my feet. But she has washed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair. 45 You didn't greet me with a kiss, but from the time I came in, she has not stopped kissing my feet. 46 You didn't even pour olive oil on my head, t but she has poured expensive perfume on my feet.
47 So I tell you that all her sins are forgiven, and that is why she has shown great love. But anyone who has been forgiven for only a little will show only a little love.”
48 Then Jesus said to the woman, “Your sins are forgiven.”
49 Some other guests started saying to one another, “Who is this who dares to forgive sins?”
50 But Jesus told the woman, “Because of your faith, you are now saved.t May God give you peace!”