MT. 7

Kuwahukumu Wengine

1  tMsihukumu, msije mkahukumiwa ninyi. 2 tKwa kuwa hukumu ile mhukumuyo, ndiyo mtakayohukumiwa; na kipimo kile mpimiacho, ndicho mtakachopimiwa. 3 Basi, mbona wakitazama kibanzi kilicho ndani ya jicho la ndugu yako, na boriti iliyo ndani ya jicho lako mwenyewe huiangalii? 4 Au utamwambiaje nduguyo, Niache nikitoe kibanzi katika jicho lako; na kumbe! Mna boriti ndani ya jicho lako mwenyewe?

5 Mnafiki wewe, itoe kwanza ile boriti katika jicho lako mwenyewe; ndipo utakapoona vema kukitoa kile kibanzi katika jicho la ndugu yako.

Kutweza Kitakatifu

6  tMsiwape mbwa kilicho kitakatifu, wala msitupe lulu zenu mbele ya nguruwe, wasije wakazikanyaga chini ya miguu yao, wakageuka na kuwararua.

Omba, Tafuta, Bisha

7  tOmbeni, nanyi mtapewa; tafuteni, nanyi mtaona; bisheni, nanyi mtafunguliwa; 8 kwa maana kila aombaye hupokea; naye atafutaye huona; naye abishaye atafunguliwa. 9 Au kuna mtu yupi kwenu, ambaye, mwanawe akimwomba mkate, atampa jiwe? 10 Au akiomba samaki, atampa nyoka?

11 tBasi ikiwa ninyi, mlio waovu, mnajua kuwapa watoto wenu vipawa vyema, je! Si zaidi sana Baba yenu aliye mbinguni atawapa mema wao wamwombao?

Amri Kuu

12  tBasi yo yote myatakayo mtendewe na watu, nanyi watendeeni vivyo hivyo; maana hiyo ndiyo torati na manabii.

Mlango Mwembamba

13  tIngieni kwa kupitia mlango ulio mwembamba; maana mlango ni mpana, na njia ni pana iendayo upotevuni, nao ni wengi waingiao kwa mlango huo.

14 tBali mlango ni mwembamba, na njia imesonga iendayo uzimani, nao waionao ni wachache.

Mti na Matunda Yake

15  tJihadharini na manabii wa uongo, watu wanaowajia wamevaa mavazi ya kondoo, walakini kwa ndani ni mbwa-mwitu wakali. 16 tMtawatambua kwa matunda yao. Je! Watu huchuma zabibu katika miiba, au tini katika mibaruti? 17 tVivyo hivyo kila mti mwema huzaa matunda mazuri; na mti mwovu huzaa matunda mabaya. 18 Mti mwema hauwezi kuzaa matunda mabaya, wala mti mwovu kuzaa matunda mazuri. 19 tKila mti usiozaa tunda zuri hukatwa ukatupwa motoni.

20 tNdiposa kwa matunda yao mtawatambua.

Kuhusu Wanaojihadaa

21  tSi kila mtu aniambiaye, Bwana, Bwana, atakayeingia katika ufalme wa mbinguni; bali ni yeye afanyaye mapenzi ya Baba yangu aliye mbinguni. 22 tWengi wataniambia siku ile, Bwana, Bwana, hatukufanya unabii kwa jina lako, na kwa jina lako kutoa pepo, na kwa jina lako kufanya miujiza mingi?

23 tNdipo nitawaambia dhahiri, Sikuwajua ninyi kamwe; ondokeni kwangu, ninyi mtendao maovu.

Wasikiao na Watendao

24  tBasi kila asikiaye hayo maneno yangu, na kuyafanya, atafananishwa na mtu mwenye akili, aliyejenga nyumba yake juu ya mwamba; 25 mvua ikanyesha, mafuriko yakaja, pepo zikavuma, zikaipiga nyumba ile, isianguke; kwa maana misingi yake imewekwa juu ya mwamba. 26 Na kila asikiaye hayo maneno yangu asiyafanye, atafananishwa na mtu mpumbavu, aliyejenga nyumba yake juu ya mchanga;

27 tmvua ikanyesha, mafuriko yakaja, pepo zikavuma, zikaipiga nyumba ile, ikaanguka; nalo anguko lake likawa kubwa.
28  tIkawa, Yesu alipoyamaliza maneno hayo, makutano walishangaa mno kwa mafundisho yake; 29 tkwa maana alikuwa akiwafundisha kama mtu mwenye amri, wala si kama waandishi wao.

MATTHEW 7

Judging Others

(Luke 6.37,38,41,42)

1 Don't condemn others, and God won't condemn you.

2 t God will be as hard on you as you are on others! He will treat you exactly as you treat them.
3 You can see the speck in your friend's eye, but you don't notice the log in your own eye. 4 How can you say, “My friend, let me take the speck out of your eye,” when you don't see the log in your own eye?

5 You're nothing but show-offs! First, take the log out of your own eye; then you can see how to take the speck out of your friend's eye.

6 Don't give to dogs what belongs to God. They will only turn and attack you. Don't throw pearls down in front of pigs. They will trample all over them.

Ask, Search, Knock

(Luke 11.9-13)

7  t Ask, and you will receive. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened for you.

8 Everyone who asks will receive. Everyone who searches will find. And the door will be opened for everyone who knocks.
9 Would any of you give your hungry child a stone, if the child asked for some bread? 10 Would you give your child a snake if the child asked for a fish?

11 As bad as you are, you still know how to give good gifts to your children. But your heavenly Father is even more ready to give good things to people who ask.

12  t Treat others as you want them to treat you. This is what the Law and the Prophetst are all about.

The Narrow Gate

(Luke 13.24)

13  t Go in through the narrow gate. The gate to destruction is wide, and the road that leads there is easy to follow. A lot of people go through that gate.

14 But the gate to life is very narrow. The road that leads there is so hard to follow that only a few people find it.

A Tree and Its Fruit

(Luke 6.43-45)

15 Watch out for false prophets! They dress up like sheep, but inside they are wolves who have come to attack you. 16 t You can tell what they are by what they do. No one picks grapes or figs from thornbushes. 17 A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot produce good fruit. 19 t Every tree producing bad fruit will be chopped down and burned.

20 t You can tell who the false prophets are by their deeds.

A Warning

(Luke 13.26,27)

21 Not everyone who calls me their Lord will get into the kingdom of heaven. Only the ones who obey my Father in heaven will get in. 22 On the day of judgment many will call me their Lord. They will say, “We preached in your name, and in your name we forced out demons and worked many miracles.”

23 t But I will tell them, “I will have nothing to do with you! Get out of my sight, you evil people!”

Two Builders

(Luke 6.47-49)

24 Anyone who hears and obeys these teachings of mine is like a wise person who built a house on solid rock.

25 Rain poured down, rivers flooded, and winds beat against that house. But it was built on solid rock, and so it did not fall.
26 Anyone who hears my teachings and doesn't obey them is like a foolish person who built a house on sand.

27 Rain poured down, rivers flooded, and the winds blew and beat against that house. Finally, it fell with a crash.
28  t When Jesus finished speaking, the crowds were surprised at his teaching. 29 He taught them like someone with authority, and not like their teachers of the Law of Moses.