Matthew 13

1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.

1 Siku iyo hiyo Yesu akatoka nje ya nyumba, akaketi kando ya bahari.

2 Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while all the people stood on the shore.

2 Umati mkubwa mno wa watu ukakusanyika kumzunguka, hata ikabidi aingie katika chombo na kuketi humo, nao watu wote wakawa wamesimama ukingoni mwa bahari.

3 And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.

3 Ndipo akawaambia mambo mengi kwa mifano, akisema: “Mpanzi alitoka kwenda kupanda mbegu zake.

4 And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

4 Alipokuwa akitawanya mbegu, nyingine zilianguka kando ya njia, nao ndege wakaja na kuzila.

5 Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.

5 Nyingine zilianguka kwenye ardhi yenye mwamba isiyo na udongo wa kutosha. Zikaota haraka, kwa kuwa udongo ulikuwa haba.

6 But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

6 Lakini jua lilipozidi, mimea ikanyauka na kukauka kwa kuwa mizizi yake haikuwa na kina.

7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings.

7 Mbegu nyingine zilianguka kwenye miiba, nayo miiba hiyo ikakua, ikaisonga hiyo mimea.

8 Still other seed fell on good soil and produced a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.

8 Mbegu nyingine zilianguka kwenye udongo mzuri ambapo zilitoa mazao, nyingine mara mia moja, nyingine mara sitini, na nyingine mara thelathini.

9 He who has ears, let him hear.”

9 Mwenye masikio ya kusikia, na asikie.”

10 Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”

10 Wanafunzi wake wakamwendea, wakamuuliza, “Kwa nini unasema na watu kwa mifano?”

11 He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.

11 Akawajibu, “Ninyi mmepewa kuzifahamu siri za Ufalme wa Mbinguni, lakini wao hawajapewa.

12 Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

12 Kwa maana yule aliye na kitu atapewa zaidi, naye atakuwa navyo tele. Lakini yule asiye na kitu, hata kile alicho nacho atanyangʼanywa.

13 This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’

13 Hii ndiyo sababu nasema nao kwa mifano: “Ingawa wanatazama, hawaoni; wanasikiliza, lakini hawasikii, wala hawaelewi.

14 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.

14 Kwao unatimia ule unabii wa Isaya aliposema: “ ‘Hakika mtasikiliza lakini hamtaelewa; na pia mtatazama lakini hamtaona.

15 For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’

15 Kwa kuwa mioyo ya watu hawa imekuwa migumu; hawasikii kwa masikio yao, na wamefumba macho yao. Wasije wakaona kwa macho yao, na wakasikiliza kwa masikio yao, wakaelewa kwa mioyo yao, na kugeuka nami nikawaponya.’

16 But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.

16 Lakini heri macho yenu kwa sababu yanaona, na heri masikio yenu kwa sababu yanasikia.

17 For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

17 Amin, nawaambia, manabii wengi na wenye haki walitamani kuona yale mnayoyaona lakini hawakuyaona, na walitamani kusikia yale mnayoyasikia lakini hawakuyasikia.

18 Consider, then, the parable of the sower:

18 “Sikilizeni basi maana ya ule mfano wa mpanzi:

19 When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.

19 Mtu yeyote anaposikia neno la Ufalme naye asilielewe, yule mwovu huja na kunyakua kile kilichopandwa moyoni mwake. Hii ndiyo ile mbegu iliyopandwa kando ya njia.

20 The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.

20 Ile mbegu iliyopandwa kwenye sehemu yenye mawe ni mtu yule ambaye hulisikia neno na mara hulipokea kwa furaha.

21 But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.

21 Lakini kwa kuwa hana mizizi yenye kina ndani yake, lile neno hudumu kwa muda mfupi tu. Kisha dhiki au mateso yanapoinuka kwa ajili ya lile neno, yeye mara huchukizwa.

22 The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

22 Ile mbegu iliyopandwa katika miiba ni yule mtu alisikiaye neno, lakini masumbufu ya maisha haya na udanganyifu wa mali hulisonga lile neno na kulifanya lisizae matunda.

23 But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.”

23 Lakini ile mbegu iliyopandwa kwenye udongo mzuri ni yule mtu ambaye hulisikia neno na kulielewa. Naye hakika huzaa matunda, akizaa mara mia, au mara sitini, au mara thelathini ya mbegu iliyopandwa.”

24 Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

24 Yesu akawaambia mfano mwingine, akasema: “Ufalme wa Mbinguni unaweza kufananishwa na mtu aliyepanda mbegu nzuri katika shamba lake.

25 But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away.

25 Lakini wakati kila mtu alipokuwa amelala, adui yake akaja na kupanda magugu katikati ya ngano, akaenda zake.

26 When the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared.

26 Ngano ilipoota na kutoa masuke, magugu nayo yakatokea.

27 The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’

27 “Watumishi wa yule mwenye shamba wakamjia na kumwambia, ‘Bwana, si tulipanda mbegu nzuri shambani mwako? Basi, magugu yametoka wapi?’

28 ‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. So the servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’

28 “Akawajibu, ‘Adui ndiye alifanya jambo hili.’ “Wale watumishi wakamuuliza, ‘Je, unataka twende tukayangʼoe?’

29 ‘No,’ he said, ‘if you pull the weeds now, you might uproot the wheat with them.

29 “Lakini akasema, ‘Hapana, msiyangʼoe, kwa maana wakati mkingʼoa magugu mnaweza mkangʼoa na ngano pamoja nayo.

30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”

30 Acheni ngano na magugu vikue vyote pamoja mpaka wakati wa mavuno. Wakati huo nitawaambia wavunaji wayakusanye magugu kwanza, wayafunge matita matita ili yachomwe moto; kisha wakusanye ngano na kuileta ghalani mwangu.’”

31 He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field.

31 Akawaambia mfano mwingine, akasema, “Ufalme wa Mbinguni ni kama punje ya haradali, ambayo mtu aliichukua, akaipanda shambani mwake.

32 Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”

32 Ingawa mbegu hiyo ni ndogo kuliko mbegu zote, lakini inapokua ni mmea mkubwa kuliko yote ya bustanini, nao huwa mti mkubwa, hadi ndege wa angani wanakuja na kutengeneza viota katika matawi yake.”

33 He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”

33 Akawaambia mfano mwingine, “Ufalme wa Mbinguni unafanana na chachu ambayo mwanamke aliichukua akaichanganya katika kiasi kikubwa cha unga mpaka wote ukaumuka.”

34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.

34 Yesu alinena mambo haya yote kwa makutano kwa mifano. Wala hakuwaambia lolote pasipo mfano.

35 So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

35 Hii ilikuwa ili kutimiza lile lililonenwa kwa kinywa cha nabii aliposema: “Nitafungua kinywa changu niseme nao kwa mifano; nitahubiri mambo yaliyofichika tangu kuumbwa kwa misingi ya ulimwengu.”

36 Then Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”

36 Kisha Yesu akaagana na makutano, akaingia nyumbani. Wanafunzi wake wakamjia wakamwambia, “Tueleze maana ya ule mfano wa magugu shambani.”

37 He replied, “The One who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.

37 Akawaambia, “Aliyepanda mbegu nzuri ni Mwana wa Adamu.

38 The field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,

38 Shamba ni ulimwengu na mbegu nzuri ni wana wa Ufalme. Magugu ni wana wa yule mwovu.

39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.

39 Yule adui aliyepanda magugu ni ibilisi. Mavuno ni mwisho wa dunia, nao wavunaji ni malaika.

40 As the weeds are collected and burned in the fire, so will it be at the end of the age.

40 “Kama vile magugu yangʼolewavyo na kuchomwa motoni, ndivyo itakavyokuwa wakati wa mwisho wa dunia.

41 The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.

41 Mwana wa Adamu atawatuma malaika zake, nao watakusanya kutoka Ufalme wake kila kitu kinachosababisha dhambi na watenda maovu wote.

42 And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

42 Nao watawatupa katika tanuru la moto ambako kutakuwa na kilio na kusaga meno.

43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

43 Ndipo wenye haki watangʼaa kama jua katika Ufalme wa Baba yao. Yeye aliye na masikio, na asikie.

44 The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.

44 “Ufalme wa Mbinguni unafanana na hazina iliyofichwa shambani, ambayo mtu mmoja alipoiona akaificha tena. Kisha katika furaha yake, akaenda akauza vyote alivyokuwa navyo, akalinunua lile shamba.”

45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls.

45 “Tena, Ufalme wa Mbinguni unafanana na mfanyabiashara aliyekuwa akitafuta lulu safi.

46 When he found one very precious pearl, he went away and sold all he had and bought it.

46 Alipoipata lulu moja ya thamani kubwa, alikwenda akauza vyote alivyokuwa navyo akainunua.”

47 Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and caught all kinds of fish.

47 “Tena, Ufalme wa Mbinguni ni kama wavu wa kuvua samaki uliotupwa baharini ukavua samaki wa kila aina.

48 When it was full, the men pulled it ashore. Then they sat down and sorted the good fish into containers, but threw the bad away.

48 Ulipojaa, wavuvi wakavuta pwani, wakaketi na kukusanya samaki wazuri kuwaweka kwenye vyombo safi, lakini wale samaki wabaya wakawatupa.

49 So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous

49 Hivi ndivyo itakavyokuwa wakati wa mwisho wa dunia. Malaika watakuja na kuwatenganisha watu waovu na watu wenye haki.

50 and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

50 Nao watawatupa hao waovu katika tanuru la moto ambako kutakuwa na kilio na kusaga meno.”

51 Have you understood all these things?” “Yes,” they answered.

51 Yesu akauliza, “Je, mmeyaelewa haya yote?” Wakamjibu, “Ndiyo.”

52 Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”

52 Akawaambia, “Basi kila mwalimu wa sheria aliyefundishwa elimu ya Ufalme wa Mbinguni ni kama mwenye nyumba anayetoa kutoka ghala yake mali mpya na mali ya zamani.”

53 When Jesus had finished these parables, He withdrew from that place.

53 Yesu alipomaliza kutoa mifano hii, akaondoka.

54 Coming to His hometown, He taught the people in their synagogue, and they were astonished. “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?” they asked.

54 Alipofika mji wa kwao, akawafundisha watu katika sinagogi lao. Nao wakastaajabu, wakauliza, “Mtu huyu amepata wapi hekima hii na uwezo huu wa kufanya miujiza?”

55 “Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t His mother’s name Mary, and aren’t His brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?

55 “Huyu si yule mwana wa seremala? Mama yake si yeye aitwaye Maria, nao ndugu zake si Yakobo, Yosefu, Simoni na Yuda?

56 Aren’t all His sisters with us as well? Where then did this man get all these things?”

56 Nao dada zake wote, hawako hapa pamoja nasi? Mtu huyu amepata wapi basi mambo haya yote?”

57 And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”

57 Wakachukizwa naye. Lakini Yesu akawaambia, “Nabii hakosi heshima, isipokuwa katika nchi yake na nyumbani kwake.”

58 And He did not do many miracles there, because of their unbelief.

58 Naye hakufanya miujiza mingi huko kwa sababu ya kutokuamini kwao.