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Mathayo 16
Agano Jipya: Tafsiri ya Kusoma-Kwa-Urahisi
Mathayo 16
Agano Jipya: Tafsiri ya Kusoma-Kwa-Urahisi
Baadhi ya Watu Wawa na Mashaka Kuhusu Mamlaka ya Yesu
(Mk 8:11-13; Lk 12:54-56)
16 Mafarisayo na Masadukayo walimjia Yesu. Walitaka kumjaribu, kwa hiyo wakamwomba awaoneshe muujiza kama ishara kutoka kwa Mungu.
2 Yesu akawajibu, “Ninyi watu mnapoona jua limezama, mnajua hali ya hewa itakavyokuwa. Anga ikiwa nyekundu, mnasema tutakuwa na hali ya hewa nzuri. 3 Na asubuhi, ikiwa anga ni nyeusi na nyekundu, mnasema mvua itanyesha. Hizi ni ishara za hali ya hewa. Mnaziona ishara hizi angani na mnajua zinamaanisha nini. Kwa namna hiyo hiyo, mnaona mambo yanayotokea sasa. Hizi ni ishara pia, lakini hamwelewi maana yake. 4 Ninyi watu mnaoishi sasa ni waovu na si waaminifu kwa Mungu. Ndiyo sababu kabla ya kuamini mnataka kuona muujiza. Lakini hakuna muujiza utakaofanyika ili kuwathibitishia kitu cho chote. Yona[a] ndiyo ishara pekee mtakayopewa.” Kisha Yesu akaondoka mahali pale.
Wafuasi Washindwa Kumwelewa Yesu
(Mk 8:14-21)
5 Yesu na wafuasi wake wakasafiri kwa kukatisha ziwa. Lakini wafuasi wakasahau kubeba mikate. 6 Yesu akawaambia, “Mwe waangalifu! Jilindeni na chachu ya Mafarisayo na Masadukayo.”
7 Wafuasi wakajadiliana maana ya hili. Wakasema, “Amesema hivi kwa sababu tumesahau kubeba mikate?”
8 Yesu alipotambua kuwa wanajadiliana hili, akawauliza, “Kwa nini mnajadiliana kuhusu kutokuwa na mikate? Imani yenu ni ndogo. 9 Bado hamwelewi? Mnakumbuka mikate mitano waliyokula watu 5,000 na vikapu vingi mlivyojaza mikate iliyosalia? 10 Na mnakumbuka mikate saba waliyokula watu 4,000 na vikapu vingi mlivyojaza wakati ule? 11 Hivyo inakuwaje mnadhani kuwa mimi ninajali sana kuhusu mikate? Ninawaambia muwe waangalifu na mjilinde dhidi ya chachu ya Mafarisayo na Masadukayo.”
12 Ndipo wafuasi wakaelewa Yesu alimaanisha nini. Hakuwa akiwaambia wajilinde na chachu inayotumika katika mikate bali wajilinde na mafundisho ya Mafarisayo na Masadukayo.
Petro Atambua Yesu ni Nani
(Mk 8:27-30; Lk 9:18-21)
13 Yesu alikwenda eneo la Kaisaria Filipi na akawauliza wafuasi wake, “Watu wanasema mimi ni nani[b]?”
14 Wakajibu, “Baadhi ya watu wanasema wewe ni Yohana Mbatizaji. Wengine wanasema wewe ni Eliya. Na wengine wanasema wewe ni Yeremia au mmoja wa manabii.”
15 Kisha Yesu akawauliza, “Na ninyi mnasema mimi ni nani?”
16 Simoni Petro akajibu, “Wewe ni Masihi, Mwana wa Mungu aliye hai.”
17 Yesu akajibu, “Umebarikiwa, Simoni mwana wa Yona. Hakuna aliyekufundisha hilo ila Baba yangu wa mbinguni ndiye amekuonesha mimi ni nani. 18 Hivyo ninakwambia, Wewe ni Petro. Na nitalijenga kanisa langu kwenye mwamba[c] huu. Nguvu ya mauti[d] haitaweza kulishinda kanisa langu. 19 Nitawapa funguo za Ufalme wa Mungu. Mnapohukumu hapa duniani, hukumu hiyo itakuwa hukumu ya Mungu. Mnapotamka msamaha hapa duniani, msamaha huo utakuwa msamaha wa Mungu.”[e]
20 Kisha Yesu akawaonya wafuasi wake wasimwambie mtu yeyote kuwa yeye ndiye Masihi.
Yesu Asema ni Lazima Afe
(Mk 8:31-9:1; Lk 9:22-27)
21 Kuanzia wakati huo Yesu alianza kuwaambia wafuasi wake kuwa ni lazima aende Yerusalemu. Alifafanua kuwa Viongozi wazee wa Kiyahudi, viongozi wa makuhani na walimu wa sheria watamfanya apate mateso kwa mambo mengi. Na aliwaambia wafuasi wake kuwa lazima auawe. Na siku ya tatu atafufuka kutoka kwa wafu.
22 Petro akamchukua Yesu na kwenda naye faragha mbali na wafuasi wengine. Akaanza kumkosoa Yesu kwa akasema, “Mungu akuepushe mbali na mateso hayo, Bwana! Hilo halitakutokea!”
23 Ndipo Yesu akamwambia Petro, “Ondoka kwangu, Shetani![f] Hunisaidii! Hujali mambo ya Mungu. Unajali mambo ambayo wanadamu wanadhani ni ya muhimu.”
24 Kisha Yesu akawaambia wafuasi wake, “Ikiwa yeyote miongoni mwenu anataka kuwa mfuasi wangu, ni lazima aache kujiwazia yeye mwenyewe na mahitaji yake. Ni lazima awe radhi kuubeba msalaba aliopewa na kunifuata mimi. 25 Yeyote kati yenu anayetaka kuokoa uhai wake, ataupoteza. Lakini ninyi mlioyaacha maisha yenu kwa ajili yangu mtaupata uzima wa kweli. 26 Haina maana kwenu ninyi kuupata ulimwengu wote, ikiwa ninyi wenyewe mtapotea. Mtu atalipa nini ili kuyapata tena maisha yake baada ya kuyapoteza? 27 Mimi, Mwana wa Adamu, nitarudi katika utukufu wa Baba yangu pamoja na Malaika. Na nitamlipa kila mtu kutokana na matendo yake. 28 Niaminini ninaposema wapo watu waliopo hapa watakaoishi mpaka watakaponiona nikija kama Mwana wa Adamu kutawala kama mfalme.”
Footnotes
- 16:4 Yona Au “Nabii Yona”, nabii katika Agano la Kale. Baada ya kukaa katika tumbo la samaki mkubwa kwa siku tatu alitoka akiwa mzima, kisha akaenda kwenye mji uliojaa uovu wa Ninawi kuwaonya watu huko kama alivyotumwa na Mungu. Kwa njia hiyo hiyo, Yesu angetoka kaburini siku ya tatu, ishara ya kuthibitisha ukweli wa ujumbe wake kutoka kwa Mungu.
- 16:13 mimi ni nani Kwa maana ya kawaida, “Mwana wa Adamu ni”.
- 16:18 Petro … mwamba “Petro”, ni jina la Kiyunani (Kigiriki) ambalo kwa Kiaramu ni “Kefa” likimaanisha “mwamba”. Katika Maandiko (Isa 51:1,2), pamoja na desturi za Kiyahudi, Ibrahimu alilinganishwa na mwamba ambao Mungu angeutumia “kujengea” watu wake. Hivyo Yesu anaweza kulinganisha kuwa Yesu ni kama Ibrahimu. Mungu aliwapa majina mapya Ibrahimu na Sara na aliwaheshimu kama mifano ya imani kwa wazaliwa wao. Katika namna hiyo hiyo, Yesu alimpa jina jingine Petro (tazama Mk 3:16) na akamheshimu hapa kwa ujasiri wake wa imani.
- 16:18 Nguvu ya mauti Kwa maana ya kawaida, “malango ya Kuzimu”.
- 16:19 Mnapotamka msamaha … msamaha wa Mungu Kwa maana ya kawaida, “Kila mtakachofunga hapa duniani kitafungwa mbinguni, na mtakachokifungua hapa duniani kitafunguliwa mbinguni.”
- 16:23 Shetani Jina la Mwovu lenye maana “Adui”. Maana ya Yesu ni kuwa Petro alikuwa akiongea kama Shetani.
Matthew 16
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Matthew 16
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The Pharisees ask again to see a miracle
16 Some Pharisees and Sadducees went to see Jesus. They wanted to test him to see what he would do. They asked him, ‘Do something powerful for us to see. Then we will believe that God has sent you.’
2 Jesus answered them, ‘Sometimes the sky is red in the evening. Then you say, “Tomorrow the weather will be good.” 3 Sometimes in the morning the sky is red and there are dark clouds. Then you say, “Today there will be a storm.” So you look at the sky and you know what the weather will be. But special things are happening now. And you do not understand what they mean. 4 The people who are alive today are very bad. They do not obey God. They want God to show them something powerful. But God will not do this for them. They will only see the same powerful thing that God did for Jonah.’
Then Jesus went away and left them.
Jesus talks about the Pharisees and the Sadducees
5 Jesus and his disciples sailed over to the other side of the lake. His disciples forgot to take any bread with them. 6 Jesus said to them, ‘Be careful! Do not accept the yeast of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.’
7 The disciples began to talk to each other about this. ‘Jesus is saying this because we did not bring any bread with us,’ they said.
8 Jesus knew what they were talking about. So he said to them, ‘You should not be arguing with each other about the bread. You should trust me more than you do. 9 You still do not understand. You should remember that I used five loaves of bread to feed 5,000 men. Think about how many baskets you filled with pieces of food after the meal. 10 Also remember that I used seven loaves of bread to give food to 4,000 men. And think about how many baskets you filled with pieces of food then. 11 I spoke to you about the yeast of the Pharisees and the Sadducees. I said that you must not accept it. You should understand now that I was not speaking about bread.’
12 Then the disciples understood what Jesus was talking about. They did not need to be careful about the yeast that they used in their bread. Instead, they must be careful about what the Pharisees and Sadducees were teaching. They must not accept it.[a]
Peter says who Jesus is
13 Jesus went into the part of the country near Caesarea Philippi. While he was there, he asked his disciples, ‘When people talk about the Son of Man, who do they say that he is?’
14 They replied, ‘Some people say that you are John the Baptist. Other people say that you are Elijah. And some other people say that you are Jeremiah, or another prophet of God.’
15 ‘But what do you think?’ Jesus asked them. ‘Who do you say that I am?’
16 Simon Peter answered him. ‘You are the Messiah. You are the Son of God, the God who lives for ever.’
17 Jesus said to Simon Peter, ‘Simon, son of Jonah, God has blessed you! No person on earth taught you that. God, my Father in heaven, has shown you this. 18 I tell you this. You are called Peter, which means a rock. And I will build my church on this rock.[b] Not even the power of death will destroy my church. 19 I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. You will tell people here on earth what is right for them to do. And you will tell them what is not right for them to do. God in heaven will give you this authority. He will agree with what you say.’
20 Then Jesus said strongly to his disciples, ‘Do not tell anyone that I am the Messiah.’[c]
Jesus tells his disciples how he would die
21 After this, Jesus began to explain everything to his disciples. He told them, ‘I must go to Jerusalem. There, I will suffer in many ways. The important Jews, the leaders of the priests, and the teachers of God's Law will hurt me. Then people will kill me. But three days later, God will cause me to become alive again.’[d]
22 Then Peter took Jesus away from the other disciples. He began to tell Jesus that he must not say things like that. ‘No, Lord! God will never let this happen to you!’ he said to Jesus.
23 Jesus turned round and said to Peter, ‘Satan, go away from me! I must obey God. But you are trying to stop me. Your thoughts do not come from God. Instead, you are thinking like men think.’
24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, ‘A person who wants to come with me must not think about himself. He must decide that his own life is not important. He must be like someone who carries his own cross to go and die. Then he may come with me as my disciple. 25 Whoever wants to keep his life safe will lose it. But whoever gives his life to serve me will have true life. 26 A person may get everything in the whole world for himself. But if he loses his life, it will not be any good for him. There is nothing that a person can give to get back his life. 27 I tell you all this because I, the Son of Man, will come back to this earth with God's angels. When I come, I will have the powerful beauty of my Father. I will see what each person has done on earth. Then I will pay them what is right. 28 I tell you this: When I, the Son of Man, come with power, some people who are standing here will see me at that time. Before they die, they will see me begin to rule in my kingdom.’
Footnotes
- 16:12 People put yeast into flour and water to make bread. The yeast grows in the bread and it makes the bread rise. The Pharisees were doing wrong things. The people saw what the Pharisees did. And then the people did the same bad things. This is like yeast that is growing through the bread.
- 16:18 Jesus used a house that someone builds on a rock as a picture. The house is like the church. The things that Peter would teach are like the stones under the house. One day soon, Jesus would go back to live in heaven again. Then Peter would be a leader of the disciples to teach the people the true things about God. The people who obeyed Jesus' words would be called the church.
- 16:20 The people were waiting for God to send someone special to them. They called this person the Messiah. Jesus knew that the people had wrong ideas about this person. They thought that he would save them from the Roman government. They thought that he would be a great soldier. So Jesus wanted to teach the people what the Messiah would really do. Then they would understand about the way in which God rules his people. They would also understand that Jesus is the Christ.
- 16:21 Jesus told his disciples what would happen to him. This is the first time that he told them. But they did not understand his words.
Matthew 16
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Matthew 16
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The Demand for a Sign(A)
16 The Pharisees and Sadducees(B) came to Jesus and tested him by asking him to show them a sign from heaven.(C)
2 He replied, “When evening comes, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,’ 3 and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.[a](D) 4 A wicked and adulterous generation looks for a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.”(E) Jesus then left them and went away.
The Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees
5 When they went across the lake, the disciples forgot to take bread. 6 “Be careful,” Jesus said to them. “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”(F)
7 They discussed this among themselves and said, “It is because we didn’t bring any bread.”
8 Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked, “You of little faith,(G) why are you talking among yourselves about having no bread? 9 Do you still not understand? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?(H) 10 Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?(I) 11 How is it you don’t understand that I was not talking to you about bread? But be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” 12 Then they understood that he was not telling them to guard against the yeast used in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.(J)
Peter Declares That Jesus Is the Messiah(K)
13 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?”
14 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist;(L) others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”(M)
15 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”
16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”(N)
17 Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood,(O) but by my Father in heaven.(P) 18 And I tell you that you are Peter,[b](Q) and on this rock I will build my church,(R) and the gates of Hades[c] will not overcome it. 19 I will give you the keys(S) of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be[d] bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be[e] loosed in heaven.”(T) 20 Then he ordered his disciples not to tell anyone(U) that he was the Messiah.
Jesus Predicts His Death(V)
21 From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem(W) and suffer many things(X) at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law,(Y) and that he must be killed(Z) and on the third day(AA) be raised to life.(AB)
22 Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. “Never, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to you!”
23 Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan!(AC) You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”
24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.(AD) 25 For whoever wants to save their life[f] will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.(AE) 26 What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? 27 For the Son of Man(AF) is going to come(AG) in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done.(AH)
28 “Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”
Footnotes
- Matthew 16:3 Some early manuscripts do not have When evening comes … of the times.
- Matthew 16:18 The Greek word for Peter means rock.
- Matthew 16:18 That is, the realm of the dead
- Matthew 16:19 Or will have been
- Matthew 16:19 Or will have been
- Matthew 16:25 The Greek word means either life or soul; also in verse 26.
Matthew 16
King James Version
Matthew 16
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16 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.
2 He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.
3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
5 And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.
6 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.
8 Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?
9 Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
10 Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
11 How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
12 Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
20 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
21 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.
23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
28 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
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