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Marko 4
Neno: Bibilia Takatifu
Marko 4
Neno: Bibilia Takatifu
Mfano Wa Mbegu
4 Wakati mwingine tena Yesu alianza kufundisha kando ya ziwa. Watu wengi walikusanyika wakasongamana mpaka ukingoni mwa ziwa. Ikambidi Yesu aingie kwenye mashua, akaketi humo. 2 Akawafundisha mambo mengi kwa kutumia mifano na katika mafundisho yake akasema:
3 “Sikilizeni! Mkulima mmoja alikwenda kupanda mbegu zake. 4 Alipokuwa akipanda, baadhi ya mbegu zilianguka njiani; ndege wakaja wakazila. 5 Nyingine zilianguka kwenye mwamba ambapo kuli kuwa na udongo haba; zikaota haraka. Kwa kuwa udongo haukuwa na kina, 6 jua kali lilipowaka zilinyauka na kukauka kwa kuwa hazi kuwa na mizizi. 7 Mbegu nyingine zilianguka kwenye miiba, miiba hiyo ikakua ikazisonga kwahiyo hazikuzaa matunda.
8 Na mbegu nyingine zilianguka kwenye udongo mzuri, zikaota vizuri na kukua; zikazaa matunda; moja thelathini, nyingine sitini na nyingine mia moja.” 9 Kisha Yesu akasema, “Mwenye nia ya kusikia na asikie.”
Kwa Nini Yesu Alitumia Mifano
10 Alipokuwa peke yake, baadhi ya wale waliokuwepo, pamoja na wanafunzi wake kumi na wawili, walimwuliza kuhusu mifano yake. 11 Akawaambia, “Siri ya Ufalme wa Mungu imefunuliwa kwenu, lakini kwa wale walioko nje ya Ufalme wa Mungu, kila kitu husemwa kwa mifano 12 ili: ‘Kutazama watazame lakini wasione, kusikia wasikie lakini wasielewe. Kwa maana kama wangesikia na kuelewa wangegeuka na kutubu, wakasamehewa.’ ”
Yesu Afafanua Maana Ya Mfano Wa Mbegu
13 Kisha Yesu akawauliza, “Hamwelewi maana ya mfano huu? Mtaelewaje basi mifano mingine? 14 Yule mtu aliyepanda mbegu, alipanda neno la Mungu. 15 Mbegu zilizoanguka njiani ni sawa na watu ambao husikia neno la Mungu na shetani akaja mara moja na kulichukua lile neno lililopandwa ndani yao. 16 Hali kadhalika, mbegu iliyoanguka kwenye mwamba ni sawa na watu ambao hulisikia neno na kulipokea kwa furaha. 17 Lakini kwa kuwa neno halipenyi ndani, linadumu kwa muda mfupi. Taabu au mateso yanapotokea kwa ajili ya hilo neno, wao hupoteza imani yao. 18 Na wengine, ni kama mbegu zile zilizoanguka kwenye miiba. Wao hulisikia neno, 19 lakini mahangaiko ya dunia, udanganyifu wa mali na tamaa za mambo mbalimbali hulisonga lile neno, lisizae matunda.
20 “Bali wengine ni kama ile mbegu iliyopandwa kwenye udongo mzuri. Wao hulisikia neno wakalipokea na kuzaa matunda: wengine thelathini, wengine sitini, na wengine mia moja.”
Mfano Wa Taa
21 Akawaambia tena, “Je, mtu anapowasha taa, huifunika kwa bakuli au kuiweka mvunguni? Si anaiweka mahali pa wazi? 22 Hali kadhalika, kila kilichofichwa kitatolewa hadharani; na kila siri itafichuliwa. 23 Mwenye nia ya kusikia, na asikie.”
24 Akaendelea kuwaambia, “Myaweke maanani haya mnayosikia. Kipimo mnachotumia kwa wengine ndicho kitakachotumiwa kuwapima na ninyi, hata na zaidi. 25 Kwa maana aliye na kitu ataongezewa, na asiye na kitu atanyang’anywa hata kile kidogo alicho nacho.”
Mfano Wa Jinsi Mbegu Inavyoota
26 Akawaambia tena, “Ufalme wa mbinguni unafanana na mtu apandaye mbegu shambani. 27 Akishazipanda, usiku hulala na mchana huamka, wakati huo mbegu huota na kukua pasipo yeye kujua inakuaje. 28 Udongo wenyewe huwezesha mimea hiyo kuchipua, kukua na kukomaa. 29 Mavuno yanapokuwa tayari, bila kupoteza wakati, yule mkulima huleta mtu akaikata hiyo mimea kwa kuwa wakati wa kuvuna umefika.”
Mfano Wa Mbegu Ya Haradali
30 Akawaambia tena, “Tuufananishe Ufalme wa Mungu na nini? Au tutumie mfano gani ili kuuelezea? 31 Tunaweza kuufa nanisha na punje ya haradali, ambayo ni mbegu ndogo sana kuliko mbegu zote zinazopandwa ardhini. 32 Lakini ikishaota, hukua ikawa mmea mkubwa kuliko yote katika bustani, ikawa na matawi makubwa hata ndege wa angani wakaweza kujenga viota kwenye kiv uli chake.”
33 Yesu alitumia mifano mingine mingi kama hii kuwaelezea neno la Mungu, kwa kadiri walivyoweza kuelewa. 34 Hakuwafundisha lo lote kuhusu Ufalme wa Mungu pasipo kutumia mifano. Lakini ali pokuwa na wanafunzi wake, aliwafafanulia kila kitu.
Yesu Atuliza Dhoruba
35 Siku hiyo, ilipokaribia jioni, aliwaambia wanafunzi wake, “Tuvuke, twende ng’ambo ya pili.” 36 Wakawaacha wale watu wakaingia katika ile mashua ambamo Yesu alikuwa amekaa. Pia palikuwa na mashua nyingine.
37 Pakatokea dhoruba kali, mawimbi yakaipiga ile mashua waliyokuwa wakivukia, ikaanza kujaa maji. Yesu alikuwa amelala akiegemea mto sehemu ya nyuma kwenye ile mashua. 38 Wanafunzi wake wakamwamsha, wakamwambia, “Mwalimu, hujali kwamba tuna zama?’ 39 Akaamka, akaukemea ule upepo, akaiambia ile bahari, “Kaa kimya! Tulia!” Ule upepo ukatulia, kukawa shwari.
40 Yesu akawaambia wanafunzi wake, “Kwa nini mnaogopa? Je, bado hamna imani?”
41 Lakini wao walikuwa wamejawa na hofu wakaulizana, “Ni nani huyu ambaye hata upepo na mawimbi vinamtii?”
Mark 4
New International Version
Mark 4
New International Version
The Parable of the Sower(A)(B)
4 Again Jesus began to teach by the lake.(C) The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water’s edge. 2 He taught them many things by parables,(D) and in his teaching said: 3 “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.(E) 4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. 8 Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.”(F)
9 Then Jesus said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”(G)
10 When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables. 11 He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God(H) has been given to you. But to those on the outside(I) everything is said in parables 12 so that,
“‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving,
and ever hearing but never understanding;
otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!’[a]”(J)
13 Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable? 14 The farmer sows the word.(K) 15 Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan(L) comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. 16 Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. 17 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. 18 Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; 19 but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth(M) and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. 20 Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.”
A Lamp on a Stand
21 He said to them, “Do you bring in a lamp to put it under a bowl or a bed? Instead, don’t you put it on its stand?(N) 22 For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open.(O) 23 If anyone has ears to hear, let them hear.”(P)
24 “Consider carefully what you hear,” he continued. “With the measure you use, it will be measured to you—and even more.(Q) 25 Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.”(R)
The Parable of the Growing Seed
26 He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like.(S) A man scatters seed on the ground. 27 Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. 28 All by itself the soil produces grain—first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head. 29 As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come.”(T)
The Parable of the Mustard Seed(U)
30 Again he said, “What shall we say the kingdom of God is like,(V) or what parable shall we use to describe it? 31 It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth. 32 Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds can perch in its shade.”
33 With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand.(W) 34 He did not say anything to them without using a parable.(X) But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.
Jesus Calms the Storm(Y)
35 That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” 36 Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat.(Z) There were also other boats with him. 37 A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. 38 Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?”
39 He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.
40 He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?”(AA)
41 They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”
Footnotes
- Mark 4:12 Isaiah 6:9,10
Mark 4
King James Version
Mark 4
King James Version
4 And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.
2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,
3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
8 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
9 And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
10 And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
12 That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
13 And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
14 The sower soweth the word.
15 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.
16 And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;
17 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.
18 And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
20 And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
21 And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.
23 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
24 And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
25 For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.
26 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
29 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
30 And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:
32 But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.
33 And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.
34 But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
35 And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side.
36 And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships.
37 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?
41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
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