JUMATANO TAREHE 11 AGOSTI 2021
Mathayo 11:20-24
20 Ndipo akaanza kuikemea miji ile ambamo ndani yake ilifanyika miujiza yake iliyo mingi, kwa sababu haikutubu.
21 Ole wako, Korazini! Ole wako, Bethsaida! Kwa kuwa kama miujiza iliyofanyika kwenu ingalifanyika katika Tiro na Sidoni, wangalitubu zamani kwa kuvaa magunia na majivu.
22 Walakini nawaambieni, itakuwa rahisi Tiro na Sidoni kustahimili adhabu zao siku ya hukumu kuliko ninyi.
23 Nawe Kapernaumu, je! Utakuzwa mpaka mbinguni? Utashushwa mpaka kuzimu; kwa kuwa kama miujiza iliyofanyika kwako ingalifanyika katika Sodoma, ungalikuwapo mji huo hata leo.
24 Walakini nawaambieni, itakuwa rahisi nchi ya Sodoma kustahimili adhabu yake siku ya hukumu kuliko wewe.
Haki huinua taifa bali dhambi ni aibu ya watu wo wote;
Yesu anatoa ole kwa miji isiyotubu. Yesu anapotaja miji, hamaanishi miji tu kama majengo na miundombinu yake. Anamaanisha watu waliomo. Aliwapa ole wote wasioamini Injili, akisema hukumu yao inayokuja, ambayo wasingeiepuka pasipo kutubu.
Yeyote asiyetubu miongoni mwetu anapewa "ole". Familia isiyotubu inapewa "ole". Kanisa lisilotubu linapewa "ole". Taifa lisilotubu linapewa "ole" Yesu anatuita kutubu dhambi zetu, ili tuwe wenye haki ndipo tutaiepuka hukumu.
Tuepuke "ole" tuwe wa "Heri"
Siku njema.
WEDNESDAY 11TH AUGUST 2021
MATHEW 11:20-24 (NIV)
Woe on Unrepentant Towns
20 Then Jesus began to denounce the towns in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent. 21 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. 22 But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. 23 And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades.[a] For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. 24 But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”
Footnotes
- Matthew 11:23 That is, the realm of the dead
Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a a shame to any people.
Jesus gives woe to unrepentant cities. When Jesus mentions cities, he is not referring to cities simply as buildings and infrastructure. He means the people in it. He gave woe to all those who did not believe the Gospel, proclaiming their coming judgment, which they could not escape without repentance.
Whoever does not repent among us is given a "woe". An unrepentant family is given "woe". The unrepentant church is given "woe". An unrepentant nation is given "woe" Jesus calls us to repent of our sins, so that we may be righteous and then avoid judgment.
Let us avoid "woe" to be "Blessed"
Good day.
