Native Bible

Mark 9:35 · Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version 2015

Akaketi chini, akawaita wote kumi na wawili, akawaambia: “Kama mtu yeyote akitaka kuwa wa kwanza, hana budi kuwa wa mwisho na mtumishi wa wote.”

Mark 9:35 in English

Mark 9:35 · Berean Standard Bible

Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be the last of all and the servant of all.”

Context

33Basi wakafika Kapernaumu na baada ya kuingia nyumbani akawauliza, “Mlikuwa mnabishana nini kule njiani?” 34Lakini hawakumjibu, kwa sababu njiani walikuwa wakibishana kuhusu nani miongoni mwao alikuwa mkuu zaidi ya wote. 35Akaketi chini, akawaita wote kumi na wawili, akawaambia: “Kama mtu yeyote akitaka kuwa wa kwanza, hana budi kuwa wa mwisho na mtumishi wa wote.” 36Kisha akamchukua mtoto mdogo, akamsimamisha katikati yao. Akamkumbatia, akawaambia, 37“Mtu yeyote amkaribishaye mmoja wa hawa watoto wadogo kwa Jina langu, anikaribisha mimi. Naye anikaribishaye mimi, amkaribisha Baba yangu aliyenituma.”

Swahili text and audio: Biblica® Open Kiswahili Contemporary Version™, made available under an open license by Biblica, Inc.