Hai cercato la traduzione di matakatifu da Swahili a Inglese

kisha, akaziangazia akili zao ili wapate kuelewa maandiko matakatifu.
then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,

akawafafanulia mambo yote yaliyomhusu yeye katika maandiko matakatifu kuanzia mose hadi manabii wote.
and beginning at moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

kama yasemavyo maandiko matakatifu: "mmegundua kwamba bwana ni mwema."
if so be ye have tasted that the lord is gracious.

kama maandiko matakatifu yasemavyo: "yakobo nilimpenda, lakini esau nilimchukia."
as it is written, jacob have i loved, but esau have i hated.

basi, filipo akianzia na sehemu hiyo ya maandiko matakatifu, akamweleza habari njema juu ya yesu.
then philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him jesus.

(walikuwa bado hawajaelewa maandiko matakatifu yaliyosema kwamba ilikuwa lazima afufuke kutoka wafu).
for as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.

maana maandiko matakatifu yasema: "kila mtu atakayeomba kwa jina la bwana, ataokolewa."
for whosoever shall call upon the name of the lord shall be saved.

huyu ndiye ambaye maandiko matakatifu yanasema: jiwe mlilokataa ninyi waashi, sasa limekuwa jiwe kuu la msingi.
this is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.

maana yote yalioandikwa yameandikwa kwa ajili ya kutufundisha sisi ili kutokana na saburi na faraja tupewayo na maandiko hayo matakatifu tupate kuwa na matumaini.
for whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

kama yasemavyo maandiko matakatifu: "yeye hutoa kwa ukarimu, huwapa maskini, wema wahudumu milele."
(as it is written, he hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.

mimi niliwakabidhi ninyi mambo muhimu sana ambayo mimi niliyapokea: kwamba kristo alikufa kwa ajili ya dhambi zetu kufuatana na maandiko matakatifu;
for i delivered unto you first of all that which i also received, how that christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;

myahudi mmoja aitwaye apolo, mzaliwa wa aleksandria, alifika efeso. alikuwa mtu mwenye ufasaha wa kuongea na mwenye ujuzi mkubwa wa maandiko matakatifu.
and a certain jew named apollos, born at alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to ephesus.

hapo ndipo taifa lote la israeli litakapookolewa, kama yesemavyo maandiko matakatifu: "mkombozi atakuja kutoka sioni, atauondoa uovu wa yakobo.
and so all israel shall be saved: as it is written, there shall come out of sion the deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from jacob:

maandiko matakatifu yesema hivi, "ujumbe huo wa mungu uko karibu nawe, uko kinywani mwako na moyoni mwako" nao ndio ile imani tunayoihubiri.
but what saith it? the word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;

basi, yesu alikwenda nazareti, mahali alipolelewa, na siku ya sabato, aliingia katika sunagogi, kama ilivyokuwa desturi yake. akasimama ili asome maandiko matakatifu kwa sauti.
and he came to nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.

kama mnaitimiza ile sheria ya utawala kama ilivyoandikwa katika maandiko matakatifu: "mpende binadamu mwenzako kama unavyojipenda wewe mwenyewe", mtakuwa mnafanya vema kabisa.
if ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:

lakini, kwamba kuna kufufuka kutoka wafu, hata mose alithibitisha jambo hilo katika maandiko matakatifu. katika sehemu ya maandiko matakatifu juu ya kile kichaka kilichokuwa kinawaka moto, anamtaja bwana kama mungu wa abrahamu, isaka na yakobo.
now that the dead are raised, even moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the lord the god of abraham, and the god of isaac, and the god of jacob.

hayo ndiyo asemayo katika barua zake zote anapozungumzia suala hilo. yapo mambo kadhaa katika barua zake yaliyo magumu kuyaelewa, mambo ambayo watu wajinga, wasio na msimamo, huyapotosha kama wanavyopotosha sehemu nyingine za maandiko matakatifu. hivyo wanasababisha maangamizi yao wenyewe.
as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.