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nilikuwa naye ila muongo sana
i was with him but a decade too loni was with him but a decade too long

nilikuwa mwanafunzi wake, mara nyingi nilikuwa naye.
i was his 'shagird' (apprentice), i spent a lot of time with him.

na hawakuamini pamoja naye ila wachache tu.
and but a few were they who believed with him.

wala siogopi hao mnao washirikisha naye, ila mola wangu mlezi akipenda kitu.
(nothing can happen to me) except when my lord (allah) wills something.

wala hakumruhusu mtu yeyote kufuatana naye ila petro, yakobo na yohane nduguye yakobo.
and he suffered no man to follow him, save peter, and james, and john the brother of james.

wala siogopi hao mnao washirikisha naye, ila mola wangu mlezi akipenda kitu. mola wangu mlezi amekusanya ilimu ya kila kitu.
and he has guided me indeed; and i do not fear in any way those that you set up with him, unless my lord pleases; my lord comprehends all things in his knowledge; will you not then mind?

hata ilipo kuja amri yetu, na tanuri ikafoka maji, tulisema: pakia humo wawili wawili, dume na jike, kutoka kila aina, na ahali zako, isipo kuwa wale ambao imekwisha wapitia hukumu; na watu walio amini. na hawakuamini pamoja naye ila wachache tu.
at length, behold! there came our command, and the fountains of the earth gushed forth! we said: "embark therein, of each kind two, male and female, and your family - except those against whom the word has already gone forth,- and the believers." but only a few believed with him.