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Casey Gerald: The gospel of doubt
Casey Gerald: Injili ya mashaka
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Unafanyaje pale imani yako iliyosimama inageuka kua isiyo ya kweli? Pale dini ya Casey Gerald ilivyomuangusha, alitafuta kitu kipya cha kuamini - kwenye biashara, kwenye serikali, kwenye uhisani - lakini kukuta wakombozi wa uongo tu. Kwenye haya maongezi ya kuhamasisha, Gerald anatuhimiza tuulize imani zetu na kukubali mashaka yetu.
Casey Gerald - American
Casey Gerald chronicles the current state of the American Dream and explores ways to sustain it for a new generation. Full bio
Casey Gerald chronicles the current state of the American Dream and explores ways to sustain it for a new generation. Full bio
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00:12
There we were,
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Pale tulikuwepo,
00:15
souls and bodies packed
into a Texas church
into a Texas church
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nafsi na miili imejaa
kwenya kanisa la Texas
kwenya kanisa la Texas
00:19
on the last night of our lives.
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usiku wa mwisho wa maisha yetu.
00:22
Packed into a room just like this,
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Tumejaa kwenye chumba kama tu hiki,
Ila kina viti vya mbao vitoavyo sauti vilivyo-
pambwa na kitambaa chekundu kilichochoka
pambwa na kitambaa chekundu kilichochoka
00:25
but with creaky wooden pews
draped in worn-down red fabric,
draped in worn-down red fabric,
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00:31
with an organ to my left
and a choir at my back
and a choir at my back
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na kinanda kushoto kwangu
na kwaya nyuma yangu
na kwaya nyuma yangu
00:33
and a baptism pool
built into the wall behind them.
built into the wall behind them.
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na dimbwi la ubatizo
lililojengewa ukutani nyuma yao.
lililojengewa ukutani nyuma yao.
00:37
A room like this, nonetheless.
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Chumba kama hiki, hata hivyo.
00:41
With the same great feelings of suspense,
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Na hisia ile ile nzuri ya kusisimua,
00:45
the same deep hopes for salvation,
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matumaini ya kina yale yale ya wokovu,
00:48
the same sweat in the palms
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jasho lile lile mikononi
00:50
and the same people
in the back not paying attention.
in the back not paying attention.
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na watu wale wale kwa
nyuma ambao hawasikilizi.
nyuma ambao hawasikilizi.
00:53
(Laughter)
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(Kicheko)
00:56
This was December 31, 1999,
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Hii ilikua Desemba 31, 1999,
01:01
the night of the Second Coming of Christ,
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usiku wa Ujio wa Pili wa Kristo,
01:04
and the end of the world as I knew it.
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na mwisho wa dunia kama nilivyoujua.
01:08
I had turned 12 that year
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Nilikua na miaka 12 huo mwaka
01:09
and had reached the age of accountability.
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na nilifika umri wa uwajibikaji.
01:12
And once I stopped complaining
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Na mara nilipoacha kulalamika
01:14
about how unfair it was
that Jesus would return
that Jesus would return
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kuhusu jinsi isivyo haki
kua Yesu angerudi
kua Yesu angerudi
01:17
as soon as I had to be accountable
for all that I had done,
for all that I had done,
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mara tu nilivyokua ninawajibika
kwa yote niliyofanya,
kwa yote niliyofanya,
01:20
I figured I had better get
my house in order very quickly.
my house in order very quickly.
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nikagundua ni bora niweke
nyumba yangu sawa haraka.
nyumba yangu sawa haraka.
01:24
So I went to church as often as I could.
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Hivyo nikaenda kanisani kadri niwezavyo.
01:26
I listened for silence as anxiously
as one might listen for noise,
as one might listen for noise,
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Nilisikilizia ukimya kwa wasiwasi
kama mtu angesikilizia kelele,
kama mtu angesikilizia kelele,
01:31
trying to be sure that the Lord
hadn't pulled a fast one on me
hadn't pulled a fast one on me
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kujaribu kua na uhakika kua Bwana
hajanivutia ya haraka
hajanivutia ya haraka
01:34
and decided to come back early.
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na kuamua kurudi mapema.
01:36
And just in case he did,
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kama tu akifanya hivyo,
01:38
I built a backup plan,
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nilitengeneza mpango wa ziada,
01:41
by reading the "Left Behind" books
that were all the rage at the time.
that were all the rage at the time.
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kwa kusoma vitabu vya "Kuachwa
Nyuma" ambavyo vilivuma mda huo.
Nyuma" ambavyo vilivuma mda huo.
01:45
And I found in their pages
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Na kupata kwenye kurasa zao
01:47
that if I was not taken
in the rapture at midnight,
in the rapture at midnight,
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kua kama sikuchukuliwa
kwa mnyakuo kati kati ya usiku,
kwa mnyakuo kati kati ya usiku,
01:49
I had another shot.
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Nilikua nina bahati nyingine.
01:51
All I had to do was avoid
taking the mark of the beast,
taking the mark of the beast,
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Nilichotakiwa kufanya ni kuepuka
kuchukua alama ya mnyama,
kuchukua alama ya mnyama,
01:55
fight off demons, plagues
and the Antichrist himself.
and the Antichrist himself.
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kupigana na mapepo, mapigo
na mpinga Kristo mwenyewe.
na mpinga Kristo mwenyewe.
01:58
It would be hard --
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Ingekua ngumu --
02:00
(Laughter)
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(Kicheko)
02:03
but I knew I could do it.
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lakini nilijua ningeweza.
02:04
(Laughter)
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(Kicheko)
02:06
But planning time was over now.
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Lakini mda wa kupanga uliisha sasa.
02:08
It was 11:50pm.
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Ilikua saa 11:50 usiku.
02:10
We had 10 minutes left,
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Tulibakiwa na dakika 10,
02:11
and my pastor called us
out of the pews and down to the altar
out of the pews and down to the altar
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na mchungaji akatuita tutoke
kwenye viti tuelekee madhabahuni
kwenye viti tuelekee madhabahuni
02:14
because he wanted to be praying
when midnight struck.
when midnight struck.
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kwa sababu alitaka awe anasali
saa sita ikigonga.
saa sita ikigonga.
02:19
So every faction of the congregation
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Hivyo kila sehemu ya usharika
02:21
took its place.
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ilichukua nafasi yake.
02:23
The choir stayed in the choir stand,
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kwaya ilibaki kwenye nafasi yake,
02:24
the deacons and their wives --
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mashemasi na wake zao --
02:26
or the Baptist Bourgeoisie
as I like to call them --
as I like to call them --
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au Wabaptisti Wabepari
kama ninavyopenda kuwaita --
kama ninavyopenda kuwaita --
02:28
(Laughter)
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(Kicheko)
02:30
took first position in front of the altar.
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walichukua nafasi ya kwanza mbele
ya madhabahu.
ya madhabahu.
02:32
You see, in America,
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Unaona, Marekani,
02:34
even the Second Coming of Christ
has a VIP section.
has a VIP section.
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hata Ujio wa Pili wa Kristo
kuna sehemu ya VIP.
kuna sehemu ya VIP.
02:37
(Laughter)
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(Kicheko)
02:40
(Applause)
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(Makofi)
02:45
And right behind the Baptist Bourgeoisie
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Na nyuma tu ya Wabaptisti Wabepari
02:47
were the elderly --
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walikua wazee --
02:49
these men and women whose young backs
had been bent under hot suns
had been bent under hot suns
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hawa wanaume na wanawake ambao migongo
yao ya ujana iliinamia jua kali
yao ya ujana iliinamia jua kali
02:54
in the cotton fields of East Texas,
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kwenye mashamba ya pamba Texas Mashariki,
02:57
and whose skin seemed to be burnt
a creaseless noble brown,
a creaseless noble brown,
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na ngozi zao zilionekana zimeungua
kama ukahawia mgumu unaofaa
kama ukahawia mgumu unaofaa
03:00
just like the clay of East Texas,
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kama tu udongo wa Texas Mashariki,
03:03
and whose hopes and dreams
for what life might become
for what life might become
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na ambao ndoto zao na matumaini
ya maisha yangekuwaje
ya maisha yangekuwaje
03:05
outside of East Texas
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nje ya Texas Mashariki
03:06
had sometimes been bent and broken
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ambazo zimekiukwa na kuvunjika
03:08
even further than their backs.
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tena zaidi hata ya migongo yao.
03:09
Yes, these men and women
were the stars of the show for me.
were the stars of the show for me.
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Ndio, na hawa wanaume na wanawake
walikua nyota wa onyesho kwangu.
walikua nyota wa onyesho kwangu.
03:14
They had waited their whole lives
for this moment,
for this moment,
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Ilibidi wasubirie maisha yao yote
kwa huu wakati.
kwa huu wakati.
03:17
just as their medieval predecessors
had longed for the end of the world,
had longed for the end of the world,
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kama tu waliowatangulia mapema
walivyotamani mwisho wa dunia,
walivyotamani mwisho wa dunia,
03:21
and just as my grandmother
waited for the Oprah Winfrey Show
waited for the Oprah Winfrey Show
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na kama tu bibi yangu
alivyongoja kipindi cha Oprah Winfrey
alivyongoja kipindi cha Oprah Winfrey
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to come on Channel 8
every day at 4 o'clock.
every day at 4 o'clock.
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kuanza kwenye Chaneli 8
kila siku saa 4 kamili.
kila siku saa 4 kamili.
03:28
And as she made her way to the altar,
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Na alivyokua akielekea madhabahuni,
03:30
I snuck right in behind her,
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nilinyata nyuma yake,
03:32
because I knew for sure
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kwa sababu nilijua kabisa
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that my grandmother was going to heaven.
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kua bibi yangu alikua anaenda mbinguni.
03:37
And I thought that if I held on
to her hand during this prayer,
to her hand during this prayer,
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Na nikawaza kama nikimshikilia
wakati wa maombi,
wakati wa maombi,
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I might go right on with her.
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ninaweza kwenda nae pia.
03:44
So I held on
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Hivyo nikashikilia
03:46
and I closed my eyes
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na nikafunga macho
03:49
to listen,
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kusikiliza,
03:50
to wait.
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kusubiri.
03:52
And the prayers got louder.
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Na maombi yakawa na kelele.
03:54
And the shouts of response
to the call of the prayer
to the call of the prayer
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Na kelele za kujibu
wito wa maombi
wito wa maombi
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went up higher even still.
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yakaenda juu zaidi.
03:58
And the organ rolled on in
to add the dirge.
to add the dirge.
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Na kinanda kikaunga
kuongezea wimbo.
kuongezea wimbo.
04:01
And the heat came on to add to the sweat.
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Na joto likaja juu kuongezea kwenye jasho.
04:03
And my hand gripped firmer,
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Na nikakaza mkono zaidi,
04:05
so I wouldn't be the one
left in the field.
left in the field.
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ili nisiwe wakuachwa
kwenye shamba.
kwenye shamba.
04:07
My eyes clenched tighter
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Macho yakabana zaidi
04:08
so I wouldn't see the wheat
being separated from the chaff.
being separated from the chaff.
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ili nisione ngano ikitengwa
na makapi.
na makapi.
04:11
And then a voice rang out above us:
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Na sauti ikaita kutoka juu yetu:
04:14
"Amen."
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"Amina."
04:17
It was over.
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Ilikua imeisha.
04:20
I looked at the clock.
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Nikaangalia saa.
04:22
It was after midnight.
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Ilikua imepita saa sita.
04:25
I looked at the elder believers
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Nikaangalia waumini wazee
04:27
whose savior had not come,
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ambao mwokozi wao hakuja,
waliokua na majivuno sana kuonyesha
ishara zozote za kusikitika,
ishara zozote za kusikitika,
04:30
who were too proud to show
any signs of disappointment,
any signs of disappointment,
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04:33
who had believed too much and for too long
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ambao waliamini mengi na kwa mda
mrefu
mrefu
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to start doubting now.
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kuanza kua na mashaka sasa.
04:39
But I was upset on their behalf.
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Lakini nilisikitika kwa niaba yao.
04:42
They had been duped,
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Walikua wamedanganywa,
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hoodwinked, bamboozled,
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wamedhulumiwa, wamepumbazwa,
04:45
and I had gone right along with them.
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na nilienda kabisa pembeni yao.
04:48
I had prayed their prayers,
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Nilisali sala zao,
04:50
I had yielded not to temptation
as best I could.
as best I could.
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nilisalimika dhidi ya vishawishi
kadri ninavyoweza.
kadri ninavyoweza.
04:53
I had dipped my head not once, but twice
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Nilizamisha kichwa sio mara moja, ila
mara mbili
mara mbili
04:56
in that snot-inducing baptism pool.
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kwenye dimbwi la ubatizo lililojaa kamasi.
04:58
I had believed.
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Niliamini.
05:01
Now what?
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Sasa nini?
05:03
I got home just in time
to turn on the television
to turn on the television
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Nilifika nyumbani kwa mda
kuwasha televisheni
kuwasha televisheni
05:06
and watch Peter Jennings
announce the new millennium
announce the new millennium
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na kumwona Peter Jennings
akitangaza milenia mpya
akitangaza milenia mpya
05:09
as it rolled in around the world.
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ilivyoingia duniani kote.
05:11
It struck me that it would have
been strange anyway,
been strange anyway,
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Ikanijia kua ingekua
ajabu hata hivyo,
ajabu hata hivyo,
05:15
for Jesus to come back again and again
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kwa Yesu kurudi tena na tena
05:18
based on the different time zones.
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kulingana na kutofautiana mda.
05:19
(Laughter)
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(Kicheko)
05:27
And this made me feel
even more ridiculous --
even more ridiculous --
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Na hii ilinifanya nijihisi
mjinga zaidi --
mjinga zaidi --
05:30
hurt, really.
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kuumia, kweli.
05:33
But there on that night,
I did not stop believing.
I did not stop believing.
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Lakini hapo huo usiku,
sikuacha kuamini.
sikuacha kuamini.
05:37
I just believed a new thing:
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Niliamini tu kitu kipya:
05:39
that it was possible not to believe.
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kua inawezekana kutokuamini.
05:42
It was possible the answers
I had were wrong,
I had were wrong,
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Inawezekana majibu niliokua
nayo hayakua sawa,
nayo hayakua sawa,
05:45
that the questions themselves were wrong.
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kua maswali yenyewe yalikua yamekosewa.
05:47
And now, where there was once
a mountain of certitude,
a mountain of certitude,
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Na sasa, palipokua mwanzoni
na mlima wa uhakika,
na mlima wa uhakika,
05:51
there was, running right down
to its foundation,
to its foundation,
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palikua, ukishuka chini ya
chemchemi yake,
chemchemi yake,
05:55
a spring of doubt,
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bubujiko la mashaka,
05:57
a spring that promised rivers.
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bubujiko lililoahidi mito.
06:00
I can trace the whole drama of my life
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Ninaweza kufuatilia mchezo mzima wa maisha
yangu
yangu
06:03
back to that night in that church
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mpaka usiku ule kwenye lile kanisa
06:05
when my savior did not come for me;
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pale mwokozi wangu hakuja kwa ajili yangu;
06:08
when the thing I believed most certainly
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pale kitu nilichoamini kwa hakika
06:11
turned out to be, if not a lie,
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kikageuka kua, kama sio uongo,
06:13
then not quite the truth.
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basi sio hasa ukweli.
06:16
And even though most of you
prepared for Y2K in a very different way,
prepared for Y2K in a very different way,
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Na hata kama wengi wenu
walijiandaa kwa Y2K kwa njia tofauti,
walijiandaa kwa Y2K kwa njia tofauti,
06:20
I'm convinced that you are here
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ninaamini kua upo hapa
06:23
because some part of you has done
the same thing that I have done
the same thing that I have done
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kwa sababu kuna sehemu yako imefanya
kitu sawa na nilichofanya
kitu sawa na nilichofanya
06:27
since the dawn of this new century,
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tangu mwanzoni mwa karne hii,
tangu mama yangu aivyoniacha
na baba yangu kukaa mbali
na baba yangu kukaa mbali
06:30
since my mother left
and my father stayed away
and my father stayed away
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06:32
and my Lord refused to come.
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na Bwana wangu akakataa kuja.
06:34
And I held out my hand,
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Na nikatoa mkono wangu nje,
06:36
reaching for something to believe in.
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nikitafuta kitu cha kuamini.
06:40
I held on when I arrived at Yale at 18,
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Niliendelea nilipofika Yale miaka 18,
na imani ambayo safari yangu
kutoka Oak Cliff, Texas
kutoka Oak Cliff, Texas
06:44
with the faith that my journey
from Oak Cliff, Texas
from Oak Cliff, Texas
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06:46
was a chance to leave behind
all the challenges I had known,
all the challenges I had known,
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ilikua ni nafasi ya kuacha nyuma
changamoto zote nilizojua,
changamoto zote nilizojua,
06:50
the broken dreams
and broken bodies I had seen.
and broken bodies I had seen.
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ndoto zilizovunjika
na miili iliovunjika niliyoona.
na miili iliovunjika niliyoona.
06:54
But when I found myself back home
one winter break,
one winter break,
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Lakini nilivyojikuta nimerudi nyumbani
pumziko moja la winta,
pumziko moja la winta,
06:59
with my face planted in the floor,
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na uso wangu ukiwa umezama sakafuni,
07:02
my hands tied behind my back
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mikono yangu imefungwa mgongoni
na bunduki ya mwizi ikiwa kichwani kwangu,
07:05
and a burglar's gun pressed to my head,
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07:07
I knew that even the best education
couldn't save me.
couldn't save me.
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nilijua hata elimu bora
isingeweza kuniokoa.
isingeweza kuniokoa.
07:12
I held on when I showed up
at Lehman Brothers
at Lehman Brothers
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Niliendelea nilipofika
pale Lehman Brothers
pale Lehman Brothers
07:15
as an intern in 2008.
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kama mfanyakazi tarajali 2008.
07:19
(Laughter)
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07:23
So hopeful --
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Na matumaini --
07:25
(Laughter)
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(Kicheko)
07:28
that I called home to inform my family
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nikapiga nyumbani kujulisha familia yangu
07:30
that we'd never be poor again.
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kua hatutakua maskini tena.
07:31
(Laughter)
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(Kicheko)
07:34
But as I witnessed this temple of finance
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Lakini niliposhuhudia hili hekalu
la uchumi
la uchumi
07:36
come crashing down before my eyes,
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likianguka chini mbele ya macho yangu,
07:38
I knew that even the best job
couldn't save me.
couldn't save me.
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nilijua kua hata kazi bora
isingeweza kuniokoa.
isingeweza kuniokoa.
07:42
I held on when I showed up
in Washington DC as a young staffer,
in Washington DC as a young staffer,
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Niliendelea nilipofika
Washington DC kama mfanyakazi mdogo,
Washington DC kama mfanyakazi mdogo,
07:48
who had heard a voice
call out from Illinois,
call out from Illinois,
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ambae alisikia sauti
ikiita kutoka Illinois,
ikiita kutoka Illinois,
07:50
saying, "It's been a long time coming,
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ikisema, "Imekua mda mrefu kuja,
07:53
but in this election, change
has come to America."
has come to America."
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lakini kwenye huu uchaguzi,
mabadiliko yamekuja Marekani."
mabadiliko yamekuja Marekani."
07:58
But as the Congress ground to a halt
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Lakini kongamano liliposimama
08:00
and the country ripped at the seams
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na nchi iliponyofolewa kwenye pande
matumaini na mabadiliko
yalianza kua kama utani,
yalianza kua kama utani,
08:02
and hope and change
began to feel like a cruel joke,
began to feel like a cruel joke,
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08:04
I knew that even
the political second coming
the political second coming
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nilijua kua hata ujio
wa pili wa kisiasa
wa pili wa kisiasa
08:07
could not save me.
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usingeniokoa.
08:09
I had knelt faithfully at the altar
of the American Dream,
of the American Dream,
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Nilipiga makoti kwa imani madhabahuni
mwa ndoto ya Marekani,
mwa ndoto ya Marekani,
08:14
praying to the gods of my time
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nikiombea miungu ya wakati wangu
08:17
of success,
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wa mafanikio,
08:18
and money,
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na fedha,
08:20
and power.
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na nguvu.
08:22
But over and over again,
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Lakini tena na tena,
08:24
midnight struck, and I opened my eyes
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saa sita iligonga, na nikafungua macho
yangu
yangu
08:27
to see that all of these gods were dead.
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kuona kua miungu yote hio imekufa.
Na kutoka kwenye hayo makaburi,
08:31
And from that graveyard,
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08:32
I began the search once more,
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nilianza kutafuta tena upya,
08:34
not because I was brave,
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sio kwa sababu ya ujasiri,
08:35
but because I knew
that I would either believe
that I would either believe
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ila ni kwa sababu nilijua
kua ningeamua kuamini
kua ningeamua kuamini
08:39
or I would die.
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au ningekufa.
08:40
So I took a pilgrimage
to yet another mecca,
to yet another mecca,
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Hivyo nikachukua hija
kwenda bado mecca nyingine,
kwenda bado mecca nyingine,
08:44
Harvard Business School --
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Shule ya Biashara Harvard --
08:45
(Laughter)
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(Kicheko)
08:48
this time, knowing that I could not
simply accept the salvation
simply accept the salvation
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wakati huu, nikijua kua siwezi
kukubali wokovu kirahisi
kukubali wokovu kirahisi
08:52
that it claimed to offer.
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ambayo ilidai kutoa.
08:53
No, I knew there'd be more work to do.
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Hapana, nilijua kutakua na kazi za kufanya
zaidi.
zaidi.
08:56
The work began in the dark corner
of a crowded party,
of a crowded party,
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Kazi ilianza kwenye kona ya giza
katika sherehe iliojaa,
katika sherehe iliojaa,
09:02
in the late night of an early,
miserable Cambridge winter,
miserable Cambridge winter,
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kwenye usiku wa manane wa winta
ya Cambridge ya mapema inayosumbua,
ya Cambridge ya mapema inayosumbua,
pale marafiki watatu na mimi tuliuliza
swali
swali
09:06
when three friends and I asked a question
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09:08
that young folks searching
for something real have asked
for something real have asked
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ambalo vijana wanaotafuta
kitu cha halisi waliuliza
kitu cha halisi waliuliza
09:11
for a very long time:
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kwa mda mrefu sana:
09:12
"What if we took a road trip?"
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"Inakuaje tukienda safarini?"
09:14
(Laughter)
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(Kicheko)
09:18
We didn't know where'd we go
or how we'd get there,
or how we'd get there,
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Hatukujua tungeenda wapi
au jinsi tungefika huko,
au jinsi tungefika huko,
09:20
but we knew we had to do it.
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lakini tulijua tulipaswa kufanya hivyo.
Kwa sababu maisha yote tumetamani,
kama Lack Kerouac alivyoandika,
kama Lack Kerouac alivyoandika,
09:23
Because all our lives we yearned,
as Jack Kerouac wrote,
as Jack Kerouac wrote,
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09:26
to "sneak out into the night
and disappear somewhere,"
and disappear somewhere,"
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"kutoroka nje usiku na
kupotea popote,"
kupotea popote,"
09:30
and go find out what everybody was doing
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na kwenda kuona watu wengine wanachofanya
09:33
all over the country.
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nchi nzima.
09:35
So even though there were
other voices who said
other voices who said
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Hata kama kulikua na
sauti nyingine zilizosema
sauti nyingine zilizosema
09:37
that the risk was too great
and the proof too thin,
and the proof too thin,
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kua hatari ni kubwa sana,
na ushahidi mdogo sana,
na ushahidi mdogo sana,
09:40
we went on anyhow.
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tulienda hivyo hivyo.
09:42
We went on 8,000 miles across America
in the summer of 2013,
in the summer of 2013,
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Tulienda maili 8,000 tukizunguka Marekani
kwenye kiangazi cha 2013,
kwenye kiangazi cha 2013,
09:48
through the cow pastures of Montana,
through the desolation of Detroit,
through the desolation of Detroit,
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kupita malisho ya ng'ombe ya Montana,
kupita magofu ya Detroit,
kupita magofu ya Detroit,
09:51
through the swamps of New Orleans,
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kupita mabwawa ya New Orleans,
09:53
where we found and worked
with men and women
with men and women
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ambapo tulipata na kufanya kazi
na wanaume na wanawake
na wanaume na wanawake
09:56
who were building small businesses
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waliokua wakijenga biashara ndogo
09:57
that made purpose their bottom line.
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zilizofanya sababu kua kiini chao.
10:01
And having been trained
at the West Point of capitalism,
at the West Point of capitalism,
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Na kuweza kufundishwa kwenye
West Point ya ubepari,
West Point ya ubepari,
10:04
this struck us as a revolutionary idea.
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hii iligonga kama wazo la mapinduzi.
10:06
(Laughter)
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(Kicheko)
10:07
And this idea spread,
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Na hili wazo lilisambaa,
10:10
growing into a nonprofit
called MBAs Across America,
called MBAs Across America,
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na kukua kua shirika lisilo na faida
liitwalo MBAs Kupitia Marekani,
liitwalo MBAs Kupitia Marekani,
10:14
a movement that landed me here
on this stage today.
on this stage today.
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harakati ilionifikisha hapa
kwenye hili jukwaa leo.
kwenye hili jukwaa leo.
10:19
It spread because we found
a great hunger in our generation
a great hunger in our generation
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Ilisambaa kwa sababu tulipata
njaa kubwa zaidi kwenye kizazi chetu
njaa kubwa zaidi kwenye kizazi chetu
10:23
for purpose, for meaning.
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kwa dhumuni, kwa maana.
10:27
It spread because we found
countless entrepreneurs
countless entrepreneurs
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Ilisambaa kwa sababu tulipata
wajasiriamali wasiohesabika
wajasiriamali wasiohesabika
10:30
in the nooks and crannies of America
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kwenye nyufa na mapengo ya Marekani
10:31
who were creating jobs and changing lives
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ambao walikua wakitengeneza ajira na
kubadili maisha
kubadili maisha
10:34
and who needed a little help.
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na waliohitaji msaada kidogo.
10:37
But if I'm being honest, it also spread
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Lakini kama nikiwa muaminifu,
ilisambaa pia
ilisambaa pia
10:40
because I fought to spread it.
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kwa sababu nilipigana kuisambaza.
10:43
There was no length
to which I would not go
to which I would not go
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Hakukua na umbali
ambao nisingeenda
ambao nisingeenda
10:45
to preach this gospel,
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kuhubiri injili hii,
10:46
to get more people to believe
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kupata watu zaidi kuamini
10:49
that we could bind the wounds
of a broken country,
of a broken country,
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ili tuweze kufunga majeraha
ya nchi iliyovunjika,
ya nchi iliyovunjika,
10:51
one social business at a time.
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biashara moja ya kijamii kwa mda.
10:55
But it was this journey of evangelism
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Lakini ilikua hii safari ya uinjilisti
10:59
that led me to the rather different gospel
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ilionipeleka kwenye injili tofauti
11:02
that I've come to share with you today.
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ambayo nimekuja kuwashirikisha leo.
11:05
It began one evening almost a year ago
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Ilianza jioni moja, karibia mwaka uliopita
11:10
at the Museum of Natural History
in New York City,
in New York City,
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kwenye Makumbusho ya Asili ya Historia
ya jiji la New York,
ya jiji la New York,
11:14
at a gala for alumni
of Harvard Business School.
of Harvard Business School.
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kwenye sherehe ya wahitimu
wa Shule ya Biashara Harvard.
wa Shule ya Biashara Harvard.
Chini ya ukubwa wa mfano wa nyangumi
mzima,
mzima,
11:18
Under a full-size replica of a whale,
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11:21
I sat with the titans of our time
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nilikaa na matitan wa wakati wetu
11:23
as they celebrated their peers
and their good deeds.
and their good deeds.
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wakisherehekea na wenzao
na matendo yao mema.
na matendo yao mema.
Kiburi kilikua kwenye chumba
11:27
There was pride in a room
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11:29
where net worth
and assets under management
and assets under management
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ambapo thamani halisi na
raslimali chini ya utawala
raslimali chini ya utawala
11:31
surpassed half a trillion dollars.
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zilizidi nusu ya dola trilioni.
11:35
We looked over all that we had made,
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Tuliangalia juu ya vyote tulivyotengeneza,
11:37
and it was good.
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na ilikua nzuri.
11:39
(Laughter)
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(Kicheko)
11:42
But it just so happened,
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Lakini ilitokea tu kua,
11:44
two days later,
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siku mbili baadae,
11:46
I had to travel up the road to Harlem,
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Ilibidi nisafiri juu kuelekea Harlem,
11:49
where I found myself
sitting in an urban farm
sitting in an urban farm
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ambapo nilijikuta nimekaa
kwenye shamba la mjini
kwenye shamba la mjini
11:51
that had once been a vacant lot,
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ambalo mwanzoni lilikua eneo la wazi,
11:54
listening to a man named Tony
tell me of the kids
tell me of the kids
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nikimsikiliza mtu aitwae Tony
akiniambia kuhusu watoto
akiniambia kuhusu watoto
11:57
that showed up there every day.
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waliotokea hapo kila siku.
11:59
All of them lived below the poverty line.
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Wote hao waliishi chini ya mstari
wa umasikini.
wa umasikini.
12:04
Many of them carried
all of their belongings in a backpack
all of their belongings in a backpack
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Wengi wao walibeba mali
zao kwenye mabegi ya mgongoni
zao kwenye mabegi ya mgongoni
12:07
to avoid losing them
in a homeless shelter.
in a homeless shelter.
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kuepuka kuzipoteza
mahali pa wasio na makazi.
mahali pa wasio na makazi.
12:10
Some of them came to Tony's program,
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Baadhi yao walikuja kwenye mradi wa Tony,
12:13
called Harlem Grown,
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uitwao Harlem Grown,
12:15
to get the only meal they had each day.
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kupata mlo pekee waliopata kila siku.
Tony aliniambia kua alianzisha Harlem
Grown na hela ya pensheni yake,
Grown na hela ya pensheni yake,
12:19
Tony told me that he started Harlem Grown
with money from his pension,
with money from his pension,
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12:24
after 20 years as a cab driver.
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baada ya miaka 20 kama dereva wa teksi.
12:28
He told me that he didn't give
himself a salary,
himself a salary,
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Aliniambia kua hakujipa
mshahara,
mshahara,
12:31
because despite success,
the program struggled for resources.
the program struggled for resources.
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kwa sababu licha ya mafanikio,
mradi ulipambana na rasilimali.
mradi ulipambana na rasilimali.
12:35
He told me that he would take any help
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Aliniambia kua angechukua msaada wowote
12:38
that he could get.
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ambao angeweza.
12:40
And I was there as that help.
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Na nilikua pale kama huo msaada.
12:44
But as I left Tony,
I felt the sting and salt of tears
I felt the sting and salt of tears
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Lakini nilipomuacha Tony,
nilihisi uchungu na chumvi ya machozi
nilihisi uchungu na chumvi ya machozi
12:49
welling up in my eyes.
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ikijaa kwenye macho yangu.
12:52
I felt the weight of revelation
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nilihisi uzito wa ufunuo
12:55
that I could sit in one room on one night,
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kua ningeweza kukaa kwenye chumba kimoja
usiku mmoja,
usiku mmoja,
12:59
where a few hundred people
had half a trillion dollars,
had half a trillion dollars,
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ambapo watu mia kadhaa
wenye nusu ya dola trilioni,
wenye nusu ya dola trilioni,
13:04
and another room, two days later,
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na chumba kingine, siku mbili baadae,
13:06
just 50 blocks up the road,
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mitaa 50 tu juu ya barabara,
13:09
where a man was going without a salary
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ambapo mtu alikua anaenda bila mshahara
13:12
to get a child her only meal of the day.
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kumpa mtoto mlo wake pekee wa siku.
13:16
And it wasn't the glaring inequality
that made me want to cry,
that made me want to cry,
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Na haikua ukosefu wa hali ulio dhahiri
uliyonifanya nitake kulia,
uliyonifanya nitake kulia,
13:20
it wasn't the thought of hungry,
homeless kids,
homeless kids,
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haikua wazo la watoto wasio na
makazi wenye njaa,
makazi wenye njaa,
13:23
it wasn't rage toward the one percent
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haikua hasira juu ya ile asilimia moja
13:25
or pity toward the 99.
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au huruma kwa wale 99.
13:27
No, I was disturbed
because I had finally realized
because I had finally realized
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Hapana, nilisumbuliwa kwa
sababu hatimae niligundua
sababu hatimae niligundua
13:32
that I was the dialysis
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kua nilikua msafisha damu
13:34
for a country that needed
a kidney transplant.
a kidney transplant.
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kwa nchi iliyohitaji
upandikizo wa figo.
upandikizo wa figo.
13:38
I realized that my story
stood in for all those
stood in for all those
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Niligundua kua hadithi yangu
ilisimama kwa wale wote
ilisimama kwa wale wote
13:42
who were expected to pick
themselves up by their bootstraps,
themselves up by their bootstraps,
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ambao walitegemea kujinyenyua
wenyewe na kamba za buti,
wenyewe na kamba za buti,
13:45
even if they didn't have any boots;
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hata kama hawakua na buti zozote;
13:48
that my organization stood in
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ndipo shirika langu liliingia kati
13:49
for all the structural, systemic help
that never went to Harlem
that never went to Harlem
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kwa misaada yote ya miundo, utaratibu
ambayo haikuwahi kwenda Harlem
ambayo haikuwahi kwenda Harlem
13:53
or Appalachia or the Lower 9th Ward;
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au Appalachia au huko Lower 9th Ward;
13:55
that my voice stood in
for all those voices
for all those voices
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ambapo sauti yangu ilisimama
kwa niaba ya sauti zote hizo
kwa niaba ya sauti zote hizo
14:01
that seemed too unlearned,
too unwashed, too unaccommodated.
too unwashed, too unaccommodated.
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zilizoonekana sio za kisomi sana,
zisizosafi sana, zisizobebeka sana.
zisizosafi sana, zisizobebeka sana.
14:07
And the shame of that,
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Na aibu ya hilo,
14:09
that shame washed over me
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hio aibu ilifurika juu yangu
14:11
like the shame of sitting
in front of the television,
in front of the television,
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kama aibu ya kukaa
mbele ya televisheni,
mbele ya televisheni,
14:14
watching Peter Jennings
announce the new millennium
announce the new millennium
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kuangalia Peter Jennings
akitangaza milenia mpya
akitangaza milenia mpya
14:17
again
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tena
14:18
and again
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na tena
14:20
and again.
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na tena.
14:21
I had been duped,
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Nilikua nimedanganywa,
14:24
hoodwinked,
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nimedhulumiwa,
14:25
bamboozled.
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nimepumbazwa.
14:27
But this time, the false savior was me.
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Lakini wakati huu, mkombozi wa uongo
alikua mimi.
alikua mimi.
14:31
You see, I've come a long way
from that altar
from that altar
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Unaona, nimepita njia ndefu
kutoka madhabahuni
kutoka madhabahuni
14:35
on the night I thought
the world would end,
the world would end,
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usiku niliodhani
dunia ingeisha,
dunia ingeisha,
14:38
from a world where people spoke in tongues
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kwenye dunia ambayo watu wananena
kwa lugha
kwa lugha
na kuona mateso kama
kama tendo la lazima la Mungu
kama tendo la lazima la Mungu
14:41
and saw suffering
as a necessary act of God
as a necessary act of God
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14:44
and took a text to be infallible truth.
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kuchukua nakala kua ukweli usio na dosari.
14:46
Yes, I've come so far
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Ndio, nimetoka mbali sana
14:48
that I'm right back where I started.
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mpaka nimerudi pale nilipoanzia.
14:52
Because it simply is not true to say
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Kwa sababu sio tu kweli kusema
14:54
that we live in an age of disbelief --
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kua tunaishi wakati wa kutoamini --
14:56
no, we believe today just as much
as any time that came before.
as any time that came before.
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hapana, tunaamini leo kama tu
wakati wowote uliokuja kabla
wakati wowote uliokuja kabla
15:01
Some of us may believe
in the prophecy of Brené Brown
in the prophecy of Brené Brown
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Baadhi yetu wangeamini
kwenye unabii wa Brene Brown
kwenye unabii wa Brene Brown
15:04
or Tony Robbins.
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au Tony Robbins.
15:06
We may believe in the bible
of The New Yorker
of The New Yorker
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Tunaweza kuamini Biblia
ya The New Yorker
ya The New Yorker
15:08
or the Harvard Business Review.
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au ya Harvard Business Review.
15:10
We may believe most deeply
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Tungeamini kwa kina zaidi
15:12
when we worship right here
at the church of TED,
at the church of TED,
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tunapoabudu hapa hapa
kwenye kanisa la TED,
kwenye kanisa la TED,
15:15
but we desperately want to believe,
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lakini tunataka sana kuamini,
15:17
we need to believe.
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tunahitaji kuamini.
15:20
We speak in the tongues
of charismatic leaders
of charismatic leaders
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Tunaongea kwa lugha za
viongozi wa karismatik
viongozi wa karismatik
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that promise to solve all our problems.
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wanaoahidi kutatua matatizo yetu yote.
15:24
We see suffering as a necessary act
of the capitalism that is our god,
of the capitalism that is our god,
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Tunaona mateso kama tendo muhimu
la ubepari ambao ni mungu wetu,
la ubepari ambao ni mungu wetu,
15:28
we take the text of technological progress
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tunachukua nakala za maendeleo
ya teknolojia
ya teknolojia
15:31
to be infallible truth.
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kuwa ukweli usio na dosari.
15:34
And we hardly realize
the human price we pay
the human price we pay
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Na ni vigumu kugundua
bei ya binadamu tunayolipa
bei ya binadamu tunayolipa
15:38
when we fail to question one brick,
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tunaposhindwa kuuliza tofali moja,
15:41
because we fear it might shake
our whole foundation.
our whole foundation.
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kwa sababu tunahofu litatikisa
msingi wetu wote.
msingi wetu wote.
15:45
But if you are disturbed
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Lakini kama unasumbuliwa
15:48
by the unconscionable things
that we have come to accept,
that we have come to accept,
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na vitu visivyo na busara
ambavyo tumekuja kukubali,
ambavyo tumekuja kukubali,
15:51
then it must be questioning time.
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basi inakua mda wa kuuliza maswali.
15:55
So I have not a gospel
of disruption or innovation
of disruption or innovation
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Hivyo sina hapa injili ya
uvunjaji au uvumbuzi
uvunjaji au uvumbuzi
16:00
or a triple bottom line.
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au hatima ya mara ya tatu.
16:02
I do not have a gospel of faith
to share with you today, in fact.
to share with you today, in fact.
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Sina hapa injili ya imani
kuwashirikisha leo, kwa kweli.
kuwashirikisha leo, kwa kweli.
16:07
I have and I offer a gospel of doubt.
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Ninayo na ninatoa injili ya mashaka.
16:12
The gospel of doubt does not ask
that you stop believing,
that you stop believing,
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Injili ya mashaka haikuombi
kua uache kuamini,
kua uache kuamini,
16:15
it asks that you believe a new thing:
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inaomba kua uamini kitu kipya:
16:18
that it is possible not to believe.
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ambacho kinawezekana kutokuamini.
16:21
It is possible the answers
we have are wrong,
we have are wrong,
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Inawezekana majibu tuliyonayo
yamekosewa.
yamekosewa.
16:23
it is possible the questions
themselves are wrong.
themselves are wrong.
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Inawezekana maswali
yenyewe yamekosewa.
yenyewe yamekosewa.
16:26
Yes, the gospel of doubt means
that it is possible that we,
that it is possible that we,
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Ndio, injili ya mashaka inamaanisha
kua inawezekana kua sisi,
kua inawezekana kua sisi,
16:30
on this stage, in this room,
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kwenye jukwaa hili, kwenye chumba hiki,
16:33
are wrong.
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tumekosea.
16:34
Because it raises the question, "Why?"
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Kwa sababu inaleta swali, "Kwanini?"
16:37
With all the power
that we hold in our hands,
that we hold in our hands,
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Na nguvu zote
tulizonazo mikononi mwetu,
tulizonazo mikononi mwetu,
16:40
why are people still suffering so bad?
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kwanini watu bado wanateseka vibaya sana?
16:45
This doubt leads me to share
that we are putting my organization,
that we are putting my organization,
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Haya mashaka yananipeleka mimi
kuwashirikisha kua tunaweka shirika letu,
kuwashirikisha kua tunaweka shirika letu,
16:49
MBAs Across America,
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MBAs Kupitia Marekani,
16:51
out of business.
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nje ya biashara.
16:52
We have shed our staff
and closed our doors
and closed our doors
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Tumeondoa wafanyakazi wetu
na kufunga milango yetu
na kufunga milango yetu
16:55
and we will share our model freely
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na tutashirikisha muundo wetu bure
16:57
with anyone who sees
their power to do this work
their power to do this work
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na yeyote atakaeona
nguvu zao kufanya hii kazi
nguvu zao kufanya hii kazi
17:00
without waiting for our permission.
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bila kungoja ruhusa yetu.
17:02
This doubt compels me
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Haya mashaka yananilazimisha
17:05
to renounce the role of savior
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kukataa jukumu la mkombozi
17:07
that some have placed on me,
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ambao baadhi wameniwekea,
17:08
because our time is too short
and our odds are too long
and our odds are too long
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kwa sababu mda wetu ni mfupi sana
na bahati zetu ni ndefu sana
na bahati zetu ni ndefu sana
17:12
to wait for second comings,
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kungojea ujio za pili,
17:13
when the truth is that
there will be no miracles here.
there will be no miracles here.
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wakati ukweli ni kua
hakutakua na miujiza hapa.
hakutakua na miujiza hapa.
17:18
And this doubt, it fuels me,
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Na haya mashaka, yananichochea,
17:20
it gives me hope
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inanipa matumaini
17:22
that when our troubles overwhelm us,
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kua pale matatizo yanapotuzidia,
17:25
when the paths laid out for us
seem to lead to our demise,
seem to lead to our demise,
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pale njia zilizowekwa kwa ajili yetu
kuonekana zinatupeleka kwenye kifo chetu,
kuonekana zinatupeleka kwenye kifo chetu,
17:30
when our healers bring
no comfort to our wounds,
no comfort to our wounds,
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pale waponyaji wetu wasipoleta
faraja kwenye majeraha yetu,
faraja kwenye majeraha yetu,
17:34
it will not be our blind faith --
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haitakua imani yetu yenye upofu --
17:37
no, it will be our humble doubt
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hapana, itakua mashaka yetu nyenyekevu
17:40
that shines a little light
into the darkness of our lives
into the darkness of our lives
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yatakayoangaza mwanga kidogo
kwenye giza la maisha yetu
kwenye giza la maisha yetu
17:44
and of our world
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na la dunia yetu
na kuturuhusu kunyenyua sauti yetu
kunong'oneza
kunong'oneza
17:45
and lets us raise our voice to whisper
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17:48
or to shout
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au kupiga kelele
17:50
or to say simply,
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au kusema tu,
17:52
very simply,
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kawaida sana,
17:53
"There must be another way."
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"Lazima kuwe na njia nyingine."
17:57
Thank you.
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Asanteni.
17:58
(Applause)
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(Makofi)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Casey Gerald - AmericanCasey Gerald chronicles the current state of the American Dream and explores ways to sustain it for a new generation.
Why you should listen
Casey Gerald has witnessed every facet of the American Dream -- from his harrowing childhood in Texas, to his tenure at the heights of America's elite institutions, to his journeys through the cities and towns of the American heartland where he has spent his recent years as cofounder and CEO of MBAs Across America. Now his work as a writer, speaker, and business leader centers on the question: will the American dream survive another generation?
Gerald began his career in economic policy and government innovation at the Center for American Progress, and he has worked as a strategist with startup social ventures such as The Future Project as well as companies like The Neiman Marcus Group.
Born and raised in Dallas, Gerald received an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he delivered the 2014 commencement address, and a BA in Political Science from Yale College. He has been featured on MSNBC, in The New York Times, Financial Times, The Guardian, and he has appeared on the cover of Fast Company, which also named him one of the "Most Creative People in Business." He currently serves on the advisory board of NPR's Generation Listen.
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