TED1998
Billy Graham: On technology and faith
Billy Graham akiongelea teknolojia,imani na mateso.
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Akiongea katika mkutano wa TED mwaka 1998,Mchungaji Billy Graham anafurahia nguvu ya teknolojia kuboresha maisha na kubadilisha ulimwengu. -- lakini anasema kuisha kwa uovu ,mateso na kifo kutakuja tu ikiwa dunia itamkubali Kristo. Mazungumzo mahiri sana kutoka katika maktaba ya TED.
Billy Graham - Preacher
In his long career as a religious evangelist, the Rev. Billy Graham spoken to millions around the world and served as advisor to US presidents. Full bio
In his long career as a religious evangelist, the Rev. Billy Graham spoken to millions around the world and served as advisor to US presidents. Full bio
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As a clergyman,
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Kama Mtumishi wa Mungu,
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you can imagine how
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unaweza ukafikiri jinsi
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out of place I feel.
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ninavyojiona kuwa sipo mahali napostahili kuwepo,
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I feel like a fish out of water,
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ninajihisi kama samaki aliye nje ya maji
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or maybe an owl out of the air.
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au labda kama popo ambaye ametolewa angani
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(Laughter)
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vicheko
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I was preaching in San Jose some time ago,
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Nilikuwa nahubiri huko San Jose muda kiasi uliopita
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and my friend Mark Kvamme,
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na rafiki yangu Mark Kvamme,
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who helped introduce me
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ambaye alinisaidia kunitambulisha mimi
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to this conference,
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katika mkutano huu,
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brought several CEOs
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aliwaleta baadhi ya wakurugenzi
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and leaders
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na viongozi
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of some of the companies here in the Silicon Valley
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wa baadhi ya makampuni hapa Silicon Valley
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to have breakfast with me, or I with them.
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kunywa chai pamoja na mimi
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And I was so stimulated.
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nilipata hamasa sana
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And had such -- it was an
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ulikuwa ni uzoefu
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eye-opening experience
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ulionisaidia kufungua macho yangu
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to hear them talk about
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nilipowasikia wakiongea kuhusu
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the world that is yet to come
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dunia ambayo hatujaifikia
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through technology
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kupitia teknolojia
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and science.
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na sayansi
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I know that we're near the end of this conference,
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ninajua kuwa tunakaribia mwisho wa mkutano huu
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and some of you may be wondering
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na baadhi yenu mtakuwa mnajiuliza
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why they have a speaker
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kwa nini wana mzungumzaji
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from the field of religion.
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kutoka katika mambo ya dini
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Richard can answer that,
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Richard anaweza kujibu hilo
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because he made that decision.
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Kwa sababu yeye ndiye aliyefanya uamuzi huo
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But some years ago I was on an elevator in Philadelphia,
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Lakini miaka kadhaa iliyopita nilikuwa katika lifti katika mji wa Philadelphia,
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coming down.
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nikishuka chini
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I was to address a conference
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Nilikuwa natakiwa kwenda kuwa mzungumzaji katika mkutano
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at a hotel.
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katika hoteli
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And on that elevator a man said,
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Na katika lifti ile mtu mmoja akasema,
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"I hear Billy Graham is staying in this hotel."
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"Nasikia Billy Graham anakaa katika hotel hii."
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And another man looked in my direction and said,
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Na mtu mwingine akaangalia upande wangu na akasema,
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"Yes, there he is. He's on this elevator with us."
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"Ndio, yule pale.Yuko katika lifti hii pamoja nasi."
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And this man looked me up and down
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Na mtu huyu akaniangalia kutoka chini mpaka juu
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for about 10 seconds,
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kwa kama sekunde 10,
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and he said, "My, what an anticlimax!"
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Na akasema," yaani mbona msisimko wote unatoweka!"
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(Laughter)
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(Vicheko)
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I hope
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natumaini
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that you won't feel that these few moments with me
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kuwa hamtajisikia kuwa muda huu mfupi pamoja nami
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is not a -- is an anticlimax,
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hautawaondolea msisimko
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after all these tremendous
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baada ya masimulizi yote haya ya ajabu
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talks that you've heard,
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ambayo mmeyasikiliza,
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and addresses, which I intend to listen to every one of them.
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masimulizi ambayo hata mimi nakusudia kuyakiliza kila moja
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But I was
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lakini
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on an airplane in the east some years ago,
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nikiwa katika ndege mashariki miaka kadhaa iliyopita
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and the man sitting across the aisle from me
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na mtu ambaye alikuwa amekaa pembeni yangu
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was the mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina.
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alikuwa ni meya wa mji wa Charlotte, North Carolina.
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His name was John Belk. Some of you will probably know him.
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Jina lake lilikuwa ni John Belk.Baadhi yenu mnaweza mkawa mnamjua
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And there was a drunk man on there,
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na pia kulikuwa na mtu aliyelewa pia mahali pale
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and he got up out of his seat two or three times,
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na aliinuka kutoka kiti chake mara mbili au tatu,
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and he was making everybody upset
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na alisababisha kila mtu akasirike
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by what he was trying to do.
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kwa kile alichokuwa anajaribu kufanya
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And he was slapping the stewardess
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alikuwa anampiga mhudumu wa ndege
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and pinching her as she went by,
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alipokuwa anapita mahali pale,
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and everybody was upset with him.
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na kila mtu alikuwa amemkasirikia.
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And finally, John Belk said,
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Mwishowe,John Belkin akasema,
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"Do you know who's sitting here?"
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"Hivi unajua nani amekaa hapa?"
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And the man said, "No, who?"
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na mlevi yule akasema,"hapana, kwa ni nani?"
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He said, "It's Billy Graham,
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Akasema, "Billy Graham,
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the preacher."
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Mhubiri."
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He said, "You don't say!"
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Mlevi yule akasema,"haiwezekani!"
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And he turned to me, and he said, "Put her there!"
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Na akanigeukia, na kusema, "Mweke huyo muhudumu pale!"
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He said, "Your sermons have certainly helped me."
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Akasema, " Mahubiri yako yamenisaidia sana."
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(Laughter)
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(Vicheko)
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And I suppose that that's true
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Na nafikiri ndivyo ilivyo
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with thousands of people.
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kwa maelfu ya watu.
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(Laughter)
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I know that as you have been peering into the future,
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Najua kuwa mmekuwa mkijadiliana kuhusu maendeleo yanayokuja
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and as we've heard some of it here tonight,
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na kama tulivyoyasikia hapa leo
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I would like to live in that age
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na mimi pia natamani kuishi kipindi hicho
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and see what is going to be.
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na kuona nini kitakachotokea.
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But I won't,
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Lakini sitaweza,
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because I'm 80 years old. This is my eightieth year,
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Kwa sababu nina miaka 80.
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and I know that my time is brief.
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na ninajua muda uliobaki ni mfupi
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I have phlebitis at the moment, in both legs,
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nina matatizo ya kujaa miguu,
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and that's the reason that I had to have a little help in getting up here,
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na ndio maana nilihitaji msaada ili kupanda hapa juu,
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because I have Parkinson's disease
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kwa sababu nina ugonjwa wa Parkinson's
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in addition to that,
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na pamoja hayo,
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and some other problems that I won't talk about.
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na matatizo mengine ambayo sitayaongelea
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(Laughter)
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(vicheko)
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But this is not the first time
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Lakini hii si mara ya kwanza
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that we've had a technological revolution.
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ambapo tumekuwa na mapinduzi ya teknolojia
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We've had others.
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tumekuwa nayo mengine.
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And there's one that I want to talk about.
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na kuna moja ambalo ningependa kuliongelea.
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In one generation,
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Katika kizazi kimoja,
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the nation of the people of Israel
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Taifa la wana wa Israel
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had a tremendous and dramatic change
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lilikuwa na mabadiliko makubwa sana
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that made them a great power in the Near East.
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ambayo yalilifanya kuwa taifa lenye nguvu sana katika mashariki ya kati.
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A man by the name of David
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Mtu aitwaye Daudi
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came to the throne,
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aliingia madarakani,
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and King David became one of the great leaders
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Na mfalme Daudi alikuwa mmoja kati ya viongozi wakuu sana
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of his generation.
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wa kizazi cha chake.
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He was a man of tremendous leadership.
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Alikuwa ni mtu mwenye uwezo wa uongozi wa hali ya juu sana.
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He had the favor of God with him.
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Alikuwa na kibali cha Mungu pamoja naye.
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He was a brilliant poet,
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Alikuwa ni mshairi mzuri,
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philosopher, writer, soldier --
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mwanafilosofia, mwandishi , mpiganaji
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with strategies in battle and conflict
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aliyekuwa na mbinu za kivita
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that people study even today.
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ambazo watu mpaka leo wanajifunza.
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But about two centuries before David,
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Lakini kama karnembili kabla ya Daudi,
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the Hittites
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had discovered the secret
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of smelting and processing of iron,
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ya kuyayusha na kutengeneza bidhaa za chuma,
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and, slowly, that skill spread.
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na ,taratibu, ujuzi huu ulisambaa.
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But they wouldn't allow the Israelis
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lakini hawakutaka waisraeli
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to look into it, or to have any.
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kujua kuhusu ujuzi huu.
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But David changed all of that,
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Lakini Daudi alibadilisha hali hii,
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and he introduced the Iron Age
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na akaanzisha zama za chuma
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to Israel.
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katika taifa la Israeli.
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And the Bible says that David laid up great stores of iron,
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Na Biblia inasema Daudi aliweka akiba kubwa ya chuma,
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and which archaeologists have found,
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ambayo wavumbuzi wa mambo ya kale wamezigundua,
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that in present-day Palestine,
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katika eneo ambalo leo ipo Palestina,
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there are evidences of that generation.
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kuna ushahidi wa zama hizo.
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Now, instead of crude tools
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Kwa hiyo, baada ya zana za kuu kuu
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made of sticks and stones,
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zilizotengenezwa kwa miti na mawe,
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Israel now had iron plows,
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Israeli sasa walikuwa na majembe ya kukokotwa na ng'ombe,
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and sickles, and hoes
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na majembe ya mkono
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and military weapons.
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na silaha za kivita.
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And in the course of one generation,
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na katika kipindi cha kizazi kimoja,
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Israel was completely changed.
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Israel ilibadilika kabisa
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The introduction of iron, in some ways,
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Kuingizwa kwa chuma, kwa namna moja
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had an impact
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kulileta mabadiliko makubwa
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a little bit like the microchip
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kama ambavyo vifaa vya elektroniki
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has had on our generation.
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vilivyoleta mabadiliko katika kizazi chetu.
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And
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na
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David found
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Daudi akagundua
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that there were many problems that technology could not solve.
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kuwa kuna matatizo mengi ambayo teknolojia haiwezi kuyatatua
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There were many problems still left.
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kulikuwa na matatizo mengi ambayo yaliendelea kuwepo.
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And they're still with us, and you haven't solved them,
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na baada tunayo pamoja nasi,na bado hamjayatatua,
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and I haven't heard anybody here speak to that.
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na sijamsikia mtu yeyote hapa akiyaongelea hayo.
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How do we solve these three problems
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Tunayatatuaje matatizo haya matatu
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that I'd like to mention?
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ambayo ningependa kuyaongelea?
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The first one that David saw
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La kwanza aliloliona Daudi
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was human evil.
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ilikuwa ni uovu wa wanadamu.
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Where does it come from?
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unatoka wapi?
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How do we solve it?
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tunautatuaje?
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Over again and again
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Mara nyingi sana
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in the Psalms,
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katika kitabu cha Zaburi,
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which Gladstone said was the greatest book in the world,
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Ambacho Gladstone alisema kuwa ni kitabu kikuu sana kuliko vyote duniani,
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David describes the evils of the human race.
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Daudi anaeleza juu ya uovu wa wanadamu.
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And yet he says,
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lakini bado akasema,
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"He restores my soul."
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"Hunihuisha nafsi yangu"
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Have you ever thought about what a contradiction we are?
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umeshawahi kufikiri jinsi sisi tulivyokuwa ni mkanganyiko wa kipekee?
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On one hand, we can probe the deepest secrets of the universe
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kwa upande mmoja, tunaweza kugundua mambo mazito kuhusu ulimwengu
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and dramatically push back the frontiers of technology,
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na kufanya mapinduzi makubwa ya kiteknolojia,
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as this conference vividly demonstrates.
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kama ambavyo mkuano huu unavyoonyesha.
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We've seen under the sea,
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tumeona chini ya bahari,
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three miles down,
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maili tatu kwenda chini,
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or galaxies hundreds of billions of years
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au nyota na sayari ambazo ziko miaka , mamia ya mabilioni
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out in the future.
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mbali nasi.
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But on the other hand,
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lakini kwa upande mwingine,
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something is wrong.
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kuna tatizo.
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Our battleships,
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mapigano yetu,
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our soldiers,
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wanajeshi wetu,
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are on a frontier now,
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wako katika mstari wa mbele kwa sasa,
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almost ready to go to war
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wakiwa tayari kupigana
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with Iraq.
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na Iraki.
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Now, what causes this?
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Nini kinachosababisha hali hii?
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Why do we have these wars in every generation,
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kwa nini tunavita hizi katika kila kizazi,
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and in every part of the world?
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na katika kila eneo la dunia?
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And revolutions?
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na mapinduzi?
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We can't get along with other people,
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kwa nini hatuwezi kukaa na watu wengine vizuri,
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even in our own families.
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hata katika familia zetu wenyewe.
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We find ourselves in the paralyzing grip
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tunajikuta katika hali ya kuchanganyikiwa
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of self-destructive habits we can't break.
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na tabia zinatoharibia mambo amabazo hatuwezi kuziacha.
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Racism and injustice and violence sweep our world,
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Ubaguzi wa rangi na uvunjaji wa haki na machafuko yametapakaa duniani kote,
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bringing a tragic harvest of heartache and death.
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yakileta mavuno mabaya ya vifo na kuumizwa kwa mioyo.
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Even the most sophisticated among us
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Hata wale ambao ni werevu sana kati yetu,
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seem powerless to break this cycle.
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wanaonekana kuwa hawana uwezo wa kuvunja hali hii.
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I would like to see Oracle
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Ningependa kuona kampuni ya Oracle
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take up that,
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ikifanyia kazi tatizo hili,
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or
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au
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some other
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wataalamu wengine
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technological geniuses work on this.
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wa teknolojia wakifanyia kazi tatizo hili.
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How do we change man,
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Tunambadilishaje mwanadamu,
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so that he doesn't lie and cheat,
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ili asiweze kudanganya,
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and our newspapers are not filled with stories
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na magazeti yetu yasijazwe na habari za
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of fraud in business or labor
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utapeli katika biashara au kazi,
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or athletics or wherever?
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au katika michezo au chochote kile?
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The Bible says the problem is within us,
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Biblia inasema tatizo liko ndani yetu,
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within our hearts and our souls.
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ndani ya mioyo na nafsi zetu.
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Our problem is that we are separated
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Tatizo ni kwa sababu tumetengwa
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from our Creator,
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na muumba wetu,
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which we call God,
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ambaye tunamwita Mungu,
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and we need to have our souls restored,
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na tunahitaji nafsi zetu zihuishwe,
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something only God can do.
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kitu ambacho ni Mungu pekee awezaye kukifanya.
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Jesus said, "For out of the heart
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Yesu alisema, " Kwa maana moyoni
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come evil thoughts:
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hutoka mawazo mabaya:
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murders, sexual immorality,
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uuaji, uzinzi, uasherati,
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theft, false testimonies,
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wizi, ushuhuda wa uongo,
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slander."
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na matukano."
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The British philosopher Bertrand Russell
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Mwanafalsafa wa Uingereza Bertrand Russell
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was not a religious man,
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hakuwa mtu aliyeamini mambo ya Mungu,
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but he said, "It's in our hearts that the evil lies,
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lakini alisema,"ni ndani ya mioyo yetu ndiko uovu unakokaa,
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and it's from our hearts
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na ni ndani ya mioyo yetu
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that it must be plucked out."
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unahitaji kutolewa."
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Albert Einstein --
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Albert Einstein --
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I was just talking to someone, when I was speaking at Princeton,
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Nilikuwa naongea na mtu,nilipokuwa naongea katika chuo kikuu cha Princeton,
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and I met
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Mr. Einstein.
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Bwana Einstein.
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He didn't have a doctor's degree, because he said
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Hakuwa na shahada ya udaktari, kwa sababu alisema
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nobody was qualified to give him one.
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hakuna yeyote ambaye alikuwa na sifa za kumtunuku yeye shahada hiyo.
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(Laughter)
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(Vicheko)
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But he made this statement.
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lakini akasema maneno haya.
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He said, "It's easier to denature plutonium
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Alisema, "ni rahisi sana kubadilisha umbo la asili la madini ya plutonium
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than to denature the evil spirit of man."
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kuliko kubadilisha asili ya uovu ndani ya moyo wa mwanadamu."
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And many of you, I'm sure,
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na wengi wenu, ni hakika,
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have thought about that
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mmeshawahi kuwaza juu ya kitu hiki
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and puzzled over it.
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na kujiuliza maswali mengi juu yake.
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You've seen people
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mmewaona watu
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take beneficial technological advances,
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wakichukua faida za maendeleo ya kiteknolojia,
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such as the Internet we've heard about tonight,
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kama Intaneti, ambayo tumesikia habari zake usiku huu,
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and twist them into something corrupting.
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na kuibadilisha kuwa ni kitu kinacholeta uharibifu na madhara.
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You've seen brilliant people devise computer viruses
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Mmesikia watu mahiri ambao wanatengeneza virusi ya kompyuta
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that bring down whole systems.
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ambavyo ninaleta uharibifu katika mifumo mizima ya mawasiliano.
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The Oklahoma City bombing was simple technology,
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Bomu lililolipuliwa katika mji wa Oklahoma, ilikuwa ni teknolojia rahisi tu,
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horribly used.
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ambayo ilitumika vibaya
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The problem is not technology.
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Tatizo sio teknolojia
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The problem is the person or persons using it.
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Tatizo no mtu au watu ambao wanaitumia.
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King David said
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that he knew the depths of his own soul.
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alijua vilindi vya nafsi yake.
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He couldn't free himself from personal problems
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hakuweza kujiweka huru na matatizo yake
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and personal evils
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na uovu ndani yake
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that included murder and adultery.
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ambao ulikuwa ni pamoja na mauaji na uzinzi.
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Yet King David sought God's forgiveness,
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Lakini mfalme Daudi alitafuta msamaha wa Mungu,
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and said, "You can restore my soul."
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na akasema, "unaweza ukahuisha nafsi yangu."
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You see, the Bible teaches
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that we're more than a body and a mind.
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kuwa sisi ni zaidi tu ya miili ma mawazo.
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We are a soul.
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sisi ni nafsi.
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And there's something inside of us
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na kuna kitu ndani yetu
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that is beyond our understanding.
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ambacho kinazidi ufahamu wetu.
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That's the part of us that yearns
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hiyo ni sehemu yetu ambayo inamwonea shauku
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for God, or something more
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Mungu, au kitu kikubwa zaidi
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than we find in technology.
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ya vkile tunachokipata ndani ya teknolojia.
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Your soul is that part of you that
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Nafsi yako ni ile sehemu yako
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yearns for meaning in life,
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ambayo ina hamu yakuona maisha yakiwa na maana,
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and which seeks for something beyond this life.
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na ambacho kinatafuta kitu kilicho mbele maisha haya ya sasa.
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It's the part of you that yearns, really, for God.
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Ni sehemu yako ambayo ina shauku na Mungu.
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I find [that] young people all over the world
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Nimeona kuwa vijana kote duniani
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are searching for something.
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wanatafuta kitu fulani
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They don't know what it is. I speak at many universities,
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Hawajui ni kitu gani. ninaongea katika vyuo vikuu vingi,
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and I have many questions and answer periods, and
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ninakuwa na vipindi vingi vya maswali na majibu, na
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whether it's Cambridge, or Harvard,
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haijalishi kama ni chuo kikuu cha Cambridge, au Harvard,
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or Oxford --
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au Oxford--
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I've spoken at all of those universities.
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nimeshaongea katika vyuo vyote hivyo.
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I'm going to Harvard in about three or four --
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Ninaenda Harvard katika kipindi cha miezi mitatu au minne
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no, it's about two months from now --
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hapana, ni miezi miwili kutoka sasa --
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to give a lecture.
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kutoa mhadhara.
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And I'll be asked the same questions that I was asked
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na najua nitaulizwa maswali yale yale niliyoulizwa
12:25
the last few times I've been there.
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mara kadhaa nilivyokuwa mahali hapo.
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And it'll be on
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na yatakuwa ni juu ya
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these questions:
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maswali haya:
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where did I come from? Why am I here? Where am I going?
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Nimetokea wapi? Kwa nini niko hapa? ninaenda wapi?
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What's life all about? Why am I here?
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Ni nini maana ya maisha hasa? Kwa nini niko hapa?
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Even if you have no religious belief,
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Hata kama hauna imani ya dini
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there are times when you wonder that there's something else.
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kuna nyakati ambazo unawaza kuwa kuna kitu kingine
12:44
Thomas Edison also said,
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Thomas Edison alisema
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"When you see everything that happens in the world of science,
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"kila unapoona kila kinachotokea katika ulimwengu wa sayansi.
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and in the working of the universe,
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na ufanyaji kazi wa ulimwengu,
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you cannot deny that there's a captain on the bridge."
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hauwezi ukakataa kuwa kuna mwongozaji wa hayo yote upande wa pili
12:56
I remember once,
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ninakumbuka kuna wakati
12:58
I sat beside Mrs. Gorbachev
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nilikaa pembeni ya mke wa rais wa urusi , mama Gorbachev
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at a White House dinner.
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katika ikulu ya Marekani ya white house,
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I went to Ambassador Dobrynin, whom I knew very well.
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nilienda kwa balozi Dobrynin
13:05
And I'd been to Russia several times under the Communists,
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na nilikuwa nimeshaenda Urusi mara kadhaa chini ya utawala wa kikomunisti
13:09
and they'd given me marvelous freedom that I didn't expect.
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na walinipatia uhuru wa ajabu ambao sikuutegemea.
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And I knew Mr. Dobrynin very well,
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Nilimjua ndugu Dobrynin vizuri sana,
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and I said,
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na nikamwambia,
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"I'm going to sit beside Mrs. Gorbachev tonight.
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" ninaenda kukaa karibu na mama Gorbachev leo usiku.
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What shall I talk to her about?"
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niongee naye nini?
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And he surprised me with the answer.
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Na alinishangaza kwa jibu lake.
13:26
He said, "Talk to her about religion and philosophy.
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Alisema," ongea nae kuhusu dini na filosofia.
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That's what she's really interested in."
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hicho ndicho anachopenda."
13:32
I was a little bit surprised, but that evening
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nilishangaa kidogo, lakini jioni ile
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that's what we talked about,
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hicho ndicho tulichoongea.
13:37
and it was a stimulating conversation.
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na yalikuwa ni mazungumzo ya kusisimua sana.
13:39
And afterward, she said,
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na baadae akasema,
13:41
"You know, I'm an atheist,
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" unajua , mimi siamini juu ya uwepo wa Mungu,
13:43
but I know that there's something up there
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lakini najua kuwa kuna kitu huko juu
13:45
higher than we are."
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kikubwa zaidi yetu."
13:48
The second problem
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taizo la pili
13:50
that King David realized he could not solve
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ambalo Mfalme Daudi aligundua kuwa hawezi kulitatua
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was the problem of human suffering.
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ilikuwa ni tatizo la mateso mbalimbali ya wanadamu.
13:56
Writing the oldest book in the world was Job,
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aliyeandika kitabu cha zamani kabisa dunianialikuwa ni Ayubu,
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and he said,
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na akasema,
14:01
"Man is born unto trouble as the sparks fly upward."
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"Mwanadamu huzaliwa ili apate mashaka, kama cheche za moto zirukavyo juu".
14:05
Yes, to be sure, science has done much to push back
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Na kwa uhakika, sayansi imefanya mengi kupunguza
14:08
certain types of human suffering.
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baadhi ya machungu ya wanadamu.
14:11
But I'm --
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lakini mimi
14:13
in a few months, I'll be 80 years of age.
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ndani ya miezi michache ijayo nitakuwa na miaka, 80.
14:16
I admit that I'm very grateful
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Nakubali kuwa ninashukuru sana
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for all the medical advances
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kwa ajili ya maendeleo ya kitabibu
14:20
that have kept me in relatively good health
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ambayo yamenifanya niendelee kuwa mzima na afya nzuri.
14:22
all these years.
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kwa miaka yote hii.
14:24
My doctors at the Mayo Clinic urged me
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Madaktari wangu katika kliniki ya Mayo walinisihi
14:26
not to take this trip out here to this -- to be here.
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nisisafiri kuja mahali hapa.
14:30
I haven't given a talk in nearly four months.
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sijaongea mbele ya watu kama hivi kwa karibia miezi minne
14:35
And when you speak as much as I do,
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na ukiwa unaongea mara nyingi kama ambavyo mimi naongea
14:37
three or four times a day,
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mara tatu au mara nne kwa siku,
14:39
you get rusty.
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nguvu yako inapungua.
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That's the reason I'm using this podium
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Ndio maana natumia kifaa hiki cha kuegemea
14:43
and using these notes.
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na kutumia maandishi haya niliyoyandaa kabla.
14:46
Every time you ever hear me on the television or somewhere,
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Kila mara unaponisikia mimi katika televisheni au mahali pengine,
14:49
I'm ad-libbing.
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ninakuwa ninaongea kwa kutoa maneno hapo kwa hapo kwa kufuata muongozo fulani
14:51
I'm not reading. I never read an address.
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sisomi, huwa sisomi maelezo yoyote
14:55
I never read a speech or a talk or a lecture.
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sisomi hotuba , mahubiri au mihadhara
14:59
I talk ad lib.
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ninaongea hapo kwa hapo
15:01
But tonight, I've
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lakini usiku huu, nina
15:03
got some notes here so that if
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maandishi ambayo kama ikitokea
15:05
I begin to forget,
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ninataka kusahau,
15:07
which I do sometimes,
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kitu ambacho hutokea wakati mwingine,
15:10
I've got something I can turn to.
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nitakuwa na kitu cha kuniongoza.
15:13
But even here among us,
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Lakini hata hata hapa kati kati yetu,
15:17
most --
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wengi--
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in the most advanced society in the world,
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katika jamii iliyoendelea sana kuliko zote duniani,
15:24
we have poverty.
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tuna umaskini.
15:26
We have families that self-destruct,
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Tuna familia ambazo zinaharibu mambo yake zenyewe,
15:29
friends that betray us.
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marafiki wanaotusaliti.
15:31
Unbearable psychological pressures bear down on us.
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tunaelemewa na misongo ya mawazo
15:34
I've never met a person in the world
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sijawahi kukutana na mtu yeyote duniani
15:36
that didn't have a problem
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ambaye hana tatizo
15:38
or a worry.
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au wasiwasi fulani.
15:40
Why do we suffer? It's an age-old question
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Kwa nini tunapatwa na magumu? ni swali ambalo limeulizwa kwa muda mrefu
15:43
that we haven't answered.
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ambalo bado hatujalijibu.
15:45
Yet David again and again said
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Lakini Daudi tena na tena alisema
15:49
that he would turn to God.
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atamgeukia Mungu.
15:52
He said, "The Lord is my shepherd."
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Alisema, "Bwana ndiye mchungaji wangu."
15:56
The final problem that David knew he could not solve
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Tatizo la mwisho ambalo Daudi alijua hawezi kulitatua
16:00
was death.
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ilikuwa ni Kifo.
16:03
Many commentators have said that death
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Watu wengi wamesema kwamba kifo
16:05
is the forbidden subject of our generation.
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ni jambo ambalo limekuwa gumu kuzungumzwa na kizazi chetu.
16:08
Most people live as if
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Watu wengi wanaishi kama vile
16:11
they're never going to die.
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hawatakufa.
16:13
Technology projects the myth
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Teknolojia inaleta udanganyifu
16:16
of control over our mortality.
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kuwa tunaweza tukatawala kuishi kwetu.
16:20
We see people on our screens.
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Tunaona watu katika vioo vya TV.
16:22
Marilyn Monroe is just as beautiful on the screen
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Marilyn Monroe ni mzuri katika TV
16:24
as she was in person,
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kama alivyokuwa hai,
16:26
and our -- many young people think she's still alive.
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na vijana wengi wanafikiri kuwa bado anaendelea kuishi.
16:30
They don't know that she's dead.
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Hawajui kuwa alishakufa.
16:32
Or Clark Gable, or whoever it is.
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Au Clark Gable, au yeyote yule mwingine.
16:34
The old stars, they come to life.
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Nyota wa zamani, wanarudi tena kuwa hai.
16:38
And they're --
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Na wanakuwa
16:41
they're just as great on that screen as they were in person.
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Na wanakuwa mahiri katika TV kama walivyokuwa mahiri walipokuwa hai.
16:46
But death is inevitable.
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Lakini kifo hakina ushindani.
16:48
I spoke some time ago to
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Nilikuwa naongea kipindi fulani hapo nyuma
16:51
a joint session of Congress, last year.
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katika kikao cha pamoja cha bunge la Marekani
16:55
And we were meeting in that room,
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Kwa tukawa tunakutana katika hicho chumba,
16:58
the statue room.
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katika chumba cha sanamu
17:00
About 300 of them were there.
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watu kama 300 walikuwa pale.
17:03
And I said, "There's one thing that we have in common in this room,
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na nikasema." kuna kitu moja ambacho wote hapa tunacho,
17:07
all of us together, whether Republican or Democrat,
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wote sisi hapa, bila kujali ni mmwanachama wa chama cha Republican au Democrat,
17:10
or whoever."
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au vyovyote vile."
17:12
I said, "We're all going to die.
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nikasema,"sis wote ipo siku tutakufa.
17:14
And we have that in common with all these great men of the past
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na hicho ndicho kitu tulicho nacho sisi wote pamoja na watu mahiri wa zamani.
17:17
that are staring down at us."
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ambao wanatuangalia kutoka juu."
17:21
And it's often difficult for young people
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na mara nyingi ni ngumu sana kwa vijana
17:23
to understand that.
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kuelewa hilo.
17:26
It's difficult for them to understand that they're going to die.
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ni vigumu kwa wao kuelewa kuwa ipo siku watakuja kufa.
17:30
As the ancient writer of Ecclesiastes wrote,
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Mwandishi wa kitabu Mhubiri aliandika,
17:34
he said, there's every activity under heaven.
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alisema, kuna kila shughuli chini ya mbingu.
17:38
There's a time to be born,
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kuna wakati wa kuzaliwa,
17:41
and there's a time to die.
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na kuna wakati wa kufa.
17:43
I've stood at the deathbed
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nimekuwa nikiwa pembeni wakati umauti ulipowakaribia
17:46
of several famous people,
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watu maarufu mbalimbali
17:48
whom you would know.
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ambao baadhi yenu mtakuwa mnawajua.
17:50
I've talked to them.
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nimeongea nao.
17:52
I've seen them in those agonizing moments
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nimeona kipindi hiki cha mashaka yao
17:54
when they were scared to death.
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walipokuwa na uoga usiokuwa wa kawaida.
17:57
And yet, a few years earlier,
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lakini, miaka michache kabla,
18:01
death never crossed their mind.
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kifo hakikuwa katika mawazo yao kabisa.
18:03
I talked to a woman this past week
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niliongea na mwanamke mmoja, wiki iliyopita
18:07
whose father
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ambaye baba yake
18:10
was a famous doctor.
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alikuwa ni daktari maarufu.
18:13
She said he never thought of God, never talked about God,
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Alisema hakuwa anawaza kuhusu Mungu, wala kuongea chochote kuhusu Mungu,
18:16
didn't believe in God. He was an atheist.
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hakuamini kabisa kuhusu Mungu. alikuwa ni mtu asiyeamini kwamba Mungu yupo.
18:21
But she said,
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Lakini akasema
18:23
as he came to die,
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alipokuwa anakaribia kufa,
18:25
he sat up on the side of the bed one day,
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alikaa pembeni ya kitanda siku moja,
18:29
and he asked the nurse if he could see the chaplain.
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na akamwuliza muuguzi kama anaweza kumwona mchungaji.
18:32
And he said, for the first time in his life
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akasema, kwa mara ya kwanza katika maisha yake
18:34
he'd thought about the inevitable,
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aliwaza kuhusu jambo hili lisiloepukika,
18:39
and about God.
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na kuhusu Mungu.
18:41
Was there a God?
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Je Mungu yupo?
18:45
A few years ago, a university student asked me,
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Miaka michache iliyopita,mwanafunzi wa chuo kikuu aliniuliza,
18:49
"What is the greatest surprise in your life?"
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"Kipi kimekushangaza sana katika maisha yako?"
18:52
And I said, "The greatest surprise in my life
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nikajibu,"kitu kilichonishangaza sana katika maisha yangu
18:54
is the brevity of life.
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ni ufupi wa maisha.
18:57
It passes so fast."
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yanapita haraka sana."
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But it does not need to have to be that way.
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Lakini haihitaji kuwa hivyo.
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Wernher von Braun,
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Wernher von Braun,
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in the aftermath of World War II concluded, quote:
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muda mfupi baada ya vita ya pili ya dunia alisema,
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"science and religion are not antagonists.
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"Sayansi na dini sio maadui.
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On the contrary, they're sisters."
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kinyume chake, hawa ni kama mtu na dada yake."
19:17
He put it on a personal basis.
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Akajaribu kuweka katika uhusiano wa karibu hivyo.
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I knew Dr. von Braun very well.
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Nilimjua Dr. von Braun vizuri sana.
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And he said, "Speaking for myself,
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Na akasema,"Nikiongea kama mimi,
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I can only say that the grandeur of the cosmos
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naweza kusema kuwa uzuri wa anga
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serves only to confirm
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unathibitisha
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a belief in the certainty of a creator."
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uhakika wa muumbaji."
19:32
He also said,
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akasema pia,
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"In our search to know God,
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"katika kutafuta kwetu kumjua Mungu,
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I've come to believe that the life of Jesus Christ
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nimeamini kuwa maisha ya Yesu Kristo
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should be the focus of our efforts and inspiration.
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yanatakiwa yawe ndiyo mwongozo wa juhudi zetu.
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The reality of this life and His resurrection
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Ukweli wa maisha haya na kufufuka kwake
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is the hope of mankind."
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ni tumaini la wanadamu."
19:49
I've done a lot of speaking in Germany
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Nimehubiri mara nyingi Ujerumani
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and in France, and in different parts of the world --
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na Ufaransa, na katika sehemu mbalimbali duniani --
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105 countries it's been my privilege to speak in.
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nimepata neema ya kuhubiri katika nchi 105.
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And I was invited one day to visit
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Na nilialikwa siku moja kumtembelea
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Chancellor Adenauer,
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Waziri mkuu Adenauer,
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who was looked upon as sort of the founder of modern Germany,
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ambaye alikuwa ni baba wa taifa la kisasa la ujerumani,
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since the war.
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baada ya vita
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And he once -- and he said to me,
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na akaniambia
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he said, "Young man." He said,
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Kijana,
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"Do you believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ?"
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Je unaamini katika kufufuka kwa Yesu Kristo?"
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And I said, "Sir, I do."
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nikasema,Ndio Bwana mkubwa."
20:22
He said, "So do I."
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akasema,"hata mimi pia."
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He said, "When I leave office,
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Akasema,"Nitakapoondoka madarakani,
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I'm going to spend my time writing a book
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nitaandika kitabu
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on why Jesus Christ rose again,
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kwa nini Yesu Kristo alifufuka,
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and why it's so important to believe that."
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na umuhimu wa kuamini hivyo."
20:38
In one of his plays,
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Katika moja ya maigizo yake,
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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depicts a man dying,
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anaonyesha mtu anayekufa,
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who says to those gathered around his bed,
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anayewaambia waliokuwa wamezunguka kitanda chake,
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"The moment when it's terrible to feel regret
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"wakati mbaya wa kuwa na majuto
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is when one is dying."
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ni wakati ambapo mtu anapokuwa anakufa."
20:53
How should one live in order not to feel regret when one is dying?
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Mtu aishije ili aiwe na majuto wakati wa kufa?
20:58
Blaise Pascal
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Blaise Pascal
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asked exactly that question
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aliuliza swali
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in seventeenth-century France.
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katika karne ya 17, ufaransa
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Pascal has been called the architect
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Pascal anahesabika kama mtengenezaji
21:06
of modern civilization.
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wa ustaarabu wa kisasa.
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He was a brilliant scientist
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Alikuwa ni mwanasayansi mahiri
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at the frontiers of mathematics,
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katika eneo la hisabati,
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even as a teenager.
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hata alipokuwa kijana.
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He is viewed by many as the founder of the probability theory,
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Anajulikana na wengi kama mwanzilishi wa kanuni ya uwezekano wa kitu fulani kutokea
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and a creator of the first model of a computer.
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na mwanzilishi wa mfumo wa kwanza wa kompyuta.
21:24
And of course, you are all familiar with
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na najua mnaelewa
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the computer language named for him.
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lugha ya kompyuta iliyoitwa kwa jina lake.
21:29
Pascal explored in depth our human dilemmas
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Pascal alitafiti matatizo makuu matatu ya wanadamu
21:31
of evil, suffering and death.
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ya uovu,mateso na kifo
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He was astounded
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alishangazwa sana
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at the phenomenon we've been considering:
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na vitu ambavyo tumekuwa tukitafakari
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that people can achieve extraordinary heights
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kwamba watu wanaweza kupata mafanikio makubwa sana
21:43
in science, the arts and human enterprise,
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katika sayansi,sanaa na biashara,
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yet they also are full of anger, hypocrisy
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lakini wakawa wamejaa hasira,unafiki
21:49
and have -- and self-hatreds.
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na kujichukia wenyewe.
21:53
Pascal saw us as a remarkable mixture
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Pascal alituona sisi kuwa ni mchanganyiko
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of genius and self-delusion.
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wa umahiri sana na kujidanganya kwingi.
21:58
On November 23,
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Novemba 23,
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1654,
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Pascal had a profound religious experience.
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Pascal alikutana na hali ya kipekee ya kiroho.
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He wrote in his journal these words:
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aliandika katika jarida lake maneno haya:
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"I submit myself,
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"najikabidhi,
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absolutely,
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kabisa
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to Jesus Christ, my redeemer."
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kwa Yesu Kristo,mwokozi wangu."
22:18
A French historian said,
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Mwanahistoria wa kifaransa alisema
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two centuries later,
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karne mbili baadae,
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"Seldom has so mighty an intellect
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"ni mara chache sana mtu msomi
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submitted with such humility
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akajishusha kwa unyenyekevu kiasi hicho
22:29
to the authority of Jesus Christ."
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kwa mamlaka ya Yesu Kristo."
22:33
Pascal came to believe not only the love and the grace of God
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Pascal sio tu aliamini juu ya upendo na neema ya Mungu
22:36
could bring us back into harmony,
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kuwa vinaweza kuturudisha katika furaha,
22:41
but he believed
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lakini aliamini
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that his own sins and failures could be forgiven,
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kuwa dhambi zake na kushindwa kwake kunaweza kusamehewa
22:46
and that when he died he would go to a place called heaven.
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na kuwa akifa ataenda mbinguni
22:51
He experienced it in a way that went beyond
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hali hii ilikuwa ni zaidi
22:53
scientific observation and reason.
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ya utafiti wowote wa kisayansi
22:55
It was he who penned the well-known words,
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alikuwa ni yeye aliyesema maneno haya,
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"The heart has its reasons,
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"Moyo una sababu zake,
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which reason knows not of."
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sababu ambazo hauzijui."
23:04
Equally well known is Pascal's Wager.
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Kingine kinachojulikana sana ni kanuni ya Pascal ya uwepo wa Mungu
23:07
Essentially, he said this: "if you bet on God,
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alisema." kama ukikubali kuwa Mungu yupo,
23:11
and open yourself to his love,
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na ukajiachia moyo wako kupokea upendo wake
23:13
you lose nothing, even if you're wrong.
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hautapoteza chochote hata kama utakuwa umekosea.
23:16
But if instead you bet that there is no God,
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lakini ukisema hakuna Mungu,
23:20
then you can lose it all, in this life and the life to come."
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unaweza ukapoteza yote,katika maisha ya sasa na yajayo."
23:25
For Pascal, scientific knowledge
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Kwa Pascal,maarifa ya Sayansi
23:27
paled beside the knowledge of God.
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yalikuwa nyuma sana ya neno la Mungu.
23:31
The knowledge of God was far beyond
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Maarifa ya Mungu yalikuwa mbali sana
23:33
anything that ever crossed his mind.
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na chochote kilichokuja katika mawazo yake.
23:36
He was ready to face him
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alikuwa tayari kukutana naye
23:38
when he died at the age of 39.
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alipokufa akiwa na miaka 39.
23:41
King David lived to be 70,
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Mfalme Daudi aliishi mpaka kufika miaka 70
23:43
a long time in his era.
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muda mrefu katika kizazi chake.
23:46
Yet he too had to face death,
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lakini na yeye alikutana na kifo,
23:49
and he wrote these words:
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na akaandika maneno haya:
23:51
"even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
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"Naam,nijapopita katika bonde la uvuli wa mauti,
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I will fear no evil,
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Sitaogopa mabaya,
23:57
for you are with me."
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Kwa maana,wewe upo pamoja nami."
23:59
This was David's answer to three dilemmas
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hili lilikuwa ni jibu la Daudi kwa matatizo haya matatu
24:02
of evil, suffering and death.
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ya uovu, mateso na kifo.
24:05
It can be yours, as well,
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jibu hili linaweza likawa lako pia,
24:09
as you seek the living God
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unapomtafuta Mungu aliye hai
24:11
and allow him to fill your life
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na kumruhusu ajaze maisha yako
24:13
and give you hope for the future.
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na kukupa tumaini la maisha ya baadaye.
24:18
When I was 17 years of age,
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nilipokuwa na miaka 17,
24:22
I was born and reared on a farm in North Carolina.
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Nilizaliwa na kukua katika shamba huko North Carolina.
24:26
I milked cows every morning, and I had to milk the same cows every evening
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nilikamua maziwa ya ng'ombe kila asubuhi na jioni
24:28
when I came home from school.
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niliporudi nyumbani kutoka shule.
24:30
And there were 20 of them that I had --
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kulikuwa na ng'ombe 20
24:32
that I was responsible for,
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ambao nilitakiwa niwahudumie,
24:35
and I worked on the farm
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na pia nilikuwa nafanya shughuli za kilimo shambani
24:38
and tried to keep up with my studies.
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na kujaribu kuendelea na masomo.
24:41
I didn't make good grades in high school.
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sikupata matokeo mazuri shule ya sekondari,
24:44
I didn't make them in college, until
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kwa hiyo sikuweza kwenda chuoni, mpaka
24:47
something happened in my heart.
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kitu kilipotokea katika moyo wangu.
24:49
One day, I was faced face-to-face
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siku moja,nilikutana uso kwa uso
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with Christ.
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na Kristo.
24:55
He said, "I am the way, the truth and the life."
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akaniambia,' mimi ni njia ya kweli na uzima."
24:59
Can you imagine that? "I am the truth.
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hebu jaribu kuwaza, mimi ni kweli.
25:02
I'm the embodiment of all truth."
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mimi ndio huo ukweli wote."
25:05
He was a liar.
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Alikuwa ni mwongo.
25:09
Or he was insane.
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au alikuwa amechanganyikiwa.
25:12
Or he was what he claimed to be.
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au alikuwa ni yule ambaye amesema kuwa ndiye.
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Which was he?
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alikuwa ni nani?
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I had to make that decision.
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ilibidi nifanye huo uamuzi.
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I couldn't prove it.
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sikuweza kuthibitisha
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I couldn't take it to a laboratory
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sikuweza kufanya utafiti katika maabara
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and experiment with it.
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na kufanya majaribio.
25:24
But by faith I said, I believe him,
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lakini kwa imani,nikasema ninamwamini,
25:28
and he came into my heart
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na aliingia moyoni mwangu
25:31
and changed my life.
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na kubadilisha maisha yangu.
25:33
And now I'm ready,
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na sasa niko tayari,
25:36
when I hear that call,
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nitakaposikia kuitwa,
25:38
to go into the presence of God.
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kwenda katika uwepo wa Mungu.
25:41
Thank you, and God bless all of you.
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Asante,na Mungu awabariki wote.
25:43
(Applause)
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(makofi)
25:54
Thank you for the privilege. It was great.
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Asante kwa neema hii.ilikuwa ni nzuri
25:56
Richard Wurman: You did it.
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Richard Wurman:asante kwa kufanikisha hili.
25:58
Thanks.
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Asante.
26:00
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Billy Graham - PreacherIn his long career as a religious evangelist, the Rev. Billy Graham spoken to millions around the world and served as advisor to US presidents.
Why you should listen
According to his official bio, evangelist Billy Graham took the Bible literally where it says in Mark 16:15, "Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature." It's possible that Graham preached the Gospel to more people in live audiences than anyone else in history -- nearly 215 million people in more than 185 countries and territories, with hundreds of millions more through television, video, film and webcasts.
Graham wrote some 25 books, and his counsel was sought by many US presidents. He was the first major evangelist to speak behind the Iron Curtain, calling for peace in countries throughout Eastern Europe and in the Soviet Union -- while during the Apartheid era he refused to visit South Africa until its government allowed for desegregated audiences. Through the praise and criticism of a public life that has nearly spanned a century, he held fast to his conviction that faith in Jesus is the only path to salvation.
Billy Graham | Speaker | TED.com